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Art Opportunities 97X COMMUNITY GALLERY AND ARTISAN GROUP — A virtual art gallery of digital art, photography, sculpture, poetry, food and art has opened its doors on the pages of chris.klinger@ketterngoh.org or write to: Rosewood Gallery, 3600 Shroyer Road, Kettering OH 45429. Deadline for submissions is March 1. THE WEXNER CENTER — Now accepting entries…
Why Isn’t ‘Activists’ a Category in the Yellow Pages?
Wouldn't it be great if people seeking social justice had a reference book to find others who are doing the same? That's the purpose of Future 500, a book two years in the making. Future 500 lists the grassroots movers and shakers working their causes without big money lobbyists. Included are the groups that started…
Diner: La Noveau and La Norm
The entrance to La Normandie Taverne and Chop House peeks from an indented brick wall that continues to the prominent black awning of its big sister upstairs, the Maisonette. While the ascending entrance to the chandeliered, white tablecloth world of the Maisonette makes you feel like high society, the descending staircase to the heavy wooden…
Rated: R. (Kelly): A star and charges of child pornography
This is war. God and Satan in an ancient grudge scrap in a Celebrity Death Match for R. Kelly's soul. God keeps losing. R&B deejays make jokes ("some brothas just freaky like dat") and open the phone lines ("whaddya thank, callers?"). Kelly keeps feelin' on our booties, vomiting sound-alike songs sung in nasal drone tones…
Home Work
So far this year the economic news has been less than thrilling. With the stock market rising and falling, the prospect of war looming and an economic package that's accomplished little more than stimulate conversation, this winter's discontent runs deeper and colder than usual. But for the grace of the gods at the IRS, our…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Isn't it time to open the damn gates? Anderson Township, open your damn gates. Blue Ash, open your damn gates. Hyde Park, open your damn gates. Mariemont, open your damn gates. Good God, Indian Hill, open your damn gates! The deal is sickeningly clear. Working class and poor people are relegated to certain neighborhoods. Let…
Locals Only: : Lo Fidelity All-Stars
Matt Borgerding Swissfarlo It's a snowy winter evening as the members of Swissfarlo gather around a back table in a Northside bar. The four — bassist/vocalist Matt Gossett, drummer Andrew Hagood, guitarist/vocalist Tim Heyl and guitarist Andy Kroner — have convened to discuss a bit of band history as well as their recently released…
Whirlygig: 62: Out On The Town
'Bachelorette' Party Birds and bees, flowers and trees, sugar and spice and everything nice. Hmmmm. I seem to remember something about these things from childhood. Then we go right into damsels in distress and strong virile men riding in on white, fire-breathing horses. It's no wonder that America seems obsessed with the likes of The…
News: Complex Campaigns
Sean Hughes/photopresse.com Getting elected to Cincinnati City Council becomes more complicated every year. This year's council candidates will have to deal with the most thorough — and perhaps most confusing — set of campaign finance requirements so far. In addition voters, having elected their first strong mayor in 2001, might decide on an even…
News: Into the Light
Jymi Bolden Pete Jaquish and Kathy Ivie show the mural Crossing the Bridge. Tony S. has a thick shock of black hair, intense eyes and a gravelly voice that's often punctuated by laughter. He's passionate about art, incense and the history of the American West. He's also recovering from a severe mental illness. But…
4005 Hamilton Ave.
Doug Trapp Address: 4005 Hamilton Ave., Northside Owner: Norm McCollum Value: $26,700 Year Built: 1900 Comments: Sometimes blight is on the outside, and sometimes it's on the inside. The buildings at 4003 and 4007 Hamilton have empty storefronts and generally look worse; at least 4005 simulates an occupied storefront. But structurally, 4005 might have…
Sam Lowry
Sam Lowry Somewhere in the realm of the Indie/Americana stylings of Sparklehorse and The Tindersticks floats the somber atmospherics of Between the Lotus and the Han, the new album from Sam Lowry. The Bloomington, Ind.-based singer/songwriter haunts some familiar ground on Lotus, but his crafty approach manages to find new ways to say things…
Film: Baz’s World Is Indeed a Stage
New York City — From the opening moments of his Broadway production of La Boheme, it's clear that film director Baz Luhrmann is captivated by the theatrical process. Stagehands walk on and off stage without any attempt to hide themselves. Actors gather together before they hit their marks. The stage manager even walks out and…
