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Over-The-RhineMontessori Learning Center is moving to Over-the-Rhine. To help offset some of the moving costs, Kaldi's Coffeehouse and Bookstore hosts a benefit from 5-8:30 p.m. Thursday. Music is by the Art Gore Jazz Group. If you are unable to attend this event, but would like to make a tax deductible donation, call Pam Riley at…
Best Seller-Outer List
Fay Weldon's new book, The Bulgari Connection, is just arriving in stores and, not surprisingly, causing a fair amount of buzz. Not because of the plot twists or her brilliant turns of phrase, but because Ms. Weldon accepted an "undisclosed fee" from Bulgari, an Italian jewelry maker, for mentioning their products. This, then, would seem…
News: The Pope Wants a Union
Jymi Bolden Union organizer Ryan Nissim-Sabat says XU is slow to follow its own religious leaders. Catholic social teaching says union membership is not just a right of workers, but benefits society as a whole. So why are cafeteria workers at Xavier University, a Catholic institution, still without a union more than a year…
Next Step for Cincinnati: The Election Is Over. Now What?
Charles Tassell President of Blue Chip Young Republicans Throw the bums out! That was the chant for 40-plus years outside of Congress, until the '94 Revolution brought in a majority of Republicans. But of course, everyone wants to keep his representative. A simple syllogism reveals that voters are humans who are creatures of habit —…
Watch No Evil: What Doesn’t Luken Want You to See?
For more than a year, Citicable's live broadcasts of Cincinnati City Council meetings have included a few vocal citizens ranting against city officials and police officers. But does that mean the city should kill the messenger? Mayor Charlie Luken has been alternatingly lenient and strict, sometimes giving the speakers plenty of opportunity to vent and…
Gig of the Week: : Cave In
Cave In While Boston's Cave In began their musical life in 1995 exploring their Metal urges, the band's latest CD, Jupiter, shows just how far they've come from their vocal-shredding, head banging days. Cave In's explorations are now focused more on epic, expansive soundscapes and soaring falsetto vocal lines. The group retains some of…
Out on the town
Just today, over lunch, we talked about it again. "I am soooo sick of hanging out with couples," Tara whined, referencing spending her Friday night at my house playing Cranium 'til 2a.m. with four couples. Tara is currently single while most of her friends aren't (currently). Going out and having a good time is characterized…
Diner: The Swami Show
In India, hospitality is extended with warmth and affection through the medium of food. An ancient Sanskrit saying, translated as, "A guest is equal to God," illuminates this philosophy. Whether the hosts live in a mansion or mud-and-brick hovel, they go out of their way to make guests feel welcome. In an affluent home, they…
Ohio Still Fighting Women’s Choice
There's a family planning center in my neighborhood that performs abortions. Every Saturday morning, protesters appear to wave poster-size pictures of aborted fetuses and to yell slogans to the generally oblivious people whizzing past on their weekend errands. Like these protesters, many of this country's lawmakers believe life begins at conception and therefore abortion is…
News: All He Left Us Was a Loan
Laws restricting predatory lending are popping up all over the nation, but Ohio appears ready to leave its citizens to their own devices for at least two more years. A bill approved Oct. 18 by the Ohio House of Representatives would effectively delay until December 2003 any new regulation of the loan and credit industry.…
