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Event: Petopolis

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Cincinnati goes to the dogs — and other animals, for that matter — with the Petopolis Pet Show. Designed to reflect the look of an actual city, the family-oriented show will feature on-site adopti  

Sports: Cincinnati Rollergirls

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Cincinnati Rollergirls face Toronto Roller Derby and The Dire Skates Saturday at the Cincinnati Gardens. Read an interview with Cincinnati Rollergirl rookie Sydney “Big Ugly” Greathouse here  

Music: The Lockland Brakes

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
 Cincy newcomers The Lockland Brakes will make their live debut this Saturday at The Drinkery in Over-the-Rhine, joining Dead North and Bad Standard. The energized Pop/Punk band — which feature  

Music: Electric Citizen

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Brand new local Psych Rock crew Electric Citizen performs a free show Saturday at Northside’s Mayday. The band, whose members have played in Two Headed Dog, The Lions Rampant and You, You’re   

Event: Mother's Day Downtown

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Celebrate mom downtown this year with a day of drinking, dining, shopping and shows. More than 30 downtown restaurants will be serving up brunch, lunch and dinner menus with specials for Mother’s Da  

Music: Justin Furstenfeld with Ashleigh Stone

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Justin Furstenfeld may not have invented the concept of “living out loud,” but he certainly embodies it with an enviable zeal. The Blue October frontman has never hesitated to identify his long st  

Music: The Lonely Wild

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Whoever came up with the notion to sepia-fy the cover of The Sun As It Comes deserves a drink. The image on the front of The Lonely Wild’s first full-length is a photo collage of skulls, rocks and m  

Music: Colin Stetson

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The music Stetson is playing on his current solo tour largely features songs from New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, the just-released final entry in a trilogy of loosely connected albums   

Music: Foals with Surfer Blood and Blondfire

0 Comments · Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Foals is yet another great musical gift from across the pond. The six-piece band’s music, though recently taking on a slightly darker tone, is raucous and rousing. Their concerts aren’t meant for   

Onstage: The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns

0 Comments · Thursday, May 2, 2013
The regional premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes in 2010 was the best-selling show in the 27-year history of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. The Doo-Wop gals, Cindy Lou, Missy, Betty Jean and Suzy  

Attraction: A Century of Brides

0 Comments · Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Cincinnati Art Museum’s wildly popular 2010 exhibit, Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns, showed more than 50 gowns from the late 18th century to modern day and spawned a book as w  

Comedy: Chris Porter

0 Comments · Thursday, May 2, 2013
“I grew up outside of Kansas City in the rural suburbs,” says comedian Chris Porter. “Becoming a stand-up comic was like being an astronaut or a NASCAR driver. You had no idea where to start.”  

Art: The Hilton Brothers at the Miller Gallery

0 Comments · Thursday, May 2, 2013
Photographers Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg, also known as “The Hilton Brothers,” have been combining their work into series of diptychs for more than seven years — often blurring the ident  

Music: Whisky Daredevils with The Grotesque Brooms

0 Comments · Thursday, May 2, 2013
Since the very beginning, almost a decade ago, Cincinnati has been something of a “home away from home” for adrenalized, rootsy Cleveland rockers the Whiskey Daredevils. Thanks to regular visits f  

Event: Savor the Season at Gorman Heritage Farm

0 Comments · Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Gorman Heritage Farm is hosting a day of farm-to-table learning, eating and celebrating. Local chefs will provide cooking demonstrations highlighting the edible bounty of spring, including Steven