Happy Holidays from the Pops
If you're planning to attend the BOAR'S HEAD AND YULE LOG FESTIVAL in early January at Christ Church Cathedral, you need to make your move on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. at the downtown church (318 E. Fourth St.). Performances (Jan. 3 at 5 p.m. and Jan. 4 at 2:30 and 5 p.m.) are several…
Locals Fudgie adn Fufu return to the fold
Jake Speed · JAKE SPEED — THE CINCINNATI LEGENDS OF JEREMIAH SCHMIDT Jake Speed is a fixture of Cincinnati's traditional Folk scene, as evidenced by a shelf heavy with awards for him and his group of Country/Bluegrass stompers, The Freddies. His latest undertaking is an ambitious collection of stories about the famous figures and folklore…
Locals Only: : Hot Licks
Venomous Valdez Commercial radio: Let's face it; it sucks. It seems like it isn't for the listeners anymore, but instead for the advertisers and record companies that want to flood the airwaves with whatever kind of crap that they're trying to sell. Is there any escape? The answer is "Yes." When you think of community…
Diner: Wise Choice
East side or West side? Cincinnati has long been known for the mythological abyss dividing the city into East side transient and West side stable. You would think it was a north-south river, impossible to navigate for the deep historical waters, as infrequently as we venture into each other's communities. How many Eastsiders are hopelessly…
Hot with your pants down
On an episode of The Sopranos, a hunk went to the bathroom, where he died, and the camera caught the actor sitting in a position with his pants and shorts down around his ankles. It made me so hot I whacked off immediately. Later, I taped the episode for that purpose. Also, I found a…
See/Saw
"White perceptions of Negroes, and the historical inculcation of these perceptions in the minds of Negroes themselves, are at the root of our present troubles." — Black Rage by Grier and Cobbs Let's straighten this wrinkle off the rip: White culture-at-large devalues black life, black male life more specifically. They're disengaged from and afraid of…
Onstage: From Both Sides Now
John Burgess Choreographer Diane Germaine's newest work, "Fallout" (featuring, L-R, Kim Horwedel and Jeri Deckard Gatch) takes place in an imagined future. It premieres this weekend at the College Hill Town Hall. Face it: The world of modern dance is, like it or not, pretty esoteric to most. But sometimes when its subject matter interfaces…
Change at the Top
I'm not sure how to properly evaluate Cincinnati Police Chief Thomas Streicher's overall performance as administrator and leader of a large bureaucracy. His boss, the city manager, is the best judge of that. But I am sure that, no matter what objective or subjective standard is used, three unarmed citizens dead at the hands of…
Golden View in the West End
The first floor studio of Carl Solway Gallery — where for many years artist Nam June Paik created sculptures made of prepared televisions — has been stripped, polished and rehabbed into a slick exhibition space. The contractors have done their job well, meaning that all physical signs of the workshop's past have been removed. In…
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Deborah Lapatina is a clairvoyant/ clairaudient originally from New Mexico. She sees clients by appointment, and I was recently fortunate to experience a reading. She's guided to do this work as the result of her own expanding experiences and emotional evolution. Her readings encourage a commitment to self-awareness — learning about and clearing limiting perceptions…
Cover Story: Protection Racket
S. Durm The laws of nature hold that a person can't be in two different places at the same time. The policies of the Cincinnati Police Department include a similar rule: If an officer works an off-duty security detail for another employer — a shopping center, a church festival or an apartment complex — he…
