http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/articles.sec-186-1-citybeat_recommends.html Celebrate the coming of summer with CityBeat’s grown-up version of a lemonade stand: our Margarita Madness party. Get ready for a lime-and-salt ’rita throw-down as participating bars and restauran]]> ArtWorks is hosting a party to launch their new crowdfunding website power2give.org, an online cultural marketplace designed to connect donors with projects they are passionate about. Cultural organiz]]> A few years ago comedian Pete Correale was trying to become a father. “We bailed on that,” he laughs. “We tried for 10 months and no kid came out of it, but some really good bits came out of it.]]> Celebrate the majesty of the mighty Ohio River with a weekend full of water- and family-friendly events at Paddlefest. The 12th annual Paddlefest Weekend kicks off on Thursday with the Kids Outdo]]> This weekend you’ll have four chances to catch Jazz guitar genius Stanley Jordan at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club. The six-string wizard plays the club Friday and Saturday, with two shows each night. You ]]> There might not be a more beloved piece of architecture in town than the blue John A. Roebling Bridge, which stretches between Covington’s Riverside Drive and Cincinnati’s Riverfront Park. The his]]> You’ve probably already seen the Cincinnati Rollergirls’ advertisements on buses around town showing people how cool they look. Those interested in seeing how they look for real and what they do i]]> Dogs are the best creatures on planet Earth. More proof of this undeniable claim is on display in photographer Theron Humphrey’s Maddie on Things: A Super Serious Project About Dogs and Physics.&nbs]]> Playwright Neil Simon must be a great party guest, quick with quips and one-liners. His later plays like Lost in Yonkers and Brighton Beach Memoirs are sweet and nostalgic, but he made his name with l]]> Globalization has hit the American middle class hard as blue-collar jobs that once yielded stellar wages and comprehensive benefits have eroded, if not completely vanished, in the last 25 years. Few k]]> “I always use this line,” comedian Mark Viera says when asked about how he came to be a stand-up comic: “Comedy chose me, I didn’t really pick comedy. It seems like I was born to this. I was t]]> With authentic Italian food and live Italian music, Italianfest brings an air of Italy to the Tristate. The celebration kicks off with a bocce ball tournament at Pompilio’s Restaurant (600 Washingto]]> Do you find yourself wandering the aisles of your local supermarket bored to tears with its lackluster brews? Do you find yourself wishing it was Oktoberfest every month of the year to no avail? Then ]]> One intriguing opera in a new venue plus three warhorses equals Cincinnati Opera’s summer season. Factor in casts featuring many of opera’s most exciting and acclaimed young singers, along with yo]]> Love goetta? Feast to your heart’s content at MainStrasse Village’s “Original” Goettafest. Try myriad manifestations of the German-American meat-and-oat delicacy including Goetta Pizza, Goetta]]> Perhaps due to the need to capture and represent such an ephemeral act, the cosmic Venn diagram of skateboarders and artists has always featured a large crossover population. So when Gary Collins, own]]> Though writers can come up with some pretty silly, non-indicative descriptions to explain music, most of the words crafted to describe the sound of septet The Defibulators (from “Hee-Haw on mescalin]]> Pilobolus Dance Theatre has never been a typical dance company. From its origins at Dartmouth College in 1971, its nonconformity and evolution are in its DNA and have enabled the company to flourish w]]>