A Tale of Three Festivals
From across the street, the Cincinnati International Film Festival's Oct. 6 showing of the documentary film Adrift, about family members coping with the death of their father, looks to be a big hit. Crowds of people fill the Aronoff Center's lobby and spill onto the sidewalk. Up close, the real story turns out to be…
News: Right to Birth Control
Wendy Uhlman Sue Sampson says she'll defend funding for contraceptive services. Northern Kentucky politics can be a hard pill to swallow when it comes to the issue of birth control. The Northern Kentucky Independent Health District debated — and almost approved — a proposal to refuse federal funds for health clinics because they cover…
Cover Story: The Hot Buffett
Jymi Bolden There's no such thing as a free lunch, but how 'bout a $4 all-you-can-eat lunch? That's the deal offered at Café Cin/Cin New World Bistro during the month of October, as the restaurant celebrates its fifth anniversary. Available 11 a.m.-3 p.m on Mondays and Wednesdays, the deal includes your choice of any…
Cover Story: Go Big, Go Cheap
Quite often my friends and I have started an evening indulging in an array of half-price appetizers in the bar area of Palomino. While the prices in the dining room are a little steep for a casual thing, sit in the bar after 10 and the already cheaper prices are cut in half. And this…
The Kickovers
The Kickovers A powerhouse bill of two of Boston's Rawk & Roll finest invades the Southgate House for a little early-week jam-kicking. The Kickovers are a high-octane band steeped in the tradition of powerhouse Classic Rock (AC/DC, Cheap Trick) and aggressive Post Punk (Pixies, Replacements). The group was formed by guitarist Nate Albert following…
Cover Story: The Five-Star Meal Deal
Sean Hughes/photopresse.com I know what you're thinking: The Maisonette? A deal? Well, they've been advertising some relatively cheap prices, considering their 190 consecutive stars. On weekdays, a two-course lunch goes for $20 or three courses for $30. We showed up five minutes early for our 1 o'clock reservation on a Wednesday afternoon and were…
Cover Story: Above It All
Donna Covrett Saturday night the center of downtown resembles an Edward Hopper-does-Norman Rockwell canvas. The quaintness of autumn's cool air mingles with the lustiness of summer's heat still radiating from city streets; moonlight casts a diaphanous, sensual glow over buildings and faces. Trees surrounding Fountain Square wink with standard cityscape charm of tiny white…
News: War Cries in Cincinnati
Matt Borgerding Only selected guests were allowed to attend President Bush's speech on possible war. If President Bush is correct in seeing Cincinnati as the nation's heartland, let him take heed: 2,000 to 3,000 protesters greeted his war speech Oct. 7 in Cincinnati. The first surprise is the numbers. Cincinnati is lately a place…
Whirlygig: 47
Pass the Bachelor to Your Left Sometimes I must admit that you in Whirlygigland get more or less a stream of consciousness or a Wendy spin on single life — or should I just say life? Other times it's more of a "where," "when" and "who" with an occasional "what" thrown in for good measure.…
Life of Leisure (Not)
Angela Leisure is no saint. With the Sept. 26 arrest of her 18-year-old son Terry — on top of the April 2001 shooting death of her then-19-year-old son Timothy — her parenting is again under scrutiny. "They can blame me if they want to," Leisure says. "I will take that." What people don't understand, she…
Diner: Sunny & Cheerful
Most mornings I'm inhaling a piece of toast and a banana, washed down with a cup of coffee while I peruse my schedule book. I'm hoping there's enough hot water left after my son's 30-minute comatose shower for a five-minute one of my own. I search franticly for clean clothes to wear because I was…
News: What Democracy Looks Like
"Drop Bush, Not Bombs" was the very different battle cry coming from the masses of Cincinnati in opposition to President Bush's Oct. 7 call to arms against Saddam Hussein and, ultimately, the people of Iraq. As a resident of Cincinnati, one would be completely overwhelmed by the enormous response to the President's visit. About 250…
Cover Story: The Art of Lounging
Brianna Kelly Slip into The Cincinnatian Hotel's Cricket Lounge in the early evening hours, and you're in another era. A concierge in a top hat opens the door for you. Herb Kirchner could be playing on the baby grand; he might glance up to acknowledge you with a twinkling eye. A loose configuration of…
Music: Both Sides Now
After four decades in music, Judy Collins and David Crosby are still going strong — this time together. Amid the cacophony of music in the '60s, a few disciplined, traditional voices surfaced: First among them was Judy Collins, whose deliberate, bell-like soprano didn't have the off-key slant of Joni Mitchell or the political fervor…
Continuing Films
THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH — (Grade: D) Director Ron Underwood's outer space comedy sucks all the spunk out of the once raunchy Eddie Murphy's comic persona. I don't mind Murphy playing warm and fuzzy, as long as he delivers some laughs. It's the year 2087 and Pluto Nash (Murphy) owns a nightclub on the…
Diner: Tried & True
How successful could a restaurant be that's only open for breakfast and lunch? In the Tristate, folks may call weeks in advance for reservations at high-priced, dinner-only restaurants, but they'll wait an hour or more for over-sized pancakes and creamy crêpe-eggs at the area's five First Watch restaurants. The chain's recipe for success is simple:…
Hagan Is in the Details
He might not have Gov. Bob Taft's political pedigree, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy Hagan, a former Cuyahoga County commissioner, has one thing Taft seems to lack — a substantive plan for handling the challenges that confront Ohio. These ideas are compiled into two separate but related plans: a 180-day attack on the state's current…
1201 Linn St., West End
Doug Trapp Address: 1201 Linn St., West End Owner: Casino Theater Cincinnati LLC Value: $275,000 Year Built: 1908 Comments: Most people know the Regal Theater as a movie theater, but it also hosted live music acts such as Lionel Hampton. Lately it's been hosting only pigeons. The marquee is broken, the metal dome is…
