News: Signs of Progress
Washington, D.C. When Cindy Sheehan and her supporters first erected the crosses in Texas, they were meant to symbolize every American soldier killed in Iraq. But when they brought the crosses to the nation's capital, not all 1,900-plus could fit into the allotted lawn space. Some of the crosses stuck in the lawn under…
Puttin’ Out the Bone
Last Friday afternoon I made a call from Cincinnati to Sister Helen Vinton on her cell phone. She's a Sisters of Providence nun and staffer with Southern Mutual Health Association (www.southernmutualhelp.org), a decades-old rural anti-poverty agency in New Iberia, La., about 100 miles directly west of New Orleans. She and Lorna Bourg, SMHA director, were…
News: Grandpa Fights the System
Graham Lienhart Bob Finley "Please Return My Grandchildren Now," says the sign that 72-year-old Bob Finley holds as he stands in front of the Kentucky Family Services office in Newport. Finley has been protesting for months, demanding temporary custody of his three grandchildren. Sitting in a diner, he starts to get a little choked up.…
Is the College Football Championship Already Decided?
Bad news for college football fans: The season now one month old might put them to sleep. Usually we're into October before the top two teams have separated themselves. Even then, the remaining schedule usually plants a tree in the road for each team, keeping hope alive for the other contenders. But the fall of…
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News: Like Prophets Confronting the King
Washington, D.C. — A Pentecostal preacher, a rabbi and a Muslim imam walked into an anti-war protest, and the punch line was deadly serious. The progressive movement needs to better embody its faith and humanity. The religious right needs a viable alternative further to the left. But more than anything, the present times call for…
Film: Rewriting History
Takashi Seida Coffee, sir? Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris, left) questions Tom Stall's (Viggo Mortensen) past in A History of Violence. In Adaptation, screenwriting genius Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) struggles with finding a filmic pathway into Susan Orlean's seemingly impenetrable novel, The Orchid Thief. His journey begins with the work itself but winds its way into…
Living Out Loud: : Under the Same Roof
"You're what?" asks my mom — then my mother-in-law, then my uncle, then my other uncle. "It's not like we'll be living together," I say defensively, "We'll be in one apartment, and my dad will be in the other." "Okay," they say in that "there's obviously no point in trying to talk any sense into…
The Gay Canada
I fully support gay rights and wrote a letter to the prime minister — I'm up in Canada — supporting gay marriage. But whenever I get into debates about the issue with right-wing acquaintances, they bring up "the thin edge of the wedge" and insist that gay marriage will lead to polygamy. This leaves me…
Diner: The Old Spirit
I entered Kaldi's on the eve of its official re-opening with one burning question in mind: Would the books still be there? For me, it wouldn't be the same if the books were gone — their presence was somehow necessary to the place. When my friend and I passed under the goat head sign, my…
Seven Exclamation Points
The Children's Safety Act now being debated in the U.S. Congress will create a national Web site for sex offenders and stipulates that sex felons will face up to 20 years in prison for failing to comply with registration requirements. But the hate crimes law will add "sexual orientation," "gender" and "gender identity" to federally…
Campaign Rebate
Knowing who's kicking which candidate how much money can be invaluable for tracing back favors and unholy alliances, but sometimes the exercise resembles schoolyard bickering: Who did you sit next to at lunch? Aren't we friends anymore? Such is the case with a $200 donation that anti-gay, conservative Republican Christopher Finney made March 22 to…
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News to Use
Shake Your Booty for Justice Drumbeats for Justice: Ending Hunger in Cincinnati is a rhythm fest benefiting the Freestore Food Bank, which provides food, products and services to help people of Cincinnati. The concert is at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at St. John Unitarian Universalist Church in Clifton. The concert, a 20/20 Enjoy the Arts…
Massive Opportunities
Hillenbrand Industries Inc.'s Hill-Rom subsidiary has launched a new product. The Excel Care bariatric [hospital] bed is designed for morbidly obese patients who weigh up to 1,000 pounds. The bed has reinforced frames and inflation devices that make it easier for obese patients to get out of bed and adjust their positions… (Press release) A…
Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· Local musicians Kent Meloy and Jim Lipscomb of the band Kelp have embarked on a novel, noble new concept for raising money for charity. The twosome hatched the idea for "Rock Together" after trying to come up with a way to raise cash for the victims of hurricane Katrina. Through a Web site (rocktogether.org),…
A Nation (Almost) Unified
"Rappers are getting rich and starting businesses and corporations and once you get to that level you have nowhere else to go but politics." — Wise Intelligent (of Poor Righteous Teachers) For the last two years, my opinion of Kanye West has swung back and forth like a Cameo song. On the one hand, I…
News: No Abortion Mill
Sam Robinson Debi Jackson practices an ancient Chinese calming ritual inside Cincinnati Women's Services clinic. Harmonic vibrations caused by rubbing the dragon An Ohio law restricting the conditions under which women and pregnant minors can get abortions is still on hold, more than seven years after it was passed. U.S. District Judge Sandra Beckwith ruled…
If You Want Reform, Do It Yourself
Graham Lienhart Sister Alice Gerdeman addresses anti-war activists. Chellie Pingree, national president of Common Cause, visited Cincinnati Sept. 23 to build support for the four state constitutional amendments advocated by Reform Ohio Now (see "All the News That Fits," issue of Aug. 17-23). The proposals, which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, would reduce…
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
"I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset." — "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," Langston Hughes I hate America right now. Though we are closer today to reckoning, reconciliation and reparations than we've ever been in…
Indian Summer
Don't put away your shorts just yet — Indian Summer will be right along. Soon enough we'll be writing of substantial red wines andports to enjoy by the fire, but for now, sneak in a few more days of summer-like weather and nights sans sweaters on the patio. As you consider your wines for these…
Locals Only: : Digable “Underground”
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Cover Story: Best (and Worst) in Show
Dude, that thong is so you! Worst Reason to be an MPMF Volunteer Trying to score with GitoGito Hustler. Sure, they're cute and Japanese and they rock, which is all the more reason that those hoping to fulfill some anime fantasy will still try anyway. Quote from an anonymous volunteer: "I figure, there's four of…
News: Rocking the White House
Jason Bruffy President Bush permitted people opposed to the War in Iraq to assemble outside his office and home while he was away for the weekend. An estimated 100,000 demonstrators attended the Sept. 24 rally in Washington, D.C. organized by United for Peace and Justice and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism…
CURTAIN UP
If reading my column isn't enough to keep you apprised of what's onstage this season, you can pick up information first-hand on Monday when the League of Cincinnati Theatres (LCT) offers its annual CURTAIN UP preview event, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Cincinnati Playhouse. It's free, and you'll be able to enjoy food from…
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Cover Story: Voters, Start Your Engines
On Nov. 21 at the Taft Theater, the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards will experience its second "first" of 2005. While past years' ceremonies have doled out both the theater and music awards to honor excellence in the local performing arts communities, this year marks the first time the CEAs have split into two separate events. And…
News: Clamoring for Peace
Stephanie Dunlap "I find the Kentucky crew frosty and cliquish, so I came with the Cincinnati group," said David Gierlach (above) of Frankfort Washington, D.C. — Like any good left-leaning protest, the messages were all over the place, nothing started on time and young neo-punks in black and bandanas came looking for trouble if not…
Cover Story: Sounds of the City
Music To Our Ears Wrapping up its fourth year, the MidPoint Music Festival has grown on several levels, the most basic being the raw numbers that have expanded steadily with each festival. Its three-day run Sept. 22-24 featured performances on 21 stages mostly centered in the Main Street Entertainment District and daytime panels/workshop for musicians…
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