Lara St. John blows out the cobwebs
Lara St. John In case you haven't been paying attention to the world of Classical music, marketing and sex appeal have crept into this once stodgy art form. LARA ST. JOHN has done an especially good job of blowing out the cobwebs: In addition to being one hell of a violinist, she's got some sex…
Living Out Loud: : Some Days
His name was Jered. Last month, I was back in his neck of the woods, Seattle. I walked past the apartment building where he lived and hung out at some of the bars and restaurants that he liked. On my first morning there, I was awakened by a seagull flying past my hotel room window.…
Here comes Joe Deters
Far Too Long for GOP Absolute power corrupts absolutely. This statement has never been more true than right now for the Hamilton County Republican Party (Porkopolis , issue of Sept. 15-21). It's ironic that the so-called party of accountability is spinning out of control symbolized by sex scandals, back-room deals and candidates who have questionable-at-best…
News: Unexpected Contest
Tony Cook Democrat Eve Bolton When Cincinnati City Councilman Pat DeWine defeated Hamilton County Commissioner John Dowlin in a nasty Republican primary battle in March, it looked as if DeWine had already crossed the biggest bump in his road to the county commission. But Eve Bolton sees things differently. After running as the sole Democratic…
A Tuna Christmas is coming to town
Joe Sears, left, and Jaston Williams will celebrate A Tuna Christmas — which they created — in Cincinnati in December. Broadway in Cincinnati has announced that it's added a holiday show that's likely to be a popular choice: It's A TUNA CHRISTMAS, the sequel to Greater Tuna. The Dec. 7-12 run at the 150-seat Fifth…
Sometimes Boycotts Work
John Arthur The Rev. James Forbes calls for the repeal of legal discrimination against gays and lesbians in Cincinnati. In a ceremony at a church in Raleigh, N.C., last week, the Mount Olive Pickle Co. and the North Carolina Growers Association signed a contract with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC). In return, the union…
Diner: Turf’s Up
Saddle up! We're off to Cincinnati's northern suburbs where subdivisions and strip malls are chewing up fields and forests at a staggering clip, bound for the recently opened Polo Grille on Mason-Montgomery Road. Located in a new mall in Mason, Deerfield Town Center, the restaurant is decorated with polo memorabilia in tribute to the Cincinnati…
McBean and the gunman
Lea McBean leafs through a stack of photographs more than a hundred deep. The vast majority of them show her husband, Ira, 28, and a child sleeping somewhere nearby: Ira with their son Elijah, 6, passed out on the floor beside the bed; Ira with their second son, Nathatius, 2, asleep on Ira's big belly.…
Sparkling wines from Burgundy
When is sparkling wine from France not champagne? When it's from Burgundy. The region most known for producing world-renowned and oft-temperamental pinot noir also offers a category of sparkling white wine that provides a champagne experience without a big bubbly price tag. Celebrating a special occasion recently, I lifted a glass of Chateau de la…
News: Peace Lessons
Tony Cook Children and parents alike need training in nonviolent resolution of conflict, according to Jill Yungbluth. The Center for Peace Education celebrates its 25th anniversary Oct. 2. Executive Director Jill Yungbluth has high hopes for the evening at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. "We're going to raise a little money, make some friends,"…
They’re All Big
By all accounts, last weekend was pretty special in Cincinnati. Five hundred thousand people again showed up for Oktoberfest, Chicago Cubs fans overran Great American Ball Park, the Ohio Classic football weekend returned to town and the Bengals hosted a nationally televised game. Crowds congregated and intermingled downtown under the kind of gorgeous September weather…
That’s Soooo Cincinnati
Some people might get confused about the one-way streets downtown. And those in government are continually lambasted about how public trust is a two-way street. But everyone in Cincinnati knows there's nothing wrong with a three-way. And that's thanks mostly to Skyline Chili and the Lambrinides family. For all the many contributions to the culinary…
Bill Donabedian MidPoint Music Festival co-founder
Bill Donabedian – MidPoint Music Festival co-founder · MOTH — Provisions, Fiction and Gear/Drop Deaf After buying Drop Deaf, I had to pull out Provisions, Fiction and Gear. "Hearing Things" is one of the catchiest songs ever. However, Drop Deaf is so raw … I just love it. · The Rolling Stones — Forty Licks…
Bengals Show Wild Side, but Wild Card Baseball Remains a Bust
Jerry Dowling Announcements came like bolts of lightning Sunday evening from Paul Brown Stadium, where the Bengals and Carson Palmer revealed themselves to the rest of the NFL over national television. The Bengals are back in the league. They're back in a big way, not just for the exhaling of a city's football fans but…
News to Use
Rooting the Square Stephen Leeper, President and CEO of the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC), meets with the Urbanists from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 29 at Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown. The Urbanists plan to discuss 3CDC's proposed changes to Fountain Square. Fair Trade Coffee and Anti-Union Policies An informational picket to highlight Wild Oats Natural…
More MidPoint News
· Wednesday at Noon, Fountain Square is the place to be for the exciting MidPoint Music Festival kickoff. In a flashback homage to The Rolling Stones' 1975 tour "press conference," a flatbed truck featuring local rockers Buckra performing will circle the Square throughout the lunch hour. Also at noon, the campus of Cincinnati State hosts…
The Angelic Realm
The desire to give expression to the angelic and faerie realms has driven the artwork of Shannon Guest. Her experience began one night as she began to drift off to sleep with her arm extended out. She became aware of faeries in her hand — mostly in shadow, alternating with the glowing outlines of their…
Upcoming concerts with Yo La Tengo and David Wilcox
Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo Friday · Southgate House It hardly seems possible that, 20 years after their initial pairing, the guitar/drum, husband/wife team of Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley are still maintaining both their marriage and their fascinating musical partnership in a little acoustic-expanse-to-feedback-drenched cottage industry known as Yo La Tengo. Although Yo…
News: Balls vs. Brains
Many considered Savage Love CityBeat's edgiest weekly feature. The syndicated sex column written by Dan Savage was often the first thing many readers turned to when picking up the paper. For four years John Fox, co-publisher and editor of CityBeat, fought off complaints from advertisers who thought the column was too sexually brazen in content.…
News: Dead to Rites
Tony Cook Saying the Republican incumbent has failed to treat the dead with respect, Dr. O'dell Owens could be the best hope the Democrats have had for winning the coroner's office in many years. Problems in the Hamilton County Coroner's office are nothing less than shocking, according to an expert witness in a lawsuit in…
Cover Story: What’s the Point?
Susan Smith "I haven't heard of any of the bands" is one of the few complaints we've heard about the MidPoint Music Festival, taking place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at various venues along the Main Street corridor in Over-the-Rhine and Downtown. That kind of dismissal completely misses the point of MPMF and the main reason…
World’s Longest Outdoor Sale
Vol. 7 Issue 39 Then: In 2001, CityBeat sent Brad King and Monte McCarter in search of America and Americana down US Route 127 during the World's Longest Outdoor Sale. The sale happens annually in August, touching the Tristate because 127 (and the sale) originates in Covington. King and McCarter found small towns, interesting folk…
Do you really want to know?
I broke up with a long-term girlfriend about two years ago. Last week, while totally drunk, I thought that it would be a great idea to see whether I could still log into her e-mail account, since we told each other our usernames and passwords way back when. (Yes, I know that I'm going straight…
Cover Story: Queerly Beloved
Good and good for you: Culture Queer members (from bottom) Jeremy Lesniak, Scott Fredette, Sam Womelsdorf and Dana Hamblen. "There's dog shit over here too!" yells Scott Fredette, the currently perturbed founder of Cincinnati's experimental, multimedia-happy Indie Pop foursome Culture Queer. He and his bandmates are gathered in their fourth-floor rehearsal space in a dingy…
Locals Only: : A Little Big Star
Dale M. Johnson The Defrost Star Do you recall the first time you heard a song and said to yourself, "This Rock & Roll — it's for me"? Maybe you heard the song via an older sibling or at a friend's house or maybe during a long drive by yourself. Maybe you haven't had that…
