Local poet Michael Henson recites Come On Up from his book, The Dead Singing .

Actor Michael Blankenship helps celebrate Halloween with a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's "For Annie."

Newport's Mentoring Plus is a small nonprofit supporting local high school students needing academic help but also providing a safe haven for friendship, food, and more. Local musician and former judge Mickey Foellger will be part of a fundraising music festival on November 2 at the Southgate House Revival.

You know him as a versatile musician and the congenial host of Live From Here (heard on 91.7 and 88.5 Saturdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at noon.) Chris Thile is coming to Memorial Hall for a solo acoustic performance on November 13 and he talks about his music and hosting Life From Here in this conversation with Elaine Diehl.

Cincinnati-based filmmaker David James has a new sci-fi anthology series that will be released on Amazon Prime in mid-November. Wildfire was created and produced locally and has a large cast featuring Cincinnatians Gregory Patrick Agnew and Brandi Botkin. David James previews the series in this conversation with Lee Hay.

A.J. Ullman is a local writer, lawyer, and nurse practitioner whose latest novel is set during Cincinnati's April 2001 race riots. He's with Barbara Gray to talk about And The River Runs Deep: The Cold Case Murder Mystery Of Leah Marcus .

Local poet Evelyn Fallone makes her first appearance on Around Cincinnati with her Halloween poem, Within.

She's known as the Long Island Medium on TV and she's coming to the Aronoff Center on November 21. Victor Paruta from the Victory of Light Expo talks with Theresa Caputo in advance of her Cincinnati visit.

Chamber Music Cincinnati is kicking off its new season by presenting an evening with the E merson String Quartet at Memorial Hall on Monday, October 21. To talk about this concert and more of what the organization has coming this season, Andy Ellis speaks with past president and current board member of Chamber Music Cincinnati, James Englert .

Book Review: Roberta Shultz reviews Aminah’s World: An Activity Book and Children’s Guide about Artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson by Carole Miller Genshaft.