Around Cincinnati

The 10th anniversary of Record Store Day happens on Saturday, April 22. 

Off the Page is the title of a new exhibit at the Lloyd Library of the works of Maria Sibylla Merian who discovered the theory of metamorphoses 150 years before Darwin's Theory of Evolution. 

Book Review: David Delegator reviews the cookbook, My Master Recipes: 165 Recipes to Inspire Confidence in the Kitchen *With Dozens of Variations* by Patricia Wells.

Christian McBride is a renowned jazz musician and NPR host and contributor who will be performing with his trio as part of Xavier University's Jazz/Swing Series on April 28. 

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Kelly Blewett has a conversation with UC English Professor and author of four books of poetry, John Philip Drury.

Aspiring and experienced playwrights are again invited to an intense week of workshops and conversations at the CCM Summer Playwrights Conference. 

Local author Patrick Edwards' book Space Tripping is the most recent Nerdist Contest winner, beating out 100+ other sci-fi submissions. 

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Local poet Jinny Berten recites That Dog from her book, We Dance.

Just north of Cincinnati is one of the most active community arts centers in the region. 

Book Review: Kelly Blewett reviews Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes, by Michael Sims.

Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month: last year, local musicians Brad Myers and Michael Sharfe recorded their CD in the Cincinnati Public Radio Corbett Studio. 

Celebrating National Poetry Month: University of Dayton Professor Emeritus Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin joins Barbara Gray to discuss his lifelong interest in the writings of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

It's already time to be thinking of summer and summer camps for kids. 

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Local poet Jinny Berten reads her poem The Breath of Dawn from her book We Dance.

Memorial Hall has a new, creative way to spend your lunch hour. Play With Your Lunch is a series featuring local actors, short plays and lunch and director Herb Duval has more details in this conversation with Jim Stump.