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The Shillito’s Elves

Over-the-Rhine

Shillito's Elves | November 2, 2024 - January 5, 2025 One of Cincinnati’s most beloved traditions is back! The Shillito’s Elves have returned for another year of holiday magic. This year, the decades-old Elves have set up shop on Main Street in OTR. The Shillito’s Elves made their debut in the 1950s in the windows at Shillito’s, Cincinnati’s first department store. They are a collection of mechanized figures that depict various Christmas scenes, including Santa’s workshop. They’ve been a classic Cincinnati holiday tradition going back 70 years, bringing joy to those who make the pilgrimage Downtown to see their spritely, festive scenes.
Location
The Elves’ location on Main Street is perfectly situated for visitors looking to mark some items off their gift-list. The Elves will be located in the same footprint as the Main Street Pop-Up Holiday Market, and just two blocks from bustling Vine Street which is filled local retailers. Downtown residents and visitors can see the Elves on display at 1312 and 1324 Main Street from Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, to Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2025. Though they can be seen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, they will be animated at the following times:
- Monday – Thursday | TBA
- Friday – Sunday | 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thank you to Al Neyer for making the elves possible this year!

Visit the Holidays page for a full list of holiday events and specials in Downtown Cincinnati.

Address: 1312 Main Street, Cincinnati OH 45202
Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles

Findlay Market

November 21 | 6:30 and 8:30mPM 📍 Venue: Rhinegeist Brewery 📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector ⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (doors open at least 30 min prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted) 👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult ♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible ❓ View the FAQs for this event here 🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone 🍷 Bar services provided by the Rhinegeist Brewery available for additional purchase 🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert, please click here 🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Cincinnati 🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here

Address: Rhinegeist , Cincinnati OH 45202
Funny Girl

Fountain District Over-the-Rhine

Nov 19 - Dec 1 | Various Times
Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by Isobel Lennart, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction from Michael Mayer, this love letter to the theatre has the whole shebang! The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with celebrated classic songs, including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened—she became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway.

Address: Aronoff Center, Cincinnati OH 45202
UC Health Ice Rink presented by Fifth Third Bank

Fountain District Over-the-Rhine

Nov 2 - February 17 | Various Times
The UC Health Ice Rink, presented by Fifth Third Bank is an outdoor ice rink that takes over Fountain Square from November 2 through February 17. Rink amenities include 600 pairs of rental skates, the WGU Warming Tent, a full-service concessions tent with hot and cold snacks, and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, on-site parking, and restrooms. The rink is open to skaters of all ages. The rink operates seven days a week with Pre-Holiday, Holiday, and Post-Holiday hours listed below. No reservations required, all admissions are walk-ups only. The 2024/2025 Ice Rink season will be ice skating only. After three years of use, the bumper cars have reached the end of their useful life. Rather than buying a new fleet at this time, we have decided to focus on the skating experience. Questions? Please call 513-297-6069 during rink hours. Read on for more information and FAQs. COST: Ice Skating is $10 and includes admission and skate rental. Payable by credit or debit card or mobile payments (Visa/MasterCard/AmEx). Children ages 3 and under are free with paid adult admission and must be accompanied on the ice at all times. All children under 55 inches must be accompanied by an adult while on the ice. Admission and skate rental close one hour before the rink closes. Times are subject to change due to weather or special events. HOURS: Pre-Holiday Season: November 2nd - December 19th (hours subject to change) Monday - Wednesday | 3p - 8p Thursday & Friday | 3p - 10p Saturday | 9a - 11p Sunday | 9a - 8p *Thanksgiving Day (November 28th) | 12p - 10p *Black Friday (November 29th) | 9a - 11p Holiday Season: December 20th - January 5th (hours subject to change) Monday - Sunday | 9a- 11p Post-Holiday Season: January 6th - February 17th (hours subject to change) Monday - Wednesday | 3p - 8p Thursday & Friday | 3p - 10p Saturday | 9a - 11p Sunday | 9a - 8p In the case of unseasonably warm or inclement weather, please call 513-297-6069 for the rink status. *we are OPEN on all holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve.
Nov 2 - Feb 17 | Various Times

Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202
Posing Beauty in African American Culture

Over-the-Rhine

October 5-January 12, 2025
Trace the relationship between African American beauty and visual culture from the 1890s to the present through documentary, commercial, and fine art photography. Posing Beauty includes more than 100 works by photographers including Charles “Teenie” Harris, Leonard Freed, Anthony Barboza, Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Sheila Pree Bright, Renee Cox, Mickalene Thomas, and others.

Address: Taft Museum of Art , Cincinnati OH 45202
Movie Mornings at the Ice Rink

Fountain District Central Business District

Sundays | 10AM-12PM There’s nothing better than enjoying a cozy holiday movie on a Sunday morning! Why not add ice skating into the mix? On select Sundays throughout the season, bring the family down to the UC Health Ice Rink presented by Fifth Third Bank to enjoy a Sunday morning movie played up on the LED Board while you skate!
Movie Lineup:
November 10th | Frozen November 17th | Happy Feet November 24th | Ice Age

Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202
Barbara Probst: Subjective Evidence

The Banks

Sept. 27-Feb. 9
Barbara Probst is a German photographer living between Munich and New York. In 2000, she began taking multiple images of actors in a single scene, shot simultaneously with several cameras via a radio-controlled system. The resulting series convey a complex, playful, and darkly cinematic vision of people in time and space. Probst’s works span photographic genres: landscape, still life, fashion, portraiture, and street photography. Her multi-perspective approach results in quasi-three-dimensional views of her subjects while activating philosophical problems around the question of optical authority: what is visual truth when multiple perspectives are in play? Does more visual data result in greater realism, or less? Subjective Evidence is the first American survey of Probst’s 25-year career. The exhibition opened first at the Kunstmuseum Luzern, in Lucerne, Switzerland, and will travel to the Sprengel Museum in Hannover in December 2024. A full-color catalogue, published by Hartmann Books, accompanies the exhibition, and includes essays by the three institutional curators, Fanni Fetzer, Kevin Moore, and Stefan Gronert.

Address: Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati OH 45202

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The Shillito’s Elves

Shillito's Elves | November 2, 2024 - January 5, 2025 One of Cincinnati’s most beloved traditions is back! The Shillito’s Elves have returned for another year of holiday magic. This year, the decades-old Elves have set up shop on Main Street in OTR. The Shillito’s Elves made their debut in the 1950s in the windows at Shillito’s, Cincinnati’s first department store. They are a collection of mechanized figures that depict various Christmas scenes, including Santa’s workshop. They’ve been a classic Cincinnati holiday tradition going back 70 years, bringing joy to those who make the pilgrimage Downtown to see their spritely, festive scenes.

Location

The Elves’ location on Main Street is perfectly situated for visitors looking to mark some items off their gift-list. The Elves will be located in the same footprint as the Main Street Pop-Up Holiday Market, and just two blocks from bustling Vine Street which is filled local retailers. Downtown residents and visitors can see the Elves on display at 1312 and 1324 Main Street from Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, to Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2025. Though they can be seen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, they will be animated at the following times:

Monday – Thursday | TBA
Friday – Sunday | 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Thank you to Al Neyer for making the elves possible this year!

Visit the Holidays page for a full list of holiday events and specials in Downtown Cincinnati.

Address: 1312 Main Street, Cincinnati OH 45202

Over-the-Rhine

https://www.downtowncincinnati.com/elves/

Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles

November 21 | 6:30 and 8:30mPM 📍 Venue: Rhinegeist Brewery 📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector ⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (doors open at least 30 min prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted) 👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult ♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible ❓ View the FAQs for this event here 🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone 🍷 Bar services provided by the Rhinegeist Brewery available for additional purchase 🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert, please click here 🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Cincinnati 🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here

Address: Rhinegeist , Cincinnati OH 45202

Findlay Market

https://feverup.com/m/112468

Funny Girl

Nov 19 - Dec 1 | Various Times

Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by Isobel Lennart, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction from Michael Mayer, this love letter to the theatre has the whole shebang! The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with celebrated classic songs, including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened—she became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway.

Address: Aronoff Center, Cincinnati OH 45202

Fountain District

Over-the-Rhine

https://www.cincinnatiarts.org/events/detail/funny-girl

UC Health Ice Rink presented by Fifth Third Bank

Nov 2 - February 17 | Various Times

The UC Health Ice Rink, presented by Fifth Third Bank is an outdoor ice rink that takes over Fountain Square from November 2 through February 17. Rink amenities include 600 pairs of rental skates, the WGU Warming Tent, a full-service concessions tent with hot and cold snacks, and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, on-site parking, and restrooms. The rink is open to skaters of all ages. The rink operates seven days a week with Pre-Holiday, Holiday, and Post-Holiday hours listed below. No reservations required, all admissions are walk-ups only. The 2024/2025 Ice Rink season will be ice skating only. After three years of use, the bumper cars have reached the end of their useful life. Rather than buying a new fleet at this time, we have decided to focus on the skating experience. Questions? Please call 513-297-6069 during rink hours. Read on for more information and FAQs. COST: Ice Skating is $10 and includes admission and skate rental. Payable by credit or debit card or mobile payments (Visa/MasterCard/AmEx). Children ages 3 and under are free with paid adult admission and must be accompanied on the ice at all times. All children under 55 inches must be accompanied by an adult while on the ice. Admission and skate rental close one hour before the rink closes. Times are subject to change due to weather or special events. HOURS: Pre-Holiday Season: November 2nd - December 19th (hours subject to change) Monday - Wednesday | 3p - 8p Thursday & Friday | 3p - 10p Saturday | 9a - 11p Sunday | 9a - 8p *Thanksgiving Day (November 28th) | 12p - 10p *Black Friday (November 29th) | 9a - 11p Holiday Season: December 20th - January 5th (hours subject to change) Monday - Sunday | 9a- 11p Post-Holiday Season: January 6th - February 17th (hours subject to change) Monday - Wednesday | 3p - 8p Thursday & Friday | 3p - 10p Saturday | 9a - 11p Sunday | 9a - 8p In the case of unseasonably warm or inclement weather, please call 513-297-6069 for the rink status. *we are OPEN on all holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve.

Nov 2 - Feb 17 | Various Times

Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202

Fountain District

Over-the-Rhine

https://myfountainsquare.com/ice-rink/

Posing Beauty in African American Culture

October 5-January 12, 2025

Trace the relationship between African American beauty and visual culture from the 1890s to the present through documentary, commercial, and fine art photography. Posing Beauty includes more than 100 works by photographers including Charles “Teenie” Harris, Leonard Freed, Anthony Barboza, Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Sheila Pree Bright, Renee Cox, Mickalene Thomas, and others.

Address: Taft Museum of Art , Cincinnati OH 45202

Over-the-Rhine

Taftmuseum.org

Movie Mornings at the Ice Rink

Sundays | 10AM-12PM There’s nothing better than enjoying a cozy holiday movie on a Sunday morning! Why not add ice skating into the mix? On select Sundays throughout the season, bring the family down to the UC Health Ice Rink presented by Fifth Third Bank to enjoy a Sunday morning movie played up on the LED Board while you skate!

Movie Lineup:

November 10th | Frozen November 17th | Happy Feet November 24th | Ice Age

Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202

Fountain District

Central Business District

https://myfountainsquare.com/series/movie-mornings-at-the-rink/

Barbara Probst: Subjective Evidence

Sept. 27-Feb. 9

Barbara Probst is a German photographer living between Munich and New York. In 2000, she began taking multiple images of actors in a single scene, shot simultaneously with several cameras via a radio-controlled system. The resulting series convey a complex, playful, and darkly cinematic vision of people in time and space. Probst’s works span photographic genres: landscape, still life, fashion, portraiture, and street photography. Her multi-perspective approach results in quasi-three-dimensional views of her subjects while activating philosophical problems around the question of optical authority: what is visual truth when multiple perspectives are in play? Does more visual data result in greater realism, or less? Subjective Evidence is the first American survey of Probst’s 25-year career. The exhibition opened first at the Kunstmuseum Luzern, in Lucerne, Switzerland, and will travel to the Sprengel Museum in Hannover in December 2024. A full-color catalogue, published by Hartmann Books, accompanies the exhibition, and includes essays by the three institutional curators, Fanni Fetzer, Kevin Moore, and Stefan Gronert.

Address: Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati OH 45202

The Banks

Cincycac.org

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Our walkable, compact downtown is made up of several districts, brimming with character. What are you in the mood for? Start planning for a refreshing afternoon or evening. You’ll be supporting one of the hundreds of unique small businesses our Downtown has to offer.