Arts Beat: People of the Year
Choosing the person who mattered the most this year in the Cincinnati arts is a no-brainer for me. Artist Thomas Condon represents all that's good and trying about life in Cincinnati. The good is that Condon's artwork — his sketchbook drawings, photographs and mixed-use sculptures — reflects skill and unique talent. His show this fall…
Whirlygig: 58
The Dutch Girl This is the time of year to renew old acquaintances and catch up on each other's lives. Of course, it goes without saying that it can be exhausting with all the holiday festivities, but it is the time of year when the phone rings with old friends and something other than bills…
Reviews of A Year of Reading, Meditations from the Mat, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere, Karma 101 and World’s Top Photogra-phers
Looking back isn't nearly as exciting as looking forward. Perhaps it's the numbers — with that nearly-incomprehensible avalanche of 50,000 new books published every year, which translates to 138 new ones every day — it would be arrogant, indefensible and plain old ludicrous to think that any one person could pick out which ones…
News: Crimes of the Art
Jymi Bolden Photographer Thomas Condon has become a cause celebre for artists concerned about censorship. He is free on bond pending an appeal of his conviction for photographing corpses in the Hamilton County Morgue. Photographer Thomas Condon spent April 29 through Sept. 13 creating art on index cards, while serving a 30-month prison term…
Get Going in the New Year
As the new year approaches, you might be deciding what changes could bring you a more positive life. Many of you will embark on resolutions involving weight loss, image transformation and health improvement. These are certainly excellent goals to set and ones you can reach if you desire to put forth the effort, prioritizing these…
Home Work
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us. There are traffic jams to sit in and check-out and gift-wrap lines to wait in. We're willing to go to extreme lengths to pursue the ultimate trophy to present as an indication of our fidelity and commitment to those near the top of our…
Diner: Digesting the Year
David Wasinger Newport's Claddagh is distinguished from its Irish brethren by its speed of service. Although they spend lots of time checking out the area's many new and interesting dining establishments for CityBeat readers, our restaurant writers have favorites of their own — some based on meals, some on the company they kept. Here…
Cover Story: Police Deals
Jymi Bolden Stuck in the middle with you: Police Chief Tom Streicher addresses city council whilesurrounded by critics Jackie Shropshire (left) and the Rev. Damon Lynch III. Cincinnati Police officers didn't kill any unarmed African Americans this year. But the best gauge of the pace of reform came at year's end, with police union…
1615 Clayton St., East Walnut Hills
Jymi Bolden 1615 Clayton St., East Walnut Hills Address: 1615 Clayton St., East Walnut Hills Owner: Paul Wallpe Year Built: 1913 Value: $7,400 according to the Hamilton County Auditor's Office Comments: The city of Cincinnati has a contract for the demolition of this building, but the issue is tied up in court, according to…
Merry Christmas to Me
EDITOR'S NOTE: Kathy was too busy to write a new letter to Santa Claus, so she sent last year's instead. A version of this column first ran in the issue of Dec. 20-26, 2001. Dear Santa, Can you please come straight to the ghetto? And on your way, could you please, pretty please, straighten out…
News: Remember the Cows That Didn’t Get Away
Jymi Bolden The message is upside down and backwards, but it's still true: City Councilman Pat DeWine wraps Cincinnati City Hall in red caution tape. Itall goes back to the cows. Everyone knows about the one that got away from the slaughterhouse in February. The mad dash of Cincinnati Freedom, as the cow is…
News: Please Don’t Go
Jymi Bolden Nicholas Spencer, the moving force behind Cincinnati Tomorrow, has a radical idea for keeping young people in Cincinnati: Give them something to do. Could this have been the year Cincinnati and the rest of the Tristate woke up and realized we're losing our young people and aren't doing much to keep them…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Am I crazy, but didn't we have fun this year? I mean, we had conflict. We had defeat. We had drama. We even had the passing of liberal talk radio in Cincinnati. C'mon, Jene. You're talking about your own damn self. All right, maybe I am. Yeah, it was me who took myself off the…
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…
Letters: Hearing Voices
Last Friday I was on the sidewalk outside of the Aronoff Center when I was accosted by a representative from Procter and Gamble. She was shoving a sample-sized package of tissues into my personal space while enthusiastically proclaiming something about "enchanted pillows." (I can only imagine that such a product will elevate the experience of…
News: Year of the Status Quo
Jymi Bolden Middle-aged white guys against protest: Stephan Louis of Alternatives to Light Rail speaks out against the transit tax, joined by (L-R) County Auditor Dusty Rhodes, U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot and Phil Heimlich. Aross the country, in Ohio and in Cincinnati, Democrats are licking their wounds. Tristate fans of light rail will have…
