Events: Ups and Downs
Woodrow J. Hinton BY CHARLES INFOSINO Change can be a good thing. Most businesses make changes to keep customers interested, and that´s why Paramount´s Kings Island tweaks its entertainment mix annually. For 2005 changes include a new roller coaster, new dining options and a largely smoke-free environment. For coaster fans, Kings Island has created The…
Folk Off
Cincinnati's foremost Folk label, Blue Jordan Records, presents its fifth "Spring Songs" concert on Saturday at Old St. George near the University of Cincinnati campus. Music starts at 2 p.m. and goes until 11 p.m.; tickets are $5 (admission is free for kids 10 and under). The concert will utilize two stages — one in…
Have It My Way
Have It My Way Recently I had the dispirited experience of settling into a comfy table at one of my favorite local restaurants, only to have the first moment of pinot noir therapy obliterated by the piercing squeals of footloose children. Being the mother of a son who once announced with full lung capacity, immeasurable…
Justice for Those Who Need It Most
Matt Borgerding The Central American Free Trade Agreement was the target of anti-globalization protesters April 8. The Justice for Janitors Campaign is building momentum. Both State Sen. Mark Mallory (D-West End) and City Councilman David Pepper — Democratic candidates for mayor — have signed a letter expressing support for the effort to win better jobs…
News to Use
Take Back the Night The 16th Annual Take Back the Night March and Candlelight Vigil, held to acknowledge the trauma of sexual violence, is April 29. The program begins at 5 p.m. at TUC Great Hall at the University of Cincinnati. Maggie Hadleigh-West, a filmmaker on sexual violence, will speak. Buses will transport participants from…
Distrust and Discomfort
It's standard procedure to give someone being audited a chance to respond. But such responses are typically more constructive than the Cincinnati Police Department's response to the city audit of police overtime released April 5. "The Internal Audit Division findings are flawed and inaccurate," says the response signed by Police Chief Thomas Streicher. "The recommendations…
Walking Dead
I'm a pretty normal guy except for one thing: I'm sexually attracted to zombies. When I was a kid, I loved to watch horror films that featured them. Then as I became a teen, I started to masturbate watching zombie flicks. I fantasize about having sex with zombies while trying not to get bitten, but…
Season’s First Week Shows Reds Have a Chance to Win
Jerry Dowling HOUSTON — The first week of a baseball season generally tells us little, but it counts. And it says what it says loud and clear. You wondered how the Reds would look without Barry Larkin at shortstop? On April 8, you saw Roger Clemens drive in two runs against them on a play…
Schiavo Case a Proud Moment for the Courts
"There is no liberty if the judiciary power be not separated from the legislative and the executive." — Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws It's an Alice in Wonderland world. The Republicans are trashing state courts and demanding that the federal government step in to straighten things out. The Democrats are championing states' rights and telling…
Locals Only: : American Pi
Sara Beiting Shepherd's Pi This is Shepherd's Pi like you've never experienced, an organic recipe made from scratch with some R&B, Gospel, Bluegrass and Jazz folded into the Rock & Roll medley. Not to be confused with the edible entity, this eclectic equation is divided into six factors: Jen Shepherd on lead vocals, mandolin and…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of The Fiery Furnaces, Hydra and More…
The Fiery Furnaces The Fiery Furnaces Wednesday · Southgate House Brother and sister Matt and Eleanor Frieberger (aka The Fiery Furnaces) make lovely, convoluted Pop. Efforts to categorize them have compared them to The Carpenters (but they're better fed) and The White Stripes (but they're actually brother and sister, unlike Jack and Meg). But neither…
Y.E.S. FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS
Although Northern Kentucky University's Y.E.S. FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS is premised on the acronym for "year end series" (it's the 12th biennial edition), it seems like they've also said "yes" to plays with long and odd titles. From Friday through April 24, NKU will present three shows on a rotating schedule. They are Alissa Through…
Gun Safety Is Common Sense
After reading "Armed and Next to Us" (issue of April 6-12), I was reminded again of how we are a nation of diverse cultures and how unaware we are of each other's cultures. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania in the 1950s and '60s. Nearly every home had a gun, yet except for hunting season…
Cover Story: Knit Hits The Fans
Sean Hughes Knit Hits The Fans Seven young women knitting in the big armchairs at Mammoth Coffee in Newport are comparing notes between stitches. "I got kicked out of Uncle Woody's for fighting," says one. "That's nothing," says another woman. She got so trashed at Annie's that she was evicted after a bar fight and…
News: Making the Clergy Tell
David Sorcher Christy Miller, abused by a Catholic priest, says proposed rules for reporting abuse are too loose. Soon Ohio law will finally require clergy to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect — sort of. Promoted as the "clergy abuse bill," Senate Bill 17, unanimously passed by that chamber, is now pending in…
The Record That Changed My Life – War-N Harrision – Hungry Lucy
War-N Harrision- Hungry Lucy Wendy Carlos, Switched on Bach; and Howard Jones, Human's Lib There are really two albums that set me on my way to making music. The first is Switched on Bach, the 1968 album by Wendy Carlos. This album, for the first time, took Baroque music and re-created it using synthesizers. Most…
Diner: Corporate Cuisine
Getting Mexican food in Greater Cincinnati wasn't easy 10 years ago. There were ventures into Tex-Mex, like the venerable El Coyote. We had the on-again, off-again performance of Sylvia's in Newport. Chi-Chi's opened the door, and then the Don Pablo's chain arrived, with a surprising look into the breadth and depth of Mexican cooking. While…
Living Out Loud: : There Goes Another Butt Noodle
I woke up this morning and sat in bed for a few minutes thinking about the dream I had last night. In my dream, it was 2 a.m. and I heard knocking on the back door. I dreamt that I walked into the kitchen after hearing the faint taps and scratches and looked outside the…
Art in Play in Walnut Hills
On any given day at just about any time, Woodburn Avenue in East Walnut Hills is as quiet as its empty storefronts. It's what urban developers call a sleeping giant, a stretch of historic buildings with sky-high potential. But it's currently in a rut. (I know the stretch well, living just a block from there.)…
“Born Again”
HOT Jesus: He's Hot, He's Sexy, He's Dead With the mainstream media currently pandering to the religious right as much as your average, corrupt Republican politician, we thought we'd join the fray with a little "Jesus in the News: The Music Edition" update. Ex-Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has teamed up with fellow God squad…
