"Kaplan New Works Series" Cincinnati Ballet (photo: Peter Mueller)

Stay and Play on the Banks of the Ohio River

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Mildred Fallen

Mildred C. Fallen is a digital content producer and journalist from Cincinnati whose work has appeared on FOX19.com, and in publications such as Cincinnati Magazine, CityBeat, Elle Decor, Food Network, Crisis Magazine, Wax Poetics, and Architectural Digest. She is passionate about the arts, African-American history, social justice, and women's issues. She is a Society of Professional Journalists Award recipient and an AmeriCorps member. Read more of Mildred's work here.

Your Local’s Guide to the Annual Black Family Reunion

By Mildred Fallen on Aug. 07, 2025

This article has been updated for 2025. After Emancipation, family reunions served as get-togethers where Black families reunited after being separated during slavery, The Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion continues this tradition with an annual celebration of food, music and faith honoring the…

Cincinnati Juneteenth at Eden Park (Photo: Cincinnati Juneteenth)

Local's guide to Juneteenth in Cincinnati

By Mildred Fallen on May 20, 2025

* This article is updated annually. Short for "June 19th," Juneteenth is a day of celebration to commemorate the official emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. Although the 13th Amendment legally ended slavery in 1863, slaves living in Galveston Bay, Texas, did not know…