In his biography of David Foster Wallace, New Yorker
staff writer D.T. Max has painted an incredibly honest and vivid
portrait of a brilliant writer, a sensitive soul and a tortured artist,
plagued throughout his life with severe depression, anxiety and
self-doubt.
Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story: A Life Of David Foster Wallace
By D. T. Max
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The Dog Stars
By Peter Heller
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Just like in Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning, post-apocalyptic novel The Road, first-time novelist Peter Heller has created a heartbreakingly moving love story with The Dog Stars, one of this year’s greatest literary surprises.
Fall Fringe
Know Theatre brings back award winning shows from 2012 Fringe
1 Comment · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Perhaps you overslept back in June and
missed the 2012 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. You now have a chance to make up for it or to satisfy a fall craving for
Fringe performances, thanks to the festival’s presenter, Know Theatre
of Cincinnati.
Theater Season Heats Up
0 Comments · Tuesday, August 28, 2012
As the final weeks of summer cool down, it’s time for
Cincinnati’s theaters to turn up the heat.
From 'Rocko' to 'Reno'
Comedian Carlos Alazraqui's portfolio bursts with unexpected voice roles
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The sixth annual Brew Ha-Ha is upon us. Saturday's headliner Carlos Alazraqui is probably best known as Officer James Garcia on Comedy Central’s Reno 911!.
Antonio Adams Gives Celebrities a Reality Check
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
See Unrealized and Unforeseen, Antonio Adams’ solo show at
Thunder-Sky Inc., and leave feeling a bit more special, even if you
aren’t on his list of “good celebrities,” superstars and Divas of Pride.
Just witness the transformative power of art.
New Art Book and Projects for Shinji Turner-Yamamoto
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The most profound and beautiful art
installation of recent years in Cincinnati — an inspiration for what
public art here can be — was Shinji Turner-Yamamoto’s 2010 “Hanging
Garden.” It continues to have an afterlife.
Rounding Third (Review)
Odd couple concept pleasant and predictable
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The title of Richard Dresser’s 2002 play, Rounding Third, the current production on board the Showboat Majestic, is a pretty obvious clue that this is a show about baseball.
Pedaling For A Cause
BikeFest offers participants opportunities to assist and learn about local charities
1 Comment · Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Episcopal Community Services Foundation’s BikeFest is more than a charity ride; it
offers riders from a variety of athletic backgrounds — both serious and
occasional riders — the opportunity to learn about and engage with the
local charities they’re serving.
Star Gazing
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 15, 2012
If you spent some of last spring watching the TV series Smash,
you learned that Broadway producers look for talent whose names attract
audiences. The commercial concerns of Broadway
producers are surely a big factor in their decision-making, especially
how much magnetism a star can bring. This led me to speculate whether we
have bankable stars in Cincinnati.
Searching for the ‘Now Factor’ at a Color Show
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Amid busy, vibrant abstract canvases and
panels, the stark simplicity of a paperboard sculpture captures extra
attention at Phyllis Weston Gallery’s Color NOW!, on display through Sept. 1.
Xanadu (Review)
Old cult favorite's strange magic charms audiences at the Carnegie
0 Comments · Monday, August 13, 2012
Summers
in Cincinnati tend to have theater in short supply. Thanks to the
Carnegie Center in Covington, there’s a bounty of fizzy fun in the form
of the very tongue-in-cheek musical Xanadu, staged by Alan Patrick Kenny.
Never Been Mellow
Alan Kenny stops by to stage 'Xanadu' on his way to a promising theater career
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Cincinnati native Alan Kenny, fresh
from graduate studies and a nearly completed master’s degree from UCLA,
is back in town to stage the campy musical Xanadu at Covington’s
Carnegie Center. It opens on Saturday for an eight-performance run,
through Aug. 26.
Fine Art vs. Pop Culture in L.A. and Cincinnati
3 Comments · Wednesday, August 8, 2012
An interesting battle about the future of
contemporary art — and what should be shown in museums devoted to it —
is occurring in Los Angeles right now, where the director of the Museum
of Contemporary Art is accused of leaning too heavily on pop
culture/celebrity trendiness for his shows.
Power of Music Celebrated in ‘Music of Change’
1 Comment · Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Music of Change: Hymns, Blues & Rock at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ultimately succeeds in providing a fascinating journey
through the roles black music have played in America’s history,
eloquently showing how African-American music has been celebration,
protest, spiritual uplift, a means of communication and information
sharing … sometimes all at once.
