Airing every weekday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 90.9 WGUC, Cincinnati Spotlight highlights the latest goings on from the Queen City’s vibrant arts community. Also available on-demand via this website and SoundCloud, our online presence often includes extended interviews and special content.
Spotlights are recorded and produced by our on-air talent: Elaine Diehl, Megan Lavilla, and Brian O’Donnell.
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Since 1981, Summerfair Cincinnati has supported artists through the Aid to Individual Artists Award Program. While there have been many changes to Conery Island, SUMMERFARI remains.
As Kennedy Heights Arts Center continues to celebrate their 20th Anniversary, the new exhibition, “Growth from Creativity” opens at their Lindner Annex.
Kith and Kin: Things Well Known, a two-person exhibition organized by Wave Pool’s 2024 Curatorial Resident, Lindsey Cummins, is an exploration into the collective significance of interpersonal relationships and their connection to place within the Ohio River Valley region.
This milestone celebration will honor Kennedy Heights Arts Center’s rich history and profound impact on the community over the past twenty years.
A variety of services will be available for community partners to contract with ArtWorks, starting May 1, 2024. ArtWorks, the creative nonprofit organization most famous for its murals and public art across the Greater Cincinnati region, is committed to employing young people and artists and with this endeavor, expanding to meet community needs.
Drs. Divya Vasudev and Varun Goswami discuss how The Asian elephant is endangered, threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and human–elephant conflict. They work towards landscape-scale conservation of elephants, focusing on facilitating connectivity while minimizing conflict.
More than 40 of the area’s top clay artists come together for our 23rd Annual Spring Pottery Fair.
Queen City Cabaret and The Carnegie celebrate100 years of legendary film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with a hit parade of songs from Hollywood’s golden age made popular by stars including Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, and more.
Hearts of Liberation: A Celebration of Radical Black Love as Collective Care emerges as a beacon of hope—a testament to the unwavering power of love, resilience, and community.
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture, Legally Blonde the Musical follows the adventures of sorority girl Elle Woods.
This year, the Cincinnati Community Orchestra celebrates their 70th Anniversary. The Orchestra currently has more than 80 amateur and professional musicians.
The Cincinnati Choral Society presents a free concert Sunday afternoon, April 28th, at 3pm in Indian Hill Church on Drake Rd…..conductor Lisa Peters has concert details.
CINCINNATI MAY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP MODEL AND 2024 MAY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE.
Cincinnati Camerata promises ecstatic Hallelujahs, eclectic Kiddushes, and intimate prayers form this program of distinctly Jewish choral music honoring Cincinnati’s historic Plum Street Temple. Artistic Director Ben Owen has more in today’s Spotlight.
Famed keyboardist John Medeski is not easily contained to a single project or genre; he is credited on over 300 works to date, most notably as one third of the groundbreaking trio Medeski, Martin, & Wood.
