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Madeira opens holiday card contest for students

By Village Press staff · · 1 min read

Group of people in a low lunge yoga pose on mats on a grassy park lawn.

Sycamore Township free yoga season ends Saturday

NKO Yoga's free Yoga in the Park series wraps up with final sessions Saturday, Sept. 26, at McDaniel Park and Sunday, Sept. 27, at Bechtold Park in Sycamore Township.

Duke Energy electric substation in Lafayette, IN.

Duke Energy offers storm-recovery grants up to $10,000

The Duke Energy Foundation is accepting applications until 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, for storm-recovery grants of $2,500 to $10,000 for small businesses in six southwest Ohio counties hit by July and August flooding.

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Indian Hill soccer loses 3-2 after leading at halftime

Indian Hill's varsity boys soccer team lost 3-2 to Archbishop Carroll after leading at halftime, while JV football fell 24-20 to Mariemont in a Cincinnati Hills League rivalry game at Tomahawk Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 19.

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Mariemont Theatre reopens with $1 million gala, film festival

The Mariemont Theatre held its grand reopening gala Wednesday, Sept. 16, marking the completion of a $1 million renovation by nonprofit Cindependent and launching the five-day Cindependent Film Festival Presented with LADD.

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Mariemont Branch Library launches free genealogy series Sept. 14

The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library's Mariemont Branch hosts a free genealogy workshop at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, followed by a regional experts event Oct. 3, as part of National Family History Month programming running through November.

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Library's east-side truck earns 'Big Read Machine' name

The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library's east-region delivery truck, which serves the Madeira and Mariemont branches among seven locations, has been named the Big Read Machine after more than 16,000 community votes.

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Eight Indian Hill students earn youth orchestra seats

Eight Indian Hill High School student-musicians earned positions in the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra for the 2026–2027 season, with two placed in the Philharmonic Orchestra and six in the Concert Orchestra.

Indian Hill Historical Society hosts author Peter Bronson Oct. 22

The Indian Hill Historical Society will welcome journalist and author Peter Bronson to its 5th Annual Authors Series on Oct. 22 at the Indian Hill High School performing arts center for a free public lecture on his book about Ohio River frontier history.

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Mariemont Paint Out offers $2,000 in prizes Oct. 16-17

The Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati Foundation's annual plein air competition returns to Mariemont on Oct. 16-17, with more than $2,000 in prizes judged by Ohio artist Chuck Marshall and a public reception and art sale Saturday evening. Early-bird registration closes Wednesday, Sept. 23.

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Cindependent merges film festivals, hits $1M Mariemont Theatre goal

Cindependent and the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival have merged into a single organization, with their first unified festival set for Sept. 16–20 at Memorial Hall, while the Mariemont Theatre reopened Aug. 28 after a $1 million community fundraising campaign.

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