Artists, exhibits, etc.
For those who need a free art fun fix, it's here. Or there, rather, at THE CARNEGIE CENTER in Covington on April 22, 1-4 p.m. where "Everybody Is An Artist." They'll have kite construction, doll making, instrument design, art instructors and … ta-da! … live "polkafunkabilly" music by The Flock. All ages welcome. 859-491-2030. And…
News: Web Feature: Tear Gas and Fear
Marion Meredith is aided after being hit by a rubber bullet during the riot on April 10. "They're serious this time," a young black man said to me while we were standing under the canopy at Jordan's Market, trying to stay out of the rain. We had just watched a gang of kids in their…
Prison for Bad Pigs
"The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less." — Eldridge Cleaver I should've known it would be a bust. My brother wasn't even there. Randy is the Original Negro Tour Guide. He's been stomping down the Blues for 40 years and he's hipped me to more insights and more corkscrewy ways of…
Music: Negative Creeps
Creeper Lagoon are tired of poverty and hope their new disc sells well. While in high school in Cincinnati, Creeper Lagoon's Sharkey Laguana was voted "Most Likely To Front an Indie Rock Band Picked By Critics to Lead Indie Rock's Second Wave on Major Labels." OK, that's not really true. But, you could see…
In Search of the Wright Stuff
The Wright brothers embodied science, research and technology, overcoming countless odds to build the first aircraft capable of powered flight. Now, almost 100 years later, the Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission has announced it will excavate the location where the home of the Wright brothers once stood. We've all heard of the Wright brothers. We've all…
Kendall Bruns’ Bigfoot Sighting
The outdoor sculpture is best described as Prehistoric Pop Art. Inside the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, tucked behind some shrubs, BIGFOOT walks, thanks to some well-placed two-by-fours. The statue is intentionally silly. Its artist, Art Academy of Cincinnati alum Kendall Bruns, wouldn't have it any other way. There are approximately 45 entries in…
Love’s Forever Changes
Admittedly, we're not going out on a limb by making Love's Forever Changes — a bona fide classic — our CD of the week. We do have a good excuse, though, as the album has just been remastered, with bonus tracks, informative liner notes and packaging befitting the high quality music inside. Originally released…
News: Did Allen OK Photos?
Jymi Bolden Dr. Jonathan Tobias (right) and Thomas Condon (second from right) observe the legal proceedings regarding their criminal cases on April 10. Hamilton County Prosecutor Michael Allen gave the go-ahead for photographing corpses at the Hamilton County Morgue, according to attorney Marc Mezibov. In a hearing April 10 in Common Pleas Court, Mezibov…
News: Slinking Away: The ‘Strong Mayor’ Ducks an Angry Crowd
With an angry crowd filling Cincinnati City Council chambers April 9, demanding answers about another fatal police shooting, Mayor Charlie Luken had other things to do. Luken left the Law and Public Safety Committee meeting around 4:15 p.m. while about 150 African Americans besieged the committee and police officials (see "A Death Too Far," page…
Cover Story: The Graying of America
"There's no better opinion than from 2,000 screaming mainacs" David Gray's story boils down to a tale of two laughs. His laugh last year was weary with the cynicism of someone who's been subjected to the worst vagaries of the business end of artistic endeavor. It was a hollow and resigned cough that emanated…
Critics’ Picks
Thursday 12Moses made it turn to blood. Usually it's a syrupy drape gray, like the color of Dick Cheney's skin. And now VIRGINIA MORELL is trying to tell us the Nile River is blue. Go figure. Well that's not completely true. It's blue in some parts, but not all the time. But it's a great…
News: Fighting Pollution with Facts
Jymi Bolden Denny Larson of Communities for a Better Environment (left) shows an air-sampling kit that is helping residents gauge the quality of their neighborhoods' air. What's white, plastic, has a small vacuum and is slightly more accurate than the Environmental Protection Agency? A bucket air sampler — the latest citizen weapon in the…
Music: All Hail the Queen
"I'm not the average girl from your video/And I ain't built like a super model/But I've learned to love myself unconditionally because I am a queen." — "Video" by india.arie A woman rocking dreadlocks, preppy gear and boots is not the image the video age has force fed us of what a Hip Hop queen…
Relationships
If you want a hint of where this is going to go, think back to Janet Jackson's breakthrough album. That said, I know four people who, right now, have the same problem. For ease I'll call them Abby, Bill, Carla and Dan. Abby and Bill just acquired a new pet. Or should I say Abby…
No, Please, Eat Me
Your dinner invitation for next Saturday evening is very generous and greatly appreciated, but I will be unable to join you and your other guests for one or more of the following reasons: A. I am a shy, solitary person who prefers to remain cloistered in the quiet and isolation of his Sanctum Sanctorum …
The Silos/The Original Harmony Creek Dippers
Mark Olson Wow. That's about the best way to describe the bill of The Silos/The Original Harmony Creek Dippers, the best bargain for your buck this week (if not year). The Silos formed in New York City back in 1985 and went on to help shape the face of contemporary Roots Rock with albums…
News: Out There
BeautifulAfter spending many dreary winter months indoors watching television and seeing dust bunnies accumulate, folks are often ready to engage in a flurry of ritual and activity known as spring cleaning. Even the most seasoned winter couch potato (hey, I'm one of them) has been known, at spring's onset, to open windows, drawers and cupboards,…
Curly tales of the city
Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own JobsAlmost one-fifth of the workforce of The Cincinnati Post and The Kentucky Post will be cut due to a slowdown in newspaper advertising, parent company E.W. Scripps announced April 9. The cuts will be made first through attrition and buyout packages offered to Post employees with…
Homunculus is evolving into a song-based band
Homunculus Homunculus keyboardist/vocalist Ben Doepke pulls open his shirt, revealing a wookie-like patch of chest hair. Perhaps I should explain. I'm interviewing Doepke and vocalist/guitarist Kevin Shima three nights before the local release party for Words, Homunculus' third effort. I comment on the near-immaculate vocal blend these two share. Shima thanks me, and offers…
News: A Death Too Far
Jymi Bolden At an April 9 city council hearing, attorney Kenneth Lawson demands answers from police. What draws a crowd of more than 150 people to a Law and Public Safety Committee meeting on a Monday afternoon — and more important, what keeps them there for three hours? If the crowd that gathered at…
Diner: A Lotta Bull
I've told many people about my recent visits to the Cock & Bull English Pub in Covington. Mostly, just because it's so fun to say: Cock and Bull. Cock and Bull. Cock and Bull. Cock and Bull. See what I mean? If you're curious about the origin of the pub's name, you'll have to check…
