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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…
Know Your Opponent | Big 12 play begins between Bearcats, Wildcats
The Wildcats hit the road for the first time this season to open Big 12 play at Cincinnati, coming off a 31-20 victory over Tulan e on Sept. 19.
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Published September 24Factory 52 to host fall festival with games, rides, more
Factory 52’s House of Cards Carnivale is back for its second year, transforming the area into a classic carnival full of rides, games and more. The carnival, which has a playing card theme to match the building’s status as the former home of the US Playing Card Company, runs from…
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Published September 24GOP lawmakers revive plan to cut Ohio gas tax amid rising diesel prices
Ohio Republicans are unexpectedly coming back to Columbus next week to try to temporarily suspend Ohio’s gas tax amid an historic spike in fuel prices. The move comes days before early voting begins, but GOP leaders will need Democrats’ help if they want to pass any gas relief…
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Published September 2410 things to do in Cincinnati this weekend (Sep 25 – 27)
It’s the first weekend of fall, which means it’s time to get outside, put on a sweater and grab a pumpkin spice latte. Just kidding. Here’s ten things to do in the Queen City this weekend. If you’re looking for even more to do on every day of the week, visit the CityBeat events…
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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 23The Bagelry to open third location
One of Cincinnati’s most popular bagel shops is expanding once again. The Bagelry, the family-owned eatery with locations in Over-the-Rhine and Oakley, is opening a third location in Montgomery this Friday. “We’ve always wanted The Bagelry to be a place where people can get…