News: Enabling the Disabled
Jymi Bolden Countering myths about people with disabilities is a continuing challenge, according to Peg Gutsell of the Inclusion Network. The fact that Peg Gutsell was born unable to see doesn't mean she has superhuman hearing. "I've certainly trained myself to listen carefully," says Gutsell, co-director of the Inclusion Network. "It's not true that…
Events: Ring of Fire
Booker T puts the smackdown on his opponent. For several years now people have debated the difference between sports and entertainment. Some say the former is the latter, but purists argue otherwise. There's a fine line between the two, they say. Meanwhile, the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) sees no line and, indeed, blends them…
Birth of a CSO Salesman
Do you know this man? Paavo Järvi is 38, and he's continuing his second year as the music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO). He's European, young and handsome, but that's not enough for the task at hand. Järvi's job isn't just getting the best performances out of his talented orchestra. He has to…
Listings
Art Opportunities 97X COMMUNITY GALLERY AND ARTISAN GROUP — A virtual art gallery of digital art, photography, sculpture, poetry, food and art has opened its doors on the pages of elaine.garver@abilitiesfirst.org or vicki.fleming@abilitiesfirst.org. ACLU OF OHIO — Volunteers are needed for the Southwest Chapter of the ACLU of Ohio. Our interests are in the areas…
Whirlygig: 51
The Drifters There are those people in your life who keep up on a daily basis or at the least weekly. They're good candidates for a phone call if you show up missing, God forbid. These are the ones to whom you tell your secrets, fears and dreams. Most often you carry confidential information on…
Diner: Bamboozled
Newport on the Levee is expanding its culinary horizons in many directions — fish (Mitchell's), diner fare (Johnny Rockets), pizza (Dewey's), Irish (Claddagh), high-end Italian (Brio Tuscan Grill). The latest addition is to the East: The Bamboo Club. If you like P. F. Chang's, the popular national chain found locally at Rookwood Commons in Norwood,…
News: Same As It Ever Was
Jon Hughes/photopresse.com Dr. Jean Siebenaler was the Democrats' big hope, but in the end she won fewer votes than Marilyn Hyland — who had sought the party's endorsement — received four years ago. If you were looking for the 2002 elections to bring change to Hamilton County, never mind. Republicans maintained control of the…
Food, drink, etc.
It's not only the Maisonette that attracts national attention for Cincinnati's restaurant scene: According to the November issue of Esquire magazine, chef GUY HULIN at the PALACE RESTAURANT (in the Cincinnatian Hotel at Sixth and Vine streets downtown) is one of 13 "chefs to watch" around America. Here's what writer John Mariani has to say:…
What’s a Library Worth?
What's the value of a library to a small community? As the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County tries to decide how to deal with a $4.3 million budget cut, the board of trustees and the public are asking how much five neighborhood branches are worth. According to the library management, the answer is…
Cordero
Lamb Lost In the City (Cordero Perdido en la Ciudad) is the stunning debut album from Brooklyn's Cordero, a bilingual, multi-faceted Indie Rock group fronted by the singer/songwriter Ani Cordero. The album (released by the Indigo Girls-founded Daemon Records) mixes Latin rhythms and tinges into their breezy-cool Rock sound in a refreshingly seamless manner, never…
Music: Blinded by the Boss
Craig Weiglein Nils Lofgren and Bruce Springsteen at the Firstar Center (now U.S. Bank Arena) on theE Street Band's last stop in Cincinnati in 2000. Fanatic: [n] person overenthusiastic about an interest. See also: addict, devotee, diehard, extremist, fiend, fool, freak, maniac, nut, zealot. This is me: 47-year-old writer, yoga teacher, single mother and…
Cover Story: They Might Be Giants
Jymi Bolden Readying for the Gay Games, Dennis Menke works on his consistency at the Camargo Racquet Club in Madeira. Waiting for the ball to be served, Andy Zeisler seems diminutive standing next to the volleyball net. He certainly has the look of an athlete down pat. Black, loose-fitting shorts give him the ease…
Gimmick-Free
Black girls dissimilar to black girls like Taylore Mahogany Scott suck their teeth and roll their eyes at her. Though dreadlocked and in search of blackness everywhere, Scott's diction, elocution and experiences give her the kind of so-fresh and so-clean sheen that caged-bird Negroes label as "white." But it's an easy out in a game…
262 Klotter Ave.
Jymi Bolden Address: 262 Klotter Ave., Clifton Heights Year Built: 1890 Owner: Richard Madlener Property Value: $25,000 Comments: Practically every house on this street has been rehabbed, according to a Klotter Avenue resident. This one has not. It's been condemned. "The most incredible views of the city are from the other side of the…
Film: Rebirth of Splatter
Good ol' vampires Lance Henrikson and Bill Paxton take aim at their victms in Near Dark, director Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 cult film that's finding new life via a special DVD release. Now that weekend grosses are being reported like sports scores, tallying Hollywood's winners and losers, it's easy to forget that movies have both…
