Every new addition to the Cincinnati Zoo inspires awe, but there’s a particular birth this past year that hit us heavier than the rest. After a devastating loss for the zoo’s two-toed sloths Lightning and Moe in 2021, the rainbow pup that is Juno the sloth was born last summer (in June, of course). The family of three is reportedly happy and healthy, with Juno stealing hearts — and likes — on social media with every update. To see the bundle of joy IRL, you can usually catch Juno in the Animal Ambassador Center hanging with mom Lightning (while dad Moe explores solo in the Discovery Forest). cincinnatizoo.org.

Here are the 2024 Best Of Cincinnati® Reader and Staff Pick winners for Arts & Culture.

1. 21c Museum Hotel
2. Pendleton Art Center
3. Visionaries + Voices

1. Cincinnati Art Museum
2. Contemporary Arts Center
3. American Sign Museum

1. “Cincinnati Toy Heritage”
2. “Fiona and Bibi at the Cincinnati Zoo”
3. “Charley Harper's Beguiled by the Wild”

1. Panegyri
2. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Festival
3. St. Cecilia Family Festival

1. Ice Rink on Fountain Square
2. Salsa on the Square
3. Reds Opening Day Rally on the Square

1. BLINK
2. Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library
3. Findlay Market
4. Cincinnati Art Museum
5. Smale Riverfront Park
6. Jungle Jim's International Market
7. Tunes & Blooms at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
8. Wednesdays in the Woods at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center
9. TIE: Washington Park AND Contemporary Arts Center
10. FotoFocus

1. Art and Social Justice: An Interactive Experience, 21C Museum Hotel Gallery
2. Yes, But Is It Art?, Studio Kroner
3. Wish You Were Here, Kennedy Heights Arts Center

1. Dent Schoolhouse
2. Kings Island Halloween Haunt
3. USS Nightmare

1. Festival of Lights at the Cincinnati Zoo
2. WinterFest at Kings Island
3. Journey BOREALIS at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park

1. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (@cincinnatizoo)
2. Longbottom Bird Ranch (@longbottombirdranch)
3. Friends of the Public Library (@cincylibraryfriends)

1. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
2. Children's Museum at the Cincinnati Museum Center
3. Longbottom Bird Ranch

1. Bob Herzog
2. Darnell Pierre Benjamin
3. Mark Borison

1. Kiwi the Duck
2. L. D. Nehls
3. Michael Coppage

1. Dann Woellert
2. Curtis Sittenfeld
3. Leah Stewart

1. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
2. Cincinnati Pops
3. MUSE Cincinnati's Women’s Choir

1. Mark Borison
2. Kelly Collette
3. Sweett Biscut

1. Cincinnati Ballet
2. Dance Flash Fusion
3. Cin City Burlesque

1. Mark Borison
2. Cincy Stories
3. Allyson West