Randy Wayne White’s Twelve Mile Limit
The mysterious account of three people lost at sea and never found inspired Randy Wayne White's latest novel, Twelve Mile Limit. One Friday in early November 1994, four scuba divers set off for some diving and fishing 52 miles off the coast of Florida at the wreck of the Baja California. Thirty-eight hours later,…
Whirlygig: 31
Edited by Rebecca Lomax The Recycling Drive Time-outs are great for kids who misbehave, but I find that a self-induced time-out is in order when you feel a little strung out and run down. Since I was feeling edgy as early as Wednesday, I declined the offer to get out of town on the Delta…
Color & Light Therapy
The use of color and light in healing is very old. The healers of ancient Egypt, China, India and Tibet have used color in many of their healing practices. It's widely used today in modern medicine in the form of infrared light treatments and laser treatment. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression…
Telling Arts Leaders What They Want to Hear
Telling Arts Leaders What They Want to Hear Charlie Luken handles himself well before a supportive crowd. His business suit is as immaculate as those worn by the many business executives who gather June 12 for a Cincinnati Opera luncheon at Music Hall to hear the Cincinnati mayor speak. His self-effacing jokes about a long-ago…
News: Cool Is Money
David Wasinger Development expert Richard Florida told a UC audience June 13 that if Cincinnati "can't do creativity, you can't do wealth." No matter how smart your colleges are, how wide your bandwidth is or how lucrative your tax breaks are, cities starting the 21st Century with closed, intolerant minds won't do well economically.…
Continuing Films
ABOUT A BOY — (Grade: A) In Will, a smarmy British bachelor who joins a single-parents' club as a way to meet women, actor Hugh Grant finds a screen character perfectly matched to his own unique blend of cultured arrogance and foppish personality traits. Grant's natural performance enhances the film's frequent, comic moments. He also…
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman Legendary singer/songwriter Jonathan Richman returns to the area this week, armed, assuredly, with his expansive songbook of simple, wickedly endearing tunes and a boatload of undeniable charm. Richman's early work with his group the Modern Lovers — which featured future members of The Cars and Talking Heads — was a huge influence…
Diner: Meatless Mission
David Wasinger Mullane's Parkside Cafe's K.C. Salad (left) and Angel Hair Pasta with roasted roma tomato sauce and sweet pepper and eggplant relish Years ago in the late '70s, I worked for a short time in a very popular vegetarian restaurant in Bloomington, Ind. By the time I arrived at The Tao, it was…
Evil Beaver’s Lick It
The two-person Rock band has become de riguer as of late. Following the cliché, "Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the soup," many bands are chucking unnecessary instruments and members in favor of the tight musical and psychic relationship that can only exist between two people. The result is duos that harness more…
If Animals Are Our Friends, Why Do Pigeons Poop on Our Heads?
Isn't coping with pigeons, rats, roaches and law enforcement enough of a wildlife encounter for city dwellers? Why should urbanites care about the conservation of the ecology, too? Being divided by city barriers is no excuse, according to Thane Maynard, vice president of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. "Urbanites are really just one way…
Cover Story: Jean Therapy
Jymi Bolden Dr. Jean Siebenaler attends a community meeting in Bond Hill. A radioactive spill on a nuclear submarine could kill hundreds of people. And there aren't allowances made for the fact that the doctor on board is still learning the job or for the fact that she's among the first to break a…
Locals Only: : Dorsie
Dorsie Tim Taylor. Miami University. CCM. The Beach Waterpark. Pentecostal snakes. Mulholland Drive. 97X. Two babies born in 1973, on the same day, at the same Middletown hospital. Somewhere between these people, places, quirks and events, lies the story of Dorsie. It's the archetypal Cincinnati tale, beginning with the idea that somewhere in the…
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dear black males ages 13-55 years old: You're scaring me. I thought you were smarter than this. I thought you knew there are destructive forces standing and conspiring against you. You don't need to ever battle one another. But still you do. I see you, sitting on ghetto stoops, saluting the sun with a French…
