An Artful Weekend
I took in several art shows that I recommend, for various reasons, this past weekend. At designsmithgallery (1342 Main St., Over-the-Rhine), a selection of gorgeous vintage platinum and oil-pigment prints from Doris Ulmann, the early-20th-century photographer who moved from more formal and traditionalist pictorialism toward a newer documentary style, are on display. These once belonged…
Local CD Spotlight: Noctaluca’s ‘Still the Wicked Rest’
With their grandiose 2006 debut, Towering the Sum, Cincinnati’s noctaluca set the bar incredibly high. Rather than fretting about how to top themselves, they’ve made a follow-up that unequivocally says, “Fuck it. Rock & Roll is not pole vaulting, so let’s just jam out and have a good time.” The result is their Zeppelin III.…
Music: Cari Clara
Listening to the new self-titled long-player from Cincinnati’s Cari Clara, I had a thought that I’ve had for about 15 years now. Eric Diedrichs (CC’s brain trust) should be famous. Not because he’s a pretty guy (though he is) and not because he has a great onstage presence (he does). Diedrichs has been one of…
Events: Bat Fest
Bats are the classic harbingers of Halloween, well, along with spiders, skeletons, witches and pumpkins. But bats are pretty much at the top of the list. They're scary, screechy, nocturnal and sometimes rabid. They also happen to be the world's only flying mammal. So even if you think they're freaky, come pay them some respect…
Onstage: Late Night Catechism
The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) manages the Aronoff Center — that means they run our downtown performing arts center on Walnut Street, but it also means they work to fill the facility with occasional performances to supplement the big shows brought to town by Broadway Across America. The first of those opens tonight, when CAA…
Music: Jake Speed and the Freddies
Some see Jake Speed as a bit of a novelty act, his aw-shucks shtick and throwback duds making him seem like a costumed strolling troubadour at some Renaissance Fair-like Pioneer Days festival. But those people aren’t listening or paying close enough attention. Speed's latest album, World Come Clean, should go a long way in dispelling…
Lit: Joe Eszterhas
It should probably come as no surprise that guy who wrote Showgirls has now found God. From a childhood in refugee camps and Cleveland back alleys to career success as a National Book Award-nominated author and highly paid Hollywood screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas’ life has been a dizzying ride. Cigarettes and alcohol (and women and drugs…
Music: Jose Rosa
Latin music, a general term for music that combines African and Latin American rhythms with classical and Jazz harmonies, is often used as a catch-all for everything from Bossa Nova (think “The Girl From Ipanema”) to upbeat lounge music (such as the intro to Sex and the City). Jose Rosa, who has played with such…
Events: World Music Festival
Following its successful inaugural year in 2007, the World Music Fest returns to the Southgate House Saturday for its second installment. The fest showcases Greater Cincinnati’s rich “World Music” scene, but doesn’t stop there, including artists that play everything from Latin music, Blues, Bossa Nova and Jazz to Reggae, Native American, Chinese, Celtic and Cajun…
Music: The Kooks
It might seem like a letdown for a group like The Kooks to tour the United States. The band is a major headliner in the U.K., playing prestigious festivals and arenas in that country, where its two albums, Inside In/Inside Out and their latest album Konk, have been million-selling hits. But stateside, The Kooks are…
Music: Future of the Left
The Future of the Left hail from the UK, but don’t hold that against them. Their make-up includes two parts of the aforementioned Mclusky (including singer Andy Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone) along with a newbie to the ranks, Kelson Matthias. Definitely designed for fans of Les Savy Fav, Butthole Surfers and US Maple, on…
Attractions: Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Water is important. I haven’t checked Wikipedia, but I’m pretty sure every living thing needs it to survive. So does the Grand Canyon. I never been to this so-called “wonder of the world,” but after experiencing the Cincinnati Museum Center’s latest Omnimax extravaganza, Grand Canyon Adventure, I feel like I have. Greg MacGillivray’s documentary follows…
Obama at Ault Park on Thursday
The next President of the United States, Barack Obama, will appear at an "American Jobs Tour Rally" at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Ault Park Pavilion in Hyde Park/Mount Lookout. The event is free, and no tickets are required, but the Obama campaign would like for you to RSVP if you're going to attend. Click…
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Local CD Spotlight: Cari Clara’s Cari Clara
Listening to the new self-titled long-player from Cincinnati’s Cari Clara, I had a thought that I’ve had for about 15 years now. Eric Diedrichs (CC’s brain trust) should be famous. Not because he’s a pretty guy (though he is) and not because he has a great onstage presence (he does). Diedrichs has been one of…
Sit Up Straight: Catechism (and More) at the Aronoff
The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) manages the Aronoff Center — that means they run our downtown performing arts center on Walnut Street, but it also means they work to fill the facility with occasional performances to supplement the big shows brought to town by Broadway Across America. The first of those opens tonight, when CAA…
Cincy and the Single Girl: Loose Bowel Larry
You know a date is going to be amazing when it starts with, “The salsa did not sit well with me.” I am now sitting at a booth in a bar (on dollar burger night no less) waiting for my date to return and wondering if he really just walked out. A 10-minute trip to…
King Records to Have Its Day
The city of Cincinnati is prepared to formally recognize King Records’ place in the city’s cultural history with a historic marker, a partnership with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a King-oriented class or lecture series, a King Records Center on the campus of Xavier University and a prominent role in this year’s Cincinnati…
Local CD Spotlight: Jake Speed’s World Come Clean
I don’t think I’ve ever written anything about Jake Speed without mentioning Woody Guthrie. Call me lazy, but the political Folk pioneer is such an obvious influence on Speed’s songs and lyrics it almost seems dishonest not to mention it. While listening to World Come Clean, Jake Speed and the Freddies’ brand new release, I…
Red Bull Soapbox…
Red Bull. Why do they have a soapbox race? Who knows. I certainly don't, but it seemed like everyone in this entire city was pretty stoked about it. I went up to Mount Adams to check it out. I got up there around 1 p.m., which was a horrible idea because that's when the races…
Bush Wacks Cinema
Longtime film critic/historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has been staying busy since his departure/retirement from the Chicago Reader. In addition to his ongoing DVD column for CinemaScope, Rosenbaum recently wrote a lengthy piece on 100-year-old Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira (yes, he’s still making movies!) for Film Comment, he took part in a “Criticism in Crisis” panel…
Onstage: Militant Language: A Play with Sand
Are you one of those people who like to be out on the leading edge of what’s happening? Know Theatre of Cincinnati offers a chance to do that with its world premiere of Sean Christopher Lewis’ Iraq war drama, Militant Language. The show looks at how war affects soldiers and their relationships— an intense hostage…
Events: Walnut Weekend
Gather your lil’ peanuts together this weekend for Hamilton County Park Districts, Walnut Weekend. The sixth annual event will be fun for all ages, and will include nut, tree and leaf identifications as you hike along the trails. When the nutty activities wear you down, cool off with some homemade walnut ice cream. Patrons can…
Music: The Royal Pines
In the ’90s, Joe Patt was known ’round these parts as drummer for the wild-eyed, noisy Hairy Patt Band. Patt took the band to Columbus, where he later played with another popular regional band, Them Wranch. In 2002, Patt headed for Chicago, put down the drumsticks and formed The Royal Pines, for which Patt sings…
Art: Maria Lassnig at the Contemporary Arts Center
It is astonishing that Maria Lassnig, whose work is presented in an impressive solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), is widely unknown in the United States. She is an influential force throughout Europe, working in Vienna for the past few decades. At the age of 89, Lassnig is highly accomplished as both an…
Art: Since You’ve Been Gone at The Weston Art Gallery
It hasn’t yet been a year since Publico, the non-commercial, artist-run exhibition space on Clay Street, closed its doors. Nonetheless, the Weston Art Gallery has already pulled together the collaborators again for its current show, Since You’ve Been Gone. The exhibition sweeps Publico’s Over-the- Rhine vibe into the mainstream — the Weston is part of…
Onstage: Playhouse Town Hall Meeting
Perhaps you’ve been hearing some conversation about the Cincinnati Playhouse moving downtown. Guess it would no longer be the “Playhouse in the Park,” but there are some grand plans for a new theater facility right in the heart of downtown. If you’d like to learn more, you might want to stop by the Playhouse’s Marx…
Events: Saengerfest
It’s a Saengerfest! On Sunday in Memorial Hall, a traditional German-American Saengerfest (singing festival) will fill the air as part of a day-long celebration in honor of the building’s 100th anniversary. The Samuel Hannaford-designed Beaux Arts structure commemorates America’s armed forces and is a time capsule inside, including one of the city’s most delightful theaters.…
Events: Register To Vote
Today, October 6, is the last day to register to vote for the general election in November. You can visit the Hamilton County Board of Elections to learn more and even print a registration form to send in. Forms sent by mail must be postmarked by today. You can also register at the following locations.…
Art: ArtWorks Gallery
Homecoming: a Local Perspective seems as good a reason as any to bring together a set of art-world notables, though the show’s thesis of bringing together artists with ties to Cincinnati is not very present as one views the exhibition. Work by Mark Fox and Tony Luensman occupies most of the front gallery space, drawing…
Onstage: Death of a Salesman
You might think of Arthur Miller’s 1949 play Death of a Salesman as some dusty old classic, but it speaks to today’s world when people’s dreams are being dashed by economic forces beyond their control. More than a half-century ago it won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. When it was revived on Broadway…
Lecture: Karl Rove and Dee Dee Myers
She’s the first woman to serve as White House press secretary, he’s widely believed to be the Antichrist. OK, maybe the latter part of that statement is an exaggeration, but not by much. Dee Dee Myers, who served as the spokeswoman for the first two years of the Clinton Administration (1993-94), and Karl Rove, a…
“Sunshine” on Vinyl
Cincinnati’s superb Roots/Punk/Country/Rock band 500 Miles to Memphis are still milking their excellent full-length album, Sunshine in a Shot Glass, which came out last year on Deep Elm Records. Given that the album is one of the best locally-produced long-players in the last 10 years, can you really blame them? This album needs to find…
Monday Wellness Roundup
Christian Science Monitor: The Supreme Court is considering whether smokers in Maine can sue Philip Morris USA for marketing "light" and "low tar" cigarettes. At issue is whether these descriptions are misleading and fraudulent, indicating these cigarettes are healthier than regular smokes. (Hopefully PM will be sued out of existence.) The Enquirer: Prosthetics improve the…
Wherefore Art Thou, Cincinnati Playhouse?
Perhaps you’ve been hearing some conversation about the Cincinnati Playhouse moving downtown, which started late last year. Guess it would no longer be the “Playhouse in the Park,” but there are some grand plans for a new theater facility right in the heart of downtown. If you’d like to learn more, you might want to…
Taft Gets Props
In the Fall 2008 posting of Forbesflash.com — the Web site of Forbes Magazine — Kip Forbes, vice chairman of the company and son of founder Malcolm Forbes, includes Cincinnati's Taft Museum among the list of his nine favorite U.S. art museums. Kip Forbes, like his father an art aficionado, studied art history at Princeton…
Energetic Friday
Do something other than veg out in front of the boob tube tomorrow night. Join a conversation about a topic on everyone’s mind: energy. Tonight at 6 p.m. the Imago Earth Center (700 Enright Ave., Price Hill) kicks off its First Friday Conversations with a 20-minute video of Al Gore’s New Thinking on the Climate…
Events: Autumn Floral Show
Flowers are in full bloom at the Krohn. Cincinnati Parks and Munich Parks have teamed up for the 15th year by giving each other gifts of gardens and sculptures. To honor this teamwork, as well asthe 850th anniversary of Munich's founding, Cincinnati Parks has invited Munich Parks Horticulturist to celebrate its German roots at this…
Music: Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
15 of the finest Jazz soloists and ensemble players stop at the Aronoff with special guest Wynton Marsalis, who is, without question, one of the world's greatest classical trumpeters. In the big band tradition of Duke Ellington, Marsalis is a brilliant composer, an advocate for the Arts and a tireless educator. With 60 records selling…
Onstage: Reefer Madness
When Reefer Madness: The Musical is cooking, it cooks. Know Theatre is kick-starting its season with a rowdy, just-for-the-hell-of-it musical that decries (wink, wink) the evils of smoking marijuana. Thanks to attitude infused by director Eric Vosmeier, Know’s show does it with tongue, teeth and tonsils wedged in its cheek — just as did original…
Events: Middfest goes to Mongolia
Middfest International in Middletown on Donham Plaza starts Friday and run through Sunday. The festival started in 1981 and has been featuring different countries from around the world since then. This year the focus is on Mongolia and will feature demonstrations from artists, musicians and craftsmen from the country. Friday from 5:30 – 10 p.m.,…
Stage Door: Durango
If you’ve ever felt that your parents just don’t get what your life is about — or if you’re a parent convinced that your kids don’t appreciate what you’ve done for them — you need to check out Julia Cho’s new play Durango at the Cincinnati Playhouse this weekend. Not only is this a play…
Cintas Execs Face Backlash
An institutional shareholder at Cintas Corp. will make a motion at the company’s annual meeting later this month seeking to have an independent chairman appointed to its board of directors to improve oversight and increase company performance. Representatives for the North Carolina Retirement Systems (NCRS), which represents the pension investments of retired North Carolina state…
GOP Sends Mixed Signals Again
When it comes to the Republican Party, once again the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing, leaving Ohio voters seriously confused. Earlier this week the GOP was all over the board about its position on the first version of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout. Presidential nominee John McCain urged its…
Art: Who Owns the World? at Country Club Gallery
Ohad Meromi is part of a group of Israeli artists who migrated from Tel Aviv to attend Columbia University’s graduate program. Matt Distel previously made us aware of this group when, while working at the Contemporary Arts Center, he brought Guy Ben- Ner’s work there in 2005. Now he has brought Meromi’s installation Who Owns…
Music: Heartless Bastards
Bastards Come Home One of Cincinnati’s most successful contemporary bands, The Heartless Bastards, returns to the Southgate House Thursday with new songs and a new lineup. In fact, it might not be appropriate to call the Bastards a “Cincinnati” band anymore, given that singer/songwriter/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom has relocated to Austin, Tex. Though now in Texas,…
Sorting out Presidential Election Coverage
God, I hate presidential election years. Ignore my general lack of success at picking a winner or tossing the rascals out, but the seemingly endless “silly season” doesn’t begin to describe the quadrennial misery. And I’m not even talking about the TV campaign ads. It’s almost a relief to get coverage of Hurricane Ike and…
Q&A with PROJECTMILL…
I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Cincinnati is a cool city. Despite popular belief, there's a whole crop of young adults out there getting involved in their community and doing creative things. One of these groups is PROJECTMILL. What is PROJECTMILL? The answer, my friend, is many things, including the host of…
Lions Rampant at MPMF…
Nothing's hotter than a man in uniform, except maybe a man in a lion suit. Or a man in a skeleton suit. What I'm really trying to say is that nothing's hotter than a guy in a sweet band, right? And MidPoint was just crawling with guys in sweet bands. More specifically the Courtyard Cafe…
Sasha Maslov
Photographer Sasha Maslov moved to Cincinnati last year from Ukraine, where he freelanced for periodicals throughout Eastern Europe. Feralmade (www.feralmade.com) features his Northside Project — portraits of people who live and work in Northside — through Oct. 4. (See more of Maslov’s photographs at www.sashamaslov.com.) Here’s what inspires Maslov. (Tamera Lenz Muente) People who surround…
Sporting Chances
The weather is getting cooler and the days are beginning to shrink. Yes, summer is slowly coming to an end, but don’t be sad: Area college and university campuses are flooded again with young, energetic, happy college students breathing life back into this old town. The beginning of the term also means the beginning of…
Music: David Ornette Cherry
If anyone ever sets up a study to attempt to divine whether musical talent is based on either nature or nurture, David Ornette Cherry would be a terrible study subject. The son of Jazz icon Don Cherry, David Ornette Cherry was genetically predisposed to be a musician of some kind, and his father’s circle of…
Art: Manifest Creative Research Gallery
Manifest Creative Research Gallery: Where did Petra Kralickova find all that black sand in Ohio? That’s one of the questions you’ll ask about her mysterious and beautiful sculptural installation “Inquietude” at Manifest Gallery in East Walnut Hills through Oct. 24. Neat circles of that sand spread out on the gallery floor, surrounding long, suspended whisk…
Miami University
Brittany MoncreaseJunior, International Studies Major Q: What are the campus issues that people are talking about? A big topic of discussion is diversity and how important that is and how it’s becoming such a big deal for the university. I think sometimes we commodify the problem to be something ginormous that we actively seek to…
That’s a Wrap
Quick link: MidPoint Central [HQ for all the coverage] Quick link: Photos from MidPoint Friday night, after spending the evening riding car shuttles up and down Main Street for four hours, I returned home and searched around online for some MidPoint Music Festival feedback. I’d just been blown away by the turnout and quality of…
Lit: Publico Poetry
Publico was more than a gallery, and Dana Ward is more than a poet. He’s the editor/publisher of local Cy Press poetry, an advocate at the Over-the- Rhine Learning Center and the curator of the former Clay Poetry series at Publico. CityBeat asks this expatriated Northern Kentuckian and avid Rap enthusiast some questions about poetry,…
Hate Mail, Beer-Making Monks and Chef Romy
Now that I’ve received my first piece of reader feedback for The Dish, which commented on my “bland reporting” of crepes last month (and other things I won’t mention here), I will be sure to make things sound more exciting this month. That shouldn’t be difficult, since there’s quite a lineup ranging from Chef Romy’s…
Hope Springs Eternal in Redsland, but Hope Gets Really Boring
The Reds officially ended their season Sept. 28 with a fivegame losing streak. They unofficially ended their season with a five-game losing streak at the end of July. It seemed like the Reds were always on a five-game losing streak this year. At least we know where they stand. Since the end of last season,…
Music: Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette has finally learned to live in the moment. The change, call it her evolution, is evident in the lyrics on her latest, Flavors of Entanglement, which you can add to the list of strangely titled albums she’s released over the past 13 years including her groundbreaking Jagged Little Pill, which has sold more…
Durango (Review)
Second-generation Korean Jimmy Lee (Andrew Cristi) is building up his vocabulary in anticipation of applying for college in a few years. He’s a bright, engaging kid, always looking for bigger and better words to say what he means. As he and his older brother Isaac (Peter Kim) differ about taking a road trip with their…
Xavier University
Eamon RoachSophomore, Philosophy and Natural Sciences Majors Q: What are the campus issues people are talking about? Much of the conversation about campus issues seems to revolve around the new construction. Many of my fellow students have expressed excitement over the new changes, particularly the campus expansion, but we’re slightly disappointed over not being able…
Events: Action Sports World Tour
EXTREEEEEEEEME! That’s what you’ll hear all day Friday and Saturday at the brand new Bank of Kentucky Center at Northern Kentucky University. The Action Sports World Tour will stop in the Cincinnati area for the first time since 2005 when it hosted an extreme sports competition at Sawyer Point. This year’s contests include BMX and…
Events: Cincinnati World Cinema
If forced to choose at gunpoint, I’d have to say Contempt is my favorite Godard film. Less fractured and fleeting than his more experimental ’60s films, it digs deeper while not sacrificing any of the master’s metaphysical or formal hijinks. The thing works on all kind of levels, the least of which is its lacerating…
Religulous (Review)
Bill Maher is a polarizing guy. There’s not much middle ground when it comes to his snide, often condescending brand of comedy: You either agree with him or you hate his guts. The same can be said of Maher’s sure-to-be-controversial new documentary Religulous, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival a few weeks ago…
Safety in Numbers and in Awareness
Fall term has the largest influx of students to local university campuses and also the highest amount of crime out of any quarter or term. Typical crimes around campuses range from the stealing of unattended possessions to armed robbery. Universities take measures to keep students safe, but campus safety specialists say a lot of responsibility…
Considering ‘Life Peace Zones’
Cincinnati might soon be Ground Zero in an unconventional effort to potentially restrict access to abortions on a neighborhood-byneighborhood basis. A member of a Catholic order is lobbying city officials to change Cincinnati’s zoning laws and allow the creation of “life peace zones” aimed at prohibiting certain types of activities. Under the proposal, individual neighborhoods…
Black and White
What makes a play a classic? Cincinnati Shakespeare Company specializes in such works: The downtown company just presented a revival of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus and found itself with a string of sold-out performances. Their approach was to re-create a great script, very faithful to the original with solid acting in every role. Sometimes, however, revivals…
Events Red Bull Soapbox Derby
Gentleman (and ladies), start your engines! More than 40 teams from across the country, including many from Cincinnati like “The Mad Hatters” and “The Cincinnati 3-Way” will be competing in The Red Bull Soapbox Race. Teams will be showing off their creativity and crafty driving skills all through Mount Adams. Claim your spot right in…
Onstage: Durango
Second-generation Korean Jimmy Lee (Andrew Cristi) is building up his vocabulary in anticipation of applying for college in a few years. He’s a bright, engaging kid, always looking for bigger and better words to say what he means. As he and his older brother Isaac (Peter Kim) differ about taking a road trip with their…
The Acacia Strain and David Ornette Cherry
The Acacia Strain with Unearth, Protest the Hero, Gwen Stacy and White Chapel Saturday • Bogart’s Springfield, Mass., might not be the acknowledged capital of grinding Metal, but that hasn’t stopped The Acacia Strain from perfecting the art of down-tuned guitar and demon-balls-in-a-bear-trap vocals. With their fourth full-length, the recently released Continent, The Acacia Strain…
Linguistic Vitality
%uFFFD Publico was more than a gallery, and Dana Ward is more than a poet. He’s the editor/publisher of local Cy Press poetry, an advocate at the Over-the- Rhine Learning Center and the curator of the former Clay Poetry series at Publico. CityBeat asks this expatriated Northern Kentuckian and avid Rap enthusiast some questions about…
Tousey House (Review)
Critic's Pick As you sit by the fire in one of the Tousey House’s dining rooms, you can almost feel the energy of the last 186 years, the life span of this Kentucky federal-style home. The two-story red brick house with sprawling porches, lazy palm-leaf ceiling fans and white whicker couches perfect for sharing fried…
Thomas More College
Jessica WeilFreshman, Nursing Major Q: What are the best and worst parts about your school? (The) worst parts would probably have to be some of the classes and the way the teachers teach things. The way they describe things, some (teachers) talk and talk and others talk and explain more. The best parts would probably…
Music: The Acacia Strain
Springfield, Mass., may not be the acknowledged capital of grinding Metal, but that hasn’t stopped The Acacia Strain from perfecting the art of down-tuned guitar and demon-balls-in-a-bear-trap vocals. With their fourth full-length, the recently released Continent, The Acacia Strain hone their blistering sound to a prison-filed point, amplifying and extrapolating their sonic brutality and lyrical…
Art: New Works by Rhonda Gushee
In Base Gallery’s current exhibition, rooms are occupied by the startling and compelling figurative sculptures of Rhonda Gushee. “This show is my swan song,” she was telling visitors at the opening as she discussed plans for moving south in the coming year. New Works boasts a number of new directions for Gushee. The particular approach…
Comedy: Larry Reeb
“I never wanted to work for a living,” says comedian Larry Reeb, also known as “Uncle Lar.” “I haven’t had a day job since 1979,” he adds proudly. “I worked at an indoor amusement park when I first started doing comedy.” It was there the nickname “Uncle” took hold. “I was like 19, and everyone…
The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre (Review)
Critic's Pick "Don’t be shy" seems to have been The Carnegie’s message to the five artists whose individual exhibitions make up The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre, the season opener at the Covington arts center. The artists’ responses are each their own — two ceramicists could never be mistaken for one another, two painters are in…
Art: The Bold, The Beautiful and The Bizarre at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
"Don’t be shy” seems to have been The Carnegie’s message to the five artists whose individual exhibitions make up The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre, the season opener at the Covington arts center. The artists’ responses are each their own — two ceramicists could never be mistaken for one another, two painters are in different realms…
University of Cincinnati
Erica Heimbrock Junior, Fashion Design-Product Development Q: What are the campus issues people are talking about? Sustainability seems to be an issue on campus. Senator elections were during Spring quarter and everyone running’s [sic] platform was providing a green, sustained campus. Also, every DAAP major has an eco-friendly project like this summer the sophomores in…
Freedom Isn’t Free
This year’s incoming college freshmen finally have arrived on campus, and the stress of applications and the excitement of the admissions process have wound down. A newfound freedom awaits, but with it comes an immersion into a new social life that current students say can be extremely overwhelming at times. For many, this fall not…
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Sara Relojo Senior, Illustration Major Q: What are the best and worst parts about your campus? The best part is definitely how accessible it is. Our six-floor building is totally secure and open 24 hours a day, and most upper-classmen get huge, accommodating studios with windows. Our print facilities are always open, and our student-run…
U.S. Needs a Different Type of Bailout
Even as reckless Wall Street investors ring the alarms and bellow about needing $700 billion in taxpayer money to avoid an economic meltdown, some of them are trying to pin the blame on lower- and middle-class homeowners. It wasn’t their own greed and shady schemes involving mortgage-based securities that caused the financial collapse, these investors…
Fountain Square and Parking Tickets
In 1871, Henry Probasco gave the city of Cincinnati the Genius of Water sculpture and fountain. Her home became Fountain Square, and the square has been the center of the Queen City ever since. Fountain Square has been renovated multiple times. The most recent began in 2005 under the tutelage of the Cincinnati Center City…
Saying No to Another Blank Check
I’m the kind of person who wants to know everything about everything. It’s difficult for me to admit privately, much less publicly, when I can’t get my arms around an important topic. But the current financial crisis is kicking my ass. What exactly is going on here? Why are the country’s (and soon to be…
Northern Kentucky University
Chris L. WalkerSenior, Anthropology Major Q: What are the campus issues people are talking about?I think there’s a big violation of First Amendment rights on campus. I don’t like the Greek life’s stranglehold on the (Student Government). I think a lot of students’ rights suffer because of it. Another problem is a lot of students…
The Solid Pack (Profile)
On this eerie night, the Clifton shops and streets are dark. Think oil slicks. Tar. “I’ve had more vivid dreams in the past few days,” Chris Haubner says as we cross the street. No “W-A-L-K” letters. Just a black box perched there. Uncle Smokin’ Joe (Jim Pross) nods quietly. Powerless traffic lights = black holes.…
Changing How City Votes
Kevin Osborne did an excellent job in summing up why advocates for proportional representation are again advocating this change for Cincinnnati: We want a fairer reflection of the people on city council and for candidates who are the most preferred by the people to be elected (“City to Decide Voting Change,” issue of Sept. 10).…
’80s Comeback
The best, most fun and longest running of the “theme/charity shows,” “’80s Pop Rocks,” returns to the Southgate House this Saturday for its fourth annual event. Once again, the show will feature oodles of local bands playing their favorites from the Reagan era. And, once again, the show is a benefit for STOP AIDS (the…
Read All About It While You Can
No surprise, but journalism ain’t what it used to be, and we’re paying the price for it. Maybe you don’t care, don’t think you should or wonder why it even matters. Thanks to the general apathy of the American public, you’re probably right. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the American people are the “best…
Another Seven Days of Putin Flying Over Our Airspace
WEDNESDAY SEPT. 24John McCain heard about President Bush’s proposed $700 billion economic-help-out plan today and said, “Hold it! America needs help from a maverick! I’m going to Washington!” and then he postponed his presidential campaign. Obama said that was a crazy idea and that a real president would simply do numerous things at once like…
College On The Cheap
The new school year is upon us, and if you’re a student you’re probably exhausted from running around with paperwork, moving into a dorm or working an unpaid internship over the summer (thanks CityBeat!), and your wallet is probably feeling it, too. Not to worry, though, because college students are entitled to some of the…
Onstage: CCM Drama At 25
In a town that has a burgeoning theater scene, it’s sometimes overlooked that a lot of the talent is being trained at the University of Cincinnati. Many people acknowledge the musical theater program at the College-Conservatory of Music, but did you know that CCM’s drama program also has built a national reputation? On Saturday the…
College of Mount St. Joseph
Katlin StupiGraduate Student, Physical Therapy Major Q: What issues are being discussed on campus? Implementing washers and dryers on all floors in the residence lobby. We don’t know when it’s going to happen, but it’s on the table. There’s the generation gap between students who are three or four years apart … their different attitudes…
The Reform of a Murderer
When one person kills another, as a society we hope that the murderer regrets the act and makes the necessary changes in order not to repeat the behavior. That’s partly the logic behind locking them up in prison: to avoid a repeat offense. But the true test of our collective hope is how we respond…
Events: Halloween Haunt
I personally hate haunted houses/hayrides/mazes/ships/etc., and I hate being scared. I also hate being approached by strangers in costumes. Some people are really into these things and that’s great for them because it’s almost Halloween. And places like schools and businesses are breaking out the fake cobwebs and candy corn, but Kings Island is taking…
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As you can see, the CityBeat web site has been updated with new tools, new features and a new look. Same for the staff blogs. All staff-written blog posts will appear under the name The Daily Beat, and the five most recent posts will also pull up to the CityBeat home page. — If you…
Northslice of Heaven…
If free ping pong and cheap drinks weren't enough … now comes Northslice. Every week Cincinnati's youth elite descends upon the great faux-dive known as the Gypsy Hut. If you're a regular, chances are you've gotten to know the bartenders there and chances are you know who pours the strong drinks: all of them. It's…
The Bailout’s Dirty Little Secrets
Before it went down to a crushing defeat, top officials at the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve were describing the $700 billion bailout plan that failed Monday in starkly different terms during private conversations with Wall Street investors. As most people know, the proposed bailout failed yesterday in a surprising 205-228 vote, defying the wishes…
Register to Vote, Start Voting
You can start early voting in Ohio and, for the next week, register to vote and vote on the same visit to the Board of Elections. The last day to register to vote in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky and still be able to take part in this year’s election is Monday, Oct. 6. If you…
Book Banning: a PC Form of Book Burning
Censorship is one of the major reasons we have a constitution and the form of government everyone points to as the best in the world. But that doesn’t stop individuals and groups from claiming objectionable materials must be removed from libraries and other institutions. The Nazis used book burning to censor reading, but we’re more…
