News: Prison for Art’s Sake
Jymi Bolden Thomas Condon, nonviolent photographer, stays in prison. If photographer Thomas Condon believed he was getting out of prison this week, he had every reason to think so. When a judge had Condon hauled halfway across the state from a prison in Caldwell for a July 25 shock parole hearing, his family was…
Diner: Bowled Over
Sometimes treasures can be found in the most unlikely places. For instance, Cancun Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, an authentic, reasonably priced Mexican joint in an unusual location — inside the West side's legendary landmark, Western Bowl. Although some folks were probably disappointed when the Western-themed steakhouse, Cheyenne Cattle Company, closed its doors several months ago,…
4203 Kirby Ave., Northside
Doug Trapp Address: 4203 Kirby Ave., Northside Owner: Duke and Long Distributing Co. Value: $130,000 Year Built: 1979 Comments: If there ever were a formula for instant blight, this closed "Everyday" convenience store is it. Just take some absentee ownership, add a generous helping of bankruptcy, a little time and neglect and — voila!…
Continuing Films
ABOUT A BOY — (Grade: A) In Will, a smarmy British bachelor who joins a single-parents' club as a way to meet women, actor Hugh Grant finds a screen character perfectly matched to his own unique blend of cultured arrogance and foppish personality traits. Grant's natural performance enhances the film's frequent, comic moments. He also…
News: Death Gets Another Chance
It's been almost 10 years since more than 200 inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville staged a notorious 11-day riot. The riot ended with one dead guard, nine dead inmates and enough trials and appeals to keep the courts busy for years to come. Lucasville might have been the longest prison siege…
Dullsville and Its Hip Uptown Neighbor
Midway through the Arts Advocacy Initiative's (AAI) workshop on July 25, I walked out of the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater with the intention of never going back to another AAI function. Guest speakers Bill Blair, lobbyist for Ohio Citizens for the Arts, and former Ohio State Senate President Stanley Aronoff said nothing I hadn't heard…
Lovely & Amazing, Martin Lawrence, Master of Disguise, The Naked City and Signs
LOVELY & AMAZING— Lovely & Amazing, the new comedy from writer/director Nicole Holofcener (Walking and Talking) provides a welcome escape from a summer season of computer-generated images of heroic figures and the prestigious sheen of beautifully clean gangster fathers. The truly special effects in Holofcener's second feature effort are the fragile emotions of the enormously…
Nowhere Man
Upstanding Christian father and dedicated cop or a bald-faced liar hovering below the radar of departmental discipline? A pillar of the community deserving an outpouring of support or a spin controller epitomizing the cult of personality of cops who behave recklessly and skate wrongdoing? Suspended veteran Lt. Col. Ron Twitty might be as schizophrenic as…
Cover Story: The Norwood Way
When the last of its big industry hightailed out of Norwood, the city might have chosen to meld quietly into the surrounding sea of the city of Cincinnati. A manufacturing boom that began in 1898 when the Bullock Electrical Co. moved from Cincinnati — to avoid a threatened tax levy — continued for the…
News: Cruel Choice
Jymi Bolden Tiffany Wilson is hiding from police, fearing a stint in jail will cause her to lose her unborn baby. This article might get Tiffany Wilson arrested, and she knows it. Wilson, 34, is on the run, ducking an arrest warrant for a probation violation. She says she's hiding until she can get…
Diner: Pizza on the Hill
Michael and Cami Groeschen have a smart idea in Gusto, their four-month-old pizza parlor under the roof of what once was Cherrington's Restaurant in Mount Adams. Offering casual Italian fare with family-friendly atmosphere, the place fills an untouched niche in dining on the hill. And with a little fine-tuning, it could live up to the…
Will the Republicans Pay for Citizens Against Fair Elections?
Will voters have to decide whether to toss out Issue 6 — the campaign-finance reform charter amendment — before it can take effect? Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Monzel has joined the effort. Last fall a very slim majority of voters passed Issue 6, which includes public campaign funding for city council candidates who agree to…
I Am the World Trade Center
While the entertainment world scrambled for sensitivity following the Sept. 11 attacks, anyone who was familiar with the Indie Electro Pop duo I Am the World Trade Center had to wonder what they might do about their always intriguing, yet suddenly alarming moniker. Though the duo (singer Amy Dykes and tech-head Dan Geller) briefly…
Whirlygig: 37
Edited by Rebecca Lomax 20/20 Vision As another birthday snuck up on me, this time rearing its head on a workday, so Saturday night was the time to celebrate. An impromptu gathering at Northside Tavern ensued. My friend Paul's band, The Underwoods, were playing. It was drummer Cedric's last night, so I had to say…
