Ray’s Music Exchange move into 2001 with a bang
If the best live Jam band you've experienced is sick, then Modern Jazz sextet Ray's Music Exchange is bubonic. You're invited to catch what the group has at the Southgate House on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve 2001: A Musical Celebration of the New Millennium is the first showcase assembled by Ray's Music Exchange…
21st Century Arts: A Year of Failures and Successes
Despite political controversies and an arts leadership shackled by its insistence on political neutrality, Cincinnati's cultural community continued to grow and diversify this year. Both the Cincinnati Opera and Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati enjoyed highly successful seasons. Music Director Designate Paavo Järvi was poised to jolt the moribund Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Under the leadership…
Critics Picks: Critic’s Picks
Thursday 21Antelopes, hippopotami and polar bears! All will be dressed up in Christmas lights for the Cincinnati Zoo's FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. Orangutans will be covered in tinsel and the giraffes will be strewn from head to toe with Christmas ornaments and popcorn balls. And if you think that's cute, wait till you see the manatee…
The Duke Robillard Band
With all the overeating and binge drinking, it's no wonder that the holidays are cause for the blues. We recommend THE DUKE ROBILLARD BAND for a little commiserating over the next couple of weeks. Robillard — supporting his latest release, The Explorer, on Shanachie Records — won Best Blues Guitarist honor this year at…
Do You See What I See?
Every year, in late December, I, like so many of my journalistic colleagues, like to look to the future and speculate on — i.e., make predictions about — the events, developments and trends we can expect in the upcoming year. And this year is no exception. But before making any predictions regarding 2001, I feel…
Diner: Fed Up in 2000
Dinner is served. And breakfast and lunch, as well. The year 2000 brought dozens of intriguing new eateries to town, from A (for Aioli) to Z (as in RaZZberry's). The year also ushered in the demise of many mainstay classics, including Petersen's (both locations), Window Garden, Shuller's Wigwam and Barleycorn's Yacht Club. The new…
News: Searching for the Holy Grail
Two court cases continued to dog The Cincinnati Enquirer and its owner, Gannett Co., in 2000 as they worked to put the Chiquita debacle behind them. Two and a half years after publication, however, the discredited investigative series remains the annoying guest who won't leave the party. George Ventura's lawsuit against The Enquirer and…
Twelve Days of Excess
Dec. 25, 2000 — Dear Adam, talk about unique Christmas gifts! When you hinted at something cute and cuddly, I was expecting a puppy or a kitten, not a poor-white-trash kid in bare sleeves. I found him on the doorstep last night, shivering. At first I didn't believe him, until he garbled your favorite Marlowe…
News: Riverfront Progress
The work in progress that is Cincinnati's riverfront stalled a couple of times in 2000, but it's still running. The volunteers who are the moving force behind The Banks — the proposed 24-hour neighborhood between the stadiums — spent a few months of 2000 waiting for the city and county to approve a new…
News: Not Black and White
The new year started with hope for improved relations between Cincinnati Police and African Americans but ended with the spectre of officers standing 24-hour guard for the Ku Klux Klan. In between came new complaints of racial discrimination, the controversial death of two black men in police custody, calls for a federal investigation of alleged…
Art: Teeing Off, Moving Ahead
In May, CityBeat advanced the concept of an urban arts district, focused on Walnut and 12th streets downtown and in Over-the-Rhine. Calling it "The T" ("Cincinnati Tees Off on the Arts" and "Creating a Cultural Corridor in Over-the-Rhine," issue of May 4-10), CityBeat has offered regular reports since then about related developments in the…
