Colonel’s Kitchen Now Open in Fort Thomas
Colonel De Stewart and his wife, Susan, have opened the next iteration of their spice empire: Colonel's Kitchen, a breakfast and lunch spot in the heart of Fort Thomas. The sit-down eatery will feature a from-scratch kitchen that focuses on farm to table, with a kick from Colonel De's cult favorite gourmet herbs and spices.…
The West End’s Sew Valley is helping launch local sewing entrepreneurs and businesses
When designer/small business entrepreneur Rosie Kovacs opened up the first iteration of her Brush Factory fashion line nearly a decade ago, the U.S. was in the grips of the Great Recession. The country was in no mood for people to consider an upcharge on a necessity like clothing just because it was “Made in America.”…
From Cheviot to Mariemont and Points Between, Community Theater is Strong in this City
Good theater is not limited to Cincinnati’s and Northern Kentucky’s professional and semi-professional stages. Our numerous community theaters use volunteer power and talent to present engaging shows featuring skilled actors, directors, designers and promoters — frequently with surprisingly good results. Three of these groups own permanent homes in adapted facilities, rather than the standard community…
Dance Theatre of Harlem Comes to the Aronoff Center as a Champion of Diversity
Performing at the Aronoff Center for the Arts on Friday and Saturday, Dance Theatre of Harlem is a company committed to using dancers of diverse backgrounds. It also aims to educate audiences about dance through performances in Harlem and around the country. When it was founded in 1969 by former New York City Ballet dancer…
Carl Solway Gallery’s Current Show of Saul Steinberg Prints Brings Back Memories
We should be used to the fact that no significant visual-art event in the second half of the 20th century has happened here without some kind of connection to the gallerist Carl Solway. That is the case with the Cincinnati Art Museum’s recent installation of Saul Steinberg’s “Mural of Cincinnati” in its newly renovated Schmidlapp…
REVIEW: This Season of ‘Atlanta” Is Wonderfully Weird
This is Donald Glover’s moment — he’s fresh off his Saturday Night Live debut, serving double duty as host and musical guest (under his musical stage name Childish Gambino, who just released a new single, “This Is America”). He’ll appear as a young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story, in theaters later this…
38 Staff-Selected Places to Eat Brunch in Cincinnati
These days, the phrase “Let’s get brunch” is basically a euphemism for “Let’s get drunk before noon.” People be lovin' brunch, amiright? It’s a Bacchanalian breakfast celebration that doubles as an excuse to mainline mimosas and stuff bacon into foods where it does not belong. The brunch zeitgeist of the new millennium is real. There…
This Week in Questionable Decisions: May 2-8
This Week in Questionable Decisions… 1. Riders on a Universal Studios Japan roller coaster were stuck upside down for two hours after the ride stalled. 2. Trump last week teased the “Space Force,” a new intergalactic branch of the military. 3. A Dearborn, Mich. school offered a “modesty poncho” for girls attending prom. Hot! 4.…
What a Week!: May 2-8
Cue the Boy Scoutrage The Boy Scouts of America will for the first time begin formally accepting girls this summer, and with that comes a change in name for the BSA’s flagship program. The Boy Scouts for kids in grades six through 12 will be known as “Scouts BSA” starting next February. But not everything…
Cincinnati Blues guitarists unite for Play It Forward charity concert
Several area Blues guitar players are teaming up for a good cause Friday at Covington’s Madison Theater. The Cincinnati Guitar Festival is a benefit for Play It Forward, the local organization co-founded by Cincinnati radio legend and music booster Gary Burbank that assists area musicians with financial and medical needs. Visit pifcincy.org for more on…
Sound Advice: Boulevards (May 11 and 12)
Jamil Rashad pounds out old-school Funk/Pop at its ivy-walled finest. Performing as Boulevards, Rashad channels classic party Funk from the ’70s and ’80s and blends it with a contemporary wash of Hip Hop, Jazz and Soul to create a danceable solution that is fresh and yet eerily familiar. The recent brace of Boulevards recordings are…
Sound Advice: Ghost (May 11)
Though there’s a point to those who bemoan the loss of mystery in music during our social-media/information-overload age, it’s not as though no one is trying. Take theatrical Swedish Metal band Ghost, for example. After enrapturing audiences in their homeland, over the course of five years, the troupe rose to become one of the biggest…
Minimum Gauge: Guns N’ Roses box set to feature all things ‘Appetite for Destruction’ (except that one song with the racism and homophobia)
HOT: One Less Lie Guns N’ Roses recently announced plans for expanded editions of their landmark debut album, Appetite for Destruction. But even the $999 Locked N’ Loaded version — which includes skull rings and temporary tattoo replicas of the band members’ ink — will be missing something. Along with unreleased demos and other rarities,…
Sound Advice: Todd Rundgren and Utopia (May 10)
Whether it’s whim, impulse or the inability to remain still, Todd Rundgren has always been a multi-genre chameleon, effortlessly switching between Pop singer/songwriter, Philly Soul balladeer, Progressive rocker, avant-gardist and much in between. With Rock reunions being the order of the day, Rundgren has now brought back Utopia, the cult band he started in 1975.…
Tune-Yards’ latest album draws inspiration from EDM and African music, as well as our current social/political climate
Merrill Garbus is in a constant state of evolution and self-reflection, a process that can’t help but infect everything she does as the front woman and driving creative force behind Tune-Yards. What began as a one-person project more than a decade ago is now a full-fledged collaboration with bassist Nate Brenner (who also happens to…
University of Cincinnati could strip Bill Cosby of honorary degree; more news
Hello, all. Hope that if you ran the Flying Pig this weekend, you can still bend in all the places you normally bend. If not, slowly sit down somewhere comfortable and stretch while we run through the news (no actual running involved). The University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees will meet at 8 a.m. May 8 in…
Mother’s Day Brunches in Cincinnati
Mother’s Day is Sunday (May 13; mark you calendar) and to honor the ladies in our lives, plenty of restaurants are offering special Mother’s Day brunches and buffets. Most of these require advance RSVPs, so plan ahead, you heathens. Coppin's at Hotel Covington — New head chef Mitch Arens has created a special buffet featuring…
New progressive group takes aim at Chabot; more news
Hello, all. It’s almost the weekend. Here’s a little news update to usher out this week. If you thought things had finally calmed down at the Cincinnati Park Board following the contentious fights in City Hall over board appointments, money from a private foundation and the like, well, not quite. Seeking records from departed finance…
Exhibition in Tribute to the Late Cincinnati Artist Merle Rosen
On May 4, East Hyde Park's Mary Ran Gallery opened an art exhibition in tribute to the late Merle Rosen, a highly respected Cincinnati artist who died last year of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The show will last through May 26 at the gallery, 3668 Erie Ave. An artist and teacher for…
Watch: “I Don’t Mind,” the latest video/song from Greater Cincinnati singer/songwriter Wonky Tonk
Yesterday, fantastic Greater Cincinnati singer/songwriter Wonky Tonk released a new video for her track, “I Don’t Mind.” The clip was directed by Rich Tarbell, who has made videos for local group Wussy, including “North Sea Girls,” which took home the Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Music Video in 2015. Wonky Tonk’s video for a track…
Cincinnati Pops Will Play Score to First ‘Star Wars’ as the Movie Screens at Music Hall
Coming off what it considers a very successful performance of Leonard Bernstein's score to West Side Story as the movie was screened last weekend, the Cincinnati Pops announced it next will showcase composer John Williams' famous score to the first Star Wars movie, 1977's A New Hope, as the film is screening above the stage at Music Hall. The dates…
The Ollie’s Trolley mural at Liberty and Race streets will come down to make way for building improvements and a new bar
A giant hoagie sandwich. An equally improbably sized, but very cute, dog. A normal sized (?) likeness of 1990s TV star Steve Urkel of Family Matters fame. A child in a sweet vintage sweater dropping french fries into the wind. If you’ve walked around Over-the-Rhine much — or lived there for years — the above isn’t…
Should Trump get Nobel Peace Prize? GOP Senate candidate thinks so; plus more news
Good morning, all. Here’s a quick rundown of the news today. The Banks Joint Steering Committee yesterday voted to recommend the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and its management firm MEMI to build a music venue on Cincinnati’s riverfront Banks, despite requests from Mayor John Cranley, among others, to chose another developer with plans for an outdoor…
Acclaimed Cincinnati indie rockers Wussy play hometown album release show before heading overseas for U.K./EU dates
One of Cincinnati’s most widely acclaimed bands, Wussy, is gearing up for the international release of its much-anticipated new album What Heaven is Like. Hometown fans will get first crack at hearing the full-length when the group performs this Saturday at Woodward Theater. The show will feature two sets — one of the new album…
What a Week!: April 25-May 1
Man, I Feel Like an American Country music queen Shania Twain has been on something of a Millennial pop culture tour lately. She played herself in a hilarious appearance on Broad City this past fall, recently served as a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race and hung out at Coachella with Timothée Chalamet, French Montana,…
This Week in Questionable Decisions
This Week in Questionable Decisions… 1. That’s So Raven actor Orlando Brown was arrested in his underwear by a bounty hunter. 2. Charlie Rose is in talks to host a #MeToo series where he’ll interview Louis C.K., Matt Lauer and others accused of sexual harassment scandals. 3. Kate Middleton trotted out in front of cameras…
FC Cincinnati: Major League Soccer officials to visit Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati gave an update — sort of — on its chances of grabbing a Major League Soccer franchise today. There's still no final word on whether the team will get an MLS franchise, but league commissioner Don Garber and MLS executives will tour Cincinnati soon and meet with team owners, FCC says. According to…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati concerts May 2-8
WEDNESDAY 02 BOGART'S – Minus the Bear with The Coathangers. 8 p.m. Indie/AltRock. $25. (Click here for more.) MEMORIAL HALL – CMA Songwriters Series featuring Eric Paslay, Rob Hatch, Sara Evans and Trent Harmon. 7 p.m. Country/Singer/Songwriter. $30-$50. MOTR PUB – Faux Ferocious with The Harlequins and The Jollys. 10 p.m. Rock/Various. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE…
Report on teen’s death delayed by prosecutor subpoena; more news
Hello, all. Here’s a quick recap of news going around today. A report from the Cincinnati Police Department on an internal investigation into the death of 16-year-old Kyle Plush that was slated to be released today will be delayed by roughly a week, Cincinnati City Solicitor Paula Boggs Muething told a Cincinnati City Council committee…
