May 11 Saturday
Ready..set…run to our link and register NOW! This year’s theme is BARBIE!!
For the past 11 years, one of our biggest parties! And we think this year's Barbie theme promises to be one of the MOST fun!
You provide the fun...we'll provide the beer! Every half mile you'll be treated to a specialty craft-beer sampling. Once you've made it through the 2.5 mile course, we'll welcome you at the after party with your choice of a 16oz beer.
We'll continue the party with music, food, and plenty of drink all while helping to benefit local charity Love Like JJ.
That's not all! Every participant receives a 16oz Cincinnati Beer Run glass and an authentic Cincinnati Beer Run themed t-shirt, included with a paid registration. Additional glasses and shirts are available for purchase.
*Please note that all participants must be 21 years of age or older as of May 11, 2024.
Age verification will be strictly enforced. All sales are final.
PROST!
Art & Poetry is our annual FREE celebration of the creative arts. Spend the day making art with friends, watch live performances throughout the day, and sign up to participate in the Poetry Slam. Thank you to Women Writing for (a) Change for sponsoring this year’s event.
ProgrammingArt in Poetry, Poetry in Art with Creative Asian Society | 10 AM - 2 PMLocal artist Priya Rama will teach participants how to create their very own abstract painting. This event takes place in front of NOLI Modern.
Floating Poetry Activity with Art Equals | 10 AM - 2 PMWhat happens to all those drafts of poems in the making? At Art Equals, they get used to make new paper. Join us to make hand made paper that can be the springboard for new creations. Using hand selected words and the power of water, let the muses select the arrangement of your next poetry masterpiece.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Macbeth | 1 PM - 3 PM Cincinnati Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeare's Macbeth, a supernatural thriller about free will and the price of ambition. Actors will put on 5-minute pop up performances from Macbeth around the Market.
Poems in a Jiffy with Mean Street Gallery | 1 PM - 6 PMOffer up just a few words and a resident artist from Mean Street Gallery will whip you up a poem…in a jiffy!
Open Mic @ Jane’s | 4 PM - 5 PMFeaturing DJ Queen Celine and Emcee Gifted Johnson-Wilkinson
Poetry Slam @ Jane’s | 5 PM - 8 PM Try your hand at our Poetry Slam for a chance to win one of the three top prizes!
Prizes:1st Place - $2502nd Place - $1253rd Place - $100
Judges:Clarity Amerin, Community Content Creator, Cincinnati & Hamilton Co. Public LibraryChristine Wilson, Executive Director, Women Writing for (a) ChangeMillie Ferguson, Local Poet
Creative Asian Society will have its annual exhibition to celebrate AAPI month at the Elevar Design Group gallery in downtown Cincinnati. The exhibition is titled Dragon, Etc., The eleven artists in the exhibition each interpret the images and concept of dragons differently.
The art will be available for viewing on Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm, starting May 4th and continuing to May 25th. The art is also available for viewing during Elevar’s normal business hours, 9am-4pm, from April 22nd to May 31st.
More details about the artists and the exhibit can be found at https://www.casohio.org .
Elevar Design Group gallery is just on the west side of the I75 at 555 Carr St., just off the Ohio River. It’s 1.9 miles (6 minutes) from Fountain Square.
Volunteer projects are so much fun and one of the easiest ways you can give back to the Western Wildlife Corridor! If you’ve never attended a volunteer event with us before, we encourage you to join us this Spring. We need help cutting invasive species, installing new trail signs, and repairing trails. We provide the tools and no special skills are required.Join us for a fun volunteer event to help restore Kirby Nature Preserve. Help remove invasive species like honeysuckle, garlic mustard, and winter creeper so that native plants and animals can prosper. We will meet light rain or shine. Please be prepared for the weather and wear clothes that can get dirty and closed-toed shoes. We will provide the tools and equipment but you are welcome to bring your own. Please RSVP to let us know that you are coming.
Nature can provide inspiration for beautiful objects or set the mood in a painting. Anything from flowers to a sunset can spark an artist’s creativity. For this exhibition from the Taft collection, our curators have selected small nature-inspired works of art from storage.
Learn more at taftmuseum.org/Exhibitions/NatureInspires.
African Modernism in America features nearly 80 dynamic and vivid works of art created in Africa during the 1950s and ‘60s. Co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Fisk University Galleries, the exhibition explores the relationships formed between African artists and American patrons, artists, and cultural organizations amid the interlocking histories of civil rights, decolonization, and the Cold War. Many of the paintings, sculptures, and works on paper in the show were drawn from Fisk’s remarkable collection of gifts from the Harmon Foundation. Following World War II, this foundation, along with other institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Fisk University, and other historically Black colleges and universities, supported and exhibited the work of Black artists, including the important modern African artists Ben Enwonwu (Nigeria), Ibrahim El-Salahi (Sudan), and Skunder Boghossian (Ethiopia). Showing African art in the United States rooted it in the present and encouraged American audiences to engage with African artists as contemporaries. The inventive nature of the works in this exhibition challenges the assumptions of the time about African art being isolated to a “primitive past.” Some pieces took inspiration from early Christian art, West African sculpture, and Nigerian literature, while others reflect the influences of American jazz and modern European art.
Learn more at taftmuseum.org/Exhibitions/AfricanModernism.
Please join us on March 8th from 6-9 PM for the public opening reception of our next exhibition, Delicate Ecologies, Painting Selections From: Kelley Booze, Katherine Colborn, and Samantha Haring.
The exhibition will be on view in the gallery and our website from March 8th-August 10th, 2024. Please visit indianhillgallery.com for more information and hours of operation.
Outdoor Art & Craft Show. This event is outdoors, rain or shine. We have approximately 100 Artists/Crafters with unique hand crafted items including jewelry, baby items, woodcrafts, candles, dips, seasonings, purses, hats, pottery, Raffle, and more! $3 Adult Admission. Bring a Non-Perishable Food Item for a FREE raffle ticket. (limit 1 per person). Proceeds support the Loveland Athletic Boosters.
Paint an iconic view of Cincinnati and its environs at this majestic panoramic overlook of the great Ohio River with the city and Kentucky in the background. At the same time, experience painting as many of the great masters did! In the mid-to-late nineteenth century Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh painted outdoor landscapes "in the open air”. It is here where your subject is in full view so you can capture the spirit and essence of a landscape. Painting outdoors is an exciting way to transfer those images to the canvas, representing the light and movement of your subject that come when you see it all in its natural glory.
Please join us for the opening reception of "Promised Land," featuring the works of renowned landscape painter and Northern Kentucky University (NKU) Professor of Painting Kevin Muente on Thursday, March 14, from 6-9 pm.
Kevin Muente's paintings capture a timeless essence, presenting characters facing relatable challenges and fostering a deep connection with the audience. The artist's soul-stirring narrative unfolds on the canvas with expressions, gestures, and frozen moments that provoke contemplation. The landscape envelops the figures, adding a unique freshness to the narrative, akin to a cinematic experience.
In Muente's words, "The stories I tell speak to the soul. We may not know who these characters are, but we still connect to their problems and desires. We empathize with them. Their world helps us to examine our world.”
PROMISED LAND runs from March 14 – April 13, 2024
Events include:• Reception: 6-9 pm, Thursday, March 14• Artist Talk: 1-2 pm, Saturday, March 23• Closing reception: 1-4 pm, Saturday, April 13
Discover more about “Promised Land” at http://www.studiokroner.com/kevin-muente.