Relationships
If someone told me 10 years ago I would pay $3.50 for a cup of coffee, I would have said, "Yeah right, and gas will be $2 a gallon." Shows what I know. The point is this: If you want something bad enough, you'll pay for it. Relationships are no exceptions. I was once a…
Cover Story: The Art of Belief
Too much art? That's unheard of, at least as far as artist Brian Joiner is concerned. "It's history, math, science. It's all bottled up. It's a shame that the first thing that gets cut in school is art," he comments. "I want our younger generations to understand that art is more than making pictures,"…
Diner: No Tinkering Needed
In the abyss of suburbia, one gases up the 10 mile-per-gallon SUV to shop at the local (local meaning five miles down the road) ubiquitous MegaSuperStore, or dine at one of the 200-seat chain restaurants, perhaps followed by a trip to MovieDome where your choice of 20 Disney or DreamWorks movies awaits you (after a…
Cover Story: This Old Neighborhood
Chris Frutkin believes in Over-the-Rhine. He believes in its potential as "economically a prosperous neighborhood with a mixed income-base." "It can be the diverse community that it is," he says, "culturally, ethnically, economically." As the new president of the Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, Frutkin thinks there's more to Cincinnati's oldest neighborhood than gang-shootings, drug-dealing…
My Brother, Myself
i have faith in who you are becoming in who you are you are the wolf having run through a stream to stand on a mountain peak dripping wet — Saul Williams I got to thinking about men. They intrigue me and complete me. I've never been a man-hater or afflicted with penis envy. But…
Dining
Pricing Guide$ = Inexpensive (entrées $6 and under). $$ = Reasonable ($7-$13). $$$ = Moderate ($14-$20). $$$$ = Expensive ($21 and over). Payment GuideAC = All credit cards accepted. SC = Some credit cards accepted. AP = All forms of payment accepted. CA = Checks accepted. LC = Local checks only. CO = Cash only.…
Cover Story: Opportunity Costs
It's all downhill from here. Being the self-proclaimed realist, that's what my father has been telling me since at least the day I graduated from high school, probably earlier. You see, in my father's dark view, life is little more than an endless to-do list. And in his mind, the sooner his children realize…
Is There Hope for Addicts?
Isn't sleep the last thing an addict needs? Yes — and that's the first lesson in recovery at Prospect House. Learning when to go to bed and when to rise is among the simple, but necessary, first steps to recovery from addiction, according to David F. Logan, executive director of Prospect House. "They don't think…
Making Elections More Democratic
Every 10 years, legislators in most states redraw the political map of America to reflect the population changes quantified in the new census. The majority party in each state creates new federal and state congressional districts — and almost always does so in a manner that gives their party the maximum electoral advantage. The resulting…
News: Remaking a Neighborhood
You'll never hear a duller name, but the people trying to redesign Clifton Heights — the Clifton Heights/University of Cincinnati Joint Planning Project Steering Committee — have some pretty exciting plans. The committee hopes to redevelop much of Calhoun and McMillan streets, along the southern edge of UC. What is now a slapdash collection of…
Cover Story: And That’s the Truth
Belief. It seems readily evident how a minister would respond to questions about his belief. The obvious, simplified answer: He believes in God. He believes in Jesus and the Bible. He believes in his faith. All that's true for Russell Smith, minister of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church in downtown Cincinnati, but, ultimately, he believes in…
Curly tales of the city
Si Leis: Enemy of Good Hygiene?Remember Gandhi's aphorism? "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." In Cincinnati, it works this way: First they lock you out of the bathrooms. Then they take away your homemade drums. Then they arrest you. The little band of protesters against…
Esquire Theatre’s Operator Explains the Naughty Bits
It's been a week since CityBeat first broke the story about Esquire Theatre operator Gary Goldman cutting a sex scene from director Wayne Wang's unrated adult drama The Center of the World. I've yet to hear any jokes about the loss of a scene where a female stripper inserts a lollipop into her vagina. Generally,…
New York City Jazz Superband
If you weren't certain that Cincinnati is some weird breeding ground for Jazz players born here but who take flight, then take a gander at the line-up for the return to the Greenwich of the New York City Jazz Superband. Don Braden (pictured), for one, is a greatly underrated saxophonist. Cincinnati-born and Louisville-bred, Braden…
Geek Noir, Part 1
It was late. Seriously late. A pitch-black time of night better suited to vampires and vampire slayers, owls and owl slayers. But there I was. Still at it. Burning the midnight kilowatt-hours. Don't get me wrong, though. I'm not complaining. It's all part of the job. Like I always say, when you're a PI(IS) …
Cover Story: This Magic Moment
Ricky Nye Asking musicians to pinpoint the moment they decided to become a musicians can be a "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" type of question. Or it might be more like, "What were the names of all of your third grade classmates?" Some people remember the moment vividly; others can only muster…
Space Junk!
Ladies and germs, space is full of trash. There's good ol' American trash straight from the U.S. of A.; there's Cold War trash from Russia; and there's European and Japanese trash, too. Literally millions of pieces of it are circling Earth, threatening our satellites, our astronauts and all our future space missions. According to a…
Sunset Dawn relates what it means to be an Appalachian band in a modern world
Sunset Dawn Panera Bread is not the typical place you'd expect a Folk band to suggest for an interview, but it fits. The fire is switched on, and the local affluents fill the other seats drinking their lattes. Nancy Cook and Sherry Cook Stanforth — mother and daughter, and two of four members of…
