Cincinnati is fortunate to have a wide range of food trucks and even a fresh flower truck. Now, thanks to Melanie Moore , The Book Bus is bringing a mobile book store to local events and neighborhoods. Jim Nolan finds out more about the inspiration behind this venture after a long career in teaching.

They've taken and old movie theater and created a vibrant, westside theatre – that's Cincinnati Landmark Productions . Founder and Producing Artistic Director Tim Perrino is in the studio with Jim Stump for a preview of what's coming to the stage at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts .

Zachery Riggins , musician and business owner, is helping his alma mater, Cincinnati's Withrow High School , celebrate its 100 th anniversary AND restore an arts curriculum long since abandoned. As he shares with our Elaine Diehl, the effort began in the spring with the Withrow Sounds Again! event.

Book Review: Roberta Schultz reviews Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and Presidents by Constance J. Moore and Nancy M. Broermann.

Multiple Tony-award winning musical Fun Home will kick-off he 34 th season at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati . For a preview of this regional premiere and the full 2019-20 ETC season, Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers is in our studio for a conversation with Brian O'Donnell.

Local author Connie Bergstein Dow hopes her latest book will encourage children to find new and fun ways to get moving and stay healthy. She talks about her inspiration and format for From A to Z with Energy!: 26 Ways to Move and Play as she spends a few minutes with our Barbara Gray.

The Whispering Beard Folk Festival , celebrating its 12 th year, is leaving the communal atmosphere of Friendship, Indiana for the big city party vibe of Cincinnati's Smale Park . With a preview of all the music and fun that will happen along the river August 22-24, organizer Catfish Washbordio is with our music contributor Elaine Diehl.

Local favorite and past Books by the Banks author David Bell just released his latest thriller, Layover . The Western Kentucky University professor joins our host, Lee Hay, for a spoiler-free talk about the new novel.

A celebration of Native American music and culture is coming to Springboro's Patricia Allen Park on August 24-25. Organizer and performer Douglas Blue Feather previews this year's Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival during this conversation with Ron Esposito.

Book Review: Kelly Blewett reviews When the Coin is in the Air , a new novel from local author John Young . (Note: Mr. Young is a member of the Cincinnati Public Radio Board of Directors.)