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Edited by Rebecca Lomax Sunday at the Festival Last Sunday, Shannon called and wanted to go to the Cincinnati Hispanic Festival at the Su Casa Hispanic Ministry Center in Elmwood Place. After a 10-minute detour caused by construction on Paddock Road over I-75 and a very scenic tour of Elmwood Place, we finally arrived. The…
Diner: Homegrown
Rebecca Lomax (L-R) Rob Wolfe, Erik Hyden and Scott Melvindish out their Wild Mushroom Lasagna at the Chefs & Growers Collaborative fundraiser. My love of homegrown tomatoes began early. My grandpa would pick them, bursting red, from his garden, slice them and sprinkle them with sugar for me. I couldn't resist the juicy, sweet…
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…
Thomas Condon’s Wake
Fourteen black picture frames hang on a white wall just inside the Art Academy of Cincinnati's Chidlaw Gallery. It's a late August afternoon, and Art Club 2002 — a group comprised of recent University of Cincinnati art graduates Caroline Caldwell, Erin Heitsch, Brandon Hickle and Andre Hyland — are putting the finishing touches on their…
Music: Lovemaking Permitted
Shipping News grew out of a series of compositions band members recorded for NPR's This American Life. For Avant Rock trio Shipping News, music and travel are inseparable. Geographically split between Jason Noble (bass, keyboards) and Kyle Crabtree (drums) in Louisville and Jeff Mueller (guitar) in Chicago, practice and recording sessions come in increments.…
Will Stonewall Pull Together or Keep Fighting?
Can Stonewall Cincinnati find the stability to effect change in the wake of a second upheaval of its board? At a Sept. 10 meeting, Stonewall members voted 70-29 to remove co-chairs Roy Ford and Heidi Bruins and board member Mike McCleese. The three came on board in September 2001 in a contentious shake-up of the…
Cover Story: Wearing His Cause on His Sleeve
Matt Borgerding Ross Meyer hopes to get Miami students to understand that, as consumers, they're "responsible to know the conditions of workers and what goes into what we consume." Depending on which university you support, you could be aiding the existence of sweatshops — just by wearing that logo cap or sweatshirt. Ross Meyer,…
News: Arresting Inequality
Although the Cincinnati Police Department has been the primary focus of local complaints about racial injustice, the Hamilton County courts are increasingly under scrutiny. In the past year, a series of high-profile criminal cases have demonstrated the perceived disparities in justice as it's meted out to whites and African Americans, police officers and private citizens.…
Cover Story: Other Side of the Park
Jymi Bolden Katie Meyer says her short time in Xavier's Over-the-Rhine program has made her "more open to people's situations and a lot less judgmental than I was in high school." On the way to her bus stop, Katie Meyer sees homeless people sleeping in doorways. Not long ago she was living comfortably in…
Cover Story: Birth of a Philanthropist
Jymi Bolden Jill Johannigman's classroom philanthropy project introduced her to funding and management issues faced by nonprofits such as Henry Hosea House in Newport. When she signed up for Strategies of Persuasion last fall, Jill Johannigman had no idea a little classroom persuasion would impact so many lives, including her own. The course was…
Cover Story: If You Can’t Stand the Heat …
Jymi Bolden Kami Little gave up a scholarship to UC and worked at Procter & Gamble before she found her true calling as a chef. As her high school days at Winton Woods drew to a close, Kami Little already knew what came next. Always at the top of her class, she'd scored a…
News: Railing Against Transit Tax
Doug Trapp John schneider, Executive Co-Chairman – Let's Get Moving, at a Light Rail Rally Sept.12 A friendly debate about public transportation might be useful; but when there's lots of money at stake, it's easier to use children and people with Down Syndrome as props to attract sympathy. This half-baked debate is about Hamilton…
8453 Anthony Wayne Ave., Hartwell
Jymi Bolden Address: 8453 Anthony Wayne Ave., Hartwell Owner: William Garmon Year Built: 1890 Comments: This building has been condemned, according to Dave Lockhorn, an inspector with the city of Cincinnati Department of Buildings and Inspections. A hearing will be held before putting it on the city's dead buildings list so bids can be…
Dead Man Walking
"You're blind, baby/ Blind to the facts of who you are." — Talib Kweli There's an explanation for why former Cincinnati Police Officer Robert Jorg hasn't been retried and indicted in the death of Roger Owensby Jr.: Fear is a loathsome thing. What leaves truth seekers hanging like so much strange fruit is that the…
Cover Story: Following a Passion
Jymi Bolden Kenny Smith says aspiring musicians should "starve, behungry, but follow your passion.' Entering the presence of Kenny Smith is like walking into a positive force field. The sun shines more brightly, people seem more patient and Kenny's smile radiates in a way that makes you think, "Hey, everything's going to be all…
Living Daylights
Living Daylights Hailing from Seattle, the fusionary Living Daylights are one of the rising stars of the Jam Band subgenre that combines the agile chops of Jazz with the groovalicious mind-meld and exploratory eagerness that so pleases the "Jam" fans. Formed in the mid-'90s, Living Daylights has racked up the accolades, garnering glowing reviews…
News: Longshot for Congress
Don Freeman Jr Greg Harris campaigns for Congress with more determination than cash. U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Cincinnati) and his Democratic challenger, Greg Harris, both want to save social security, increase health care availability and make taxes fairer. But the two would take very different paths to those goals. While Chabot is anti-regulation, pro-life…
