M Is for the Million Things She Gave Me
Two recent trips, one to Los Angeles and one to my local movie theater, reminded me of — despite my best efforts in therapy and the benefit of years of separation — the role my mother plays in my life as a gay man. You see, I don't remember a time when mother and I…
Who Should be Mayor?
Who should be elected mayor of Cincinnati? CityBeat posed the question to three young political leaders. David N. Schaff, President of Hamilton County Young Democrats The direct election of Cincinnati's mayor will be a crucial vote for the future, which is why all Cincinnatians MUST vote. Our city's economy is in a downward spiral and…
Community calendar
Hyde Park Join a Community Clean-Up in Hyde Park from 9:45-11 a.m. Saturday. Volunteers will tidy the "S" curve on Erie Avenue, near the District 2 police station. To participate, meet in the side yard of Coffee Emporium. For more information, contact Lea Carrier at l_carrier@hotmail.com Covington MainStrasse Village hosts Oktoberfest 2001 this weekend. The…
Cover Story: Primary Concerns
Not since the banning of Pete Rose — and we all know he was framed — has a single event sent such a series of shock waves throughout our community. Cincinnati is not fond of change, but change could come a-calling as the playing field for Cincinnati mayor gets narrowed down from four candidates to…
Diner: Fair-Weather Fare
Next time you go to the fair and stroll down the midway, take a few minutes and soak it up, that rich, slippery smell of gamble, risk and a break from the day-to-day. It's an evocative blend of roller coaster grease and goat musk and sweaty overexcited children and freshly primped adolescents. There is the…
Relationships
Revenge is a dish best served cold. I'm sure you've heard this expression that means if you're going to get back at somebody, you shouldn't do it in the heat of anger. Wait awhile so you can plot something that will be especially devious and effective. Also, waiting might give you pause as to whether…
The Arts’ Black I
People want a lot from CityBeat, myself included. Readers selfishly look to these pages for reflection, not so much an intellectual or pensive thoughtfulness but more a mirror image. It's the people who aren't represented in the city's other rags who come to our doorstep looking for themselves — gay, bisexual, loud-mouthed freaks, black, female,…
How Many Politicians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb to Solar Power?
With so many people on the ballot for Cincinnati City Council, will it be hard for interest groups to settle on just nine candidates? Off-year elections are typically dull affairs, sometimes drawing few candidates and a woeful minority of voters. But that's hardly the case with Cincinnati city elections this year. Voters will choose from…
Finding Space Newport’s Development Boom for The Artery
Sweeping is a performance art when Laura Hollis holds the broom. As she regularly does, Hollis cleans the dirt and trash from the entry to her Newport arts center, The Artery. It's a weekday afternoon, and there are few pedestrians on the sidewalks around Monmouth and Ninth streets in Newport's downtown. A steady stream of…
Burning With Passion
It is Sunday. It is sunny. Warm. Today, I will grill the tender flesh of barnyard animals over a fiery bed of crimson coals. I state this not in celebration. Nor do I state it in shame. I state this only to gratuitously goad the predictable folks at PETA into a weeklong frenzy of writing…
Music: Sweet Salvation
Jon Hughes/photopresse.com Cal Collins, 1933-2001 This piece is about what Cal Collins meant to me; about how he saved not my life, but my mind. I grew up in Cincinnati; and in particular, the lily white burbs of this town. This was during the dark ages when there were only five television channels and…
Cover Story: Change Is Coming
David Crowley Maybe what Cincinnati needs is the kind of person who has the nerve to fire a nun. Or perhaps a music conductor could better handle the cacophony of city government. With 26 candidates on the city council ballot, voters face a broad choice of experience and political philosophy. City council will have…
Warning: cell phones may damage your life
You, too, can be a cell phone anarchist. In the grocery store checkout line, when the entrepreneurial fellow in loafers starts hypnotically chanting business plans to his colleagues, simply take any items you want from his pile and put them in yours. You pay for the items, perhaps obtain some of the things on your…
