Amy Knueven

The headlining event this week is surely the über-international Western & Southern Open tennis tourney. But don’t miss horseback riding in the park, an interactive murder mystery, the Art Museum’s stash of prints, and an al fresco jazz series.

From the wonders of a ruined city, to a beloved Broadway show, to the roar of many singing voices, this week’s events operate on a grand scale (with a couple more quiet nights thrown in for good measure).

1. A Day In Pompeii
The next best thing to visiting the world’s most famous ruins is seeing the recovered artifacts up close and personal. The traveling exhibit A Day In Pompeii—touring archaeological treasures collected from the site of the 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius—is an exceptional treat indeed, as those items are rarely allowed to leave Italy. View sculpture, jewelry, and frescos, along with casts of actual victims, forever frozen in time. Cincinnati Museum Center, cincymuseum.org  

1. Time Stands Still
The Tony Award-nominated play Time Stands Still, by Donald Margulies, makes its regional premiere at Ensemble Theatre. The drama explores the relationship between a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent as they live their mostly quiet, post-Iraq war lives in Brooklyn. March 14-April at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, www.cincyetc.com

Over-the-Rhine is officially booming, and there is plenty to see and do. Don’t know where to start? We’ve worked out a day of fun at our favorite spots for drinks, food, and shopping.

If the gray days of February are bringing out your inner couch potato, give one of these winter nature-inspired events a try.

Cincinnati has its fair share of stages, and this week has its fair share of great shows.

Cincinnati hosts some top-notch performers and exhibitions this week, and everyone from Beethoven to George Clinton is represented.