With the approaching worldwide exposure of the 2012 World Choir Games in Cincinnati, city council member Laure Quinlivan has proposed that we embrace arts & culture as the image we project to the world outside our borders. Express co-publisher made the following presentation to City Council on behalf of this initiative…

Cincinnati’s leaders of 150 years ago understood and valued arts and culture as the building blocks of a vibrant and attractive metropolis. Let’s find a way to re-establish our reverence for the arts and rejuvenate the kind of atmosphere where creativity is nurtured and celebrated.

The first thing that strikes you about New York Polyphony’s second recording, “Tudor City,” is the sheer beauty of the singing – the kind of sound that makes you hold your breath so you won’t miss a thing.

November 2010 | Interview

Thom Mariner
Co-publisher, Express Cincinnati & EXP/arts
ArtsWave is the new brand name for what has, for decades, functioned as the Fine Arts Fund of Greater Cincinnati – the umbrella fund-raising organization for fine arts in the Cincinnati region. We recently sat down with Mary McCullough-Hudson, president & CEO, and Margy Waller, vice president [...]

ArtsWave. What does it mean? Why did they change the name from Fine Arts Fund? Why mess with success?

While John Harrison is one of the most respected interior designers in Cincinnati, he is equally well-known for his volunteer work for area philanthropic and arts organizations.
He worked for Closson’s the past 14 years, where he was Director of Design. Upon its sudden closing last month, John was offered a position with DIGS, a [...]

Why is it that everything is making me think of food this week? Hmmm… Better watch out or you’ll pick up a couple of LBs just reading this list of fun things to do during this first, unofficial week of “fall.” One season ends. Another begins. And it’s all terrifically tempting!

Arts + Benefits :: What to do this week!
Joyfully spontaneous? Socially conscientious? Artistically curious?
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New Orleans has Bourbon Street. Indianapolis has The 500. Memphis has the blues. Cincinnati has…what? What is that singular thing that sets us apart from other cities? What can we cultivate as our unmistakable signature – our brand essence?

As many in the the performing arts take their annual brief late summer siesta, there is still plenty to do here in the Cincinnati region…most of it in or having to do with the great outdoors.