Mamie Smith: Queen of the Blues in Cincinnati Music Hall
Tornadoes had swept the south, and a blizzard gripped the western states on April 16, 1921, when Mamie Smith, born … Read More
Fountain Lewis: The Venerable Barber Who Helped Build Cincinnati Music Hall
By Thea Tjepkema On January 4, 1898 the funeral of Fountain Lewis, Cincinnati’s most esteemed African American barber for … Read More
Susan B. Anthony & Suffragists Spirits in Music Hall: Three National Political Conventions
By Thea Tjepkema Susan B. Anthony and other prominent suffragists spent decades fighting for the women’s national right to … Read More
Wow, You Volunteer Where? Tell Me More!
by Patti Cruse Friends of Music Hall Volunteer and Tour Guide This is the reaction I usually get when out … Read More
Reuben Springer Unbuttoned
Considered the founder of Cincinnati’s historic Music Hall, Reuben Springer was a businessman and philanthropist whose contribution insured the construction … Read More
What’s the Big Idea with Mindy Rosen?
Meet Friends of Music Hall’s Executive Director by Annette Januzzi Wick, Author, writer, Friends of Music Hall board member. Mindy … Read More