Linda Vaccariello
Dracula Flies Into Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s New Theater
Zombies rule on TV, but they’ll never outshine vampires on stage. So Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will celebrate Halloween with the Emperor of Darkness—Dracula.
Cincy Obscura: The Goebel Goats
Trouble with rampant honeysuckle, riotous poison ivy, random roguery? The Goebel Girls are on the job.
Cincy Obscura: The Lodge
A couple of years ago, Walk the Moon spent six intense weeks on-site, writing songs and recording demos for their first album, and their website notes the building’s “secret rooms, ghosts, and taxidermy.”
Cincy Obscura: Dennison Hotel’s Last Stand
It began as an ironworks company in 1892. It ended as rubble after the battle between the Columbia Development Group (a division of Joseph Auto) and preservation activists.
The Cincinnati Observatory’s Mitchel Telescope Celebrates its 172nd Birthday
April 14, 1845 was “first light night” (the astronomical equivalent of a maiden voyage) for the handsome instrument that Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, founder of the Cincinnati Observatory, purchased from the Merz und Mahler company of Munich.
The Cincinnati Archdiocese Archives Are Hiding In Plain Sight
The basement of the Civil War–era building behind St. Louis Church is filled with concrete to support the weight of it all.
An 1881 Fire Almost Burned Cincinnati to the Ground
On a beastly hot afternoon in July 1881, a fire in a toy factory almost destroyed Cincinnati.
Cincy Obscura: Adventures in Road Salting
The city lays in 27,000 tons of salt to start the season, with a contract for up to 40,000 tons if things get snowpocalyptic.
Cincy Obscura: Behind the Scenes in the Cyclones Equipment Locker
Chris Burke’s realm at U.S. Bank Arena is a kingdom of fire and ice.
Vultures Need Love Too
Raptor Inc., the Milford-based nonprofit, rescues injured birds of prey, rehabilitates them, and returns them to the wild whenever possible.