Dana Tindall
Jymi Bolden Dana Tindall Dana Tindall expanded his horizons when he created Romulus. "(The pig) was kind of a side thing," he says. In fact, the only aspect Romulus shares with Tindall's other artwork is humor. Even Tindall's descriptions of his work are funny. "My stuff can be pretty wacky," he says, laughing. His…
News: A Fork in the Mill Creek
Jymi Bolden The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers no longer favors turning the Mill Creek into concrete channels such as this section in Cincinnati. The federal efforts to prevent Mill Creek flooding are at a crucial juncture these days. In the next several weeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to decide…
Party of None
Two phrases cause my right eyelid to flutter uncontrollably whenever I hear them. The first: "I need to examine your prostate." (No less disturbing from medical professionals than it is from lay persons, by the way.) The second: "Let's have a party." In fact, this second phrase — most recently uttered by My Partner —…
Diner: The South Rises
Just over a year ago, deSha's American Tavern began a renovation that shifted to a major repair after the infamous tornado ripped through Harpers Point in Montgomery. As the final edition of the trio of deSha's taverns Nick Sanders has opened since the 1980s (the other two are in Maysville and Lexington), this eatery has…
Web Sales a Hole in One for Local Golf Shop
In 1987, Walter Maerki opened Discount Golf, a shop that manufactures custom-fitted golf clubs and sells them for prices well below those of comparable brand name clubs. This Mariemont store attracted a loyal, local following and consistently generated annual revenue of about $150,000. Ten years later, Maerki brought in fellow golf enthusiast and local businessman…
Local band Masala’s eclectic stew of sounds helps them move from covers to originals
Masala Masala is an Indian word that means "a mixture of spices," according to Aravind Menon, who plays guitar and adds vocals to the Cincinnati-based Rock band of that name. "And we truly are (a mixture of spices)," says Menon, "as you can see from the age and diversity of this band." Masala's members…
Zion
Zion The son of legendary Country singer Charley Pride, you'd expect Carlton Pride to be popping up at the Grand Ol' Opry and appearing on TNN's Prime Time Country (both of which he has done). But what you probably wouldn't expect is that Carlton's genre of choice isn't C&W, but Reggae. The Texas-based musician…
Of Hair Weaves, Short Sets and White Flight
I'm one of those schizophrenic Negroes. I simultaneously loathe and love this time of year each year. Likewise, I simultaneously loathe and love my people this time of year each year. And it's for the same reasons: Every year, the last weekend in July brings out the best and worse in us. It always reminds…
Five years of
In case you blinked and missed it, it's been a little over five years since the Dating Diva has been coming at you from the pages of CityBeat. Since then, I've greatly scaled back on the marathon dating I used to do. But that doesn't mean I haven't learned anything new. Indeed, over the past…
News: Teaching Children to Live Through the Pain
A children's playroom is a vibrant place. This one has a bright orange sun, a yellow sky and colorful butterflies flying amidst the flowers and trees painted on the walls. But the children who play in this beautiful room share an ugly experience: They've all had their lives interrupted by domestic violence. Women go to…
The Nightmare in our Schools, Part 2: The Bigger Test
The Big Test: the Secret History of the American Meritocracy by Nicholas Lemann reveals the story of how standardized testing for college entrance came about. In the 1940s and '50s, two Harvard educators sought a way of selecting an educational elite to replace college entrance based on America's traditional landowner aristocracy. Rather than just rich…
