Not-So-Jive Turkeys
Local duo The Turkeys release their new CD, Every Night's the Same, this Wednesday in conjunction with a show at the Southgate House in Newport. Pals/special guests on the bill include Jake Speed and the Freddies, Rumpke Mountain Boys and Tupelo Honey. Anyone who has seen Chris Cusentino and Kyle Knapp play acoustically around…
Onstage: Review: Striking 12
Lara Courtney and Alan Patrick Kenny (foreground) drive New Stage Collective's regional premiere of Striking 12. Waiting until New Year
Music: ‘Block’ Party
Johan Bergmark In 2007, with the inescapable single, "Young Folks," Swedish Indie Pop trio Peter Bjorn & John entered the American cultural landscape When it comes to presentation, ostentation has been out for a long time, a strange turn of events for Rock historians to ponder. Few would've imagined during the height of Mötley…
Dance: Best of Both Worlds
Joe Lamb Double duty: Kelly Yankle (left) and Sarah Bek Ah, college days — a laid-back schedule, sports, parties and such. If a co-op enters the picture, you might get a bit busier — or in the case of some dance majors at UC's College-Conservatory of Music, a lot busier. CCM junior Sarah Bek…
News: Getting Along
Graham Lienhart Last year the CHRC held a unity rally after neo-Nazis said they were coming. What started in 1943 as the Mayor's Friendly Relations Commission seemed a simple enough concept with a noble if difficult mission: Have an independent organization work to promote racial harmony and help Cincinnati residents, both black and white,…
Sound Advice: : Bayside and Robert Pollard
Robert Pollard Bayside with June, The Sleeping, A Day to Remember and Driver Side Impact Friday 11/30 · The Mad Hatter Although it might seem as though the title of Bayside's latest album, The Walking Wounded, might be making some veiled reference to the 2005 van accident that took the life of drummer John…
Music: Business, Never Personal
Hall of Justus Hip Hop duo Little Brother, in harmony Three days before Thanksgiving, Little Brother's tour bus heads to Dallas after leaving Houston. At 4 p.m. I call their manager, who says Phonte and Big Pooh are still asleep because they had a long night and I should call back in a few…
News to Use
Learn Police Work The next session of the Cincinnati Police Department's Citizens Police Academy is Jan. 16 through March 5, 2008.Designed to provide better understanding between citizens and police, the meetings are 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays. Topics include laws of arrest, use of force, criminal investigation, the mental health response team, domestic violence and personal safety.…
Reds’ Bullpen Spending Spree Solves Lots of Problems
Jerry Dowling The cost of off-loading responsibility in baseball is very high. But the weight of responsibility is even greater, which is why Reds owner Bob Castellini and General Manager Wayne Krivsky were willing to give Francisco Cordero $46 million over the next four years. The Reds bullpen, a black whole devouring dozens of…
Locals Only: : Eclipse
Kurt Strecker Eclipse The new Jam band Eclipse didn't exactly steal a bunch of other bands' best players. It just looks like it. With a lineup of some of Cincinnati's most creative talent, the group boasts founder and band leader Brian Batchelor-Glader (who goes by BBG) on keys; Max Gise on electric and acoustic…
Finding a Greener God
Christian environmentalism can sound like an oxymoron. The religion's most visible adherents, the fundamentalist right, are like Holocaust deniers when it comes to global warming and favor business interests over green ones. Yet Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth, author of Serve God, Save the Planet, is part of an emerging community of green Christians who believe…
Film: Review: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Thinkfilm Two sides of the same DNA: Ethan Hawke (left) and Philip Seymour Hoffman are brothers in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Eighty-three-year-old director Sidney Lumet is a genuine American Master — his career includes classic live television dramas of the 1950s as well as such outstanding, naturalistic cinematic investigations of ethical conduct…
Cover Story: Yule Love Losar
GSL Monastery Tibetan "donkey ear" cookies, flowers, candies, rice and other offerings to Buddha are part of the New Year celebration known as Losar. Not all winter holidays are based on religion, but many are. Some of the more interesting events aren't very well known but embody the spirit of giving and renewal that…
Deciphering Cravings
It can be really difficult to escape the holiday season's vortex of associated problems. Cars and furnaces seem programmed to go fritzy in the winter, the cold makes it more difficult to exercise and high-calorie food runs hot and cold. As you try to avoid junk foods, it helps if you're able to really listen…
Here’s Love
Sara Flatt (L-R) Sara Clark, Nick Rose and Justin McCombs star in Every Christmas Story Ever Told. If you enjoy musical theater, I'm sure you know the name of composer and lyricist Meredith Willson. His big claim to fame is The Music Man, the winner of the 1957 Tony Award for best musical. (It…
A Christmas Good Buy
NEVER, Neverland (AP) — In a move that took many Wall Street insiders by surprise, The Tooth Fairy, Ltd. (NYSE symbol: TTF), today announced it was acquiring Santa Claus Consolidated Industries (SCCI). If approved by stockholders and regulatory agencies, the resulting company, to be known as DentaClaus Global Partners, would be the largest ritual largesse…
Cover Story: Good Gifting
Photos.com Think twice about giving a naughty nightie for Christmas. When a live-in ex and I broke up many years ago, my brother casually remarked that he wasn't at all surprised about the demise of our relationship. "He wasn't nearly festive enough for you," Jake wisely pointed out. Even through my tears, I could…
Cover Story: A Countercultural Christmas
C. Matthew Hamby Happy Alternative Holidays! You could easily be labeled a Grinch for taking a stand against holiday consumerism. In a culture fixated on possessions and money, binge shopping and going into debt to give Christmas gifts looks strangely like generosity. There's a perverse irony. Christmas, celebrating the arrival of tangible salvation from…
MainEvent: 1305 Gallery offers Yuletide show
Lily Mulberry 1305 Gallery Hot Fun in the Wintertime Sometimes artists just want to have fun. No heavy messages, no serious stuff at all. Lily Mulberry's 1305 GALLERY on Main Street gives these impulses full bloom in Yuletide 2007, the gallery's annual indulgence for the gift-buying public and the artists themselves. Paige Williams, Autumn…
Cover Story: Christmas for One
Cincinnati Zoo The Festival of Lights: better than ice skating at Fountain Square. The holiday season can be an exhausting time. The extensive schedule of family gatherings often feels more like a whirlwind of obligations than a relaxing time with friends. Family members feud over the smallest holiday details while the reasonable among us…
Scrubs: The Complete Sixth Season (Buena Vista)
SCRUBS: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON 2006, Not Rated With the writer's strike in full swing, the final season of Scrubs will likely come to resemble My Funny Frankenstein, the concluding comic series based on creating a semblance of reality from little more than a well-executed gimmick of a premise. While hardly a diehard fan…
Back at the Drawing Board
(Re: "Afraid to Monitor Leis?" post on CityBeat's Porkopolis blog in which Hamilton County Commissioner Pat DeWine says his fellow commissioners are afraid to properly exercise their oversight of how Sheriff Simon Leis Jr. spends his budget.) David Pepper said the Sheriff's drug funds couldn't be used and now they want some of it, but…
Cover Story: ‘Santa, I Want a New Dildo’
Joe Lamb Chris Cicchinelli, president of Pure Romance, says people are less shy about working on their relationships. Christmas and its related winter celebrations are supposed to be a season of joy, and few things bring as much joy as good sex and an intense orgasm — whether it be with another person or…
Max Mon Amour (Lionsgate)
MAX MON AMOUR 1986, Not Rated One of the weirdest movies ever and a cult object because of it, this 1986 deadpan satire about a married, upper-middle-class diplomat's wife (Charlotte Rampling) who has a love affair with a chimpanzee is getting a DVD release just in time for the gift-giving season — perfect for…
Cities of the Underworld (A&E)
CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD 2007, Not Rated This is a cool show that surprisingly doesn't get the love that other similar shows seem to get in the popular entertainment media. Many people are familiar with how the ancient Italian city of Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. What isn't widely known,…
Whose Park Is It?
Graham Lienhart Mike Vorherr runs the Straight Street Hill Climb. Over-the-Rhine residents and supporters were preparing for a confrontation at a Nov. 27 meeting on plans for revamping Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) was scheduled to hold its final public meeting on the park's future, and some residents…
Cover Story: Try This on Dec. 25
1. Go to your favorite dead person's grave. Put a ribbon or a bow on the marker. Take out a flask of your favorite Christmas cheer and toast the dearly beloved. It'll take mere minutes, and you'll feel more merry. 2. Visit downtown with 20 bucks in your pocket. Give it to the very first…
Diner: Holiday Cheer
slim Jim Puvee Now that we have Thanksgiving out of the way we can concentrate on some real celebrating. 'Tis the season to socialize, after all, so on your way out the office door make a stop with coworkers and friends for some holiday cheer at its finest. Many local restaurants are offering happy…
News: Leaving the Cell
SXC.HU Getting out of jail is as hard as going in — it's a dramatic change in what makes up "normal" daily life. Understanding social norms and figuring out how to avoid the behaviors that resulted in a conviction are essential, according to Khalil Osiris, a former inmate who did time for 20 years…
Rock & Roll Landmarks
While it might be a little dreary now to think of a cross-country road trip, a fun guide to Rock & Roll landmarks across North America has me itching to load up, head out and touch the sacred grounds of infamous debauchery, birthplace homes and final resting places of Rock's greatest legends. Published by the…
Art: Review: The Dance of the Painting
Sean Hughes "The Dove Has Torn Her Wing" (right) is among Kate Muir's most colorful work. To lift your spirits, go one flight up at the YWCA Downtown to the Women's Art Gallery, currently alive with the work of Kay Muir. Muir, now in her nineties, has been making art most of her long…
Onstage: Dirty Birdie
Karen Moskowitz Shame on you: Lisa Lampanelli revels in the use of offensive language. Insult comedian Lisa Lampanelli's belted swing dresses say "1950s homemaker," but her mouth fires flagrant pock shots with indiscriminate aim. After being the only female comedian invited to New York's Friar's Club Roast for Chevy Chase, The New York Times…
Sara Mulhauser
Sara Mulhauser SARA MULHAUSER continues to find time in her busy schedule as director of student services at the Art Academy of Cincinnati to make intriguing works out of fabric. Her current work, which combines fabric piecing, sewing and monoprinted stencils, is featured in the three-person exhibition Americana Redux through Dec. 22 at the…
Monsieur Hire (Kino)
MONSIEUR HIRE 1989, Rated PG-13 Movie-going is inherently voyeuristic. Its processes mimic the actions of the Peeping Tom: turn down the lights, keep quiet, watch, repeat. Unlike unsuspecting victims of the voyeur, however, cinema is a willing participant. It needs to be watched — it's essential to its survival. French filmmaker extraordinaire Patrice Leconte…
Living Out Loud: : Trashing the Uniform
I grew up in Anderson Township. Our subdivision was bustling, clean and safe. Swing sets everywhere. Toddlers played in well-groomed yards. Each house had character, and all of my playmates were white. Every single one. Our contemporary house was set on the end of a cul-de-sac. Dad wore sharp suits and cologne, carefully side-parting his…
