Mildred Fallen

1 week ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Mildred Fallen

When it comes to The Country Meat Co. Marketplace, husband-and-wife team Tennel and Chanel Bryant lead with intention. While they didn’t plan to hold their grand opening on the same day as a nationwide economic blackout on corporate businesses, Tennel says opening during Black History Month was on purpose—to be part of history. The Bryants did just that.

1 week ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Mildred Fallen

As the founder of street dance crew Millenium Robots, B-boy Julius “Eclypse” Jenkins’s mechanized style of popping is his signature hip-hop dance technique. For 25 years, Jenkins has upheld the artform as a battle competitor, performer, and instructor. His nonprofit, Heroes Rise Street Dance Academy, seeks to preserve the authentic movement, culture, and histories associated with Black American vernacular dance. Who were your early inspirations in street dance?

1 month ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Mildred Fallen

Jeffery Harris of Nolia and Elaine Uykimpang Bentz of Café Mochiko bring distinctive culinary perspectives to Cincinnati’s dining scene, which has gotten them nominated as part of the James Beard Awards several times over, as well as other praise. Nolia was named one of Esquire’s “Best New Restaurants in America” in 2023 while Uykimpang Bentz and her husband, Erik Bentz, have made _The New York Times’s list of the nation’s best bakeries and Bon Appetit’s “50 Best New Restaurants” list.

Nov 21, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Mildred Fallen

Timothy Henninger’s predilection with records began as a child when he bought Michael Jackson’s Thriller LP from a Thriftway in Western Hills. By high school, art and record stores were his sanctuaries. With enthusiasm, he recollects how the record players at his Catholic school had a quarter taped to the tone arm for weight, and how when he taught art, he used the same model in his classroom and at the gym.

Oct 16, 2024 | cincinnatimagazine.com | Mildred Fallen

Despite working in the creative industry since the 1990s and a CV that includes exhibition design for IBM, Apple, Nike, and MTV, Vince Fraser just now feels like patting himself on the back. The London-based digital illustrator created artwork for Erykah Badu’s 2023 #UnfollowMeTour and for South African deejay/producer Black Coffee’s recent club residency in Ibiza, Spain.