Art: Picturing Death
Sean Hughes/photopresse.com Images of War is on view at Junior Gallery through Oct. 14. The exhibition currently on view at Junior Gallery, Images Against War, is a mixed bag. It's tempting to say that the photographs included in the show are profound, good, political, timely and fresh. The problem is that the work isn't…
Cover Story: Beer Goggles
Sean Hughes Beer Googles Kaldi's owner Jeremy Thompson has a kegerator in his garage. It's his duty as a true-blue Cincinnatian and West-sider, he says, a tradition passed onto him from his dad, uncles and neighbors. And you won't see Bud Light or Pabst Blue Ribbon flowing from that tap in his Westwood home.…
Jazz and Java
Lizz Godfroy Lizz and Jill Godfroy of Leapin Lizard Gallery will participate in Covington's Art Car Happenin' Friday. Start your weekend a little early and join the Taft With a Twist crew from the Taft Museum of Art for JAZZ AND JAVA, their annual nod to smooth sounds and warm beverages. The event offers…
Stacks and Stacks of Local Music
We've been lucky to have some great music festivals this summer/early fall (including Desdemona, Lite Brite, MidPoint Music Festival, Cincy Blues Festival and Macy's Music Fest), but none are as big as this week's Tall Stacks, which features five days' worth of headliner-worthy performers. The lineup of national acts is stunning, featuring a good mix…
Regrettably in Hyde Park
I felt sad after reading last week's Living Out Loud column "Lost in Over-the-Rhine" (issue of Sept. 27). You see, I lived there for almost four years because I love the diversity there and consider it the heart and soul of downtown, but after being robbed twice at gunpoint I just gave up. I started…
Film: Rats in a Cage
Warner Bros. Entertainment Listen here, kid: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson star in The Departed. After directing two massive historical epics (Gangs of New York and The Aviator) Martin Scorsese approaches screenwriter William Monahan's polished adaptation of the Hong Kong police thriller Infernal Affairs with an exhilarating fluency that combines flawless visual compositions and…
News: Gambling on College
J.D. Cutter Legalizing casinos could provide some college scholarships, but the full payoff might be less than promised. If you want your child to go to college but think the cost is prohibitive, no worries. Passing Issue 3, known by its shorthand Learn and Earn, could ensure that your kindergartener has all the money…
Music: Stacked and Loaded
Keith Klenowski Dr. John · Sonny Landreth (5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Great American Insurance Group Stage) Sonny Landreth is much too humble and soft-spoken to coronate himself King of the Slide Guitarists. Then again, he doesn't really have to. His powerfully muscular yet infinitely subtle style proves that the crown belongs squarely on his dome.…
Diner: Knotty Pine on the Bayou
John Caulfield, originally from Monroe, La., had never worked in the restaurant industry when he moved to Cold Springs, Ky., and met his wife Kathy in 1989. The couple lived next door to the Knotty Pine when it was just a tavern and decided to buy it from the previous owner. John later went to…
Upcoming Concert Reviews of Kid Congo Powers, Silversun Pickups and More…
New York Night Train Recordings Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds Friday · The Comet With one of the longest and most impressive curriculum vitaes in Rock history, it doesn't seem possible that Kid Congo Powers has never fronted a band under his own…
Cover Story: Tapping into Brewery Heritage
Matt Borgerding Brewery District proponents often host tours of historic (and empty) Over-the-Rhine properties. The Brewery District is one big decayed museum, but it might be on the verge of springing back to life. Cherubs still hoist goblets of sudsy beer on the façade of Clyffside Brewery on McMicken and Stonewall streets, but the…
News to Use
Ohio Lesbian Archives Reopens The celebration of the grand re-opening and 17th anniversary of the Ohio Lesbian Archives is from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at its new home at Clifton United Methodist Church. For more information, call 256-7695 or write ohiolesbianarchives@yahoo.com. Former President Speaks Ricardo Maduro, president of Guatemala from 2001 through 2005, addresses the…
5th Street Gallery
About a year ago, Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone heard from a policeman on his beat that there was a space coming available at the Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel at the corner of Fifth and Race streets downtown. The owner wanted something creative there, different from anything else in the Carew Tower or city center. Livingstone and…
Lazy Reporters and Hungry Activists
Matt Borgerding Beth Bryan (right), aide to U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, asks protesters to leave. This is what happens when reporters make assumptions: Falsehoods make it into print. Thus readers of The Cincinnati Enquirer last week learned that the staff of U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood) served refreshments to a group of anti-war protesters…
Sweet Home Alabama
The family reunion started off as a giant 80th birthday party for my mother, but we weren't all able to convene until the long Labor Day weekend. The weather was perfect, cool and crisp and clear with just a hint of an early autumn ahead. My cousin Linda and her husband drove through Cincinnati from…
It Bleeds, It Leads, It Succeeds
Matt Borgerding Told you so: The Freedom Center wants a subsidy. Assumption No. 1: The emphasis on local violence by local TV news erodes communal links and exaggerates our perception of danger. Assumption No. 2: A reduced emphasis might allow us to put local violence in perspective, be less fearful and more reasoned in…
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Notes: This Cincinnati banks of the Ohio River will feel crowded this week with riverboats, banjoes, and yodels as the Tall Stacks Music, Arts, and Heritage Fest chugs to town. In Tall Stacks of yesteryear, John Hartford would skip to town, wowing audiences with his ability to tap dance, fiddle, and sing simultaneously. Inevitably, he…
Shake It: Fit Works
Mark Bowen (L-R) Leigh Lijoi, Jennifer Drake and Dawn Kelly expand their arms and their range in New Works. Cincinnati Ballet's New Works offers what its name suggests: six accomplished choreographers, four world premieres and a couple of Cincinnati premieres. All are, to varying degrees, more contemporary in style and flavor than the purely…
News: Culture in a Time of War
Jared M. Holder Amir Yarchi hopes to expose people in Cincinnati to the culture of Israel. Amir Yarchi's arrival last month as the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati's new shaliach, a cultural ambassador from Israel, was overshadowed by the month-long Israeli-Lebanese war. Yarchi, who serves as the federation's Israeli representative for the next three years,…
Diner: The Nosh Pit
I came to food like I do most things, in ever-widening circles like some sort of freaked-out feral cat trying to decide if the prey is worth the effort. I pretty much ignored it when I was young, other than to earn my Girl Scout badge and relieve the boredom of summer afternoons. "Why don't…
Twins, Mets Headed for World Series; Once Again, Reds Aren’t
Jerry Dowling When the most important decision of the regular season is made by an uprising of the worst club in baseball on its last day, one wonders if the playoffs can be any better. When the Reds' outcome is ruined by the National League's worst club on the season's final day, one wonders…
Living Out Loud: : William, Your Life is Calling
On Sept. 7 I turned 29 years old. This is the last year of my 20s, and I thank the good Lord for allowing me to see one more year. My 20s have been a pain in my narrow ass, yet I have learned a lot. I finally feel that this is the prime of…
Locals Only: : paddlewheelin’ and dealin’ dixieland
Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band I've never been to Tall Stacks. Boats, even old boats, are not really my thing. When I hear the word steamboat, the mental image is vague. But listening to the opening track on the Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band's new CD, Paddlewheelin' Jazz, I can't help but…
Music: Bettye’s Rumble
Anti After an up-and-down 40-year career, Soul vocalist Bettye LaVette received her widest attention yet with last year's I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. Bettye LaVette is delighted when she's told that I listened to her new album, the soul-baring I've Got my Own Hell to Raise, at 3 a.m. "Ooo, that's good,"…
Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott Playwright and poet Derek Walcott visits Xavier University on Sunday By Rick Pender Playwright and poet DEREK WALCOTT won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. The native of St. Lucia in the West Indies will visit Xavier University's campus this weekend in conjunction with the world premiere of DEREK WALCOTT: CARIBBEAN…
Diner: Celebration of Life
Mesh Go: 6200 Muhlhauser Road, West Chester Call: 513-777-7177 Hours: Lunch: 11 a.m.2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; dinner: 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday Prices: Expensive Payment: All credit cards Red Meat Alternatives: Pasta options or vegetable sides could be combined beautifully Accessibility: Yes Grade: A My week was a whirlwind, and I needed a laugh with…
News: History Mystery
J.D. Cutter History Mystery When visitors approach Ohio's incredible Serpent Mound near Peebles, a historical marker erected at the site in 2003 greets them, stating the mound was created around 1000 A.D. The marker, at the site of the largest effigy mound in the world, mutely implies that the date is accurate and everyone…
