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Silent stories speaking plainly

Steve AustTuesday, October 8, 2024

A second look at the FotoFocus Biennial 2024

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Low-interest loan program provides a path to affordable home repairs

David HolthausTuesday, October 8, 2024

The Hamilton County program helps homeowners tackle repairs that improve living conditions and build long-term value in their homes.

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A pile of flooded, ruined furniture in front of Dave Scheiber's Snell Isle area home.

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Helene floodwaters and a flood of family and friends

Dave ScheiberWednesday, October 2, 2024

For Snell Isle resident and longtime area journalist and freelance writer Dave Schreiber and his family, what matters most after Helene is not what they lost, but how much they still have.

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The art of getting out the vote

Jessica BozsanTuesday, October 1, 2024

“It’s an important moment in American politics, and it’s a moment to bring a get-out-the-vote message to the streets,” said Shepard Fairey.

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Partner City Middletown: Forging a brighter future

Steve AustTuesday, September 24, 2024

Middletown leaders lean in with resilient plans for growth to overcome recent challenges.

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Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

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Negro Motorist Green Book exhibition connects past with ongoing struggles for freedom and safety

Kareem A. SimpsonTuesday, September 24, 2024

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service exhibit's personal stories bring realities of travel for African Americans during the Jim Crow era to life.

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James Fisher, founder of Lost Hospitality.

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Coming Clean: 5 questions with hospitality entrepreneur James Fisher

Jessica BozsanTuesday, September 24, 2024

With UK roots and a spell in Berlin, Germany, Fisher found his way to Cincinnati via The Brandery in 2011. Find out why he stayed and how he's settled in.

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Born in Nairobi and based in Berlin, Joseph Kamaru performs under the KMRU name as an experimental sound artist.

A shoutout for the Talk Low Music Festival

Julie MullinsTuesday, September 24, 2024

Founder Ryan Hall curated Talk Low to showcase both seasoned and emerging performers who work across experimental, expectation-defying, and genre-bending sonic worlds.

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Street Party at Art Academy of Cincinnati during the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial.

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Opening the lens

Steve AustTuesday, September 24, 2024

This October, more than 80 regional venues will host FotoFocus events. The Biennial festivities kick off with an Opening Weekend program Thursday-Saturday.

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NKU program empowers students to take leadership in addressing challenges [VIDEO]

Kareem A. SimpsonTuesday, September 17, 2024

Students share information and create connections as a way to form lasting bonds among peers.

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Youth mental health is the focus of a new community-wide coalition

David HolthausTuesday, September 17, 2024

The group has released a 10-year plan to change practices, policies, and attitudes in schools, the mental health system, and the community at large.

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When it comes time to pass a budget, Blue Ash has money in the bank

David HolthausTuesday, September 10, 2024

While Hamilton County has its share of towns faced with declining tax bases, Blue Ash enjoys a surplus of nearly $60 million.

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WORMS navigates their way through Burnet Woods, a surprisingly rustic nook amid Clifton’s bustle.

The WORMS Worldview

Steve AustTuesday, September 10, 2024

A trio of city of Cincinnati retirees stays connected via twice weekly rain-or-shine walks paired with a requisite stop at the neighborhood café.

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The Polka Warriors enjoy a night of playing together at Arnold’s Bar and Grill downtown.

Coming Clean: 5 Questions with Jim Kohl of The Polka Warriors

Kate HaroldTuesday, September 10, 2024

Proudly proclaiming to “fight for your right to polka,” these weekend performers hold day jobs ranging from IT to teaching to law.

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Crunchy and Bubs, Cindependent’s cartoon mascots, have made the rounds at various local events to provide a fun dose of event branding.

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A state of Cindependence

Steve AustTuesday, September 10, 2024

The Cindependent Film Festival elevates our film community.

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Issue Media Group, Soapbox parent, sold to media veteran

David HolthausTuesday, September 10, 2024

The new owner's background includes 25 years of experience in newspapers, including 20 as an editor, publisher and group executive.

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Putting youth at the center allows them to be seen, heard, and valued [VIDEO]

David HolthausSaturday, August 31, 2024

Nonprofit gives them a voice and empowers them to create change

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To catch teen mental health problems early, two big health systems add experts to doctors' offices

David HolthausTuesday, August 20, 2024

With counselors embedded in pediatric practices, access to mental health care is faster and more informed.

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After serving in the U.S. Air Force, Joseph Roberts (front) participated in the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s SkillBridge program with Atlas Air Worldwide, where he now works as a workload scheduler.

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Veterans discover career opportunities in Northern Kentucky through the SkillBridge program

Sydney MurrayTuesday, August 20, 2024

Atlas Air Worldwide consistently searches for aviation talent such as pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians, or IT talent for its operations center in Erlanger, KY.

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