Becoming Fit
Pam Paulos-Strike has a passion for her work. Certified with the American Council on Exercise and as fitness director for the Court-House Fitness Center in Madeira, she's spent many years involved in the teaching and training aspects of physical health. When she began teaching aerobics classes in 1978, the craze was at its peak. With…
Cover Story: Nightmares of War
The Key to His Future It's not an unusual predicament for a 23-year-old: Eric Huth has been looking for steady work since getting fired by the U.S. Postal Service three months ago. He was late four times in five weeks, say the termination papers signed Oct. 23 by Kings Mills Postmaster Ruth Fisher. Huth's not…
College Football Is Already a Mess Without Playoffs
Jerry Dowling We're in a bad mood lately for many reasons, a couple of which arise in the world of sports. One is a seasonal outrage, the lack of a true champion in college football. The other strikes a puzzle about the measures of fair play and commitment in baseball. More on that another time.…
Let Us Recount
Count Again in Ohio Widespread reports of voter intimidation and suppression, racial bias and discarded ballots prompted Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb to demand a recount of the Ohio presidential vote. Our goal in seeking a recount is to protect and restore the right to vote and to ensure that all votes are counted…
Upcoming Concerts with Motor City Soundtrack, Lars Frederiksen and More
Motion City Soundtrack Motion City Soundtrack with Tsunami Bomb, Limbeck and The Last Word Thursday · Radio Down For some reason, that enigmatically addictive decade known as the '80s just doesn't want to die. Its aura seems to be clamoring for a do-over, just to show people how much fun it all was. Advocates of…
Living Out Loud: : Trying to Wake Up
I'm not a morning person at all and I hate winter. I hate getting out of bed, hate getting up when it's dark outside and hate walking to the bus stop when it's cold. But I like my little routine in the morning, my little ritual to start the day. I don't like it when…
V-Day 2005
ETC Thom Atkinson wrote Cuttings for Annie Fitzpatrick and ETC; it's been re-staged in Fort Myers, Fla When Cincinnati marks V-DAY 2005 on Feb. 13 with a reading of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, some familiar voices will be heard at a new venue, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine). Fox 19's REGINA…
Music: Purple Reign
Though critics often use words like "noise" to describe U.S. Maple, the band insists there is a method. There are very few qualifiers for the title of Most Singular Sound in the world of Indie Rock, but U.S. Maple comes as close as any to laying a claim. Since its birth eight years ago from…
Steven Gregory -Singer/Songwriter
Jason Bechtel Steven Gregory – Singer/Songwriter The CDs that I listen to tend to change a lot. Right now I'm getting ready to record; I'm playing and driving a lot, so that has me focused on lyrical style in its relation to the music it's pushing. · The CD that I'm listening to the most…
News: More Than Just Pigs’ Feet
Jon Hughes/photopresse.com The allure of traditional ways brings many shoppers to Findlay Market, whose merchants are uneasy about such proposed changes as mandatory Sunday hours. Patricia Klein recently graduated from college, but at Findlay Market she learned something new. "A woman standing next to me told me how to prepare pigs' feet," she says. "She…
Better Than Competition
It certainly seems corporations have had the upper hand in the city's economic development lately. "Give us this or that or we're out of here. We're moving to — " (choose one: Blue Ash, Northern Kentucky or Kenwood). Think: Convergys, Kroger, Cincinnati Bell … As long as corporations are playing the city and outlying areas…
Jim Tarbell, Half-Off Arts Czar
The latest news flash in Councilman Jim Tarbell's three years as chair of Cincinnati City Council's Arts & Culture Committee is the recent elimination of 50 percent of the city's funding for the arts. On Dec. 13, a majority of city council approved a version of the 2005-06 budget that includes a 50 percent reduction…
Going Shopping
My girlfriend and I have been together for two years, and while it's the best relationship I've ever been in, we're not sexually compatible. Her ideal amount of sex would be twice a month. For me the number is closer to once a day. We've reached a compromise that usually comes out to three times…
Cover Story: Soldier’s Heart
Walter Coker/Folio Weekly Spec. Joshua Peterson has punched his wife, Kristin, during nightmares about Iraq. The first time Kristin Peterson's husband hit her, she was asleep in their bed. She awoke after Joshua's fist smashed into her face. She ran, terrified and crying, to the bathroom to wipe the blood spurting from her nose. When…
Spirit of the Season and Other Holiday Shenanigans
· Monthly local music showcase series The Rivertown Music Club is about the giving spirit all year long, rotating different charities to donate cover charge money to from each event (they collected $1,800 for local charities in 2004). This week, the series — hosted by local musician Kelly Thomas and her newly named band, The…
News to Use
Let Them Eat Tofu EarthSave, which encourages a shift toward a healthy, plant-based diet, invites vegetarians to bring a dish, preferably vegan, and their own plates, cups and utensils to a holiday party featuring live jazz. The festivities start at 6 p.m. Dec. 19 at Off the Avenue Studios, 1546 Knowlton St. in Northside. For…
News: Elves and Hoblings and Pretending, Oh My
Phil Layman Adults like to dress up and pretend, too, including (L-R) Joe Goddard, Travis Fauber and Bill Cromer. In the pitch dark, you trek through the woods with a motley band: an elven healer, a dwarven warrior and a couple of inebriated gypsies. You can only hope they'll keep quiet, as you don't want…
Leggo My Ego
Anyone with an ego so big his visage fits only across the side of a building (see June Bug's in the West End) is bad-ass enough to tongue lash a judge, bum-rushing the bench without so much as "Your honor, may I approach?" I've known Kenneth "Law Dog" Lawson for some years. Back when he…
Change Leaders and Pink Slips
Bonnie Davis A candlelight vigil commemorates Human Rights Day Dec. 10 on the Purple People Bridge. The city of Cincinnati might have finally acquired the means to fire Police Chief Thomas Streicher — or maybe his new contract just includes the kind of bureaucratic fancy talk that's legally meaningless. The executive performance contract for Streicher…
Richard Sherman deciphers “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”
Pages of the Walt Disney songbook credited to sibling composers Richard and Robert Sherman include the scores for The Parent Trap and Jungle Book. Told that his greatest Disney song work — the highlight of arguably Disney's greatest film — is Mary Poppins, Richard Sherman graciously concurs. As Disney's staff songwriters, the Sherman Brothers created…
Pleasant Ridge Chili and Restaurant
Cincinnati chili parlors seem to be best known for their power to soak up massive amounts of alcohol in college students. With my own fond memories of a cheese coney and Maker's Mark midnight snack, I decided to check out what PLEASANT RIDGE CHILI AND RESTAURANT (6032 Montgomery Road, 513-531-2365) had to offer outside of…
Locals Only: : minni mouths
Katherine Sontag The Minni-Thins Even if your longest love affair never made it past the three-week mark, most people are familiar with the inevitable cycle of love. A few months into a budding relationship, things get nice and comfy, possibly even meant-to-be. The Minni-Thins are in that stage of their collaborative courtship. They harness a…
