Diner: Spin Cycle
Visitors and Cincinnati residents alike can't help but notice the dozen or so awards adorning the walls of the Riverview Revolving Restaurant lobby on the 18th floor of the Clarion Hotel in Covington. Newly redecorated from top to bottom, the hotel and restaurant are owned and operated by the Maier family, also of Frisch's fame.…
Cover Story: Events help celebrate Intellectual Freedom Week
Nikki Giovanni Cincinnati native Nikki Giovanni, whose books of poetry have been targets of censorship, will read and discuss her work as part of "Free People Read Freely," two events helping to celebrate Intellectual Freedom Week in Cincinnati Sept. 25-Oct. 2. Giovanni, whose poetry collection My House has been among the 50 most frequently…
Sports: Reds Fever
Craig Weiglein Sean Casey Sunday is Fan Appreciation Day at Cinergy Field. Technically, that's the day the Reds set aside to thank their fans. But this weekend is high time to look back and appreciate the 1999 Cincinnati Reds. Regardless of what happens over the weekend during the team's last home stand or in…
De-Voted
In just under six weeks, Cincinnati voters will go to the polls and vote for the men and women they feel are best qualified to lead the city into the 21st century. Of course, that means we'll re-elect the same fearless, visionary, can-do band we did last time around. Because we citizens are just as…
Cover Story: Rebel With a Cause … and a Past
Dallas Wiebe from the dust jacket of Skyblue the Badass, published in 1969. Enter the novelist, Dallas Wiebe, professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati. A faculty member in the Department of English from 1963 to 1995, his two novels, three books of short stories, essays and poems have attracted accolades from the best…
