Exquisite beauty from the heavens. Profound wisdom from dynasties past. Discover authentic Chinese culture, as Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, comes to Aronoff Center in January.

Shen Yun, a New York-based company, was founded in 2006 by an impressive group of Chinese artists. Their dream was to create a renaissance for mankind’s most ancient heritage. Today, their wish has become an international phenomenon. 

Shen Yun performs in 150 cities worldwide. With breathtaking dances, gorgeous costumes, live orchestra, and dynamic backdrops, this is a show brimming with themes of courage, hope, and triumph of good over evil. Shen Yun is the world’s only company depicting Chinese culture as it had been before it was nearly destroyed by decades of communist rule.

Shen Yun features hundreds of handmade costumes—showcasing apparel from China’s 5,000 years of history. Their exquisite colors blend seamlessly with the animated backdrops, instantly transporting the audience to another world. The animation also contains a few surprises, but those are best left for the performance. 

At the end of a cold winter, Shen Yun’s warm embrace of this ancient heritage is a great way to welcome in the new season, and is a highly accessible, enlightening, and entertaining experience.

Shen Yun at Aronoff Center Jan. 28-29. 

For tickets and more information,
visit www.ShenYun.com/Cincinnati

Cincinnati is known for being one of the best cities for families. Below are free events for everyone to enjoy. 

Enjoy Watching A Free Football Game 

Depending on the season, you and your loved ones can enjoy a free game streamed live from the flat screen mounted over the Reds stadium at the banks! Enjoy concerts during the summer and food and drinks all year round from some of the city’s best pubs. The menus range from all-American, Mexican and Gastro. The Banks also features the Carol Ann Carousel amusement park for the little ones. Freedom Way., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202 

Visit Local Art Museums 

Fantastic news for tourists, many of the art museums in Cincinnati are FREE admission! Appreciate local and contemporary art from the CAC museum (contemporary art center). Their entry is free for all visitors. The museum features interchangeable seasonal projects, a unique gift shop for all your collectibles, a California-themed cafè, and a dedicated children’s floor. Check with their staff to discover local shows, events, and exhibitions. They aim to educate through art. You’re sure to leave enlightened. 44 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202

21C is another contemporary art museum located inside the 21C Museum Hotel. This museum is fun, vibrant, and welcoming. Feeding your curiosity, the museum features a winding staircase and healing tiles that light your path to the restroom. Make sure you notice the yellow penguin! This dedicated exhibition is one you’re sure to enjoy. They focus on collecting and showcasing North American art. The museum is open 24 hours and free daily. It’s where art meets culture. Visit today! 609 Walnut St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

And lastly, one of the city’s most prominent art museums, The Cincinnati Art Museum. One of the largest art museums in Cincinnati. This museum is located right in the heart of Mt. Adams. Its works range from over 67,000 various collections over 6,000 years. With programs for teens, adults, and children, this museum features unique and inclusive exhibitions with free daily admission. The location also has a café and courtyard. 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Scenic Eden Park 

Perfect for an early morning, afternoon, or evening. The expansive park includes beautiful landscaping, bright botanicals, trails, hiking, and breathtaking views overlooking the Ohio river and Kentucky. Occupying 186 acres of land, this is sure to fit your ideal getaway. 950 Eden Park Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Prime Cincinnati, known for the best steaks, seafood, pasta, live music, cocktails…and perfect to celebrate New Year’s Eve…. with a fabulous night lined up…is THE place to be!  And  in February, you’ll be able to dine in a new, HOT location in Middletown. 

Nelson Castillo, owner of Prime Cincinnati at 580 Walnut St. ( also Street City Urban Gourmet), is opening Primo Middletown in the former BeauVerre Riourdan Studios Building in Downtown Middletown. 

Primo Middletown, like Prime, will focus on USDA Prime, certified Angus Beef steaks, along with an expanded menu to include Italian dishes, like veal chops and Osso Buco…classics for an Italian steakhouse. Castillo also ordered a pasta maker from Italy which he will use  to supply his restaurants, and also sell retail pasta.  Their will be wine dinners with menu pairings, and a high-end wine list  that pairs well with an Italian steakhouse. 

Primo Middletown will also have a secret speakeasy accessible through the kitchen, which will feature more than 100 rare and allocated Bourbons. Unlike Prime, Primo’s speakeasy will also have a cigar lounge. A membership to either speakeasy, sold for $1000 annually – will allow access to both.

Watch for more announcements as Castillo gets closer to the Grand Opening of Primo Middletown….it will be fabulous…and a welcome new hotspot for the Middletown and greater Cincinnati patrons of fine dining! 

For more New Year’s Eve details and to make a reservation at Prime Cincinnati…visit PrimeCincinnati.com. 

Meet Nancy Rembold… The woman behind the shopping magic and experience at Lou Lou’s!

Nancy is a Dayton native… She met her husband at Bowling Green State University… And then moved to Cincinnati. Lou Lou’s was always her dream! Nancy worked in a small boutique in College and fell in love with the concept of “boutique” shopping!!  Shopping small is simply good for your heart!  You are putting dollars directly back into your community!

The concept behind Lou Lou’s was to create a lifestyle brand that doesn’t complicate fashion, but instead simplifies it via their thoughtfully curated collection of clothing and accessories.  Nancy wants to bring the joy of fashion to everyone!

The ladies that work at LouLou’s create the “magic” .. you feel like you are shopping with your best friend! Let them help you with all your holiday events, gifts…etc! Lou Lou’s carries many different brands and products for all ages! You can shop in the store or online..whichever works best! 

Free gift wrap through the holidays, and the women of Lou Lou’s are also happy to assist in gift selections. 

Lou Lou’s Boutique is open 7 days a week….Open 24/7 online! Check out the online store at ShopLouLous.com 

Or in-person at 6145 Bridgetown Road, just minutes from Downtown. 

Happy Holidays to all, and happy shopping! 

It’s all open! The last frontier besides China opened their gates for visitors. Japan signifies that the world is ready for international travel when they eliminated ALL restrictions late last month.  Whether you are going to Asia, or just something nearby like Cancun, this news offers a positive indicator that we have moved away from the pandemic paranoia onto travel freedom.  You might notice airline prices will be a bit higher due to staffing shortages but don’t hesitate to make your plans to visit the world.  On a side note, Cincinnati! News Flash!! British Airways showed up at CVG to bring a direct flight to London! And Delta reinstated the direct to Paris from CVG this summer. While the world opens, a new study from Kayak shows that 70 percent of Americans who will be traveling this season are stressed by all the challenges that the busy airports will bring, including flight delays and long lines. But there are plenty of ways to help lessen these challenges without shelling out tons of money. I recommend TSA pre-check and Clear. Both are low cost and major time savers.  

What are you waiting for?

Go to: FitBodiesInc.com for more information, 

or email Suzelle@FitBodiesInc.com

We’ve all seen the movies: a serene tropical forest ruled by stealthy raptors and a menacing T-Rex as triceratops and brachiosauruses graze in lush plains nearby. And we see paleontologists digging for their remains in the heat and dirt of the American west. So we understand if the thought of dinosaurs in Antarctica is a little hard to fathom. Let us explain.

Antarctica wasn’t always a land of snow and ice with penguins teetering along its shores. Over 200 million years ago it was part of the supercontinent Gondwana – including parts of what we know as South America, Africa, Australia, the Indian subcontinent and Arabia – and situated much closer to the tropical regions of the world, making the land that is now Antarctica a landscape of lush woodland where dinosaurs thrived. Dinosaurs of Antarctica at Cincinnati Museum Center beautifully recreates the forest landscape and surrounds you with fossils and casts of never-before-seen dinosaurs.

As for the heat and dirt of a North American dig site, you won’t find that today. Instead, it’s an intimidating stretch of ice and rock, as forbidding today as it was when the first Arctic explorers trekked across it over 100 years ago (you’ll meet some of them in the exhibition). Airplanes and helicopters help provide improved access and remove fossils while power tools help penetrate centuries of rock, but the dig isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s a cold, isolated landscape.

But 200 million years ago it was thundering with incredible dinosaurs unlike any you’ve ever seen.

See for yourself at Cincinnati Museum Center’s Dinosaurs of Antarctica, open through January 15, 2023.

cincymuseum.org/dinosaurs-of-antarctica