Morning News and Stuff
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Leftovers: What We Ate This Weekend
Each week CityBeat staffers, dining writers and the occasional intern tell you what they ate this weekend. We're not always proud — or trendy — but we definitely spend at least some money on food. Ilene Ross: On Friday night I was “ordered” by the boy and his friend to pick up pizza from Goodfellas on my way home.…
Walk the Moon to Play ‘The Voice’ Tuesday
If you have access to a radio or television set, then you’re likely well aware that “Shut Up and Dance” by Cincinnati Dance Pop crew Walk the Moon has become a bona fide Pop hit. The single has been certified platinum, meaning it has sold more than one millions copies. The catchy, danceable track is…
Morning News and Stuff
Morning y’all! It’s bike to work week, so I hope you saddled up on your commute today. Here’s what’s up in the news. It’s kind of unbelievable that solid statistics on housing on one of the city’s most actively developed neighborhood don’t exist. I’ve been working to find solid numbers on affordable housing in Over-the-Rhine…
Pageantry, History and a Few Laughs
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is engaged in an ambitious effort to become only the second theater company in the U.S. to present Shakespeare’s eight history plays in historical order. Richard II was offered in 2013; the two parts of Henry IV, combined into one production, were staged a year ago. For 2015 it’s Henry V, picking…
Your Weekend To Do List (5/8-5/10)
FRIDAY Get wild with TYLER, THE CREATOR at Bogart's About halfway through “Deathcamp,” the lead track on Tyler, the Creator’s new album Cherry Bomb, the dense, hard-charging music takes a breather so the controversial California-bred rapper can declare, “I don’t like to follow the rules/And that’s just who I am/I hope you understand.” No doubt…
Morning News and Stuff
Morning y’all. Here’s what’s going on today. The battle over Over-the-Rhine’s parking plan continues. Yesterday, Mayor John Cranley told the Cincinnati Enquirer that he would be open to eliminating permit parking in the city — currently, one part of Clifton near Cincinnati state and the tiny Pendleton neighborhood both have permits available for residents. He…
James Beard Foundation-Style Progressive Dinner
This time last year, chef Jean-Robert de Cavel wrangled six of our finest local chefs for the best road trip ever to New York City's James Beard Foundation as part of Cincy in NYC, a weeklong excursion where a variety of local performing arts and cultural groups — the Cincinnati Ballet, May Festival Chorus and…
Stage Door: Trips Down Memory Lane
If you're feeling nostalgic, Cincinnati stages have several offerings for you to enjoy. Let's start with Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Cincinnati Playhouse. It's set in the present, but Vanya, one of three angsty siblings, thinks that contemporary life is missing the point, and he yearns for things he loved during…
I Just Can’t Get Enough
I actually liked “Uptown Funk” when I first heard Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson perform it on SNL last November. But because we can’t have anything nice, the song has been sorely overplayed in TV promos, movie trailers, parody videos, poorly choreographed wedding dances (I’m guessing) and elsewhere to the point that it is no…
Free Summer Music in the Parks
Just a couple of decades or so ago, downtown Cincinnati resembled a ghost town in the evenings. Once 5 p.m. rolled around, most downtown workers hopped in their cars and headed home, rarely staying in or visiting the city’s core for any other reason (maybe a concert or sporting event, but that was largely a…
Morning News and Stuff
Heya! Here’s a quick rundown of the big stories today before I jet off for an interview. As you may have heard, Mayor John Cranley yesterday vetoed an Over-the-Rhine parking plan that would have created up to 450 permitted parking spots for residents and left 150 spots for so-called “flex parking,” or unmetered spots available…
National Endowment for the Arts Offers Grant to CAC
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will make a $50,000 grant to Contemporary Arts Center to help mount a survey exhibition of Korean-American artist Do Ho Suh in 2016. The CAC will also produce a catalog on the artist. In a press release, CAC Director Raphaela Platow said, “We are delighted to have received…
WATCH: Freekbass’ “Everybody’s Feelin’ Real” Music Video
The new music video from veteran Cincinnati funkateer (and relentless road dog) Freekbass recently appeared online. The clip for “Everybody’s Feelin’ Real” — the slinky, head-boppin’ Pop/Funk title track from Freekbass’ most recent full-length release — shows a variety of scenes and special guests to the viewer through a smartphone screen (fitting, as more and…
In First Veto, Cranley Nixes OTR Parking Plan
Mayor John Cranley today vetoed a parking plan for Over-the-Rhine that would have converted 400-450 of the neighborhood's 1,200 spots into permitted parking for residents. Democrats on council passed the plan 5-4 before Cranley killed the deal.It's Cranley's first veto since he took office in 2013 and the first mayoral veto of a council action…
Brutality and Frequency Distinguish ISIS Executions
I call it ISIS Porn. That’s the online stream of public beheadings, mutilations and stonings. Then there are the online videos of kneeling victims shot in the back of the head and hangings in public places. And rows of victims of mass executions, often by machine gun fire. Add to that the murder of gay…
Rescheduled “Tunes & Blooms” Concerts Begin Tonight
Every April, the Cincinnati Zoo presents an every-Thursday concert series called “Tunes & Blooms,” which showcases some of the finest local bands in Greater Cincinnati (as well as the Zoo’s Botanical Garden in full bloom). But for this year’s series, Mother Nature had different plans, as April showers brought cancelled concerts on April 2, 9…
Morning News and Stuff
Good morning y’all. Let’s do this news thing real quick. $25 million to get low-income Cincinnati students into a better education sounds great, doesn’t it? Absolutely. But there are questions about just such a proposal, which is being touted by a group of area business leaders and educators. The group, which includes the Haile Foundation,…
Worst Week Ever! April 29-May 5
Gov. Kasich Urges Ohio Police Departments to Make Some Rules About Killing Black People It’s hard to succinctly sum up all the awful scenarios in which (mostly black) people end up dead after coming into contact with police for reasons that are dubious at best. Suffice it to say that enough people are getting shot…
Study: Hamilton County in Bottom Quarter for Income Mobility
Hamilton County is worse than roughly 75 percent of counties in the United States when it comes to income mobility. A recent study by Harvard economists looks at how much income a child will make by age 26 as a function of what county they grow up in. The more likely a low-income child in…
Victim Language
There’s been a lot of electronic brouhaha after Enquirer reporter Emilie Eaton — who looks to be about 30 seconds out of college — published her first-person report about the shooting death of 30-year-old Gregory Douglas on Vine Street last week in broad daylight. She has either been flayed for the “why me?” tone of…
Music Hall Renovation Funding Gets $12 Million Boost
Music Hall is one step closer to a major renovation after receiving big gifts from local philanthropists announced May 1. A $10 million donation by American Financial Group and Edyth Linder, wife of AFG founder Carl Linder Jr., brings Music Hall within $10 million of the $125 million required for the interior renovations. Also helping…
Mother’s Day Brunch
If you aren't making brunch for mom at home, take her somewhere nice. Here are some local restaurants hosting Mother's Day meals. Call ahead to make reservations. Holiday Jazz Buffet — A Mother’s Day brunch buffet, featuring a carving station, breakfast egg bake, pastries, pasta and more, plus live Jazz music. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $23.95.…
“Uptown Funk” Credits Grow
HOT: “Funk” Credits Grow When a jury ordered Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay more than $7 million to Marvin Gaye’s family due to a resemblance between the pair’s “Blurred Lines” and an old Gaye classic (the pair are currently seeking a new trial), it was hard not think of the Bruno Mars/Mark Ronson…
On the Road Again
How do you unwind after helping argue a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court? If you’re Al Gerhardstein, you go on a 1,350-mile tandem bike ride. Just days after the April 28 oral arguments for Obergefell v. Hodges, which may be one of the most important same-sex marriage cases in history, the 63-year-old Cincinnati…
Howard Brothers ‘Go a Li’l Faster’ on First Release in Seven Years
The Howard Brothers Band is back with a new full-length, Go a Li’l Faster, the follow-up to its 2008 debut, Catch the Party Train. The band hosts an album release party Friday at MVP Sports Bar & Grille (6923 Plainfield Road, Silverton, mymvpsportsbarandgrille.com). Heavy Medicine and Taylor Shannon Band are also on the bill. Showtime…
The Donkeys with Ben Knight & the Welldiggers
If you’re a Donkeys fan, you know the San Diego quartet from its decade-plus history, three exemplary albums on Dead Oceans and 2014 debut with new label Easy Sound Recording Co., Ride the Black Wave. You know they haven’t had a lineup change since forming in 2004 and that they’ve been nominated twice (winning once)…
Tyler, the Creator with Taco
About halfway through “Deathcamp,” the lead track on Tyler, the Creator’s new album Cherry Bomb, the dense, hard-charging music takes a breather so the controversial California-bred rapper can declare, “I don’t like to follow the rules/And that’s just who I am/I hope you understand.” No doubt many don’t understand, which seems to suit Tyler just…
Metro Station with Saywecanfly, 7 Minutes in Heaven, Satellite Flight and Lullaby Crash
For an innocuous Disney sitcom about a fictional teen Pop idol, Hannah Montana was certainly responsible for a lot of real music. Miley Cyrus’ Pop career obviously took a stratospheric turn as a result of her starring role, and co-stars Emily Osment and Mitchel Musso released well-regarded albums during the show’s four-season run. But Hannah…
Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn isn’t particularly prolific, but when he lays hands on a piano or guitar, something extraordinary happens. Witness the ubiquitous platinum success of “Walking in Memphis” from Cohn’s eponymous 1991 debut, which earned him a Best New Artist Grammy. Neither 1993’s The Rainy Season nor 1998’s Burning the Daze matched his debut’s immediacy, and…
White God
Hungarian feature White God captures the story of Lili (Zsófia Psotta), a 13-year-old girl with a strong protective love for her dog Hagen, which gets put to the test when her father, unbeknownst to her, releases the dog onto the streets. Lili’s love and faith leads her on a journey to find and save Hagen…
Hot Pursuit
What starts out as a simple (minded) mismatched duo — a strict police officer (Reese Witherspoon) and the widow (Sofía Vergara) of a drug boss — who end up going on a Texas-style road trip, largely to keep the widow one step ahead of the forces out to keep her quiet, turns into the basis…
Hope Bridge
Filmed in and around Lexington and Lawrenceburg, Ky., Joshua Overbay’s second feature (following last year’s As It Is In Heaven) delves into questions of redemption as a high school student (Booboo Stewart) fights through the grief of losing his father to suicide. Featured co-star Kevin Sorbo (of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys fame) has settled onto…
The D Train
What does it say about our culture and society that we all seemingly automatically identify with the story of someone like Dan Landsman (Jack Black) — a quintessential high school loser and member of the invisible forgotten class — especially as he nears his 20th high school reunion and dares to dream up a scheme…
‘Maggie’: Fighting the Dying of the Light
Cultural fatigue looms over every frame of Maggie, the new release from director Henry Hobson and screenwriter John Scott 3, setting up a seemingly monumental obstacle for the newbie feature filmmaking team to overcome. How will they convince audiences to settle in for a movie that introduces the tired tropes of zombies and aging action…
The Struggle Is Real
Early into the second season of Silicon Valley (10 p.m. Sundays, HBO), data compression startup Pied Piper is experiencing growing pains. While the company had a brush with success following a solid performance at TechCrunch Disrupt in last season’s finale, the guys are presented with an entirely new set of issues this time around. Could…
Victoire at Last!
The acclaimed indie sextet Victoire, headed by composer Missy Mazzoli, makes its Cincinnati debut at the Contemporary Arts Center this week. Victoire — and its dynamic mix of acoustic and electronic tone poems — teams up with composer and electric guitarist Noveller and Synthpop singer Glasser for what the CAC bills as “the sonic intersections…
Upcoming Price Hill Thrill to Tour Area’s Art Studios
To quote from one of the classic songs released by Cincinnati’s King Records, “There’s a thrill up on the hill — let’s go, let’s go, let’s go.” When Hank Ballard and the Midnighters recorded that in 1960, they probably weren’t thinking about the arts scene in Price Hill. Not hardly. But as fate would have…
The Real Ron Swanson
N ick Offerman is known for two things: starring as the manly Ron Swanson, the anti-government, meat- and breakfast-loving foil to Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope on the just-concluded Parks and Recreation , and for being married to the lovely Megan Mullally — Emmy-winner for her turn as Karen Walker on Will & Grace and Swanson’s…
A Different College Ranking
The United States is obsessed with college football. One in four Americans, some 75 million people, follow it regularly. The seven most-viewed programs on cable were college football games. The end-of-the-season rankings are arbitrary, subjective and consume the lives of millions. For Mississippi State University — which finished 11th in the final Associated Press poll…
Robin Hood in Reverse
This story was written and reported by an investigative reporting class at the University of Cincinnati. Reporting by Morgan Batanian, Katie Coburn, Fernanda Crescente, Taylor Jackson, Tyler Kuhnash and Camri Nelson. Research contributed by Taylor Hayden, Talis Linauts, Kayleigh Murch, Matt Nichols, Malia Pitts and Lauren Smith. Kevin Leugers pays the University of Cincinnati to…
