Recreation and Entertainment

Campus events, including lectures, exhibits, sporting events, movies, and other activities on Main Street, are listed on UC’s Calendars & Events website.

Recreational Facilities and Activities
UC’s Campus Recreation Center provides university students, employees, and friends of the university a wide range of exercise and fitness opportunities in a state-of-the-art-facility. A University of Cincinnati ID is required for admittance. The Campus Recreation Center also offers daily guest passes and quarterly “Friends of UC” passes that can be purchased at the Recreation Center. The Recreation Center’s website offers further information about the facilities, programs, and services offered.

The CRC provides free one-on-one fitness center orientations for all members. This introduction stresses the function, use, safety, and care of all aerobic and exercise equipment within the fitness area of the CRC. Fitness center employees work with each member to identify the member’s level of fitness, workout interests, and goals and then personalize the orientation to those needs and goals. Orientations are led by a University of Cincinnati certified personal trainer or a fitness floor coordinator.

Group Fitness
classes are offered on a quarterly basis for University of Cincinnati students. Classes are held in the Campus Recreation Center throughout the day and evening. Offerings include, but are not limited to, yoga, Pilates, hip hop, cardio kick fit, guts and butts, step, etc. Call 556-0604 for more information.

Intramural Sports
Intramural sports are open to all University of Cincinnati students and employees. These sports involve league or tournament play. Most activities are grouped for competition in one of four divisions: residence hall, Greek, independent, and employee. Coed leagues and tournaments are offered for some sports. Rules and entry forms are available at the Campus Recreation Center. Sports offered vary by quarter. Sports offered include flag football, volleyball, racquetball, basketball, soccer, tennis, and ultimate Frisbee.

Health Services Wellness Center
The Wellness Center provides free body composition analysis and blood pressure screening. In addition, the Center’s Lunch & Learn series offers educational lunches on issues pertaining to health and wellness. Contact the Wellness Center at 556-6124 for more information.

Bearcat Sports
Football, basketball, and baseball tickets are free with your student ID online and at the Athletic Ticket Office (556-2287) on the first floor of One Edwards Center. Students are encouraged to show up early to obtain tickets.

College-Conservatory of Music Performances
University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is recognized as one of the country’s leading conservatories. CCM presents nearly 900 events a year, most of which are free and open to the public. Ticketed events are offered at discounted rates to university students. Information about current CCM offerings is available on the CCM calendar of events. Ticket sales for most performances are handled through the CCM Box Office in the CCM Atrium (556-4183).

Art Galleries
University of Cincinnati and its College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) hold many ongoing free art exhibitions and performances for the University community.

DAAP and other university-sponsored galleries include the following:

• University Galleries on Sycamore
  University Galleries on Sycamore presents the University of Cincinnati Fine Arts Collection in its first permanent exhibition venue in the history of the University. The gallery also hosts exhibitions of contemporary art and design, with emphasis on the work of DAAP students, faculty, and local and regional artists and designers. It serves as a laboratory for museum studies students wishing to hone their curatorial skills.
  Location: 628 Sycamore Street
  Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  
  
• Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery
  The Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery hosts exhibitions that focus on the fields of study associated with the College of DAAP, with emphasis on current work in those disciplines brought in from outside the college to enrich the exposure of students to work produced elsewhere.
  Location: DAAP Complex, Room 5275
  Hours: Weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
  
• 840 Gallery
  Location: DAAP Complex, Room 4340
  Hours: Weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  
  
• Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery
  The Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery is a venue for presenting the work of DAAP faculty and students to the university community, and hosts other exhibitions broadly reflecting the varied disciplines associated with the larger university community.
  Location: Steger Student Life Center
  Hours: Weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.