What’s Going on With the State Budget Deficit?
Charles Tassell President, Blue Chip Young Republicans When it comes to the budget debacle in Ohio, I am reminded of the old line, "How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips are moving." With the election over, I have to ask who won. I see Taft, but I hear Hagan. The resulting…
Hipness Returns to the Cincinnati Art Museum
The first must-see exhibition in a summer of essential art blasts is Mark Fox's Dust, a series of eight works installed throughout the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM), with six of the pieces grouped together in the final gallery of the CAM's luxurious new Cincinnati Wing. The Cincinnati Wing opens to the general public Saturday, but…
Music: Escaping the Hip-Hop Matrix
"People think that the American military is our strongest weapon and influence. It's not. It's our media." — Spike Lee The Hip-Hop Matrix is everywhere. If you're familiar with the 1999 blockbuster feature film The Matrix and its long anticipated sequel, The Matrix Reloaded, then you will undoubtedly recall the deeply philosophical and imaginative…
Whirlygig: 77: Out on the Town
Tour De Force Everything has a season, and spring seems to be the season of love. This past weekend we loved our mothers, our grass loved the rain and Clifton loved 10 of its houses with the Clifton House Tour. A house tour in any neighborhood is fun, as it's a bird's eye view of…
Music: Les Is More
Former Primus bassist/frontman Les Claypool indulges in numerous musical adventures, including his current touring project, the Frog Brigade. Les is a busy man. Aside from fronting one of the most unique and enduring bands from the Alternative Rock era (Primus), Les Claypool has built a successful label (Prawn Song), writes screenplays and has made…
Home Work
Once you've found the perfect home and the high of initial excitement begins to wane, your thoughts turn like Darth Vader to the dark side. Your autonomic reality check mechanisms kick in as you ponder what evils might lurk in the shadows. A good Realtor will have prepped you for this moment by having stressed…
2331 May St.
Jymi Bolden Address: 2331 May St., Walnut Hills Owner: Bertha Nelson Value: $17,400, according to the Hamilton County Auditor's Office Year Built: 1895 Comments: Bertha Nelson is still listed as the owner of this property, even though she died in 1999. This sometimes happens if a person dies and her estate has not yet…
The Lion Queen(s)
Simba's understudy is in repose. Brandon — a beautiful, 28-year-old, lithe black man with a lighter-than-café au lait complexion — relaxes in Suite 1606 after a Sunday performance of The Lion King. He's nursing a cold. Still, when prodded to he breaks into a stirring a cappella rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Too Shy to Say."…
Chic on the Cheap: How to dine at Cincinnati’s 30 priciest restaurants without breaking the bank
Want to know which restaurants make the list of Greater Cincinnati's 30 most expensive eateries? And how you can dine at those very same places without busting your budget? CityBeat crunched the numbers for you, ranking the Top 30 most costly restaurants by averaging out the three top-priced dinner entrées on their everyday menus (not…
News: The Air Up There
Jymi Bolden New federal air quality standards are important, according to the Sierra Club. Glen Brand is a local organizer for the environmental group. Smog levels in Greater Cincinnati exceeded federal air quality standards five times last year. If that sounds like a small problem, consider a different measure. Next year new standards take…
News: Redefining Cincinnati
Local delegates to the Memphis Manifesto Summit May 1-2 were (L-R) Jamal Muashsher, James Czar, Nick Spencer, Barry Gee, Melinda Canino and Ryan Rybolt. There's no shortage of visionary ideas floating around right now in Cincinnati, a city overhauling its economic development system by partially privatizing it. Reform is long overdue in the slow-moving…
