Movers & Makers Cincinnati

18/01/2025

The Cincinnati Museum Center’s new “intimate and immersive” exhibition aims to help visitors “fall in love all over again with the person who made America fall in love with cooking.”

Child’s curiosity and tenacity drove her to learn how to cook, experiment with recipes and communicate the love of cooking to her audiences.

17/01/2025

One of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway is coming home to direct a play she wrote for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.

Theresa Rebeck is coming home to direct the regional premiere of her Broadway hit “I Need That" at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.

16/01/2025

Congratulations to Robert McGrath on being promoted to the roles of president and CEO for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The move goes into effect Feb. 17.

A 27-year veteran of the orchestra field, including nine years as CSO vice president and general manager and four years as chief operating officer, McGrath will simultaneously lead the CSO; the CSO’s subsidiary, Music and Event Management, Inc.; and the Cincinnati May Festival.Read more →

16/01/2025

Heads up, local nonprofits and organizations: Visit Cincy CVB provided a series of updates during its annual meeting. Among the updates was the status of the Duke Energy Convention Center District project.

There were also presentations on the success of the expanded Sharonville Convention Center, major events coming to the region, a new hospitality-minded inclusion program and results of an economic impact study on the regional hospital industry. Read more at the link below.

Updates included details about the convention center, a new economic impact study focused on regional tourism and upcoming major events.

15/01/2025

It’s tough to lure people from a cozy living room when the thermometer needs only one digit to report on the weather outside. Our Fair City’s purveyors of art and culture want you to know, though, that they’re up to the challenge – even as many are packing up the holiday boxes. It’s an especially hot week for music, same as it ever was.

Get this week’s Culture Fix at the link below.

It’s tough to lure people from a cozy living room when the thermometer needs only one digit to report on the weather outside. Our Fair City’s purveyors of art and culture want you to know, though, that they’re up to the challenge – even as many are packing up the holiday boxes. It’s an esp...

13/01/2025

Link in the comments seAfter 13 years as CEO, Marc Fisher plans to retire from Mayerson JCC at the end of 2025.

“I often tell people this is the hardest job I’ve had, but it has been the most meaningful and rewarding experience of my career, serving the community in which I grew up and want to see thrive for my children and future generations,” said Fisher, who has dedicated over 35 years of his professional career to the Cincinnati Jewish community.

You can read more about Fisher's legacy and the organization's plans for the future at the link in the comments section.

11/01/2025

The 75-minute performances, which featured elements from all eight “Harry Potter” films and the related “Fantastic Beasts” series, aimed to attract new and younger audiences to classical music.

It’s part Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra’s work to make orchestral music more approachable.

“A Night at Hogwarts: The Music of Harry Potter" aimed to showcase the beauty of orchestra music to a unique Music Hall audience.

10/01/2025

We would like to thank the folks at The Well (A Mindful Moment) for choosing to share their important, end-of-year update via M&M's December/January print magazine. Check out the amazing ways founder Stacy Sims and team are injecting wellness into everyday lives. What would you like our readers to know about your organization? Here's a link to our digital edition or let us know and we can help you find a print copy. https://issuu.com/moversmakers/docs/december_2024-january_2025/24

10/01/2025

“A Night at Hogwarts: The Music of Harry Potter" aimed to showcase the beauty of orchestra music to a unique Music Hall audience.

09/01/2025

Happy New Year to all of you culture lovers, out there! It may be the dead of winter, but you’d never know it by the variety of happenings around town. But, as we all know, culture never goes on vacation in the Queen City. Musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra have their bows on their strings and the Woodward flips on the projector for some interesting films. A couple of new art exhibits and some Tennessee Williams pile on a host of other cool stuff to choose from.

It may be the dead of winter, but you'd never know it by the variety of happenings around town. CSO members have their bows on their strings and the Woodward flips on the projector for some interesting films. New art exhibits and some Tennessee Williams pile on other cool stuff to choose from.Read m...

06/01/2025

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is dedicating 2025 to celebrating its 150th anniversary of opening to the public.

As the second oldest zoo in North America, the organization has evolved from humble beginnings into a cherished local institution and renowned center for ecology and conservation efforts.

Since 1875, the Cincinnati Zoo has grown humble beginnings into a cherished local institution and renowned zoo and botanical garden.

03/01/2025

As we end the first week of the new year, are are continuing our look back at a tremendous 2024.

Below is one of our top features of the past 365 days: a peek inside the new-look American Sign Museum.

Have you been? What’s your favorite sign or exhibit?

No offense to other arts organizations, but there are art museums everywhere. And theaters. And baseball teams. But a large former warehouse filled with every type of sign imaginable . . . well, there is nothing else quite like it.Read more →

01/01/2025

Happy New Year, Greater Cincinnati and beyond.

As we mark the start of 2025, we're continuing our look back at the previous year - one filled with incredible happenings in the worlds of arts and culture and the nonprofit sector.

One of our biggest stories of the year was a feature by Elizabeth Mariner on the sometimes vague history of one of our region's most historic landmarks: the Roebling Suspension Bridge.

My research into the Roebling Suspension Bridge for a novel by Mark E. Scott led to questions about Wikipedia and the perpetuation of myth.

31/12/2024

Coverage of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra music director Louis Langrée stepping down was another of our top stories of 2024.

Thomas Co***lo highlighted Langrée's historic tenure with his CSO and the enduring impact he'll have on the company long after his departure, which occurred in May.

Langrée spoke with Movers & Makers in early February – between rehearsals for performances of Brahms’ “A German Requiem” – about his years in Cincinnati and his thoughts on the orchestra and the city he came to love. Read more →

30/12/2024

2024 has been full of game-changing moments for Greater Cincinnati’s arts and nonprofits scenes!

Over the next couple days we’ll highlight some of the most-read and widely shared stories of the year. Among them is this feature from David Lyman previewing the impact of the opening of the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, a transformative space that’s reshaping the region’s cultural landscape. And the impact is just beginning.

Join us in celebrating this key moment of the year — and get ready for the exciting path that lies ahead in 2025.

Clifton Cultural Arts Center is opening the building that supporters have dreamt of since the organization was created 20 years ago.

29/12/2024

Great Parks has started construction on the $11 million revitalization of Shaker Trace Nursery in Miami Whitewater Forest.

The project aims to increase the nursery’s capacity to produce native seed for restoration projects while also expanding its ability to educate the public about native plants and ecology. Seeds harvested at this facility are in use at all 22 Great Parks sites across Hamilton County, accounting for more than 18,000 acres in total.

You can read more about the planned renovations at the link below.

Great Parks Forever

The project includes a new, modern greenhouse to expand plant propagation capacity as well as a new building for seed processing and storage.

26/12/2024

Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate.

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from the Movers & Makers family to you and yours.

The Greater Cincinnati nonprofit and arts communities provide so many gifts to us all year round. Which one are you most grateful for this holiday season?