Beware the Shadow Men: Thoughts on the “Paradise” Reading at the Playhouse
A bitter winter storm was blowing outside the night the cabal gathered in front of the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Marx Theater stage. Can you imagine a better setting for backroom intrigue? It was Feb.18 and the Playhouse was hosting a public reading of Glyn O'Malley's Paradise, a play about two West Bank teenage…
Diner: Consuming Celebration
When I look back on birthdays past I don't remember cardboard My Little Pony hats with elastic bands. Or bicycles or favorite dolls or special things like that. For one, my birthday comes pretty fast after Christmas and, as far as presents went, they were more often than not leftover gifts my mother found…
News: Trade Secrets
Jymi Bolden (L-R) Carlos Sequiera, Melvin Redondo, Anabel Gonzales, Regina K. Vargo, Eduardo Ayala and Salomon Cohen hold a press conference after negotiating. Negotiations that could affect hundreds of millions of people took place in Cincinnati last week. More than 350 trade delegates and business leaders from the United States, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,…
Therapy After Exercise
When regularly engaging in sports, running, cycling, weight training or any other active venture, your body needs therapy in order to recover and remain healthy. There are various types of therapeutic modalities we recommend that not only are beneficial to the active individual but also combat free radicals and help the body heal from different…
Locals Only: : Disc-O-Mania
· Moonlight Graham is the new band from local singer/songwriter Chris Bailey. On the group's debut EP, Caught Running in the Rain, Bailey and band — bassist David Hisch, drummer Michael Sams and sax-man Mark Heiple — display an organic, reflective approach that should perk up the ears of fans of like-minded local, Ryan…
Listings
ART OPPORTUNITIES 97X COMMUNITY GALLERY AND ARTISAN GROUP — A virtual gallery of digital art, photography, sculpture, poetry, food and art has opened its doors on the pages of sr-curator@cacmail.org. CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER — Reminisce the CAC's 64-year history in Scrapbook: A CAC History, a retrospective exhibit co-curated by Owen Findsen. Through Apr. 30. ……
Film: The Return of Bruno
Woodrow J. Hinton Action man Bruce Willis used his show-biz muscles to make Tears of the Sun. Bruce Willis suffers from an "us vs. them" complex of epic proportions. In this case, the "us" is him and the "them" is the media. It's never more obvious than during an interview. He lumps the media…
1658 Carll St., Fairmount
Jymi Bolden Address: 1658 Carll St., Fairmount Owner: Leo DeSouza Value: $30,300, according to the Hamilton County Auditor's Office Year Built: 1915 Comments: This is no longer the beautiful house shown on the Hamilton County Auditor's Web site. The property has been vacant for a long time, according to a building inspector for the…
50/50: Being an Influential
Slightly tardy, baseball legend Dave Parker and basketball great Oscar Robertson ambled in and took their places during the pre-gala class photo. Marjorie B. Parham, publisher emeritus of The Cincinnati Herald, complained of a disobedient leg and needed a little help negotiating the steps. Relatives of the late boxer Ezzard Charles and Funk bassist William…
Whirlygig: 67
Blitzkrieg Bop Friday night, my boyfriend's band was to play at Plush for the Ramones tribute show. I'd been looking forward to it all week, mostly because it meant no longer hearing "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend." Even in the car on the way, we listened to a taped version so he could focus on…
News: Painful Paydays
Jymi Bolden Diane Marowitz (right) of the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati helps a student with class work. When work pays but doesn't pay enough, low-wage earners are largely left on their own to make ends meet. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, put to the test the…
News: Love Gets a Formula
Jymi Bolden Relationships aren't so hard to figure out once you know what men and women want, says Aryeh Pamensky. Women and men are obviously different, and their behavior toward relationships is no exception, according to Aryeh Pamensky. "The one difference between men and women when it comes to relationships is women are relationship…
