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SpringBoard featured in Art Place America

Art Place America Tuesday, April 17, 2012

SpringBoard is a program from ArtWorks of Cincinnati made possible in part by an ArtPlace grant of $150,000. The goal is to provide artisans and creative entrepreneurs with business development training and a collaborative work space in the city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, which will be home to a proposed streetcar line.

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Cincinnati Art Museum: Lively works seem to dance with joy

Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The work of Nick Cave is a compelling blend of sculpture, fashion, dance and sound. His vision is decidedly contemporary but rooted in traditions stretching back to Africa.

The artist, who serves as chairman of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has an exhibit of lively, intriguing works on view in the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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Cincinnati: A growing city

Ventura City Star Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The only outsiders who regularly visited this notoriously violent part of the city were police. Perhaps that's why nobody seemed to care that Over-the-Rhine's crumbling, two- to five-story brick buildings, occupied largely by squatters and drug dealers, comprised the largest collection of 19th-century, Italianate architecture in America.

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P&G's pampered investors

Barron's Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Procter & Gamble is hardly a gamble.

Given the consumer products giant's stable of leading brands and history of delivering steady earnings, the stock is a quintessential 'buy and hold' investment.

Late Friday, Procter & Gamble (ticker: PG) announced that it would increase its quarterly dividend by 7%, to 56.2 cents a share.

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CAC makes '50 Coolest Museums' list

Complex Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Contemporary Arts Center downtown got a nod on Complex's list of the 50 coolest museums.

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Michael Keating: His neighbor's keeper and chronicler

New York Times Tuesday, April 10, 2012

When Michael Keating moved to Lakeside Park, Ky., in 1981, life was just opening up for him. He had been a staff photographer at The Cincinnati Enquirer for two years and his wife, Sarah, was pregnant with their first child. He went on to work for the Enquirer until earlier this year.

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Cincinnati startups get help from top college grads

Time Magazine Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Venture for America chose Cincinnati as one of its initial launch cities, and Time Magazine features Define My Style, a Cincinnati startup, that is recruiting through the initiative.

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UC research shows entrepreneurial differences between the sexes

EarthSky Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A University of Cincinnati study of the sexes reveals that when it comes to starting a business, women are more likely than men to consider individual responsibility and use business as a vehicle for social and environmental change.

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P&G Mentors Start-Ups at the Brandery on Their Image

Wall Street Journal Tuesday, April 03, 2012

In a world where image is key, start-ups often find themselves playing catch up. Marketing advice for start-ups is now available through relatively new "incubator" programs, like the Brandery, a Cincinnati-based program that pairs tech start-up founders with mentors from big marketers like Procter & Gamble, as well as major branding agencies.

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Field trip to Cincinnati

Townhouse Center Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Last week we had a random chance to visit Cincinnati. To say that we were impressed would be an understatement.

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"Faux Real" exhibition displays prolific forger's work on April Fools' Day

Huffington Post Tuesday, April 03, 2012

It's not easy to be a famous artist, but it also sure isn't easy to paint like one. That is why we are so pleased to hear about the "Faux Real" exhibition at University of Cincinnati, featuring the work of prolific forger Mark Landis.

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Enquirer Exclusive: Neighborhoods in peril

Cincinnati Enquirer Tuesday, April 03, 2012

The stairs on Pulte Street used to lead somewhere.

Row after row of them line the end of the street, climbing the hillside into a tangle of weeds and brush. Disconnected power lines dangle overhead and a fallen retaining wall spills onto the sidewalk.

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Road Trip! Destination: Cincinnati

Pittsburghlive.Com Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Events calendars in Cincinnati most days are chock full of festivals, music jamborees and museum events from cultural staples such as the Cincinnati Ballet, Opera and Symphony. This year, the city will get a chance to poke its chest out a little farther than normal.

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Cincinnati Football: 5 Bearcats Preparing for NFL Draft

Bleacher Report Tuesday, March 27, 2012

As the NFL draft is now only a month away, a handful of former Bearcats are waiting to have their name announced on draft day. While it is only likely that two or three will get drafted, there are a few others who will have a shot to make a team in a training camp somewhere.

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Over the Rhine is getting safer

WVXU.Org Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Cincinnati police are seeing a dramatic drop in homicides in Over the Rhine. Today the Chief listed possible reasons and described what police are doing next.

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