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- Meet 'New Works' choreographers - Here's a list of the Choreographers for Cincinnati Ballet's "New Works."
- Dancers get chance in 'New Works' - The first performance of a new dance season is always a little harrowing - and exhilarating. So much is unknown at the outset of a season.
- Tragedy turns into opera - Evan Mack's "Angel of the Amazon" could premiere in New York in May, but opera lovers get a sneak peek from the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Catherine Fishlock. The opera was inspired by the slaying of Ohio-born nun Dorothy Stang.
- Garrison Keillor returns Nov. 27 - Good news from Lake Wobegon: Garrison Keillor brings "A Prairie Home Companion" to Music Hall on Nov. 27 for a third live Thanksgiving weekend broadcast in five years.
- A lot to like about this 'Much Ado' - Cincinnati Shakespeare gets off to a jolly start to the season with the romantic comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" set in psychedelic 1968.
- 'Hot Drinks!' YouTube video goes viral nearly 20 years later - The YouTube video of Marvin Hawkins is classic '90s R&B. The beats are synthesized. The chorus is catchy. He looks seductively into the camera. The subject isn't: serving drinks from Wendy's, in a video once used to train employees.
- Arts Association season starts with Prine, Smith - "Songwriters' songwriter" John Prine and contemporary Christian star Michael W. Smith, both come to the Aronoff Center for December concerts.
- Rate Fox 19's fireworks coverage - Media reporter John Kiesewetter has few complaints about WXIX-TV's fireworks coverage. In his opinion, the station which first put the WEBN fireworks on TV in 1984 gave viewers a pretty good seat for the last blast of summer. What did you think?
- Challenge of role attracts Turner - In her famously deep voice, Kathleen Turner gives you salty language and keen observations. That little snort in her laugh suggests you can take her exactly as she is. Playwright Matthew Lombardo did. He wrote "High" with her in mind.
- Age, disability can't deter pianist - She's 78 and she's making a comeback as a concert pianist. Get to know Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, who is overcoming a hearing loss to do it.
- CSO, Pops expect big attendance - Despite the economy, attendance at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Pops concerts are holding fairly steady. Subscriptions are even up.
- Time Warner viewers can get extra sports fix - Time Warner Cable Inc. customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers of the company's Internet service, according to a long-term deal with the Walt Disney Co. announced last week.
- New faces in news at Fox 19 - WXIX-TV's new 9-10 a.m. "Fox 19 News Morning Xtra" starting Sept. 20 - and some weekend openings - means viewers will see new faces in new places. Here's a look at some of them.
- Chad catches another show - Two questions: Will Chad Ochocinco pick Rubi or Brittany in the finale of his "Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch" dating show tonight (9 p.m., VH1)? And does it matter?
- Meet the man who provides that sizzling soundtrack - WEBN-FM DJs and owners have come and gone. So have Rozzi's Famous Fireworks executives. But Joel Moss remains the one constant for the Riverfest fireworks.
