Going Underground with Jim DeBrosse
Veteran newspaper reporter Jim DeBrosse’s Hidden City, set in, around and below the streets of Cincinnati, is a tour de force mystery thriller that also addresses many of the city’s social and political problems. Beginning with the discovery of a Native American victim of the bubonic plague outside a local homeless shelter, intrepid reporter Rick…
Regional Artists Explore the Boundaries of Landscapes in ‘Now Here’
Matt Distel’s smartly curated exhibition, Now Here: Theoretical Landscapes, currently on view at The Carnegie in Covington, Ky., is a broad sampling of more than 20 regional artists who mine personal and universal landscapes to present hypothetical meditations on locations of space and time. Spread out between two floors of galleries, Distel’s thoughtful layout…
Kiss Me, Kate
When I was in high school, our English lit curriculum included plays by Shakespeare: Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet were required reading. I suppose they were chosen because the former had legitimate historic roots that someone deemed educational and the latter was about young love (ill-fated, tragic love at that) between teenagers whose hormones…
Getting a Taste of Burgerama
I spent months conjuring a path towards a holiday in the sun. The clutching grasp of the highly irregular Midwest winter had me experiencing the full manifestation of the seasonal doldrums. A cross-country road trip turned out to be my conduit towards metaphorical enlightenment. I found solace in a distant two-day music festival nested in…
Long Live the King
T he Lion King began as a popular Disney animated feature film in 1994, but back then no one imagined that it would become a worldwide blockbuster stage production. In fact, when it was being assembled for Broadway’s refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre, a lot of skeptics wondered what would become of a story about heroic…
Event: Findlay Market Opening Day Parade
Findlay Market remains a Cincinnati institution as the state’s oldest continuously operated public market. Another old thing? Monday marks the market’s 96th annual Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Parade. The parade will include local businesses and organizations like Rozzi’s Famous Fireworks, the Cincinnati Fire Department and, of course, the Cincinnati Reds. This year also marks the…
Art: OBO: The Labor Show
On Saturday, the Near*By curatorial collective hosts OBO: The Labor Show, a social-practice and art experiment in which selected artists and tradespersons contract with each other to exchange labor for mutually beneficial purposes. It is inspired by anarchist Josiah Warren, who practiced something similar at his Cincinnati Time Store, an experimental storefront open from 1827 to 1830,…
Event: Easter Egg Hunt at Volpenhein Pavilion
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoping down to Volpenhein Pavilion at Devou Park. With spring finally deciding to show its face, what better way to celebrate Easter with your youngsters than with an Easter egg hunt? Come down to Devou Park’s annual hunt and have the young ones explore for pieces of brightly colored, egg-shaped treasure. …
Event: Easter Egg Hunt at Washington Park
Following the success of last year’s fun-filled event, the quest for Easter eggs continues at Washington Park. This year, Graeter’s has upped the game by adding 2,500 more eggs into the mix for a whopping total of 7,500 hidden, candy-filled eggs. There will also be face painting, a petting zoo and photos with the Easter…
Event: International Pillow Fight Day
In honor of International Pillow Fight Day, people all over the world will be bursting the seams of their pillows in feather explosions. Locally, bring your friends and kids to Northside’s Jacob Hoffner Park for a friendly pillow fight, where pajamas and costumes are totally encouraged. Make sure to bring soft pillows, wait for the…
Event: MamLuft&Co. Dance at Dusk
Cincinnati modern dance company MamLuft&Co. partners with Cincinnati Parks to showcase the premiere of a video and dance trio at Smale Riverfront Park’s Schmidlapp Lawn & Stage. The performance, “Unyielding,” was inspired by how intrinsic fears are common but create conflict among people. Funded by the Cincinnati Arts Ambassador Fellowship Program, the evening also features…
Music: Earl Sweatshirt
Hip Hop artist Earl Sweatshirt’s name first came to the public’s attention when the group he was associated with, Odd Future (a collective that’s grown a bratty reputation thanks to live shows and its ridiculous Adult Swim program, Loiter Squad), became much-buzzed about, not only for its shenanigans but also its progressive musical prowess. His…
Art: EcoSculpt
In celebration of Earth Day, recyclables meet innovation during this three-week installation. Produced by 3CDC, EcoSculpt gives artists a chance to design and display large-scale, eco-friendly sculptures using recycled and recyclable materials in Washington Park. Judges will choose first-, second- and third-prize winners based on concept, execution and construction. All art is displayed during park…
Literary: Kristen Iversen
The University of Cincinnati’s annual Visiting Writers Series wraps up with an appearance by Kristen Iversen, who’s no longer a visitor to the Queen City. A native of Colorado, Iversen is an experienced educator and versatile writer of both fiction and nonfiction works, the most recent of which, 2012’s acclaimed Full Body Burden: Growing Up…
Attractions: Butterflies of the Philippines
As Cincinnati welcomes spring, the Krohn Conservatory welcomes the colorful and exotic butterflies of the Philippines. For 12 weeks, Krohn will transform into a majestic tribute to the Southeast Asian island country, capturing its stunning natural beauty and Filipino culture. The showroom will be a tropical paradise of free-flying butterflies soaring among waterfalls and bold…
Comedy: Rod Paulette
Rod Paulette set out to be an actor and majored in theater at Columbia College in Chicago but found comedy more to his liking. After a stint in advertising, he chucked the corporate world for the stand-up stage. “I like California — I just don’t like Californians,” he tells an audience. “I find them to…
Attractions: Zoo Blooms
We’ll soon be getting an eyeful of brightly colored flowers instead of gloomy winter greys at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s annual floral exhibit, Zoo Blooms. Daffodils, hyacinths, flowering trees and one of the largest displays of tulips in the Midwest will take over the zoo grounds, with free after hours concerts every Thursday…
Onstage: Buzzer
What happens when a guy who grew up in an inner-city neighborhood returns as a successful attorney, back because it’s now the trendy place to live? That’s Jackson’s story: He’s upwardly mobile and black, moving in with Suzy, his white schoolteacher girlfriend. But she’s not so comfortable with their arrangement. Add to the mix Don,…
WATCH: Jeremy Pinnell Debuts Song/Video “Feel This Right”
Stellar local singer/songwriter Jeremy Pinnell has revealed one of his first new songs since the release of last year’s magnificent album OH/KY in the form of a new music video shot by famed local photographer Michael Wilson. Wilson — who has done promo shots and album covers for artists ranging from Over the Rhine and Joshua Redman…
2015 Sports & Recreation Staff Picks
Cincinnati's best athletes and recreation destinations as selected by CityBeat staff. BEST EXAMPLES THAT SPORTS CAN SOMETIMES BE BIGGER THAN SPORTS A pair of young ladies with ties to Cincinnati sports provided two of the biggest national “tug at the heartstrings” sports stories of 2014. Mount St. Joseph University basketball player Lauren Hill drew the…
2015 Sports & Recreation Reader Picks
Cincinnati's best athletes and recreation destinations as selected by CityBeat readers. Athlete Lauren Hill Brandon Phillips (Reds) A.J. Green (Bengals) Musketeer (Current) Coach Chris Mack Matt Stainbrook Dee Davis Team (Professional) Reds Bengals Cyclones Bearcat (Current) Coach Mick Cronin Coach Tommy Tuberville Gunner Kiel Bengal (Current) A.J. Green Devon Still Jeremy Hill Coach/Manager High School …
Morning News and Stuff
Good morning Cincy! It’s finally getting to be bike commuting weather again, and I couldn’t be happier about it. I’ve missed showing up to work all sweaty and out of breath with terrible helmet hair, and I’m sure my coworkers have missed it as well. Anyway, enough about my transportation habits, which I seem to…
Leftovers: What We Ate This Weekend
Each week CityBeat staffers and dining writers tell you what they ate this weekend. We're not always proud — or trendy — but we definitely spend at least some money on food. Surprisingly, no one ate Indian food. Nick Swartsell: Continuing what's become an ongoing addiction, I had a falafel wrap at Dean's Mediterranean in Findlay Market on Sunday.…
Heartbreak at Know Theatre
When I was a teenager, I devoured comic books, especially about superheroes who were often tragic or conflicted figures. I haven’t spent much time with those stories or characters for years, but Know Theatre’s production of Hearts Like Fists took me back to the days of two-dimensional characters, clear delineation between good and evil and…
‘Buzzer’ Is More About People Than Place
Tracey Scott Wilson is a playwright unafraid of the prickly issues of contemporary life. In Buzzer at the Cincinnati Playhouse, she tells a story that could be set in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine. (It’s actually in New York City.) And the circumstances of a “gentrified” neighborhood certainly complicate the triangle of friends and lovers constituted by Jackson…
2015 Public Eye Staff Picks
The 2015 staff picks for the city's and state's best news and political events and the people involved. BEST WAY TO MAKE PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY DISLIKE YOU RIGHT BEFORE AN ELECTION Hamilton County Commissioner Chris Monzel didn’t need votes from Cincinnatians last fall, and he acted like it by deciding, along with fellow Republican Greg…
2015 Public Eye Reader Picks
The 2015 reader picks for the city's and state's best news and political events and the people involved. Blog 365Cincinnati 513 {eats} 5chw4r7z Cincinnatian Lauren Hill Jim Tarbell Nick Lachey Conservative Bill Cunningham Rob Portman John Cranley Do Gooder Lauren Hill Freestore Foodbank Matthew 25: Ministries Friend to the Environment Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden …
2015 Urban Life Staff Picks
Cincinnati's best urban life destinations as selected by CityBeat staff. BEST COLLECTION OF APOTHECARY UNGUENTS With a mission to collect, preserve and display historical scientific artifacts, Lloyd Library and Museum has an awesome collection of pharmacy and medical equipment from yesteryear. John Uri Lloyd, who grew up in Northern Kentucky, was an early and influential American pharmacist.…
Welcome to the Best of Cincinnati 2015
Every year we — and CityBeat’s readers — receive a convincing reminder of how many local treasures we live among every day and the myriad innovative people and businesses shaping the direction of Cincinnati’s future. Producing CityBeat’s annual Best of Cincinnati issue is a daunting task — months of managing online voting; weeks of soliciting ideas…
2015 Urban Life Reader Picks
Cincinnati's best urban life destinations as selected by CityBeat readers. Apartment Community American Can Lofts Towne Properties Current @ the Banks Local App Cincinnati.com Roadtrippers WCPO Bed and Breakfast Clifton House B & B Symphony Hotel Murphin Ridge Inn Builder/Developer 3CDC 8K Partners Drees Building Union Terminal Music Hall Carew Tower Church Festival Panegyri…
2015 Shops & Services Staff Picks
Cincinnati's best shopping and service destinations as selected by CityBeat staff. BEST HAND-TIED BOUQUETS It’s refreshing both literally and figuratively that floral arranging has transitioned from a tightly puckered ’80s roses-and-baby’s-breath-equal-high-class-fancy philosophy to something organic, ethereal and loose, utilizing herbs, wildflowers and natural branches (see Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Saipua). Locally, Una Floral is bringing a breath of fresh…
Beyond Idol Chatter: The Music/Day Job Balancing Act
For some musicians, their 9-to-5 is little more than a means to an end. Pizza and guitar strings don’t pay for themselves, after all. Others take pride in their work, both on stage and in the “real world,” but view them as two parts of a whole. But for Jess Lamb, her twin identities as…
Morning News and Stuff
Good morning y’all. It’s the end of the week and the sun is out. Those are both good enough reasons to keep this news update short, so just the facts for you today. Starting on a somber note, officials continue to investigate the death of Cincinnati firefighter Daryl Gordon, who fell down an elevator shaft…
Cincinnati-Filmed ‘Carol’ to Premiere at Cannes?
Carol, the drama about a romance between a younger and older woman in 1950s New York that was filmed in Cincinnati last spring, may have its premiere in May at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France. Variety, which closely follows the film industry, yesterday published a speculative report about what may be appearing at this…
2015 Shops & Services Reader Picks
Cincinnati's best shopping and service destinations as selected by CityBeat readers. New Store (Since 3/2014) Fresh Thyme Homage Cincy Shirts Maverick Chocolate Co. J. Crew Factory Ten Thousand Villages EarthWise Pet Supply The Hoop & Needle Galaxie Skateshop Sara’s House Acupuncturist Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine Dr. Sheng Tiny Needle Animal Rescue/Shelter SPCA Cincinnati Stray…
Stage Door: Race and Urban Living on Local Stages
Two shows on local stages are dealing with top-of-mind issues of race and urban living, one at the Cincinnati Playhouse, the other at Ensemble Theatre. Last evening the Playhouse opened its production of Tracey Scott Wilson's Buzzer. Wilson is a playwright who's not afraid to get at prickly issues of contemporary life (read more here),…
Your Weekend To Do List (3/27-3/29)
Music! Plays! Events with alcohol! Acrobats and Classical music! Gorilla suits! FRIDAY 27MUSIC: SEBADOHInfluential Indie Rock band Sebadoh began in 1986 as an outlet for Dinosaur Jr. bassist Lou Barlow, who showed a keen lo-fi, experimental sensibility early on but also proved himself to be a compelling songwriter. After leaving Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh evolved into…
Reel Redux: Top 10 Good Remakes
Today, whenever the terms “remake,” “reboot” or anything like that pop up in terms of film or TV, people automatically assume the worst thing imaginable. While I won’t deny the fact that there have been several remakes that have been pointless, there have been a lot of remakes that have been very good and, in…
FotoFocus Sponsors Upcoming Robert Mapplethorpe Symposium
Last night before photographer Roe Ethridge's FotoFocus Lecture at Cincinnati Art Museum, FotoFocus' Artistic Director Kevin Moore announced the organization is co-presenting a two-day symposium on photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's work with the Contemporary Arts Center on Oct. 23-24. It will mark the 25th anniversary of CAC's presentation of The Perfect Moment, the retrospective of Mapplethorpe's…
I Just Can’t Get Enough
A terrified-looking local 2-year-old has become something of an Internet sensation over the past week. In a funny photo with a cute story-turned-viral image, Quincy Kroner posed with two friendly looking garbage men in front of their truck (as he held his own mini garbage truck toy). Pictured: Internet gold. Dad and Northside resident…
Morning News and Stuff
Morning all. Are you as disappointed with the soggy gray awfulness outside as I am? Over the past few days I’ve been tuning up my bike, getting ready for spring. My plan was to get it out today and ride to work instead of walking. But this morning has been more kayak commuting weather, and…
2015 Eats Staff Picks
Cincinnati's best dining destinations as selected by CityBeat staff. BEST OTR SAUSAGE HOUSE GIVING SENATE A RUN FOR ITS MONEY The go-to place in Over-the-Rhine for housemade sausage is Krueger’s Tavern, a bar and eatery where Lavomatic once held forth. There you’ll find menu items like jagerwurst (“hunting sausage” with lean beef and pork, touches…
2015 Eats Reader Picks
Cincinnati's best dining destinations as selected by CityBeat readers. Overall Restaurant Sotto Boca Eli’s BBQ Jeff Ruby’s Precinct Bakersfield OTR Montgomery Inn The Eagle OTR A Tavola Bar and Trattoria Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse Nada New Restaurant (Since 3/2014) Gomez Salsa Fireside Pizza Cheapside Cafe The Mercer OTR Swad Indian Restaurant Pi Pizzeria Arthur’s Anderson Sleepy…
Heartless Bastards Announce New Album, Two Cincy Shows
Former Cincinnati-based (now Austin, Texas headquartered) band Heartless Bastards have announced the release of its fifth album, Restless Ones, on the Partisan Records imprint on June 16. It’s the band’s first new full-length since 2012’s acclaimed Arrow, the group’s debut for Partisan. (The band took local group Wussy on tour after Arrow's release.) The Bastards,…
2015 Arts & Nightlife Staff Picks
Cincinnati's best arts and nightlife as selected by CityBeat staff. BEST ‘FILTHY’ FOTOFOCUS PERFORMANCE John Waters might bring to mind Divine, Baltimore or pencil-thin mustaches, but photography? The writer/actor/filmmaker/all-around pop culture icon also makes and collects art and photographs, which made him the perfect out-of-the-box candidate to headline 2014’s FotoFocus Biennial — a celebration of photography…
Morning News and Stuff
Hey all, here’s the news today. After some reconfiguration, 3CDC has announced it is moving ahead with its plans for development on the corner of 15th and Race Street. The development is set to include 27 affordable units of housing and 63 units total, along with more than 37,000 square feet of commercial space. It’s…
Teach Your Children Well
Shame on any parent or guardian of school-aged children who has never questioned the term “teaching to the test” and its residual pressures on teachers and students. In the mid-1990s I first heard teachers in the Hamilton City School District whispering the term in frustration throughout neighborhood elementary schools I visited to report education stories…
From Otto’s Kitchen: Smoked Tomato Aioli
Chef Paul Weckman, owner of Covington mainstay Otto's, is getting ready to launch his second restaurant, Frida, in MainStrasse this May. Frida, named after Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, will be the first and only mezcal bar in town. Mezcal, of which tequila is a specific type, is really a community-oriented beverage, in both style and…
10 New Project and Policy Concepts From UrbanCincy
1. UC campus streetcar extension Now that Phase 1a of the streetcar is underway, debate has broken out about whether, and when, to begin the next step. Simes has some very defined ideas about what should come next for the controversial transit project. He would extend Phase 1b of the streetcar to run through the…
Planning Ahead
Cincinnati isn’t the same place it was in 2007 when urban planner Randy Simes founded UrbanCincy, a blog focused on urban planning issues in Cincinnati’s center city. Not long ago, our inner city neighborhoods were mostly ignored or demonized by mainstream media and many public officials. But in the past eight years, focus has turned…
2015 Arts & Nightlife Reader Picks
Cincinnati's best arts and nightlife as selected by CityBeat readers. Overall Bar/Nightclub Japp’s Since 1879 Arnold’s Bar & Grill Habit’s Café The Comet Rhinegeist Neons Unplugged MOTR Pub Mynt Rake’s End The Blind Lemon New Bar/Nightclub (Since 3/2014) Myrtle’s Punch House Lachey’s Woodward Theater HalfCut Liberty’s Bar & Bottle The Littlefield The Growler House Hang Over Easy …
Exceeding the Dream
Cincinnati is a dedicated but long-suffering sports town. Few know this better than Dan Hoard, whose presence in Cincinnati coincides with our city’s hard-luck results over the last 20 years. The Reds, Major League Baseball’s oldest franchise, haven’t won a playoff series since 1995. The Bengals, founded by one of the National Football League’s enduring…
Woodward and Main
Like Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills from the Taken franchise, Dan McCabe has a specific skill set. He will find you and he will kill you … with music. McCabe’s unique vision for Cincinnati is evidenced in the booking prowess that gave meaning to the tagline “Rock & Roll Laundry” at former Corryville club Sudsy Malone’s,…
United Front
On March 18, about a dozen residents of the Alms Hill Apartments in Walnut Hills gathered in the former hotel’s dimly lit community room, along with members of Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati and Josh Spring of the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless. The group, calling itself the Alms Residents Association, was there…
Viral Videos Infect Charts
HOT: Viral Videos Infect Charts Musical acts looking for a boost in revenue via streaming may want to start trolling YouTube’s more popular makers and try to get placement in the next red-hot homemade cat video. Late rapper The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1997 track “Hypnotize” recently debuted on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart at No. 36 after…
LiViD, Moxie Band and More Locals Celebrate New Releases
• Cincinnati Rock foursome LiViD is releasing its new album, As It Happens, in conjunction with a performance Saturday night at Thompson House (24 E. Third St., Newport, Ky., thompsonhousenewport.com). The band is joined by fellow local rockers Lift the Medium, Rootbound and Brent James & the Vintage Youth for the 7 p.m. event. Tickets…
Crushing It
Tina Sullivan, vocalist for Cincinnati’s Lovecrush 88, recently won the “Best Chili” award at the Southgate House Revival’s Super Bowl celebration for the third year in a row, making her an official one-woman chili cook-off dynasty. So it’s obvious that she knows something about what makes amazing football food — spice, some more spice, and…
Family Style with Otto’s Paul Weckman
Chef Paul Weckman exudes an effortless attitude in work and life, as evidenced by his response to a recent hiccup in the mushroom order at Otto’s in Covington, which came in a little light. Billy Webb, owner and farmer of Kentucky mushroom farm Sheltowee Farm, was dropping off Weckman’s order, which was only half of…
An Honest Liar
Within today’s worldview, to be a “skeptic” bears questionable connotations, to say the least. Skepticism strays down the partisan path of denying evidence without even giving a fair reading of the evidential facts being presented or offering a possible alternative rationale. There is something decidedly non-intellectual in the skeptic’s stance, off to the side, seemingly…
Home
More buddy comedy shenanigans, but in the case of Home, an animated feature from Tim Johnson (previously at the helm of Antz and Over the Hedge), the pairing features an alien named Oh (voiced by Jim Parsons) on the run from practically everyone on his home planet and Tip (voiced by Rihanna), a cute, no-nonsense…
Elliott Brood with Young Heirlooms
When a band’s sound gets tagged as “Death Country,” you know something special is afoot. And Canadian trio Elliott Brood lives up to its advance billing in every conceivable way. Utilizing guitar, banjo, ukulele, bass pedals, kazoo, harmonica, keyboards, percussion and a sampler in acoustic and electric contexts, Elliott Brood has reimagined rootsy Country, Bluegrass…
Get Hard
Disparate buddy comedies typically rely on opposites coming together — in the Odd Couple mold — but there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to bring two high-powered box office comedic draws like, say, Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, together — two guys with not exactly overlapping target audiences, right? This is what…
Deli Man
Erik Anjou (director of the documentaries A Cantor’s Tale and The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground, as well as the author of the novel The Conscience of the King, the story of a young man who comes to realize that his father is a Las Vegas Elvis impersonator) gathers an assortment of figures, including Larry King…
Cheese Heads
Artisanal cheesemaking, just like everything else craft, is making a comeback in Cincinnati. Chefs relish the opportunity to make their own cheeses because it takes a short amount of time to produce a product that really makes an impact on a menu. Chefs can also ensure the cheese they make is consistent and affordable, as…
Edward David Anderson with Slick Willy & the Kentucky Jellies
Many will remember Edward David Anderson from the rootsy Rock band Backyard Tire Fire, in which he wrote virtually every song the band performed and recorded. When the group opened for Los Lobos a few years ago, sax player and keyboardist Steve Berlin was listening backstage and was instantly impressed with Anderson’s music. That led…
Carbon Leaf
If, as the old saying goes, success is the best revenge, whoever Carbon Leaf had a beef with has been served with a righteous vengeance beatdown. In the early ’90s, five friends at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia bonded over their mutual love of Indie Rock, Folk, Celtic and Alt Country and formed a band to…
Period Thriller ‘’71’ Runs All Night Through Belfast
Streets don’t get much meaner than those of Belfast back in 1971 as the British army all but occupied the territory, caught up in what amounted to terroristic street fights between Catholics and Protestants with few truly innocent bystanders in the middle. Everyone took sides, no matter how reluctantly, and in most cases everyone knew…
HBO Doc Shines New Light on Scientology
Religious freedom is part of the foundation of this country, and that right extends to faiths of all kinds — ones that our forefathers could have never imagined. But when does a doctrine cross the line from something new, secretive or odd into something more dangerous, sinister or even illegal? The Church of Scientology, a…
Ben Miller Band with Daniel Romano & the Trilliums
I usually keep pretty good tabs on bands that reside on the grittier, wackier side of the Americana ledger. I seek them out because a lot of groups these days provoke me to resurrect that old Redd Foxx line, “I’ve seen more hair on a peanut butter sandwich.” But now and again I find musical…
New Art Movie Predicts Moon Tourism’s Future
It’s not unusual for visual artists to choose film/video as a medium — Ragnar Kjartansson’s A Lot of Sorrow recently showed here and several videos were part of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Eyes on the Street exhibit. But usually these pieces are short and/or conceptual artworks in their nature, not movies in the way we…
She & Them
After five years of exploring minimalist Post Rock’s frontiers, Us, Today has amassed an engaged and cerebral fan base. The Cincinnati band also attracted several clueless nutballs. “People constantly email us thinking we’re USA Today,” vibraphonist Kristin Agee says during a recent conversation in her Northside living room. “It’ll be, ‘You ran this article, you…
Confounding Conversations
T racey Scott Wilson, whose recent play Buzzer opens this week at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (it’s onstage through April 19), once said in an interview, “The biggest issue we have in this country is race, and it’s an issue that Americans don’t talk about much.” The 48-year-old playwright, originally from New Jersey, has…
