Sunday, April 21

Goodnight, Sunday.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Friends, I need to make some changes to the newsletter schedule. I just can’t keep up with the daily newsletter routine. I do LOVE the daily news! But it’s tough to do on a daily basis. Some day I will learn that lesson. 😜 

From this point forward, you can watch for a Sunday night email that will be all about the week ahead. And then Thursdays will be your weekend planner. It will basically be the same news but in a less frequent format.

Hope you enjoy it! Feel free to send me suggestions (just hit reply).

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK 💗 

There’s a Full Moon Hike happening at Woodland Mound on Tuesday evening starting at 8:30pm. This event is free and starts off at the Seasongood Nature Center. Great Parks requires a Vehicle Permit to enter their parks and it can be purchased at the kiosk as you enter the park.

Broadway in Cincinnati’s SIX The Musical opens this week and runs April 23-May 5. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power.

Cincinnati Reds will play at home against the Phillies each day this week (Mon-Thurs.). Be sure to check out the 3-2-1 Tuesday special listed in Deals below. Wednesday is “Bark in the Park” and Thursday features “Business Day Specials”.

There’s a Kamayan Dinner event happening outside at Norwood’s Factory 52 on Wednesday. Kamayan is a traditional family style meal where a communal table is covered in banana leaves and piled with heaps of rice, meat, vegetables, and more. Traditionally there is no silverware – you grab and eat everything with your hands. You may find yourself sitting beside a complete stranger, but by the end of the shared dining experience they hope that all of their guests will leave as friends. This event requires tickets and is put on by The Gathera'll’s Gabriela Filipina Kantina and Nice Nice Noodle and Rice.

Tunes and Blooms will be rockin’ at the Cincinnati Zoo on Thursday evening. Scheduled bands for this week include Moonshine Drive and Cecil Jackson & Dry Ridge. Admission to the Cincinnati Zoo is free every Thursday in April (starting at 5pm) for Tunes and Blooms. Parking is $10. The entire zoo is not open for Tunes and Blooms but you will be able to walk around and see some the animals. This event is weather dependent. The music starts at 6pm but you can get into the zoo starting at 5pm.

Looking forward to next weekend? I usually update our Things to Do This Weekend List on Mondays. You can find it on the website (link right above) OR it will come to you via email on Thursday evenings.

SIGN UP ✏️ 

Get yourself registered for Cincinnati Art Museum’s “Stand Up History”, happening on Thursday, May 2. This free event requires reservations. Hosted in the museum’s Great Hall, this comedy stand-up will feature stories from Cincinnati history. Join an unruly gang of “feral raconteurs and defrocked historians,” known as the Mischievous Jongleurs, and enjoy an evening of Stand-Up History as comedians dare to shatter fragile factoids and lob cream pies into the fawning faces of moldy old legends.

There’s a Container Gardening with Native Plants class coming up at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, April 27. Get hands on experience with container planting as you discover common native garden plants and their benefits to bees, birds, and beyond. Participants will take home a few native plants to get their own gardens started. Tickets required.

There’s a Flower Arrange and Sip event happening on May 21 at Taft’s Brewpourium. Create a beautiful flower arrangement in a Taft's beer can with The Flower Lady! Tickets required.

GOOD TO KNOW ✔️ 

The Downtown Main Library hosts Chess Instruction on Mondays, 2-4pm. Always wanted to learn how to play chess? Looking to develop your strategy? Then join in for some chess instruction from a CCPF chess teacher on the 2nd floor. They will be on the connector bridge.

COMING SOON 📆 

The Butterfly Show at the Krohn Conservatory opens for the season on May 14.

We have a list of things to do for Mother’s Day over on our site. Check out that list and make some plans to honor the mothers in your life!

DEALS + DISCOUNTS 😍 

Cincinnati Nature Center is offering free admission on Monday, April 22, in honor of Earth Day.

Monday is Community Day, hosted by Great Parks of Hamilton County. You can enter any of the Great Parks without a vehicle permit on Community Days.

Chipotle has a “Wear Your Hockey Jersey” BOGO offer on Monday, April 22 after 3pm (limited to five free menu items per check). Each free item requires a purchase of an entree item of equal or lesser value and can only be collected by a hockey jersey-wearing customer. Redeemable in-restaurant only, at participating U.S. and Canada Chipotle locations; not valid for catering, mobile, online or delivery orders. Kids' meals do not count as an entrée purchase. Purchased entrées are eligible for Chipotle Rewards points; the promotion may not otherwise be combined with other coupons, promotions, or special offers. Additional restrictions may apply; void where prohibited.

3-2-1- Tuesdays are happening at Great American Ballpark on Tuesdays of home games. They’ll have $3 12oz. beers (Bud and Bud Light cans), $2 hot dogs, and $1 ice cream cups. The Reds play the Phillies at home on Tuesday, 6:40pm.

FAMILY FRIENDLY 🛝 

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Touring Company) has a new date for their Memorial Hall performance. Tickets are now available for the May 4 performance and it’s free!

Super Sprouts Garden Club meets on Thursdays, 10:30am, at Highfield Discovery Garden (within Glenwood Gardens). Each weekly meeting is short, sweet, and packed full of discovery and play. Each Sprout will help garden, read stories, make fun crafts, meet animal friends, and more! Includes admission to Highfield Discovery Garden. $6/person. Click the link above and then click on April 25 to see the event listing.

Get a Charge Out of Chemistry at the Madisonville Library on Tuesday, 4-5pm. Celebrate batteries and their role in creating a more sustainable world with an exciting chemistry demonstration, presented by the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society.

PIC OF THE DAY 📸 

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