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Published 6 hours agoFirst-of-its-kind skateboarding market at the CAC this weekend
This Saturday, a new annual event for all things skateboarding will roll up to the Contemporary Arts Center. Skateboarding Nouveau, an art exhibit and trade show, brings skate-related creators and vendors together for a night to network, learn about new products and technology…
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Published 6 hours agoLegendary Italian horror film composer performs in Northside this Friday
One of horror’s most famous names is making a rare appearance in the U.S. this Friday, and it’s right here in Cincinnati. Fabio Frizzi, the legendary composer known for his work on many of Lucio Fulci’s iconic horror films like “Zombi 2,” “The Beyond” and “City of the Living…
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Published 6 hours agoMeet CityBeat’s Culture Maker of the Week: Andrew Maloney
The votes are in: CityBeat’s Culture Maker of the Week is Andrew Maloney. Andrew was nominated by Holly Maloney because “If you’re looking for someone who makes Cincinnati feel like Cincinnati, Andrew is that person. Around town, many people know him as ‘Mr. Cincinnati,’ and it’s…
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Published September 25Cincinnati’s improv festival returns after seven-year hiatus
After seven years away, the Improv Festival of Cincinnati (known as IF Cincy) returns. Featuring three nights of comedy from performers all around the nation, including troupes from places like Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles and Ann Arbor, the festival takes place from October 15…
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Published September 25Here’s Cincinnati’s official BLINK 2026 map
Just under two weeks out from the festival’s start date, BLINK has released an official map featuring all of this year’s attractions. The official BLINK 2026 map gives visitors their first full look at where to find this year’s projections, murals, light installations and unique…
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Published September 25Vote for the CityBeat Culture Maker of the Week
Meet three Cincinnatians making the city more creative, connected and unmistakably itself, and then help choose the Culture Maker of the Week winner. Cincinnati culture doesn’t just happen. It’s built every day by artists, musicians, chefs, organizers, performers, business…
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Published September 24KY-based filmmaker releases New Years-themed slasher ‘New Fears Eve’
After attending HorrorHound — the annual Cincinnati-based convention celebrating all things horror — for nearly 20 years, filmmaker PJ Starks got to show one of his own works to an adoring crowd with the release of “New Fears Eve.” In the film, three best friends all attend a…
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Published September 24Sphinxes, stone trees, Cincinnati icons: Exploring Spring Grove Cemetery
Spring Grove is as much an arboretum, history museum, sculpture garden and park as it is an active cemetery. Its miles of roads wind past lakes, mausoleums, unusual trees and the graves of people whose names are still scattered across Cincinnati: Kroger, Graeter, Fleischmann,…
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Published September 24New Cincinnati documentary sells out Esquire Theatre premiere
One new locally-based documentary has already been so successful leading up to its premiere that the Esquire Theatre is adding a second showtime. “Shelter Me: Cincinnati,” the newest installment of the nationally acclaimed PBS series “Shelter Me,” is set to premiere at the…
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Published September 23CityBeat’s Local Band Highlight: Trauma Illinois
Trauma Illinois was destined to be a rock band from the moment of their conception. Lead singer Jack Johnson, following a “horrific car accident” and laid up in the ICU, received a get well card from none other than Fall Out Boy, who just happened to be at the same hospital,…
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Published September 23New comedy improv theater opens in NKY
A new improv comedy theater has opened its doors in Fort Thomas with a mission to help people reconnect with their creativity and community. Improv Northern Kentucky, or INK, officially opened this May and now offers improv classes, workshops, corporate events and performances.…
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Published September 23Remember Cincinnati’s turtle lamps? One local woodworker has replicas for sale
If you’re a real Cincinnati history aficionado, you probably know about the “turtle lamps” — yellow lamps that were once scattered all across the city to indicate streetcar platforms or raised islands in the hopes that drivers wouldn’t crash into a median late at night. In recent…