Ashley Brown
Joan Marcus CCM grad Ashley Brown is enjoying success in New York. When I talked with ASHLEY BROWN last November in New York City, she told me, "I'm working with a great cast and I'm being paid to learn more. I still get butterflies when I'm waiting to go on." She was taking over…
Supporting Individual Artists
If you're like me, you're pretty tired of apologizing for the Contemporary Arts Center's Mapplethorpe exhibition. You wish we didn't have to continue to bear the burden of this local-turned-national controversy from 16 years ago. I'm not talking about the burden of hyper-sensitive anti-art zealotry or the burden of the ongoing academic debate on the…
Old Places, New Faces
· Former Metal haven Never on Sundays in Silverton has switched ownership and management. Now called Play By Play Café, the venue has been completely remodeled, adding a party room, kitchen, patio and other perks. But it's the eclectic lineup of local original music we've been digging. This Friday, the club presents local Pop/Rock mavericks…
EuroIdol?
HOT Euro Kidding, Right? Our national travesty, American Idol, is winding down. Or so we've heard — we don't watch, but from the looks of it, the finalists are the prom queen and her dad. Instead, we've been keeping our eyes on Europe's "Eurovision" song contest and wishing it were on our TVs six nights…
Diner: Far East Delight
If you've always felt that Japanese restaurants are a bit too intimidating and pricey for casual dining, Miyoshi will change your mind: it offers excellent food, reasonably priced, in a polished but relaxed atmosphere. Domo arigato gozaimasu! Miyoshi is tucked behind Macaroni Grill near the intersection of Houston Road and Rt. 18 in Florence. An…
Everybody Wants to Burn
Notes: The renewed interest in banning Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code (both movie and book) inspired this song. Everybody burns inside with questions. Everybody burns for answers about complicated issues that scare them to death. By banning The DaVinci Code, many religious leaders actually are banning inquiry. While church leaders busy themselves with anti-DaVinci Code…
News: Shelving Lesbians
Matt Borgerding Karen Phebe Beiser goes through the Ohio Lesbian Archive. In the '60s "the L word" stood for "liberation" or the liberation movement, when many sexual minorities decided to talk openly about their same-sex orientation, ending decades of secrecy. In the '70s it was virtually impossible to find any book with a lesbian…
Cover Story: On Any Given Friday
James McKenna A wild coincidence or the sign of a healthy arts district? May 5 at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. On a recent Friday in Over-the-Rhine, a single mother of five fights demons from her past. A young woman loses her family to violence and wonders if she can go on. A student packs…
News to Use
Gambling Forum Proposals to allow slot machines at racetracks and at several urban sites in Ohio are the topic of the next Community Issues Forum at noon May 25 at Christ Church Cathedral, downtown. Cincinnati Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell and Tom Smith, director of public policy for the Ohio Council of Churches, will speak. Lunch…
Film: New X-Factor
Kerry Hayes My, what big adamantium claws you have: Storm (Halle Berry) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) are back in X-Men: The Last Stand. Bryan Singer was an X-factor when he took the helm of the first X-Men film. He was a smart indie director who knew his way around a twisting plot and carefully…
Music: Ready for Their Close-Up
Peter Ellenby Despite critics' comparisons, '80s bands like The Cure and The Smiths have had no influence on Film School's music. Their shoegazing sheets of atmospheric Indie Rock may be broadly cinematic, but there is no film school in the individual résumés of the members of Film School. "It's just a name," says Film…
Film: Desperate Measures
Christine Plenus The (un)happy family: L'Enfant's Deborah Francois (left) and Jeremie Renier Young, unprepared mothers and the men who disrespect them, child neglect, teenage street criminals … the subject matter of L'Enfant (The Child) couldn't seem more grittily, glumly American. And yet, surprisingly enough, this is a film from Belgium — the wealthy West…
A Citizen’s Benefits and Responsibility
Interesting article about Angela Garcia ("When Should Propaganda Begin?," issue of May 17-23). I noticed something interesting, though: Isn't the Fairview German Language School that her child attends a public school paid for by tax dollars? It seems interesting that she (and it would appear the writer, Gregory Flannery) seems to feel that it's perfectly…
News: The Clifton Skyscraper
Jack Brand New development would dramatically change the look of Clifton's business district. Major changes could come as soon as next year to one of Cincinnati's most eclectic and cherished neighborhoods. But whether it will ensure the Clifton Gaslight District's prosperity or permanently destroy its character is hotly debated. A developer is proposing a…
Locals Only: : “More” To Love
Staggering Statistics Staggering Statistics Perhaps adopting the bunker mentality that many felt after Election Day 2004, Staggering Statistics holed up in the Greenhornes' practice space on that fateful day to record their second full-length disc. Full of jagged, skeletal guitars, propulsive bass playing and the short lyrical sketches of lyricist Austin Brown, the result,…
Reds Fighting 13-Year History of Alienating Fans
School is ending, and so the time is at hand when the Reds traditionally hope for a profitable bump in their home attendance. Years ago, the Reds expected that bump and the fans complied — now the team only hopes for the bump, and it sometimes keeps them waiting for years. Once a baseball…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Artimus Pyledriver, Maps and More…
Artimus Pyledriver Artimus Pyledriver with DevilDriver, Bury Your Dead, Remembering Never and If Hope Dies Friday · Bogart's When Charlie Daniels said the South was gonna do it again, you can bet he didn't have this shit in mind. Formed in Atlanta, named after Lynyrd Skynyrd's hammer-and-tong drummer and influenced by the Blacks (Sabbath…
Homeless Teens Turned Into Writers
Even though the girls are exhausted after a long day at school, they get together for two hours on Monday afternoon to listen to poetry and enjoy a snack before calling up their creativity to write and create artwork. "They're eating and chilling out while I'm reading to them," says Carolyn Brookbank, the adult leader…
Mallory Alienates African-American Leaders
Graham Lienhart Pece X (with megaphone) leads protesters in chants denouncing the Bush regime May 19 at Northern Kentucky University. Pronouncing themselves "outraged," important members of Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory's political base vented their frustration May 22 over his handling of plans for The Banks. More than a dozen groups — led by the…
Living Out Loud: : Come Down
FICTION I woke to these sounds — workmen, storm sirens and the wind testing my window, the steady rattle, the fight of thin panes. Below, men hammered, and across the room my window spoke; it moaned, squeaked and knocked against its frame, trapped in the wall of my cramped efficiency. Screenless and stubborn, it was…
News: Learning to Live Together
LAURA SAYER Immigrants and their supporters rallied and marched downtown April 24. Like any other ethnicity in Cincinnati, there is no single geographic concentration of Spanish speaking people in the area — no Little Mexico or Guatemalan District. Although the Latino community is supported by organizations such as the Coalition for Immigrant Rights and…
