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Northern Kentucky University’s longest serving president, Dr. James Votruba, is stepping down this summer. During his fifteen year tenure, NKU’s enrollment increased to 16,000 students, the university added dozens of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and the campus experienced a building boom.
Join us for Impact Cincinnati, Thursday, May 17 at 9:20 am, as we discuss Dr. Votruba, his time at NKU, and his plans for the future.
CINCINNATI >>
Cincinnati residents asked for feedback on budget
May 16, 2012 | Howard Wilkinson
Cincinnati City Hall wants city taxpayers to go online and give them some direction as to how the city budgets its money.
The city's annual budget process - dubbed Priorotiy-Driven Budgeting by the city administration - includes a series of in-person and online conversations with residents and bus...
OHIO >>
FTC and AGs say the shoe doesn't fit, Skechers paying up
May 16, 2012 | Ohio Public Radio
A maker of so-called “toning footwear” has agreed to pay back customers in Ohio and more than 40 other states for athletic shoes that may not have been all they were promised to be.
According to O...
CINCINNATI >>
Party in the Park returns tonight
May 16, 2012 | Howard Wilkinson
One of the Cincinnati riverfront's top summer attractions, Party in the Park, returns tonight to Yeatman's Cove.
The Naked Karate Girls will entertain at tonight's season kick-off, which runs from 5...
CINCINNATI >>
Cincinnati Police Chief is graduation speaker
May 16, 2012 | Tana Weingartner
Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig is this year’s University of Phoenix commencement speaker.
Craig has a master’s degree from the online university. The ceremony is Saturday at 4pm at Xavier’s C...
CINCINNATI >>
Preparations continue for 2012 World Choir Games
May 15, 2012 | Jay Hanselman
Final preparations are underway for the 2012 World Choir Games which begin in Cincinnati on July 4th.
The event is described as the Olympics of choral music.
Local organizers updated a city ...
TRANSPORTATION >>
Oversize loads expected to affect local traffic
May 15, 2012 | Mark Heyne
Transportation officials say four oversize loads are expected to have an impact on traffic in southwest Ohio this week and next. Each load, consisting of a cold box 146 to 175 feet long, 18 feet wide...
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Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk
Sunday, May 20: 9 PM
Feinstein welcomes one of the most dynamic duos in the classical music world—violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk. The two have been recording and performing together in the classical repertoire for almost a decade, and have become equally at home thumbing through the pages of the Great American Songbook. On this week’s Song Travels, Bell and Denk perform selections from their latest project,French Impressions, an album of works by César Franck, Maurice Ravél and Camille Saint-Saëns.Through conversation and music, Feinstein and his guests connect the dots between classical music and standards.
Loops
Sunday, May 20: 8 PM
So much of life is organized by cycles-seasons, biological rhythms, even our ideas of consciousness. In this episode, Radiolab looks at some of the surprising ways that loops steer our lives, and asks what happens when we disturb them.
Karl Rove’s Super PAC spends $25 million on Obama attack ad Wed, 16 May 2012 Ohio is one of 10 states where Crossroads GPS, the Super PAC co-founded by top GOP political strategist Karl Rove, has spent $25 million on a one-minute TV ad accusing President Obama of leaving a trail of broken promises. The ad, “Broken Promises,” will go on the air Thursday; and Crossroads GPS says it will be up on the air for the rest of the month as part of a campaign to...
Party in the Park returns tonight
Cincinnati Police Chief is graduation speaker
Preparations continue for 2012 World Choir Games
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