Art: Review: Miracle Pennies and Other Stories
Nate Larson's "Fortune Cookie" A well-dressed peddler steps into the Weston Gallery and opens a bag of tricks. Poof! A cloud of smoke, and out flies holy water, fortune cookies and wax ears. In his exhibition Miracle Pennies and Other Stories, artist Nate Larson presents 20 large pigment prints and four video works as…
Music: Free ‘Love’
MSO PR Big Head Todd and the Monsters With an amazing 22-year history and a fiercely loyal fan base, it's no surprise that Big Head Todd and the Monsters are talking big numbers on their new album, the recently released All the Love You Need. For a band whose major label debut, 1993's Sister…
Music: King of Queen (City)
King Reeves, 69, points an emphatic finger at me. "This is your first lesson from a master," he says. I almost expect to hear the word "grasshopper" follow. Compared with him, I'm a neophyte; he's been playing Jazz for 45 years, I've been playing for 10. What we hold in common is our instrument of…
Crime and Punishment, Elizabeth McCracken, Anne Lamott, Buddhists and much more…
elizabeth mccracken Elizabeth McCracken WEDNESDAY 2/27ART: THE CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM shows off Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum. See Tamera Lenz Muente's review here. ONSTAGE: SWEENEY TODD, Stephen Sondheim's dark musical about a murderous barber, continues at the Aronoff Center through March 2. See Rick Pender's review here. ART: THE WESTON ART GALLERY hosts…
Sound Advice: : Sons of William and Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid Slightly Stoopid Sons of William with Griffin House and The Kins Thursday · Southgate House Plenty of musicians thank their fathers in the liner notes of their debut albums, but scant few tribute the old man by naming the band in his honor. Louisiana brothers Joe and David Stark did just that…
Final Friday Roundup
Tony Walsh Allen Mann's "Untitled (52 Acts of Memory)" will be on view at Clay Street Press beginning Friday. Cincinnati's juicy little art pockets come alive this weekend for Final Friday; expect Over-the-Rhine's galleries to be plenty packed of notable work and spectators. The Nicholas Gallery (23 E. Court St., Downtown, 513-621-0780) hosts a…
Daydreaming with Greg Mahan
Greg Mahan celebrates his new CD with shows Friday and Saturday. Superb singer/songwriter Greg Mahan celebrates the release of his first CD since 2000 this weekend with two shows. Mahan promotes his new Thirty-Five-Cent Daydream Friday at the Southgate House Parlour (opening acts: Messerly and Ewing and Lines and Spaces). Saturday he performs at…
INTO THE WILD (Paramount)
Into the Wild 2007, Rated R Christopher McCandless was a fiercely idealistic young man who yearned to be free. He read Henry David Thoreau and Jack London with an almost religious zeal. He was a solitary wanderer in a world rapidly losing touch with its elemental truths. Yet McCandless died alone in the Alaskan…
Locals Only: : Voodoo Loons
Amy Fournier Voodoo Loons Voodoo Loons couldn't be considered a Celtic band by any stretch of the imagination. But they are very nearly a band of Celts. Loons frontman Dennis O'Hagan holds dual American and Irish citizenship and has a home on the Emerald Isle, while drummer Bill McCarthy has deep family roots in…
DARKON (Porchlight Entertainment)
Darkon 2006, Unrated Darkon is a complex, magical place. Knights, wizards, Amazonian and Greek warriors, elves and more inhabit this world, and all fiercely protect their swath of it. Land is important, but acquiring more is paramount; and no one does it better than Mordom, a large, tyrannical kingdom that expands with force and…
Diner: Swizzle 2008: Comings and Goings
New to the Neighborhood BlackFinn, Downtown (formerly McFadden's)Club Seven, Downtown (in the former Whiskey Dick's location)Cue, Over-the-RhineMcLevy's, Montgomery (formerly Sneaky Pete's)Mixx Ultra Lounge, Over-the-Rhine (in the former Jump location) Gone but Not Forgotten Alchemize, NorthsideBullfishes, NorthsideThe Exchange, Over-the-RhineThe Lab, Over-the-RhineNeon's, Over-the-RhineOne Restaurant and Lounge, MasonSudsy Malone's, CorryvilleSungarden Room, DowntownTop Cat's, CorryvilleUnion Station Video Caf
Film: Review: Taxi to the Dark Side
Thinkfilm U.S. military officers attend to an Iraqi detainee in Taxi to the Dark Side. Sometimes I feel like the only person who remembers pre-9/11 New York City. Back before I moved to Cincinnati in 2000, I remember watching reports and coverage of news stories from the city dealing with police abuse cases, situations…
Diner: Swizzle 2008: Be a Sport
Joe Lamb Erin McGill plays darts at Fries Cafe, which caters to sports fans and participants alike. Probably the three greatest advances in the sports world in the last 100 years are the curve ball, the protective cup and the sports bar. And since most of us at CityBeat can't throw a decent breaking ball…
Diner: A Mini Vacation for Your Mouth
Graham Lienhart Andy's Mediterranean Grill is one of 25 independent spots participating in Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week. Our lives often seem to be a non-stop, one-stop shopping spree. Most of us don't have time to do it the old European way — stop at the bread store, the fishery, the bakery and the butcher.…
Diner: Swizzle 2008: The Bars
Saddle up at the Cadillac Ranch. Quick Jump Links to Neighborhoods: Central Core | Northern Kentucky | East | West | North CENTRAL CORE Andy's Mediterranean Grille906 Nassau St., Walnut Hills, 513-281-9791 Though it would be hard to "come to Andy's" without indulging in the mouth-watering Lebanese cuisine, some do. Featuring a full-bar and a…
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Criterion Collection)
Two-Lane Blacktop 1971, Rated R Before it was even released in 1971, Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop was heralded as "film of the year" by Esquire magazine in a cover story. Showing the power of the press, it bombed — the low-key existentialism of the road-trip story about a cross-country car race between archetypes Driver…
Art: Review: Masterpiece Quilts
The Shelburne Museum "Concentric Squares Quilt" is currently on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Follow the stitches of quilts from the past with your eyes, and you visually retrace paths painstakingly made marks the creators left behind as a record of their lives. Women made quilts to commemorate births, to celebrate weddings and…
Diner: Swizzle 2008: Can I Buy You a Drink?
Graham Lienhart Trying out some lines at the Gypsy Hut. 1. "Do you want to go back to my place tonight? How do you like your eggs, scrambled or fertilized?"
Diner: Swizzle 2008: I’ll Drink to That
Believe me when I tell you that there's no hangover like the one you get after visiting 214 of CityBeat's favorite local watering holes. That's the number of pubs that were crawled by our crack team of crocked correspondents. Let this, CityBeat's sudsiest special issue, be your guide to nights, days and even mornings of…
Review: Hathaway’s
I have a vision of my future: Someday I will live at The Phelps, the genteel old apartment building across the street from Lytle Park, and every midday I'll toddle down Fourth Street to eat lunch at Hathaway's in the Carew Tower. Well, I might never be able to afford the apartment, but it's good…
Diner: Swizzle 2008: Let’s Get Some Fresh Air
Even though the smoking ban has cleared the air in Cincinnati bars, there are still plenty of customers who enjoy lighting up with their drinks. Outdoor patios all over the city over are being revitalized to accommodate smokers, and new patios are going in all the time. Jeff Ruby's (Downtown) and the Indian Mound Cafe…
Onstage: Review: The Glass Menagerie
Marc LE Roux Corrine Mohlenhoff (left) and Irene Crist star in Glass Menagerie. On opening night the audience at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (CSC) greeted The Glass Menagerie with gales of laughter. That's so wrong — not wrong of the audience; they went where they were allowed to wander. It's wrong of a production and…
Good Urban Schools
Joe Lamb Cincinnati Public Schools supporters try to attract the attention of drivers on Winton Road outside of Winton Montessori School. What makes a good public school system isn't a mystery. Think tanks and college-types have been studying this stuff for years. So when considering the rhetoric surrounding Issue 10 — the emergency funding…
City Manager Backs Streetcar Plan
CityBeat Archive Councilman John Cranley Despite what its past record suggests, Cincinnati is fully capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time when it comes to development projects. Some city council members — chiefly John Cranley and Roxanne Qualls — have worried that a proposed $102 million streetcar system in Downtown and…
Full of Life
Just wanted to say thanks for the "Bear" column (Living Out Loud, issue of Feb. 20). I go into Madonna's sometimes and mostly keep to myself, but I knew him. Larry Gross is right: Bear was full of life and was friends with everybody. I didn't know about his death until I read the column.…
Hello Desktop Yoga, Goodbye Stress
Tucked away in the land of cubicles, your day begins by listening to 10 new voice mails and scrolling through 30 new e-mails. You have reports to finish before the afternoon meeting, and your boss is calling your cell phone. By 3 p.m. the multi-tasking has taken its toll. Your focus and productivity are waning.…
The State of Facts
Friend, broadcaster and stockbroker Chris DeSimio loves this quote from John Adams' Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials in December 1770: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." This recent…
Hoosier Hairy Hoops, Xavier’s Sixth Man and Complaining About the Reds
Jerry Dowling On Feb. 5, Bob Knight walked away from college basketball, resigning from Texas Tech in the middle of the season. A week later, it came to light that the NCAA issued five charges of major rules violations against Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson. The obvious and quasi-ironic guesses ticketed Knight back for…
Primary Election Endorsements: Ohio Is Again ‘The Decider’
In most years, primary elections are sleepy affairs that feature a few local tax issues and maybe one or two contested races. Then every four years the presidential campaigns come along, and everyone's focus is a little sharper. Still, Ohio had little chance to make a difference this year when the presidential primaries were reconfigured…
The Metro Bus Ruined Me
One factor that went into my choice for a new winter coat this year was whether or not the young kids who ride the Metro bus would respect me. I look like a scarf-wearing college boy when I step on the bus and flash my expired UC I.D. to ride for free. I'm already kind…
The Fierce Urgency of Now
When Sen. Barack Obama explains why he entered the 2008 presidential race even though he's relatively young (46) and relatively inexperienced on the national stage, he invokes a phrase attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.: the fierce urgency of now. The nation's problems can't wait any longer to be solved, Obama says, and if he…
The Democratic Race Isn’t Over
Joe Lamb Sen. Hillary Clinton drew an enthusiastic crowd Feb. 23 during an appearance at Cincinnati State. Her campaign chairman says she will win the Ohio primary. A close confidante of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says that, one way or another, the intense political battle between her and Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic…
Cover Story: What’s at Stake on Tuesday
Joe Lamb Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Cincinnati native, appeared in town at a rally for Barack Obama Feb. 20. When Cincinnati voters go to the polls Tuesday, they
Equality Improves One Person at the Time
The first women to join the Cincinnati Fire Department did so in 1986. By most modern standards, it took the department a while to welcome its female counterparts. There were four women who made it in '86, taking all the same tests — mental and physical — that the men took. Firefighting was, and still…
Another seven days of avoiding SARS, criticizing schools and stopping casinos
WEDNESDAY FEB. 20 Scientists reported today that new diseases are likely to develop and threaten humans if more monitoring of disease "hotspots" isn't done. The scientists say that new diseases have quadrupled during the last 50 years, and the worst ones — like HIV/AIDS, SARS and bird flu — cost a lot of money to…
