{"id":1496,"date":"2017-10-07T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2017-10-07T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:44:06","slug":"reopening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/?p=1496","title":{"rendered":"(Re)opening Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0358-2-1024x454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0358-2-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0358-2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0358-2-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0358-2-150x66.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2009 I had the oppurunity to tour the guts of the Cincinnati Music Hall and interview staff about the haunted happenings in the enormus building. It was a facinating trip through Cincinnati&#8217;s darker past of grave robbing, poor houses, and pauper&#8217;s graves which have resulted in the hauntings of both Washington Park and the Cincinnati Music Hall (CMH.) For the past two years CMH has been closed for a 129 Million dollar restoration project, which saw a larger stage put in, the box seats removed, and all new chairs for the auditorium, plus cosmetic and internal renovations of the structure itself. At 9:30AM today the doors were opened to the public, with free tours and hourly performances by the Cincinnati Opera and Cincinnati Symphony Orchastra.<\/p>\n<p>Ironcially, that&#8217;s not why I was downtown today- I was there to welcome back friends to Cincinnati who are here for a wedding. We met up at the Taste of Belgium in Over-The-Rhine (neighborhood in downtown Cincinnati) and learned about this CMH event during brunch. We had a fabulous time touring the building and admiring the new paint job that the has been done! The walls have gone from a guilded gold\/red\/ cream colors to more relaxing and contemporary platnium\/ warm-gray\/ white colors.<\/p>\n<p>But I am sure the ghosts still haunt the hall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1499 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22221684_10110049457982509_1425743554455198264_n-e1507405073344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22221684_10110049457982509_1425743554455198264_n-e1507405073344.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22221684_10110049457982509_1425743554455198264_n-e1507405073344-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22221684_10110049457982509_1425743554455198264_n-e1507405073344-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22221684_10110049457982509_1425743554455198264_n-e1507405073344-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22196309_10110049457618239_8498909917587716889_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22196309_10110049457618239_8498909917587716889_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22196309_10110049457618239_8498909917587716889_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22196309_10110049457618239_8498909917587716889_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22196309_10110049457618239_8498909917587716889_n-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365510_10110049457159159_3191377949482613449_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365510_10110049457159159_3191377949482613449_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365510_10110049457159159_3191377949482613449_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365510_10110049457159159_3191377949482613449_n-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22281919_10110049456809859_5892365436933010743_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22281919_10110049456809859_5892365436933010743_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22281919_10110049456809859_5892365436933010743_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22281919_10110049456809859_5892365436933010743_n-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22308614_10110049457728019_8044327525345183256_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22308614_10110049457728019_8044327525345183256_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22308614_10110049457728019_8044327525345183256_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22308614_10110049457728019_8044327525345183256_n-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1511 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0342-e1507405258332-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0342-e1507405258332-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0342-e1507405258332-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG-0342-e1507405258332-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365621_10110049457433609_3124333802949380237_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365621_10110049457433609_3124333802949380237_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365621_10110049457433609_3124333802949380237_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22365621_10110049457433609_3124333802949380237_n-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22309108_10110049457373729_8860711902337628878_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22309108_10110049457373729_8860711902337628878_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22309108_10110049457373729_8860711902337628878_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.katklockow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/22309108_10110049457373729_8860711902337628878_n-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After touring the building, we picked up some Holtzman Donuts! Holtman&#8217;s opened shortly before we moved away from Cincinnati in 2015, and I had yet to try out their famous maple-bacon donut. Stay tuned for an update, I haven&#8217;t had it yet but will eat it as an afternoon snack.<\/p>\n<p>All-in-all I&#8217;m happy to see the Cincinnati Music Hall back up and running and open to the public. Next week is the Blink Festival, and the CMH is a fixture of that event. Naturally, we&#8217;ll be going to that too, and hopefully I&#8217;ll have plenty of photos of that next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Kat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2009 I had the oppurunity to tour the guts of the Cincinnati Music Hall and interview staff about the haunted happenings in the enormus building. 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