Minimum Gauge: Lorde Accuses Kanye West and Kid Cudi of Stealing Her “Floating Glass Box” Stage Design
HOT: Lorde vs. Kanye and Cudi Was the cool floating glass box stage Kanye West and Kid Cudi used at a recent festival appearance a rip-off? Lorde seems to think so. And the New Zealand Pop singer appears to have a good case. The two MCs made their live debut as Kids See Ghosts at…
Ohio Lawmakers to Consider ‘Heartbeat’ Bill Tomorrow
Doctors who administer abortions after a fetus has a heartbeat could spend a year in prison if a new piece of legislation coming before the Ohio House of Representatives Nov. 15 becomes law. House Bill 258, sponsored by Republican State Reps. Christina Hagan and Ron Hood, would make it a fifth-degree felony to administer an…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Death From Above with Le Butcherettes at Bogart’s (Nov. 18)
Last year, imaginative Canadian Rock duo Death from Above released (and toured heavily behind) its latest album, Outrage! Is Now. The twosome is now back on the road on its Heads Up! Is Now tour, named for DFA’s remarkable 2002 debut release, the 2002 EP Heads Up, which they’ll be playing in full (along with…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Houndmouth at Taft Theatre (Nov. 16)
Houndmouth’s rise in popularity over the past half-decade can be traced by looking at the trio’s Greater Cincinnati shows in that timespan. In 2014, the band (then a quartet) played Southgate House Revival in Newport, Ky., followed the next year by a Madison Theater show in nearby Covington. Those shows were bookended by appearances at…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Mark Guiliana Space Heroes at Music Resource Center (Nov. 16)
Mark Guiliana is one of the biggest young talents in Jazz — he’s often rated highly in “Best Jazz Drummer” polls, most recently earning top honors for the genre in Modern Drummer magazine’s 2017 readers’ poll. But Guiliana’s talents and résumé expand far beyond any single genre. After studying Jazz at William Paterson University in…
Former Mayoral Contender Yvette Simpson Takes Director Role at National Progressive Organization
Former Cincinnati City Council member and mayoral contender Yvette Simpson will be the new leader of a national progressive group. Burlington, Vermont-based Democracy for America today announced that Simpson will be the organization's new chief executive. She's already heavily involved with DFA, having spent this year as its federal elections director. "We know that the…
Places to Eat Thanksgiving Dinner in Cincinnati That Aren’t Your House
WEDNESDAY NOV. 21 Thanksgiving Eve at The Anchor — On the busiest bar night of the year, The Anchor is inviting you to party with them and grab a snack while you’re there. Have a Thanksgiving warm-up meal with their $1 oyster special starting at 10 p.m. and pair it with their $6 martinis and rose…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Pet Envy with Jess Lamb & The Factory at MOTR Pub (Nov. 15)
There’s an old adage about Cincinnati that essentially states if you don’t care for the weather here, just wait five minutes. The same might be said of Pet Envy, the Nashville-based quintet with more flexibility than a 21-year-old yoga instructor and more range than a monarch butterfly. If you’re not drawn in by the band’s…
Prep for an Evening of Carbo-Loading and Turkey at the 109th-Annual Thanksgiving Day Race
It’s a Cincinnati Classic at this point: You know, where all the crazy people wake up early enough to go run six-point-whatever miles before noon on a holiday. Round up the kids and head down to Paul Brown Stadium for the 109th-annual Thanksgiving Day Race 10K run/walk. Children ages 5 to 10 can also participate…
Santa Proves He Can Swim at the Newport Aquarium’s ‘Water Wonderland’ Attraction
A submerged Santa returns to the Newport Aquarium for the annual Water Wonderland with Scuba Santa attraction. The man in red will be underwater, blowing magical air bubble showers and tapping on the glass in the 385,000-gallon Surrounded by Sharks exhibit to say hello and to listen to all the little girls’ and boys’ holiday…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati Concerts for the Week of Nov. 14-20
WEDNESDAY 14 MADISON LIVE – Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein with The Pistol Mystics. 8 p.m. Rock/Punk. $18, $20 day of show. MOTR PUB – Ha Ha Tonka with 500 Miles to Memphis. 10 p.m. Roots Rock. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Queen City Silver Stars with Jake Simmons & the Little Ghosts. 9 p.m.…
Pop Star Lil Duval Brings His Stand-Up Set to Funny Bone Liberty
You may have known Lil Duval for years as a stand-up comedian, but now he’s a proper Pop star. As of the writing of this profile, his song “Smile (Living my Best Life)” featuring Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy is climbing the Billboard Hot 100. Duval, whose real name is Roland Powell, takes his stage…
Kings Island’s WinterFest is Back with Holiday Lights, Ice Skating and Blue Hot Chocolate
WinterFest is back at Kings Island. The nostalgic winter wonderland has returned, complete with festive food and drinks, special holiday shows and ice skating underneath a Christmas tree-bedecked Eiffel Tower. There is an artisan village selling holiday crafts, booze-infused hot beverages, ice carvers, carriage rides and even blue hot chocolate. More than 19 of the…
Ditch Black Friday and Go Hiking for Plaid Friday through Cincinnati’s Urban Core
There are better things to do on Black Friday than perpetuate the nauseating cycle of consumerism. Case in point: the fourth-annual Plaid Friday Hike. Dress like a lumberjack (or grunge rocker) and embark on a stroll that highlights Cincinnati’s beautiful vistas. The organized five-mile hike will span Lytle Park, Mount Adams, Eden Park and Theodore…
If All You Want for Christmas is a 98 Degrees Holiday Concert at the Aronoff Center, You’re In Luck
Hometown heartthrobs 98 Degrees are heating up the Aronoff Center with a little holiday magic for their 98 Degrees at Christmas concert. Yes, the boys — Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timmons — will be singing songs from 2017’s full-length Christmas album, Let It Snow, which features hits like the titular “Let…
See the Sparkle of Christmas Nights of Lights from the Warmth of Your Car at Coney Island
What’s cuter than dazzling lights depicting gleeful snowmen, colorful trees, grooving candy canes and snowflakes? Not much. Bonus: You can see it all in the warmth of your own car. Listen to tunes via the radio — Coney Island has their own station that’s synchronized to the light display — and shamelessly jam to as…
The Cincinnati Art Museum’s Art After Dark: Confess Yourself is the Final AAD of the Year
'Twas the night before Thanksgiving and the Cincinnati Art Museum was throwing a party… Spend the biggest bar night of the year surrounded by culture at this after-hours art party. Get free and docent-led access to current exhibits The Fabric of India and Life: Gillian Wearing; check out music and performances from Pones, Black Signal…
The Cincinnati Cyclones Celebrate the Biggest Bar Night of the Year (aka Thanksgiving Eve) with Dollar Beers
CityBeat is thankful for cheap beer, so there's no better way to celebrate Thanksgiving in true Midwestern fashion than to drink too much beer at a sporting event the night before we eat too many carbs with family. While you don't need a bucket of beer to enjoy hockey as a spectator, it really doesn't…
Cincinnati’s Trans Day of Remembrance Takes Place at the Woodward Theater on Nov. 20
Since the start of 2018, the Human Rights Campaign reports that at least 22 transgender people in the U.S. have been fatally shot or killed. Last year, 29 died due to violence. Some of these cases carry anti-trans bias. A day to remember these lives lost to murder and transphobia — dubbed Transgender Day of…
The Victory of Light Expo Brings Psychics, Healers and Paranormal Investigators to the Sharonville Convention Center
The thing about a psychic festival is, even if you aren’t certain whether you’ll attend, some of the people there already know. The Victory of Light Expo is a gathering of 300 readers, healers and vendors at the Sharonville Convention Center, presenting 90 seminars that explore the spiritual, paranormal and metaphysical fields. Kim Sykes, a…
Ohio House Passes Stand Your Ground Legislation
Ohio looks likely to get its very own "Stand Your Ground" law soon. House Bill 228, which Ohio House members passed by 64-26 today, would remove requirements that Ohio residents try to flee a confrontation before using deadly force in self-defense. Supporters, including gun rights groups, say removing the so-called "duty to retreat" gives residents…
The Holiday O.F.F. Market Expands for a Two-Day Pop-Up at MadTree Brewing in Oakley
Every kind of local vendor you can think of — artists, bakers, vintage shops, mobile boutiques, etc. — are coming together for a special two-day O.F.F. Market event in MadTree’s Barrel Warehouse. Get your holiday shopping done early while supporting locally-owned businesses selling goods like hand-painted bowls, one-of-a-kind jewelry and handcrafted chocolate. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.…
The Germania Society Christkindlmarkt Brings a Bit of Bavaria to Colerain
The Germania Society of Cincinnati — whose stated goal is to “maintain and perpetuate the German heritage (in cultural, educational and social life of the German people), and to serve all German people in the Cincinnati area” — is hosting its 21st-annual Christkindlmarkt, a recreation of an authentic Bavarian-style Christmas market at Germania Park. Expect…
Brave Berlin — the Team Behind BLINK — Revamps Holiday Lights on the Hill at Hamilton’s Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum
The Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum is no stranger to outdoor beauty, but why not ramp it up this winter with a holiday-themed display? Load up the van and drive through the looped two-mile glowing hybrid sculpture and light display. This year, Brave Berlin — the creative team behind last year’s BLINK art and…
‘Antique Christmas’ at the Taft Museum of Art Gives New Life to Vintage Toys, Trees and Holiday China
The Taft Museum of Art gets into the holiday spirit with its annual display of antique ornaments, toys and decor. The historic former home will transform with festive garlands, comical 19th-century holiday-themed prints and a dining room set for a feast. Wander the rooms of the museum to see displays of antique German paper nativity…
Arrests Made in Pike County Killings
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and local law enforcement officials today announced they have made arrests in the killing of the Rhoden family in Pike County. The April 2016 slayings of Christopher Rhoden Sr., his ex-wife Dana Manley Rhoden, their children Clarence, Hanna and Chris Rhoden and cousin Gary Rhoden, along with Clarence’s fiancé Hannah Gilley…
The Cincinnati Zoo’s Festival of Lights Has Transformed the Park into a ‘Wild Wonderland’
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden does its annual glow-up with the 36th-annual Festival of Lights, the No. 1 zoo light show in the country (as voted by USA Today). More than 3 million LED bulbs have transformed the park into a “Wild Wonderland” with festively adorned foliage, glowing animal sculptures, the ever-so-instagrammable rainbow-light tunnel…
Fiona the Hippo Joins the Cast of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Annual ‘Nutcracker’
On Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 13), the Cincinnati Ballet will reveal a brand new character in its cast for The Nutcracker: Fiona. Yes, everyone's favorite hippo will be taking the stage for the annual holiday ballet. For The Nutcracker's 45th season, the wardrobe team spent nearly 100 hours designing and constructing a custom costume to replicate…
‘Rock of Ages’ is in Town for One Night Only at the Aronoff Center
If you wax nostalgic for the 1980s, head to the Aronoff Center for a one-night-only presentation of the Tony-nominated Rock of Ages — back for its 10th-anniversary run with an all-new cast. Jam out to a classic story of small-town gal meets city-slicker boy. As the name implies, the duo falls in loves in a…
The Cincinnati Pops Bring Folk Rock Hits to Life with the Indigo Girls
The Cincinnati Pops orchestra partners with the Grammy-winning Folk Rock duo Indigo Girls for an evening of informed and purposeful music. The Pops will be pairing its sounds with the band’s sonics for a program featuring Indigo Girls’ fan favorites from across the decades, including hits like “Closer to Fine” and “Galileo.” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday…
Scrooge is Back on the Cincinnati Stage in Playhouse in the Park’s Annual ‘A Christmas Carol’
Force your employees to work on Christmas and you may just get haunted by a trio of ghosts who won’t put up with your capitalist crap. But really, Ebenezer Scrooge is an iconic force during the holidays because he reminds us to put down our billfolds and think of the moments that really matter —…
Have a Slice of Glazed Ham with Your Showtunes During ‘White Christmas’ at Springboro’s La Comedia Dinner Theatre
If you’re looking for a side of campy Christmas musical — and “a taste of Broadway” — with your dinner, look no further than Springboro’s La Comedia Dinner Theatre, which is performing the Rosemary Clooney/Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye classic White Christmas this season. Have a slice of glazed ham as you sing along with Irving Berlin’s…
Cincinnati Artist Jay Bolotin Performs a Rare Music Show Tonight to Celebrate a National Reissue Project from Delmore Recordings
Kentucky native and longtime Cincinnati resident Jay Bolotin is best known locally as a renowned visual artist with an international following. But this past Friday, the album No One Seems To Notice That It's Raining was released nationally, revisiting a different form of Bolotin’s artistic output from the 1970s, when he was a widely admired…
Ohio Secretary of State-Elect Chooses Controversial Former Cincinnati Mayor for Transition Team
Now that the dust from the 2018 election is settling in most places, we're starting to see incoming elected officials in Ohio name transition teams: the folks who will help them hit the ground running when they take office in January. Ohio's incoming Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, announced his picks Nov. 9.…
Musical Performers Announced for the 2018 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards Party/Ceremony
On Sunday, Nov. 25, the trophies (OK, they’re actually plaques) will be doled out to the winners of the 2018 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. The CEA ceremony/party takes place at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine and the show begins at 7 p.m. The event will mark the 21st year for the CEAs, which celebrate the original music…
Listen to the Legendary Stan Lee Being Interviewed on a Cincinnati Community Radio Show in 2005
If you wanted a sense of how important Stan Lee’s life’s work was to American culture, you only needed to look at social media for two minutes yesterday after news of the comic book legend’s death spread. Lee — the God of the Marvel Universe who created comic book superheroes like Spiderman, The Hulk and…
FC Cincinnati Unveils New Major League Soccer Brand Identity
As FC Cincinnati prepares to make the leap into Major League Soccer, the team tonight unveiled its new brand identity to a crowd of fans at the Woodward Theater in Over-the-Rhine. The designs by Cincinnati-based Interbrand, created after a three-month process that involved fan feedback, retain the most familiar parts of the team's look —…
The Oh-So-Mysterious Secret ArtWorks Fundraiser Returns to The Banks
Secret ArtWorks, the mystery-filled fundraiser — and one heck of a party — which benefits ArtWorks returns after a brief hiatus on Nov. 16 at the former Howl at the Moon venue at The Banks. This nearly annual fall event is one of the organization’s most popular, but has been absent since ArtWorks’ 21st “birthday”…
Cincinnati City Council to Consider Airbnb Restrictions This Week
Cincinnati City Council's Budget and Finance Committee tomorrow will hear public input on an ordinance from Councilman David Mann that would put restrictions on property owners looking to rent entire buildings on sites like Airbnb. They could get an earful from both sides of an ongoing debate about the short-term rental sites. The proposed restrictions…
Comedian Dave Chappelle Photobombs Couple’s Engagement Shoot at Yellow Springs Brewery
A Cincinnati photographer and a couple whose engagement session she was shooting got a bit of a celebrity surprise Sunday night at Yellow Springs Brewery when comedian Dave Chappelle photobombed them. Jaycee Brammer of Jaycee Marie Photo had been shooting photos for couple Tommy Saunders and Emily Eldridge at a nearby nature preserve when they decided they…
Paper Collage Artist Sara Caswell-Pearce is Making Magic at Downtown’s Mercantile Library with Deaccessioned Books
Sara Caswell-Pearce’s official role at The Mercantile Library is artist-in-residence, but she easily could promote herself to patron saint with some paper wings. She’s earned them after spending nearly a year sorting through several thousand discarded books to collect ephemera for a solo exhibit celebrating The Merc’s majesty. Uncovered: Art Out of the Stacks, which…
Tillery to Step Down As Health Gap Leader
The founder of a long-running, sometimes controversial nonprofit is moving on to other pursuits, according to a news release the organization sent out today. Former Cincinnati Mayor Dwight Tillery, a prominent leader in Cincinnati's black community, will retire as the head of the Center for Closing the Health Gap in January. Tillery founded the Health…
Here’s Where to Go to See Trees Get Lit this Holiday Season
It’s all very Gilmore Girls. Begin scene: You’re clad in a fashionable beanie, cozy flannel and a scarf strewn across your shoulders. You clutch a classic hot cocoa with teenie marshmallows floating at the top. Twinkling lights spark the otherwise dusky skies. Nearby, you hear a group arguing about the latest Starbucks cup debacle. “Why…
Comedian Drew Lynch of ‘America’s Got Talent’ Fame Comes to the Funny Bone
On some level — even from a young age — comedian Drew Lynch always knew he wanted to be in show business. He just didn’t think he would work in stand-up. Lynch appeared on the 10th season of America’s Got Talent for his comedy routine and received a golden buzzer, finishing second behind British ventriloquist…
Is Sherrod Brown’s Ohio Senate Win a Playbook for Democrats? He Seems to Think So
Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has been a surprisingly durable presence in Ohio's congressional delegation even as the state seems to trend further to the right. Despite vocal support for unabashedly progressive policies from healthcare to immigration to LGBTQ issues, voters in Ohio on Nov. 6 sent Brown back to the Senate for a third…
Been There: In His New Memoir, Wilco Leader Jeff Tweedy Shares Stories About His Personal And Creative Lives
“I don’t know — when are you supposed to write a memoir?” That is the simple answer to why — and why now — longtime Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy was interested in writing Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc., which was published Nov. 13 by Penguin Random…
Sitwell’s Act II Brings the Clifton Coffee Shop back to Life with a New Menu and Management but the Same Bohemian Appeal
Clifton coffee shop mainstay Sitwell’s has reopened under new ownership, and is now known as Sitwell’s Act II. The café closed its doors this January after a quarter century of business on Ludlow Avenue in the neighborhood’s Gaslight District. Known to Cincinnatians for its relaxed atmosphere, full bar and close proximity to the Esquire Theatre,…
Parody Song King “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Orchestral Tour is Coming to Southwestern Ohio Next Year
Parody song master "Weird Al" Yankovic has announced his 2019 Strings Attached Tour, and among its 64 North American dates is a July 3 show at Kettering, Ohio's Fraze Pavilion. As the tour's title suggests, Yankovic is performing with orchestras on the tour. In a press release, the tour is described as "a high-energy, rock…
Pups and Pucks Wiener Dog Races are Back on the Ice at the Cincinnati Cyclones’ Game Saturday
Dog breeders around the world know you train wiener dogs for speed in a race, not endurance. Have you been conditioning your beloved dachshund for his/her moment of glory in front of a packed hockey arena? Did you know there's more to do at a hockey game than build pyramids out of empty dollar beer…
Tickets to see ‘Hamilton’ at the Aronoff Center Go On Sale This Friday
Tickets to see the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton at the Aronoff Center next year go on sale this Friday, Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. The touring production of the show will be in Cincinnati Feb. 19-March 10. The difficulty of getting tickets to see Hamilton on Broadway has been a comedic punchline for the past two…
REVIEW: The Darkest Season of ‘Daredevil’ Yields Spectacular Payoff
If you’re not a Marvel buff or a huge action/superhero fan, it’s daunting to try to enter that cinematic universe. Even just considering Netflix’s corner of Marvel — Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher — is a tall order for the uninitiated. (I had to Google the order in…
Chase Public’s ‘Unsupported’ Gives Voice to Young, Midwestern Architects
Unsupported — an architecture exhibition opening this weekend at Chase Public — explores the voices and work of younger professionals who often must work in a gig economy, where freelance, short-term and part-time work are the norm. It's a collaboration that stretches across the region, showcasing work and practices from Ohio State University's Austin E. Knowlton,…
Minimum Gauge: Ice Cube Comes Out of Musical Retirement for Trump with New Song, “Arrest the President”
HOT: Trump Ends Ice Cube’s Musical Retirement President Trump has ended the musical silence of Hip Hop legend Ice Cube. The rapper hasn’t released solo music since 2010, but today he dropped “Arrest the President,” the first single off of a new album due in December. The track is pretty unambiguous, with lyrics like “Let’s…
Ohio’s Medicinal Marijuana Program Delayed Again; More News
Hello Cincy. Phew! What a week. Welcome to your Friday news rundown, where we put all the major happenings of the week in one easy place for you to check out. First and foremost, we have all the local election results coverage you need. If you’re still wondering who won, who lost and want some…
Columbus Pizza Parlor Mikey’s Late Night Slice to Open Near Rhinegeist
What started out as a pizza-selling operation out of a glorified closet in Columbus, Ohio has transformed into a multi-location late-night (and daytime) pizza parlor that will soon be expanding into Over-the-Rhine. Mikey’s Late Night Slice and sister establishment Oddfellows Liquor Bar are setting up shop in the Queen City with a dual-purpose space at…
The Playhouse’s ‘Cincinnati King’ is an Entertaining, Informative Lesson in Local Music History
CRITIC'S PICK Six years ago, Cincinnati Playhouse artistic director Blake Robinson asked playwright and director KJ Sanchez to consider creating a show that would tell a “quintessentially Cincinnati story.” With Cincinnati King — about the city’s mid-century recording company, King Records — he got exactly what he asked for. Sanchez took the time to interview…
Jack White’s Third Man Records Releases Live Album by Cincinnati Indie Pop Group WHY?
On May 3, 2017, just a couple of months after the release of their first album in five years, Moh Lhean, Cincinnati's Yoni Wolf and his Avant Pop group WHY? recorded a session at the studio at Jack White's Third Man complex in Nashville. Today, a recording culled from those sessions (in the studio's "famed…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Mike Shinoda at Bogart’s (Nov. 12)
In late March, Linkin Park singer/rapper/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda released his first solo album, Post Traumatic, which featured songs he’d written in the wake of his friend and bandmate Chester Bennington’s death in the summer of 2017. The album features guests like Machine Gun Kelly, Chino Moreno and K. Flay and other members of Linkin Park.…
Should-Be Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Iron Maiden to Play Cincinnati Concert In August
Iron Maiden will be playing 33 North American concerts this summer, including an Aug. 15 show at Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center. Tickets for the pioneering Metal band’s Cincinnati concert go on sale Friday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Fellow British metallers The Raven Age (featuring Maiden bassist Steve Harris’ son George Harris) are…
Goo Goo Dolls and Train Are Coming to Cincinnati This Summer
Two turn-of-the-century Pop Rock hitmaking machines are teaming up for a 39-date 2019 summer tour and Cincinnati is on the itinerary. Train and Goo Goo Dolls will play Riverbend Music Center on July 24. R&B singer Allen Stone is also on the bill. Tickets for the Riverbend show go on sale to the general public…
As Some Suburban Hamilton County Enclaves Get Poorer, More Rely on Limited Transit Options
For a long time, Springdale presented the image of a bustling American suburb — Tri-County Mall, filled with stores and shoppers, was an anchor to the community about 20 miles north of Cincinnati. Shopping strips, restaurants and, further out around them, light industry filled the surrounding blocks, punctuated by wide roads filled with traffic streaming…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Casper Skulls with State Champion, Smut and The Virginia Creepers at Northside Yacht Club (Nov. 10)
It’s a shame Casper Skulls couldn’t have floated through town just a couple weeks earlier — sometime closer to Halloween. On an aesthetic level, they’re perfectly attuned to the holiday’s cozier cues: the Toronto quartet shares its first name with pop culture’s friendliest phantom, and the cover of the band’s latest LP, Mercy Works, features…
Bryce Dessner Preparing Multimedia Production About Robert Mapplethorpe, Inspired by Cincinnati 1990 Controversy
Bryce Dessner is preparing a multimedia New Music work about Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs that is inspired by his experiences in his Cincinnati hometown during the 1990 attempt to shut down a traveling retrospective exhibit of Mapplethorpe’s work, The Perfect Moment, and punish the Contemporary Art Center for showing it here. Mapplethorpe had died in 1989. Dessner…
WATCH: Cincinnati Rock Band The Amprays Get Animated In New Music Video for “Living Inside”
This Friday, Cincinnati Rock trio The Amprays celebrate the release of their new album, Sleepchaser, with a show at Northside Yacht Club. But today you can check out the album’s killer lead-off cut, “Living Inside” (featuring strong hooks, thick, muscular guitar work and a raw and timeless overall Rock & Roll sound), in the form…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Dawes at Taft Theatre (Nov. 10)
Dawes likes to stay busy. The Los Angeles-based band’s latest, Passwords, is its sixth full-length album in less than a decade, somewhat of a rarity in today’s age of elongated release and tour cycles. It seems frontman Taylor Goldsmith can’t help but get his detailed, often wistful lyrical musings out there for all to witness.…
The Cincinnati Museum Center’s Upgrades and Renovations Will Soon be Revealed
Cincinnati Museum Center — located in historic Union Terminal — recently wrapped up its first full structural restoration in the building’s history, which originally opened 85 years ago in 1933 as a train station hub. The renovations began in summer 2016 and doors officially reopen to the public Nov. 17. The $212 million project was…
Documentary Short About Leelah Alcorn to be Screened at Cincy’s OutReels Film Festival
Nearly four years after Leelah Alcorn of King Mills, Ohio died by suicide, the transgender teen’s legacy lives on. The 17-year-old’s death on Dec. 27, 2014 sparked international attention after she left a note on Tumblr that cited a lack of support for trans people and the discrimination they face. In her note, she left…
Election Results: Ohio General Assembly Races
An overlooked but very consequential series of races, the battle for seats in Ohio's General Assembly has serious repercussions for everything from local municipal budgets to education funding to gun control efforts. While Republicans retained supermajorities in both the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate (the picked up one seat in the latter), Democrats did…
R.I.P. Dave Davis, A Behind-the-Scenes Cincinnati Music Legend
When late 19th-/early 20th-century music from Greater Cincinnati is discovered by future generations, it will be through the recordings made by the artists of our time. And when listeners are experiencing the best of the era, there is almost no chance they won’t hear at least a little of the work of Dave Davis, who…
Democrats Come Up Big in State, County Judicial Races
While Democrats were shut out of statewide offices at the top of the ballot in the Nov. 6 election, they did pretty well when it came to scoring seats on various courts at the state and Hamilton County level. Democratic Party-endorsed judges won both seats up for grabs on the Ohio Supreme Court, a seven-member…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati Concerts for the Week of Nov. 7-13
WEDNESDAY 07 20TH CENTURY THEATER–James McMurtry with Bonnie Whitmore. 8 p.m. Folk/Rock. $22, $25 day of show. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–Queen City Silver Stars with The Mitchells and Josh Eagle. 9 p.m. Reggae/Roots/Indie/Various. Free. TAFT THEATRE–Deafheaven and DIIV with Chastity. 8 p.m. Rock/Metal/Indie/Various. $20, $25 day of show (in the Ballroom). THURSDAY 08 THE GREENWICH–Phil…
Chase Public’s Response Project Tackles Bob Dylan’s ‘Highway 61 Revisited’
Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 9), Chase Public is hosting its final Response Project based on Folk icon Bob Dylan’s 1965 album, Highway 61 Revisited. At the free event, respondents will reflect on Dylan’s songs in any way they see fit, either musical performance, dance, a diatribe or tribute — the response is up to…
2018 Hamilton County Midterm Election Results
The Nov. 6 election was a mixed bag for both Democrats and Republicans. The latter crushed it on the state level, with Republican Mike DeWine grabbing a decisive four point victory over Democrat Richard Cordray to take the governor's office. Other statewide races followed suit, leading to a Republican sweep. Locally, Democrat U.S. House candidates…
Cincinnati City Hall: Voters OK Two-Year Council Terms, Executive Session, New Campaign Finance Limits
Voters tonight overwhelmingly approved a raft of changes to the way Cincinnati City Council will be elected and do business. Almost 70 percent of 100,000 Cincinnati voters approved Issue 10, which will return city council to two-year terms. Council has had four-year terms since voters approved a charter amendment in 2013 switching from two-year terms.…
