Art: An Accidental Ghetto
Natalie Hager A test-tube view: Diane Kruer's intricate sculpture/found object work is an exhibition highlight. In case the fact that The Carnegie has put together an exhibition featuring work by only female artists should strike you as a bright idea, let me pose a question: Is there really such a thing as a "woman's…
Web Onstage: Screen to stage
Some theater snobs disdain television and actors who work in the medium. Of course, there's a lot of dreck on TV, but the tube employs many good actors and occasionally generates material that translates beautifully onstage. Case in point: 12 Angry Men, the current production at the Aronoff Center, featuring Richard Thomas and George…
The Broken West — I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On (Merge)
The Broken West — I Can't Go On, I'll Go On On their self-released 2006 EP, The Dutchman's Gold, The Broken West (then known as the Brokedown and changed because a lawyer told them so) exhibited an amazing amount of diversity and maturity for a band that had only assembled the previous year. The…
Music: Hold the Peppers
Woodrow J. Hinton When I was in junior high school, I was obsessed with music. I still love it more than most anything, but — like "love" — back then it felt like life or death, the be-all, end-all of my existence. I vividly remember a moment on the school bus, listening to my…
The Best of Hootenanny (Shout! Factory)
The Best of Hootenanny 1963-64, Not Rated This ABC television series has a near-mythic status as much because of its back-story as its content. Cashing in on the Folk revival of the time (which in many ways was more popular than Rock & Roll), the show hosted by Jack Linkletter (Art's son) moved from…
Let’s Talk About Giving
Right about now, I'm going to probably make a few Biblical scholars and homilists irate with my hackneyed musing about philanthropy. That's alright, because there are a few well-heeled members of the global giving community I want to nitpick, so maybe when all is said and done we'll be even-steven. Take the well-known phrase "the…
Ace
Sandy Underwood Noah Galving plays Billy in Ace, which debuted last fall at the Playhouse. The musical, written by local native Richard Oberacker, opens in San Diego this week. ACE, the new musical by Cincinnati native Richard Oberacker, was presented at the Cincinnati Playhouse last fall with a cast including several graduates of UC's…
Lee Hazelwood — Cake or Death (Ever)
Lee Hazelwood — Cake or Death Although the title of iconic and near legendary songwriter/producer Lee Hazlewood's new solo album, Cake or Death, is an homage to comedian Eddie Izzard, it would seem as though he has included the word "or" for our benefit, not his own creative caprice. We might have the luxury…
Film: Bad Boys
Picturehouse Films Ivan Baquero (left) confronts the Pale Man in Guillermo del Toro's imaginative Pan's Labyrinth. The portrayal of history's monstrous human beings — and God knows there are plenty of them — is hard for movies to do well. Make them too terrible and they become almost campy in their extremity, easy to…
Living Out Loud: : The Other Side
"What if it's already happened?" the old man asked me. I'm usually one to ignore random outbursts like this on the bus. It's either that, or I'm a million miles away, spaced out on my iPod and looking out the window. But there was something in this man's undisturbed tone that made me look over.…
Horse Slaughter Is Atrocity
Thank you to Kevin Osborne for his coverage of the important issue of the slaughter of the American horse ("Secret Slaughter," issue of Jan. 10). This atrocity should be an embarrassment to any decent person. Please continue to make every effort to bring it to public attention. HR 503 passed in the House of Representatives…
Talk to Us; Disabilities Don’t Make People Inanimate Objects
It used to surprise people at times when my 3-year-old would order for herself in a restaurant. It was important to me to teach all my children to speak for themselves, rather than be spoken about or around like inanimate objects. My own encounters with being the center of such inappropriate interaction led me long…
Onstage: Dead End
Deogracias Lerma Michael Burnham (left) and Jeff Groh star in Know Theatre's production of Gompers. The town of Gompers is probably not a place you'd want to live in or even visit, especially not in the middle of depressing January. But Adam Rapp's play Gompers, in its regional premiere at Know Theatre of Cincinnati,…
Music: Driving Miss Juicy
II Juicy II Juicy heads to Memphis next month for the International Blues Challenge. When Michelle Feaster and her band, both known as II Juicy, entered last May's Cincinnati Blues Challenge, they had been together for just over a year. Feaster was apprehensive about signing up for the Challenge, primarily because it required the…
News: War on News
Stephen Novotni Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviews D'Army Bailey, founder of the National Civil Rights Museum at the site of Martin Luther King's assassination. Memphis — As the media reform movement, now about five years old, picks up speed, its scope is tightly focused on what the Rev. Martin Luther King called "the…
Locals Only: : Seedy Seeds
The Seedy Seeds Too often bands are quick to filter their music through a series of predictable clichés, thus disallowing any fresh oddity or peculiarity from squirming its way into the trite formula that is so often associated with songwriting. The consequential grayness of the music leaves an unsatisfying and bland taste in the…
Diner: A Charming Repast
In my fantasy world, Cincinnati is littered with cozy European cafés offering simple food and an eclectic experience, so I was eagerly anticipating my visit to Café de Paris. The restaurant's newest site in Hyde Park offers dinner as well as lunch and breakfast menus similar to the current downtown location, with selections such as…
News: A Matter of Conscience
Mark Bealer Attorney William Gallagher (with legal pad) asks a judge to declare Donald Rumsfeld a material witness in the trial of CityBeat News Editor Gregory Flannery (with protruding belly) and four others. Some local anti-war protesters are hoping their upcoming trial on misdemeanor criminal trespassing charges will raise broader legal issues about making…
Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· A very cool, promising new local band makes its debut this Friday night at the new Gypsy Hut in Northside (at the corner of Spring Grove Avenue and Dane Street; see myspace.com/thegypsyhut for more venue info). Eat Sugar features some local Indie vets who have combined to create an exciting brand of Electro-fused Indie…
Simple Pleasures
My friends casually offered an invitation to New Year's Eve dinner at their house this year, knowing my husband would be working and that I, like them, tend to end my evenings early. I stopped to pick up a bag of French Sumatra as a hostess gift and sat a few blocks from their house…
Upcoming Concerts with Unearth, Hotpipes and More…
Adrenaline PR Unearth UNEARTH WITH SUFFOCATE FASTER, AT DAGGERS DRAWN AND PAIN LINK Thursday · Mad Hatter Underground Metalcore quintet Unearth is one of the rare extreme bands that can seamlessly blend the melodic precision of Prog, the pummeling sonic density of Metal, the punishing vocal howl/growl and double-clutched hammer-and-tong drumming of Death Metal,…
One Voter’s Great Eight for the Baseball Hall of Fame
Jerry Dowling The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) announced the results of the Hall of Fame balloting last week, resulting in next summer's induction of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. Though the BBWAA doesn't announce how individual voters decided, individuals are allowed to tell how they voted. Herewith is the result of…
Film: West Meets East
Warner Independent Naomi Watts and Edward Norton star in The Painted Veil. Leaning into the back cushion of the large couch in his hotel suite, a tired Edward Norton gives a slight and perhaps defensive laugh. He's just been called a "Sinologist." "Of sorts, yeah," he says, breaking into his trademark nice-guy smile. (The…
Film: High Wattage
Naomi Watts Naomi Watts is one of the best actresses alive. From her breakthrough performance in David Lynch's 2001 mindbender Mulholland Dr. to the behemoth that was King Kong, Watts is a consistently compelling screen presence who isn't afraid to tackle difficult and/or demanding material. The 38-year-old England native moved to Australia at age…
Cover Story: Free From My Psychotic Fall
C. Matthew Hamby Bipolar disorder: From the trenches to the hope As a small child, underneath the hair-like branches of a willow tree, I sometimes wrote poetry about horses or unrequited love. Other times, broken glass and death. Around age 9, terrified of my scribbling, I tore it to shreds, burying the words deep…
News: Engaged Buddhism
Joe Lamb Social involvement is essential to Buddhism, according to Michael Marcotte. There are 2 million to 4 million Buddhists in the United States, with another 26 million who say that they've been influenced by Buddhism through books or lectures, according to David Loy, visiting professor in the Ethics/Religion and Society Program at Xavier…
News to Use
Put the War on Trial Rally The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center is organizing a rally at 4 p.m. Jan. 22 to symbolically put the war in Iraq on trial. The rally is at Laurel Park, 500 Ezzard Charles Drive. Expect creative street theatre, banner drops, music, short speeches and testimony from Iraq Vets against…
State Reps Gone Wild
Natalie Hager In Northside, Nicole Gunderman and her son, Owen, respond to Bush's speech. Two criminal investigations alleging possible voter fraud and embezzlement are lingering from 2006, and local law enforcement officials say they're not sure when the probes will be completed. One investigation involves a dispute between newly elected State Rep. Dale Mallory…
