Gee Horton's "Coming of Age"

The Columns
Saturday, October 5, 2024

  6-9 p.m. FLOW SOCIAL & WALK TO MURAL

With a commission from Flow, Cincinnati-based artist Gee Horton brings his “Coming of Age” series to three multi-story walls on Vine Street as part of BLINK 2024. An intimate exploration of African American adolescence, the series fuses contemporary visuals with hip-hop iconography. In this exclusive event, Flow subscribers will dedicate the first completed mural and toast the artist and paint crews as they count down to BLINK. The evening will also include a walk around the neighborhood with directors of BLINK to see other new murals in progress. 

"Simply the Best" The Music of Tina Turner

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Friday, January 17, 2025
 
   6 p.m. FLOW SOCIAL
6 p.m. PROGRAM BEGINS

Step Afrika!

Aronoff Center
Thursday, March 11, 2025
 
   6 p.m. FLOW SOCIAL
7:30 p.m. PERFORMANCE

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Step Afrika! is the authority on the artform of stepping and one of the top ten African American dance companies in the U.S. Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities, traditional African dances and an array of contemporary dance and art forms into a cohesive, compelling artistic experience. It’s signature work, “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence,” returns to the Aronoff along with new pieces called “The Movement.”  

"Lalovavi"

Cincinnati Opera
Thursday, June 19, 2025
 
  5:45 p.m. FLOW SOCIAL
7:30 p.m. PROGRAM BEGINS

Set in the year 2119, we follow the journey of Persephone, the youngest teenage daughter of the Primus of Atlas, formerly the city of Atlanta. Currency and status in Atlas are determined based on the presence of Syndicus, a rare gene that promotes vitality and longevity. When Persephone is found to possess this gene, she is betrayed by her family and must run for her life. She is thrust into an epic adventure, uncovering a hidden past that leads her to discover love’s true meaning and the power to determine her own destiny.  

“Lalovavi” is the first work in Cincinnati Opera’s groundbreaking, three-opera commissioning initiative, The Black Opera Project, that engages Black creators to develop new works celebrating Black stories.
 
*Alternative tickets are available for Saturday, June 21, 2025. 

Conversation with Charles Gaines on The American Manifest

Summer 2025
 
DATE & LOCATION TBD

One of the foremost conceptual artists of the 21st century, Charles Gaines has spent eight years creating “The American Manifest.” From the beginning, the project was designed for Governor’s Island in Manhattan and The Banks of Cincinnati, Ohio, because of the roles these rivers played in the transatlantic slave trade. Confronting and exploring complex themes -- American capitalism, born on the backs of enslaved African people; Manifest Destiny and colonial imperialism; and racism – the project consists of “Moving Chains,” a massive outdoor art installation making its way to Cincinnati’s banks; a second installation “Roots” coming to the Cincinnati Art Museum; and an original musical composition, “Manifestos Four,” to be performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. 

“One of the most consequential works of public art in the world…”