11 Questionable Decisions from Last Week
This Week in Questionable Decisions… 1. Trump requested the planning of a military parade to show America’s might. The estimated cost is in the millions. 2. Kylie Jenner named her baby Stormi. With an I. Right after the Stormy Daniels scandal. 3. Suspected animal traffickers tried to send a baby tiger cub by mail in…
Bold New Steps for New Edgecliff Theatre
It’s been 20 years since New Edgecliff Theatre began, rooted in the concept of locally produced professional theater that founder Michael Shooner first experienced at Edgecliff College in the 1970s. Since then the company has focused on creating powerful artistic experiences featuring local actors and stressing the fundamental communion between performer and audience without fancy…
36 concerts this week with CityBeat’s stamp of approval
WEDNESDAY 14 Knotty Pine – Dallas Moore. 10 p.m. Country. Free. Southgate House Revival (Sanctuary) – Mac Sabbath with Go Go Buffalo and Brad Sabbath. 8 p.m. Hard Mcrock. $15. Taft Theatre – Ghost of Paul Revere and Parsonsfield. 8 p.m. Alt/Folk/Americana/Bluegrass/Rock/Various. $12, $15 day of show (In The Ballroom). THURSDAY 15 20th Century Theater – Brandy Clark. 8…
The Waco Tragedy Through a Contemporary Lens
After the onslaught of O.J. Simpson-related programing, the recent trend of dramas reexamining high-profile ’90s crimes and court cases has continued with Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, FX’s current The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and the upcoming Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., to name a…
Short Docs Long in Impact
For 17 years, Cincinnati World Cinema has been at the forefront of preaching the gospel of Academy Award-nominated short films. It presents separate programs that showcase the three categories in which Oscars are given for short films — live-action, animation and documentary. Generally, these offer a fascinating global slice of life. On Friday and Saturday…
Local Dinner to Doorbells offers Food Delivery with a Modern Twist
Like many others, I find myself exhausted at the end of the workday. So instead of whipping up something nutritionally sound in the kitchen, I often fall prey to the convenience and allure of Frosted Flakes. Thankfully, we live in the age of meal delivery services — and now there’s a local option based just…
Steakhouse in the Sky: Covington’s Revolving Rooftop Restaurant
Are you dizzy in love? Is your head spinning thinking about that special someone? Maybe your world revolves around a person of intrigue in your life. (See where we’re going with this?) If so, Eighteen at the Radisson in Covington may be just the spot for wooing your date. As Cincinnati’s only revolving steakhouse, you…
Minimum Gauge: Figure skaters embrace new “words allowed” rule change at the Olympics
HOT: Words to Skate By Instead of instrumental music, figure skaters at the Winter Olympics can now choreograph routines to songs with words, which seems like a smart, long-overdue change because a) it should help with engagement and reaching a wider audience and b) if the Olympics love anything, it’s sponsorships (it’s a mystery how…
Sound Advice: New Politics (Feb. 17)
Nearly 12 years ago, vocalists and talented multi-instrumentalists David Boyd and Soren Hansen began writing songs together for the respective solo projects they were pursuing. After three years of collaboration that netted 300 songs, the Copenhagen, Denmark natives realized they were no closer to finishing their solo projects, primarily because they had morphed into a…
Sound Advice: Brandy Clark (Feb. 15)
Singer/songwriter Brandy Clark moved to Nashville 20 years ago determined, like many before and after, to make a mark on the city’s Country music landscape. After more than a decade of assorted live gigs and multiple false starts, Clark finally began making inroads on Music Row via her sharp, uncommonly incisive songwriting chops, crafting tunes…
Sound Advice: Tommy Emmanuel with Rodney Crowell (Feb. 15)
There’s an apocryphal story about Jimi Hendrix’s London debut that generally plays out like this: Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton are on their way to get their first look at the young American guitar genius everyone is talking about. Hendrix’s show is already underway, and as Townshend and Clapton enter the club, Jeff Beck is…
Dallas Moore is ready to break big with “Mr. Honky Tonk”
If hard work guaranteed success, Dallas Moore would have solid gold cabanas surrounding an Olympic-sized swimming facility behind his mansion, and his pool boy would have a pool boy. Moore routinely gigs around 300 dates annually, a number that includes multiple shows on a single day, solo or with his talented band. “With the internet…
What a Week!: Feb. 7-13
Olympics Opening Ceremony Highlights The 2018 Winter Olympic Games kicked off Friday in PyeongChang, South Korea. The athletic extravaganza, which continues through Feb. 25, launched with an eventful opening ceremony. Team USA rocked some questionable fashion choices thanks to their Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms. The American designer has a long history of creating Team USA’s Olympic…
Spencer not coming to UC in March; will blacks get a cut of Ohio’s medicinal marijuana industry?
Good morning all. I’ve missed the last few days of this news rundown because I’ve had the flu. That was super-fun. I’m back now and ready for news. As we reported last night, FC Cincinnati told the Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education that it’s interested in swapping land with the district to build its…
FCC proposes soccer stadium at site of Stargel Stadium in the West End
FC Cincinnati General Manager Jeff Berding tonight told Cincinnati Public School Board members that it would potentially like to build its soccer stadium on the site of Taft High School's Stargel Stadium. In exchange, Berding said, the team would build CPS a new Stargel Stadium across Ezzard Charles Blvd at the former site of Laurel…
Preserving Cincinnati’s Black History
Cincinnati has made a national name for itself when it comes to its historic architecture. But buildings that have housed a multitude of people and stories significant to the city’s African American community often still languish, tucked away on the side streets on the city’s hillsides or hidden in plain sight among more celebrated structures…
Let’s Retire the Redskins, Anderson Township
Disparaging. Pejorative. Dated. Taboo. Offensive. Do you sort of get the common message of those words? Here, let’s try another related set of five: Contemptuous. Derogatory. Condescending. Insulting. Slur. Five more? Yes, I can make that happen: Derisive. Harmful. Epithet. Objectionable. Negative. Those 15 terms — but wait, I can actually give you five more:…
Hamilton Comes to the Aronoff in Feb. 2019
Broadway in Cincinnati has announced its 2018-219 touring presentations that will be on view at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in downtown Cincinnati. The six-show season features Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Rent, Fiddler on the Roof, Hamilton, Miss Saigon and Dear Evan Hansen. Subscribers will be able to pick one additional performance from…
Q&A with Bad Veins’ Benjamin Davis
About a year and half ago, Bad Veins, one of the best Indie Pop acts to ever come out of Greater Cincinnati, seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. On Feb. 17, BV mastermind Benjamin Davis is bringing the project back to the stage to play Woodward Theater (1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, woodwardtheater.com)…
Your Weekend To Do List (Feb. 9-11)
FRIDAY 09 ONSTAGE: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? sets the table for tough conversations at Cincy Shakes. See review and ticket details here. ONSTAGE: Carmina Burana + Serenade The Cincinnati premiere of Carmina Burana + Serenade heads to Music Hall this weekend. The co-production between Cincinnati Ballet and Ballet West will open softly with Serenade, “a piece of ethereal beauty that spotlights…
Controversy over ‘Pills’ Video
A video that caused a stir more than two years ago at the Mini Microcinema, and that criticizes People’s Liberty philanthropic lab, has created new controversy at Camp Washington’s Wave Pool gallery. It was cut from an exhibition there because, according to Wave Pool, the filmmakers got a fundamental fact wrong. Taking its place is a…
The Art of Food Expands in its 12th Year
Prepare to loosen your belt and broaden your horizons, because The Art of Food is expanding in its 12th year. Known for inspired creations from the region’s top culinary and visual artists, the Carnegie’s high-energy event is spilling beyond the galleries for the first time and into a heated tent on the plaza. Enjoy dinner…
The Truth About Pet Rats
As a young kid, my favorite book series was Geronimo Stilton, about a journalist and editor at The Rodent’s Gazette, located in New Mouse City on Mouse Island. In many of ways I became the embodiment of Stilton's persona: frenetic, nervous, mild-mannered and drowning in coffee-stained newsprint. Although I did not become nor have I…
Cincinnati Activist Musicians Wanted
An organization that has been working to step up the music-as-activism role in society is looking for socially-conscious Cincinnati area songwriters/musicians interested in directly assisting area non-profits with their music. Music2Life (founded by Peter, Paul & Mary legend Noel Paul Stookey and his daughter Liz Stookey Sunde) has teamed up with Jerry Springer, Jene Galvin…
Eat this Korean Spam Stew, just in time for the Winter Olympics
In advance of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, we thought we’d do a little round-up of local Korean cuisine. And instead of focusing on our typical favorites (hi, dolsot bibimbap), we wanted to highlight some dishes you might not typically order. Yeah, there’s the “weird” seafood stuff and offal, but there’s…
