Cover Story: Out of the Shadows
Jymi Bolden Cindy has dedicated herself to helping other women — and local police officers — deal with domestic violence. One hundred years ago, Elizabeth Cady Stanton parodied the Declaration of Independence by setting forth her own feminist revision, entitled the "Declaration of Sentiments." The authors of the Declaration of Independence directed their list…
Music: I Got a Home
Art Neville It makes sense that Charles Neville has two homes, one in his native New Orleans and one in Massachusetts. You see, there comes a time when a man must put distance between himself and the place he came from while maintaining access to it. And if you're a world-renowned Neville, well, there's…
News: Gilligan Steps Back into the Political Spotlight
Jymi Bolden John Gilligan The first question John J. Gilligan, former governor of Ohio, gets when he tells people he's running for Cincinnati School Board is, "Why?" Why get back into elective politics at age 78? Why risk his legacy as governor, congressman and city councilman? Why the school board of all things? Gilligan…
Sawdust Memories
My lover and I go to the circus every time it comes to town. It's because I'm enchanted by the ballet-slippered nymph who stands on the bare back of the serious white stallion as he gallops round the center ring; my lover because she despises the same woman (both for her grace and her skill)…
Cover Story: Domestic Violence: An International Problem
Jymi Bolden (L-R) Ann MacDonald, Officer Jim Brown, Jody Grundy and Pamela Sears discuss their upcoming trip to Kharkiv, Ukraine, to address domestic violence issues. "The personal is the political" has long been the mantra for grassroots women's organizations. This sentiment is especially dear to women organizing to fight domestic violence — an epidemic…
Alternative History
Given the predominant impression of Cincinnati nationwide as a bastion of conservative thinking and influence, the area often goes unnoticed as a historical breeding ground of progressive dissent and activism. Historian Andrea Kornbluh is out to shed some light on this city's surprising, and often neglected, alternative underbelly. A teacher of history at the University…
Concert previews
Tricky saturday You can hear Tricky's distinct vocal haze on one track ("Paranoid Thugism") of Genaside II's most recent effort, Ad Finite, and the album was picked up by Tricky's label, Durban Poison, after being refused by "the majors." The Tricky connection is a good reference point, but don't be too fooled by it.…
Editorial: Editor Notes
It's a busy time here at CityBeat. New columns, awards (both to and from us), an anniversary. Plus we're trying to unload our Reds-Braves playoff tickets. Need any green seats? We're picking up two national columns that readers have been clamoring for for a while — "Savage Love," which debuts this week, and "News of…
