Name: Three Acts: Food, Family, and Tradition
Start: 2025-12-10T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-10T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Memorial Hall

The Over-the-Rhine Museum is delighted to announce the next installment in our story-sharing series, “Three Acts in Over-the-Rhine” on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM in Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street.
Foodways are the meals, recipes, and traditions that connect people to their culture and to one another. Over-the-Rhine has long been a place where cultures meet through food—from 19th-century beer gardens and home cooking to today’s bustling markets and international restaurants. For this special edition of Three Acts, we invite you to explore some of the neighborhood’s rich foodways!
Beginning at 6:00pm, the evening will feature a food tasting that reflects the neighborhood’s diverse past and present, followed at 6:30 by three short talks on the history, culture, and evolution of food in Over-the-Rhine. Graduate student James Tecco will provide an overview of foodways in Over-the-Rhine including German, Appalachian, African American, and others; German immigrant Olaf Scheil will talk about his modern take on the German foods that have been a mainstay of Over-the-Rhine for generations; and Nghiep Ho will discuss the Vietnamese foods that you might not associate with Over-the-Rhine, but that have been part of the neighborhood for 50 years.
Reserve your seat today! Tickets can be reserved on a “pay what you would like” donation basis at www.otrmuseum.org/events. Doors open at 6:00 PM and speakers begin at 6:30 PM. A cash bar will be available throughout the event. Walk-ins are welcome until we reach room capacity. The event will also be live streamed at facebook.com/otrmuseum.