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Miracle or Mirage?

ACT scores and a mysteriously ended cheating probe raise questions about Taft High School’s climb to the top

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 06:18 pm

In a Cincinnati neighborhood plagued by high rates of blight, poverty and crime, the new $18.4 million Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in the West End couldn’t offer a more contrasting narrative. While city police book killers and other suspected felons right next door, Taft students are enriching their minds in nine computer labs and exploring the world through wall-to-wall Wi-Fi. ...

Luck of the (Re)Draw

Three Democrats battle for the new 31st Ohio House District

Comments 1 · Feb 21, 2012 06:44 pm

Fascinating, diverse, progressive — those are just a handful of words that are being used to describe the new 31st Ohio House District. Consisting of Amberley Village, Clifton, Clifton Heights, Evanston, Madisonville, Hyde Park, Northside, Oakley, Silverton, St. Bernard and Walnut Hills, the district contains many walks of life, including a healthy liberal population. ...

Crowley’s Legacy Lives On

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 06:59 pm

March 25 would have been David Crowley’s 75th birthday, and his family is planning an event that day which would bring a smile to his face. For those who didn’t know Crowley, he served on Cincinnati City Council for eight years, from 2001-09, the maximum allowed by term limits. ...

Collage Degrees

The Taft’s current Romare Bearden exhibit is a multi-dimensional revelation

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 03:07 pm

Having recently seen a retrospective of Romare Bearden’s artwork at Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, N.C., his hometown, I wasn’t expecting the Taft Museum’s current and smaller Impressions and Improvisations: The Prints of Romare Bearden to be as impressive as it is. ...

Gus Van Sant Continues Down His Own Unique Path

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 03:29 pm

Few contemporary filmmakers can claim a career as interesting as Gus Van Sant’s. The 59-year-old director studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design before shifting his studies to film. He tried his hand at Hollywood after graduation, but soon moved his home base to Portland, Ore., a place where his artier leanings would flourish. ...

Live Local Music Overload

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 07:10 pm

This is one of those random weeks where there are so many notable events involving local bands, we could have done an all-music double issue of CityBeat and still not have room for it all. Thankfully, we do have constantly updated Staff Blogs. So here’s what’s up, lightning-round-style; check the blog throughout the week for more details. ...

 
 

Here's What Facebook Censors

Comments 0 · Feb 22, 2012 04:26 pm

Never piss off the proletariat.Upset about his low pay and dismal working conditions, a worker at one of Facebook’s Third World contractors has leaked the social media site’s ultra-secret document about what type of content it censors.Amine Derkaoui, a 21-year-old Moroccan man, worked for...

Your Wednesday To Do List

Arianna Huffington, Uta Barth in town

Comments 0 · Feb 22, 2012 02:20 pm

Arianna Huffington is speaking as a part of SmartTalk ConnectedConversations tonight at the Aronoff Center. The media queen will discuss how she became "fearless in love, work and life" (a phrase taken from the title of her 2007 bestseller). Huffington has made her mark as an author of 13 books,...

Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill Now Open

Banks restaurant/concert space offers live music, Whiskey Girls, touch of xenophobia

Comments 1 · Feb 22, 2012 01:32 pm

Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill this week became The Banks’ newest tenant, opening its red, white and blue doors and offering “family friendly” lunch and dinner, ongoing live performances and a guitar-shaped bar where patrons can drink beer out of Mason jars. The official...

Crafty Supermarket Accepting Applications

The handmade showcase event welcomes vendor applicants through Feb. 29

Comments 0 · Feb 22, 2012 12:15 pm

Crafty Supermarket, one of Cincinnati's greatest showcases of all things handmade, is accepting applications for its spring show. Indie crafters wanting to sell their items at the May 5 event have until Feb. 29 to woo CS organizers with their creations.Applicants should send five photos of...

Ohio Pit Bulls No Longer Branded 'Vicious'

Gov. John Kasich signs substitute bill removing breed-discriminatory clause

Comments 1 · Feb 22, 2012 11:50 am

Dog lover or not, one must admit that pit bulls suffer from a pretty abysmal reputation. Thanks to their depictions in pop culture and history as fighting dogs, pit bulls have arguably garnered the most discrimination of any dog breed; many have visions of them constantly gnashing their teeth,...

Music Tonight: Jeremy Pinnell's Return

Acclaimed singer/songwriter debuts Jeremy Pinnell and the 55's tonight at MOTR

Comments 0 · Feb 22, 2012 11:27 am

The music he made with groups like The Light Wires, The Great Depression and The Brothers and the Sisters helped make singer/songwriter Jeremy Pinnell one of many local music fans' favorite songwriters. Pinnell's folksy songs were marked by his ability to convey — with an almost uncomfortable...

This Date in Music History: Feb. 22

The Beatles' most famous chords and Sublime's sudden end

Comments 0 · Feb 22, 2012 10:04 am

On this day in 1967, The Beatles continued work on arguably their best song, "A Day in the Life." After a debate over how to end the track following the huge orchestral build-up (sustained choral vocals were considered, but scrapped), the group decided to simultaneously strike a massive E chord...

Morning News and Stuff

Comments 0 · Feb 22, 2012 08:36 am

In a refreshing sign of sanity at City Hall, Cincinnati officials might change the way they go about drafting the municipal budget. Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, who heads council's Finance and Budget Committee, is proposing the group adopt a new priorities-based process that involves more community...

 

Luck of the (Re)Draw

Three Democrats battle for the new 31st Ohio House District

Comments 1 · Feb 21, 2012 06:44 pm

Fascinating, diverse, progressive — those are just a handful of words that are being used to describe the new 31st Ohio House District. Consisting of Amberley Village, Clifton, Clifton Heights, Evanston, Madisonville, Hyde Park, Northside, Oakley, Silverton, St. Bernard and Walnut Hills, the district contains many walks of life, including a healthy liberal population. ...

Crowley’s Legacy Lives On

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 06:59 pm

March 25 would have been David Crowley’s 75th birthday, and his family is planning an event that day which would bring a smile to his face. For those who didn’t know Crowley, he served on Cincinnati City Council for eight years, from 2001-09, the maximum allowed by term limits. ...

Collage Degrees

The Taft’s current Romare Bearden exhibit is a multi-dimensional revelation

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 03:07 pm

Having recently seen a retrospective of Romare Bearden’s artwork at Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, N.C., his hometown, I wasn’t expecting the Taft Museum’s current and smaller Impressions and Improvisations: The Prints of Romare Bearden to be as impressive as it is. ...

Ride the Wild Surf

Though serious musicians, Cincinnati new-comers make decidedly not serious music

Comments 3 · Feb 21, 2012 03:34 pm

Five surf-rockers, two go-go dancers and a guy in a gorilla suit walk into a bar … That’s either the weirdest setup for a joke ever or it means that Cincinnati’s only Surf Rock band, Doctor Bombay and the Atomic Bachelor Pad, has arrived.  ...

JimmyG’s (Review)

Jimmy Gibson’s latest venture joins the ranks of Cincinnati’s best new restaurants

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 03:22 pm

JimmyG’s offers fine dining fare in an audacious setting. The dining area’s refined red wood walls are adorned with the work of various local contemporary pop artists and the seating arrangement provides a similar contrast, with yellow seat cushions on white lattice-backed chairs paired with a fine dining table arrangement. ...

Place Your Bets on HBO’s Luck

Comments 0 · Feb 21, 2012 07:07 pm

A show about horseracing might seem too niche to captivate a wide audience, but HBO’s Luck is entertaining for all types of viewers thanks to the varied perspectives from inside the track. Dustin Hoffman stars as Ace, an organized crime man fresh out of his stint in federal prison. ...

 

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The Resolutions New Year, New You Event at lululemon athletica.

 
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