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ART OPPORTUNITIES BATS INCREDIBLE — ArtWorks is still accepting artistic submissions for their upcoming Bats Incredible project this summer. To pick up a packet, call ArtWorks at 513-333-0388 or get one at a local art store. CARNEGIE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — Seeks submissions for their 2004 exhibition season in three different areas: Solo;…
News: Mr. Smith Goes to the Ghetto
Jymi Bolden State Sen. Lou Blessing and state representatives Catherine Barrett and Tyrone Yates visited social services. Cassandra Barham-Denton knows that if a person wants anything in life — such as a general education diploma (GED) — it takes hard work. "It took me three and a half years," she says. On Feb. 13…
Three’s company for culinary world
If good things come in threes, then one of Cincinnati's newest restaurants — MY THREE CHEFS — is primed for a positive reception. Located in Longworth Hall (700 Pete Rose Way, Downtown), the restaurant is the creation of MICHAEL BELANGER, BRIAN HUNTER and TONY POELLNITZ. Belanger and his wife Judy decided to expand their personal…
Locals Only: : Blackouts UK
Fusing angular guitars straight out of the pre-Garage era with modern Manchester Pop grooves, the Autumn Blackouts are climbing out of the ashes of The Seventies, a promising Indie Rock venture that folded last year. The former band kept it all in the family with three of the Roesch brothers joining guitarist Jack Berning…
Unseen War Protest: A Quiet Art Exhibition Makes a Loud Statement
The visual arts exhibition in Cincinnati that's essential viewing right now is one visitors have to seek out. Artist Saad Ghosn stands alongside 40 of his pen-and-ink drawings in the stark gallery on the sixth floor of University of Cincinnati's Edward Center. It's a cold weekday afternoon after the latest snowstorm, and he has the…
The education system gets On The Same Page Cincinnati
Fine Print seldom gets to carry breaking news. There's no recently discovered alternative ending to Cat in the Hat to trump, nor any case of forgery with Catcher in the Rye. No scandal, no expose, no 36-point headlines. So it's a double treat being able to help announce this year's On the Same Page…
News: Alive and Killing
When AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati (AVOC) was founded in 1983, in response to the first AIDS-related death in the area, most thought the agency would exist for maybe a couple years. Then a cure would be found and the crisis would be over. Move ahead 20 years. In the United States alone, between 800,000 and…
Diner: Newport Off the Levee
My favorite Newport destination is the cultural equivalent of the food pyramid, with actual food at the bottom, music and performance art in the middle and visual art at the top. You can juggle the nutritional value according to your preferences. I'm not talking about Newport on the Levee, but York Street Café, eight blocks…
1508 Race St.
Doug Trapp Address: 1508 Race St., Over-the-Rhine Owners: Alex Garnett Value: $9,700 Year Built: Unknown Comments: This aging building looks about the same as it did in the 1993 photo on the Hamilton County Auditor's Web site: vacant with broken windows. It has plenty of blighted company on this stretch of Race Street. The…
Whirlygig: 66: Out on the Town
Keeping the Faith One of the toughest things for me personally is remaining open. Am I alone in this, or do you agree? Perhaps I should explain what it is I have difficulty opening up to and why remaining there is so difficult. Having told people jokingly that I only go out on a referral…
News: A Creative City
Jymi Bolden Nicholas Spencer of Cincinnati Tomorrow helped write the Creative City Plan. Forget the pictures of the Cincinnati skyline. Dump the multicultural images of smiling people, obviously paid models. Shred the brochures with the pretty, canned photos that have little to with what it's really like to live in Cincinnati. None of that…
Cover Story: A Real Stand Up Guy
Woodrow J. Hinton The Hamilton County Commission meeting was ready to begin at the Drake Center Feb. 5, and Commissioner John Dowlin called for the usual reading of the Pledge of Allegiance. Everyone in the room stood to face the flag, including Commissioner Todd Portune, who moments earlier had held a press conference to…
Holla: The World According to KYW
"This dance ain't for everybody; only the sexy people." — "Push It," Salt 'N Peppa Hasn't it been too long? How long has it been since April 7, 2001? How long since we were at war? Are we at war? Do you believe the president? Trust him? Prayin' for him? Are you afraid? Aren't local…
News: Fast Learners
Jymi Bolden Todd Forman and students fasted in order to experience hunger. When the American dream is reduced to merely making it paycheck to paycheck, the picture of hunger is not a kid living in a shack in a Third World country. He's the kid next door. "Last year's food bank donors are now…
