Profiles

Event Producer Megyn Norbut Helps Build a Cool City

"When I was younger, I wanted to live in a cool city. Now I get to help build the kind of city I want to live in."

Thea Tjepkema Is Music Hall’s Guardian Angel

When Thea Tjepkema talks (and researches, writes, lectures, and leads tours) about Cincinnati’s temple of arts and culture, everyone listens.

Where in the World Is Frank Henson?

Cincinnati’s “father of bicycling” left three years ago with his wife, Mary, to meander in Central and South America, until the pandemic locked them down in an Ecuador beach town. They aren’t complaining.

Cristian Pietoso Makes His Dream Come True in Cincinnati

Cristian Pietoso follows in his father’s footsteps, but finds his own success in the restaurant business at Via Vite, Nicola’s, and Forno.

Photographer Tina Gutierrez Found Her Community

Gutierrez says she and her husband have “formed strong friendships within the local music and FotoFocus communities.”

Artist Susannah Tisue Wanted to Own Her Space

“The space we’re in now, a theater building from 1910, is a place we wouldn’t have been able to own in New York.”

Ryan Atkins Builds and Rebuilds His Life

Following a devastating car accident that left him paralyzed, Ryan Atkins faced a spiritual and personal reckoning with his wife Stephanie by his side.

Julie Coppens Is a Serial Boomerang

“I knew this was where I needed to be again, for now.”

Musician Gary Griffin’s Complicated Homecoming

“I really don’t know how much I like being back yet. We haven’t been able to fully experience the city during the pandemic.”

Chef Vanessa Miller Came to Cook

“I know that this is a city where I can push my culinary career forward instead of feeling like it was going to be stagnant.”

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