It’s Just 12 Years
I'm a 34-year-old woman. I recently became reacquainted with a boyfriend from college, and we write each other daily e-mails. He lives in Alaska and I live on the East Coast. We hadn't seen each other since 1993. We only broke up then because we were both graduating and headed our separate ways. We have…
Diner: Food Court
A few years ago, on a trip through beautiful, windswept Joshua Tree National Park, I was amazed by the oases there — mysterious, mossy places, cooled by breezes and shaded by palm trees from the blinding heat and glare. I was definitely thinking oasis when I clambered out of a recent cold Friday night into…
Reading, Writing and Reece’s Arithmetic
Graham Lienhart People opposed to the U.S. conquest of Iraq gather on Fountain Square March 19 on the second anniversary of the invasion. Given the topic — how to curb violent crime — it wouldn't feel right to say State Sen. Mark Mallory's campaign has now drawn the first blood in the mayoral race. But…
Music: Sisters Doin’ It In Austin
Brian Baker Heartless Bastards joined Kim Taylor and The Sundresses as Cincinnati-area ambassadors at this year's South By Southwest festival in Austin. Although Cincinnati was represented by only three bands at South by Southwest, the annual music bacchanal held in Austin, Texas, what they lacked in numbers was more than compensated by their style and…
Cover Story: The White Crusader?
Natalie Hager UC law student Sean Arthurs talks with Hugo (far right), Hilda and their children Hugo Jr., Fernanda and Monica. Daniela Castro and Sean Arthurs don't know each other. But because Castro numbers among the area's rapidly growing Spanish-speaking population and Arthurs intends to use his legal ability and penchant for social justice to…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Emily Hagihara, Duran Duran and More
Emmily Hagihara Emily Hagihara with Ellison, And Andy and The Defrost Star Saturday · York Street Café Since the age of 16, Emily Hagihara has been dedicated to the task of cultivating her simple yet soulful, acoustic troubadour persona, but her music is anything but mousy. Coming off the release of her second effort, Time…
Mexican Vacation
At lunch, we downtown corporate drones all participate in the same ritual — rushing down elevators in search of something we loosely refer to as food to inhale in our cubicles. Most of the time our options are limited to bad fast food or the not-so-fresh salad bar in the deli downstairs. If you can…
Journeys With George
Guitarist George Cunningham releases his first solo album, Stumblingham, this week. Cunningham — who plays with locals like The Graveblankets, Pike 27 and The Faux Frenchmen — will do some promo work on Saturday to push the disc. At noon, Cunningham and his band, The Flammables (John Schmidt, Jesse Feister and his partner-in-crime on Stumblingham,…
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is all about saying thanks.
Jymi Bolden The upcoming season Ed Stern has chosen for the Playhouse is a way to thank audiences for their support. Ed Stern says his 2005-2006 season at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is all about saying thanks to the Cincinnati area. The Playhouse was recognized with the 2004 Regional Theatre Tony Award last…
Psych-K
Robert M. Williams, M.A., is the originator of Psych-K®, a safe and effective way to change self-limiting subconscious beliefs that block you from your goals. He left the business world to begin a private practice in psychotherapy but after a number of years felt that something was missing from the process. Psych-K was developed in…
Locals Only: : Ralph Nadir
Ralph Jones Band It's a Saturday night, and I'm out seeing live local music, as usual. This time it's at the York Street Café in Newport. We get there late to see The Thirteens and Campfire Crush, because we've come to the pre-judgment from the opening act's name, The Ralph Jones Band, that they'll be,…
News: Election Sale
Graham Lienhart Jill Burchell circulates petitions for a ballot referendum intended to repeal a campaign finance "reform" law passed last year by the Ohio General Assembly. Grassroots political groups hope voters will throw out a new state law that raises by a phenomenal amount the money individuals can spend on political campaigns, while restricting union…
Pasquale Scaturro on filming his Nile adventure
Mystery of the Nile (currently playing the Cincinnati Museum Center's OMNIMAX Theater) documents the first complete journey along Africa's Blue Nile and Nile rivers, covering more than 3,000 miles. Dangers include harsh rapids and mountain bandits who strike like pirates. Team leader Pasquale Scaturro was no stranger to the nightmares involved with a trek like…
The Record That Changed My Life – Dana Hamblen – Culture Queer/Fairmount Girls
Nebulagirl Dana Hamblen – Culture Queer/Fairmount Girls The Who — The Who Sell Out I attach myself to songs and music, and label it as a certain time period, and it almost becomes disposable. Brand new music becomes as much of an influence or even more of an influence than something that had impact as…
Living Out Loud: : The Electric Fence
To be honest, I didn't think George Bush would win. Even on Election Day I remember being excited and optimistic in my belief that John Kerry and John Edwards were on their way to the White House. Like many other Americans, I was wrong. It's been more than five months since the presidential elections, and…
News to Use
ACLU on the Collaborative The American Civil Liberties Union, one of the plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit that led to the collaborative agreement on reforming the Cincinnati Police Department, presents an update at 7 p.m. March 23 at the Greater Cincinnati Urban League, 3458 Reading Road. Admission is free, but please RSVP to contact@acluohio.org or…
Travel & Getaways
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Dominus Vobiscum
If this Sunday is like other Easters, my father will greet me on the telephone with, 'The Lord is risen, alleluia.' I'll ask him how Mass was, he'll ask if I attended Mass, I'll remind him that I don't go to church anymore. Then we'll move on to more comfortable topics, like how the grandkids…
News: Deadly Crossings
Matt Borgerding A white cross marks the site of Christina Male's death, soon to be part of a documentary. When Christy Male of Cincinnati crossed a set of railroad tracks in Walton, Ky., July 10, 2001, a Norfolk Southern train struck her car at a speed of 45 miles per hour. Paramedics airlifted Male from…
Risk Jail to Heal the Sick
Regarding the issue of medical marijuana use ("Care for Sick," Letters, issue of March 9-15), it might also be important to know where the Bible stands on the cannabis issue because of the brainwashing effects of people saying cannabis is evil. It is Biblically correct to re-legalize cannabis (Kaneh Bosm, before the King James Bible).…
Illinois Story Brings New Meaning to ‘March Madness’
Jerry Dowling The four or five hours we've taken to drive from Cincinnati to Nashville, Knoxville, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit or Chicago is half a day's work, but the destination doesn't seem worlds away. In any case, it's usually worth arriving. But what about Champaign-Urbana, Ill.? If you're not an academic or a basketball freak, the…
