News: Steering Over-the-Rhine
The plan suggests moving Washington Park elementary School south of 12th Street and expanding the park itself. No one could say the new comprehensive plan for Over-the-Rhine was rushed. It resulted from 18 months of talking, walking, dreaming, writing, arguing and rewriting. But at least some of the people involved in the process wondered…
Cover Story: Death (Or Damn Near It) in the Afternoon
Bob Woodiwiss I snagged this autograph from one of the Reds during batting practice. Unfortunately, since the vast majority of the names and faces on the current roster are completely unknown to me, I have no idea who this is. Not terribly long ago, I was quite the baseball fan. I went to 15,…
America and Soccer: I know, I know
Americans aren't much for watching soccer, while most of the rest of the planet is enamored with the game. We all know that. Yet every four years, many in the sports media feel duty-bound to inform us of this fact. They tell us they personally don't care for the sport, and then proceed (and often…
News: Unsafe Refuge
Jymi Bolden Jose Devillar of Lower Price Hill tried to report an attack. Dozens of pairs of sad, serious eyes gaze out from Siusan Durst's photographs. The subjects are Central Americans who have come to live and work here. They have the weary and unsettled look of people who have traveled far and worked…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
What? We're going to pray our way to racial healing? We're going to speechify a path to fairness? We're going to walk among historic exhibits in search of justice that still eludes us today? I don't think so. It's going to take more than prayers from the Rev. Billy Graham to bring Cincinnati together. Attorney…
Whirlygig: 32
Edited by Rebecca Lomax The Three Gs The science of relationships is often as confusing as calculus — a lot of calculations and a bit of mystery. I never gave up on calculus in college since it was required for my degree, and I persevere in relationships because I have basic needs. When my cell…
News: Bengals Shut Out Taxpayers
Just when you thought there couldn't be another surprise in the Cincinnati Bengals stadium saga, in comes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with a claim of $14 million in unpaid taxes and late penalties. The $14 million is related to the sale of seat licenses at Paul Brown Stadium. While the county managed the program…
Diner: Lotsa Choices
Sandwiched between Debbie's Destiny Lounge and a 99 Cent Store, Song Phung is the typical Asian-American restaurant that could be plucked from its strip mall location in Forest Park and set down in any of the other thousands of malls across America. The Scene The large square dining room displays the usual Chinatown kitsch of…
Portune & the Boycott
Lots of people support the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati and its "Artists of Conscience" boycott. I count myself as one of them. On the other side of the justice fence are political leaders such as our mayor, who refuses to deal with the coalition and its demands for social progress. In Charlie Luken's opinion,…
God Can See You Pee
We need Jesus. We know that, and so does the Rev. Billy Graham. Unless you've been in a state of permanent Madeira, you know that Graham and his disciples will be shepherding more than 200,000 people into Paul Brown Stadium this weekend during a four-day mission organized by the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Billy Graham…
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…
1111 Broadway St., Over-the-Rhine
1111 Broadway St., Over-the-Rhine Address: 1111 Broadway St., Over-the-Rhine Owner: Bob and Debra Desgrange Current Property Value: $33,700 Year Built: 1874 Comments: Surrounded on two sides by surface parking lots, somehow this two-part building has survived for 128 years. Being in a local historic district and on the National Register of Historic Places helps,…
Diner: Down-Home Italian
It's hard to find a new combination of words to describe Campanello's. So much has been said about this Cincinnati dining institution that perhaps a single word says it best: Classic. This family-owned-and-operated Italian eatery has served the Tristate from its original location on Central Avenue (just "three blocks from the beach") for more than…
News: It Takes a State
Joe Trauth and Amy Moore of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. mentor a student at John P. Parker Elementary School in Madisonville. If you can read this sentence, you can help a child succeed. When Gov. Bob Taft first established the OhioReads program, his goal was to find 20,000 volunteers to help students improve their reading…
Jeb Loy Nichols
Jeb Loy Nichols Blurring the skinny line between a number of different styles of music (Folk, Soul, Dub, Rock), Jeb Loy Nichols has made a career out of being a journeyman, both physically and aurally. Born in Wyoming and raised in Missouri to the sounds of Jazz, Bluegrass and R&B, Nichols landed in NYC…
