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Art: Vegas 360 at the Cincinnati Art Museum

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 3:53 p.m.

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Cincinnati Art Museum’s latest photography exhibit, Vegas 360 by Cincinnatian Thomas Schiff, continues through Sept. 26. It features large-scale full-color panoramic images of the famous 24/7, neon-lit Vegas Strip shot with a custom-made Hulcherama 360 camera mounted on an extended tripod, rotating 360 degrees or more on its axis to expose film in a continuous strip as it turns ...

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Cincinnati connections

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Published June 13, 2010 at 5:22 a.m.

Several artifacts on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center as part of America I AM: The African American Imprint have local connections.They include: Flag belonging to the Black Brigade of Cincinnati, the first group of African-Americans to be organized for American military purposes. In the fall of 1862, when Confederate forces threatened Cincinnati, the city called on local black men to dig trenches and erect barricades in Northern Kentucky. This flag flew over their work area. Gold medal

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ArtWorks' summer job program to bring art, music and focus to Cincinnati youth

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Published June 7, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

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Each summer for the past 15 years ArtWorks has put young people in Cincinnati to work by creating public artwork throughout the city. The Summer Jobs Program includes a variety of efforts, but is more often known for its MuralWorks program that will have installed 34 murals throughout the region in more than two dozen neighborhoods by the end of this summer ... "In 2007, Mayor Mallory asked ArtWorks to do at least one mural in each of the 52 city neighborhoods," said Tamara Harkavy,

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Attractions: GOLD at Cincinnati Museum Center

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Published May 3, 2010 at 4:57 p.m.

that glitters, the stuff of fortune and fable, greed and gilded, is at the Cincinnati Museum Center's newest exhibit. 'Gold' presents the history, extraction and engineering of the globe's most valuable substance. Among the treasures stored deep within the bowels of the Union Terminal are the 26-pound Boot of Cortez, the Summitville Boulder, Spanish doubloons and an entire room plated with gold that visitors can walk through ...

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Cincinnati's 21c future

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

When the person at the front desk closes with "Â and make sure you check out our men's bathroom. It's just down the hall to the right of the big red penguin," you know you're in a unique place. And so went a recent visit to the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville where Cincinnatians can get a glimpse into the future ... When the 21c Museum Hotel announced late last year that they had purchased the old Metropole Hotel building in downtown Cincinnati from 3CDC in the Backstage District, it

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Press release: Collectors, Reds fans and enthusiasts alike are invited to the Cincinnati Art Museum...

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Published Nov. 8, 2009 at 9:50 a.m.

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Press release: ... Collectors, Reds fans and enthusiasts alike are invited to the Cincinnati Art Museum on Thursday, Nov. 12 for the unveiling of a limited edition print, ... Redsland Forever ... (click link for larger image), by Cincinnati native artist C.F. Payne ... Redsland Forever ... features fourteen illustrated caricatures of Cincinnati Reds legends spanning 140 years of Reds baseball, including Eric Davis, Chris Sabo, Joe Nuxhall and members of the Big Red Machine ... The public is

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Museum galleries seen in new light

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 5:22 a.m.

Museums keep their collections alive for museum-goers by inviting visitors to look at their art with fresh eyes. That's why the Cincinnati Art Museum is re-invigorating its European landscape and figurative paintings ...

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How much will levies cost?

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Published July 20, 2009 at 8:21 a.m.

Hamilton County voters will get a better sense today for how much countywide tax levies for the developmentally disabled; Cincinnati Museum Center, and Family Services and Treatment will cost ...

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Attractions: Dinosaurs Unearthed and Alive

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Published July 13, 2009 at 12:01 p.m.

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It’s awesome. There’s all kinds of real-looking dinosaurs, from a humongous T-Rex to a little baby Triceratops, and they all moved and roared and stuff. You could even press buttons and make their arms go up and down. The movie was cool but a little scary. My favorite part was when the meat-eater chased the long-necks. The movie was loud. I liked it. (As described by a 4-year-old to his father.) The Dinosaurs Uneathed exhibition and Dinosaurs Alive OMNIMAX film are open daily through Sept.

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Find a dinosaur, win exhibit tickets

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Published July 6, 2009 at 5:22 a.m.

Still haven't seen the Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit at Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal? You could win tickets to the exhibit and a companion film if you find one of nine (toy) velociraptor hatchlings that "escaped" from the Museum Center Sunday night and return it to its "parents." ...

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