I knew when I hired Sara last year that she was different somehow, and that's what I liked about her. But I had no idea she was diabetic. When I found out she was, a smile probably came across my fa  

Two weeks ago I stood on the stage at Fountain Square looking out at 100 or more of the city's young professionals. They were manning tables at the Chamber of Commerce's YP Cincy event and pitching  

I don't believe many people pay attention to the little names printed at the top of our news stories, but for the few who do, I wanted to mention this will be my last piece for CityBeat. This week   

A little more than two years ago, Cincinnati was rocked by rioting and curfews following the police shooting of Timothy Thomas. After order was restored, everyone -- white, black, politician, citiz  

Back when I was in high school, there was this terrible Easter joke making the rounds. It went something like, "What did Jesus say as he was hanging from the cross?" The answer is, "Gee, this is a   

A uniformed guard opened the door to our holding cell March 20 and said, "Hey, you protesters! I'm with you. We don't need to be fighting no damn war." We were too stunned to ask his name before t  

Do you remember a few years ago when The Enquirer and The Post announced they were reducing the size of their printed pages and pitched it as a "better fit" for readers because the new size would be  

I thought it would make a pretty good story. Six DAAP graduates move to Portland, Ore. -- some knowing each other, some not, some with jobs in hand, some unemployed. They find nirvana in the Northw  

Cincinnati is a lot like the weather -- everyone complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. Well, friend, Tuesday is your lucky day. Election Day 2002 presents a golden opportunity to dr  

The Republican Party's version of musical chairs continues in Columbus. Attorney General Betty Montgomery, term-limited out of her job, is running this fall for auditor, while Auditor Jim Petro, als  

This week's issue offers our sixth annual "State of the Arts" report, featuring our popular ranking of the most influential people in the local arts. We also preview fall programming in theater  

An old saying goes that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. A modern-day saying in Cincinnati goes that if you ignore a problem there is no problem. There's a fine difference between   

I'm a 47-year-old man who's been a liberal most of his adult life. I'm also a nonconformist who, for the past three years, has been a single parent to my 17-year-old son. Things just haven't been wo  

Tuesday is election day in Ohio, with only a few contested primary races, the most significant being the 33rd District state representative race between Democrats Minette Cooper, a current Cincinnat  

If you look close enough at CityBeat's film clock on page 42 of this week's print edition, you'll notice that for the first time in 10 months it includes information on the Esquire and Mariemont the