Art

Let Down Your Hair

Althea Murphy-Price makes sculpture from hairdos

Althea Murphy-Price is fascinated by the everyday fashion show of our lives, where we all walk around projecting and revealing information about ourselves through the hairstyles we sport, what we wear and all the superficial details that make up our self-images.

Art

Practice Makes Perfect

Artists use daily blogs to hone their craft and sell their work

n December 2004, Virginia-based artist Duane Keiser began making one small painting a day, posting them on his blog and selling them at very affordable prices. Over the past four years, Keiser's A Painting a Day blog (www.duanekeiser.blogspot.com) received a flurry of national media attention and.

The Big Picture

Obama's 'New Deal' Should Include Revival of Federal Writer's Project

In recent months, the government has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to help out banks, investment houses, insurance companies and others ensnared by the mortgage-crisis-induced financial meltdown. Auto companies might be next.

Onstage

Happy Day

Know’s Scientology Project is deadpan and satirical

Its the time of year when theater companies present shows that veer from their routine fare in hopes of selling lots of tickets to fund subsequent productions more aligned with their mission.

Onstage

Hear Ye! (Review)

Jane Carver sails unique, experimental waters among music, song and art

The categories of "art" and "music" run the risk of overlooking a fruitful niche community in Cincinnati that likes its art tuneful and music artful. Were I to attach this movement to one local figure, it would be Jane Carver.

Onstage

Stages of Cheer

Even on a tight budget, there's holiday spirit at local theaters

Despite the hard times upon us, you can still enjoy the holidays at a local theater. In fact, Charles Dickens (whose Christmas Eve tale of Ebenezer Scrooge helps many theaters in America balance their budgets) has become kind of a patron saint for the holidays.

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The Alternative Field Guide (Review)

The Lloyd Library inspires imaginative works of art

The Lloyd Library doesn't receive as much foot traffic as the public library a few blocks away. Most people probably don't realize that its quiet Plum Street building houses a phenomenal collection of medical, botanical, natural history and travel books dating as far back as the 15th century. Book artist Kate Kern served as artist-in-residence at the Lloyd Library over the summer, and works of art resulting from her stay, made mostly by non-artists, are now on view through Dec. 30.

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Aesthetic Comfort (Review)

Ryan McGinness illuminates contemporary culture and art history

Ryan McGinness' exhibition of new paintings creates an optical second reality in the Vance-Waddell Gallery at the Cincinnati Art Museum. He uses florescent paint to create a three-dimensional effect. The illusion is so believable that it's hard to imagine anyone not itching to touch the panels.

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China Design Now (Review)

CAM exhibition reveals the last two decades of design in China

Many Westerners received their introduction to modern China during the 2008 Olympic games. Television viewers witnessed the results of an architectural explosion in Beijing, and innovative structures like the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube became instant cultural icons.

Books From The Alternative Press
'The Big Rich' Covers Almost a Century of Texas Oil
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes: For those with an interest in contemporary Texas history this is a must-read; indeed, its reach stretches well beyond Texas. The oil rich of Texas loomed large on the national horizon, and there was a time that if they pawed the earth, politicians trembled.... From The Texas Observer.
'Guilty' Examines Arab Bashing on the Big Screen
Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs after 9/11: Six years into a costly war fought on Arab soil, one might expect American media to demonize the enemy, rationalizing the necessity of killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians. But perhaps because of popular revulsion at the war, Shaheen finds cause for hope.... From The Texas Observer.
'In Search of Bill Clinton' Revisits the Monica Affair
In Search of Bill Clinton: Was Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky merely the weakness of an inveterate horndog -- or something else? Psychologist John D. Gartner explains.... From Baltimore City Paper.
Two Boston Poets Use Their Art for the Good of the Tribe
What if a poem were a social force? Boston poets Rafael Campo and Franz Wright have laid bare a live wire between poetry and isolation.... From Boston Phoenix.
Tim Reid is Still Making Race Relations Funny
Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White: Partnered with Tom Dreesen, now a veteran standup comic and humanitarian, Reid was half of what had to be America's first interracial comedy team, Tim & Tom. And now, somewhat reluctantly, he's having the last laugh with Dreesen, compiling the memories of that era into a fascinating new book, Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White.... From Metro Times.
 
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