Ahhh, Mint-y Fresh
In 1999, the U.S. Mint launched the 50 State Quarters Program. The purpose of the program is to honor each state by featuring, on a quarter's reverse, a design created by and representative of said state. The coins are being released in the same order the states joined the union; the program concludes in 2008.…
Everyone Needs a Theme Song
Woodrow J. Hinton They say every hero needs a theme song. The same can be said about columnists, too. Sometime around spring break of 1989 or 1990 a college friend and I decided to sojourn from Cincinnati to West Palm Beach, Fla., for a week-long reunion with another friend from school. With music providing the…
Yoga for Athletes
Dear Diane, I'm an athlete and go to the gym weekly. Some of my sports buddies say yoga helps them with flexibility and focus. Can you tell me some things to do for that? — Baseball Bob Dear Bob, I often meet athletes who are very strong but can't touch their toes. From working out,…
News: Standing Problems
Jymi Bolden Rebecca Perkins' scooter was a symbolic call for horse and foot patrols. A blue and white sign on a light post in a White Castle parking lot — "No Loitering: Police Enforced" — signals two of Price Hill's frustrations: police enforcement and loitering youth. An April 20 forum at the Price Hill Community…
News: Republican Row
Jymi Bolden Kevin Murphy (left) and Geoff Davis (below), GOP candidates in the May 18 congressional primary, support the war on Iraq, oppose gay marriages and want abortion made illegal. Kevin Murphy wants troops along the borders with Canada and Mexico. Geoff Davis wants the Constitution to define fertilization as the start of "personhood." Republicans…
Now That the Museum Center Has Your Money…
There's nothing like a grand entrance to make an impact, whether you're Gone With the Wind heroine Scarlett O'Hara descending the staircase of her antebellum mansion or Cincinnati Museum Center President and CEO Douglass W. McDonald meeting a reporter. McDonald knows how to use Union Terminal, the Art Deco train station that's been home to…
Locals Only: : A New Day
Jacob Hand Ruby Vileos Few bands stick in your cortex as firmly as Ruby Vileos. Employing a versatile sonic palette (from atmospheric meditations to riff-engorged rockers), frontwoman Ali Edwards' distinctive voice and a spine-tingling live show, the band has been burning its presence into area minds since its 1998 inception. Yet the four-piece — whose…
Cover Story: Where to Eat 2004
Sean Hughes and Robert Webber Chefs Julie Francis (Aioli) and Ron Wise (Rondo's) relax at one of their favorite places, Riverside Korean Restaurant. Barbecued ribs. Gourmet pizzas. Designer burritos. Indian, Mexican, Baltic, Peruvian, Thai, Italian. Upscale, homestyle, new, classic, dives. Downtown, Mount Adams, Northside, Newport, West Chester. For a mid-sized city, Cincinnati practically overflows with…
Rose Grows away from CSF; ETC throws stones
Sandy Underwood Derry Woodhouse (left) and Chris Clavelli star in ETC's production of Stones in His Pockets, directed by former Playhouse Artistic Director Michael Murray. Breaking news: Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival founder, former artistic director (2002-03) and popular actor NICK ROSE won't return to CSF next season, as previously announced. His leading roles — Berowne in…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Who says that to pass on culture, ideas, skills and information you should put kids in enclosed rooms and have academics talk at them? Yet that's what educational pedagogy usually is today, including in the best suburban and private schools: mass indoctrination using a one-size-fits-all paradigm. And thus was it always. But in 1973, 100…
Not all women can pull off low-rise jeans
Please tell women that low-rise jeans only look good on a handful of people. Whenever I go out, all I see is "girl love handles" (GLH) hanging over low-rise jeans. For the love of humanity, Dan! Someone needs to tell women who are overweight, tubby, fat or just not properly proportioned to stop wearing jeans…
That’s Soooo Cincinnati
Ryan Greis For a town whose locals pride themselves as ardent beer-drinkers, it had been nothing short of embarrassing that several of Cincinnati's famous brews were owned by a Cleveland-based company and brewed in Maryland. In fact, the only locally owned and produced beer were micobrews. That changed last month, at least partially. Christian Moerlein,…
Diner: Mo’ Better Beef
Nick & Tony's, which opened in late 2002 just up the street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts and a stone's throw from favorite son Jeff Ruby's eponymous steakhouse, is clubby and sophisticated yet relaxed and approachable. A chophouse for Everyman. But there's something I need to get off my chest right away: Nick…
Travel Channel digs up Subcultures Revealed
Here are a few programs to look out for in the upcoming week … WEDNESDAY 8 P.M. Biography, A&E. "Friends." Since September 1994, more than 20 billion people have tuned in to see if Ross and Rachel are getting back together, if Chandler and Monica are going to adopt a baby, if Joey will ever…
News to Use
Make Fountain Square Yours The Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation will host six public meetings to gather public input about the planned transformation of Fountain Square. The first meeting is at 6 p.m. May 4 at the Colerain Township Community Center. The second meeting is at 6 p.m. May 5 at the College Hill Recreation…
The Jazz Mandolin Project string along a Jungle Tango
The Jazz Mandolin Project The Jazz Mandolin Project Thursday · Jack Quinn's When discussions arise concerning the qualities and merits of Jazz/Fusion, rarely does a side debate break out over the most effective use of mandolin in a Jazz setting. If it does, the conversation is generally shorter than a Carol Moseley Braun presidential bid.…
