FC Cincinnati Breaks Ground on Stadium as Loose Ends Remain
At a ceremony today at the site of the former Stargel Stadium in the West End, FC Cincinnati and hundreds of fans officially turned over the first shovels of dirt for the team's coming Major League Soccer stadium, scheduled to be completed by March 2021. The team hopes to begin pouring the stadium's concrete foundation…
People Who Died in 2018
With the nationally broadcast send-off for President George H.W. Bush only just in the rearview mirror, and with the calendar’s impending turnover to 2019 just a couple weeks ahead, it’s that time of year when the notable deaths of 2018 will be aggregated and slideshow-ed for consumption on your favorite mobile device. You will read…
Cincy Shakes’ Tipsy Santa Returns to the Stage for ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s annual send-up of Christmas classics is onstage, transforming a production of A Christmas Carol into an irreverent and fast-paced skewering of other holiday favorites ranging from It’s a Wonderful Life to the Grinch and Charlie Brown. Three actors (and a slightly tipsy Santa) spend 90-plus minutes of “high octane jollity and frivolity”…
Walnut Hills’ Video Archive Screens ‘Grinch’ and ‘Charlie Brown’ Christmas Classics
TV Christmas specials are one of the reigning hallmarks of the holiday season. Get nostalgic with The Video Archive, a speakeasy and Tarantino-themed bar that doubles as a VHS rental storefront. They’ve been playing them every Wednesday all season long, but this week marks their last before Christmas is officially here. Cuddle up with hot…
Elm Street Restaurant Social OTR Will Offer Students Onsite Experience to Train for Careers in the Service Industry
You may never see the same kitchen staff twice at Elm Street’s newest restaurant. Social OTR will open in January with a fresh set of culinary interns at the helm, learning as they go. A collaboration between Findlay Market and CityLink Center, which provides integrated services to help individuals break free from poverty, Social OTR…
Residents at a Major West End Apartment Complex Prepare for New Ownership as Changes Look Likely for the Neighborhood
Residents at the West End's Arts Apartments at Music Hall — actually about a mile away from the Cincinnati landmark on Ezzard Charles Drive — say they like living in the 21-building, eight-acre complex. The community is tight-knit, residents say. It’s mostly a quiet place, and people know each other well and tend to take…
Cincinnati is the Fourth Best City in America for Beer Drinkers
It's not just your imagination that there seems to be a brewery popping up on every corner in the Queen City. According to a recent study done by SmartAsset (some financial technology company that does studies), Cincinnati is the fourth best city for beer drinkers in America. In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that…
Enjoy Free Holiday Jazz at The Comet as The Steve Schmidt Organ Trio Returns for Another Three-Day “Christmas Schmidtacular”
Last week we told you about a Cincinnati music holiday tradition returning soon, as Over the Rhine wraps up a string of Christmastime shows across the country with their annual hometown Christmas gigs, set for Memorial Hall this coming weekend (Dec. 21-23). Another local music holiday tradition — this one headed up by Cincinnati Jazz…
Riverbend Announces Second Sold-Out Concert of 2019 — British Pop Band The 1975 at PNC Pavilion
Cincinnati's large outdoor music venue Riverbend Music Center and its smaller PNC Pavilion (located on the same grounds) had an impressive 2018, with numerous sold-out concert events. And it's 2019 season is looking pretty strong as well, with two concerts several months away already sold out. Yesterday, Riverbend announced its July 2019 concert featuring ’90s…
SORTA CEO Dwight Ferrell Resigns
The board of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority today announced at its monthly meeting that CEO Dwight Ferrell will leave the transit authority. SORTA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Darryl Haley will take Ferrell's place on an interim basis beginning Feb. 1. Haley has been with Metro since 2005. Ferrell will stay…
Cincinnati Ranks Lucky No. 13 for WalletHub’s Best Cities for Christmas Celebrations
There's no denying that the Queen City is bursting with genuine holiday spirit. With plenty of attractions, events, light-displays and more — stretched from downtown to the suburbs and everywhere in between — there's a celebration for everyone. In the spirit of the holidays, personal-finance website WalletHub released a study which ranked the nation's most populated cities…
Two Thousand Ohioans Are Now Registered to Buy Medicinal Marijuana
The number of people who have registered for Ohio's medicinal marijuana program has doubled in a just a week, according to data released yesterday by the state's Pharmacy Board. According to the board, 2,170 people have completed registration for a card that will allow them to purchase medicinal marijuana. That doubles the number from last…
Renowned Cincinnati Garage Rockers The Mortals Return for a Reunion Blowout
“You know how dogs live in the moment?” asks William Grapes, lead guitarist of late Cincinnati Garage Rock icons The Mortals. “That’s how we were. We didn’t have a grand plan.” The Mortals were birthed in 1989 and burned out by ’95, leaving in their wake three LPs, five 7-inch singles and five compilation appearances.…
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s Quirky Holiday Tradition of ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ — Featuring Madcap Puppets
When the Three Wise Men first appear in Amahl and The Night Visitors — a collaboration between Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and Madcap Puppets returning to the stage this weekend — Tom Merrill, the show’s conductor, says a great gasp comes from kids in attendance. The 50-minute opera recounts the story of a boy shepherd, Amahl,…
Alligator Records’ Bruce Iglauer Has the Blues — and That’s a Good Thing
As 2018 ends, “Best Recordings” judgments are being brought forth from all quarters — and Alligator Records is once again making its presence felt on Blues lists. For instance, Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio is up for a Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy for Something Smells Funky ’Round Here. The Chicago-based Alligator, which was founded…
Cincinnati’s Metro to Launch 70 New Buses With Charging Ports and Free Wi-Fi
Prepare yourself to savor that wonderful new bus smell. A chunk of Cincinnati's Metro fleet is about to get much fresher. The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority is using $26 million in federal grants to buy 70 new buses to replace part of its aging fleet. The new additions will have some new perks you…
Cincinnati Park Board to Consider Burnet Woods Proposals This Week
Want to have your say about potential changes to one of Cincinnati's largest parks? This week is your big chance. At its monthly meeting Dec. 19, the Cincinnati Park Board will consider proposals to put a new arts center and a camping education facility in Burnet Woods, a 90-acre urban park nestled between the University…
Cincinnati Singer/Songwriter Eric Nally Releases New Track, “Rich Life”
Foxy Shazam frontman and Cincinnati-area native Eric Nally released a new solo track recently titled “Rich Life.” And while it is technically not a Christmas song, if people are able to say Die Hard is a Christmas movie with a straight face (and have people support that crazed assertion), then we are going to call…
Covington’s Braxton Brewing Co. Introduces Hard Seltzer
Braxton is working on something entirely new for the area's craft brewing scene: a slim-canned, adult-friendly hard seltzer — like a local White Claw or boozy La Croix. Vive Hard Seltzer will be 5 percent alcohol by volume, gluten-free and 100 calories with two grams of carbs per can. The beverage, made with artisan Kentucky…
Riverbend Announces Hootie & the Blowfish’s 2019 Concert in Cincinnati is Sold Out
Nostalgia for ’90s music is apparently at an all-time high. Riverbend Music Center has announced it already has its first sold-out show of the 2019 concert season. Tickets for Hootie & the Blowfish’s July 20 Riverbend show (with openers Barenaked Ladies) are completely gone as of this morning (Dec. 17). Hootie & the Blowfish have…
OTR Residents Can Apply for Parking Permits Today
Starting today, residents in Over-the-Rhine can apply for the neighborhood's coming residential parking permits. Under the permit plan passed by Cincinnati City Council earlier this year, the city will sell an uncapped number of permits to OTR residents. The regular rate will be $60 a year — down significantly from the original proposal of $150…
Here Are the Latest Cincinnati Streetcar Ridership Numbers
November ridership numbers for the Cincinnati streetcar show the transit system attracted slightly fewer riders than it did a year ago. The report from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority shows that 34,674 people rode the streetcar in November — just less than the 34,721 who rode in November, 2017. This year's numbers were buttressed…
REVIEW: Compelling ‘Escape’ Fails to Elevate the Narrative
Sometimes a captivating news story just begs for a dramatic retelling. Buddy comedy Tag from earlier this year — based on a true story about a group of grown men playing the same game of tag once a year for decades — was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. And Bravo is currently airing…
Friday News Roundup: Norwood Votes to Decriminalize Weed, Police Have Other Ideas; Plus Everything You Need to Know This Week
Here's a roundup of important news stories that happened around Cincinnati this week. Cincinnati City Council had a busy week. Here’s what they did: • In a unanimous vote, council made City Manager Patrick Duhaney’s nomination by Mayor John Cranley official. Duhaney had served eight months as acting city manager after the tumultuous departure of former…
21c Plays Truth or Dare with Their Current Exhibit
Two short stanzas reign; hung on a wall in a neat, simple script and forged in three-dimensional brass. [the Queen falls.] [the King dies.] To an undiscerning eye, the phrases are baseless — faceless characters unapplied to any real story. But there’s specificity here. Jorge Méndez Blake’s piece pulled two stage directions from Act 5,…
Cincinnati Music Greats Over The Rhine to Wrap Up Christmas Touring in Namesake Neighborhood, Announce New Album
Cincinnati music greats Over the Rhine have made their annual Christmastime concerts a Cincinnati holiday tradition for many in the area over the past decade-plus. The year, main OTRers Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist took their program of “reality Christmas songs” (plus music from their many other albums) on the road for a trek that…
Ohio Senate Passes Strict ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Restrictions
The Ohio Senate Dec. 12 passed one of the nation's strictest regulations on abortion — a so-called "heartbeat" bill that would outlaw abortion as soon as six weeks after conception. But the vote shook out 18-13 for the legislation as four Republicans crossed the aisle to vote against it. That means it likely wouldn't have…
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces The Cure, Radiohead, Janet Jackson and Stevie Nicks Among 2019 Inductee Class
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame today (Dec. 13) announced the artists who will be entering the Hall in 2019. The Rock Hall's class of 2019 will feature The Cure, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music and The Zombies. In October, the Rock Hall announced its short-list of artists in the…
