What To Expect at 2018’s Cincinnati Design Week
Cincinnati Design Week (Sept. 17-21) is near — and they’ve pulled a big name for this year’s five-day conference. Jennifer Kinon, the week's keynote speaker, is famed for acting as design director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. She also co-founded The Original Champions of Design with Bobby C. Martin, Jr. Chances are, you've seen…
Fifty West Brewing Company’s Fifty Fest to Showcase Way More Than 50 Specialty Craft Beers, Plus Live Music and Much More
Fifty Fest, a celebration of local beer, food and music, returns Saturday to Fifty West Brewing Company in Indian Hill. Last year, the event was well attended, featuring specialty craft beers from numerous regional brewers and music from local acts like Ernie Johnson from Detroit, Brian Olive, Heavy Hinges, Bucket and many others. Saturday's returning…
Transit Agency Will Remove “Sorry” Greater Cincinnati Bus Stop
Is losing a bus stop a good thing or a bad thing? That probably depends. But when that bus stop is basically just a sign on a pole behind a guardrail, something probably has to change eventually. A Metro bus stop in Springfield Township on Daly Road has received a lot of attention of late…
REVIEW: Lotsa Comedy Tonight at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company with ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’
Known for classic works, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company has finally gotten around to a musical, producing Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, to launch its 25th season. The show qualifies as a classic twice over: In 1962 it was Sondheim’s first opportunity to create both music and lyrics at age 32.…
Cincinnati City Council Gives Final Approvals for Fourth and Race Project
More than five years after planning began on a major development at the corner of Fourth and Race Streets downtown, Cincinnati City Council today gave approval on two pieces of legislation that will clear the way for the project to move forward. The $116 million project will include 264 market-rate residential units, a 584-space parking…
Please Chef Ryan Santos to Cook at James Beard House in New York
Chef Ryan Santos of Over-the-Rhine's Please is receiving a unique honor and opportunity on Thursday: He's been invited to cook at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City, a “performance space” for visiting chefs helmed by the James Beard Foundation under its mission to "celebrate, nurture and honor chefs." Only a handful of other…
Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown is coming to Northern Kentucky University
Greater Cincinnati’s about to be blessed by the presence of one the Fab Five. For the uninformed: Netflix’s reality series Queer Eye is fresh off three Emmy wins. CAN YOU BELIEVE? And now, Karamo Brown (aka the culture expert) is coming to Northern Kentucky University early next month. The reality series premise follows five men…
LISTEN: Homage CVG and Waldo from Cincinnati Team Up with Atlanta-via-Cincy Hip Hop Artist Jermiside for “Power Windows”
The prolific Homage CVG has teamed up with his Fort Ancient Records labelmate Waldo From Cincinnati for a new single, “Power Windows,” featuring vocals from Cincy MC Jermiside, who is currently based in Atlanta (check out his work here). The producers — two of the five behind the Fort Ancient recording collective — collaborated previously…
Reccomended Greater Cincinnati Concerts This Week (Sept. 12-18)
WEDNESDAY 12 CAFFÈ VIVACE – Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Jazz. MADISON THEATER – Chromeo with Steven A. Clark. 8 p.m. Electro/Funk/Pop. $30, $35 day of show. MOTR PUB – The Yawpers with Toon Town. 10 p.m. Roots Rock. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – JIMS with Smoke Signals… and Veronica Grim & The…
CCM’s Year-Long Centennial Celebration of American Music Icon Leonard Bernstein Continues This Friday
On Aug. 25, Leonard Bernstein would have turned 100 years old. There have been concerts and events all over the world celebrating the iconic conductor/composer/educator/humanitarian’s life and work, including several in Cincinnati, with programs from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, The May Festival, Cincinnati Ballet and University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Click here to read…
Fallout Over Harry Black Settlement Continues; More News
Hello all. Here’s a quick rundown of news mid-week. A lot has happened in the past couple days… let’s dive in. Both survivors who were injured in the mass shooting last week at Fifth Third Center have been released from University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Brian Sarver, who works for real estate firm CBRE, underwent…
Improv Cincinnati Tackles the Harry Potter Universe with ‘Luna: A Wizarding World Parody’
Fans of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series know Luna Lovegood to be one of the most quirky, sincere and likable witches at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, so even muggles couldn’t ignore when Improv Cincinnati announced Luna: A Wizarding World Parody. This musically-driven stage show chronicles the dreamy titular character’s travels across Midwestern America in search…
Mammoth Lineup of Touring and Cincinnati Bands Announced for November’s Ironfest IX
Over the weekend, John Gerhardt, founder of the annual two-day Ironfest, announced the massive lineup for this year’s festival, which takes place Nov. 9 and 10 at Newport’s Southgate House Revival. Ironfest — entering its ninth year — has become one of the most anticipated events of the year for many area music lovers. This…
Coming Soon to Covington: Libby’s Southern Comfort, Casual Southern Cuisine
The son of a local restaurant owner is branching out to open his own restaurant, Libby’s. Brad Wainscott, whose father owns longstanding Kentucky mainstays The Greyhound Tavern and Tousey House Tavern, is slated to open the Covington restaurant this winter with a menu that will pay tribute to Southern classics like fried chicken and half-shell…
What To Do This Week in Cincinnati: Sept. 12-18
WEDNESDAY 12 ONSTAGE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum After 25 years, the venerable Cincinnati Shakespeare Company tries something “new” — for it, if not for us. It is presenting a musical: Stephen Sondheim’s 1962 Tony Award-winning A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A humorous tale about a…
Findlay Market’s Annual ‘Flavor of Findlay’ to Spotlight Cincinnati Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses
The theme of Findlay Market's annual "Flavor of Findlay" fundraiser this year is "Diversity in Motion." Taking place Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m., the event will spotlight local women- and minority-owned businesses, with numerous food and drink tasting stations presented by market vendors and others in the community, all to raise funds for "beautification…
Longworth-Anderson Concert Series at Over-the-Rhine’s Memorial Hall to Bring Stephen Marley and The Lone Bellow to Cincinnati
Since its renovation and reopening in late 2016, Over-the-Rhine’s Memorial Hall (Music Hall’s smaller neighbor) has become one of the best mid-size concert venues in the city, offering a theater-like setting with an intimate feel. Since reopening, the 560-seat facility with state-of-the-art sound (built to compliment the well-designed natural acoustics) has hosted Rosanne Cash, Richard…
Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan continues his pursuit of heavy sounds and subject matter with his latest album and tour
If perseverance had a human face, it would look a lot like Gary Numan. Back when Tubeway Army was a standard issue Punk band, Numan fought his label to switch the band towards Electronic music, which resulted in a whole lot of gold and platinum on Numan’s wall – for “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” and “Cars,”…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: Ava Luna and A Delicate Motor at MOTR Pub (Sept. 14)
The members of Ava Luna operate in a unique musical universe of their own creation. The Brooklyn band puts its own distinctly slanted spin on progressive, experimental Pop and the results are often mesmerizing, frequently beautiful and consistently exhilarating. The quintet’s diverse influences are distilled into a singularly dynamic, dream-like sound, which draws from Funk,…
R.I.P. Lucy Lou, Very Good Dog and Former Mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky (2006-2018)
Lucy Lou, the former mayor of Rabbit Hash, Ky., passed away on Monday, Sept. 10. The border collie served as mayor of the small town for eight years, stepping down over Labor Day weekend in 2016 to help raise money for the rebuilding of the Rabbit Hash General Store after a fire destroyed it (read…
Cincinnati Could Go All the Way — In This Contest to Determine the Worst Bus Stop in the U.S. and Canada
So it's all come down to this, sports fans. Years of preparation (read: underfunding transit). Singular focus (on cars). A competitive spirit (as in, folks fighting each other instead of solving regional transit issues). Now, if Greater Cincinnati plays its cards right, it. Could. Go. All. The. Way. Ahem. Sorry. Got a little dramatic there.…
The Fall Guide: Cincinnati Fests, Farms, Haunted Attractions and More to Keep You Entertained This Season
The fall season officially starts on Sept. 22, but pumpkin spice is already back on the menu, which means it’s time for sweater weather, apple cider and other autumnal activities. This year’s Fall Guide is basically a big-ass list of things to do this season, ranging from U-pick farms to slightly spooky theater productions and…
Amelia, Ohio’s Foreverland Farm Saves Animals in Need — Including This Internet-Famous Lamb
Ever since Brittney Kane was a child, she gravitated toward helping animals. Back then, it came in the form of sneaking salamanders into her parents’ house. In 2016 — along with her wife, Leann — that initial instinct developed into a full-fledged animal sanctuary. Drive through bends and twists of woodsy roads and you’ll find…
Minimum Gauge: Les Moonves Allegedly Sabotaged Janet Jackson’s Career After Super Bowl Halftime “Wardrobe Malfunction”
HOT: Her Too As longtime CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves was scrambling to salvage his career after numerous sexual harassment allegations (he couldn’t and is now leaving the company), Huffington Post’s Yashar Ali reported that Moonves was involved in an effort to blacklist singer Janet Jackson following her infamous “wardrobe malfunction” that aired on…
Recommended Greater Cincinnati Concerts: Chromeo at Madison Theater (Sept. 12)
David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel, the duo behind Electro Funk outfit Chromeo, recently stopped by The Echo Chamber, former Beastie Boy Mike D’s entertaining Beats 1 radio show. At one point between playing tracks by pre-“Ghostbusters” Ray Parker Jr. and DJ Quik, the Canadian pair described their love of late ’70s and…
Recommended Cincinnati Concerts: The Yawpers at MOTR Pub (Sept. 12)
With the recent passing of Tony Kinman, the world should be reflecting on the Cowpunk ripples that emanated from Rank and File, the influential SoCal band fronted by Tony and his brother Chip back in the early ’80s. The Yawpers could easily be considered one of those ripples; a trio that plays twangy, hair-raising Folk-flavored…
Cincinnati’s First Bus-Only Lane is Coming
Downtown Cincinnati will soon get its first dedicated bus-only transit lane during afternoon rush hour after a committee of Cincinnati City Council gave its approval today. The idea, first pushed by transit activists with the Better Bus Coalition earlier this year, will create a pilot program to test out the bus-only lanes with a lane…
Braxton and Graeter’s Collaborate on Seasonal Pumpkin Pie Brew
Graeter's Ice Cream and Braxton Brewing Co. have once again joined forces to release a collaboration beer — a seasonal Pumpkin Pie Ale with "rich, warm notes of pumpkin reminiscent of Graeter’s classic seasonal Pumpkin Ice Cream," says a press release. The beer will hit Kroger stores, restaurants and bars starting Sept. 17, with an…
Cincinnati Chefs Give Their Recipes for What to Do With End-Of-Summer Produce
Visit Pinterest on Sept. 1 and all traces of summer will be replaced by pins of illustrated evenings by the fire, beautifully piled scarves and boots and endless mugs of steaming concoctions — but don’t give up on summer quite yet. It’s a trick of the school calendar that August is often thought of as…
The Cincinnati Comic Expo Returns with Celebrity Guests, Comic Artists, Cosplay and More
The herculean task of coordinating this year’s Cincinnati Comic Expo (CCE) didn’t begin immediately after the conclusion of last year’s expo. Like nearly every year since the CCE began eight years ago, planning for the following year’s event started well before the current year’s expo even occurred. “The expo is a 14-month job,” says administrator…
Writer Luc Sante Explores the Storied Lives of Cities, Past and Present
Luc Sante’s fascination with New York City has fueled an unconventional writing career that is now in its fifth decade. For the uninitiated, Sante — who is coming to The Mercantile Library on Sept. 13 to deliver the Albert Pyle Urban Lecture — is an author of rare insight and singular prose on topics as…
The Latest Buzz from the Toronto International Film Festival
This year marks the second in a row in which the Greater Cincinnati region has been represented at the now-underway Toronto International Film Festival with multiple films shot here. Just one year ago, I settled in for writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos’ dramatic and mysterious thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, featuring heavyweight leads (Nicole Kidman…
WTF, Columbus? Highway Sign Misspells Cincinnati. Badly.
"Cincinnati" gets misspelled enough that it's hard to get too mad about it. In casual social media posts or other transmissions from out of towners who haven't had practice spelling it, it's understandable. It's a weird word. People usually get the general letters right, just out of order or with one or two omitted or…
REVIEW: Star-Crossed Opener at OTR’s Ensemble Theatre
On Nov. 9, 1965, a massive blackout in the Northeastern United States left New York City in the dark for up to 13 hours. It’s the crux and the climax of Fly By Night, a jaunty and sentimental musical getting its regional premiere as the opening production of Ensemble Theatre’s 33rd season. It’s the kind…
Cincinnati Bell Connector Turns Two
Sunday, Sept. 9 marked the second anniversary of the launch of Cincinnati's streetcar system. In its first two years, the rail transit system that traverses a 3.6 mile loop around downtown and Over-the-Rhine has provided almost 1,245,000 rides. That tally includes almost 27,000 during last year's BLINK light art festival throughout OTR and downtown. In…
170-Year-Old Photo of Cincinnati To Be Recreated
On Sept. 24, a niche of Cincinnati history will be revisited and with it revelations of progress will follow. In aged panoramic photographs, the Ohio River flows calmly as steamboats float along its edges; they’re backdropped by a cityscape speckled in arching Catholic cathedrals, burgeoning industry and quaint storefronts. The images were captured in 1848,…
Jason Aldean’s Sold-Out Concert at Riverbend Thursday Canceled Due to High Waters on the Ohio River
Riverbend Music Center has announced that this Thursday's sold-out Jason Aldean concert has been canceled. The heavy rainfall over the past several days has caused the Ohio River to rise above flood stage. The venue's proximity to the river makes the Thursday event impossible. The show will not be rescheduled. Tickets are available at point…
How an Anti-Gun Control Tweet Spiraled Into a Messy Debate about Cincinnati Public Schools
Well that escalated quickly. In the wake of last week's tragic mass shooting at the Fifth Third Center downtown, the now-achingly familiar debate around gun control has emerged front and center yet again. As it heated up over the weekend, it took some extreme, maybe unnecessary, turns on local Twitter — as issues are likely…
Cult Classic ’90s Cincinnati Rollerblading Film ‘Airborne’ Turns 25 with a Special Screening
Does the name Mitchell Goosen mean anything to you? If not, adjust your priorities. Airborne is a Cincinnati-filmed, 1993 Rollerblading-focused teen drama that follows California surfer Mitchell as he relocates to Cincinnati to live with his aunt and uncle while his parents are on assignment in the Australian Outback. Mitchell trades in riding waves for…
Revisiting a 2013 Interview with Shane McDermott, Star of Cult Classic Cincinnati-Filmed Rollerblading Movie ‘Airborne’
Does the name Mitchell Goosen mean anything to you? If not, adjust your priorities. Airborne is a Cincinnati-filmed, 1993 Rollerblading-focused teen drama that follows California surfer Mitchell as he relocates to Cincinnati to live with his aunt and uncle while his parents are on assignment in the Australian Outback. Mitchell trades in riding waves for blading…
If Prog Christmas Music/Theater Group Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a Part of Your Annual Holiday Tradition, Mark Dec. 14 on Your Calendar
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is bringing its long-running Christmas "multi-sensory extravaganza" back to U.S. Back Arena this holiday season. The group's musical/theatrical "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" tour comes to Cincinnati on Dec. 14 for two shows (4 p.m. and 8 p.m.).Tickets (starting at $41.50) for both shows go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. A…
Philly Rocker Kurt Vile and His Violators are Coming to Cincinnati This Winter
Critically acclaimed Rock singer/songwriter Kurt Vile and his band, The Violators, are coming to Cincinnati early next year. Vile finished up a run of North American dates in July, his first domestic shows with The Violators in more than a year. Back in June, the Philly-bred Vile (co-founder of the likewise successful band The War…
In the wake of Thursday’s Shooting Tragedy, Fifth Third and Hoxworth Hold Blood Drive on Fountain Square
After Thursday’s shooting at the Fifth Third Bank building on Fountain Square, UC’s Hoxworth Blood Center issued a statement saying that it was meeting the needs of the victims, but reiterated the importance of donating blood “to assure an adequate blood supply for community needs.” Today is a good day to roll up your sleeves…
Cincinnati’s CLOCKWORKDJ Shares Photos, Video and Memories of Late Rapper Mac Miller
There was a widespread outpouring of grief over the weekend with news that rapper Mac Miller, who’d released his acclaimed latest album Swimming just last month, had died of an apparent drug overdose. He was 26. Online tributes streamed out from everyone from Cardi B and Lil Xan to Elton John and Childish Gambino, as…
Might ‘Donnybrook’ Be the Best Film Ever Shot in Greater Cincinnati?
There have been movies made in Greater Cincinnati recently that have been respected as cinematic art and even become awards contenders — The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Carol, The Fits, The Ides of March. And there are some that have gone the opposite way — Gotti and Reprisal. But with Donnybrook, which was filmed…
If You Love the ‘I Love the 90’s’ Concert Tour You Won’t Love This News
If you were planning to bust a move, push it real good and find out how we do it (maybe you forgot?) at U.S. Bank Arena on Sept. 14, you'll need to make other plans. The venue has announced that "due to unforeseen circumstances," the "I Love the 90's" concert featuring Salt N Pepa, All…
REVIEW: Cincinnati Playhouse’s ‘Misery’ is a Scary Thriller That’s Also Raucous Fun
CRITIC'S PICK: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s season-opening Misery explores the depths of human depravity and delivers a delightfully disturbing production that chills and entertains. It opens to total darkness; the only sounds are from the action that occurs offstage, where the audience hears the commotion of what appears to be a horrific car crash. When…
Drama Continues Around MSD; More News
Hello Cincinnati. This will be a pretty somber news roundup, given recent events, but let’s get caught up anyway. As you probably already know, tragedy struck yesterday morning at the Fifth Third Center just off Fountain Square downtown when gunman Omar Santa-Perez opened fire in the lobby of the building, killing three and wounding two…
Lower Price Hill Just Welcomed a Brand New Mural — Check It Out
California-based mural artist Skye Walker sold his possessions, bought a van, loaded it with paint supplies and took off across the country on a coast-to-coast tour. This week, he landed in Cincinnati’s Lower Price Hill neighborhood. That all started about a week-and-a-half ago when he connected with Mary Delaney, executive director of Community Matters —…
Cincinnati Musicians Pay Tribute to the Songwriting of Ryan Adams Sunday in Newport
Besides being considered by many one of the best singer/songwriters around, Ryan Adams has also been known to knock out a few cool cover songs from time to time, often presenting them in a way that gives the listener a new perspective on the original version. Though he has taken on Gram Parsons and Hank…
Three Cincinnati-shot films to screen at just-underway Toronto Film Festival
Three Cincinnati-made films are screening at the just-underway Toronto International Film Festival, including one world premiere (writer-director Tim Sutton's Donnybrook) and two international premieres (David Lowery's The Old Man and the Gun, starring Robert Redford in what he says will probably be his last leading movie role) and the public, Emilio Estevez's drama about a takeover…
Cincinnati Public Library Resumes Actively Collecting Vinyl Records
If you needed even more proof that vinyl is back, consider this: The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, which decades ago primarily purchased vinyl recordings for its audio collection and then stopped when the format appeared to become obsolete, has started buying vinyl once again. "Vinyl" recently turned up as a category under…
Debut Album From Cincinnati SynthPop Duo Moonbeau Available Now
Earlier this summer, Cincinnati Synth Pop duo Moonbeau — featuring The Yugos’ Christian Gough and Claire Muenchen as its core, plus other musicians for live shows — did a “soft launch” of their self-titled debut album for local fans centered around a release party at Over-the-Rhine’s Woodward Theater. Today, Old Flame Records has given the…
A Boatload Of Newer Greater Cincinnati Music Acts Play Friday’s ‘New Music Festival 2’
Friday night at Newport, Ky.’s Southgate House Revival offers a great opportunity to sample some new (and new-ish) bands and artists from the Greater Cincinnati music scene. The New Music Festival 2 kicks off at 7 p.m. with singer/songwriter Sarah Mann. Tickets are $8 in advance here or $10 at the door. Though newer, several…
Roots Rock Star Amanda Shires is Coming to Newport in December
Widely acclaimed rootsy, rockin’ singer/songwriter/fiddler Amanda Shires will perform at the Southgate House Revival in Newport, Ky. on Dec. 1 with special guest Cory Branan. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. here. Tickets are $20 in advance or $22 at the door if any remain. There will also be limited VIP…
Four Dead, Including Gunman, in Shootings Downtown at Cincinnati’s Fifth Third Center
It was over in minutes. But before police shot through plate glass windows and killed him, Omar Enrique Santa-Perez ended three peoples' lives and injured two with a legally-obtained 9 mm pistol in the downtown Cincinnati headquarters of Fifth Third Bank the morning of Sept. 6. It was the deadliest mass shooting in Cincinnati in…
New mural celebrating legacy of Cincinnati’s Isley Brothers is completed
Another ArtWorks mural celebrating Cincinnati's music heritage has just been completed — it's called "It's Your Thing" and is painted in the semi-psychedelic Pop Art/Word Art style reminiscent of such 1960s-style artists and designers as Peter Max or Milton Glaser. "It's Your Thing" is located at 311 E. 13th St. in Pendleton, adjacent to another recently completed…
WATCH: Cincinnati Hip Hop Artist Devin Burgess’ New “Bounce Back” Music Video
Cincinnati Hip Hop artist Devin Burgess takes an especially artistic and multi-dimensional approach to his music, as the kaleidoscopic collection of recording projects he’s released over the past few years attests. The adventurous production, boundless lyrical/vocal techniques and collaborative spirit found within his discography combine to create a distinctive body of work that is marked…
