Cover Story: Bringing a Different World View to Cincinnati
Jared M. Holder A traveling army of 150 Cirque du Soleil staff teams with 150 local workers to create the Grand Chapiteau ondowntown's riverfront. When street performers like jugglers, fire-eaters and strolling musicians go legit, you get Cirque du Soleil. Yet this nontraditional circus company won't bring the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty…
Troublemaker’s Journal
The leadership of the Ohio Legislature is proposing new legislation aimed at undocumented immigrants. This is legislation that will make immigrants' lives more miserable but, in all likelihood, probably will not drive them out. Moreover, it does not address the principal issue: Why do they keep coming? Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted (R-Kettering) and Ohio…
New York NY Fresh Deli
Downtown has its fair share of standard sandwich shops invented for office workers with little on their minds at lunchtime except wolfing something down and getting back to their cubes. When New York NY Fresh Deli (225 E. Fifth St., Downtown, 513-721-3354) took its place among the horde, its presence didn't raise many eyebrows, but…
2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards
New Edgecliff Theatre New Edgecliff Theatre's new team: Associate Producer Nathan Gabriel (left) and Artistic Director Greg Procaccino What's the most important event to have on your calendar this week? I hope the first thing you thought of was Friday evening's 2006 CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS, presented at Corbett Auditorium at UC's College-Conservatory of Music.…
News: Surgical Persecution
Jared M. Holder Sunny Lu calls for pressure on China to end the persecution of Falun Gong, including the harvesting of organs from prisoners. Falun Gong practitioner Sunny Lu, an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati, left China 22 years ago. But her battle to protect the lives of Falun Gong…
Relief Is on the Way
In the breath there are lots of little messages that can both teach us and release us. Like unspoken emotion, these messages stay trapped until they can be expressed to guide you and guide your energies toward spiritual transformation. Often the expression comes out in tears and other senstions related to deep-seated emotions. Perhaps they're…
Cincinnati Art Museum
Semantics Gallery Alice Pixley Young's "Inside Out" is currently on display at Semantics Gallery If you haven't been to the CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM (CAM) lately, then you've missed Fountain Square's very own Genius of the Water (part of the Fountain Square fountain), which took up temporary residence at the museum once construction on Fountain…
Diner: Outdoor Dining
Jared M. Holder Scene: Indigo's patio is set back from the street and offers a shady, low-key place to dine al fresco. Set among trees, and perched a few doors down from the bustle of Hyde Park Square proper, the patio at Indigo is a quiet little urban hideaway. The vibe is less Hyde…
News: Entering the Fire
Matt Borgerding The spread of globalization is an opportunity for mobilizing help for those who need it, according to the Rev. John Quigley (left). He and the Rev. Richard Rohr addressed local Franciscans Aug. 19 on the role of religion in a time of globalized culture. The Rev. Richard Rohr has never been one…
Living Out Loud: : Reefer Madness
Last Friday night, I met up with a buddy downtown, went to a bar and had a few drinks. Well, let's say my friend had a few. The vodka and tonics were tasting pretty good, and maybe I overdid it a bit too. We both live fairly close to one another and both believe in…
Music: A Time to Build
Kerosene Media X-Clan's Brother J (second from right) says Gen X-aged Hip Hop fans are angry about how Hip Hop has become "plastic." "We have a responsibility to be teachers and we are behind on our homework." — Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J To X-Clan founder/lyricist Brother J, there is no distinction between…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of The Eastern Seaboard, Steely Dan and More…
The Eastern Seaboard The Eastern Seaboard As Tall As Lions with Brazil, You In Series, Abandoned From the Wreckage and Rally Six Thursday · The Mad Hatter With its recently released self-titled sophomore album, the Long Island, N.Y., quartet As Tall As Lions references some pretty potent sonic touchstones. As also heard on their…
Web Onstage: A Dream of a Show
Al Seib Philippa Hayball, here playing "Target," has extended a dance career by joining Cirque du Soleil. As a theater critic, I see a lot of amazing things onstage, but Cirque du Soleil's Quidam was a new experience for me. Combining circus conventions, acrobatics, music and a strong sense of theatricality, Quidam is a…
News: Meeting the Buddha on the Road
Margo Pierce The Venerable Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche visits Cincinnati this week. The Venerable Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche, master of the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, comes to Cincinnati Thursday through Monday to share his perspective on world events. His visit also marks the beginning of a new phase of growth for the monastery that hosts…
Back to School
Notes: Back in my day, back-to-school shopping meant a few No. 2 pencils, a Bic pen, and a packet of loose leaf paper. Nowadays, all the new technological school supplies have parents running scared when they hear the words "Back to school." Technology is supposed to create ease in our lives, but sometimes I wonder…
Film: Valley Boy
Thinkfilm Pretty in pink: Evan Rachel Wood lassoes Edward Norton in Down in the Valley. Down in the Valley is a cowboy movie where all the sodbusting occurs inside a 16-year-old girl's bathing suit. But this film accomplishes way more than just a little mismatched hubba-hubba — it also manages to create a latticework…
Dirty Pretty Things — Waterloo to Anywhere (Interscope)
Dirty Pretty Things — Waterloo to Anywhere When the comet that was the UK's Libertines streaked across the musical landscape in the early '00s, the band became instant sensations, wooing fans with a woozy blend of anthemic melodicism and a shambolic, perilous swagger that seemed ready to implode at every other turn. The group's…
Diner: Red Hot
Red Go: 2724 Erie Ave., Hyde Park Call: 513-871-3200 Hours: 5:30-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 5:30-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Lounge opens at 4:30 p.m. daily. Prices: Expensive Payment: Major credit cards Red Meat Alternatives: Tuna au Poivre, Chicken Marengo, Butternut Squash Gnocchi Accessibility: Yes Grade: A It's hard to tell why, but some restaurant locations just seem to…
Blackwell Churns Stomachs
Kudos to Lew Moores for his fittingly glowing article of Ohio "governor-elect" Ken Blackwell ("Finding Ken Blackwell," issue of Aug. 16). Reading it only underscores my disdain for the vilified monster. As "lovers of freedom" — I borrowed that one from GW and all of his cronies — we need to band together and defeat…
Mystery Achievement: Reds Doing Better Than Critics Admit
Jerry Dowling Jerry Narron notched his 110th victory as the Reds manager on Aug. 20. Earlier that day, the morning paper ran a column in Narron's defense. It should be counted among the wonders of sports that fans are so venomous toward those who do the best work for them. Many fans, it seems,…
Weeds
HOT Little Boxers Makers of the mostly-great Showtime original comedy Weeds not only came up with a great idea for a series (widowed suburban mom sells pot to make ends meet), but they've gotten clever with the "theme song" concept this year as well. Those who tuned into the recent Season 2 opener probably noticed…
The Magic Words — Junk Train (Agriculture)
The Magic Words — Junk Train When the "lo-fi," amateurishly recorded aesthetic became popular in the Indie world, some of the charm was lost, as musicians began to go for a "sound," missing out on the fact that the appeal of the recordings was more in the uncomplicated way they were presented. Lo-fi originators/popularizers…
Music: That Bad Eartha
Learning Thru Art Fifty years into her career, Eartha Kitt is still purring. You know it from the moment she answers you. And you really know it the moment she calls you "darling." Her vowels, especially her "A"s, drawl a beat, sometimes two too long. Her "R"s roll, like a cat purring with satisfaction.…
News to Use
Religion in Politics Two speakers will discuss "The Role of Religion in Politics: Views from the Right and Left" in a program at 7 p.m. Aug. 29 in the Schiff Family Conference Center at the Cintas Center at Xavier University. The speakers are Michelle Goldberg, a contributing writer for kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org. Donations also needed for advertising.…
News: Passing It On
Graham Lienhart Jim Garges (L) is a mentor to Michael Mitchell, who wants to learn music production. Garges plans to involve him in a program at Media Bridges. Michael Mitchell wants to be a music producer. He wants to make his own beats and have his own record label. Before he can get the…
Big Benefits
· Friday and Saturday, Covington's Mad Hatter hosts a two-day benefit concert for the American Indian College Fund. The show is the brainchild of musician Jeff Albers, singer/guitarist for newcomers Knife the Symphony (and formerly of instrumentalists Ampline), who says he hatched the idea when he took a hiatus from playing music. While many benefit…
Cover Story: Empire of the Sun
Geoff Raker Cirque du Soleil challenges your imagination like no circus ever has. If joining a traveling circus sounds like just a frivolous flight of fancy, Cirque du Soleil might have you thinking again. Transporting a thriving international village on a multi-stop tour is no small feat. A Grand Chapiteau (big top), hundreds of…
Amy Millan — Honey From the Tombs (Arts & Crafts)
Amy Millan — Honey From the Tombs Toronto singer/songwriter Amy Millan has done/is doing time in three bands (ex-16 Tons, currently with Broken Social Scene and Stars) while working on her first solo album, Honey From the Tombs. Given that Millan's been toiling away at this for eight years, some of the songs date…
Oppression Here and There, Not Everywhere
Sunny Lu calls for pressure on China to end the persecution of Falun Gong, including the harvesting of organs from prisoners. Greater Cincinnati practitioners of Falun Gong, a Chinese meditation system, are speaking out against forcible organ harvesting involving live "donors" in the People's Republic of China. In an Aug. 16 press conference in…
Locals Only: : Music-Like Symptons
Mandy Wong 24hourflu In the slippery world of sick-day notification, the "24-hour flu" is often code for "awful hangover." Given this, the Northern Kentucky quartet 24hourflu seems appropriately named, as members describe their whiskey-drenched inception — and a particularly fruitful period of recording known as "the Mad Dog sessions" — with a telling row…
