Help! I’m Not Flexible!
Dear Diane, I'm very inflexible. Can I still do yoga? — R.C. Dear R.C.: You didn't say where you are inflexible. Remember, yoga works on the body, mind and spirit, which are all mirrors of each other. So I'll assume you're talking about your body, and I'll touch on the other two at the end.…
IFC hears the rally cry of ‘Go Tigers’
Here are a few programs to look out for in the upcoming week … WEDNESDAY 8 P.M. Go Tigers, IFC. This documentary film follows young athletes in Massillon, Ohio, as they face uncertain futures during the 1999 football season. Massillon, by the way, is where the great Paul Brown got his start coaching football. SATURDAY…
DAAP Galleries Downtown
James Czar DAAP Galleries Downtown The University of Cincinnati's DAAP GALLERIES DOWNTOWN (the initials are from UC's College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning), tucked away on the only block of Fourth Street with any galleries left, looks like a secret from the outside. A skinny storefront with an exhibit wall blocking the window, the…
CSF prepares for In Love and War, and ateractive goes local
The real Michael Shooner will perform at CSF in All My Sons. Brian Isaac Phillips was named the third artistic director of the CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (CSF) in December. For the group's 11th season Phillips has assembled a set of shows with a common theme, "In Love and War." The works were first announced on…
Wedding Party Planners
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Diner: New Partridge Family
I really love success stories in the restaurant business — a business which is so high risk that restaurants open only to close within the first two years. Andiamo! is a wonderful example of a great comeback. Andiamo! opened as a fine dining Italian restaurant in January 2003 to a barely tepid buzz. I reviewed…
News: Blockhead Loans
Jymi Bolden In the past few years, H&R Block has marketed itself not only as a tax preparer but also as a financial partner. But what H&R calls a financial service, Diedre Murch calls a scam. The company is aggressively selling overpriced tax refund loans that often charge large fees and interest rates to unknowing…
Gay marriage has the ties that bind
Can you explain gay marriage? I lost a friend who was a lesbian for expressing my view that marriage is meaningless. It seems to me that the point of gay marriage is to win offcial recognition that homos aren't second-class citizens, that it would amount to a state-sanctioned "Gays are OK!" message. I've got no…
Music: Mmm … Mo’ Mofro, Please
John "JJ" Grey's Florida-swampland roots inspire and inform every nuance of Mofro's self-described "front-porch Soul" music. "He lived by hisself in the swamp and hunted alligator for a living" — from "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed, original Swamp Funk stylist He doesn't hunt alligator for a living, but John 'JJ' Grey resides now and forever…
Primary Colors
Despite the rejiggering of election dates in order to make Ohio part of a Super Tuesday slate, the Democratic presidential primary March 2 is pretty much an afterthought. Yet a number of important races will be sorted out Tuesday. The highest profile race has been the Hamilton County Commission Republican primary between incumbent John Dowlin…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
If you live on the East side of Cincinnati as I do, you should re-elect Tom Brinkman as your state representative. I'm serious. See, I needed to add that, "I'm serious." On account of I'm about as liberal as, say, Che Guevara. And Tom's about as conservative as, say, J. Edgar Hoover. But I can…
A Tale of Two Pities
It was the best of ads. It was the worst of ads. When I first laid four eyes on Hamilton County Commissioner John Dowlin's "attack ads" accusing Councilman Pat DeWine of "leaving his wife and children for the Convergys lobbyist whose company received the tax breaks DeWine supported," my mouth fell open in respect and…
News: Cincinnati at Night: Observatory Center
The night began to turn dark at 6:40 p.m., the sky on the horizon turning a garish orange before the heavens darkened and bloomed with stars. It promised a good night with an eye affixed to telescope. The parking lot filled at the Cincinnati Observatory Center, tucked at the end of Observatory Place in Mount…
Peter Gabriel’s influence, if not his name, can be found in Anne Heaton’s Black Notebook
Carly Sioux Yeah Yeah Yeahs Anne Heaton with The Kim Taylor Band Wednesday · BarrelHouse Brewing Company New York-based singer/songwriter Anne Heaton claims a huge influence from Peter Gabriel's textural approach to recording, but it's clear when listening to the layered soulfulness of her most recent release, Black Notebook, that she has also picked up…
News: Crucifying Jews
Jymi Bolden Passion plays have long sparked persecution of Jews, according to Rabbi Michael Cook. While many Christians are looking forward to the release of a well-produced film about the life of Jesus, many Jews are voicing concerns about the possibility of anti-Semitism in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. But Gibson could have…
That’s Soooo Cincinnati
Deep in the woods of Loveland, you'll find one of Greater Cincinnati's most fascinating structures: Loveland Castle, also known as Chateau LaRoche. A one-fifth scale replica of a 10th-century Norman castle, it comes with its own unique history. Sir Harry Andrews began building the fortress on his wooded estate in 1929, assembling the structure stone…
Miss Midwest Average Loves Bad Movies
Seabiscuit Walked into my local Barnes & Noble recently to get my half-caf grande nonfat soy latte fix and I tripped over a table full of books. Note to myself: Focus! The in-the-way books were about all the movies recently nominated for Best Picture Oscars, and I can't believe people can write something that fast.…
Benjamin Britton
Then: In 1997, CityBeat took a look forward to the new millennium. Writers and readers were concerned with the Human Genome Project, water on the moon, life on Mars, cosmetic surgery, bio-warfare and surveillance, to name a few things. Benjamin Britton, a digital artist and professor at the UC's College of Design, Art, Architecture and…
News: Deadly Storeys
Jymi Bolden Room with a view: Two people have jumped to their deaths in the main library's atrium. A third person recently tried. People are literally jumping in the library — sometimes to their deaths. The most recent incident occurred the evening of Jan. 12, when a man made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide by…
1700 Hughes St.
Jymi Bolden 1700 Hughes St. Address: 1700 Hughes St., Over-the-Rhine Value: $7,700 Owner: Willie J. Hosley Year Built: Unknown Comments: Repair orders for this building from the city of Cincinnati Department of Building and Inspections date back to April 2001, when seven complaints were filed in three days that the property was vacant and people…
News to Use
Healthcare for Everyone Cincinnati's Single Payer Action Network wants to bring comprehensive health care to all Ohioans in November 2005. They host a meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 10 at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian. For more information, see www.spanohio.org. Designing Cincinnati Michaele Pride-Wells, director of the University of Cincinnati's School of Architecture and Interior Design, is…
Cover Story: Upside to Northside
David Sorcher and Sean Hughes It's a chilly Sunday night at The Comet in Northside. Ed Cunningham has just finished furiously sawing at his fiddle. He and the Comet Bluegrass Allstars have worked the bar's patrons into a frenzy of clapping and have left a filmy residue on the windowpane behind them. "If you have…
