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Kings High School Junior Designs and Decorates Pig for “Big Pig Gig”

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 5:00pm
Kings High School Junior Designs and Decorates Pig for “Big Pig Gig”

KINGS MILLS, OH (FOX19) - “The Big Pig Gig” is back, and one of Kings High School’s very own has a porky creation that will be on display during this year’s World Choir Games.  KHS junior Zoe Rodriguez is one of only 40 artists selected to create a pig for this year’s “Big Pig Gig.”

“The Big Pig Gig” first showed up in Cincinnati in 2000. It is back just in time for the World Choir Games this summer.  Beginning in May and throughout the summer, visitors and locals to “Porkopolis” can delight in this public art installation. The pigs are giant, colorful custom designed fiberglass sculptures decorated by local artists.

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Rodriguez moved to the area with her family last year. Zoe first heard about the “Big Pig Gig” from her mother and grandmother who are both artists. She knew right away that this was a project she wanted to be part of.

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Half Price Books gives 25,000 kids’ books to Cincinnati area non-profits Thursday

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 5:07pm
Half Price Books gives 25,000 kids’ books to Cincinnati area non-profits Thursday

MASON, OH (FOX19) – Non-profit organizations from the Cincinnati area can pick up free children’s books during a special giveaway event at Half Price Books.  The books were donated by the Cincinnati-area community and matched by Half Price Books during the company’s 14th annual Half Pint Library book drive.

Any not-for-profit organization that can use or distribute children’s books is invited to stop by and get books while supplies last. Half Price Books employees will help load the hundreds of boxes of books for the groups that attend. Several groups have already signed up to get books, and all 25,000 books are expected to be given away.   

The 14th Annual “Half Pint Library” Book Drive is 2 p.m. Thursday at the Half Price Books store at 8211 Arbor Square Dr. in Mason.

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School play discounted for Mason Community Center Members

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, March 26th, 2012, 6:03pm
School play discounted for Mason Community Center Members

MASON, OH (FOX19) - Mason Community Center is partnering with Mars Hill Academy to offer a $2 discount to community center members who attend the school’s presentation of Anne of Green Gables.  Show times are 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, March 29 and 30, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, at Mason Middle School. 

This is a new musical by Cincinnati area composer/lyricist/playwrights Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic 1908 novel.

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“You must remember this”: Casablanca returning to theater screens

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 3:35am
“You must remember this”: Casablanca returning to theater screens

NEWPORT, KY (FOX19) - A cinematic treasure returns to movie theaters this month with the Turner Classic Movies Presents Casablanca 70th Anniversary Event on Wednesday, March 21 at 7 p.m.

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Radio station releases schedule for eclectic and exclusive live concert series

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012, 8:30am
Radio station releases schedule for eclectic and exclusive live concert series

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY (FOX19) – Studio 89, WNKU's weekly radio show featuring up-and-coming talent from around the country performing on the air in front of a live studio audience, returns to the airwaves on Monday, February 13th.   The show will air live Monday nights at 7:00 pm from WNKU's transmitters in Highland Heights, Middletown, and Portsmouth, OH, until the season finale on April 30th.  

This year, the series will take place in the state-of-the-art George and Ellen Rieveschl Digitorium located in NKU’s Griffin Hall.  The Digitorium boasts a 15’ x 25’ digital video wall, VIP opera boxes, and theater style seating.  

As always, the series will feature some of the coolest veterans and hottest up-and-comers to the national and local scenes.  “We're bringing in talent from as far away as Houston, Texas and Brooklyn, New York,” says WNKU Music Director, John Patrick.  “We have a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall o

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Mason shows off its diverse flavors at "Taste of Mason" on February 15

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012, 5:10am
Mason shows off its diverse flavors at "Taste of Mason" on February 15

 

MASON, OH (FOX19) The Mason City Schools Diversity Council’s fifth annual Taste of Mason event will feature local restaurants' finest global offerings on the evening of Wednesday, February 15 from 5-8 p.m. at Mason High School, 6100 Mason -Montgomery Rd.

The participating restaurants include 5 with Europeans cuisines, 4 with Asian, and one each from Ethiopia and Mexico:

  • Aponte’s - Italian
  • Banana Leaf Modern Thai - Thai
  • Bd’s Mongolian Grill - Chinese
  • Brazenhead Irish Pub - Irish
  • Café Bella - Ethiopian
  • Cazadores Mexican - Mexican
  • Chan’s Asian Wok - Chinese
  • Mason Grill - Greek
  • Oleg's German Family Restaurant
  • Rotbart’s Deli - Russian
  • Soho Japanese Bistro - Japanese

Besides food, check out entertainment with a global flair featuring dancing, art, music from around the globe, and more.

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Fort Thomas Schools starts Summer Theatre Program for high school students from all over

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, 8:58pm
Fort Thomas Schools starts Summer Theatre Program for high school students from all over

FORT THOMAS, KY (FOX19) - Fort Thomas Independent Schools’ Community Theatre program will add a summer theatre program this year for high school students in the Greater Cincinnati area.  Jason Burgess, teacher and theatre director at Highlands High School, will coordinate the program. “This is an idea that I have been playing around with over the last couple of years and am now pulling the trigger on,” says Burgess.  

This summer theatre program for high school students is called the Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre or ‘CAST’.

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