Arts, Entertainment & Culture News

You’re invited! This time last year marked a very important milestone for Cincinnati Public Radio. After years of planning, we moved into our brand-new building and headquarters on Dana Avenue in Evanston and opened our doors to you for the very first time with a weekend of music, guest speakers and community. To mark one year of success in this space, we extend the official invite to celebrate our “first birthday” on Saturday, April 25th.

Just as various mammals and birds start their return migration in the spring, so too do naturalists and scientists flock back to the Cincinnati Zoo in March. It’s the return of the Barrows Conservation Lectures that brings them to Cincinnati, and this year the lineup is nothing short of illuminating. If you find yourself free on weekday evenings, there are four dates you can attend this spring, all on Wednesdays at 8pm.

Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.

Making her Broadway national tour debut, Sheherazade performs “If You Believe” from the hit musical ‪The Wiz.

Recently in town to perform “Slavic Legends” with conductor Oksana Lyniv and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, violinist Esther Yoo also had another announcement. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the musician released her most personal album to date, Love Symposium. Though it does coincide with the romantic holiday, Esther shares that there are many more types of love within the release and explains the theme.

Called Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Lauren Gunderson’s transformed story shines a spotlight on the beloved author and her experience writing the classic.

Midway through his season, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Music Director Cristian Măcelaru chats with WGUC host Elaine Diehl about feeling welcomed by Cincinnati—and the passion CSO musicians bring to serving the community through music.

Broadway Hell’s Kitchen cast members Kennedy Caughell (Jersey) and Desmond Sean Ellington (Davis) join WGUC Host Megan Lavilla at the Cincinnati Public Radio studio to discuss Alicia Keys’ powerful new musical, inspired by her life, music, and community.

Rita Dove — the first African American Poet Laureate of the United States sat down with WGUC host Megan Lavilla to discuss her new poem, performed by Morris Robinson with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.