Celebrating Roe v. Wade Freedom of Choice Ohio hosts the 35th Anniversary Roe v. Wade Dinner and Lecture Jan. 31, 2008, at Ohio State University's Fawcett Center in Columbus. The keynote speaker is   

Special School Board Meeting The Cincinnati Board of Education meets in a special session to discuss finances at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 20. The meeting is in the Interactive Learning Center at 2651 Burnet   

Although a healthy skepticism in the field of psychic phenomena is usually appropriate, to cynically equate psychics with psychosis (Gregory Flannery´s ¨Psychotic Festival,¨ issue of   

Public Campaign Financing Christ Church Cathedral hosts a discussion, "Money and Politics: The Case for Public Financing," at noon Dec. 13. Sponsored by Common Cause Ohio and the Fair Elections Coal  

HOT Zeppelin Flying More Than Once? The prospect of a full-fledged Led Zeppelin tour has been the hot music-world rumor for the past few months. Well, it'll never be a "full-fledged" reunion un  

The Great Turning As we shift from an industrial-growth society to a "life-sustaining civilization," we're facing serious and confounding social and ecological questions. Will economics, a self-des  

(Re: "FOP Campaign Focuses on Sheriff's Patrols" post on CityBeat's Porkopolis blog.) Officer Don Meece's email reads like it was written by a 12-year-old boy having a spurt of hormones. In a real   

Learn Police Work The next session of the Cincinnati Police Department's Citizens Police Academy is Jan. 16 through March 5, 2008.Designed to provide better understanding between citizens and police  

In Larry Gross' "Thinking of Patti Deutsch" column (issue of Nov. 14), I enjoyed how he blended those noisy kids outside of his building while thinking about an old game show panelist. Kind of odd b  

JONATHAN QUEEN incorporates toys, insects, plants and other objects into meticulously-rendered paintings that move beyond traditional still life and into the narrative and allegorical realms. His