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Edited by Rebecca Lomax It Takes a Village Imagine my surprise when my phone rang and on the other end of the line was a live person. Even better was the fact that it wasn't a telemarketer trying to switch my long distance carrier. No, it was Deborah, a girlfriend who I exchange e-mail, voicemail…
Ember Swift
Toronto-based singer/songwriter Ember Swift was named the top vocalist in a publication in her hometown, leading to a spurt of consistent touring throughout North America in an effort to spread the word about one of independent music's most buzz-worthy performers. Swift and her three-piece, all-female backing band have performed at several Folk and women's…
Smelling the Flowers
I know people who still talk about the May Festival performances a few weeks ago featuring the Central State University chorus. Their roof-raising renditions of Neal Gittleman's arrangements of 'Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land' and 'His Eye Is on the Sparrow' electrified the Music Hall audience. More importantly, May Festival Director James…
Diner: Cooking Up Masterpiece
David Wasinger Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel in the space that will become his signature restaurant in July He's the personal ad that most men would like to write and few women would believe: Intelligent, successful, warm, passionate, witty, very talented and very, very French. Indeed, after an evening of conversation with Jean-Robert de Cavel,…
234 Renner St., Mohawk
Maria Rogers Address: 234 Renner St., Mohawk Owner: Daniel W. Eynon Current Property Value: $10,900 in 2001 Year built: 1884 Comments: The handyman's special at 234 Renner St. has two stories, two bedrooms, a full basement — and a date with a wrecking crew. The building has been condemned, according to David Edwards, supervisor…
Should a State School Provide a Higher Degree of Clean Air?
Should the University of Cincinnati do more to minimize air pollution? UC is working on a plan to generate 90 percent of its own electricity and generally consolidate its utilities at its newer power plant on the north end of Short Vine Street. UC says its $70.6 million co-generation project will reduce emissions of nitrogen…
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
A white man has purchased me. The slave metaphor is tired, but it's true. I thought I was doing a good thing by offering myself 'at auction' to benefit a reading program of the Unity House World Peace Center in Northside. Dianna Brewer, Unity House Jillito-of-all-trades, asked some months ago. To add leg irons to…
Racial Profiling
What should U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott know before ruling on the collaborative agreement for reform of the Cincinnati Police Department? Charles Tassell, President of Blue Chip Young Republicans There are a couple of key facts that the judge needs to bear in mind about this controversial case: first and foremost is that it is…
Newcomers Spindle make no bones about their ambition to become Rock stars
Spindle With a name that harkens back to the halcyon days when turntables were used for more than DJ scratching (vinyl records turn on the player's spindle), Grant Arnow, Brett Scharf and Chris Rebholz of Spindle are three twentysomething musicians with one foot rooted in Rock & Roll's glorious past and the other stepping…
News: Infiltrating the System
Jymi Bolden Amy Vincent wants to merge art and activism. Unless you're up for a tour in the Marine Corps, there aren't many organizations that insist that you be a leader right from the start. There also aren't many places that pay you to do hands-on work making the world a better place. Public…
The Colon: Center of Health
In Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, the health of the colon is central to the health of the human being. Chinese medicine states that all disease begins there. Ayur-vedic medicine believes you are what you eat and, therefore, all imbalances in the body come from its ability to digest. Keeping our digestive tract clean and healthy…
Martha Moody’s Best Friends
Oberlin College, 1973. Clare is a Midwesterner, Ohio born and bred, from middle-class parents. Her college roommate Sally is a rich L.A. girl. Clare can't wait for the unrest and demonstrations she'll certainly find on campus, and she's sure her Californian roommate is excited too. Unfortunately, it's the '70s and no one wants to…
Continuing Films
CAPSULE REVIEWS AND SUMMARIES By TT CLINKSCALES, RODGER PILLE AND STEVE RAMOS 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…
News: Nightmare on Vine Street
Jymi Bolden Jonathan Diskin (left) and Thomas Dutton ask whose vision of Vine Street counts. Laure Quinlivan's documentary Visions of Vine Street recently won a prestigious Peabody Award and has become the iconic centerpiece of media representation of Over-the-Rhine. The piece has garnered much attention since its first showing last November, owing mostly to…
