Diner: Tex-Mex Trek
As the Tristate restaurant scene seems to multiply daily with new versions of the same old chain, it's nice to revisit a comfortable favorite — and rediscover what makes it unique. The Scene Tex-Mex restaurant Cactus Pear in Corryville has been a Cincinnati favorite for years — and not just among the campus crowd. The…
Jane Ware’s Building Ohio: A Traveler’s Guide to Ohio’s Urban Architecture
The first thing I noticed about Jane Ware's Building Ohio is that my city made the cover. In local photographer Gordon Baer's playful image of Union Terminal, the long building curves out and up like an arm beckoning you into a home. It's a welcoming picture. The cover also says "A Traveler's Guide to…
Club co-owner and promoter to soothe rifts with riffs
Jymi Bolden Mark Yates Adversaries on both sides of the human rights boycott have played the race card. Cincinnati's club owners just want musicians to play. "We wanted to do something to celebrate our local diversity," says Mark Yates, co-owner of the Greenwich in Walnut Hills. "(Boycott organizers) are blocking national acts from coming…
A Year Later, the Arts Remain Dedicated to Over-the-Rhine
The anger over Timothy Thomas' fatal shooting by Cincinnati Police last April increases in light of the trumped-up charges surrounding his arrest record. The Coalition for a Just Cincinnati's "Artists of Conscience" boycott continues to gain momentum. Racial tensions continue to build, and Over-the-Rhine remains ground zero for trouble. Significant improvements to the historic neighborhood…
1914 Vine St.
Jymi Bolden Address: 1914 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine Owner: Navneet Sachdev Purchase date: 1984 Current property value: $2,900 — down from $4,900 in 1998 Year built: 1860 Gross area: 1,060 square feet Comments: The building at 1914 Vine St. has multiple housing code violations, according to the city of Cincinnati Department of Buildings and Inspections,…
The Science of Life
The Sanskrit word "ayurveda" means the science or knowledge of life. The roots of Ayurvedic medicine, one of the oldest forms known to mankind, are in India and it's estimated to be between 5,000 and 15,000 years old. In its simplest form, Ayurveda sees each individual as a unique expression of life. Therefore, each person…
Seeking the ‘There’ There
The writer Gertrude Stein was asked her opinion of her childhood home, Oakland, Calif. She replied, "There is no there there." The line comes to mind as I consider where Cincinnati is headed at the one-year anniversary of Timothy Thomas' death. Where are we going, and how will we know we're there? And once we…
News: Suing the Cops
Jymi Bolden Cincinnati Police treated Central Parkway as a barrier African Americanscould not cross during the uprising after Timothy Thomas' death. Sometimes it does help to talk. Days before the first anniversary of the police shooting of 19-year-old Timothy Thomas, the city of Cincinnati is very close to resolving two of the biggest conflicts…
Dead Nigga Blvd.
The air is different there. I finally walked to Republic Street near 13th Street. On Good Friday afternoon, I saw for myself the fading shrine marking the spot where Timothy Thomas, 19, scared and running for what would be his life, died of gunshot wounds and too many traffic tickets. Like a crystal, we've held…
Whirlygig: 20
Edited by Rebecca Lomax Boy Break Busy is a word that seems imprinted on our hides these days, and I'm not so sure it's a 21st century advancement for our society. Maybe the advent of technology has impeded us in ways that make a real connection less possible and plausible. Yes, we all have phones…
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright Atlanta's Shannon Wright has the kind of voice that sends shivers, loaded with wounded emotion and spine-tingling soul. Wright who also plays guitar and piano got started with the band Crowsdell, which disbanded in 1998. Lucky for us, it gave way to what, so far, has been an astounding solo…
Educating Prisoners Is Cheaper Than Locking Them up Again
Early last year, State Rep. John Willamowski (RLima) introduced a bill that would prohibit the state from funding the post-secondary education of Ohio inmates. This bill, which garnered only three co-sponsors, has very little chance of becoming law, but such legislative failures are often worth noting because they reveal the values and ideologies of our…
Diner: Celebrating Differences
Urban establishments like the Brew House illustrate the diverse brotherhood of man. In the current local climate of racial issues as the conversation du jour, a Tuesday evening in this 34-year-old watering hole brings together black and white, male and female, old and young, urban and suburban, all seeming to honor their common interests of…
News: Out of the Storm
Sean Hughes/photopresse.com Angela Leisure (left) is increasingly active in social issues. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume (right) is among national leaders watching Cincinnati. The death of Angela Leisure's son also marked the birth of an activist. A year after Timothy Thomas, 19, fell dead of a police gunshot in Over-the-Rhine, his mother is leaving behind…
