Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Silverstein at Bogart’s (Dec. 12)
Canadian quintet Silverstein has translated its natural musical chemistry into the intoxicating signature blend of Indie Rock, Hardcore, Metal, Punk, Emo and Screamo that has dominated the band’s impressive catalog, which contains nine studio albums, including their latest, 2017’s Dead Reflection. The band’s founding members — Shane Told on lead vocals, keyboards and bass; Richard…
Could Ohio End ‘Pink Tax’ on Feminine Hygiene Products?
Are you tired of paying (or watching women pay) the so-called “pink tax” on products related to feminine hygiene? It may be going away if a local lawmaker’s bill gets through the state Senate and gets the governor’s signature before the year is over. The bill to eliminate state sales taxes on feminine hygiene products…
Three New Mason, Ohio Breweries Worth the Drive
These three new Mason breweries have opened taprooms in the past year and are sure-shot destinations for local craft brew enthusiasts. The Common Beer Co. 126 E. Main St., commonbeercompany.com The Common Beer Company opened its doors in downtown Mason on Oct. 5. Owned by Amy and Mark Lortz, the nano-brewery’s beer is only available…
Cranley Names Patrick Duhaney Permanent Cincinnati City Manager
Cincinnati's likely new city manager is a familiar face. In fact, he's already been doing the job for months. Mayor John Cranley today nominated Acting City Manager Patrick Duhaney to become the city's permanent city manager. Duhaney took the helm as the city's top executive in April, when then-City Manager Harry Black left after a…
Minimum Gauge: The All “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” Controversy Edition
HOT: Rape-y Xmas Tune Cancelled? Cleveland, Ohio Christmas-music radio station Star 102.1 has removed “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” from its playlist this season. For years, many have pointed out how the duet’s lyrics about a woman trying to leave a date (and a man trying to convince her to stay) haven’t held up well since…
The Holiday Issue: Recipes, Movies, Music and a Visit to Santa Claus, Indiana
As 2018 comes to a close and we're all inundated with the sights, sounds and capitalist schemes of the holiday season, it's a blessing to remember that while things can get a little overwhelming (familially, financially, etc.) at the end of the year, it's also a time to celebrate friends, family, cheesy movies, fatty desserts and…
FC Cincinnati Launches Nonprofit Foundation
FC Cincinnati announced today that it is launching a 501(c)3 foundation as the team’s nonprofit charitable arm. The foundation will focus its efforts at first in the West End, where its coming Major League Soccer stadium will be located, and, according to a news release today, “will use soccer as its driving catalyst by reinforcing…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati Concerts for the Week of Dec. 5-11
WEDNESDAY 05 BOGART’S–The Struts with The Blue Stones. 7 p.m. Rock. $22. MADISON LIVE–The Japanese House with Fake Laugh. 8 p.m. Indie Pop. $16, $18 day of show. MEMORIAL HALL–Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness with Nick Brown. 9 p.m. Acoustic/Alt/Pop/Rock. $28-$40 SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–Good Old War with Beta Radio and Allman Brown. 7 p.m.…
Area School of Rock Students to Pay Tribute to Cincinnati Music Greats at Upcoming Benefit Concert
On January 13, 2019, students from the School of Rock Mason will pay tribute to music made by Cincinnati artists from various eras at the Woodward Theater. Proceeds from the “Cincinnati Tribute – Our Homage To Local Bands” will go to the East Walnut Hills nonprofit Music Resource Center Cincinnati, which shares similar motives and…
UPDATED: Cincinnati City Council Creates Affordable Housing Fund
Cincinnati needs tens of thousands of more units of housing affordable to its lowest-income residents, according to recent research. On Dec. 12, Cincinnati City Council approved a new proposal from Councilman David Mann establishing a fund to help bridge that gap — but where the money would come from could get complicated. Officially known as…
Holiday Recipes from Local Chefs and Mixologists to (Hopefully) Bring Everyone to the Table
The holiday season and the end of the year mean it's time to gather with family and friends to give thanks, reminisce, catch up and get ready to shake off this year and ring in a new one. And an essential part of any gathering is food (and some spirit-lifting spirits). Here is a collection…
Cincinnati Music Festival Announces Maxwell, Earth, Wind & Fire, Mary J. Blige and More for 2019
The long-running Cincinnati Music Festival (known locally as "Jazz Fest") has announced the lineup for its 2019 event at Paul Brown Stadium. CMF — which provides a huge boost to Cincinnati tourism every summer — returns July 25-27 to Paul Brown Stadium. For the opening-night kick-off event on July 25, Hip Hop legends Slick Rick,…
Cincinnati City Council to Vote on Tax Breaks for Two New Boutique Hotels Downtown
Downtown Cincinnati could get two more boutique hotels soon — but Cincinnati City Council needs to green light property tax abatements for the multi-million-dollar projects first. The deals seem likely to pass, but they are the latest skirmish in an ongoing debate about the city's abatement policies. Vision Hospitality, based in Tennessee, would like to…
Santa Claus, Indiana is Home to the Official Santa Claus Post Office and a Giant Statue of Saint Nick
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2018. For the sake of Christmas magic, recall for a moment all those letters you wrote to Santa as a kid. They were precious, to be sure, filled with endearing promises of good behavior and wishes for presents. But whatever happened to them? Maybe Mom and Dad…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Migos at U.S. Bank Arena (Dec. 8)
Together for a decade now, it wasn’t until 2016 that Hip Hop trio Migos became legitimate superstars. Group members Quavo, Offset and Takeoff grew up together in a suburb near Atlanta and released a pair of mixtapes at the start of the 2010s before their first widely-released single, “Versace,” broke through after receiving love from…
From Thrillers to Cozy Christmas Tales, these Holiday Movies will Help You Find the Spirit You Seek
During the holidays, some of us like to warm the cockles of our cold hearts — and our TV screens — with cheesy Hallmark/Lifetime/Netflix seasonal movies. Others prefer holiday cheer spiked with fear. And some of us wax nostalgic with classic kids’ Christmas fare. No matter what kind of vibe you want, use this handy…
Second Sunday on Main Winter Edition Turns Over-the-Rhine’s Main Street into a Cozy Wonderland
This neighborhood block party gets a winter kick with a holiday-themed market. Find goods and gifts for sale from various vendors and merchants of Main Street, a pop-up holiday tent from Revel OTR (with a lounge designed by Queen City Vignette) with mulled wine and hot toddies, fresh cut trees and wreaths for sale and…
Nine Upcoming Crafty Cincinnati Holiday Shopping Ops
If you're looking for something local and unique to give as a gift this holiday season, Cincinnati has plenty of artisan and maker pop-up markets for you to peruse. Bonus: Many also offer warm drinks for double the cozy spirit. Essex Studios Holiday Art Walk // 6-10 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8 For the final time…
The OTR Raildog Parade Means Dogs in Holiday Costumes Will Be All Over Over-the-Rhine This Sunday
Cincinnati loves dogs and OTR, proudly, loves funny dog parades. Here’s your chance to dress up your dog in their finest holiday attire and strut them through OTR for the sixth year in a row. Participants can gather at Queen City Radio to fuel up for the parade with burgers and beers before the parade…
Market BLEU Offers an Evening of Local Shopping at the Contemporary Arts Center
Market BLEU takes the artisan craft scene to a different type of venue: the Contemporary Arts Center. Shop for fine art and handmade crafts in an urban and architectural setting during this evening pop-up. The winter quarter market is a perfect place for holiday shopping, or a quick stop before or after downtown dinner and…
A Couple of Canine Costume Ideas for Cincinnati’s Upcoming Holiday-Themed Dog Parades
The 29th-annual Reindog Parade takes over the streets on Mount Adams on Saturday (Dec. 8) with a festive procession of pooches dressed in their cleverest holiday wear. And on Sunday (Dec. 9), the sixth annual OTR Raildog Parade does the same, leading costumed dogs and their humans from Queen City Radio to Second Sunday on…
Costumed Dogs Take Over the Streets of Mount Adams for the 29th Annual Reindog Parade
Dress your furry friend in his or her holiday best to sashay your way through the streets of Mount Adams for the 29th-annual Reindog Parade. Costumes will be awarded prizes in categories including small dog, large dog, dog/owner look alike and multiple dogs — the more festive, cuter and cleverer the outfit, the better. Registration…
Ohio Explored Maker Mart Takes Over Urban Artifact for Two Days of Local Shopping (and Local Sipping)
Ohio-centric website Ohio Explored takes over Urban Artifact for its second-annual Holiday Maker Mart this weekend. With over 80 vendors split between the two days, there will be plenty of opportunities to check off gifts from your list while supporting local artists. The vendors include jewelry artists like Chertova and Four Eyes Ceramics, accessory designers…
Visionaries+Voices’ Holly Dazed Exhibit Offers Outsider Art for Cheap
Visionaries+Voices’ annual end-of-year art show Holly Dazed takes over Oakley’s Visionarium for an exhibit and sale of original, deeply discounted holiday art. Pieces from more than 130 V+V artists will be for sale along with individual wares from other local artisans and vendors. Stop by the opening reception to shop or visit any time through…
Covington’s London Police Mural Gets a Living Plant Wall Upgrade
For Covington residents, the mural located on the corner of Fourth and Scott streets is now an iconic cityscape feature. But it began in 2010 with single grey-hued dog painted by collaborative street art group The London Police. They returned in 2016 to expand the mural across the building's entire side and add a series…
Cincinnati’s Liberty Jazz Lab Concert Series Closes Out Inaugural 2018 Season with The Bad Plus
Cincinnati's Liberty Jazz Lab concert series is wrapping up its inaugural season this Saturday, Dec. 8 with The Bad Plus, one of many contemporary acts that have helped keep Jazz healthy and vital by pushing the music forward and exploring beyond genre boundaries and expectations, making it appealing to younger audiences in the process. The…
Nicola’s New Executive Chef Has Revamped the Menu at the Over-the-Rhine Italian Mainstay
Nicola’s had fallen off my radar, but news of a recently hired executive chef gave me good reason to revisit the fine Italian restaurant. It has been at the same downtown/Over-the-Rhine location for 22 years, making owners Nicola (Nick) and Maureen Pietoso true pioneers in the area’s eventual renaissance. In June, executive chef Jack Hemmer…
Broadway’s ‘Mary Poppins’ and CCM Grad Ashely Brown Joins the Cincinnati Pops for a Holiday Show
The Cincinnati Pops presents an evening of holiday joy with a performance of old favorites and new takes on wintertime classics. Expect sparkling versions of songs including “O Christmas Tree!,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “All I Want for Christmas is You” and plenty more, with guest vocalist, Broadway Star and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music…
OTR Improv’s ‘The Naughty List’ is a Bawdy Send-Up of Christmas Classics with the Help of a Little Audience Participation
OTR Improv has a list and they’re checking it twice to make sure it’s a little naughty. This annual bawdy Christmastime send-up aims to “celebrate, skewer, embellish and extol everything we love, and love to hate, about the holidays.” Using audience suggestion, this show changes every night as the team improvises new takes on classic…
‘Rent’ is Onstage at the Aronoff Center for its Broadway Across America 20th Anniversary Tour
There’s no need to wait 525,600 minutes to see a traveling Broadway rendition of Rent — it’s onstage at the Aronoff Center for its 20th anniversary tour Dec. 11-23. This Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winner is a take on Puccini’s La Bohème, following the lives of seven artists attempting to follow their dream without selling…
Mercantile Library Lecture Explores Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp
After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order #9066, which authorized the military to imprison more than 120,000 West Coast Japanese-Americans in internment camps to hypothetically protect America from acts of espionage and sabotage. According to the University of California, more than 60 percent of those incarcerated were…
Four Unique 2018 Christmas Albums to Help Flesh Out Your Cool and/or Weird Holiday Music Playlists
John Legend is a well-respected, family-friendly Pop star and his new holiday album, A Legendary Christmas, is destined to become a timeless classic. It’s designed that way. A Legendary Christmas’ cover art nods to Bing Crosby’s 1945 Merry Christmas album and the material — a mix of originals and standards like “Silver Bells,” Charles Brown’s…
Country Star Dustin Lynch’s Current Mood is Really Good Following a Year Loaded with Career Milestones
In 2017, Dustin Lynch had a career-making hit with “Small Town Boy,” a platinum-selling single that sat atop Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a month. The song and another chart-topping single, “Seein’ Red,” were released in advance of Lynch’s third album, Current Mood. The album hit No. 2 on the Billboard Country Album chart when…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: The Crystal Method at Bogart’s (Dec. 7)
When the big book of Electronic music’s history is written, one of the highlights of an early chapter will certainly be The Crystal Method. The duo of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland helped establish, evolve and alter the face of Electronic music and the Big Beat movement and have remained an influential force within and…
Lawmaker Effort to Make Ballot Initiatives More Difficult Draws Ire
A resolution in the Ohio House of Representatives that would make it harder for voters to put constitutional amendments or changes to state law on the ballot is drawing ire from voter advocacy groups and some Democrats in the House. House Joint Resolution 19, widely seen as a legislative response to this year’s failed Issue…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati Concerts: Richard Thompson Electric Trio at Southgate House Revival (Dec. 6)
Ever restless, Richard Thompson is on the move. The British singer/songwriter recently picked up stakes and left the West Coast for the East, trading his longtime home in California for a new one in New Jersey. Fifty years after his first band — Fairport Convention — debuted, Thompson has released a new solo record, 13…
The otrAGLOW Competition Pits Over-the-Rhine Businesses and Residents Against Each Other for Holiday Window Display Supremacy
Over-the-Rhine’s small businesses get glowing this season for an illuminating and festive holiday window display competition. During otrAGLOW 2018, OTR residents and businesses are invited to light up their windows with creative displays featuring a non-flammable source of light and a holiday theme. A theme that simultaneously celebrates OTR’s history is encouraged as well, but…
Northern Kentucky’s Common Center Showcases Unique Indie Folk/Classical/Prog/World Fusion on New EP
In the first half of 2018, Covington’s Common Center released To Swallow Something Half Your Size, an exceptional EP that deftly encapsulated the seven-piece band’s unique and eclectic (and uniquely eclectic) musical approach. At the time of its release in April, Common Center promised there would be a second EP out before the end of…
Uncover the Mysterious Lloyd House — A Historical, Metaphysical Hub
It begins with the sound of a singing bowl. A long, deep tone reverberates throughout the circular room while participants settle into a reflective state. For the rest of the hour, quiet meditation. Dr. Ellen O. Bierhorst — owner of the Lloyd House, which hosts a weekly Buddhist-style meditation and other wellness programs — won’t…
The Dent Schoolhouse Gets a Dark Holiday Makeover as ‘A Christmas Nightmare’
The spirits of Dent Schoolhouse get in the holiday spirit with the first ever Christmas Nightmare event at the popular haunted house. For two nights only, Charlie the Janitor is Santa Charlie in a scary attraction full of garlands, lights and twisted holiday monsters. Think Krampus, killer elves and really bad fruitcake. 6 p.m.-midnight Friday…
Tickets for This Bourbon and Bacon Festival at Newport’s New Riff are Almost Sold Out
Indulge in some fine swine and brown liquor at CityBeat’s Bourbon & Bacon celebration. VIP tickets may be sold out but you can still party at this intimate event featuring rare bourbons, pork-infused food creations and live local music — The Party Source has just released a handful of addition general admission spaces available online…
A Christmas Dream or Your Worst Nightmare: Cincinnati Santacon Returns This Weekend
Are you Santa enough to drink your way from downtown to the North Pole (aka The Banks) in a costumed, group bar crawl? Put on a red suit and prepare yourself to imbibe a night’s worth of milk and cookies (aka alcohol) as you and more than 5,000 Santas stop at 40-plus venues across downtown…
Evan Tyrone Martin Transports Audiences to a Nat King Cole Concert for an ‘Unforgettable’ Holiday Show
When Evan Tyrone Martin was a boy, his grandmother introduced him to the buttery, soulful croon of Nathaniel Adams Cole, forever known to the world as Nat King Cole. He was hooked. Cole had that effect from the beginning of his vocal career in the 1940s; TV and radio show host Jack Benny once introduced…
Findlay Market’s Maverick Chocolate Co. Opens a Second Location in Rookwood Commons
As of today, bean-to-bar craft chocolatier Maverick Chocolate Co. has opened a second location in Rookwood Commons. Just like its flagship shop in Findlay Market which opened in 2014, the Norwood location will double as a retail outlet and chocolate factory — visitors will be separated from gooey, melting and fragrant chocolate by just a…
Ohio Becomes First State to Accept Cryptocurrency for Business Taxes
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has announced that the state will now accept cryptocurrency for certain business taxes. "We are proud to make Ohio the first state in the nation to accept tax payments via cryptocurrency," said Mandel, in a press release. "We're doing this to provide Ohioans more options and ease in paying their taxes…
REVIEW: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Sends Audiences Down Whimsical Rabbit Hole
Local playwright Joseph McDonough — with music and lyrics by Cincinnati composer David Kisor — has written this modern retelling of Lewis Carroll’s classic nonsensical novel, Alice in Wonderland. Though reimagined for the present day, Alice in Wonderland wastes no time jumping down the rabbit hole from the familiar into the fantastical and downright illogical…
Northside’s Community Development Corporation Now Owns the Planned Home of a New Cooperative Grocer
Northside’s community development corporation closed on a building just a block from the neighborhood’s bustling business district Friday, paving the way for a community-owned grocery store there. After Cincinnati City Council's approval, the City of Cincinnati provided a $515,000 Community Development Block Grant earlier this year to Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation (NEST) to purchase…
People’s Liberty Announces its Final Round of Grantees
People’s Liberty presented their last round of project grant winners Nov. 30 as the organization continues into the last year of its five-year-plan — 2019 will mark its final year of grant giving. Normally, the grantee group consists of seven or eight people. But for the final edition, nine applicants made it through. On the…
The End Approaches for the West End’s State Theater
The entrance to Lighthouse Worship Center isn’t much to look at from the outside: Some white wood panels with the church’s name stenciled on them stretch across the face of the graceful pale blue and white State Theater on Central Avenue in Cincinnati’s West End. But every Sunday morning, the nondescript door in the boarded-up…
REVIEW: Jim Crow-Era Set Road-Trip Film ‘Green Book’ Bypasses Real Racial Conversation
Green Book is a drama spiked with comedic moments that follows Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a black classical pianist who hires Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), an Italian-American bouncer, to drive him during a concert tour in the early 1960s South. It’s a departure of sorts for director Peter Farrelly, whose previous work includes films…
Cincinnati Opera’s Marcus Küchle is heading to Austria
Cincinnati Opera's Marcus Küchle — who serves as the director of artistic operations and new work development — is stepping down from his role in mid-December to a fill a new role at the Tyrolean Festival in Erl, Austria. A native of Munich, Germany, Küchle has been with the CO since 2001. Prior to that, he worked at…
Newport Aquarium’s Rare White Alligators, Snowball and Snowflake, Got a New Home for the Holidays
The Newport Aquarium is home to two super rare white alligators, cleverly named Snowball and Snowflake. And the two festively monikered albino reptiles got a gift this holiday season: A new home. The just-opened "Legend of the White Gators" habitat is the largest in "Gator Alley" and features a sandy heated beach, a place for…
Report: Ohio Had Nation’s Second-Highest Overdose Rate Last Year
Ohio had the second-highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the country last year, a new report from the Center for Disease Control says. More than 46 people per 100,000 in the state died of overdoses in 2017, the report finds— a higher rate than any other state besides neighboring West Virginia, which saw almost…
Downtown’s Mercantile Library Constructed a Gorgeous Christmas Tree Out of Books for the Holiday Season
The Mercantile Library — an intellectual hub in Cincinnati since 1853 — brings their own literary twist to Christmas. Literally. They made a Christmas tree out of old books. The tree-made-out-of-books tradition started back in 2016. But, according to Amy Hunter, the structural design of the tree has greatly improved since that first year. “Like…
Minimum Gauge: Ted Cruz Denies Being Cool Once and Stealing Nine Inch Nails’ Backstage Beer
HOT: Ted Cruz Denies Being Cool Once It sometimes seems as if recently-re-elected-somehow Texas Senator Ted Cruz silently sleeps in a large gelatin mold when not in public. Does the big-toe-esque politician engage in normal human-being-like activities like, say, beard-growing and going to concerts? He answered the beard question recently when he returned to work…
The Pincinnati Pinball Show Has More Than 100 New and Vintage Machines to Play This Weekend — For Free
Calling all pinball wizards: The inaugural Pincinnati show takes over the Holiday Inn Eastgate this weekend with more than 100 working pinball machines from the 1970s to today. And all are available to play, for free, so leave the quarters at home. The official game list includes: Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle Attack from Mars CSI Doctor…
You Can Compete in Cincinnati’s Unofficially ‘Mario Kart’-Themed Mushroom Rally Go Kart Race
If just playing Mario Kart isn't enough to get your adrenaline going, get ready to cosplay like Toad or Yoshi as you zoom around a secret track for Cincinnati's first Mushroom Rally go kart race. This race, which is obviously based on Mario Kart but seems to be avoiding copyright infringement, invites racers to "race…
Horror/Pop Culture Convention HorrorHound Weekend Adds Christina Ricci and Christopher Lloyd to Already Stacked 2019 Guest List
HorrorHound magazine expertly and uniquely covers the latest news on horror movies, collectibles, comic books, video games and more, so the stars at its annual convention — more broadly a pop culture convention with a horror focus — are always hard to predict and refreshingly esoteric. Over the past decade, the cult-classic, Cincinnati-based publication has…
Sundance’s 2019 Lineup Includes New Documentary from Regional Filmmakers
A documentary with regional roots is getting some love from the Sundace Film Festival, which announced its full 2019 lineup Nov. 28. (The fest will unfold Jan. 24-Feb. 3 in Salt Lake City, Utah.) American Factory hones in on the Fuyao Glass auto glass plant located in Moraine, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. According to…
The National Hope to Bring the Homecoming Music Festival Back to Cincinnati, Just Not in 2019
The bad news? The National's big, two-day Homecoming music festival — held in conjunction with the MusicNOW festival this past April on Cincinnati's riverfront in Smale Park — won't be returning in 2019. The good news? It appears it will be back at some point in the future. Yesterday (Nov. 29), the Homecoming festival posted…
Cincinnati Garage Rock Greats The Mortals are Reuniting
Cincinnati Garage Rock heroes The Mortals haven’t played a live show in nearly a quarter of a century. But on Dec. 28, the band will be bringing its hiatus to an end — at least for one night — and rock Woodward Theater to its foundation. Tickets for the band’s first (and maybe last?) show…
Apply to Have Your Art Displayed in Cincinnati’s 2019 BLINK Art and Light Show
If you’re an artist who works with light, your illuminating work could be featured in Cincinnati’s 2019 BLINK art and light festival. “If you have a unique, brilliant idea, BLINK is looking for you,” said Tamara Harkavy, CEO and artistic director of ArtWorks and light-based installation curator for BLINK, in a press release. “We’re…
‘You Are Still Being Hunted’: Conservative Group’s Tweet Draws Ire
A tweet from local conservative activists has set off a wave of criticism, including calls for an apology from a prominent civil rights group. The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes tagged Cincinnati City Councilwoman Tamaya Dennard in a tweet sent the evening of Nov. 28 that read, "you are still being hunted. Think…
Barbecue Sushi is Here Thanks to This FUSIAN and Eli’s BBQ Collab
FUSIAN just announced its seventh collab series. This time, the Ohio-based casual restauranter — with multiple regional locations servin’ up sushi rolls and bowls — will work with Eli’s BBQ. The dish won’t roll out until Dec. 3, but your tastebuds can anticipate traditional sushi rolls with a twist — they’ll be stuffed with barbecue…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Combo Chimbita with A Delicate Motor and Aaron Madrigal at Northside Tavern (Dec. 4)
According to its official bio, the foursome Combo Chimbita has roots in Colombia and is based in New York, but the band “lives in the future.” One listen to their trippy, experimental eight-track release from last year, Abya Yala, and it’s hard to argue with Combo Chimbita’s stated residency. Though Latin music is at its…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Albert Hammond Jr. at 20th Century Theater (Dec. 3)
The story of Indie Rock titans The Strokes could one day make a great movie — the band built a million bee colonies’ worth of buzz on the New York City music scene right before 9/11, released its seminal debut album right after that date in 2001 and went on to become one of the…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Fotocrime with Hissing Tiles and Smoke Signals… at Northside Yacht Club (Dec. 2)
Music journalists (including myself) tend to toss the term “Post Punk” around with reckless abandon, herding just about any gloomy, somewhat experimental act under the genre’s umbrella. Listen to enough of the stuff and you’ll quickly be able to parse out the genre’s core tenets — chugging basslines, industrial textures and choppy guitar riffs dripping…
OTR Senior Center Could Stay Open Under New Proposal
The Over-the-Rhine Senior Services Center may get to continue its 30-year tradition of providing hot meals and a sense of community for those in the neighborhood if Cincinnati City Council approves two proposals announced today. Cincinnati Area Senior Services operates the center at 1720 Race Street. Earlier this month, CASS indicated it would shutter the…
Cincinnati Ranks No. 1 Among Best Midsize Sports Cities According to WalletHub
The Queen City has an undying love affair with its sports teams. With FC Cincinnati becoming a Major League Soccer team, we are now home to three major professional sports teams (including the Bengals and Reds). We stand behind our teams through the good times and bad and we enjoy the camaraderie and community that…
Cincinnati Art Museum’s ‘The Fabric of India’ Tells Stories of Tradition, Struggle and Triumph Through Textiles
Like the process of creating textiles itself, Cincinnati Art Museum’s The Fabric of India exhibition weaves intricate threads that tell the story of a country steeped in rich history, culture and tradition. And perhaps India’s tale is best recounted through the art of creating cloth, a symbol not only of the past, but also of…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Joy Williams at 20th Century Theater (Nov. 30)
Joy Williams has had a relatively wild career path over the past two decades, with plenty of personal and professional tumult along the way, specifically her Everest-high/Mariana-trench-low roller coaster ride with The Civil Wars. The Michigan-born/California-raised singer/songwriter’s musical journey began in 1999 with her self-penned songs of spirituality and faith, which led to a contract…
With ‘To The Sunset,’ Amanda Shires Expanded Beyond Americana Expectations to Create One of 2018’s Best-Reviewed Albums
All eyes are on Amanda Shires. Even more so since the Nashville-via-Texas singer/songwriter/fiddler sharpened a collection of pens to deliver her most alluring work yet, an album rife with reflections of her past, but also chock-full of new horizons. This year’s widely-acclaimed To The Sunset is a graceful, fearless next step in the songwriter’s continually…
Everything We Know about FC Cincinnati’s West End Stadium Plans
We’re getting a clearer picture about Cincinnati’s coming Major League Soccer stadium. FC Cincinnati filed more detailed preliminary plans for its $200 million soccer stadium in the West End with the Cincinnati Planning Commission this week. Those plans reveal more about the size of the facility, the schedule of events likely to be held there,…
REVIEW: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a Meta Farce that Actually Does a Lot Right
The Play that Goes Wrong is a deranged, nonstop — and at times overwhelming — farce. But that’s the beauty of it. For two-hours, complete bedlam ensues on stage: A knocked out leading lady; a set in absolute shambles; flubbed lines; dead men walking; mispronounced words; missing props (even a dog!); a lighting and sound design…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati Concerts for the Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4
WEDNESDAY 28 CAFFÈ VIVACE–Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz. MEMORIAL HALL–The Lone Bellow with Robert Ellis. 8 p.m. Folk/Americana. $35-$55. MOTR PUB–Dead Rider and Lung. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–Queen City Silver Stars. 9 p.m. Reggae/Caribbean/WorldBeat. Free. URBAN ARTIFACT–Fairmount Girls with Swim Team. 8 p.m. Indie/Pop/Rock/Punk/Various. Free. THURSDAY…
