Art Not Race
Permanent Collection, the recent play at Ensemble Theatre on Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine, explored the intersection between art and race. But the real intersection of art and race in Over-the-Rhine is right outside the doors of ETC as you proceed to walk across the street after a show. On a recent Saturday night, I was…
Which Body Is Your Mind in?
Yoga can be a form of therapy that makes us aware of our many selves living within one integral being. Leaps in both the prevention of disease and holistic healing can begin once we experience that we're not just one body but at least five — the physical body, energy-body, emotional-body, mechanical thinking or mental-body…
Grandma and Grandpa Go to the Supreme Court
Grandparent visitation. Who could possibly be against it? Apparently not state legislators, because by the end of the 20th century every state had a grandparent visitation statute. Just picture the grandparent lobby descending on our statehouses! Well, guess who turned out to oppose grandparent visitation? The heavily grandparent-laden U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2000, in…
Republican Fashions and a Cranley Moment
Stephen Novotni Art Gish says he used his "ugly face" to stop a beating in occupied Palestine. Peggy Gish, his wife, did peace work in occupied Iraq. They do things differently in Green Township, bastion of the Republican Party and the kind of place where the West side stereotype — white, Catholic, conservative —…
Diner: Sweet Spot
Foodies, rejoice! Honey is a wonderful new addition to the Cincinnati dining scene. Not so formal that you can't laugh, not a stuffy, flawless dining experience, but friendly, chic and utterly delectable. With understated pastel walls, skylights high above and tastefully framed botanical prints, the setting is not that different from this space's previous tenant,…
News: Eliminating Public Access
Stephen Novotni Beware what conservatives call "de-regulation," says Tom Bishop, executive director of Media Bridges; it's code for regulations that favor large media corporations. Cities across the country could lose their public-access television stations overnight under a set of bills being considered by Congress. The four related bills slash almost all the funding for…
I Have This Friend
My stepdad is gay. He fell in love with and married my mom anyway, and they appear to have a strong relationship despite his sexual preference — they love each other, had a baby together and seem to be committed. A few days ago I found a search for "men seeking men" on his computer.…
News to Use
Address the New CPS Superintendent Parents for Public Schools holds the first of four parent forums this year with Superintendent Rosa Blackwell from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the new Midway School in Westwood, 3156 Glenmore Ave. All Cincinnati Public Schools parents are invited to attend the meeting to ask questions, state concerns and make…
News: The Full Ticket
See Election Photo Gallery Here Reform Ohio later. Or not. That's the message voters sent Nov. 8, overwhelmingly rejecting four state constitutional amendments advanced by Reform Ohio Now. Launched in response to widespread doubts about the integrity of the state's 2004 presidential vote, the reform package would seem to have had momentum on its side.…
Living Out Loud: : Kristina Lives in Over-the-Rhine
I was heading back downtown from Clifton to meet up with a friend when I heard the gunshots. I looked at my watch: 3:40 p.m. The bus was approaching Over-the-Rhine, coming down Clifton Avenue just past that big bend in the road and just past the apartment complex that looks out over the city. The…
News: A Whole New Team
See Election Photo Gallery Here Nutshell for those who don't know: incumbent Cincinnati City councilmen Sam Malone and Christopher Smitherman are out; challengers Jeff Berding, Chris Bortz, Leslie Ghiz and Cecil Thomas are in. Cincinnati voters shocked pretty much every prognosticator by dumping not one but two council incumbents Nov. 8. Or four, depending on…
Cover Story: Drug War Victory
Steven Durm CityBeat 11/09/2005 For Dee Dee Zoretic of Lakewood, Ohio, drug policy reform isn't about statistics and rhetoric. It's about whether or not she can use her right arm so she can tie her son's shoelaces. A server at Olive Garden, Zoretic fell at work, hurting her right arm, in 1999. The swelling,…
Was Lindner Unlucky or Unwilling as Reds Owner?
Jerry Dowling Carl Lindner won't go into the books as the greatest owner in Reds history, which is an unfortunate lack of achievement for one of the wealthiest fellows this town has ever seen. Because of his riches, the likelihood that he'll be remembered for tightness with the buck stands as the greatest threat…
The Glory of Living
Playwright August Wilson died last month. He spent two decades writing 10 plays about African Americans' lives in the 20th century. Even though the Playhouse and Ensemble Theatre were dark a week ago, I spent four consecutive evenings seeing theater. Thursday it was a tense contemporary drama, The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman,…
A Refreshing Election
So I'm pushing my young son in his stroller the other night on a dark Clifton street, easing along with several hundred others in our neighborhood's annual fall lantern walk. Behind me I hear a voice say, "Hi, how are you doing?" Thinking he's addressing me, I turn around and recognize David Pepper, who's a…
Who’s Next
The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards is just around the proverbial corner (Nov. 21, Taft Theatre; see citybeat.com/cea for full info). On Saturday at Newport's Southgate House you can get your local music rah-rah on with the annual "Brink" new music showcase. While the CEAs honor and celebrate Cincinnati music's past and present, the Brink event gives…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Chris Mills and More…
Chris Mills Chris Mills Thursday · The Comet Chicago singer/songwriter Chris Mills goes big on his new album, The Wall to Wall Sessions. Following up his widely praised third release, The Silver Line, Mills decided on a new, more unique approach, enlisting a 17-piece "Indie Rock Big Band" to help him track the ambitious…
A Refuge Called ‘Here’
Just before he was to be shot, a Bosnian man in Croatia wrestled away from his captor, jumped a fence and, without money or passport, made it across five international boundaries to find safety in Austria. But he found a home in Cincinnati. The stories vary, but they don't stop coming: 53 refugees resettled in…
Music: Trout Rocking in America
Nasty Little Man Though critics scramble to find appropriate labels and comparisons for Lake Trout, the band's vast sonic evolution has, refreshingly, made it impossible Confused record store clerks across the country are busy jamming Lake Trout CDs into the miscellaneous "L" slot in the Rock bins just to keep from driving themselves crazy.…
Locals Only: : In It For The Bunny
Dale M. Johnson The Trojan Rabbit When we meet at Allyn's Cafe, the band members of The Trojan Rabbit (TTR) are restless. Stirred up. Peter Underhill, lead guitarist, points at TTR's female vocalist, Bebhin Blank, and says, "At least we don't have to deal with male-lead-singer egos." Blank laughs and responds, "I have the…
News: Mallory Wins Mayor’s Job
See Election Photo Gallery Here Mayor-Elect Mark Mallory confided to supporters Nov. 8 that he had planned to jump off the Brent Spence Bridge if he didn't win the election, then added a bungee cord was always part of that plan. Instead he's already jumping headfirst into the transition from his seat in the Ohio…
News: End of Days
The final days of a political campaign often provide the best view of a candidate's character, a political organization's street smarts or the trans-party couplings that usually go unadvertised. Perhaps it was inevitable that the race for mayor of Cincinnati finally saw the kind of negative campaigning that so many voters claim to find…
