Around Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Museum Center’s OMNIMAX Theatre can help you escape this arctic cold Cincinnati winter with their new film, Journey to the South Pacific. Frank Johnson learns more about this film and the amazing photography from one of the film’s producers, Shaun MacGillivray.

Ria Davidson, one of the founders and director of Cincinnati’s The Dragonfly Foundation, and Donna Thorman, Co-Chair of the 3rd Annual Hearts for Dragonfly Gala, join our Robyn Carey Allgeyer to discuss the foundation’s mission to provide comfort to children battling cancer or undergoing bone marrow transplants.

Local poet Kate Faddick reads her poem Winter Storm, from her book of poetry, Slipstream.

Covington is home to a new, unique art gallery called Shrewdness of Apes. Co-director Hilary Nauman is in the studio with Jane Durrell to talk about their goal to exhibit and sell contemporary works with a focus on local and regional artists, and how this unusual name came about.

If you’re looking for a completely original idea for Valentine’s Day, a collaboration between The Carnegie and Cincy World Cinema may be the answer. Our film expert Larry Thomas previews the unique way they will present the 1944 film Cover Girl, starring Rita Hayworth and a young Gene Kelly, with Joshua Steele from The Carnegie. To supplement the less-than-stunning singing in the film, a chorus of local vocalists will do the singing live, synched to the film.