Is This Why We Call it ‘Mother Nature?’
What do women and trees have in common? The answer, eco-feminists would say, is a lot. Environmental feminism, which focuses on the relationship between the oppression of women and the destruction of the environment, tries to understand why people feel the need to dominate nature, women or anything else defined as "other." "What are the…
Home Work
Summer is gone. It departed faster than the prospect of a Bengals lead on a Sunday afternoon. The mint juleps and the Southern Comfort we enjoyed yesterday have given way to the Daiquiri's frosty slush served in a chilled glass with lots of salt. The outdoor icons of the season have assumed their annual position…
Cover Story: In Good Hands
Adrien Brody plays Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman in director Roman Polanski's World War II drama The Pianist. As actor Adrien Brody enters one of the suites at Manhattan's Essex House Hotel and prepares for his latest set of interviews, I am reminded of a feature in the May 2002 issue of GQ. The piece,…
Food, drink, etc.
What are you doing New Year's Eve? Dining out is an option many of us choose, and you might want to consider the gourmet feast that CHEZ NORA, Covington's cozy restaurant, is offering. It's pricey ($150 for a couple), but the restaurant's new executive chef, MICHAEL CONNARROE, has conjured up a menu that just might…
Listings
Art Opportunities 97X COMMUNITY GALLERY AND ARTISAN GROUP — A virtual art gallery of digital art, photography, sculpture, poetry, food and art has opened its doors on the pages of chris.klinger@ketterngoh.org or write to: Rosewood Gallery, 3600 Shroyer Road, Kettering OH 45429. Deadline for submissions is March 1. Music Opportunities BASE GALLERY — Looking for…
Cover Story: Getting Real About Voting for the Reel
A little over a week ago, I received an invitation to be a part of a panel of voters created to nominate candidates and eventually select the winners of the 2003 Black Reel Awards. The awards are hosted by Sterling Communications Group, Inc., the publishers of reelimagesmagazine.com, a film Web site which targets African Americans.…
Cover Story: Highlight Real
Ryan Adcock The end of the year is the list-iest time of the year. This year we've once again turned to the local music scene for a round-up of what didn't suck about music in 2002. Every year I'm thrilled to receive such a great response from the local scene. Not only is it…
1600 Main St., Over-the-Rhine
Doug Trapp Address: 1600 Main St., Over-the-Rhine Owner: R/B Studio Ltd. Value: $37,100 Year Built: 1860 Comments: The city of Cincinnati uses both incentives and penalties to get property owners moving, sometimes simultaneously. The city is pursuing a $2,000 fine because R/B Studios hasn't met the 13 requirements to obtain a vacant building maintenance…
Should the Law Mandate a Living Wage?
Thomas Beridon Executive vice president, Hamilton County Young Democrats The simple answer to the question posed above is yes, there should be a living wage mandated by law. A "living wage" ordinance such as the one before the city of Cincinnati requires that wages be equal or greater than that of the federal poverty guidelines…
News: Family Feud
The Sister Cities Association (SCA) of Greater Cincinnati is supposed to forge lasting friendships across the globe, but its own internal fights are tearing it apart. The Munich Sister City Association — one of seven sister city committees in Cincinnati — no longer wants to be part of the SCA, which coordinates efforts between…
Slobberbone
Denton, Texas' favorite sons, Slobberbone, swing through Newport's Southgate House this Thursday for a special benefit show. The powerful Roots Rock machine will perform to raise money the Nancy Sickinger Memorial Fund. Sickinger worked for over two decades at the Hamilton County board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and the fund was set…
Cover Story: Critical Care
Nia Vardalos and John Corbett play the happy couple in the surprise hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Put away your grading system, Steve. Put those stars in your pocket, Margaret. Sit on your thumbs, Ebert. Film critics just don't matter. Either no one is listening, which is bad, or they ignore you once…
Diner: Defending the Fruitcake
Anna Kipervaser As a college student — in Europe on foreign study — I once spent the holidays in Wales with some distant relatives. Christmastime in the Welsh countryside was just as Dylan Thomas described it: There were billowy chill hills of winter white and a roiling cold green sea; yellow lamplight pierced the…
Locals Only: : Jamie Mandel
Jamie Mandel Unlike most young adults fresh out of college, Jamie Mandel has a plan. As Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith demonstrated to TV audiences and the rest of the A-Team time and time again — that's important. At 22, Mandel has a unique vantage point enabling him to look back on an already long…
Bum’s Cathedral
They handed out fleece-lined jackets. Grady Cook got one. We gathered in the basement of the Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church Dec. 14 for the annual dinner of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless. Cook is a veteran Streetvibes vendor, the one with the demure demeanor. I see him standing in scorching heat and bone-breaking…
Whirlygig: 57
Sugar Plum Daddies It's the time of year when visions of sugar plum fairies dance across the minds of little ones. 'Tis the season to be jolly, too, and this week would be prime time to get the merry, merry spirit if it ever was to get you. Running around, madly dashing through the snow…
