Shine like an upstander at the Fleet Feet Upstander 5K, which takes runners and walkers on a scenic route throughout the West End and Price Hill. Registrants receive a t-shirt, iconic Union Terminal race medal, free admission to museums, and other swag. Enjoy live music, family activities throughout all museums, post-race snacks, giveaways, art activations, and a pickleball tournament outside of Union Terminal. Don’t miss out!
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2026-03-22 14:00:00
The exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. at Cincinnati’s historic Union Terminal is one of the most significant and emotionally powerful exhibits to visit. It’s a rare opportunity to witness artifacts and stories from one of history’s darkest chapters, but it isn’t easy to process.
In each Circles of Humanity session, you will be led through conversations and activities that explore the human impact of the Holocaust. The sessions provide space to consider what it means to be an upstander in today’s world and how each of us can create ripples of humanity in our communities.
Whether you’ve studied the Holocaust for years or are encountering these stories for the first time, Circles of Humanity offers a way to engage with the exhibition that’s grounded in empathy and action.
Circles of Humanity will be offered once a month through the run of Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Each session will take place at 2 p.m. in the Winds of Change Theater. That’s inside the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center located within Union Terminal.
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2026-03-29 14:00:00
Monique shares the story of her family’s daring escape from Nazi-held Europe.
Monique’s parents, Ernest and Hilda, fled antisemitism in Germany in 1933. They met and fell in love in Paris.
Following France’s declaration of war against Germany in 1939, Ernest was sent to the first of half a dozen work camps for enemy aliens.
Monique was born in 1940 in Bellac near the labor camp where Ernest was imprisoned. In an attempt to save the life of her infant daughter, Hilda made the perilous trip across the Pyrenees Mountains on foot into Spain alone, hoping to depart on a ship for which she already had tickets.
Thanks to an unexpected delay of several weeks and with assistance from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Ernest was freed from the camp and reunited with Hilda and Monique in Seville just in time to board SS Navemar, one of the last ships bringing refugees to the United States.
The ship’s unimaginable conditions would later be described as a floating concentration camp. The family arrived in America in 1941 shortly before the US entered the war, and rebuilt their lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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2026-04-12 16:00:00
Join the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, the Mayerson Jewish Community Center, and Jewish Family Service for this year’s Yom HaShoah Commemoration on April 12 at 4 PM at Cincinnati Union Terminal. We will come together to remember and mourn the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and honor the survivors. The memorial service will include a moving candle-lighting by six survivor families, music, and prayer.
Following the memorial service, guests are invited to remain for the closing reception of Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away., which concludes its exhibition run that same day. The reception will feature remarks from museum leadership and civic leaders. Light bites and drinks included.
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2026-05-17 15:30:00
In collaboration with the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center, Queen City Opera presents a moving afternoon of music inspired by Holding Hope, the Center’s portrait exhibition honoring Holocaust survivors with ties to Cincinnati.
The event begins at 3:30 PM within the gallery itself, where small ensembles of QCO musicians activate the space through intimate performances of short works connected to the lives, memories, and cultural backgrounds of the survivors, many of them Russian-speakers from Eastern Europe.
At 4:30 PM, audiences are invited to Reakirt Auditorium for a culminating concert featuring professional singers and orchestra in selections from Mendelssohn’s Elijah and a complete performance of his Psalm 42. Mendelssohn’s deeply personal setting of longing, faith, and renewal offers a powerful artistic response to themes of resilience, remembrance, and hope.
Free parking in the lot of the Cincinnati Museum Center. Seating is general admission. Please contact us in advance if you require accessibility accommodations or wheelchair seating so that our staff may prepare the space to ensure your comfort.
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2026-06-04 18:00:00
Join us for Museum Mindfulness, a yoga and creative experience in the iconic Rotunda at Union Terminal, designed to help participants slow down, reflect, and be their best selves by leaning into the mindfulness of their character strengths. The evening begins with a grounding yoga session in the Rotunda, creating space for physical presence, mental clarity, and intentional reflection.
Following yoga, guests will enjoy drinks and light appetizers while taking part in a guided “future self” visualization that invites them to imagine themselves fully living into specific character strengths in their daily lives. Participants will then engage in a reflective journaling experience using a character strengths journal provided as part of the program. The journal includes prompts that explore how their character strengths show up in their lives, where they want to grow, and how they can put their strengths into action. Guests will also have time to artistically decorate their journal cover using color, words, and imagery that reflect their strengths, creating a meaningful and personal keepsake.
To conclude the experience, participants will write a commitment postcard to themselves, naming the character strength they are committing to practice and how they plan to embody it moving forward. The Holocaust & Humanity Center will mail the postcards to participants four to six weeks later, offering a thoughtful follow-up that reconnects them to their intention.
All event attendees must take the VIA Character Strengths Survey prior to registration.
Please Note: Bring your own yoga mat. All participants will be required to sign a waiver at registration.
Museum Mindfulness is part of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center’s Cohen Family Upstander Month, an inspiring month of events featuring family activities and an awards ceremony at historic Union Terminal. The month celebrates and uplifts the change makers in our community.
