I Just Can’t Get Enough
Miley Cyrus hosted and performed on Saturday Night Live this weekend and I have to admit — she rocked it. You have to give it to the writers for coming up with some original ways to incorporate her recent now-ubiquitous scandals (VMAs, buzzworthy music videos, ever-exposed tongue), but MiCy deserves some credit, too. Bitch may…
Comedy: Mike Cody and Tabari McCoy
A lot of comedians from around the country have recorded CDs at Go Bananas, so it makes sense that two homegrown stand-ups would do the same. Cincinnati natives Tabari McCoy and Mike Cody will each record debut CDs on Wednesday at the venerable comedy club in Montgomery. McCoy is still lives in the area, while…
Event: SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque Tour
Word is that the choreographer for bigwigs such as Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Michael Jackson is helping craft the SuicideGirls’ first burlesque tour in six years, which we’re also told will include cheeky odes to such pop-cultural touchstones as Star Trek, Game of Thrones, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction and The Rocky Horror…
Film: Cincinnati World Cinema Presents A Place at the Table
A Place at the Table takes a revealing look at what’s on the table for an increasing number of people, especially children, who are ill-fed and under-fed. Cincinnati World Cinema screens the film Sunday, with a social hour/cash bar and exhibits beforehand. Hunger in the Cincinnati metro area will be highlighted afterward, with a discussion…
Event: Cincinnati Chocolate Festival
Come visit the Cintas center for an afternoon of delectable desserts, dynamic demonstrations and chocolate — lots and lots of chocolate — for the fourth annual Cincinnati Chocolate Festival. There will be chocolate tastings from local vendors, demonstrations from celebrity chefs, children’s activities and live vendor competition judging. All proceeds benefit the Isaac M. Wise…
Event: Labyrinth Arts Festival
The Labyrinth Arts Festival invites you for a day full of sales, raffles, outdoor labyrinth walks and “Art on the Spot” workshops. There will be live music, a chili lunch and a diverse group of featured artists, each presenting a collection of unique expressions and works ranging from photography and watercolor to weaving and pine…
Art: Bricks, Barrel Vaults & Beer: The Architectural Legacy of Cincinnati Breweries
Cincinnati is a beer-drinking city. At one point in our city’s history, the average Cincinnatian consumed two-and-a-half times more beer than other citizens in the country. Cincinnati also has one of the largest numbers of pre-Prohibition-era breweries in the U.S. Our city has such a strong connection to beer that the Betts House is opening…
Tour: The Great House Tour 2013
The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati presents a special opportunity to take a guided tour of the Lloyd Taft Residence, a stunning example of modernist architecture nestled in Indian Hill. The home, built in 1980 for the grandson of President William Howard Taft, earned the 1984 American Institute of Architects’ National Honor Award. An informal lecture…
Event: Ohio Sauerkraut Festival
Started in 1970, the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival served 528 pounds of sauerkraut to about 1,500 visitors on its first go-round. Now, in its 44th year, the community festival kicks off Saturday for a larger weekend of food, arts and crafts and a ton of sauerkraut. There will be sauerkraut pizza, sauerkraut donuts, sauerkraut pies, cabbage…
Music: Daniel Martin Moore
Folksy, rootsy, internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Daniel Martin Moore is doing a handful of shows in his beloved Kentucky this weekend, including a stop at Molly Malone’s Saturday. The home-state dates are in support of Moore’s just-released Archives Vol. I album, which is loaded with unreleased tracks from the past five years, a bit of a…
Literary: Books by the Banks
If you’re in the market for a few new books to cozy up with as the weather gets cooler and the days grow shorter, join thousands of fellow bibliophiles for Cincinnati’s annual celebration of all things literary. There’s something for book lovers of all sizes, from a kids’ corner to book signings by your favorite…
Event: Party on Short Vine
Head down to the 2700 block of Vine Street to celebrate the rebirth and renewal of one of Cincinnati’s most historic neighborhood centers: Short Vine. Not only is this carnival-inspired block party an excuse to feast on foods from your favorite food trucks and bounce around on carnival-style inflatables, it’s also a chance to see…
Onstage: Rapture, Blister, Burn
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati keeps the hits coming from Broadway’s A-list. Gina Gionfriddo’s tale of grass that’s greener on the other side of the fence was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012. With Lynn Meyers directing a strong local cast, this one should please local audiences. Corinne Mohlenhoff, a Cincy Shakes favorite, is Catherine, a rock-star…
Art: FotoFocus Lecture with Photographer Laura Letinsky
Although she photographed people early in her artistic career, the still lifes that Laura Letinsky is now known for are actually devoid of the human figure. Leftover traces of the human presence are the content of many of her works, and her scenes often look like the remnants of decadent celebrations: flowers and fruits half-eaten,…
Neutral Milk Hotel with Elf Power
If someone had the patience and time to chart out Jeff Mangum’s band genealogy over the past two decades, it would be long and complicated enough to make a Utah Mormon green with envy. And if the genealogist was allowed to include influenced bands as children, Mangum would be credited with an Old Testament number…
Tim Easton
Has it really been 15 years since Tim Easton dropped his twang-infested solo debut, Special 20? The prolific singer/songwriter seems like one of those guys who was obsessed with On the Road as a kid, wanderlust and the artist’s lifestyle forever fueling his restless imagination. Easton’s released a slew of Americana-flavored records since parting ways…
The SteelDrivers
The SteelDrivers are a hot group on the Roots music circuit these days. The band is made up of various Bluegrass and Country music veterans who are out to bring intensity in sound, great musicianship, solid songwriting and an open mind to the Bluegrass genre. The Grammy-nominated SteelDrivers come to the Southgate House Revival this…
David Bromberg Band
Old folkies never die, their machines just stop killing fascists. Luckily, David Bromberg was never that kind of folkie; he was lumped in with the Folk movement by virtue of his occasional acoustic approach and covers of traditional Folk tunes. In fact, although Bromberg has peppered his style with Bluegrass, Folk, Celtic, Country, Jazz and…
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CAF USA yesterday unveiled new renderings for Cincinnati’s $133 million streetcar project. The city has hired CAF to supply five cars, which will have four doors on each side and be capable of moving in both directions on a track. The cars are also completely low-floor, which should make boarding, disembarking and moving around the…
CAF Unveils Cincinnati Streetcar Renderings
The Cincinnati streetcar took another step forward on Monday when car builder CAF USA unveiled renderings for the $133 million project. The city has hired CAF to supply five cars. The latest details show the cars will have four doors on each side and be capable of moving in both directions on a track. The…
REVIEW: Phoenix and The Vaccines at LC Pavilion (Columbus, Ohio)
Justin Hayward-Young stole my soul. When The Vaccines stormed onstage at the LC Pavilion on Oct. 3 to open for Phoenix, they rained a holy hell of guitar and vocals down upon their fans. And the people drowned in their own admiration for the band. Why? I firmly believe that The Vaccines are what Rock…
‘No Meat Athlete’ Comes to Park + Vine for Book Tour
For blogger Matt Frazier, running on plants isn’t just a diet; it’s a lifestyle. He credits his plant-based diet for many of his successes, including his marathon-running career and good health, and aims to empower others to obtain the same life-changing benefits he has enjoyed. The vegetarian ultramarathoner, blogger and author started nomeatathlete.com in 2009 to introduce…
Arrechissimo (Review)
Venezuelans are just beginning to sort out the legacy of their late former president, Hugo Chávez. Engorged with oil, their country is a land paradoxically replete with food shortages, corruption and violence, coupled with a youthful, artsy vigor and deep-seated culture poised to transform the fledgling energy superpower into a stable, cohesive nation. Restaurant owner…
The Mystery and the Mixology of New Cocktail Lounge Obscura
The American gentleman is back, and the guys who brought you FB’s — Scott Sheridan, Bill Foster and Anthony Huser — are celebrating with their new cocktail lounge Obscura, located on Walnut Street downtown. With only 80 seats on the main floor and 12 seats at the bar, Obscura will offer an intimate experience with…
Hidden History of Concussions and the NFL
A new book set for release Tuesday called League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth is set to challenge the NFL and their denial of a connection between concussions and football. Written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, investigative reporters for ESPN, the book claims the NFL has not only known…
Morning News and Stuff
Reminder: Today is the last day to register to vote in the 2013 mayoral and City Council elections. Since early voting is currently underway, it’s possible to register and vote on the same day. Get a registration form here and find out when and where to vote here . The federal government shutdown is closing…
Seven Spots on the Sun (Review)
Critic's Pick Wartime tortures its victims long beyond the battlefields and combat. Especially when a war tears apart the population of a single nation, the scars run deep, last long and profoundly change lives. That’s the circumstance of the characters in Martín Zimmerman’s Seven Spots on the Sun, receiving its world premiere at the Cincinnati…
Council Candidates Agree to Support All Neighborhoods
Just one month before voters pick nine council members at the ballot box on Nov. 5, 18 of 21 City Council candidates on Oct. 5 participated at a candidate forum that covered issues ranging from better supporting low-income Cincinnatians to expanding downtown's growth to all 52 neighborhoods. During the event, the candidates agreed Cincinnati is…
Rivertown Brewing + Hilton Netherland Plaza = Special Beer
Locals Rivertown Brewing Company and the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza have come together to create The Netherland Plaza Ale (NPA), a private label beer for the hotel. According to the press release, the NPA is an approachable pale ale session beer with 4.8 percent alcohol and features fresh hops picked in northern Cincinnati and a clean finish.This…
Seelbach: I’ll Pay $1,200 to Dismiss COAST Lawsuit
Today's an expensive day for Councilman Chris Seelbach. That's because Seelbach is writing a check today for $1,218.59 to the city of Cincinnati to get local hyper-conservative "watchdog" group COAST to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Seelbach's May trip to Washington, D.C., to accept an award for instigating positive change was an unlawful expenditure of…
Park + Vine Extends Brunch to Saturday and Sunday
Eco superstore, green grocer and vegan goodies purveyor Park + Vine is extending their weekend brunch service to include both Saturday and Sunday. Starting Saturday, Oct. 5 (tomorrow), brunch goers can enjoy a plethora of sweet and savory menu items, as well as grab-and-go sandwiches and salads from the P+V fridge. Menu available from 11…
CincyPunk Fest Starts Tonight
The CincyPunk Fest got its start in 2003, organized as an offshoot of Adam Rosing’s CincyPunk website. Since then, Rosing and the festival have raised tens of thousands of dollars for area charities and presented an increasingly eclectic lineup for its increasingly large audience. The festival returns tonight and tomorrow, utilizing the three stages at…
Stage Door: Weekend Choices
You have two good choices at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park this weekend. Last evening I attended the opening of Martín Zimmerman's Seven Spots on the Sun (it's onstage through Oct. 27). It's a thoughtful and gripping drama about the fallout of civil war in an unnamed Latin American country. Warring factions draw lines…
Shut It Down 2013
Many Republican's didn't even want House Speaker John Boehner to go through with the government shutdown, but he did it anyway. Now he and the GOP are paying the price, along with the rest of America. CityBeat's government shutdown coverage includes details on the local politicians behind the shutdown, resources citizens can't access during the…
Morning News and Stuff
Happy Government Shutdown. Check out CityBeat's coverage here. Opponents of H.B. 7, a new law that will enforce Ohio's ban on Internet cafes that promote illegal gambling operation, failed to gather enough signatures for a referendum. The law, signed by Gov. John Kasich on June 4, goes into effect today. Fountain Square's new locally-owned, independent…
Curmudgeon Notes 10.2.2013
• I was covering federal courts and agencies for the Enquirer 17 years ago during the previous lockout. One impression remains unshakable: most federal employees told to stay home were offended by the “non-essential” designation. That wasn’t how they viewed their careers. They didn’t think of themselves as bureaucrats, but more as civil service; apolitical…
The Dying GOP
Most of America already knows what type of insensitive extremists are running the Republican party these days — their anti-progressive policies and legislation have been offensive to women, minorities, gay people and the poor and working class for decades, and their Mad Men-era belief system is completely disconnected from America’s younger generations. Democrats’ recently revived…
Government Shutdown Chat: What Does It Mean for Me?
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Jac Kern wrote: Hey Maija, This shutdown thing is pretty crazy, right? It's like these Washington dudes went a little too far channeling their inner Liz Lemons. But — real talk — are we actually going to be affected by this? I'm supposed to close on my…
Our Government Isn’t Working, and Neither Is GTA 5: Online
A statistical breakdown of all the things that don’t work in this world would reveal that some of them were supposed to and some never stood a chance. Some might ask why it matters if the thing was supposed to function properly or if it was as ill-conceived as wearing a feather suit and attempting…
Oh, the Places You Won’t Go
Are you a Cincinnatian affected by the government shutdown? Send us your thoughts at hmccartney@citybeat.com . Once government shutdowns started becoming somewhat of a regular occurrence (there have been 17 shutdowns since 1977), somewhere a group of people in suits decided to make calls on what they consider “essential” and “non-essential” federal government services. Some…
These Are Your Leaders: Rob Portman
Sen. Rob Portman Party: Republican Salary: $174,000 a year Address: 312 Walnut St. Suite 3075 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: 513-684-3265 Contact form: portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form Public position: opposes repealing or weakening Obamacare through budget bills.
These Are Your Leaders: Brad Wenstrup
Rep. Brad Wenstrup Party: Republican Salary: $174,000 a year Phone: 513-474-7777 Fax: 513-605-1377 Address: 7954 Beechmont Ave, Suite 200, Cincinnati, Ohio 45255 Contact form: wenstrup.house.gov/contact Public position: supports repealing or weakening Obamacare through budget bills.
These Are Your Leaders: Steve Chabot
Rep. Steve Chabot Party: Republican Salary: $174,000 a year Phone: 513-684-2723 Fax: 513-421-8722 Address: 441 Vine Street, Rm. 3003, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Contact form: chabot.house.gov/contact Public position: supports repealing or weakening Obamacare through budget bills.
These Are Your Leaders: John Boehner
Speaker John Boehner Party: Republican Salary: $223,500 a year Phone: 513-779-5400 Fax: 513-779-5315 Address: 7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, Suite B, West Chester, Ohio 45069 Contact form: speaker.gov/contact Public position: He's the guy who shut down the government.
Local Politicians Behind the Government Shutdown
House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Butler County, didn’t want the government shutdown battle a few weeks ago. He consistently told his caucus to pass clean budget bills, likely because he knew Republicans would get the brunt of the blame if they failed to keep the government open. Then Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came…
City Offers Another Concession on MSD Contracting Rules
Councilman Chris Seelbach on Oct. 3 announced another concession in the ongoing city-county dispute over contracting rules for the jointly operated Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD). At the heart of the issue is a federal mandate requiring Cincinnati to retrofit and revamp its sewer system. The project is estimated to cost $3.2 billion over 15 years,…
CityBeat Photographer Exhibits Original Photography
CityBeat photographer Jesse Fox is exhibiting some of her recent non-editorial work at NVISION in Northside with a free opening reception this Saturday night. The show, titled Define Sex Appeal, is a collection of her conceptual art and fashion images that showcase sex and sexuality in a way that's a bit darker and more colorful…
Ohio House Votes to Authorize Syringe-Exchange Programs
The Ohio House yesterday offered overwhelming support for a bill that would authorize local health boards across the state to establish syringe-exchange programs with fewer roadblocks, which could pave the way for Cincinnati to establish myriad programs across its neighborhoods most afflicted by intravenous drug use and bloodborne pathogens. House Bill 92, sponsored jointly…
Mayday’s Menu Goes Gastropub
Mayday in Northside has long been known for their gourmet hot dogs and sausages, nestled in a delicious pretzel bun, but after four years of business, the owners — Vanessa Barber and Kim Maurer — are ready to kick their menu up a notch. Starting on Monday, Oct. 7, Mayday will have a new, expanded…
MidPoint Music Festival Bingo Card
Local organizer, arts supporter, independent software consultant, downtowner and local Girl Develop It chapter leader Erin M. Kidwell created a hilarious MPMF Bingo card complete with our event coordinator Kenneth Wright's face as the free space in the middle. Even though MidPoint it over, I still feel like you might be able to play this…
Wieners on Wheels
For those of you who want to get "take photo with giant wiener" checked off your bucket list, now's the time. The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, that extremely large hot dog on wheels, is coming to Cincinnati and the surrounding area for several stops this week. Get your photo taken at one of the stops,…
Morning News and Stuff
Early voting for the 2013 City Council and mayoral elections is now underway. Find your voting location here . Normal voting hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., although some days will be extended. Local business groups, unions, progressive organizations, the mayor and all council members are united against a tea party-backed ballot initiative…
French Crust Cafe (Profile)
For what’s seemed like forever in the downtown Cincinnati restaurant scene — or at least in the recent past — much of the food focus has been on either the scorching hot Over-the-Rhine area or the spanking new Banks district. This is all well and good, except for the fact that the older, typically staid…
Cincinnati Street Art Featured on BuzzFeed’s Community Blog
BuzzFeed — a popular source for news bits, pop culture stories and “list-icles” such as “19 Relics From The ’90s Hologram Epidemic — has published many stories about Cincinnati this year alone. There's “15 Gorgeous Photos Of The Old Cincinnati Library,” which compiles swoon-worthy photographs of our Main Library’s past, as well as “11 Cincinnati…
Morning News and Stuff
Have any questions for City Council candidates? Submit them here and we may ask your questions at this Saturday’s candidate forum. Early voting for the 2013 City Council and mayoral elections is now underway. Find your voting location here . Normal voting hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., although some days will be…
Ohio Ranks Poorly in “State of Women” Report
In comparison to men, Ohio women have lower incomes, hold fewer leadership roles and disproportionately suffer from the state’s high infant mortality rate. The issues placed Ohio at No. 30 out of 50 states for women’s issues in a Sept. 25 report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) titled, “The State of Women in…
City Continues Efforts to Reduce Infant Mortality
Another effort to reduce Cincinnati’s alarmingly high infant mortality rates launched Oct. 1, which local leaders hope will help educate first-time parents in high-risk zip codes on proper ways to put their infants to sleep. The new city coalition created to address infant deaths, coined Cradle Cincinnati, announced an educational effort to address infant…
2013 City Council Candidates at a Glance
CityBeat and the League of Women Voters will host a City Council candidate forum at The Greenwhich in Walnut Hills on Oct. 5. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by the forum starting at 7 p.m. The following are this year’s…
Private Pension Problems
L ocal business groups, unions, progressive organizations, the mayor and all council members are united against a tea party-backed ballot initiative that would semi-privatize Cincinnati’s pension system, and a Sept. 27 report from the conservative Buckeye Institute helps explain the opposition. The report echoes claims made by both sides in Cincinnati’s pension debate: The amendment,…
CincyPunk Fest Returns
The now-annual CincyPunk Fest (CPF) got its start in the early ’00s, organized as an offshoot of Adam Rosing’s CincyPunk website. Since then, Rosing and the festival have raised tens of thousands of dollars for area charities and presented an increasingly eclectic lineup for the fest’s increasingly large audience. The festival returns this Friday and…
You Will Be My Son
The dynamic between fathers and sons offers an endless thematic pool for storytellers of all stripes. You Will Be My Son, the latest film from Parisian co-writer and director Gilles Legrand (producer of The Widow of Saint-Pierre and Micmacs), tracks the tumultuous relationship between Paul Marseul (Niels Arestrup), the owner of a prestigious winery, and…
On ‘Point
W hile the Cincinnati Reds’ final, crucial regular-season home stand of 2013 ended with three gut-wrenching losses this past weekend, the MidPoint Music Festival proved victorious during its three-day return to the streets and venues of Over-the-Rhine and Downtown (Sept. 26-28). The excitement in the once ghost town-ish districts in Cincinnati’s central core wasn’t because…
Runner Runner
Director Brad Furman follows up The Lincoln Lawyer (also known as the film that provided the jumpstart for Matthew McConaughey to serious cinematic respectability) with what seems like a B-movie diversion for Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck — each seemingly interested in possibly lowering expectations before their next projects. Here, Timberlake plays a poor college…
Parkland
Seemingly eager to serve as a companion piece to Bobby, the Emilio Estevez ensemble feature on the Robert Kennedy assassination, Parkland, from writer-director Peter Landesman, explores the impact of John F. Kennedy’s assassination from inside Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. The cast, including Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti and Marcia Gay Harden, covers…
Metallica: Through the Never
Metallica, as a band, has no fear of the close-up moment. They bared their souls in the 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, which captured their struggles during the recording of St. Anger when it looked like, without the benefit of constant on-call therapy, that they might not survive to rock on. But here…
Project Censored
T his year’s annual Project Censored list of the most underreported news stories includes the widening wealth gap, the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning for leaking classified documents and President Obama’s war on whistleblowers — all stories that actually received considerable news coverage. So how exactly were they “censored” and what does that say of…
Haute Cuisine
Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, a well-regarded yet headstrong chef, earned an appointment as the private chef for François Mitterrand and made waves during her brief tenure. Director Christian Vincent (1994’s La Séparation), co-scripting with Etienne Comar, spices up Mazet-Delpeuch’s story a bit with creative and dramatic license to concoct a French foodie drama detailing the struggles of…
‘Homeland’ Delves Into the Human Psyche
Homeland (9 p.m. Sundays, Showtime) has always been a psychological drama. The series began as a mind-bending story centered on “turned” prisoner of war Nicholas Brody and CIA officer Carrie Mathison (the role for which Claire Danes just nabbed another Emmy). But the bombing in last season’s finale has turned Homeland on its head, along…
Cincinnati vs. the World 10.02.2013
An Ohio KKK chapter has been posting recruitment fliers on cars all across Hillsboro. Unfortunately for the hate group, the residents are really upset about it because even though the population is like 90 percent white doesn’t mean they’re racist assholes. CINCINNATI -2 The New York Times ran a funny correction for a mistake in…
‘Gravity’ Captures the Vast Loneliness of Space
Most critics will rush to compare Gravity, the new science fiction thriller from director Alfonso Cuarón (co-written by the director’s son Jonás) to films ranging from Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey to possibly Steven Soderbergh’s remake of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris or maybe even recent 3D extravaganzas like James Cameron’s Avatar or Martin Scorsese’s…
Worst Week Ever!: Sept. 25-Oct. 1
Mayor’s Race Divides Local Democrats Literally, Figuratively Sometimes there are tricks of a trade that the average person just doesn’t understand. Take the pizza delivery industry, for instance: Ever wonder why your pizza slices won’t come apart when you try to eat them? It’s because you did something to piss off the delivery driver (probably…
Early American Art Is ‘Telling Tales’ at the Taft
In 1850, when Robert S. Duncanson was painting landscapes on the hallways of what is now the Taft Museum of Art, art itself had a somewhat different place in popular culture than it has today. Duncanson’s landscapes are idealized scenes of nature and, as such, are considered uplifting. Art in general was expected to exercise…
Ghost Fans
This past Saturday, as I was watching the Reds fall apart against the Pittsburgh Pirates on national TV, my hometown pride was hurt when I heard the commentators say they were broadcasting from “the Hinterland” and then laugh after mentioning that Ghost, the Musical was playing at the Aronoff, as if to question the sophistication…
Back with Black
Back in 2006, Lewis Black told CityBeat in an interview that the Bush administration and the GOP were “fucking out of their minds.” So it is fortuitous that a recent interview took place on the second day of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s filibuster to protest the Affordable Care Act. “Both sides are so beyond repair,…
Passing of Knowledge
A change in leadership is under way at Over-the-Rhine’s Know Theatre. Eric Vosmeier, producing artistic director for the past half-dozen years, is gradually handing over the reins to resident scenic and lighting designer Andrew Hungerford. Know, an adventurous and occasionally chaotic organization that began in 1997, is handling this evolution in a surprisingly orderly fashion.…
Beautiful Losers/We’re a Winner
With 800,000 federal employees on furlough and the House and Senate at a budgetary stalemate over the funding of President Obama’s health care plan no one understands, a Cincinnati City Council race seems pretty much like a sweat bee: a tiny annoyance. What can we here on the ground level of governance learn from the…
The Bookseller
W ith the rise of Amazon, Netflix, iTunes and myriad other Internet-driven options, old-school brick-and-mortar book, video and music stores are evaporating at a rapid pace. It’s a distressing development for many of us who grew up wandering the aisles of such places, and that isn’t just nostalgia talking. Sure, access to movies, books, music…
Good Customer Service
Early one morning around the middle of August, I went into the Walgreens here on Madison Avenue in Covington, Ky., to get a pack of cigarettes. A manager of the store was attending to the front cash register. “What happened,” I asked the older gentleman, “fire your staff?” “Oh, no,” he said, smiling. “They’re all…
Verify Before You Vilify
“Verify before you vilify." In decades of reporting and teaching journalism ethics, I never read or heard a victim’s heartfelt admonition so clearly. The cry comes from Rollie Chance. NBC and CBS reporters mistakenly identified him as the Navy Yard shooter. “Verify before you vilify” is the perfect complement to our traditions of “check it out”…
