Film: Snow Daze
Scream 3 "It's all crap from January to May." That's what a colleague said to me in Los Angeles one day. She was referring to the post-holiday winter season as the dumping ground for Hollywood's bastard children. Films that the studios either botched or disowned. It's not a very positive view. But for the…
News: Local Candidates Rebel Against Their Party Endorsements
Jymi Bolden Marilyn Hyland John McCain's insurgent presidential campaign has touched a nerve in many voters, including the thousands who turned out to see him in Cincinnati on Feb. 26. It's also given hope to several local candidates who'd like to replicate McCain's "outsider" attraction. Both of the major parties in Hamilton County face…
Senate Hearing to Ohio Environmental Groups: Thanks, but No Thanks
A few area environmental groups are upset they weren't invited to the table to discuss revisions to the Clean Air Act at a special U.S. Senate subcommittee field hearing in downtown Cincinnati on Feb. 28. So the Sierra Club, Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC), the Ohio Environmental Council and the Ohio Public Interest Research…
Gay & Lesbian Issues: Gay and Lesbian Issues
I am unique among my friends in that I come from a very extended family, for lack of a better adjective. Sure, having grown up in the 1970s and '80s I have plenty of friends whose parents divorced. I can even think of one particular friend whose parents divorced and remarried each other twice. But…
DAE’s music is strange and otherworldly
Immediacy captures emotion. Snapshots procure truth. That's a part of the philosophy behind Buddhism and a concept key to understanding the Cincinnati-based improvisational group, Dark Audio Ensemble (DAE). "When we play we don't have any set composition," explains percussionist Aaron Butler. "Every time we play, it's a new experience." Butler is a core member…
News: Election 2000
Issue 15: City tax levy renewal for Cincinnati Public Schools: Yes Issue 16: New city tax levy for Cincinnati Public Schools: Yes Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) has come back to city voters with a request for a new tax levy that basically repackages the one that failed in November. City voters turned down the school…
Crimes Against Democracy?
As you head out to exercise your constitutional rights at the polls Tuesday, you might consider how your voice compares with that of big business. The struggle to institute any meaningful campaign finance reform provides only a glimpse of the influence wielded by the deep pockets of corporate America. The booming economy only amplifies such…
The Dating
Last night I was in the bathroom in the middle of the night, sick as can be. I got to thinking about things in relationships that I'd like to see change this century. You just never know where an idea is going to hit you. First, I hope men and women get a better feel…
News: Sister City Delegation Reports on Its Domestic Violence Efforts in Kharkiv
Domestic violence knows no class, race or religious distinctions. Intensely personal, yet global in scope, it's an international problem. As reported in the CityBeat story "Domestic Violence: An International Problem" (issue of Oct. 7-13, 1999), a delegation from the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister Cities Project was heading to Kharkiv, Ukraine, to meet with government officials, police, lawyers…
CityBeat’s Oscar Pick: CityBeat Oscar Pick
Chloe Sevigny $404 gets you on a non-stop flight to Los Angeles for the March 26 Oscars ceremony. What better way to nab a seat alongside the red carpet walkway into the Shrine Auditorium. Then again, chances are you'll only see TV has-been Harry Hamlin and his bimbo wife Lisa Rinna. So plop in…
News: McCain Support Here Not Easily Categorized
Jon Hughes/photopresse.com Republican presidential candidate John McCain signs copies of his book, Faith of my Fathers, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers on Feb. 26. While a handful of basketball fans watched the Auburn-Alabama game at the Willie's sports bar in Kenwood on Feb. 22, a few dozen others gathered for an entirely different, but closer, contest…
