Amanda Boyd Walters

Cincinnati

Director of Editorial Operations at Cincinnati Magazine

@CincinnatiMag, and other stuff. Maybe.

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Learn How Stories Inspire and Shape Our Future at the 2025 Midwest Sustainability Summit

2 days ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

Join hundreds of business, nonprofit, government, and community leaders at the Sharonville Convention Center on Thursday, June 5, for the 12th annual Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit, hosted by Green Umbrella. This year’s Summit will explore the power of Sustainable Stories and their role in shaping the future, with 100 sustainability leaders from across the Midwest sharing stories of their impact and successful partnerships.
Back in Time with Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance

3 weeks ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

If your Bridgerton fandom has you wishing you could join the ton at lavish Regency balls, then Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance is your time machine. Founded in 1981, the academy researches, reconstructs, then re-creates ballroom social dances (non-competitive partner dances meant for socializing) that would have been popular between 1800 and 1930.
Dance Classes for Grown-Ups

3 weeks ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Claire Lefton |Amanda Boyd Walters

Dance is an art you can learn at any age. If you want to become skilled in a more niche style, here are some places to start. Habeeba’s Levels: Beginner to AdvancedThe three-month beginner’s course includes twice-a-week classes. Curriculum includes cabaret and folkloric styles. Where: 7028 Plainfield Rd., SilvertonEmily Marie Levels: Beginner to AdvancedSix week sessions available both online and in person with focuses on technique and choreography.
Give The Jeff Ruby’s Experience This Holiday Season

Dec 12, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

Treat friends, family, and yourself to The Jeff Ruby Experience. Recently awarded OpenTable’s Top 100 Restaurants in 2024, Jeff Ruby’s delivers an incomparable, one-of-a-kind, fine dining experience. Check everyone off your list with this limited-time offer, available for purchase at The Precinct by Jeff Ruby, Carlo & Johnny by Jeff Ruby, and Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse downtown or online at JeffRuby.com. Need a last-minute gift? Send a virtual card for immediate delivery!
Bygone Bests From the Class of 2000

Dec 10, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

Rainy Day Alternate: Jillian’sBack in the late 1990s, Ken Lewis of The Party Source bought the former Bavarian Brewing building in Covington and opened BrewWorks. Just a few years later, Louisville-based Jillian’s took over and created five stories of fun, including a bowling alley, multiple nightclubs, and game rooms. By 2006, it was shuttered. Today the building houses the Kenton County Government Center.
Class of 2000's Most Likely to Succeed

Dec 5, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

Toy Store Just For Fun: King Arthur’s CourtStill the reigning monarch of kid-dom, with its own play space and rentable rooms for birthday parties in addition to all the games, puzzles, and playthings you could want. • 3040 Madison Rd., Oakley, (513) 531-4600, kingarthurstoys.comClassic Bar: The Grill At Palm Court (Now The Lounge At 1931)The name may be different, but the gorgeous Art Deco space and intimate bar inside the Hilton Cinicnnati Netherland Plaza Hotel still captivate guests.
Best of the City 2024: City Life

Dec 2, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters |John Fox |Brianna Connock |Claire Lefton

Stickers: The Sticker ShopGen X mom/author/blogger/disability activist Amy Webb had a brainstorm in January 2023: She wanted to open a sticker shop. It might have seemed out of the blue, but digital fatigue, nostalgia, and a desire to connect with her daughters over creativity inspired her to sign a lease on a Wyoming storefront and transform it into The Sticker Shop.
Best of the City 2024: Food

Dec 2, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Brianna Connock |Amanda Boyd Walters |John Fox |Claire Lefton

Seafood Boil: Cincy CrabWhile the Buckeye state may be far from any ocean, dinner at Cincy Crab gives the impression that you’re enjoying a feast right off the coast. Its seafood boils are by far the stars of the menu and come fully customizable. Customers can handpick one pound each of their favorite seafood—from crab and lobster tail to shrimp and crawfish to clams and mussels, and everything in between—served with potatoes, sausage, and corn on the cob, all coated in a sauce of your choosing.
Keeping Perfect North Perfect

Nov 25, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

“We live and die by the 10-day weather forecast,” says Alex Perfect, marketing operations director for Perfect North Slopes. Yes, that’s his real last name, and, yes, Perfect North is his family business—his grandfather and grandmother, Clyde and Ella Mae Perfect, turned 200 acres of stock farm outside of Lawrenceburg into this region’s premiere winter wonderland. That is, once there’s enough snow.
Sharon Woods Got an Upgrade

Nov 5, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Amanda Boyd Walters

Sharon Woods is a tried-and-true Cincinnati classic that’s been a go-to for families since before I was born (a.k.a., prehistoric times). The park’s old-school features were always part of its appeal; in a world of nature playscapes and sleek, technicolor jungle gyms, the playgrounds at Sharon Woods have always been refreshingly no-frills and reliable. But it’s 2024 (almost 2025), and Sharon Woods has entered a new era.