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.

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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.

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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.

THE ANDREW BRADY MUSIC CENTER

H.E.R – Back of My Mind Tour 2022
April 26

Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist H.E.R. announced a new leg of her wildly successful 2021 BACK OF MY MIND tour. The 19-city tour will bring the “emotionally searing instrumentalist” (Billboard) across the U.S.

Khruangbin
April 29

The Houston, Texas trio known for their marriage of sounds from across the world – including reggae dub, surf-rock, Southeast Asian funk, and Middle Eastern soul. The atmospheric and eccentric group, which has been on countless global tours and graced nearly every major festival stage in the world, is a live force to be reckoned with.

Leon Bridges
May 6

The tour celebrates the release of Gold-Diggers Sound, an R&B album birthed from extended late nights at the Los Angeles speakeasy and studio of the same name.

Deftones
May 8

Formed in Sacramento, CA during 1988, multiplatinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Deftones are an influential alternative presence with 10 million records sold worldwide as of 2019.

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HERITAGE BANK CENTER

Journey “Freedom Tour 2022”
April 24

One of the most legendary rock bands of all time, JOURNEY, announces their Freedom Tour 2022, featuring very special guests TOTO. The diamond-selling Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will take the stage in 40 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including “Don’t Stop Believin”, “Any Way You Want It”, “Faithfully”, “Lights” and more.

The Mixtape Tour 2022
May 10

Multi platinum selling pop supergroup New Kids On The Block continues the party like nobody else can with the announcement of The MixTape Tour 2022, with their friends Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley and En Vogue as legendary special guests. It’s a can’t miss night out where fans can hear chart-topping hits and legendary catalogues spanning generations all night long.

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TAFT THEATRE

An Evening with Steve Hackett
April 28

Former GENESIS lead guitarist STEVE HACKETT is bringing his GENESIS REVISTED tour where he and an all-star band will be performing the critically acclaimed live album SECONDS OUT in its entirety along with selections from his solo career

Brit Floyd
April 29

The Brit Floyd show has become a phenomenon, widely regarded as the world’s greatest rock tribute show. Faithfully recreating the scale and pomp of the final 1994 Pink Floyd tour, complete with a stunning multimillion dollar light show, iconic circle screen, lasers, inflatables and theatrics.

Engelbert Humperdinck
May 6

The English pop singer will continue touring across North America through the remainder of the year supporting his latest album ‘The Man I Want To Be’. He has performed for the Queen four times, several presidents and many heads of state. He has recorded everything from the most romantic ballads to movie theme songs, disco, rock, and even gospel. His unique voice has charmed millions of fans around the globe.

See Inside the World’s Skinniest Skyscraper

On the famed Billionaire’s Row, SHoP Architects and Studio Sofield have delivered on a long-awaited promise

There’s a new skyscraper in New York, and architecture enthusiasts can’t wait to see it. And though New York City can be an unforgiving place to call home—the cost of living is famously high, square footage is precious, and the traffic seemingly doesn’t move—the Big Apple is one of the most beloved metropolises in the U.S. for a reason: the energy and ambition is unparalleled. And one area in which that appetite for boldness is particularly obvious is its architecture—specifically the daring structures that have shot up within the last few years. From Summit One Vanderbilt with its 1,300-foot-tall observatory to the Sir David Adjaye-designed Affirmation Tower that defies gravity, the enormous buildings are doing their part to redefine one of the most famous skylines. And the recently debuted residential skyscraper at 111 West 57th Street is shaking up Midtown in a big way. After all, it is the world’s skinniest tower.

Building such a vision took some work, though. With the collaborative effort of developers JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners; SHoP Architects, who designed the exterior; and AD100 architects Studio Sofield taking on the interior architecture, 111 West 57th Street is like a monument for impressive design. It’s also the second tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere, reaching a whopping 1,428 feet high, including a 300-foot decorative steel crown.

Though the tall, slender tower is surely the first thing passersby will see, 111 West 57th Street is actually a two-part building: the original landmarked Steinway Hall—the Warren & Wetmore-designed home to Steinway & Sons piano company—and the new high-rise by SHoP Architects. Both, however, house sprawling residences. There are 14 in the landmarked 1925 building and 46 full-floor and duplex residences within the tower. Just last week, the developers broke the good news to residents, who have been eagerly waiting to get their keys since the project was announced back in 2013, that they could finally move into the building.

Not only does that new build look incredibly skinny from every angle, it actually is. It has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, officially making 111 West 57th Street the skinniest skyscraper in the world. Residents don’t have to worry that the building may blow over or snap in half during a storm, though, because the building is made with the highest strength concrete in the world, according to SHoP Architects. It may be a new build that, from afar, looks almost futuristic, but the architects—both SHoP and Studio Sofield—wanted to reference Manhattan’s pre-war Golden Age wherever they could. For instance, each exterior section of the building is paired with a layer of terra-cotta pilasters that don both the east and west facades of the tower, giving it that glamorous late 19th-century feel without overdoing it.

Giving it that Golden Age look makes sense considering that half the project—Steinway Hall—is nearly 100 years old. For that part of the project, SHoP Architects restored much of the building originally designed in the 1920s. The facade and instantly recognizable rotunda were restored in collaboration with the Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York, and it will be connected to the new tower by way of a sweeping central lobby. For the block-long entry, William Sofield enlisted New York artisans such as John Opella and Nancy Lorenz to create what he describes as “a series of emotional experiences” that are informed by the New York skyscrapers of the past.

The amenities, though, are all about modern living. They feature an 82-foot-long two-lane swimming pool surrounded by private cabanas, sauna, steam room, double-height fitness center with its own mezzanine terrace, private dining room, and a chef’s catering kitchen, residents’ lounge boasting an expansive terrace, and a dedicated concierge service.

More than 10 years after the project was announced and after several setbacks, 111 West 57th Street will surely transform Billionaire’s Row in a big way.

Source: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/see-inside-worlds-skinniest-skyscraper