Pot for GOP Health, Gas for West Side Liberals
Matt Borgerding The new voting machines for Hamilton County are on display and available for testing. The University of Cincinnati College Republicans lucked out last week. The cancellation of a speech by William Bennett — former U.S. Education Secretary, former national drug czar and ongoing radio talk-show demagogue — left the floor open for…
Sharing Values
For me, the Person of the Year issue is a highlight on CityBeat's editorial calendar. It's our annual high-profile pat on the back for those in Greater Cincinnati who are working hard — usually under the mainstream media's radar — to move our city forward. We cover those kinds of people every week in CityBeat,…
News: Butting Out at Sitwell’s
Matt Borgerding Lisa Storie, the owner, says the smoking ban has been well received. It's a weekday afternoon, and Jazz and voices and sun are competing for space inside Sitwell's Coffee House on Ludlow Avenue in Clifton. Haven't been there in a while? But for the long counter and the familiar faces of staff,…
News: Won’t Get Fooled Again
Steve Carter-Novotni High school students often fall for unenforceable promises from military recruiters according to Kristen Barker of the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center. Cincinnati Public Schools students will soon be told all the things military recruiters don't want them to hear. The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) is launching its "Truth in…
Locals Only: : Severe Emotional Standard
The Times The Times "Music is not to be toyed with. It's very powerful. If we can keep some kid from cutting his wrists, then sign me up," Ashley Peacock, The Times' frontman, says. The Times' music is powerful, combining Peacock's dynamic voice with a Radiohead/English Pop sound. Peacock's voice has been compared to…
News to Use
Congressional Candidates Forum Democracy for Cincinnati hosts a candidates' forum at 7 p.m. Feb. 1, featuring two Democratic candidates for Congress in the 2nd Ohio District. Jim Parker and Thor Jacobs have agreed to participate in the forum at Maisons Lafayette Clubhouse, 879 Rue de la Paix in Clifton. The Democratic primary is May 2;…
Columnist Answers Museum’s Challenge
Spencer R. Crew, president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, has accused CityBeat's Steve Ramos of fabrication. Ramos is no fan of the center. In his latest critical column (see Arts Beat, issue of Dec. 14-20), he says he toured the center with a Chicago friend and quotes him saying, "This is a museum…
Super Bowl Will Be Super Only If the Steelers Win
Jerry Dowling The most remarkable aspect of Super Bowl XL is that no aspect of it, except Jerome Bettis, is especially large. Not even 10 years ago, we couldn't get over the fuss we made about a little ol' football game. Now comes the "extra large" Super Bowl matching the last team into the…
The Traipsin’ Woman
Ma Crow is a small woman with tiny hands and feet and long, thick strands of dark, wavy hair that she wears caught up in a comb on one side of her face. When you look at her sometimes you can see clear to the wise child in her, the way the lift of her…
Upcoming Concert reviews of Tea Leaf, CKY and More…
Tea Leaf Green Tea Leaf Green Tea Leaf Green with The Maji Wednesday · Southgate House The capital of Jam-dom has shifted westward from Vermont to Colorado recently, but San Francisco's Tea Leaf Green is making a strong bid to bring it back home to the left coast. 2005 was a breakout year for…
Cover Story: Community Spirit: 2005 Persons of the Year
2005 Persons of the Year This is almost too easy — building a better community without going to meetings or collecting signatures. You don't even have to write a check. Raise your hand if you care about the following: · The friend of a friend who was date-raped when she was 15 and still…
Les Belles-Soeurs
Jason Burgess K. Jenny Jones plays a woman who wins a million trading stamps in Les Belles-Soeurs. There's a lot of stamping going on in Northside. Let me clarify that: It's a play in which trading stamps play a central role. Cincinnati theater veteran DALE HODGES is producing Michel Tremblay's landmark Canadian play, LES…
Catching Up with The Tigerlilies
Sometimes great things that stick around for a long time get taken for granted. Cincinnati's legendary Rock foursome The Tigerlilies have been making amazing, hyper-melodic Rock & Roll for over 15 years, and today they better than ever. As a way of reintroducing themselves to the old guard and introducing themselves to younger music lovers,…
Flushing It Down the Toilet
I am so damn glad Kathy Y. Wilson took the time to tell Dante "Pretty Boy" Person what should be said to many, many more young punks in this city ("This Is for You, Pretty Boy," issue of Jan. 18-24). I'm sitting at the library waiting on my bus to go to work, and what…
Film: A New Direction
The best music videos are distinguished by their compressed narratives and the director's stylistic imprint. In some dramatic cases the music — and, by association, the musician(s) — become secondary players. Strong, distinctive performers like The Beastie Boys, Massive Attack, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have been able to forge indelible creative partnerships with the…
Diner: Big Appetites
Woodrow J. Hinton Click Here For Exclusive Video Kevin "The Carburetor" Carr is belching again, his cheeks puffed out partly with air but mostly with noodles, chili and cheese. A Columbus-based competitive eater, Carr is sitting at a table in Skyline Chili in Clifton, demonstrating his eating skills. More precisely, he is hunched over…
Get Something Out of This
What are you trying to get out of this? Whatever it is, could you do whatever it is you're doing without trying to get something out of it? Hmmm, what would that be like? Well, if you succeed in this discipline in trying to achieve non-trying, you will know what meditation is like. But don't…
Better Policing
What a difference a year — and a federal court order — make. In his 12th quarterly report on police reform in Cincinnati, Saul Green, the independent monitor appointed by U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott, found the police department largely in compliance with a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the U.S. Justice Department and the…
Living Out Loud: : Me and my E-mail Friends
The holidays are finally over, and I've started catching up on answering all my e-mails. I feel bad about falling behind, because I really do try and answer every piece of mail that comes in on my computer. My e-mail friends mean a lot to me, and I want them to know it. I think…
