Cover Story: The Youth Shall Set You Free: 2006 Person of the Year
Sean Hughes 2006 Person of the Year Gavin Leonard will be the first to say that a baby-faced white boy, which he is, can't tell you what inner-city black youth need. That's their job. He's just a translator. Leonard has done interpretive work before. Five years ago he was a "bear viewing guide" in…
News: Menacing Cop
Cincinnati Police Department Cincinnati Police Officer Jeffrey Shari threatened to punch a juvenile "dead in the face" and tell a judge the kid started the fight. A Cincinnati Police officer threatened to punch a minor in the face and said he'd lie about it in court so the juvenile would be convicted instead. Confronted…
Leslie Hunt
Leslie Hunt Currently on view at the UNIVERSITY GALLERIES ON SYCAMORE is the Raymond Walters College Student Exhibition: Electronic Media Communications 10-Year Anniversary. Filled with exciting images, the gallery boasts one piece that stands out: "Gretchen," by student photographer LESLIE HUNT. Technically speaking, "Gretchen" is a 35-mm color gelatin silver print, matted with a…
Wine Myths Dispelled (Part 1)
As a "wine guy," it's my self-appointed mission to correct wine fallacies — especially when I see them printed in local publications (as some of these recently were) where they'll be read, internalized and later repeated with an air of utter certainty. So allow me to set the record straight: Paul Giamatti's wine-snob character Miles…
News to Use
March to Stop the War The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) has chartered a bus for people who want to join the Jan. 27 peace march in Washington, D.C. Organized by United for Peace and Justice, the march aims to deliver a resounding message to the new Congress: No half-measures that will only prolong…
Pressure Is on Chargers’ Schottenheimer to Win Super Bowl
Jerry Dowling The name of Marty Schottenheimer doesn't rattle around one's head in the tones of John Facenda, nor is he normally mentioned among the NFL's elite coaches. In a league that produces stars almost instantly, Schottenheimer has coached for 20 full seasons without acclaim. His name is, however, connected with a catch phrase,…
Phyllis Weston & Annie Bolling Gallery
Carl Solway Gallery Albert Paley's "Epoch" is part of an exibition of his work at Carl Solway Gallery The holidays might be over, but you can still catch the holiday exhibition at PHYLLIS WESTON & ANNIE BOLLING GALLERY (2003 Madison Road, O'Bryonville). The show highlights significant Russian Impressionists, including ALEKSEI PAVLOVICH EREMENKO and PYOTR…
Film: Scent & Sensibilities
Paramount Pictures Director Tom Tykwer guides Tom Whishaw on the set of Perfume. How often has a film attempted to seriously stir our olfactory perceptions, to connect us to the power, the very essence of this sense? Better yet, how would a filmmaker approximate the experience? We're not talking about sight or sound —…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Sleepybird, Culture Queer and More…
Jim Mcguire Guy Clark (left) with Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett Sleepybird with Culture Queer Friday · Northside Tavern One of the most satisfying performances I caught at the 2006 MidPoint Music Festival was a mesmerizing set by Dayton six-piece Sleepybird. Amidst the head-spin of trying to see 100 bands in four…
News: Generous Homecoming
Rick Mason Catherine Nwankwo (L) and Evans Nwankwo (R) give an award" to James Bonaminio for his support. Evans Nwankwo's success story could have ended a long time ago and would have been quite fulfilling in itself. Born in Nigeria the seventh of 13 children, he lost his father and nearly his entire family…
Music: Hot Knifing
Robyn Roth Knife the Symphony and Jerry Dirr's (left) Phratry Records follow D.I.Y. lessons learned from the underground music scene of the '80s and '90s. When Jerry Dirr began considering names for the label he started two years ago, he knew it would have to reflect the spirit of camaraderie and unity that he…
New Clifton Center Will Benefit All Arts
On behalf of the board of directors and the many volunteers working to make the Clifton Cultural Arts Center a reality for our region, I extend my sincere appreciation for Margo Pierce's excellent article about CCAC ("Artists in the Neighborhood," issue of Dec. 27) and would like to add a few noteworthy items of which…
A look at some recent locally-spawned EP releases
· THE HOST — RECEIVE This Cincinnati four-piece became one of the "you gotta hear these guys" new bands of 2006, thanks to impressive live shows and song leaks on their MySpace page. The Host's debut release, the five-song Receive, lives up to the hype. Featuring former members of Levelnine and Dropshadow (both of whom…
Gompers
Deogracias Lerma (L-R) Angel Zachel, Jeff Groh and Elizabeth Holt star in Know Theatre's production of Gompers. In the imaginary town of GOMPERS, the locale for a new script from one of America's most admired young playwrights, Adam Rapp, people try to take shortcuts to make it big. Rapp does not write "pretty" plays;…
Stars of Track and Field – Centuries Before Love and War (Wind-Up)
Stars of Track and Field Any number of attributes set Stars of Track and Field apart from their Emo-fueled peers in the Portland scene on their debut full-length, Centuries Before Love and War (available as a download last year and just now getting its official "hard copy" release). Structurally, the trio operates without an…
Curly Tales of the City
Graham Lienhart These protesters had passersby pondering breasts, thighs — and other poultry pieces. Mallory Calls Secret Meeting on Nazis The Nazis might be coming to Cincinnati on Martin Luther King Jr. Day next week, but Mayor Mark Mallory doesn't want you — or local reporters — to know about it. Mallory held a…
Information Overload
Oliver Meinerding While Sept. 11, 2001, was a catalyst, 2006 will be remembered as a tipping point. Just as agriculture led from cities and empires to corporations and industries, data and network technology have changed the human condition. The midterm elections exposed it: It might not be the last campaign to rely upon traditional…
Ron Sexsmith — Time Being (Ironworks)
Ron Sexsmith Having friends in high places is no guarantee of success by association. Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith is a prime example. Sexsmith's gifts for melody and storytelling have been trumpeted throughout his dozen-year career by a near pantheon of musical contemporaries, including Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bono and Coldplay's Chris Martin.…
Love
Hot Thick Line Between 'Love' and 'Hate' If you haven't heard it, the soundtrack to the Beatles' Cirque du Soleil show, Love, is like producer George Martin taking a snow globe of Beatles songs and shaking it up, as die-hard fans go, "ooooh" and "ahhh." Amazingly, the record has made a ton of "Best Albums…
Step-N-Out Dance Studio
Cincinnati Museum Center Colors galore: African Culture Fest at the Cincinnati Museum Center If getting in shape is among your New Year's resolutions, have you considered dance as part of your exercise regime? No excuses if you're thinking about it — or if you promised your girlfriend you'd learn salsa — as there are…
Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· Sad news for the local Blues scene this past weekend. Police reported that a body found wrapped in a blanket on Gilbert Avenue on Jan. 5 was Paula Wolfe's, a local Blues harmonica player who jammed with various bands and at open Blues jams in the area. Reports say Wolfe had been shot. Those…
News: Secret Slaughter
Graham Lienhart (L-R) Shelly Price and Paula Drake founded Speak Up for Horses after learning about the use of horses for food in foreign countries. As the double-decker semi-tractor trailer traveled along rural Indiana State Rt. 1 just north of Lawrenceburg on a sunny afternoon in 2004 and approached a curve in the road,…
A Winter Without Snow
Here's something to ponder: What if we skipped winter one year and went straight from fall to spring? It sure feels like that's happening right now. Other than one small episode last month that snarled morning rush hour, Greater Cincinnati has had zero snowfall this winter. Nothing. Not only that, it's generally been sunny and…
Living Out Loud: : Dying Alone
When we found Mr. Gillis, he'd been dead for several days. In his bed, he had the sheets pulled up over his head like he knew he was going to die. This happened the week before Christmas. The company I do some consulting work for owns apartment buildings downtown, and I guess finding people dead…
Diner: Bright Tavern
I've always had a weakness for good bar food. In fact, I can't drive through Glendale without diving in to the Friendly Stop for a garlic burger and onion rings. But as bad as my breath smells after that little treat, it's nothing compared to the stink on my clothes and hair. Cigarette smoke —…
Noah Georgeson — Find Shelter (Plain Recordings)
Noah Georgeson – Find Shelter If you're looking for the go-to guy among the current crop of Avant Folk practitioners, a natural first choice would be the genre's barefoot poster boy, Devendra Banhart. A better selection would be Noah Georgeson, the producer and a performer behind recent works by Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Vetiver and…
