Mar 6-13, 2019
City Of Light: The Cincinnati Art Museum’s “Paris 1900” Exhibition Examines the Lasting Legacy of the City’s Belle Epoque Through Art, Fashion and Souvenirs
Council Passes Liberty Street Road Diet — Again
Cincinnati City Council voted again today to approve a plan narrowing Liberty Street down to five lanes from its current seven to increase pedestrian safety. Council approved funding for the program back in October, but it hasn't been implemented by the city yet. Mayor John Cranley opposes the plan, instead supporting an alternative that preserves…
Cincinnati City Council Bars Employers From Asking About Salary History
If you're a prospective employee fielding a question about your salary history during a job application process, it can put you between a rock and a hard place — you don't want to price yourself out of the job, but you also don't want to end up with less than the job is worth because…
Cincinnati Adjusts Over-the-Rhine’s Residential Parking Permit Plan
Cincinnati City Council today passed a revision to its residential parking permit program in Over-the-Rhine that sets aside 200 spaces around the southern half of the neighborhood as "flex" spaces — spots that will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but reserved for permit holders during the evening. The move…
In Cincinnati, Bannon Seeks to Raise Private Money for Border Wall
About 200 people gathered in the Hilton Netherland Plaza's opulent Hall of Mirrors last night to hear a rather unique pitch: Give money to a private nonprofit called We Build the Wall so that group can construct a barrier between the United States and Mexico on privately-owned land. The idea is the brainchild of Brian…
Live Music in Greater Cincinnati: This Week’s Concerts and Club Shows (March 13-19)
WEDNESDAY 13 * 20TH CENTURY THEATER – Yonder Mountain String Band. 8 p.m. Bluegrass/Jam. $29.50. ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Todd Hepburn. 7 p.m. Piano/Various. Free. BLIND LEMON – Jonathan Spaulding. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. * BOGART’S – Cat Power. 8 p.m. Indie Rock. $35. CAFFÈ VIVACE – Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big…
Hip Hop Collective Beast Coast, featuring Joey Bada$$ and Flatbush Zombies, is Coming to Cincinnati This Summer
New York City Hip Hop collective Beast Coast — which includes Flatbush Zombies, Pro Era (featuring Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, CJ Fly and Powers Pleasant) and The Underachievers — are embarking on the Escape From New York Tour this summer, the 10-member group's first joint road trip since 2013. The tour includes a…
Bunbury Releases the Daily Lineups for Its 2019 Music Festival
In late January, the full lineup for this year's Bunbury Music Festival was unveiled. Today the festival announced who will be performing each day of the fest, which returns to Cincinnati's riverfront May 31-June 2 Fall Out Boy will headline Friday's opening night, while Greta Van Fleet tops the Saturday lineup and The 1975 plays…
Cincinnati Ranks Fifth Best Midsize College Basketball City in New Survey
We are officially in the midst of March Madness in Greater Cincinnati, with Northern Kentucky University becoming the first local NCAA team to punch its ticket to 2019's big college basketball tournament, which begins March 19 with the "First Four" games in Dayton. After an exciting semi-final win Monday night against Oakland (thanks to a…
A Common Thread: CAC’s ‘Archive as Action’ Meets Three Local Artists at Their Intersection
Housed on the Contemporary Arts Center’s second-floor gallery, Archive as Action meets three seemingly disparate Cincinnati-based artists — Amanda Curreri, Lindsey Whittle and Calcagno Cullen — at their intersection. The gallery space is wholly utilized through pieces like a mapwork of blown-up sketches — akin to the kind that might fill the margins of a…
Appeals Court Rules Ohio Can Strip Planned Parenthood of State Funds
The full U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 11-6 today that an Ohio law stripping women's health providers who perform abortions of state funding is constitutional, overturning a lower circuit court's injunction barring the law. The money administered by the Ohio Department of Health going to Ohio Planned Parenthood clinics doesn't fund abortions, but…
‘Rolling Stone’ Premieres New Album ‘Love & Revelation’ by Cincinnati Music Greats Over the Rhine
Love & Revelation, the new album from Cincinnati music greats Over the Rhine, is set for release this Friday (March 15). But you can listen to the whole album now via Rolling Stone's premiere here. It's the 15th Over the Rhine album from its creative core, husband and wife duo Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist,…
Take a Floral Arranging Class at Oakley Wines with Una Floral
Roses and rosé converge at Oakley Wines for an exclusive floral arranging class hosted by Una Floral’s Patricia Duque Campos. She will be teaching prospective florists, gardeners and just green-thumbed hobbyists how to expertly craft a beautiful bouquet of springtime flowers (provided by her) small enough to fit in a wine glass. All participants are supplied with…
FC Cincinnati’s Home Opener Against the Portland Timbers Takes Place on Saint Patrick’s Day
FC Cincinnati has made a splash in American soccer in the last few years. On March 17, our hometown team will play their first ever home game in the MLS. FC Cincinnati will host the 2017 MLS Champion Portland Timbers team. This historic game will be played at UC’s Nippert stadium as the new West…
Saint Patrick’s Day at Molly Malone’s Transforms That Corner of Covington into Dublin for a Day
This corner of Covington turns into Dublin on Sunday when Molly Malone’s goes big for Saint Patrick’s Day. Everything kicks off with kegs and eggs at 7 a.m. If you’re one of the first 100 people through the door, you get a souvenir shirt. Then spend the rest of the day on all three floors…
The Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Watch Party at Moerlein Lager House has Food and Beer
If you don’t feel like standing outside to watch the parade, look at it pass by from the warmth of the Moerlein Lager House. The restaurant is hosting a watch party and celebration full of Irish flair. Head to the Hops Garden for a view of the procession while enjoying Irish stew, bangers and mash…
Cincinnati’s 53rd Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Takes Over Downtown Saturday
It’s (one day before) Saint Patrick’s Day, the only day of the year you can shamelessly pour Baileys into your morning coffee. That means it’s time to don the tackiest green attire in your closet and brush up on the lyrics of that one Pogues song to celebrate Ireland’s patron saint with Cincinnati’s 53rd annual…
Celebrate Pi Day at Urban Artifact with Science on Tap and Pizza
Only a square would neglect to honor Pi Day; which is why Science on Tap is hosting their second annual celebration of the mathematical constant in Urban Artifact’s upstairs sanctuary space. The night features several presentations highlighting the importance of numbers within everyday life and not quite infinite amounts of wood-fired “neo-Neapolitan” pizza Pi from…
Saint Patrick’s Day on Fountain Square Lasts All Weekend
Surprise: Saint Patrick’s Day on Fountain Square lasts an entire weekend. There will be live Celtic Rock music on Saturday and Sunday, with face painting, Irish food, green beer and Guinness. The Drowsy Lads, FinTan and Dulahan play Saturday and then The Drowsy Lads (again), 9 Castle Close and The Prodigals play Sunday. Noon-6 p.m.…
Veteran Comedian Paula Poundstone Takes the Stage at the Taft Theatre for One Night Only
If you’re not reading the print edition of this, Paula Poundstone has some concerns. The veteran stand-up, in recent years, has become an advocate for eliminating screen time for children. “There’s no question it’s had a negative effect on or society as a whole,” she says, “and I know people can drudge around and find…
OTR’s Sankofa: East Coast vs. West Coast Travels Back in Time to Explore the Origins of Hip Hop’s Biggest Feud
Sankofa is back to transport you through time to the peak of Hip Hop. This immersive art project uses performance, curation and cosplay to transform the People’s Liberty Globefront Gallery into a time-warp portal, hosted by grant recipient Jennie Wright. The first part of the Sankofa installation took guests to The Cotton Club in Harlem…
The HorrorHound Weekend Lineup Includes Photo-Ops with the Likes of Devon Sawa, Christina Ricci, Pauly Shore and Meatloaf
Spooky season doesn’t have to stay relegated to October as HorrorHound Weekend celebrates its 10th anniversary in Cincinnati. This wide-ranging convention features selfie and autograph opportunities with the likes of Elvira, The Shape of Water’s romantic fish-man Doug Jones, and, of course, Meatloaf. Various Q&A and live event panels featuring cultural icons like pro-wrestling hall-of-famer…
Protests Planned for Local Event Looking to Fund Border Wall
A town hall this evening supporting efforts to crowdfund a border wall between the United States and Mexico has sparked not one but two counter-events. The "We Build the Wall" event at the Hilton Netherland Plaza on Fifth Street, organized by a nonprofit with the same name, will feature a familiar, controversial face: Steve Bannon,…
Karrikin Spirits Co. has Created a Popular Distillery/Restaurant Destination in an Offbeat Part of Fairfax
Karrikin combines a distillery, brewery, bar and restaurant in a gigantic former warehouse located in what feels like a no-man’s land of industrial buildings between Mariemont and Mount Lookout. As obscure as the location seemed when we arrived on a stormy night, we nevertheless had trouble finding a parking space in either of the two…
Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Hank Williams’ Cincinnati Recording Sessions with Herzog Music and Cincinnati Music Heritage Foundation
In late 1948 and the summer of 1949, Country music icon Hank Williams traveled to Cincinnati’s E.T. Herzog Recording Company studio to record a handful of songs that would become a part of American music’s DNA, including “Lovesick Blues” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Dedicated to promoting the important people, places and moments…
‘Captain Marvel’: A Necessary Force to be Reckoned With
So much has already been celebrated — and smeared — about Captain Marvel's hero: Carol Danvers, also known as Vers. But, for me, I was left with the same thought I had upon seeing DC’s Wonder Woman in 2017: I wish I was able to see this when I was a kid. And both films…
Louisville’s Massive Bourbon & Beyond Festival Returns with Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band, Robert Plant and More
Louisville, Kentucky's three-day Bourbon & Beyond festival is returning Sept. 20-22 with a jaw-dropping lineup that tops even last year's rain-hindered, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer-filled roster. Topping the bills each day are arena headliners Foo Fighters, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters (who were to play last year's B&B but had their…
Eclectic Cincinnati Americana Band Hickory Robot Hosts a Pair of Album Release Parties to Celebrate New Eponymous Release
Adventurous Bluegrass/Americana quartet Hickory Robot celebrates its new self-titled album this weekend with a pair of release parties. On Friday (March 15), the band performs at Fretboard Brewing Company (5800 Creek Road, Blue Ash, fretboardbrewing.com) at 8 p.m. The group then performs on Saturday (March 16) at Plain Folk Café (10177 State Route 132, Pleasant…
Concrete Structures and Urban Spaces Transform into Accessible — and Iconic — Greater Cincinnati Skate Spots
If your perception of skateboarding has been shaped by Hollywood or ESPN, you might associate the pastime with massive wooden half pipes, deliberately designed concrete theme parks and conspicuous energy drink sponsorships. According to the X Games or An Extremely Goofy Movie, skating is an activity that takes place in a controlled environment primed to…
Cincy Designer Competes on ‘Project Runway’
Cincinnatian Tessa Clark is a cast member on the upcoming Season 17 of Project Runway, which begins airing on Bravo March 14. A 2016 graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, she earned a bachelor’s degree in fashion design and later interned for Marchesa and VPL in New York…
Dev Patel-Starring ‘The Wedding Guest’ Embraces the Unknown
Writer-director Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, The Killer Inside Me) embraces the unknown. He must, because his latest feature The Wedding Guest places audiences in the company of true blank slate named Jay (Dev Patel). But we don’t find out the man’s name early on — or, really, anything about him at all. We’re left…
Ohio Gives Green Light to First Medicinal Marijuana Processor
Ohio officials cleared the state's first medicinal marijuana processor to start operating March 8, filling the last gap in the state's medical cannabis program. Grow Ohio LLC received approval from the Ohio Department of Commerce to operate a 60,000-square-foot processing facility in Muskingum County outside of Zanesville. The final certification allows Grow Ohio to begin…
Minimum Gauge: Hip Hop Stars Chance the Rapper, 21 Savage and More File Brief with Supreme Court in First Amendment Case
HOT: Supreme Education Two very different arguments involving popular music have been playing out in the upper echelons of the U.S. government. Ahead of a First Amendment battle headed for the Supreme Court involving aspiring rapper Jamal Knox, who was sentenced to prison for “terroristic threats” and witness intimidation based solely on his song lyrics,…
Playhouse in the Park’s ‘Two Trains Running’ Rings With Loss and Love
CRITIC'S PICK Playhouse in the Park’s production of Two Trains Running, the seventh installment of August Wilson’s masterful 10-part Pittsburgh Cycle, is an epic exploration of loss, death and love. Set in the late 1960s, Pittsburgh’s once thriving Hill District is gutted, a feeble rendering of its former glorious self. Inside a dilapidated diner, a…
‘Last Podcast on the Left’ Veers into Cincy’s Taft Theatre
In 2011, Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks and Ben Kissel — three friends who met more than a decade ago in the comedy world — formed The Last Podcast on the Left (named after the 1972 Wes Craven rape-revenge film The Last House on the Left) back when hardly anybody had a podcast. Originally, it started…
Chan Marshall’s Acclaimed Cat Power Headlines Cincinnati Concert Amidst Arena Tour with Mumford & Sons
Chan Marshall may not have required any high-profile stardust to help her achieve her Rock dreams as the infinitely talented Cat Power, but it hasn’t much mattered. Adopting her stage name from her first band, Marshall was spotted by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Two Dollar Guitar guitarist Tim Foljahn opening for Liz Phair…
YWCA’s ‘The Womanist Movement’ Seeks to Bridge the Gap Between White Women and Women of Color
Nine Cincinnati-based women artists’ work will be presented via the exhibition The Womanist Movement, opening on International Women’s Day. Helmed by Ricci Michaels, director of the Urban Expression 101 Project, and Ena Nearon Menefield, president of Ten Talents Network, it will mark YWCA’s first art show. When the duo first got on board with YWCA, Nearon says they…
Ohio House Cuts DeWine’s Proposed Gas Tax Increase, But Boosts Public Transportation Funding
By a vote of 71-27, lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that cuts Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's proposed gas tax boost almost in half, generating a third less revenue per year. But the amount of that revenue going to public transit — an area in which Ohio lags nearly every…
Cincinnati Opera CEO Patricia K. Beggs to Retire After 35 Years
At the close of Cincinnati Opera's 100th anniversary season, another change will come in 2020: CEO Patricia K. Beggs will retire in August 2020 after 35 years with the company. A national search for Beggs' successor has already begun. “I’ve had a dream job for almost half of my life,” Beggs says in a press…
More Than Two Dozen Cincinnati Music Acts Take Over Southgate House Revival for Rock N’ Revival For A Cure Benefit Concert
In 2016, Adam and Matthew Forsthoefel and their bandmates in Cincinnati Rock band The Grove hosted their first Rock ’N Revival for a Cure benefit concert. The multi-act event was create in the wake of the Forsthoefel brothers' father being diagnosed with Glioblastoma, the brain cancer that eventually took his life. To help others as…
Hip Hop Artist and Cincinnati Native Speed Walton Just Dropped His New Album, ‘Real Name Speed,’ and He’s Celebrating Tonight at Top Cats
Today (March 8), the anticipated new full-length album from Speed Walton is officially available. It's a "debut album" of sorts — the long-in-the-works Real Name Speed, as the title indicates, is the first album to be released under Walton's real name. A Cincinnati native, Walton was a prominent force on the local music scene for…
Local Author Sheila Williams Gets a Netflix Adaptation with ‘Juanita’
When Sheila Williams — a local author based in Newport — first sat down to write Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, she was having one of those days, the kind where everything seemingly goes wrong. “I had a day like that — I’ve had several — and I was ready to leave,” she…
Got Science? From Saying Goodbye to NASA’s Opportunity Rover to Flooding Rivers, Here’s What You Missed in February
1. Weather gone wild First, a kink in the polar vortex brought record-breaking cold to the Midwest. Then excessive rain brought widespread flooding. That rain continued for weeks, causing massive landslides along Columbia Parkway. While all Midwesterners are used to weather changing at the drop of a hat, it’s safe to say February 2019’s weather…
Everything You Should Know About the Cincinnati City Council Text Lawsuit
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman March 7 signed off on a settlement in which the City of Cincinnati will pay $101,000 to conservative activist Mark Miller and his attorney over text messages sent among five members of Cincinnati City Council in violation of Ohio's open meetings laws. Media, the council members, city…
Cincinnati Indie Pop Trio Leggy Releases First Full-Length Album of All-New Music, ‘Let Me Know Your Moon,’ This Friday
Leggy has been a staple of the Cincinnati music scene — and one of its best international exports — since emerging five years ago with its debut EP, Cavity Castle, which helped the group earn a New Artist of the Year nomination at the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. Since then, the trio has released a handful…
