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THE ANDREW BRADY MUSIC CENTER

Ray Lamontagne: The Monovision Tour
May 28

Grammy Award winning artist Ray LaMontagne announces The MONOVISION Tour with special guest Sierra Ferrell. Ray and his trio hit the road this Spring to perform live for the first time the songs from his album MONOVISION as well as hits from across his catalog.

Haim: One More Haim Tour
May 29

The sisters of HAIM connect the dots between ’70s rock, ’80s synth pop, and R&B from the ’90s onward and update the traditions of those styles in fresh yet familiar ways.

Asking Alexandria & Nothing More
May 31

The tour will see two of the most celebrated rock bands today join forces to dominate stages, at a monumental time in both band’s careers.

Bright Eyes
June 1

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst, guitarist/producer Mike Mogis, and arranger/keys/trumpet player Nathaniel Walcott) are performing as a 14-piece band including Down in the Weeds contributors Jon Theodore, Macy Taylor, and Miwi LaLupa, and an 8-piece chamber orchestra.

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TAFT THEATRE

Tori Amos
May 24

Ocean to Ocean is Amos’ most personal work in years – an album bursting with warmth and connection, with deep roots in her earliest song writing.

Home Free
June 4

HOME FREE’s DIVE BAR SAINTS: WORLD TOUR is a perfect evening of mixed of upbeat Nashville-dipped pop hits, country and western standards, incredible harmony and quick witted humor.

The Masked Singer National Tour
June 7

Audiences can expect to see their favorite characters brought to life on stage in a can’t-miss spectacular live show for audiences of all ages, as well as surprise celebrity guests and amazing new performances.

CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM

Black & Brown Faces: Paying Homage To
Now – June 19

Building on the impact of 2020’s inaugural Black & Brown Faces exhibition, this presentation expands the representation of Midwestern artists of color to 15. Each brings their own interpretation of portraiture paying homage to 15 living honorees of color who are working to make our city a more equitable and just community.

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CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 

Asha Ama’s NEW MOON, a Co-LAB Exhibition
April 30–June 5

Asha Ama’s upcoming collection, NEW MOON, looks to the future—how the world will look through the lens of the divine, Black, female energy that will heal the world.

Breaking Water
May 6- August 14

Breaking Water is a group exhibition bringing together works in installation, video, photography, painting, sculpture, and performance that offer a range of approaches to the subject of water, liquidity, and feminism.

Center for Unfinished Business
Now – August 28

A roving reading room exploring colonial legacies and repercussions. The CAC’s iteration, sited in the lobby, features a curated selection of seminal books and a series of discussions that respond to water as a literal and metaphorical framework for exploring African American and African diasporic experiences and cultures.

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TAFT MUSEUM OF ART

Jane Austen: Fashion & Sensibility
June 11 – Sept 4

Fashion & Sensibility provides an unforgettable opportunity to see, up close, costumes worn by Hollywood celebrities including Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant. The exhibition brings to life beloved characters from Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Mansfield Park, while revealing powerful themes of class, gender, and social dynamics in Austen’s world.

Love This House: Preserving a National Historic Landmark
June 11 – Sept 4

n 2021–22, the Taft Museum of Art partnered with GBBN Architects and HGC Construction to preserve the exterior of the Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft house, a National Historic Landmark. The house was built around 1820, making it downtown Cincinnati’s oldest wooden residence in its original location. Investigation prior to the project revealed significant water damage to the wooden siding and the structure beneath. In this small display, learn more about how the house has been preserved for future generations, and how the project will also help protect the art collection within.

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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas
Now –July 31

 

Neighborhoods with the best percentage of sales to active listings (only neighborhoods with at least 20 combined actives and solds are included):

1. Mt. Washington //  25 sold with 1 active //  2500%
or a ratio of 25.0 solds to each active listing

2.  West Chester  //  67 sold with 8 active // 830%
or a ratio of 8.3 solds to each active listing

3. Anderson //  60 sold with 11 active // 540%
or a ratio of 5.4 solds to each active listing

Compiled using information from the Multiple Listing Service of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for the period 4/1/2022 through 4/30/2022. Information has not been verified, is not guaranteed and subject to change.

Suburb	# Sold	# Active	Avg $ List	Avg $ Sale	Days on Mkt.
Amberly Village	3	0	$787,667	$756,667	2
Anderson	60	11	$371,958	$391,551	19
Avondale	8	2	$282,602	$266,730	9
Bellevue	7	5	$778,580	$205,857	5
Blue Ash	15	9	$423,846	$541,769	195
Clifton	12	8	$327,027	$360,632	42
Columbia Tusculum	11	8	$493,864	$530,348	145
Covington	39	34	$465,576	$211,302	33
Crestview Hills	27	11	$1,549,645	$421,027	5
Dayton, KY	8	15	$533,610	$247,635	27
Deer Park	12	0	$234,417	$227,642	10
Deerfield Twp	40	10	$430,506	$527,765	14
Dntn/OTR	37	31	$399,197	$376,574	50
East End	4	23	$927,500	$940,310	246
Edgewood	6	8	$1,682,037	$327,733	12
Fort Mitchell	12	3	$1,196,600	$472,500	5
Fort Thomas	18	15	$849,566	$411,859	20
Fort Wright	6	0	$274,949	$272,616	34
Glendale	6	2	$381,583	$441,238	7
Hyde Park	26	12	$571,794	$617,716	17
Indian Hill	7	6	$1,309,020	$2,143,446	134
Kennedy Heights	6	5	$241,150	$354,236	17
Kenwood	10	1	$425,300	$440,155	5
Lakeside Park	9	0	$411,400	$414,594	2
Lebanon	21	6	$288,762	$299,271	8
Liberty Township	40	33	$465,435	$521,578	49
Linwood	4	1	$596,250	$686,760	49
Loveland	12	5	$359,833	$597,294	46
Madeira	14	11	$545,882	$648,208	68
Madison Place	1	2	$320,000	$781,633	25
Madisonville	19	8	$289,679	$294,985	37
Maineville	1	0	$215,000	$215,000	1
Mariemont	5	2	$357,300	$383,257	26
Mason	53	10	$440,884	$457,448	29
Miami Township	45	12	$389,977	$411,264	42
Milford	6	3	$284,833	$312,100	19
Montgomery	11	19	$677,193	$841,591	135
Mt. Adams	2	8	$865,000	$1,201,140	89
Mt. Auburn	5	13	$349,780	$582,533	111
Mt. Lookout	7	6	$740,043	$752,285	38
Mt. Washington	25	1	$248,027	$247,442	5
Newport	16	26	$523,930	$314,753	18
Newtown	8	0	$321,123	$308,225	6
Northside	21	4	$236,615	$234,760	20
Norwood	38	8	$240,163	$234,265	14
Oakley	10	14	$351,900	$527,300	123
Park Hills	2	5	$668,480	$423,000	3
Pierce Township	18	26	$307,222	$425,523	45
Pleasant Ridge	19	0	$306,434	$282,984	2
Sharonville	18	1	$236,871	$226,766	6
Silverton	8	0	$257,063	$233,613	1
South Lebanon	8	10	$258,138	$435,427	51
Sycamore Twshp.	10	0	$428,905	$412,350	7
Symmes Twshp.	13	4	$483,709	$563,423	26
Terrace Park	6	1	$972,750	$806,143	43
Villa Hills	6	8	$1,011,846	$532,857	12
Walnut Hills	21	8	$298,776	$416,472	89
West Chester	67	8	$349,752	$346,132	6
Western Hills	29	0	$247,928	$238,855	8
Wyoming	11	11	$390,582	$550,030	397

Spring and summer are jam-packed with delicious, fresh new growth: squash, okra, strawberries, and peaches, to name a few. What many people don’t know, though, is that lots of the beautiful Southern color we see in our front yards can make its way to our plates. No, not just from our vegetable gardens—from our flower gardens too. Edible flowers have served for hundreds of years as a way to both beautify and enhance the flavors of a kitchen creation, whether it’s an entrée, a dessert, or even a drink.

1. Roses

2. Marigolds

3. Anise hyssop

4. Zucchini blossoms

5. Butterfly pea

6. Violets

7. Pansies

Throughout the country, botanical and public gardens give people a fascinating place to escape from daily hardships and take in the beauty of the natural world. Walking through arbors covered in colorful flowering vines to an exquisite display of wild greenery can be so restorative to the body and soul.

Whether you’re looking to immerse yourself in nature or to step away from the bustle of the city, here are some beautiful gardens in the eastern half of the US you might consider when you are planning your next getaway.

CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN

Gather ideas for your home landscape, explore the multi-sensory Enabling Garden, and review the top performers in the trial gardens. Our local garden expert recommended this garden as being somewhere that one could learn something new every day.

See their website to check the concert and events schedule too.

MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
St. Louis, MO

Not your average botanical garden, this is now registered as a National Historic Landmark and has been open to the public since 1859. Looking for notable plant collections? Check. Demonstration gardens? There are 23 to collect ideas from. Conservatories? There are three: a futuristic geodesic dome structure covers over a half-acre, a delightful brick conservatory that dates back to 1882, and a more recent temperate house that features several themed displays.

In short, this is a true destination and one that deserves your support.

CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN
Cleveland, OH

What this garden lacks in acreage it makes up for in abundance and innovation. From the lush Gateway Garden to the aptly named Inspiration Gardens, you will be amazed by the ideas that you can incorporate into your own garden.

When you’re ready to step into the glasshouse, you can visit both the Dr. Seuss-like landscape and exotic animals of Madagascar, as well as the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica complete with butterflies and gently cooing ground doves.

ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS
Atlanta, GA

Renowned plant collections, beautiful displays, and spectacular exhibitions combine to create an exciting urban oasis in the heart of Midtown. The garden includes 30 acres of outdoor gardens, an award-winning Children’s Garden, the serene Storza Woods highlighted by a unique Canopy Walk, and the picturesque Skyline Garden.

NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS
Naples, FL

Explore the exciting themed gardens that represent the culture and flora of the tropics, from Bali to Brazil and the Caribbean Islands. Enjoy the delightful Children’s Garden where kids of all ages will delight in the water fountains, butterflies, and a treehouse as they learn about the unique Floridian habitats.

Visitors also have the wonderful opportunity to visit the 90-acre nature sanctuary where mangrove swamps provide habitat for wildlife including eagles, otters, tree frogs, and gopher tortoises.

FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDENS
Coral Gables, FL

Begin your visit with a free tram tour around the Garden to learn more about the history, mission, and plant collections—it’s a great way to get an overview before venturing out on your own.

Indulge your senses by walking beneath the exotic Vine Pergola adorned with dozens of colorful flowering vines. Then, visit the Tropical Flowering Tree Arboretum and seek out the allspice tree to appreciate the sweet, yet spicy, fragrance of the foliage. Special exhibits, conservatories, and the aromatic Tropical Fruit Pavilion all combine to give visitors a true taste of the tropics.

UNITED STATES BOTANIC GARDEN
Washington, DC

A diverse range of garden experiences awaits visitors here. The historic conservatory houses courtyard gardens, themed garden rooms, and special exhibits. Just outside the National Garden, there are plantings that represent different environments from around the United States.

Across the road from the conservatory, Bartholdi Park is a showcase for exciting plant combinations centered around a stunning fountain.

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
Brooklyn, NY

Now over a century old, but considered to represent the very best in urban gardening and horticultural display, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a 52-acre oasis tucked within a major metropolis.

Be sure to visit the Water Garden, where a meandering stream flows into a pond that also serves to capture excess rainwater. Summer highlights here include riparian plants, such as summer-blooming hibiscus and sedges that have adapted to live near the water’s edge. This is also a wonderful place to look for dragonflies, frogs, and ducks—a welcome respite from city life.

LONGWOOD GARDENS
Kennett Square, PA

If you’re visiting Philadelphia, Longwood should be your primary garden destination. Appreciated as much for its outstanding conservatory displays as the illuminated Fountain Festivals, this world-class garden never disappoints.

Take time to stroll through the 86-acre meadow to experience the best practices in ecological garden design. Marvel at the tapestry of naturalistic plantings, enjoy the butterflies and birds. Listen to the wind rattling seed heads in fall and the cries of hawks wheeling overhead. This is a place that will touch your heart.

 

*Original article: 20 Best Botanical Gardens to Visit in the U.S. | Garden Design

Neighborhoods with the best percentage of sales to active listings (only neighborhoods with at least 10 combined actives and solds are included):

1. Fort Wright //  19 sold with 1 active //  1900%
or a ratio of 19.0 solds to each active listing

2.  Sycamore Twp.  //  15 sold with 1 active // 1500%
or a ratio of 15.0 solds to each active listing

3. Western Hills //  30 sold with 2 active // 1500%
or a ratio of 15.0 solds to each active listing

Compiled using information from the Multiple Listing Service of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for the period 3/1/2022 through 3/31/2022. Information has not been verified, is not guaranteed and subject to change.

Suburb	# Sold	# Active	Avg $ List	Avg $ Sale	Days on Mkt.
Amberly Village	4	0	$679,125	$697,375	2
Anderson	42	14	$428,825	$347,536	32
Avondale	6	6	$179,701	$215,817	43
Bellevue	17	6	$554,333	$221,311	51
Blue Ash	13	8	$289,294	$345,008	213
Clifton	10	9	$346,074	$287,230	23
Columbia Tusculum	6	7	$511,362	$460,833	181
Covington	54	56	$401,143	$195,229	34
Crestview Hills	5	3	$496,266	$311,300	46
Dayton, KY	7	39	$539,747	$237,700	38
Deer Park	9	0	$240,878	$243,509	2
Deerfield Twp	33	10	$558,473	$441,462	26
Dntn/OTR	27	26	$393,855	$346,910	70
East End	4	21	$864,459	$860,000	280
Edgewood	7	8	$1,583,522	$352,742	3
Fort Mitchell	6	4	$1,326,225	$252,541	37
Fort Thomas	17	23	$680,473	$219,585	67
Fort Wright	19	1	$668,800	$290,910	18
Glendale	5	1	$330,767	$357,950	14
Hyde Park	29	6	$565,804	$508,951	20
Indian Hill	7	5	$2,522,056	$1,747,253	137
Kennedy Heights	12	0	$223,975	$217,833	19
Kenwood	6	0	$390,800	$391,500	56
Lakeside Park	7	0	N/A	$304,700	46
Lebanon	29	4	$306,197	$294,366	34
Liberty Township	37	32	$505,732	$457,276	47
Linwood	1	0	$59,000	$27,500	69
Loveland	17	8	$479,256	$286,337	32
Madeira	14	8	$578,377	$480,141	50
Madison Place	1	1	$704,756	$235,000	47
Madisonville	16	5	$262,486	$255,127	46
Maineville	2	0	$302,500	$316,000	1
Mariemont	3	0	$732,800	$754,500	44
Mason	46	9	$473,094	$445,132	44
Miami Township	41	10	$395,861	$363,348	59
Milford	4	2	$404,650	$362,500	36
Montgomery	11	15	$722,771	$547,321	126
Mt. Adams	5	10	$1,180,167	$924,900	68
Mt. Auburn	9	14	$494,943	$311,000	85
Mt. Lookout	14	1	$585,247	$526,506	32
Mt. Washington	12	3	$243,027	$260,183	13
Newport	14	36	$493,625	$190,385	47
Newtown	3	0	$410,367	$418,700	3
Northside	9	6	$218,233	$204,556	29
Norwood	20	7	$225,156	$228,637	25
Oakley	13	16	$544,603	$407,247	123
Park Hills	7	5	$785,580	$368,371	30
Pierce Township	19	18	$436,012	$341,123	48
Pleasant Ridge	11	0	$267,436	$272,975	10
Sharonville	16	0	$248,225	$258,744	2
Silverton	8	0	$209,925	$216,563	8
South Lebanon	8	5	$457,079	$392,456	37
Sycamore Twshp.	15	1	$297,450	$295,020	14
Symmes Twshp.	9	2	$500,727	$421,196	33
Terrace Park	3	2	$667,400	$615,000	52
Villa Hills	17	11	$856,299	$405,631	20
Walnut Hills	10	10	$449,155	$342,295	114
West Chester	77	10	$353,509	$334,099	22
Western Hills	30	2	$243,912	$250,207	9
Wyoming	10	7	$535,374	$474,400	509

CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM

Black & Brown Faces: Paying Homage To
Now – June 19

Building on the impact of 2020’s inaugural Black & Brown Faces exhibition, this presentation expands the representation of Midwestern artists of color to 15. Each brings their own interpretation of portraiture paying homage to 15 living honorees of color who are working to make our city a more equitable and just community.

One Each: Still Lifes by Cézanne, Pissarro and Friends
Now – May 8

These five paintings combine familiar subjects from the kitchen counter and dinner table—a glass of wine, freshly-caught fish, a loaf of bread, lemons—with revolutionary artistic intent. The artists’ methods of making are put boldly on view—broad and emphatic brushwork, paint sculpted on the canvas. The Impressionists termed this audacious rebalancing of priorities and values in an artwork “sincerity.”

David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History
Now – May 15

David Driskell (1931–2020) was one of the most revered American artists of his generation and a powerful advocate for the recognition of Black artists and their contributions to art history. Featuring sixty vibrant paintings, prints, drawings and collages, this exhibition surveys Driskell’s versatile artistic practice.

Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop
Now – May 15

Working Together is the first major museum exhibition about the Kamoinge Workshop, a groundbreaking African American photographers’ collective founded in New York City in 1963. The founders chose the name Kamoinge—meaning “a group of people acting and working together” in the Gikuyu language of Kenya—to reflect their shared dedication to community, collective action, and a global outlook.

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CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 

Asha Ama’s NEW MOON, a Co-LAB Exhibition
April 30–June 5

Asha Ama’s upcoming collection, NEW MOON, looks to the future—how the world will look through the lens of the divine, Black, female energy that will heal the world.

Breaking Water
May 6- August 14

Breaking Water is a group exhibition bringing together works in installation, video, photography, painting, sculpture, and performance that offer a range of approaches to the subject of water, liquidity, and feminism.

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TAFT MUSEUM OF ART

In a New Light | Treasures from the Taft
Now – May 1

Final days….In a New Light explores a broad range of eras, cultures, and art forms through their historical context, subject matter, materials, and makers. European decorative arts and Chinese porcelains dazzle the eye with their intricate designs and brilliant colors. Nineteenth-century American furniture impresses us with its stately elegance. European and American portraits and landscape paintings show off the mastery of some of the greatest artists of the past. Through select works, the exhibition will reveal centuries-old social concerns such as the distribution of wealth, environmental destruction, and gender and racial inequality.

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ART INSTITVTE CHICAGO

Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty
Now –Jun 13

ARONOFF CENTER

Frozen
April 20 – May 1

When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna’s sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell. Although their epic journey leads them to encounters with mystical trolls, a comedic snowman (Josh Gad), harsh conditions, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff bravely push onward in a race to save their kingdom from winter’s cold grip.

Ragtime
April 29 – May 7

At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together

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CINCINNATI BALLET

Dance Theatre of Harlem
May 17-18

One of the few ballets created based on the legendary tale, King Arthur’s Camelot transports us to the mystical land of Camelot where the story of King Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere unfolds in a visually stunning display of dance, drama, and magic that the whole family will love!

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ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI

I Shall Not Be Moved/Your Negro Tour Guide
April 19 – May 7

This one-woman show thrillingly recounts the story of Reaves’s grandmother, nationally recognized Civil Rights pioneer Betty Daniels Rosemond and her beautiful, horrifying, and trailblazing journey through the American South as one of the first Freedom Riders during the 1960s

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PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK

Becoming Dr. Ruth
April 9 – May 15

This heartwarming portrait is a humorous and illuminating one-woman show about America’s favorite sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play
April 30 – May 22

Fearlessly funny. This biting comedy explores the universal challenges of teenage girlhood and all the drama that comes with it.