Soapbox - Videos

Bikes in the City

Caroline Bozzi, Elese Daniel, Hunter Moore, Madison Schmidt — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

May is Bike Month, so what better way to celebrate than to share stories about local cyclists and why traveling on two wheels is their preferred method of travel? Video by Caroline Bozzi, Elese Daniel, Hunter Moore and Madison Schmidt of the University of Cincinnati.

Young Heirlooms: Traveling Band

Young Heirlooms — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

'Traveling Band' is a track from the first studio album by Cincinnati-based Young Heirlooms. Video courtesy Young Heirlooms.

Modern Makers

Scott Beseler — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Soapbox's Scott Beseler shares a visual feast of food art and more at the latest installment of Modern Makers, feature chef Frances Kroner of Feast.

We Have Become Vikings

We Have Become Vikings — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Take a tour through OTR's We Have Become Vikings latest project reel, replete with animations, design and plenty of your favorite brands. Video courtesy We Have Become Vikings.

At the CAC: DJ Rupture

Dutty Artz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A Brookyn-based artist premieres his reinvisioning the work of a pioneering gay African-American composer, pianist and vocalist in a multimedia performance at the Contemporary Arts Center. Soapbox offers a preview of DJ/Rupture's work in advance of his two-night stint, April 5 and 6.

The Kentucky Struts: Country Road

Keith Neltner — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Northern Kentucky filmmaker and designer Keith Neltner, who recently launched Neltner Small Batch, collaborates with musicians, both local and national. Here's an example of his art direction, and directoral skills, with The Kentucky Struts. Video courtesy Keith Neltner.

Tyler Witte, driven to the edge

Doug Horton — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Cincinnatian Tyler Witte, 25, drives his car hard. UC Electronic Media alum Doug Horton captures Witte's passion on film. Video courtesy Doug Horton.

University of Cincinnati: If You Can Play

University of Cincinnati — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

UC athletes Kyle Neyer and Emily Hayden found support and encouragement when they pitched the idea of a video in support of LGBT athletes. The result? "You Can Play."

DAAP Girls: Kate

DAAP Girls — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Local band DAAP Girls' debut music video from their latest release, "Tape Songs," which was recorded at The Lodge, a Northern Kentucky art academy opening later this year. Video courtesy of DAAP Girls.

WordPlay Cincinnati

Michael Holder — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Venture into the new world of WordPlay, a nonprofit in Northside filled with old-fashioned typewriters and modern-day dreams. Part literacy, creative expression space, part social venture initiative, WordPlay and its sister store, The Urban Legend Institute, offer a new alternative to literacy and learning for kids of all ages. Video courtesy of Michael Holder.

The Queen City Project: CoSign

The Queen City Project — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Last fall, the neighborhood of Northside underwent a transformation thanks to a creative collaborative project known as CoSign. Neighborhood business owners partnered with local artists and the American Sign Museum to reshape the streetscape along Hamilton Avenue. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.

Cool Kids: Hi-tech show celebrates local fashions

Otherwise Nameless — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Rise of the Cool Kids fashion event at the Bertke Electric Warehouse in Northside celebrated local designers and their work. Video courtesy Otherwise Nameless.

Emery Sessions: Over the Rhine

Emery Sessions — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Local favorites in a local landmark. Watch Over the Rhine perform "Gonna Let My Soul Catch My Body" at the Emery Theatre in their namesake neighborhood. Video by Michael Wilson courtesy of The Emery Sessions.

GOOD Ideas: Cincinnatives

The Queen City Project — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Cincinnati-based Strive Partnership posed an important question for Cincinnatives, a group of civic-minded, problem-solving volunteers. Hear their solution for more engagement in education. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.

Cincinnati 2012

Rob Woodward — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Social media gives us many gifts. Take this video, for example, shared by many of SoapboxCincy's friends, that features our city's evolving landscape from Smale Riverfront Park to Washington Park. Video courtesy Rob Woodward, a full-time photographer for FOX19.

Queen City Project: MPMF 2012

The Queen City Project — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Queen City Project offers its unique perspective of September's Midpoint Music Festival, which filled the streets of Over the Rhine and downtown with music and entertainment for all ages. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.

Catch it while you can: Warhol screen tests set to music

Dean and Britta — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Andy Warhol invades the Emery this Friday as the CAC and the Requiem Project present selections from the iconic pop artist's screentests set to music performed live by former Luna members Dean and Britta. It's a Warhol Museum commission you won't want to miss.

Epipheo: Truth. Story. Love

Epipheo — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Epipheo, headquartered in Cincinnati, tells stories that align with the company's core values: Truth. Story. Love. Video courtesy Epipheo.

Emery Sessions: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

Emery Sessions — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

At this year's Midpoint Music Festival, the legendary Ralph Stanley brought his Clinch Mountain Boys to town for a concert at the acoustically perfect Emery Theatre in OTR. The Emery Sessions captured their rendition of "Train 45" on video. Video courtesy The Emery Sessions.

Transforming lives

Keith Bowers, UC New Media Bureau — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

FOCAS — the Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans — has been a bedrock of support and hope in OTR since 1993, when it opened the Lord’s Gym, where men can lift weights and their spirits. Photos and audio courtesy Keith Bowers, the University of Cincinnati's New Media Bureau.

Building startups, branding vision

LPK — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

LPK went behind the scenes with fresh Brandery graduate Socstock to demonstrate the brand building process. Video courtesy LPK.

Modern Misfit Classic Genius

A Head Taller Media — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The founders of Modern Misfit Classic Genius, located on Third Street in Covington in TK's House of Misfits, talk about their new business' core values and the importance of the brand they are working to build.

Queen City Project: VisuaLingual

Queen City Project — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The local entrepreneurial artists behind VisuaLingual share a glimpse inside the process that culminates with their popular seed bombs. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.

Higher Level Fringe

Higher Level Art — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

What does it take to transform one of the Know Theatre's brick walls into a work of art? Three words: Higher. Level. Art. Video courtesy Higher Level Art.

Origami plays John Cage @ The Emery

Origami — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Cincinnati's Emery Theatre serves as the space and inspiration for a new video created by CCM doctoral student Paul Schuette. His group, Origami, performs avant garde composer John Cage's Cartridge Music, and an experiment in sound becomes an experiment in space and understanding. Video courtesy Paul Schuette.

SoapPicks: Cincinnati Film Festival, Sept. 6-14

Base14 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In honor of the third annual Cincinnati Film Festival, which runs Sept. 6-14 at a number of cool venues in Clifton Gaslight, OTR and downtown, we bring you last year's big winner, "The Girl and the Fox." Film courtesy of Base14.

Cincinnati growing Cincinnati

The Queen City Project — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Find out how a new generation of entrepreneurs, from farmers and artisans to digital app developers, are making history as they build the future of Cincinnati, one idea at a time. Video courtesy of The Queen City Project.

Epi-ventures' Cincinnati deConstructed: Karen Kahle, Findlay Market

Courtney Tsitouris — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Six businesses that started in Findlay Market last year have already expanded to second locations outside of the historic space. Findlay's resource development director Karen Kahle explains the beauty of Market economics and its nurturing culture. Video courtesy Epi-Venture's Courtney Tsitouris.

GOOD ideas: New landscapes for local food deserts

The Queen City Project — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Right now, one quarter of Cincinnati's population lives in a food desert—children, women and men lack access to healthy food options they can afford. It doesn't have to be this way. Watch one design team's solutions and see how you can help in this first in a series of GOOD Ideas for Cities videos created in partnership with GOOD magazine, the Niehoff Urban Studio, the Contemporary Arts Center and The Queen City Project.

Queen City Project: TEDxCincy

The Queen City Project — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Take a spin through this spring's TEDx Cincy event, held at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. The theme? Life at the intersection of art and technology. Watch the creativity fueled in that fertile ground, captured at lightning speed, as only The Queen City Project can. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.