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LETTERS Cincinnati Parks Changes Policies Latoya Stiggers: It’s a shame that they are penalizing people for helping. The only reason they changed policy is because it got publicity Alex Breyer: So is United Way paying the fees that other groups would normally need to pay? What is the money used for specifically? Since the parks are already publicly supported and wasn’t some massive event. Jeff Sutterfield: Being homeless was tough. A little help along the way won’t ever be forgotten. Latoya Stiggers: Which actually it wasn’t even policy to not feed homeless Jessy Baum: Thank you for covering this so quickly and so well and helping get the word out! Comments posted on Facebook.com/CincinnatiCityBeat in response to the June 15 post, “Triiibe, a musical and activist group, protested a $450 fee Cincinnati Parks charged them for feeding people experiencing homelessness in a park. Now, parks says it will waive that fee and change its policies.”

Peach Truck Tour Coming! Liz Lemon: Debbie DeGeer peach pies??? Debbie DeGeer: I’ve had this on my calendar for months!! Amy Fagan: Courtney, Kellinda, how many peach recipes can you think of? Lauren Roberts: Is anyone else a ’90s child and thought The Presidents Of The United States we’re coming to town? Devon Hannah-Boiman: Natasha Ponder please get some of these and make me stuff!!!! Comments posted on Facebook.com/CincinnatiCityBeat in response to the June 17 post, “Nashville’s cult favorite Peach Truck will be here next week. Get ready to wait in line for some of the best peaches you’ll ever have... bought in a parking lot out of the back of a 1964 Jeep truck cab.”

Wild About Ramen queencitybites: Can’t wait!! anita.brown92: @theginger_chef I feel like this will be a new spot for you when you visit! samiannedelv: @vinny_2_stickz ramen !!!

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accordingtopj: Hopefully this will be my new ramen spot. Haven’t found one in the Six months I’ve been here. jenksie.cat: @zip103 Need. To. Go. cmfraher: @rbfraher–noodles!! chuckbees: good for them. love mei. but they have a hell of a fight ahead of them. @quanhapa owns the block. sakurart_jm: So excited, Mei is my favorite restaurant!!! Comments posted on Instagram.com/citybeatcincy in response to the June 15 post, “Great news noodle lovers: OTR is getting a new ramen spot. Zundo Ramen & Donburi will serve ramen that is ‘incomparable’ to Greater Cincinnati’s current offering, says owner/chef Han Lin, who is also behind Montgomery’s traditional Japanese sushi restaurant, Mei. Read more on CityBeat.com.”

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Trump-Kim Summit

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or in North Korea), you probably heard all about Donald Trump’s meeting with Kim — and we’re not talking Kardashian this time. Last Monday’s episode of The Bachelor was rudely interrupted by coverage of the historic meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un — the first time a U.S. president has met a North Korean head of state. The two leaders converged in Singapore, where they shook hands in front of cameras for what felt like an hour while exchanging words even though they don’t know each other’s language. I guess I shouldn’t complain about the momentary pause in reality TV — North Koreans were treated to a stage musical about mining instead of footage of this newsworthy moment. #Sad. For being such a momentous occasion, nothing really happened. The two kissed each other’s asses, ate Häagen-Dazs, watched a U.S.-produced movie trailer about the country that reeks of propaganda and signed a super vague statement that aims to move toward denuclearization without any details on how that’s going to happen. Then Trump left 15 hours early. The most exciting part of the entire ordeal, though, was when Dennis Rodman went on CNN to essentially take credit for the meeting, getting emotional to the point of crying and promoting cannabis cryptocurrency Potcoin. On second thought, this is actually more riveting reality TV than any episode of some dating show.

starred, Degrassi: The Next Generation, later rebranded as just Degrassi) bought weed from Jay and Silent Bob (who also appeared in the show, because Canada). A few familiar faces were missing, including Daniel Clark (Sean) and Mike Lobel (Jay), who were, like Drake’s lyrics, a little upset. Besides the vomit scenes and the gym catching on fire at the end, this looks like the most fun reunion ever. Drake should bring the whole gang on tour, whatever it takes. (Altogether now: “I know I can make it through!”)

Jay/Bey Surprise Collab

Drake wasn’t the only artist to surprise us with new music this week. Jay-Z and Beyoncé dropped a joint album, Everything is Love, announced at their On the Run II show in London on Saturday. Jay teased a collaboration in his New York Times interview last fall. In addition to the Tidal exclusive, they also released a music video for the single “APESHIT” that was filmed in the Louvre. In the fucking Louvre! How did this not leak? Everything is Love came the same weekend as Jay rival Nas’ new Kanye West-produced record. The shade! Throughout the album are disses aimed at everyone from Kanye to the Grammys to the Super Bowl. No one is safe! Especially the bank accounts of anyone trying to cop some OTR II tickets now that there might be new music on the setlist.

R.I.P. Jerry Springer Show

The Jerry Springer Show has filmed its final

episode, according to reports. Production has ended and fans will now have to get their fix via reruns on the CW. The show, hosted by the former Cincinnati mayor, has been on the air for 27 years, but it wasn’t always cat fights and paternity tests. It actually started as a pretty standard daytime talk show, but eventually evolved into something a little more… lowbrow? I’ll never forget my own experience on Jerry. The year was 2007. I was living in Chicago at the time and my roommate had secured tickets (production moved to Stamford, Conn., a couple years later). After hours of waiting with the other hundred or so attendees in an office cafeteria, it was announced that we’d be the audience for a pay-per-view Cinco de Mayo special. A producer promised us that meant more cursing, nudity and general fuckery, to which we cheered uproariously. It was a culturally insensitive calamity — but what else would you expect? I never got to see that episode — our dorm curiously did not get Skinomax — but once filming ended, the audience was invited to rush the stage for some piñata whacking, and I got to meet Jerry himself. It was iconic. R.I.P. End of an era. It’s that P.C. culture, I tell ya!

Raccoon Scales Minnesota Skyscraper

Every once in a while the world turns its eyes to one story — something we can all care about or relate to, something that defies political lines and social status. This

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week, it all came down to a raccoon. The critter was discovered early last week on the ledge of an office building in downtown St. Paul, Minn. After being stuck for about two days, onlookers saw the raccoon make his way to the second-story roof, but before anyone could rescue him, he decided to scale a skyscraper next door. Folks watched as he made his way up the 25-story building, stopping to nap in window ledges where people inside could see him, but couldn’t help (the windows don’t open). It was the kind of story you couldn’t turn away from, but dear god help us all if the little guy didn’t make it. Our country is much too fragile for that kind of scenario. Luckily, the daredevil made it all the way to the roof, where wildlife management picked him up Wednesday morning and got him back to safety. You did it, little trash panda! Contact T.C. Britton: letters@citybeat.com

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Fresh off his internet beatdown at the hands of Pusha-T, Drake released a new video for his song “I’m Upset,” from his upcoming album Scorpion. Normally seeing peak sad boy Drake wouldn’t mean much to me, but I’m one of the countless individuals whose lives have been touched by the cross-generational cinematic teen drama masterpiece that is the TV show Degrassi, and the Canadian king (and former Degrassi star) gave fans the Degrassi Community School reunion we’ve all been waiting for. In the video, Drake, aka Aubrey Graham, aka Jimmy Brooks strolled into his old Toronto stomping grounds alongside Degrassi BFF Spinner (Shane Kippel) looking like the embodiment of a glow-up. In total, Drake rounded up 20 stars from the show, including Ephraim Ellis — better known as Rick, the O.G. toxic fragile white male who shot Jimmy, leaving him in a wheelchair. (Drake’s crew chased him down through the school). Spinner puked, a callback to an episode where he threw up in class. Archie “Spike” Simpson (who appeared as a student in the ’80s show Degrassi High and as an adult in the early ’00s reboot in which Drake

This Week in Questionable Decisions… 1. A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being caught on tape transporting her grandchildren in dog kennel crates. She said there wasn’t any other room in her SUV. 2. A trending story on Twitter introduced me to the Japanese delicacy shirako, made from milt — the sperm-filled reproductive gland of a male fish. But don’t worry, it tastes like marshmallow! Sushi is cancelled. 3. An off-duty FBI agent recently decided to bust a move in a Denver bar, apparently forgetting that he was packing heat. After doing the whitest pop-and-lock into a backflip ever, a gun fell out of his waistband. When he picked it up, the gun fired, shooting and injuring a bystander. He’s since been charged with second-degree assault. 4. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey caught some heat after tweeting a screenshot from his cash app showing a transaction at Chick-fil-A — it’s Pride month and the company is notoriously anti-LGBTQ. I understand some folks can’t resist their fried chicken goodness no matter how full of hate their nuggets are, but I’m more confused about why a billionaire would publish his mundane purchases and brag about saving 10 percent. 5. Alicia Silverstone was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week talking about taking her 7-year-old son to see Clueless for the first time. And while the movie deals with drinking, smoking and step-brother-loving, apparently it was the makeout scenes that made the biggest impact on her son, because she says he kept trying to French kiss her after watching the flick. 6. As thousands of undocumented children are being taken from their parents and herded up in jail-like detention centers, Arizona State Representative David Stringer called immigration an “existential threat to America,” elaborating that “if we don’t do something about immigration very, very soon, the demographics of our country will be irrevocably changed,” and that there aren’t “enough white kids to go around” in Arizona schools. Awesome! 7. Rudy Giuliani’s wife filed for divorce this week (not the questionable part), which brought about an onslaught of stories detailing the former New York City mayor’s many failed marriages. And while it had been previously reported, it was news to many that he annulled his first marriage after discovering his wife was his second cousin. Oops!


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NEWS Critical Cuts The Center for Addiction Treatment may not get city funding for the first time in decades, even as the region’s addiction crisis rages on BY N I C K SWA R T S E L L

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Cincinnati City Council to find some money for the clinic. But the outcome is unclear right now. “Any scenario, I have to come up with a solution,” Kuehn says as she sits in the center’s new addition. “I don’t want to cut services. That’s the last thing I want to do. Worst case scenario, I would have to let clinical staff go.” The city has had to make tough choices as it faces a $32 million deficit, and a number of programs will see cuts. But CAT’s current funding dilemma is a little more complicated. Two years ago, the center received $180,000 through the city’s United Way human services funding system. Under that system, created in 2010, Cincinnati City Council sets priorities and provides a pot of money, while the United Way oversees a committee of volunteers who act as consultants to recommend applicants for funding. It’s a competitive process — one in which addiction treatment isn’t explicitly mentioned. The three priorities council has given United Way are employment, CONTINUES ON PAGE 11

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expansion — funded by private foundations as well as money from Hamilton County and the city — that added mental health and primary care facilities run in partnership with Deaconess Health Check. Those additional services are aimed at helping keep patients — and their support networks — on the road to addiction recovery. “The intent is to have a fully integrated model of care,” Kuehn says of the mental health and primary care additions. “Now we can treat couples, we can do family counseling; it’s a lot broader.” CAT isn’t entirely dependent on the city. Forty percent of its funding these days comes from Medicaid. The rest comes from the Hamilton County Mental Health Board and Recovery Services Board, which allocates from various pots of money within the county. Some patients pay for their treatment, and other counties also pay for some services on a contract basis. But without city funding, the center may not have enough funding to pay some of the staff it hired to meet the ever-growing need for addiction treatment here. Kuehn, who has led the CAT house for more than two decades, is lobbying

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County died of overdose deaths in 2017, compared to 403 the year prior. Many of those deaths involved fentanyl, an additive that dealers once covertly mixed into opiates like heroin. Now, many people with addictions are seeking it out. Kuehn says the center gets roughly 350 calls a day about its services. It has 42 beds available for its residential treatment services and another 18 for more immediate detox needs, as well as capacity for outpatient care. All told, the facility is serving about 550 people a month, she says. Generally, those looking for addiction treatment at CAT go through a similar process. First, a clinician evaluates the potential patient and, if appropriate, diagnoses them with an addiction disorder. Then that person enters a two-to-seven-day stint in the detox program, which is overseen by a doctor and nurse practitioner, followed by a potential stay in the center’s residential facility, which usually lasts roughly a month. Patients can also receive several months of aftercare, which includes a support group overseen by a clinician. There are now options that buttress those more immediate offerings. Last August, CAT completed a $5 million

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few years ago, Chris Hay came down with a severe case of pneumonia and had to undergo surgery to remove fluid from his lungs. Afterward, he was given Percocet to treat his pain while he was recovering from the procedure. Hay says it was the beginning of a slide into chemical dependency. “I was taking them as prescribed,” he says. “But I’d already been drinking excessively. I can’t really explain it. When they went away, I felt sick. It got into buying pills on the street, and that led to heroin.” Hay, a tall, solidly built 27-year-old from Riverside who works as a carpenter, spiraled into what he calls “a crazy lifestyle” and became estranged from his family. At an especially low point in July 2017, Hay came to a squat former convent tucked off of Ezzard Charles Drive in the West End, where he spent 30 days in a residential treatment program and months more in outpatient aftercare. For the last three decades, that facility, the Center for Addiction Treatment, has received city funding for its work. But, if current budget proposals by acting Cincinnati City Manager Patrick Duhaney and Mayor John Cranley are any indication, it won’t get that money this year. Volunteers created CAT in 1970 over concern about people dying in Hamilton County jail cells while detoxing from alcohol abuse. The center has been on the frontlines of battling addiction — including the region’s swelling opiate crisis — ever since. Why is the city potentially cutting funding to the only freestanding nonprofit addiction treatment center within a 180mile radius as the opioid crisis rages on? The answer is complicated, involving a city budget stretched to its limits and some politics thrown in for good measure. Complicated or not, the cuts come at a tough time, CAT’s President and CEO Sandra Kuehn says. The region’s addiction crisis is only getting worse —529 people in Hamilton

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Cincinnati Parks will change its policies and offer special use permit fee waivers for groups providing free community services after a group of activists and musicians protested those fees this week. Triiibe, a popular band and activist group, has been holding a monthly event called “Potluck for the People” in Piatt Park since January. The event offers free food, haircuts, basic medical care and other services to people experiencing homelessness. Three days before Triiibe’s May event, parks officials told the group they would be assessed a $450 fee for continuing to hold the event. The day after the May 27 Potluck for the People, officials sent an invoice for $450 to the mother of one of the event’s organizers. After parks officials informed Triiibe about the fees, the group took to social media and pushed to have the fees waived. CityBeat and several other outlets also wrote about the situation. On June 15, parks officials announced they are working with United Way and the Cincinnati Parks Foundation to reach solutions so situations like Triiibe’s don’t happen again. “Our parks are public spaces and should be used for the benefit of those we have the privilege of serving,” Cincinnati Parks Director Wade Walcutt said in a statement. “We’re thankful for this opportunity to take a broader look at our practices. Just because it’s not the way we’ve always done things isn’t an excuse to continue doing things the same way. We are confident these changes will allow us to advance this mission, build better lives and build a better Cincinnati. We appreciate United Way, Cincinnati Parks Foundation and

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other partners who have offered or given their support.” Potluck for the People co-organizer Siri Imani says the event sprang from a clothing drive that she and the rest of Triiibe undertook this past winter, which grew into a series involving a number of supporters. Besides art, dance and food, Triiibe says it has also enlisted doctors and nurses from Children’s Hospital to do basic medical assessments during the potlucks. They also provide security and cleanup crews, Imani says. “We never had any incidents of violence, we have never had any arguments, we have never had the police called and we have never received any complaints from

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The City of Cincinnati told a federal judge June 13 that it is almost finished finalizing an agreement with Hamilton County over control of the Metropolitan Sewer District ahead of the expiration of a 50-year-old partnership between the two. But that didn’t stop the city and county from arguing bitterly over key points of that agreement during the court-ordered progress update. And some questions still remain around the outside approval of some key provisions in the deal. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett ordered last week’s report on the agreement, which would cede control over MSD from the city to an independent board. Employees of MSD would work for the county under the agreement, but would pay into the city’s pension fund. The city and county are at odds,

however, over what should come first. Mayor John Cranley argues that MSD should move forward right away with the second phase of a federal court-ordered plan to end sewage back-ups, which flood the basements of homes, the Ohio River and nearby creeks with raw sewage during heavy rain. The city has come up with a 10-year plan to do so, one Cranley says is focused on repairs deemed urgent by MSD scientists and engineers. The county, meanwhile, wants to focus on transitioning into the new leadership structure before diving into the fixes for MSD’s problems. The first phase of the court-ordered fixes cost $1 billion, and the project overall will ring up to at least three times as much. Despite some notable progress in areas of the Mill Creek, the Environmental Protection Agency

residents,” she says. The group began facing scrutiny from officials in April, when they say Cincinnati Police cut electricity available via outlets in the park during that month’s event. Undaunted, Triiibe got a generator for the next event. Imani’s mother, Jennie Wright, also filled out forms with Cincinnati Parks for a use permit and was told there would be a $500 fee. Because Piatt Park had become the venue for Potluck for the People in part due to its proximity to many in the city experiencing homelessness, Wright applied for a fee waiver for that site available per Cincinnati Parks policy. Three days before the May 27 event, Wright emailed the Parks to check on the status of those applications. She was told her request was denied. “Today we finished the process of reviewing your application and fee waiver request,” Cincinnati Park Board’s Jim Burkhardt wrote. “Your event is well thought out and I am sure that it will be well attended and successful. Unfortunately this event does not meet our criteria for a fee waiver. We work with many charitable organizations each year and we do not waive fees for their events.” Triiibe proceeded with their May event, using their generator instead of city electricity at Piatt. The next day, May 28, Wright received a $450 invoice — the fee minus a $50 credit for using their own power source — from Burkhardt. Imani says officials have told her they will waive the fees assessed against her mother and amend park policy so that Triiibe and similar groups don’t face the same situation in the future.

— also in court with the city and county — says progress isn’t meeting expectations and that there are still compliance issues with MSD’s sewer overflow. There are two areas where the deal could break down: a provision that would let the city off the hook when it comes to much of the federal consent decree, which springs from a Sierra Club lawsuit. The EPA has expressed concerns about that part of the deal, but without it, city officials say, there is no agreement. The second potential stumbling block: the Ohio General Assembly must approve the part of the deal that makes MSD workers county employees but keeps them paying into the city’s pension fund instead of the state’s retirement program. The city and county must finalize any agreement by September, when the current 1968 pact splitting control of MSD between the two expires.

A group of activists pushing for improvements to the region’s Metro bus service isn’t taking lack of funding for the transit system sitting down. And now, more riders will be able to have a seat thanks to their efforts. Cincinnati’s Better Bus Coalition has been building and placing bus benches at Metro stops that don’t have them. The do-it-yourself initiative is just one part of a larger campaign the group is taking on to highlight funding shortfalls for Metro ahead of a potential Hamilton County sales tax levy ask that could end up on the November ballot. “We have identified, through our research, numerous bus stops that are heavily used where there is no place for anyone to sit,” Coalition President Cam Hardy says. “I think of my great grandmother, who rides the bus. There is no place for her to sit after she’s grocery shopped all day.” The initiative isn’t just about providing a place to sit. Hardy says that it’s about providing a welcoming environment for current — and future — Metro riders. “Not only do we want to put down benches, but we also want to make sure these stops are clean,” he says. “The only way that we’re going to attract new ridership is if these stops look presentable to people. We’re letting people know that there are people out here who care about them.” So far, the group has installed nine benches at stops in Northside, Price Hill and Hyde Park where bus riders previously had to stand. Hardy says the Coalition has received a flood of requests for more benches in places like Lincoln Heights, CUF and Cheviot. The group has also asked bus drivers to provide input on where they’re putting the benches. The materials for each bench cost $30. Better Bus Coalition members Mark Samaan and Hardy help construct the benches at Samaan’s wood shop. Initially, the group had money for 10 benches, but Samaan says they’ve since raised funding for more. The coalition is soliciting sponsorships from donors interested in supporting the effort. There is more work to do, of course. Much of it will fall to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, which must decide whether to put a tax levy on the November ballot, and how much to ask voters to pay. The transit agency must decide between various tax hikes ranging from .5 cents — enough to address coming multi-million dollar budget deficits, but keep service roughly at status quo — to a 1 cent raise that could dramatically improve transit throughout the region. Last year, during the


city’s mayoral election, Mayor John Cranley said he supported a .5 cent boost. However, others, including Hamilton County Commission President Todd Portune, have called on SORTA to hold off on the levy ask. The levy would mark the first time in decades that Hamilton County has contributed to Metro’s funding, which currently comes from Cincinnati’s earnings tax. If the levy were to pass, Cincinnati City Council could reappropriate its spending or cut the earnings tax. The Cincinnati Charter Committee voted this week to endorse a .9 cent boost. Hardy, who chairs the charter’s transportation committee, says that’s a good place to be. “We believe .9 is a really good number,” he says. “It’s far away from .5, which is where we were last year. We’re really working to raise awareness around the fact that .5 won’t be enough. We need significant investment and we need it now.” But will county voters really go for a sales tax boost, especially after recent property tax levies for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and other initiatives? “I’m not going to sit up here and say it’s going to be an easy thing,” Hardy says. “It will be an uphill battle. You’re going to need to convince people who don’t use transit. But I think it’s extremely doable. The demographics in the county are rapidly changing. We’ve got more poor and minority people being moved to the suburbs, and those people rely on transit. We have to reach those people.”

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violence prevention and prevention of homelessness. Based on those priorities, United Way has been advising the city on where to invest its limited human services funding. “They’ve tried to take a lot of the politics out of it, so they developed the human services advisory committee,” says Margaret Hulbert, the United Way’s vice president of strategic resources and public policy. “That group was selected from a broad base of the community, and they made determinations and recommended them to council, who approved them.” United Way itself doesn’t handle any city money, save $80,000 that covers a portion of the administrative costs of running the program. The advisory committee ranks applicants for human services funding based solely on council’s priorities and stops when the money does, Hulbert says. The model runs on a two-year cycle. As long as a program can prove it has been effective, it is generally recommended for a second year of funding. Last year, the first of the two-year cycle, CAT didn’t make the cut. A lastminute move by then-Councilwoman Yvette Simpson replaced $75,000 of the city’s usual $180,000 contribution outside the United Way human services

funding process. Council also passed a motion 7-0 by Councilwoman Amy Murray asking the city to add the opioid crisis to its list of priorities. That never fully happened, however, and United Way received the same set of aforementioned priorities this year. “Administration ignored a unanimous council motion to emphasize dealing with the heroin epidemic,” former Cincinnati City Councilman Kevin Flynn says. “It’s unbelievable that it was done. We need to change that. We passed a motion in July of 2017 that said it should be part of human services funding and it was completely left out once again.” CAT isn’t taking the cuts sitting down. Kuehn and supporters of the center have turned out in force at three recent City of Cincinnati budget hearings, asking council to add their funding back into the budget. “Their witness is persuasive, and they do good work,” Councilman David Mann, who attended those meetings, says. “I imagine that will have some sway.” Cincinnati City Council has final say over the city’s budget and could shuffle money around to fund CAT, as it did last year. United Way’s Hulbert says the situation with CAT is an illustration of deeper dynamics with the city’s budget. Hulbert acknowledges that addiction is a vital

issue and says at the end of the day, the solution is the city committing more fully to funding human services. In the 1980s, she points out, Cincinnati City Council passed legislation requiring the city to spend 1.5 percent of its operating budget on human services. In the past decade, that funding has backslid significantly. In Acting City Manager Duhaney’s budget, for instance, the city would spend only .69 percent on human services. Mayor John Cranley’s budget would spend .93 percent. “It was a clear recognition that in good times and bad times, that balance of services is important,” Hulbert says about council’s decision long ago to spend 1.5 percent. “I don’t blame the acting city manager — these are hard choices. But I do hope the mayor and city council go back toward that 1.5 percent.” Meanwhile, people like Hay, the carpenter who went through CAT’s program, say they hope it gets more funding. These days, Hay has a full-time job making custom cabinets. He lives in a recovery group home, but hopes to soon move in with his girlfriend of three years, who stood beside him through his addiction. “My life had become unmanageable,” he says of the days before he entered CAT. “I knew I needed help. I listened, and I learned in there, man — I kind of sat down and shut my mouth and they taught me.”

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arl should’ve just been here,” Terry Fox says of his husband, smiling. Carl is at the gym, but their dog — a border collie — is weaving between bar stools. Fox reaches down and ruffles its ears. “Carl is almost the Godfather of NKY Pride.” Together, Carl and Fox own the Crazy Fox Saloon, a Newport bar founded on the premise of serving “a friendly mix of humanity.” Scanning the space, small details mark it as an inclusive one: flyers for community events and organizations sit on the windowsill; a bowl of condoms is on a nearby table; Pride stickers on the walls and at the corner of a window let passersby and patrons know they’re safe here. Those same markings can be found in many Cincinnati-area LGBTQ-inclusive bars, which look to build not only supportive and safe spaces, but also a larger community. As one of those spaces, Crazy Fox is here to, yes, provide its famous bloody marys, but it’s also a local business that seeks to build bridges within the community while connecting with movements adjacent to the fight for LGBTQ rights. “We still get people that say, ‘Oh. You’re a gay bar.’ Generally, if someone is labeling us that, they’re not supportive and they’re not with the program of trying to build bridges,” Fox says. “So, we say, ‘Look, if you want to look at us that way and you’re not going to walk in our door because of that, then fine.’ There’s a place out there for everybody, including the haters.” Just recently, the Crazy Fox remodeled the bathroom and made it gender-neutral for customers who may not identify under the traditional gender binary. “Carl and I travelled out West last year and it’s surprising, especially with new

construction, how readily available unisex bathrooms are now,” Fox says. “It’s becoming more and more standard to deal with those issues because we’re on a spectrum. Things aren’t necessarily binary, and there are people that come in here that are on their own journey.” The bathrooms have inner and outer locking doors in light of recent bathroom bill discourse, he says, adding that no matter what Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin does, customers can feel comfortable and safe. In 1980, Carl ran a similar bar — Rosie’s in MainStrasse in Covington — during a time where he faced pushback for doing so. Fox notes that his and Carl’s eight-and-ahalf-year age difference was stark when it came to the society they came out in. Carl later sold Rosie’s; it’s currently run by Dianne Gamble and is still an LGBTQfriendly destination. He met Fox in 1996 and three years later they opened their own bar a neighborhood over. “We want everyone to come in here and feel comfortable with the understanding that most prejudice is based on ignorance and fear,” Fox says. “So, how do you break that down? You get people to mingle and get to know each other so that next time that issue comes up it’s not ‘Oh, those people.’ It’s actually one specific person that comes to mind and that you know. That’s how you change things, bit by bit.”

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Nigel Cotterill gestures at JC Diaz and says, “He’s my partner, both in business and in life.” They laugh, taking a seat in Below Zero Lounge, the Over-the-Rhine nightclub/bar they built together 10 years ago — it turns 11 on July 3. The pair also own Northside’s Tillie’s Lounge (or, as they call it, “their baby”). In terms of their mission, they have a similar sentiment to Carl and Fox: Below Zero is meant to be a safe haven where anyone and everyone can gather. Walk into the bar at night and you’ll see people wearing tuxes and gowns sipping on cocktails beside people in T-shirts and flip-flops. “Some nights the bar is completely straight. Some nights it’s completely all women. Sometimes it’s all 60 (and older) people,” Diaz says. “I think that for the most part, everyone feels really welcome

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here and feels like they can be themselves without any judgement. And that’s important. You need to have harbors of safe spaces, especially with what the hell is going on with the world today.” This “open-minded bar for open-minded people” has also given its space to a heap of community events. Cotterill and Diaz both laugh at a particular event in which a group of nuns rented Below Zero to raise money for haircuts for the homeless. The group played Wii bowling and, as the story goes, many-a-nun were on their second round of Long Island Iced Teas. For another event, Below Zero hosted a deaf karaoke/dance party. The music was cranked up so loud that people who were deaf or hard of hearing could feel the vibrations through the floor. YouTube music videos, in which a person signed the lyrics, accompanied the music. Since, the pair has made it a point to put closed captions on their TV set. When they first opened the club in 2007, they knew they had to brand the bar as inclusive to everyone, but Cotterill says they’re fortunate the LGBTQ community planted their flag there. Each year at Below Zero, the bar hosts several events with proceeds that go toward Pride (the full calendar can be found on their Facebook) — the pair estimates they raise $5,000 annually. This year’s festivities include a one-man show by Del Shores, creator of Sordid Lives, on June 22 (8 p.m.). Then, the next night they’ll host their annual party, Absolut Pride. One of their most popular events started

seven years ago. In an upstairs room, the club holds an intimate and super popular drag cabaret on Friday and Saturday nights. Diaz says that everyone came out of the woodwork to put the space together. “There was one point that we had drag queens up there on the sewing machines — it was like a little sweatshop — and they made all the fabrics,” Cotterill says, laughing. “We turned the place around and made it into The Cabaret.” He reaches over and knocks a nearby table, “We’re very fortunate. We’re still here. We’re still going strong.” In part, they say that’s due to the amount of organizations and people they have connected with — the Cincinnati Men’s Chorus, pet adoption groups and more. “Being exposed to Europe and most of the country, it was pretty evident that, somewhere down the line, the day of the gay bar was going to be gone,” Cotterill, originally from England, says. “The internet certainly kills it.” Before the internet boom, the LGBTQ community had to go out and socialize in order to connect. Now, Cotterill says, you can just click online and connect that way. Diaz, from San Francisco, says that many bars have now closed, even in his hometown’s LGBTQ Castro District. When Cotterill and Diaz travel, they see similar patterns elsewhere. In Cincinnati alone, Cotterill says that at one time he counted 27 gay bars between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Today, many have shut their doors. The Crazy Fox’s Fox says that several of


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When Carl first sold Rosie’s, Fox says they had only been together a few years. Carl wanted to move to a more progressive city, but Fox still had his family and a younger, teenage brother. Northern Kentucky was home. So, they stayed. “The other part of that is that this is still the frontier in terms of rights and equality. CONTINUES ON PAGE 14

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Other long-standing local LGBTQ bars that have shuttered in recent years include Shooters, Simon Says and Club Glitter. “It’s interesting now because there is a certain amount of nostalgia for out-gay bars,” Fox says. “Rosie’s and a few other places as well and our place — the movement was to try and be a broader spectrum because you need allies. ...But now we’ve made so much progress on many levels that some people are saying ‘OK, I want a space that is just for us.’ But how can you be that exclusionary now?” He adds that it’s an interesting

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the businesses that have gone under over the past few years haven’t necessarily been because of lack of business. The bar On Broadway, he says, went down because of structural issues with the building. Earlier this year, on Valentine’s Day, the community suffered a major blow when downtown’s The Dock closed its doors due to city renovations on the Brent Spence Bridge. It had served the LGBTQ community since 1984 and built bridges through social activism. In the mid-’90s, it was home to Cincinnati’s Pride Festival. The owner, Rob Corman, told the Cincinnati

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There’s a struggle,” Fox says. “This is still the front line, so it’s important that there are still people here holding that line and moving it forward and that’s part of what our mission has been as well — moving that line forward.” He’s seen that change. The couple was hailed as NKY Pride’s first Grand Marshals for the region’s parade, which had its second run in early June this year. “One of (Carl’s) first Pride marches in the late ’70s, he said they were outnumbered by counter-protestors,” Fox says. “They were yelling things and the police were there more to protect people from this horrible crowd. Now, it’s striking. You go to Cincinnati Pride and it’s block after block after block. It’s wonderful to see all the different elements involved: the political support, the business support. It’s progress.” But being at the front line of one movement also means working to prop up other communities, he adds. There’s still work to be done post-marriage equality, but Fox says it’s important to look what other groups are behind them. “There’s always going to be someone working their way up this ladder,” he says. “The question is, do you stop where you’re at and mind your own or do you turn around and help? We have a responsibility with the success we’ve had to turn around and help other groups.” He cites the Hispanic and Islamic communities, as well as the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements as examples. “It’s important that we all stand together for one another as much as possible because suddenly if their fight is our fight and our fight is their fight and we line up together — we’re the majority,” Fox says. “Then, all of a sudden, straight white men are a minority like everyone else. The hope is that we can all work together and find a common cause.” In their own way, through a business they’ve raised together to become more than a bar, but also a necessary hub of community, they have continued to push that line forward.

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On 2008’s election night, Below Zero was buzzing. “We were all sobbing and crying. The bar was packed and everyone was watching the one TV we had way back when,” Diaz says. “We were all glued to the television when they made the official announcement (that Barack Obama had been elected president) and people just cried and cried. Everyone was hugging one another.” Cotterill adds that they don’t affiliate themselves with any political party. He’s always said that politics, religion, guns and children are kept out of the bar. “But, you know, people migrate to where

there are people of a similar mind are, so,” he says. “We’re open to spreading the word here. I just hope people vote, because once you vote you can complain.” They want their clientele at Below Zero to be politically active. So does Fox, who says that though the Donald Trump administration has been “horrific,” it’s also been a catalyst for mobilizing people and movements.

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Fox says his husband, Carl, always speaks to reporters or television stations about issues like marriage equality. He puts himself out there. In 2003, a letter was slipped in the bar’s door, addressed to Carl. On the front, the return address depicted a swastika and the term “wendepunkt,” or turning point. The police came, opened the letter and told him that it was death threat. They called the FBI; two other letters had been sent in the region. A reporter caught wind, got their input and published a story. A few days later they got a phone call from their bartender, who told the couple to come to the bar right away. “We get our stuff together and come down and our bar is packed with all of our neighbors,” Fox says. “The word had gotten out because we had built a relationship with our community. We got a beautiful letter from one of the city commissioners about being the fabric of Newport and ‘Don’t let this intimidate you. We have your back.’” He says the outpouring was amazing, but the night didn’t end there. Their neighbors pulled together monetary pledges to try and catch whoever committed the fear tactic. It turned out to be a man in his late 50s/ early 60s living northeast of Cincinnati. For the offense, he got two-and-a-half years in prison. They read a letter during his sentencing to help Carl find closure. They wanted to make sure that it was clear that they believed this man should find help while in prison. And that, though he wanted to intimidate them, he ended up doing the opposite. “Everything you did caused our neighbors to come out and support us. We know now more than before that we’re in the right place doing the right thing,” Fox says. “Understand that we’re not alone and our neighbors are with us. The way our community responded; it was really amazing and extraordinary to us to know that we have that support behind us and we’re doing the right thing.” Importantly, they didn’t act out of anger. “We have a mission. And I think it’s important for every business to have a mission and purpose of what you’re doing other than keeping the lights on and paying the bills,” Fox says. “And for us, it’s about making our community better.”


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same-sex marriage in the past year, including The Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha and Guernsey. Mexican states Chipeas, Puebla and Baja California made the change, too.

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In 2015, Americans were granted marriage equality in all 50 states. But American Indian tribal law didn’t necessarily follow suit — tribes have jurisdiction over their members because they are sovereign nations. High Country News reported that of 567 federally recognized indigenous tribes, only 35 legally recognize same-sex marriage (as of 2017). Diné Equality is one group on the frontlines fighting to protect LGBTQ tribe members, specifically within the Navajo Nation (Diné is the preferred term used by Navajo

people). The Navajo passed the Diné Marriage Act in 2005, which prohibited samesex marriages. It was never repealed. But that struggle is seeing headway. In March of last year, the Osage Nation in Oklahoma passed a proposal that allowed same-sex marriages to be performed on tribal grounds, with 770 voting for and 700 voting against. Also in March 2017, the Prairie Island Indian Community (located in Minnesota) legalized same-sex marriage via a change to their domestic relations code. Now, it states that “two persons of the same or opposite gender may marry.” Then in October, the Ak-Chin Indian Community agreed to uphold the results of a civil suit that changed how same-sex marriages were recognized. In 2015, one of the tribe’s members fi led a lawsuit alleging that the Ak-Chin stance on same-sex marriage — the law explicitly banned same-sex marriages and did not recognize them if they were performed off the reservation — violated equal protections stated under the Indian Civil Rights Act. The lawsuit was found in favor of the member and the tribe’s chairman said the ruling would not be repealed. It was a victory — and one that may influence other tribes in the future.

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2016. Civil same-sex marriage and adoption went into effect in July 2017. Malta: Malta passed legislation on July 12, 2017 and issued a legal notice to commence the law by the first of September. Prior, in 2014, it allowed civil unions the same rights as marriage, including joint adoption. Australia: This country’s parliament passed legislation on Dec. 7, 2017 and two days later, the law went into effect. On Dec. 15, the fi rst same-sex marriage under Australian law was held. Bermuda: In May 2017, the British territory’s supreme court legalized same-sex marriage. In February 2018, Bermuda then banned same-sex marriage via the “Domestic Partnership Act.” On June 5, the Supreme Court ruled once again that a ban is unconstitutional. Other British territories also legalized

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As of this year, 26 countries have fully given same-sex couples the right to marry. Slews of territories and states across the world have also recognized the LGBTQ movement. But it is still on the frontier of social change — according to a 2017 International LGBTQI association report, 72 countries still criminalize same-sex marriage. In eight, it’s punishable by death. So, work still needs to be done. Finland: Despite being approved by the Finnish parliament in 2014, the law to legalize same-sex marriage just took effect in March last year. Taiwan: On May 24, 2017, Taiwan became the fi rst Asian country whose courts ruled same-sex marriage was legal, and ordered its parliament to follow suit. The law is expected to go into effect by May 24, 2019. Germany: Last June, Germany legalized same-sex marriage across the nation with 393 votes in favor, 226 against and four abstentions. In October, the first marriages were issued. The Faroe Islands: This archipelago in the Norwegian Sea — within the Kingdom of Denmark — legalized same-sex marriage after failed attempts in 2013/14 and

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Protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people has just begun to enter mainstream conversation — and with more awareness the community has seen victories, but also setbacks. In 2017, 28 transgender people in the U.S. were violently shot or killed, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Halfway through 2018, the community has lost 12 others. More faced discrimination, prejudice and injustice based on their identity. Locally, there are some resources transgender folks and their families can access. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has a trans clinic. If you’re ready to take those steps (or still navigating), they provide resources and services specifically tailored toward trans health for ages 5-24. It’s one of the only in the region — many patients come in from surrounding states seeking treatment. There’s also Heartland Trans Clinic, which provides essential support to the trans and queer community by providing accessible resources and services. Plus, there’s a community built around this place where people can find belonging, hope and love. After Donald Trump was elected to the oval office, many were worried that they’d see rollbacks to protections set in place. And, in general, that progress made would be lost. In reaction, 2017 elections saw an outpouring of women, minorities, young people and LGBTQ individuals throwing their hat in the ring to campaign for social change. In November 2017, eight transgender people were elected to public office, more than ever before. Here are their victories: Andrea Jenkins (Minnesota): Jenkins was the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to office here. She took a seat on the Minneapolis City Council. Phillipe Cunningham (Minnesota): Cunningham followed suit, becoming the first openly transgender man of color to be elected to the Minneapolis City Council. Danica Roem (Virginia): You likely saw news coverage of Roem’s historic win. She became the first openly transgender person to win a state legislature seat, beating out 11-term Republican Bob Marshall. Lisa Middleton (California): Middleton became the first trans person elected to a non-judicial office in California, according to Equality California. With her was bisexual council member Christy Holstege — making the Palm Springs City Council 100 percent LGBTQ. Stephe Koontz (Georgia): Koontz won a seat on the Doraville City Council by six

votes in Georgia, becoming the only openly transgender person to represent the state. Tyler Titus (Pennsylvania): Titus was elected to the Erie City School District School board, serving as the first openly transgender person to do so in the state. Gerri Cannon (New Hampshire): In a tight race, Cannon won a spot on the Somersworth School Board. In 2018, she plans to run for New Hampshire State Representative, according to her LinkedIn page. Raven Matherne (Connecticut): Matherne was elected to Stamford Board of Representatives. At 30, she marks both the youngest member ever along with being Connecticut’s first transgender lawmaker. Jacquelyn Ryan (Massachusetts): Rounding out the list, Ryan was elected to a seat on the Southbridge School board in Massachusetts. Bonus: Our upstairs neighbor, Canada, elected their first transgender mayor; Julie Lemieux now serves Très-Saint-Rédempteur in Quebec.

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June 27, 2017: As of last year, residents in Washington, D.C. could choose a genderneutral option for their driver’s license, and they were the first in the country to do so. Internationally, policies exist in Canada, India, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand and Nepal. July 9, 2017: The Church of England decided to offer services to transgender people of the Anglican faith, extending a welcoming hand to the community. July 26, 2017: Trump tweets. A lot. That fact is undeniable. But, one tweet in particular sparked a hotbed of social media fury and debate (if you can call Twitter discourse “debate”): “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender


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individuals to serve in any capacity in the US Military.” But can a Pres make a declaration so swiftly via social media? Nah. That December, a second federal judge struck down Trump’s statement. The Pentagon later announced that they would begin to process transgender applicants to the military. By Feb. 26, 2018, the first transgender person had signed a contract to join. The story unraveled more in March 2018, when a new policy would disqualify most transgender people from serving: It stated that those with a history of gender dysphoria — those who would need medical treatment, medication and surgery — could not join (with exceptions). On June 15, the federal court ruled that the Trump administration cannot implement its ban. Currently, a lawsuit against the ban is in courts. Sept. 18, 2017: Lena Waithe became the first black woman (and black lesbian) to win an Emmy for comedy writing, awarded for the Master of None “Thanksgiving” episode, aka a story of a young, queer black woman coming out to her family. She ended her speech with thanks for “embracing a little queer black girl from the Southside of Chicago.” Oct. 4, 2017: Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that the 1964 federal civil rights law does not protect transgender workers from workplace discrimination. In a memo to federal prosecutors he added that the department would use this in future cases. Thankfully, in February of this year, the Second Circuit Court of appeals released an opinion that directly disagreed with Sessions’ — that is, discriminating based on sexual orientation should constitute

a form of, well, discrimination. Oct. 16, 2017: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to make the Sunshine State the first in the nation to recognize a third gender. Californians can now legally identify as “nonbinary.” All state-issued documents will reflect this move. The bill also makes the transition process easier (be it changing documentation from male to female, female to male or male/female to nonbinary). Citizens don’t need to obtain a doctor statement or appear in court to make it official. Nov. 7, 2017: The New York City Metro Transportation Authority announced that the days of “ladies and gentlemen” had come to an end. As a replacement, they opted to replace the term with gender-inclusive language, i.e., passengers/riders/everyone. March 4, 2018: Call Me By Your Name snagged the Best Picture Oscar, marking the second year in a row where an LGBTQcentered film has taken the award (Moonlight won in 2017). Also, Daniela Vega (A Fantastic Woman) made history as the first openly transgender Oscar presenter — for Sufjan Stevens’s performance of “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name. Director Yance Ford also became the first transgender filmmaker to have a film nominated, for Strong Island. June 4, 2018: In a Supreme Court case gone viral, a Colorado baker refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding based on religious beliefs. The court ruled in favor of the baker, Jack Phillips of Colorado, with a 7-2 vote. Originally, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled against the baker, which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s majority opinion said was “hostile” toward religion based on a remark made by one of its members. June 8, 2018: New Hampshire may be a Republican-led state, but Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill that bans discrimination based on gender identity and the use of conversion therapy on minors. He told reporters at WMUR that they needed to ensure that New Hampshire “is a place where every person, regardless of their background, has an equal opportunity to pursue their dreams and to make a better life for themselves and their families.”

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Bear Night at Tillies — This Bear Night celebrates Mr. Cincinnati Leather 2018, Ramon Spurlock, and Mr. Tri-State Leather, Dorian Gray. 6 p.m.-midnight every Wednesday through Aug. 23. Free. Tillies Lounge, 4042 Hamilton Ave., Northside, facebook.com/ tillieslounge.

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the 1998 Rock musical by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, is a radical Rock concert from beginning to end. Through July 1. $68 adult; $31 student; $27 child. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, ensemblecincinnati.org.

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Washington Park’s Summer Cinema with Cincinnati Pride: Beauty and the Beast — This week, the park is screening animated classic Beauty and the Beast, and Pride will be on hand with a swag booth, food options and more. Come dressed in your best costume and take a picture against a special backdrop. The best dressed and most creative will win a gift basket. 7:30 p.m.; film starts at dusk. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.

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Drag Show by Cincinnati Pride — After the Summer Cinema screening at Washington Park, head to Queen City Radio for a drag show. Starts after film ends. Free. Queen City Radio, 222 W. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, qcrbar.com. State of Black LGBTQ in Cincy Forum — This forum brings together diverse leaders in the Black LGBTQ community to talk about political issues in Cincinnati and beyond. Panelists will be discussing a variety of topics, ranging from visibility of and discrimination toward the black LGBTQ community, the most effective ways to create social justice, support for LGBTQ youth and more. 6-8:30 p.m. Free. African American Cultural and Resource

center, University of Cincinnati, 60 W. Charlton St., Clifton, cincinnatiblackpride.com.

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Pride Comedy Show — Below Zero is hosting a new Pride Comedy Show featuring LGBTQ stand-ups, improvisers and more for a night of comedy to “knock your rainbow socks right off.” All proceeds will be donated to GLSEN Cincinnati Chapter. 8-9:30 p.m. Donations taken at the door. Below Zero Cabaret Lounge, 1120 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/belowzerolounge. Cincinnati Black Pride–Ladies Night — Drink specials, giveaways and music from DJ Kaotic and DJ Hershe B. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Aster, 8 E. Fourth St., Downtown, cincinnatiblackpride.com. Drag Show at The Main Event — A drag performance and club night. 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Free admission. Main Event, 835 Main St., Downtown, facebook.com/maineventcincinnati. Black Alphabet Cincy — A celebration of black LGBTQ films, Black Alphabet Cincy offers a chance to see films that exhibit not only incredible performances, but also give LGBTQ characters the center stage. Two shorts — Change, which follows a gay African-American teenager on the night Obama was elected president, and 3030, an original series that chronicles the lives of two platonic lesbian roommates living in Las Vegas — screen before the feature film, Saturday Church, the story of a 14-year-old effeminate boy who struggles with gender identity and becoming the “man of the house” after his father dies. 7 p.m. $12. Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave, Clifton, esquiretheatre.com.

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Black LGBTQ Film: Same Difference — Same Difference, a documentary about lesbians who discriminate against other lesbians based on gender roles, takes an in-depth look at the internalized hetero-normative gender roles within the African-American lesbian and bisexual community. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $12. Hoffner Lodge, 4120 Hamilton Ave., Northside, cincinnatifilm.org. Six Characters In Search Of A Play — Del Shores, creator of Sordid Lives, brings you a one-man show featuring six characters inspired by his real-life encounters. 8 p.m. $25. Below Zero Lounge, 1120 Walnut St., Downtown, facebook.com/belowzerolounge. Cincinnati Opera’s Pride Night Celebration — The opera’s 12th-annviersary Pride Night Celebration combines opera with a celebration of Greater Cincinnati’s LGBTQ community and supporters. There will be drinks, music, light bites and dazzling décor in Music Hall’s Corbett Tower. 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatiopera.org. Shabbat with RUACH — Celebrate Shabbat and Pride with RUACH, Rockdale Temple’s young professional community. There will be


Shabbat services marking Pride weekend at the temple, followed by Shabbat dinner at Grand Central Deli. 6:15 p.m. services at Rockdale Temple, 8501 Ridge Road, Amberley Village, rockdaletemple.org; 7:459:45 p.m. Shabbat Dinner at Grand Central Delicatessen, 6085 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge, RSVP to mkahan@rockdaletemple.org. ’90s Videos Night- Pride Weekend Kick-Off — Tillies Lounge hosts an evening featuring all your favorite dance and club hits from the 1990s — as screened by VJ Paul. Show up in your best ’90s club wear. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Free. Tillies Lounge, 4042 Hamilton Ave., Northside, facebook.com/tillieslounge. Rock Da Boat Boat Ride on the Ohio River — Two levels with two bars featuring ’90s and throwback music on the first floor and current hits from Rock Hard Productions and DJ EazyKutz on the second. 18 and older. 10:30-11:30 p.m. boarding; 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ride. $25; $30 day-of. Cincinnati Public Landing, 435 E. Mehring Way, Downtown, cincinnatiblackpride.com Odd: An Alternative Drag Show — Ella Gunt and Stixen Stones host an alternative drag show at The Mockbee to benefit Grace Place, a shelter in College Hill that houses and supports mothers and children who are transitioning out of homelessness. Show is 21 and older. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Free admission. The Mockbee, 2260 Central Parkway, West End, facebook.com/themockbee.

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Pride Weekend at Marty’s Hops & Vines — Head to Marty’s for drink specials on Taft’s Pride and Passion fruit ale, Brothers Drake Meadery Freestone Hopped mead and limited-edition Rosé Bubbles cans. June 22-23. Prices vary. Marty’s Hops & Vines, 6110 Hamilton Ave., College Hill, martyshopsandvines.com. Official Cincinnati Black Pride Party — Featuring Brookville’s Tyco & TheeTuhvon D’Neal. 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Jack Casino, 1000 Broadway, Pendleton, cincinnatiblackpride. com.

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Pride Sunday Tea Dance — Head to Queen City Radio for a Sunday Tea Dance with DJ Jacoby. 4-7 p.m. Free admission. Queen City Radio, 222 W. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, qcrbar.com. Pride N Paint — Head to The Mockbee for a Pride N Paint night, with sounds by DJ Yung Red and DJ Kaotic. 2 p.m. doors; 3 p.m. paint event. $35. The Mockbee, 2260 Central Parkway, West End, cincinnatiblackpride.com. Fever! The Pride Edition — Every last Sunday of the month, Below Zero plays classic Disco hits. For this special Pride edition of Fever!, break out the bell bottoms and get ready to shake your groove thing. 4-7 p.m. Below Zero Lounge, 1120 Walnut St., Overthe-Rhine, facebook.com/belowzerolounge. Millennial Dodgeball Tournament and Cookout — A community barbecue with a dodgeball tournament for those born between 1980-2000. 4-9 p.m. Free. McFarlan Woods Picnic Shelter, Mount Airy Forest, 2800 Westwood Northern Blvd., Westwood, cincinnatiblackpride.com.

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Drag Queen Story Hour — Drag Queen Story Hour “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity in childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive and unabashedly queer role models.” Local drag queens will share fun stories, make crafts and inspire creative play. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Northside Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 4219 Hamilton Ave., Northside, cincinnatilibrary.org.

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Absolut Pride Party — Below Zero Lounge’s 10th-annual Absolut Pride Party, hosted by Absolut Vodka. Dress in your favorite Pride attire, enjoy Absolut drink specials and dance all night to the sounds of VJ Fuel. Upstairs/ next door, the ladies at The Cabaret have an amazing show lined up. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Free. Below Zero Lounge, 1120 Walnut St., Downtown, facebook.com/belowzerolounge.

Queen City Radio Pride Party — After the Pride Parade and Festival at Sawyer Point, head to QCR for two drag shows, hosted by Keith Hard and Jessica Dimon. 3 and 7 p.m. Free admission. Queen City Radio, 222 W. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, qcrbar.com.

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Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival — Celebrate and support the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month with the city’s biggest and best love fest of the whole year: the 45th Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival. The Pride Parade kicks off the festivities at 11 a.m. Saturday, stepping off from the intersection of Seventh Street and Central Avenue before winding its way through downtown to the festival grounds at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove. Expect tons of local organizations, companies and entrainment marching to beat of their own drum, including Pride sponsors like Pure Romance, US Bank, Delta Airlines, Kroger, Fifth Third Bank, P&G and more. The festival features two stages of entertainment with all LGBTQ+ artists and performers, including headliners Superfruit, Ginger Minj and Kim Petras, plus vendors, food, booze, a family-friendly area and more. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Sawyer Point, 705 E Pete Rose Way, Downtown, cincinnatipride.org.

Namastay Woke–Black Queer Pride — Namastay Woke is a yoga class inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and seeks to move people into action. This class is for everyone, from the racially exhausted, activists and organizers to those looking for intersectional spaces and more. 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Donation based. Gabriel’s Place, 3619 Reading Road, Avondale, facebook.com/ healnbuild.

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ONSTAGE: Life Could Be a Dream Roger Bean has a way with oldies from the ’50s and ’60s, creating multiple hits with his Marvelous Wonderette shows about the young gals from Springfield High. But he’s also paid attention to the guys with this show, the story of Denny and the Dreamers, a wannabe DooWop group, hoping to hit the big time via a radio contest. If tunes like “Fools Fall in Love,” “Tears on My Pillow,” “Runaround Sue,” “Earth Angel,” “Stay,” “Unchained Melody,” “Lonely Teardrops” and “The Glory of Love” put you in a nostalgic mood — with a lot of laughs to boot — this is the show for you at NKU’s summer dinner theater. Through June 24. $37; includes buffet dinner and show. Commonwealth Theatre Company, Northern Kentucky University, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, nku. edu/ctc. — RICK PENDER FILM: Washington Park’s Summer Cinema with Cincinnati Pride: Beauty and the Beast Cincinnati Pride is partnering with Washington Park’s Summer Cinema series for a family-friendly celebration featuring plenty of singalong moments and yellow ball gowns. This week, the park is screening Beauty and the Beast — the animated classic — and Pride

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MUSIC: No Response Festival Cincinnati’s annual No Response Festival returns this week and it will once again feature some big names and influential artists from the Experimental music world. Last year, the event (founded by longtime Experimental arts promoters Jon Lorenz and John Rich of Art Damage Lodge fame) brought to Cincinnati influential creators like Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and Japanese Noise

pioneers Hiokaidan. For this year’s festival in Overthe-Rhine, Kim Gordon and Bill Nace’s Body/Head (Gordon’s primary musical outlet since the dissolution of Sonic Youth in 2011) will headline opening night on Thursday. Gordon and Nace are readying a new Body/ Head album for release on Matador Records in July and when she talked to CityBeat recently (visit citybeat.com to read the interview in full), Gordon also confirmed she is working on her first solo album. Joining Body/Head at No Response on Thursday is Ikue Mori, drummer for early No Wave group DNA who went on to do innovative work with drum machines; L.A. duo Joe & Joe; and Circuit des Yeux’s Haley Fohr. Friday, No Response is headlined by Keiji Haino, the longtime Japanese sound sculptor noted for his inventive work in Drone, Noise and other boundless styles. Joining Haino on Friday is avant-garde collective To Live and Shave in L.A.,

Noise/Industrial artist Robert Turman and composer and multimedia collagist Olivia Block. 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday. $25; $30 day of show (each day); $50 two-day. Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St., Over-theRhine, woodwardtheater. com, noresponsefestival. com. — MIKE BREEN EVENT: Friends of Serpent Mound Summer Solstice Celebration The summer solstice (aka the day that receives the most continuous light aka the longest day of the year) is Thursday. To celebrate, Friends of the Serpent Mound — the prehistoric effigy mound in the shape of a snake in Peebles, Ohio — are hosting a four-day event with musicians, historians, artisans, scientists, spiritualists and naturalists sharing “new and ancient knowledge, stories and crafts.” There will be late-night drumming, a temporary walking labyrinth and other events to promote the Serpent

Mound, those who made it and its association with the summer solstice (the serpent’s head is aligned to the solstice sunset). 5-11 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Soaring Eagle Retreat (adjacent to Serpent Mount), 375 Horner Chapel, Peebles, serpentmound.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO FILM: Black Alphabet Cincy Black Alphabet Cincy offers a chance to see films that exhibit not only incredible performances, but also give black LGBTQ+ characters the center stage. Two shorts — Change, which follows a gay African-American teenager on the night Obama was elected president, and 3030, an original series that chronicles the lives of two platonic lesbian roommates living in Las Vegas — screen before the feature film, Saturday Church, the story of a 14-year-old effeminate boy who struggles

with gender identity and becoming the “man of the house” after his father dies. Hosted by Tim’m T. West, co-founder of the Black Alphabet Film Festival, and J.T. Roane, assistant professor of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati, this one-night-only screening fest features complex and thought-provoking stories, so grab your popcorn and maybe some tissues, too. 7 p.m. Thursday. $12. Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave, Clifton, esquiretheatre.com. — LIZZY SCHMITT

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show at The Mockbee to benefit Grace Place, a shelter in College Hill that houses and supports mothers and children who are transitioning out of homelessness. In 2016, Grace Place provided shelter and care to dozens of families with the help of more than 300 volunteers. You can do your part by bringing lots of singles and donating new toys and Barbie dolls of diverse color and body type to Grace Place. Special drag guests include Zsa Zsa Gabortion and Beverly Hellz from Louisville, plus Mylene Zanay, Tara Newone, Pinki Pagan and Aura Tannen. Show is 21+. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday. Free admission. The Mockbee, 2260 Central Parkway, West End, facebook.com/themockbee. — SAMI STEWART

EVENT: Panegyri Greek Festival Two types of people are invited to this year’s 44thannual Panegyri Greek Festival: Greeks and people who wish they were Greek. All are welcome to attend this whirlwind tour of Greek culture. Get schooled on Greek history during the tour of the Greek Orthodox church, indulge in Greek cuisine by double-fisting baklava and gyros and catch a few dance performances to remind yourself how uncoordinated you are. Browse the open-air agora for jewelry and clothing, attend a cooking demonstration or gorge yourself on baklava, sundaes to the sounds of bouzouki music. There will be everything from appetizers and authentic Greek pastries to full dinners, plus imported Greek wines and beer. Opa! 5-11 p.m.

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EVENT: Rhinegeist’s Fifth Anniversary Adventure Rhinegeist celebrates its fifth year in the brewing business on Saturday with a blow-out bash themed “Are We There Yet?” Come take a tour of the decked-out taproom and event space, full of sweeping views and attractions “worthy of the Guinness Book,” including Geist Vegas; a Rhinegeist Falls photo booth; the Museum of Rhinegeist History; Lookout Peak on the rooftop patio; The Elm St. Motel; Geist World outdoor amusement park with a dunk tank, slip-n-slide, face painting and more; the World’s Largest Dinosaur in a Brewery (literally); Rhinegeist Campgrounds; Souvenir City; and more, including ice cream from Dojo Gelato and bites from Sartre. In addition to all this epic adventure, the brewery will be tapping a lineup of rare beers, launching its Cloud Five hazy imperial IPA and doling out a few surprises. Noon-2 a.m. Saturday. Free admission. Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com. — DAVID DESSAUER

Friday; 3-11 p.m. Saturday; 1-8 p.m. Sunday. $2; free 12 and under. Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 7000 Winton Road, Finneytown, panegyri.com. — SAMI STEWART

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MUSIC: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks play Woodward Theater. See Sound Advice on page 39. EVENT: Brunched If your favorite meal of the day is something dumb like breakfast, lunch or dinner, don’t even bother reading this. If you’re like the rest of us and enjoy waking up late and drinking before noon, you know that brunch reigns supreme. CityBeat’s annual Brunched boozy breakfast club is back, people. Come hang out at the American Sign Museum to get a taste of all the best places you’ll want to spend your weekend mornings this summer, like Court Street Lobster Bar, Rosedale, O Pie O, Holtman’s Donuts and more. Cast your vote for the Best Bloody Mary and Best Mimosa as you spend the day surrounded by all things brunch. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday. Currently sold out. American Sign Museum, 1330 Monmouth Ave., Camp Washington, brunchedcincy. com. — MORGAN ZUMBIEL

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COMEDY: Laughter for the Best Medicine Anderson Township native Andrew Rudick hosts a comedy benefit show Sunday at Taft’s Brewporium. “It’s all to raise money for a high school classmate of mine, Caitlin Deane, who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage four cervical cancer,” Rudick says. “I know people say laughter is the best medicine, but in this case, medicine is actually the best medicine, so this will be laughter for the best medicine.” Nationally touring comedian Stewart Huff from Athens, Ga. will headline with support from top locally based favorites Gabe Kea, Mark Chalifoux, Chris Weir and Leah Rudick. “(She’s) my more-talented sister who is a sketch comedian based in Los Angeles and has appeared on HBO’s High Maintenance,” Rudick says of the latter. Tickets are $10 with a portion of the proceeds going to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition and the rest going to help pay for Deane’s care. 6-9 p.m. Sunday. $10. Taft’s Brewporium, 4831 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, taftsalehouse.com/ brewpourium. — P.F. WILSON

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EVENT: Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival Celebrate and support the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month with the city’s biggest and best love fest of the whole year: the 45th Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival. The Pride Parade kicks off the festivities at 11 a.m. Saturday, stepping off from the intersection of Seventh Street and Central Avenue before winding its way through downtown to the festival grounds at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove. Expect tons of local organizations, companies and entrainment marching to beat of their own drum, including Pride sponsors like Pure Romance, US Bank, Delta Airlines, Kroger, Fifth Third Bank, P&G and more. The festival features two stages of entertainment with all LGBTQ+ artists and performers, including headliners Superfruit, Ginger Minj and Kim Petras, plus vendors, food, booze, a family-friendly area and

more. Check out the Pride Issue cover story on page 13 for more events. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. Free. Sawyer Point, 705 E Pete Rose Way, Downtown, cincinnatipride. org. — LIZZY SCHMITT

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COMEDY: Musically inclined political satire group Capitol Steps do two shows at Memorial Hall. See feature on page 28.

EVENT: 11th-Annual Dog Day of Summer If you’re from Cincinnati, the idea of going to a cemetery just for the heck of it doesn’t sound like the most Goth thing ever, as long as it’s Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum. Spring Grove is a great place to walk, and it’s usually no dogs allowed — except for the one day a year when four-legged friends are permitted to accompany their humans through the park. During the

Dog Day of Summer, enjoy 400-plus acres of space with your pup, as well as special events like an organized trail walk, a remembrance service for pets who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge, a guess the treats contest, a luau-themed picnic and onsite animal adoptions from Tails of Hope. Tails of Hope asks that you bring items like puppy pads, pet food storage bins and new or gently used collars, leashes and beds to donate at their adoption event. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, springgrove.org. — MORGAN ZUMBIEL

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MUSIC: Grizzly Bear and Spoon co-headline a show at PNC Pavilion. See an interview with Spoon on page 36.

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A Man of Many Well-Chosen Words

ARTS & CULTURE

Manuel Iris, Cincinnati’s new poet laureate, has just published a bilingual anthology of his award-winning Spanish verse BY R AS H A A L LY

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Cincinnati’s new poet laureate, Manuel Iris PHOTO: HAILEY BOLLINGER

to go to the more poverty-stricken schools.” Because of his highly praised Spanishlanguage books of poems, Iris has actually flirted with popular culture in Mexico. “I am known there, but I don’t live there,” he says. Recently, the Mexican telenovela Por Amar sin Ley mentioned Iris’ name in a brief scene, where one of the characters is heading to jail. A friend offers to give the character poetry to read during his jail stay, and asks him to choose between Iris and Octavio Paz, the great 20th-century Mexican poet who won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. “Of course, the character chose Octavio Paz,” Iris says, laughing. “That was very fun and very funny.” However, what made the scene more poignant was that the dialogue showed people had heard of him. “Someone somewhere is reading what I do. Someone cares,” he says. “And that is enough to be happy for me.” Learn more about Manuel Iris and his poetry at bufondedios.blogspot.com.

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— he sought to avoid using a translator but rather tried to write in English, as if he was first composing the poems in that language, he says on his website. Iris was an experienced, published poet before he ever left his homeland. In 2003, at age 20, he published his first book while living in Mérida, Yucatán. When Iris was in his late teens, his brother Fernando was just a young boy beginning to articulate words. Iris noticed a rhythm to his speaking pattern and he jotted down the phrases his brother said. That soon became the foundation for a book of poetry with the appropriate title Stolen Verses and Other Games. Iris and a friend were the ones who distributed that first book. “We would go to small little towns around the city,” Iris says. “There, we would have book parties, sing with the kids and give a contest. The winner won a book. Then, we gave the other books for free. “Then we would go back to the city, and do the same thing. But, this time, we would sell the books in the private schools and use that profit to cover the travel expenses

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Hansel. “I feel confident that Manuel will make an excellent poet laureate, building on initiatives begun during my term and, more importantly, bringing his own passions and creativity to the post, making it his own,” she says. Iris, who is 34 and a native of Mexico, received a degree in Latin American Literature from the Autonomous University of Yucatán. He then came to the United States in 2006 to receive a master’s degree in Spanish and Hispanic American Literature from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. He subsequently received a doctorate in Romance Languages from the University of Cincinnati. After graduating from UC, where he met his wife, Iris took a job as a Spanish teacher at Clifton’s DePaul Cristo Rey High School and later switched to teaching English literature. Iris and another teacher at the school, Pat Brennan, co-coach a poetry slam team that participates in an annual competition called Louder Than a Bomb. He has also been able to continue his writing and establish a family life — his wife gave birth to their first child in March. Iris’ rise as a published poet has paralleled his academic studies. In 2009, he was awarded Mexico’s Mérida National Poetry Award for his book Notebook of Dreams. His third book, 2014’s The Disguise of Fire, won the Rodulfo Figueroa Regional Award for Poetry and was one of the 10 finalists for the Latin-American award for published books, Ciudad de la Lira, in Cuenca, Ecuador. Translating Silence, published in March, is his first book in the U.S. and is bilingual

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anuel Iris, Cincinnati’s new poet laureate, describes the subject he loves this way: “Poetry is finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.” And his writing does exactly that. For instance, in one of his poems, “Ars poetica” — from his latest book, Translating Silence, a bilingual Spanish and English anthology of his past work — he takes the time to deeply contemplate something which most people wouldn’t give a second thought: the fate of a leaf on a tree. Iris finds beauty in the extraordinary stubbornness of a yellow leaf fighting to stay attached to its branch through bad weather. Thus, he decides to preserve the leaf’s tenacity in a poem: “I watch her battle against wind and rain against gravity Her persistence does not deserve oblivion. That is why I put her here in this verse from which she will not fall.” Translating Silence, published this year, has been nominated as a finalist in two categories of the International Latino Book Award — for bilingual and translated works. In September, Iris will fly out to Los Angeles for the ceremony to hear the results. Each of the finalists in the categories will receive either an award or an honorable mention. If that poem about the leaf strikes you as so beautiful you want to read or hear more poetry, or perhaps even try to write it, you’ll have support from Iris. Encouraging poetry appreciation is an important part of his duties as the City Council-appointed poet laureate. For the next two years, he says, his job is to promote poetry appreciation and encourage the reading and writing of poetry throughout the city. “I have complete freedom to develop how to do that,” he says. One way he’ll achieve his goal is through launching a poetry reading series. Each month, the readings — titled “All We Have in Common” — will be held at different sites. He’s taking over the position vacated by Cincinnati’s first poet laureate, Pauletta

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Elaina Newport’s phone demeanor is Even so, don’t look for any sea changes the chipper disposition of someone who in the show itself. cannot get to work soon enough. The sole “We don’t shut down one show and open remaining original member of the Capitol a new one,” Newport says. “We put out an Steps, a musical political-parody group album every year, but basically the show is she co-founded in 1982, Newport picks up always evolving. We add a song every week her extension and responds immediately or two, and retire one reluctantly. The show with unbridled enthusiasm. Capitol Steps is always kind of turning over.” performs two shows at Memorial Hall on Like the Trump administration itself. Sunday. While the Steps write roughly a song “It’s a great time to be in political satire,” every two weeks and choose 18 or so for Newport says with audible joy. “I’m always each album, the Trump White House in a good mood. It’s almost like politicians are thinking of comedians and no one else.” Every commander in chief over the past 36 years has provided material for the Washington, D.C.based song parody/sketch comedy outfit. But, as Newport notes, Donald Trump has offered a full term’s worth of gold in just his first year and a half. As the media has also discovered, the pace of events within the Trump administration is lightning fast. “It’s almost too fast,” Newport says. “Today, the The Capitol Steps’ Elaina Newport story is that we pulled out of the Paris climate PHOTO: L AWREN CE LUK accord. Next week, nobody remembers that and the story is the Korea summit. You write a song requires different parameters. Take former and next week, there’s another story. It’s communications director Anthony Scarexhausting.” amucci, whose tenure lasted a whopping As Newport notes, this paradigm is more 12 days. Clearly, he’s ripe for the Steps’ problematic for the Capitol Steps. Their parodic microscope, but how long will chosen form of presenting satire is through anyone remember him? music, taking a familiar standard, a rec“We debated but we decided to include ognizable classic or contemporary hit and the song about the Mooch,” Newport says. writing new lyrics to highlight the current It’s not difficult for Newport to consider administration’s foibles. Comedians write which of the six presidents that have been a new joke. The Steps rework a song. fodder for the Steps has provided the “We’re writing a whole song, and making best material. It’s also not particularly some poor performer rehearse and memochallenging to see who’s coming in a hot rize it,” she says. “We have a Paul Manafort second. song — he sings ‘I’m So Indicted’ — and he “Until now, Bill Clinton was the golden keeps popping up, so that worked out. And age of political satire,” she says. “There Stormy Daniels is not going away quietly.” was a little bit of the same thing going on Still, somehow the Capitol Steps manwith Clinton as with Trump; it was hard to age to pull fresh rabbits out of a variety of be more ridiculous than the actual stories. hats on a nightly basis, the latest involving Linda Tripp putting a wire in her bra, Trump’s attempt at singing “God Bless Monica (Lewinsky) keeping the dress; that America.” story got more and more bizarre. “We threw in a new one this weekend. We “The same is true today. The good news were like, ‘Blah, blah, blah, bless America,’” is we’re bipartisan. If you’d seen the shows she says with a laugh. “All we have to do is in the Clinton years, you would have been put in a lot of ‘blah, blah, blahs.’ ” like, ‘Oh, you’ve got so many songs about The Steps’ first album of the Trump the Democrats.’ Now the Republicans are presidency was the hilariously pointed the party in power, and the party in power Orange is the New Barack, which was is always funnier.” released last year. The group just finished a The Capitol Steps performs 2 and 7 p.m. brand-new recording, Make America Grin Sunday at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine. Again, which may be available in CD form Tickets/more info: memorialhallotr.com. at their show at Memorial Hall.


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Cast Redeems ‘Once on This Island’

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JUNE 22 • 6-8 PM

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Matt Lynch & Curtis Goldstein: Work/Surface – Inspired by the monumental mosaic “Worker Murals” series created by Winold Reiss for Cincinnati’s Union Terminal opening in 1933, Matt Lynch (Cincinnati, OH) and Curtis Goldstein (Columbus, OH) combined their respective backgrounds in alternative applications for industrial materials and collage and mural painting to create Work/Surface, a suite of laser-cut Formica high-pressure laminate mosaics. Exhibition Sponsors:

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that provides the exposition for the show. Also good is “And the Gods Heard Her Prayer/Rain,” with an energetic four-part arrangement that also features outstanding solo lines. All in all, the cast manages to overcome and compensate for the limitations of the space’s acoustics. Perhaps most impressive among the cast are El More and Tim Judah, who play Mama Euralie and Tonton Julian, respectively. Their voices blend together spectacularly and create lovely overtones. This is most notable in their rendition of the heartfelt “Ti Moune,” the song that finds Mama Euralie and Tonton Julian pleading with Ti Moune to forego a journey in order to stay with them. More has a voice like air — it’s so easy and satisfying to take in that she could sing a shopping list and you’d still find yourself listening for hours. Another standout performer is Chandler Hoffert, who plays the devilish Papa GE, the demon of death. His mask, designed by Caren Brady, is simple, but lends a menacing sartorial addition to his cunning demon. Hoffert brilliantly employs a catlike physicality to Papa GE that overcomes his inability to use facial expressions to display his reactions. As a production, Once on This Island is concisely done, for the most part. One element that does fall behind are the projections displayed on a background screen, which are busy and of poor quality. Their modernity contrasts with the rest of the set and content of the show and takes the audience out of the experience. The rest of the lighting design, however, delivers a lovely color palette and provides nice textures that add depth to the performance space. Simplicity aids Incline’s Once on This Island and helps make it a truly enjoyable production overall.

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The Warsaw Federal Incline Theater in Price Hill has taken on the enduringly popular Once on This Island — a Broadway revival of it just won a Tony Award — and delivers a solid, feel-good performance. A remix of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet combined with elements of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, Lynn Ahrens’ and Stephen Flaherty’s one-act musical tells the story of two starcrossed lovers and their struggle against personal and social responsibilities. It originally opened on Broadway in 1990; a London production debuted in 1994. Once on This Island operates as a sort of play within a play. Introduced on a stormy night on an island, a small girl is comforted by her fellow villagers’ telling of the story of a peasant girl who falls in love with a boy belonging to the island’s upper class. This is the frame by which we are introduced to the central character of the fable, Ti Moune, who we follow as she defies the gods’ wishes and uses her powers to bring together young lovers separated by distance and social class. Along the journey, Once on This Island explores harsh class divides and shines a light on issues surrounding race as well. As the story introduces the island’s peasants, they are referred to as “dark-skinned,” in contrast to the upper class “light-skinned” descendants of the original French settlers and their slaves. Both groups live on opposite sides of the island in the French Antilles and lead vastly different lifestyles. There’s a sense of timelessness that is central to the fable, and that allows Incline’s production to shine. The choreography by Jay Goodlett (who also directs) is exuberant and wonderfully performed by the cast, and the music direction by Damon Stevens leads to crisp sounds that fill the space. The show’s energetic performers draw you into the story with their strong voices. This is apparent from the very beginning of the production, when everyone assembles to sing “We Dance,” a lively and joyful song

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ArtWorks’ New Murals Will Empower the Marginalized BY K AT H Y S C H WA R T Z

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Look through the mock-ups and descriptions for the murals that ArtWorks is producing this summer, and a theme emerges. Marginalized groups and underdogs — African-Americans, immigrants, women artists, people with disabilities, even a premature hippo — are getting their due. ArtWorks’ attention to diversity appeals to first-time teaching artist Harry Sanchez Jr., who’ll guide apprentices painting “The Early Bird” at 1715 Republic St., Overthe-Rhine. The mural on the Cincinnati Recreation Commission building will recognize the “cheerful givers, hard workers and overcomers” who participate in Saturday Hoops games and other activities for at-risk kids through the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative. The design by Nashville, Tenn. artist Bongang, a native of Cameroon, is a vibrant jumble of words and avian figures. “It’s uplifting and positive for kids in the area,” Sanchez says, describing not only the mural but the bigger picture. Art is not always about the imagery, he says. “For me, it’s who does it and who’s seeing it get done. I’m a Hispanic from the border (El Paso, Texas), and I’m a project manager in this. I’ve got some minority kids that are going to be on the project.” He’s excited that neighborhood youths will watch a mural be painted by “kids that look like them.” In Oakley, “Building Inclusive Communities: A Mural Project of Visionaries+Voices and ArtWorks” is being designed by an outsider artist from V+V. The nonprofit for creatives with disabilities opened its Visionarium studio and gallery at 3054 Madison Road, next to the mural site, late last year. Apprentices from both V+V and ArtWorks are going to do the painting. ArtWorks has created more than 175 murals in the region over the past decade, ever broadening in scope and style. Last year, the nonprofit made a conscious effort to address social issues through works like “Faces of Homelessness” in Over-the-Rhine

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Planned Mamie Smith mural by Julia Bottoms PHOTO: PROVIDED

and “Razzle Camp” in Camp Washington, which was designed with input from immigrants. This summer it will partner with Cincinnati Public Schools for “The Refuge Project,” an installation that w ill welcome families from near and far to the new Wellness Center at the Academy of World Languages in O’Bryonville. Three projects highlight Cincinnati’s urban identity. Artist James Pate, an Avondale native who installed scratchboard portraits of African-American women and girls inside the Duke Energy Convention Center last year, has designed the “Avondale Heroes Mural” for 3371 Reading Road. “Avondale Pride,” 3529 Reading Road, brings a series of murals by artist Cedric Michael Cox to the new Avondale Town Center. Cox had also designed the mural at the old shopping center. In Pendleton, “New Lines: Bolivar Alley” will employ street-art styles while calling attention to overlooked passageways in the city’s core. The virtual soundtrack of ArtWorks’ summer has a decidedly R&B beat. “It’s Your Thing,” a mural planned for 311 E. 13th St. in Pendleton, borrows the name of a 1969 Funk anthem by Lincoln Heights’

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Isley Brothers that’s now part of everyday jargon. It will be adjacent to a Cincinnati Legends mural honoring singer Mamie Smith. Born here in the 1880s, she went on to become the fi rst African-American Blues recording artist. Smith isn’t the only woman receiving recognition. “Emerge,” 1200 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, will mark the 125th anniversary of the Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati. The oldest such group in the country, it was formed when the Cincinnati Art Club accepted only men. “All in This Story Together” will be installed outside the Silverton classrooms of Women Writing for (a) Change, an organization that has provided a nurturing environment for female voices for more than 25 years. The outstretched

arms of “Creatress,” to be painted on the side of Brentwood Bowl, 9176 Winton Road, Springfield Township, also will encourage anyone with an idea to engage. These murals join the previously announced “Cincinnati Paints by Numbers: Fiona.” The Cincinnati Zoo’s little hippo that could, whose image is already on everything from ice cream cartons to beer cans, will be immortalized in a mural at 910 Race St., Downtown. The design was put to a public vote, and ArtWorks is now giving fans the chance to buy tickets and paint alongside artists and apprentices. For more info on this summer’s ArtWorks murals, visit artworkscincinnati.org.


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We All Want to Live in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood BY T T S T ER N - EN ZI

Fred Rogers (left) and François Clemmons on the set of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood PHOTO: JOHN BEALE

The tagline for Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — Morgan Neville’s inspiring documentary about Mr. Rogers — says it all: “a little kindness makes a world of difference.” And maybe what the world needs, especially now, is more kindness. Neville is working with a perfect role model for kindness in the late, great Fred Rogers, who from 1968-2001 was the gentle host of a classic public television education series, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, for preschoolers. (Rogers died in 2003.) Neville previously has taken us behind

the music in the Oscar-winning 20 Feet from Stardom, about the back-up singers who crafted rich harmonies for hits by the biggest bands of the Rock era. He then gave audiences ringside seats in Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal for a re-exploration of televised debates between political polar opposites Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr. Once again, we enter the way-back machine with him to the seemingly quaint era of the late 1960s. America pursued dreams of space, fought a war in Vietnam

and attempted to maintain peace in our own borders as the end of the civil rights movement brought the deaths of several key figures. Television was there, documenting these events and our frenzied, whiplashed responses. Neville has a wealth of material to draw from, including blackand-white and color clips from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, archival interviews with Rogers and also newer interviews with those who worked with him, like François Clemmons — Officer Clemmons on the program. The film explains that it was Bobby Kennedy’s death, coming so closely on the heels of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, that inspired Rogers, a seminarian in Pennsylvania who believed that television could be a powerful force to reach young minds. He wondered how we might engage children in conversation about such loss in a language they could understand. His dream was for kids to watch something other than the slapstick violence of cartoons or the leering jokes of adults. Rogers spoke to children directly, not pretending they were miniature adults. This required him to dig deeply into himself, to tap into his own dormant childlike thinking and to trust it to re-teach us forgotten lessons about human interaction. That’s what Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

was all about. Television became his pulpit, and I refrain from referring to it as “a bully pulpit” as there was never anything close to bullying in the way Rogers sought to convince audiences about what he believed to be right. Even when tackling the most extreme and challenging topics, like death or divorce, Rogers employed an uncommon degree of gentleness. That approach wasn’t couched in weakness, fear or hesitancy. Rather, this was what unassuming love and righteousness looked like. There was always an otherworldly aura to Rogers, which certainly generated a mythic cult of misconceptions. It prompted the cynic in us adults to simply not believe he could be as good or kind as he presented himself to be on his show. That led to all sorts of imaginings about what he was “really” like. If he were still alive today, probably someone would challenge his patriotism or try to smear him with insults about his “gentle” political ideology. Neville confronts these uncomfortable issues in his film. We learn that Rogers was a lifelong Republican, for instance. I found myself wondering how a man who so thoroughly embraced loving all neighbors as he loved himself could find common ground with the party of Nixon, Reagan, father and son Bush and now Trump. I mean, one of his most outward political statements involved his lobbying Congress for funding to support public television — not exactly a popular issue for Republicans today. At its core, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is about transcending labels, ideology and even religion. Rogers was a man of great faith, yes. But truth be told, his faith was rooted in the inherent humanity of his audience. As television’s Mr. Rogers, he believed in us more than we tend to believe in ourselves. He wanted to prove to us that we could, in fact, be worthy neighbors to one another. (Opens Thursday at the Mariemont Theatre.) (PG-13) Grade: A

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The taproom is spacious and full of plants and art PHOTO: HAILEY BOLLINGER

Gemütlichkeit in Pendleton 3 Points Urban Brewery blends art, beer and good cheer in a creative environment

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he German word for “togetherness” is, roughly, “gemütlichkeit,” which is used to describe a state or feeling of warmth, friendship and good cheer. This word could very well be 3 Points Urban Brewery’s motto. Opened in Pendleton at the beginning of June, this brewery — operated by the Hickory Wald group, whose other ventures include Nation Kitchen and Bar, The Hannaford and Rhinehaus — embodies gemütlichkeit to, well, a “t”. The conceit of the brewery and taproom is predicated on its titular three points: art, experience and beer, according to

marketing manager Aaron Westendorf. (Pendleton itself is also created by three intersecting points: Reading Road, Main Street and Liberty Street.) Community could be a fourth point. The leadership team engaged with the Pendleton Community Council to fit into the reenergized neighborhood atmosphere (3 Points is just one of the new businesses opening in Pendleton, joining barbecue spot Lucius Q and the forthcoming Pendleton Parlor creamy whip, among others), and future plans include potential utilization as a coworking space during the day. But it’s art that is front and center when

you enter 3 Points. The space is sleek and open, peppered with black-and-white stools, high top tables and shiny countertops, which allow splashes of color to take the spotlight. The bar face itself is wrapped in a large, colorful print — a full-scale version of artwork created by local artist Matthew Dayler for the brewery’s Origami beer. “It’s more kind of a you want to see the art first, then you want to have a great experience and oh, by the way, enjoy the beer we’re making,” Westendorf says. Six artists, including Dayler, were commissioned to create pieces inspired by 3 Points house beers. The artists — Dayler, James Billiter, Greg D’Amico, Adam Laine, Jake Gerth and LD Nehls — created conceptual art in a variety of media to tell the story of each beer in the brewery’s portfolio. Their work is on display in the taproom and on the tap handles. (3 Points is also accepting submissions on their website from local artists for future beer designs.) “They contacted me for (Birdseye) and I was immediately like, ‘Oh, my gosh, yes,’

because I’ve always wanted to do a can design,” says Nehls, a local watercolor and acrylic artist well-known for hosting the Contemporary Arts Center’s monthly Drink and Draw event. “I love beer so much, so that was (on my) artist bucket list to get to do a design for a beer.” Nehls’ design is a colorful, textured patchwork of warm, earthy yellows and greens interspersed with pops of pale aqua, dusky pinks and a blushing red. She works primarily in watercolor, and the dreamy nature of her design has an atmospheric origin story, too. “I was literally working on this thing on an airplane with my little travel watercolor set,” she says. “The beer is a saison, which always is earthier tasting. I felt like having the outlines of farms and fields (viewable from the sky) really matched with the classic saison.” That kind of serendipitous end product is exactly what Westendorf and 3 Points are looking for when engaging local artists to create imagery for their beer. “It’s that kind of working relationship


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bologna; or one of three variants of The Salad Sandwich, with egg, chicken or tuna salad. Vegetarian-friendly options include the Caprese with housemade basil pesto on Allez sourdough or one of three salads — the Caesar, kale apple and house. On the first visit, a BLT felt like a safe choice. It proved to be that and more. The bacon was the thickest cut I’ve had on a sandwich in a long time (the slicer is set to 26), the aioli was creamy, but not overpowering, and the wheat bread sufficiently held it all together. (I also added a slice of cheddar.) I tried the tuna salad on a Mainwood Pastry croissant on a subsequent visit, and it only served to further my belief that any “salad” sandwich should exclusively be served on flaky bread. The croissant lasted to the very last triumphant bite — no soggy bottom slice here — and the housemade mayonnaise sets the trio of salads apart. In addition to the fixed sandwich menu, customers can try their hand at building their own. (Leyla Shokoohe) Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey 1201 Broadway St., Pendleton, 513381-2666, boomtownbiscuitsandwhiksey.com This Pendleton restaurant is inspired by the American frontier and California’s 19th-century gold rush. The whiskey menu is extensive, given its presumed importance in the diet of frontier prospectors, but at Boomtown, the true delight comes plated. The signature biscuit isn’t a run-of-the-mill thousand-layer flaked baked good. It’s a buttery, soft disc with a close crumb and a browned, lightly bubbled top. The food menu starts with “Pick & Shovel Sandwiches.” All of these options feature fillings like fried chicken, barbecue short ribs or mush cakes with chimichurri tofu, stuffed between two biscuits. The most popular sandwich is the Yukon ($11), with fried chicken, gravy, smoked cheddar and thick-cut bacon. The option to add an egg is, theoretically, optional (and a $2 upcharge), but better thought of as an intrinsic part of the dish. This sandwich was sumptuous. Besides the sandwiches, the menu offers “Prospector Plates,” which are more entréestyle than the sandwiches; “Bowls of Gold,” which are the requisite beans and grits but gussied up; “Sundries,” aka the sides you’ll want at least a few of; “Nuggets of Gold,” for condiments and dips; and “Sweet Fixins” for dessert. Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey breaks the mold with its fun take on American favorites. (McKenzie Graham)


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Lobstapalooza at Washington Platform — Craving crustaceans? Get your fix at Washington Platform during Lobstapalooza. Enjoy seafood specialties like lobster bisque, lobster curry, lobster pot pie and classics like a whole Maine lobster, steamed, and served with a side. Through June 30. Prices vary. Washington Platform, 1000 Elm St., Downtown, washingtonplatform.com.

Rhine in the Rhine — Head to Washington Park to sample wines from Germany and Austria, including grüner veltliners, rieslings, rosés and more from winemakers including Weingut von Winning, Weingut Josef Spreitzer and Weingut Hirsch. Drink and hear stories from Kevin Hart of Hart & Cru, plus featured winemakers and wine experts. Advanced tickets recommended. 5-8 p.m. $35. Southwest Porch at Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, hartandcru.com.

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Date Night: Killer Fried Chicken & Champagne — In this hands-on date-night cooking class, you’ll make a fried chicken dinner from scratch and pair it with a series of champagne and bubbly wine. 6-9 p.m. $75. Findlay Kitchen, 1719 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, tablespooncookingco.com.

Taps, Taste and Tunes — This West Chester street fest — held in front of TOPGOLF — features food from the likes of Fricker’s, Cooper’s Hawk, Mitchell’s Fish Market, LaRosa’s and more, plus bacon-wrapped deep-fried Oreo’s, live music and beer (the fest is presented by Miller Lite). 5-11 p.m. Friday; noon-11 p.m. Saturday; noon-9 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 9568 Water Front Drive, West Chester, cincinnatifestivalsandevents.com.

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CityBeat’s Brunched — Brunched is back. Come hang out at the American Sign Museum to get a taste of all the best places to spend your weekend mornings this summer, like Court Street Lobster Bar, Rosedale, O Pie O, Holtman’s Donuts and more tasty spots. And cast your vote for the Best Bloody Mary and Best Mimosa. 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. Saturday. Sold out. American Sign Museum, 1330 Monmouth Ave., Camp Washington, brunchedcincy. com. Rhinegeist’s Fifth Anniversary Adventure — To celebrate five years in the

Cellarman’s Tour — Learn about the 19th-century workers who built the dangerous lagering tunnels and the Beer Barons who built their fortunes producing local brews. Tour includes a visit underground into the lagering cellar of the Schmidt Brothers Brewery and a beer tasting at the Christian Moerlein Malt House Taproom. 12:30 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $25. Leaves from the Christian Moerlein Malt House Taproom, 1621 Moore St., Over-the-Rhine, brewingheritagetrail.org.

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An Afternoon at Burnet Ridge — Enjoy wine and food served al fresco at Burnet Ridge Winery. During this field trip, enjoy food including asiago and blue cheesecake, rosemary roasted cashews, smoked mozzarella with arugula and penne, double chocolate brownies and more. Burnet Ridge will provide five to six selections to match your meal. Noon-2:30 p.m. $75. Burnet Ridge, 6721 Richard Ave., North College Hill, junglejims.com.

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Panegyri Greek Festival — Everyone’s favorite summertime sampling of Greece returns with a weekend’s worth of dining, drinking and dancing. Browse the open-air agora for jewelry and clothing, attend a cooking demonstration or gorge yourself on baklava, souvlaki and gyros to the sounds of bouzouki music. There will be everything from appetizers and authentic Greek pastries to full dinners, plus imported Greek wines and beer. 5-11 p.m. Friday; 3-11 p.m. Saturday; 1-8 p.m. Sunday. $2 adults; free 12 and under. Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 7000 Winton Road, Finneytown, panegyri.com.

brewing business, Rhinegeist is throwing a gigantic party themed, “Are We There Yet?” Come to take a tour of the facility that’s full of attractions and sweeping views of the wonders of ale making, all while sampling a lineup of rare beers and a few surprises. The event description promises “attractions worthy of the Guinness Book.” Noon Saturday. Free admission. Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com.

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MUSIC The Sound of Not Settling Indie Rock giants Spoon are remarkably consistent, but their gradual evolution is what makes them so compelling BY JAS O N G A R G A N O

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poon is a reliable touchstone, a reassuring presence in a world that gets more surreal by the day. It seems like the Texas-bred Indie Rock band could go on forever, dropping ear-pleasing albums every few years and standing as a stabilizing force in an increasingly fractured culture altered forever by technology and social media. Spoon’s ninth album, last year’s Hot Thoughts, is yet another variation on frontman Britt Daniel’s long-running love of terse, sharp-edged Rock & Roll. In fact, it’s as dynamic as anything in the band’s catalog. “Do I Have to Talk You Into It,” “Can I Sit Next to You” and the title track are classic Spoon — deceptively simple songs featuring signature interlocking parts. There’s the insistent beats from essential drummer Jim Eno, angular guitar riffs from newest member/multi-instrumentalist Alex Fischel, driving bass lines from Rob Pope and Daniel’s vocals, which just keep getting more expressive and rich as the years roll on. That’s not saying the band hasn’t evolved since breaking through with Girls Can Tell, the 2001 album that moved Spoon from arty, Wire-inspired minimalists to songcraft-centric, NPR-endorsed darlings. Hot Thoughts further pushes the band’s recent move into moodier, even mysterious territory. Songs like “Pink Up” and the album-closing instrumental “Us” are as informed by atmospheric keyboards and horns as by their traditional guitar-bassdrums setup. Yet Eno says the slight shift in mood and tone wasn’t necessarily intentional. “We didn’t really talk about things like that when we started this record,” he says from a recent tour stop in England. “It’s all based on the collection of songs that Britt brings to the table. There were songs we tried to do with the band that we knew wouldn’t really fit on the record, so they sort of got shelved.” Eno says that each album evolves organically, informed both by how each song plays off the other and how it works as a cohesive whole. “If you look at the direction for this record,

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think about a song like ‘Inside Out’ off of (2014’s) They Want My Soul,” he says, referencing Spoon’s last release, a down-tempo, keyboard-dominated album that marked a more atmospheric direction. “That’s the last song we recorded on that record, so you can look at that both sonically and mood-wise as a jumping-off point for Hot Thoughts. I feel like that’s a good way to think about it. “That’s a really fun song to play live. It’s one of our favorite songs on the record. It made a big impact on us. It seems like a logical step. You can hear that in new songs like ‘I Ain’t the One’ and ‘Pink Up.’ ” The other obvious influence on the last two records is noted producer Dave Fridmann, whose distinctive approach has infected collaborators from The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev to Sleater-Kinney and Mogwai. Fridmann’s remote upstate New York recording compound can’t help but inform the records he guides, often yielding a more intimate and visceral feel than most bands can conjure without him. “Dave’s amazing,” says Eno, himself a successful producer and engineer with his own studio in Austin, Texas. “He gets great sounds. He’s a great producer. He keeps everything moving ahead and has a vision for how each song should sound. He has a different ear. He’s a great guy to be with in the studio, which is good because you want a really positive attitude. Everything has to be positive when you’re trying to be creative. You don’t want to shut down things when you’re in the studio.”

One of the more unexpected developments in the rollout of Hot Thoughts was the band’s decision to reunite with Matador Records. In 1996, the famed New York City label put out Spoon’s debut, Telephono, which didn’t fare well. After a Matador EP, the group signed with a major label (Elektra), which was a disastrous experience. By 2000, Spoon had teamed up with respected indie Merge Records, which was start of the band’s ascension in the Indie Rock world. “We put our first record out on (Matador), and if you talk to everyone involved it didn’t go very well,” Eno says. “But we’ve remained friends with those guys. We see them in New York when we come to town. We sent them the new record, we were shopping it around, and they were pretty much the most ecstatic label that we sent it to. They really love the songs. They really loved everything about it and they really wanted to put it out. They made a very compelling case (for) why they were the best label to do it.” Spoon also liked seeing what Matador had grown into, from its distribution to its taste in signings. That aspect hasn’t changed much — when first signing with Matador in the ’90s, Spoon became labelmates with Pavement and Liz Phair; when the band reteamed with the label, it joined a stable of artists that now includes similarly celebrated newcomers like Perfume Genius, Julien Baker and Snail Mail. “We respect all the bands on their label and they have a great roster,” Eno says.

“They’re tied intrinsically with the (powerful label collective) Beggars Group, so we get worldwide support, which is cool. It’s definitely a different label than the first time around. It’s really good to be back with them.” It’s not hard to hear why Matador was so effusive — Hot Thoughts simultaneously employs the ingredients that have made Spoon so compelling over the years while also incorporating new elements to keep things fresh. Eno — the only other constant besides Daniel over Spoon’s 25-year existence — says the band’s secret to success and continued relevance is a mix of Daniel’s writing and self-motivation. “I feel like Britt is writing the best songs that he’s ever written,” he says. “There are some amazing tracks on this record. I’m always amazed at the new stuff he comes up with. “I also feel like in the studio when it comes to production, we consciously try not to reproduce ourselves. Often, we will be like, ‘We’ve done something like that before, let’s switch it up, let’s try to find a different sound.’ We’re very in tune with the studio process and we really want things to sound different and new, so we’re always looking for sounds that are different than we’ve used before. It makes it exciting for us, because we don’t want to always be doing the same thing.” Spoon plays Riverbend’s PNC Pavilion Monday with Grizzly Bear. Tickets/more info: rivebend.org.


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With all the summer concert options out there, it can be tough to know which ones to choose, but package shows with stacked lineups make the decision much easier. One hall-of-fame bill in particular stands out this June: the Outlaw Music Festival featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, Sturgill Simpson, The Head and the Heart and the eternal Willie Nelson. Celebrating its 20th anniversary as a band, Old Crow Medicine Show has been riding a bullet the last few years, revived by new ideas and even better songs. The Bluegrass/Roots ensemble recently released Volunteer, an invigorating set of new songs helmed by Dave Cobb, who has quickly become one of Country music’s most in-demand producers (working with Simpson, Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton, for starters). The eclectic, new ingredient here is the blending of electric guitar into the band’s organic high-energy mix. Before Volunteers, OCMS toured in support of its Bob Dylan tribute album, 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde, a joyous, rollicking ode to the master songwriter who they owe just a little bit for inspiring the group’s hit single, “Wagon Wheel.” Ketch Secor, OCMS’s leader/songwriter, finished writing the song based on one of Dylan’s castoff, bootleg song scraps from the ’70s, turning it into a much-covered anthem and barroom staple. Sturgill Simpson’s third record, the selfproduced A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy for Best Country Record of 2016, quickly proved his previous classic album, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, was no fluke. On A Sailor’s Guide,

the Kentucky-born guitar ace added bracing horns and twisted covers, including a rollicking take on Nirvana’s “In Bloom.” Between his three-album hot streak and a willingness to follow his own muse despite commercial trends, it’s easy to see Simpson becoming a dominant figure in Country music as he becomes more of a veteran. With Merle Haggard’s passing last year, the only Country music icon with Hag’s epic stature who still remains is, of course, Willie Nelson. On the road again, Nelson is also still somehow regularly releasing fine records, like this year’s appropriately titled Last Man Standing, A founding member of the Outlaw Music Festival, Nelson anchors this year’s touring lineup with his Family Band. His presence itself transforms the concert into an event, and potentially becomes one of the last times you can see a national treasure in all of his renegade, outlaw glory at 85 years old. (Gregory Gaston)

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There’s no question how guitarist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain view their musical output: their website is bannered with an overarching title that trumpets, “We Are Scientists – A Rock Band.” As with most things in life, quantifying the musical direction of We Are Scientists is slightly more complicated than a simple internet proclamation. How exactly can you describe an Indie Rock/Post Punk band that formed in California, moved to New York and is hugely popular in the U.K., partially due to a seven-episode comedy series that ran on MTV UK? Murray and Cain met at Pomona College in 1997 and formed a band in 1999 with original guitarist Scott Lamb (Murray drummed and sang at that point). After returning to L.A. without Lamb, they


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WEDNESDAY 20

20TH CENTURY THEATER–Run Like Hell. 8 p.m. Pink Floyd tribute. $20. BOGART’S–Psychostick. 8 p.m. Rock. $12. CAFFÈ VIVACE–Lynne Scott with Stolar & Gemus. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. FOUNTAIN SQUARE– Reggae Wednesday with Anthem Band. 7 p.m. Reggae. Free. KNOTTY PINE–Dallas Moore. 10 p.m. Country. Free. THE LISTING LOON–Ricky Nye. 8:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free. MANSION HILL TAVERN– Losing Lucky. 8 p.m. Roots. Free. MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– Mike Biere and Rick Boyer. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

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MOTR PUB–Girls Guns and Glory. 10 p.m. Country/Rock/Roots. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN– Shiny Old Soul. 9 p.m. Roots/Rock/Americana/Various. Free.

Tongues and PoC. 10 p.m. Experimental/Hip Hop/ Various. VINKOLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT–Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 6:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

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BOGART’S–The Sword. 8 p.m. Hard Rock. $27.

FOUNTAIN SQUARE–Salsa on the Square with Zumba Band. 7 p.m. Latin/Salsa/ Dance. Free.

THE COMET–Even Tiles. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

THE HAMILTON–Preston Charles III. 7 p.m. Various. Free.

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LUDLOW GARAGE– Midge Ure & Paul Young. 8:30 p.m. Rock. $30-$50.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–The Blasters with Clownvis Presley. 8 p.m. Rock/Roots. $18. STANLEY’S PUB–Argonaut & Wasp with The Vims and Cannibal Kids. 9 p.m. Indie Rock. Cover.

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WASHINGTON PARK– Roots Revival with Young Heirlooms. 7 p.m. Indie/Folk/Americana. Free.

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WOODWARD THEATER–No Response Festival 2018 with Body/ Head, Ikue Mori, Joe & Joe and Haley Fohr. 7 p.m. Experimental. $25, $30 day of show (two-day pass: $50).

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD–Keith Jones and the Makeshifts. 9 p.m. ’50 Rock & Roll. $5. JEFF RUBY’S STEAKHOUSE–Grace Lincoln Band. 8 p.m. Soul/R&B. Free. KNOTTY PINE–Brownstones. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover. LUDLOW GARAGE–Edwin McCain. 8:30 p.m. Pop/Rock. $30-$50.

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MADISON LIVE–Daniel In Stereo (release show) with Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes. 8:15 p.m. Alt/Rock. $12, $14 day of show.

MANSION HILL TAVERN– The Bluebirds. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover. MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– Over Easy. 9 p.m. Soft Rock. Free. MOTR PUB–Lazyeyes with Grand Process. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free. MVP BAR & GRILLE–222 with The Tigerlilies and See You In The Funnies. 9 p.m. Pop/Rock. Cover. NORTHSIDE TAVERN– Strange Creature with Harlot. 9 p.m. Blues/Jazz/Folk/

SILVERTON CAFE–Sonny Moorman Group. 9 p.m. Blues. Free.

COMMON ROOTS–Eco Jam VI with The Bellowing Pines, Harry Pedigo’s Dreadful Wind and Rain, Amber Nash, Raw Velvet and Speeding West. 5 p.m. Folk/Roots/Indie Rock/ Americana. $12, $15 day of show. THE GLOBE–Jazzopolis. 8 p.m. Jazz/Fusion/Funk/ Blues. Free. THE GREENWICH– Lavieena Campbell. 9 p.m. Blues. $10, $12 day of show.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–The Lovers with Kyleen Downes. 9:30 p.m. Acoustic/Pop. Free.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD–My Sister Sarah. 9 p.m. Pop/Rock/Dance/Various. $5.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–Jesse Dayton. 8 p.m. Americana. $15.

JIMMY B’S BAR & GRILL– Trailer Park Floosies. 10 p.m. Dance/Pop/Rock/Rap/Country/Various. $5.

STANLEY’S PUB–Fabricated Freedom and Observationist. 9 p.m. Indie Rock. Cover.

JOCKO’S PUB–Saving Stimpy. 9:30 p.m. Rock. Free

STRASSE HAUS–Trailer Park Floosies. 10 p.m. Dance/Pop/ Rock/Country/ Various. Free.

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URBAN ARTIFACT– Green Jello. 8 p.m. Rock/Punk/Various. $10.

VILLAGE GREEN PARK– Moment 44. 7 p.m. AltRock. Free. WASHINGTON PLATFORM– Eugene Goss Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

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WOODWARD THEATER–No Response Festival 2018 with Keiji Haino, To Live and Shave in L.A., Robert Turman and Olivia Block. 8 p.m. Experimental. $25, $30 day of show (two-day pass: $50).

SATURDAY 23

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Root Cellar Xtract. 9 p.m. Country Rock. Free. BOGART’S–On the Borders. 8 p.m. Eagles tribute. $13. BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–Bobby Sharp

KNOTTY PINE–Top This Band. 10 p.m. Dance/Pop/ Various. Cover. LUDLOW GARAGE– O’Town & Tyler Hilton. 8:30 p.m. Pop. $20-$55. MADISON LIVE–Trials By Faith, Detached and Antic Terror. 9 p.m. Rock. $10. MANSION HILL TAVERN– Blue Ravens. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover. MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– The Aftertones. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

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MOTR PUB–We Are Scientists. 10 p.m. AltRock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN–Northside Music Festival with Sons of Silverton, Arlo McKinley, Water Witches, Stallone N’ Roses, The Kraken Quartet, Static Fall, Freedom Nicole Moore and the Electric Moon, Triiibe, The Lovers, Darlene, Silent Tongues, The Tongue and the Lips, MARR and Blood Cassette. 9 p.m. Alt/ Indie/Rock/Pop/Hip Hop/ Various. Free.

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OCTAVE–Satsang with The Jauntee. 8:30 p.m. Soul/Folk/Rock/Various. $10, $12 day of show. PADRINO–Sonny Moorman Group. 8 p.m. Blues

THE PHOENIX–Chris Comer Trio with Dick Sorice. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free. PIRATES COVE BAR & GRILLE–Basic Truth. 8 p.m. R&B/Funk/Soul. Free. PNC PAVILION AT RIVERBEND–Barenaked Ladies with Better Than Ezra and KT Tunstall. 7 p.m. Pop/ Rock. THE REDMOOR–Smoooth. 7 p.m. R&B. $15. SCHWARTZ’S POINT–Pat Kelly Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–The Midnight Ghost Train. 11 p.m. Rock. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Folk Soul Revival. 8 p.m. Americana. $8. STANLEY’S PUB–Endive with Ves Akimbo, Kyla Mainous and Jeff Conner. 9 p.m. Rock. Cover. URBAN ARTIFACT–Wanyama. 9 p.m. Funk/Rock/ Various. $10. VINKOLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT–Eden. 7:30 p.m. Various. $5. WASHINGTON PLATFORM –Wayne Yeager Trio featuring Pamela Mallory. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

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WOODWARD THEATER–Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. 8:30 p.m. Indie Rock. $22, $25 day of show.

SUNDAY 24

BOGART’S–AWOLNATION with Lovelytheband and Irontom. 8 p.m. AltRock. $29.50.

MANSION HILL TAVERN– Open Blues Jam with Deb Olinger. 6 p.m. Blues. Free. THE SKELETON ROOT– Cookin’ Hearts. 2 p.m.

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URBAN ARTIFACT–Eugenius with K. Savage, Silent

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THE GREENWICH–Radio Black. 9 p.m. R&B/Pop/ Dance. $10.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT–Eric Lechliter Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Cohesion Jazz Ensemble. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB–“Thirst” with DJ Pickmo. 10 p.m. Dance/DJ.

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TAFT THEATRE–Too Many Zooz with Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers. 8 p.m. Brass/ House/Jazz/Various. $17, $20 day of show (in the Ballroom).

SCHWARTZ’S POINT–Carlos Vargas-Ortiz Trio. 8 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

COMMON ROOTS–K. Jehuti, Landon Briggs and Apollo Savior. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER–Outlaw Music Festival featuring Willie Nelson & Family, Sturgill Simpson, The Head and the Heart and Old Crow Medicine Show. 4:30 p.m. Americana/Indie/Folk/Country. $30-$125.

Trio with Brenda Folz. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

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STANLEY’S PUB–Maritime Law with Reed Stewart. 9 p.m. Various. Cover.

BOGART’S–Thunderstruck. 8 p.m. AC/DC tribute. $16.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Dan Drees Organ Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.

RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER–Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton. 7:30 p.m. Rock. $25-$125.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)– Frontier Folk Nebraska Duo with Krystal Peterson. 8:30 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various. Free.

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CAFFÈ VIVACE–Phil Burkhead Trio. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

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PNC PAVILION AT RIVERBEND–LSD Tour with Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle & The Dukes and Dwight Yoakam plus King Leg. 6:30 p.m. Country/Roots/Various. $23.50-$89.50.

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BAKER HUNT ART AND CULTURAL CENTER–Ricky Nye with Ethan Leinwand and Miss Jubilee. 7 p.m. BLues. $20, $25 day of show.

BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–Phil DeGreg Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

THE GREENWICH–Rusty Burge Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $5.

World/Various. Free. THE REDMOOR–Big Jim and Friends. 7 p.m. R&B. Cover.

BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–Todd Hepburn and Friends. 8 p.m. Various. Free.

MOTR PUB–DeRobert and the Half-Truths. 10 p.m. Soul. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB–Sweet Knives, Mardou and Tweens. 9 p.m. Indie Rock.

FRIDAY 22

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Moonshine Drive. 9 p.m. Bluesgrass. Free.

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Future Sounds Rita Ora – July 24, Bogart’s Jon Spencer – Aug. 10, Woodward Theater Birds of Chicago – Sept. 5, Taft Theatre (Ballroom) Brandi Carlile – Sept. 9, Taft Theatre Leftover Salmon – Oct. 4, Madison Theater Gillian Welch – Oct. 8, Taft Theatre

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REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)– Electric Six with Mark Mallman. 8 p.m. Alt/Rock. $12.

Krauter, Major Murphy and Sweet Lil. 10 p.m. Indie/Rock/ Pop. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB–Stanley’s Open Jam. 8 p.m. Various. Free.

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URBAN ARTIFACT– Trauma Illinois, Bandit Sun and Sour Cream. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.

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THE VENUE CINCINNATI–Geoff Tate: Operation Mindcrime. 6 p.m. Prog/Rock. $35.

MONDAY 25

BOGART’S–Pouya. 8 p.m. Pop. $25.

Hippo Campus/The Districts – Oct. 10, Madison Theater

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Jazz Vinyl Listening Party. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

Postmodern Jukebox – Oct. 23, Taft Theatre

MANSION HILL TAVERN– Acoustic Jam with John Redell and Friends. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

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Americana. Free. SONNY’S ALL BLUES LOUNGE–Blues jam session featuring Sonny’s All Blues Band. 8 p.m. Blues. Free.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)– Castle with Cult Of Sorrow and Carian. 8 p.m. Metal. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE

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MEMORIAL HALL– Tribute to J.J. Johnson featuring Marc Fields. 7 p.m. Jazz. $8.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN–The Qtet. 9:30 p.m. Funk/Jazz/ Fusion/Rock/Jam. Free. PACHINKO–Open Mic. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

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PNC PAVILION AT RIVERBEND–Grizzly Bear and Spoon with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. 7 p.m. Indie Rock. $24.50-$54. URBAN ARTIFACT–Kevin

WOODWARD THEATER–Weedeater with Zeke, Sierra and Casteless. 7 p.m. Rock. $20, $25 day of show.

TUESDAY 26

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Diamond Jim Dews. 7 p.m. Blues. Free. BLIND LEMON–Nick Tuttle. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

THE HAMILTON–Aaron Todahl. 7 p.m. Jazz. Free. NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB– DUSK. 9 p.m. Alt/Country/ Pop. $8, $10 day of show. PACHINKO–Acoustic Tuesdays. 9 p.m. Acoustic/Various. Free. RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER–Foreigner with Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening. 7 p.m. Rock. $25-$350.

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SCHWARTZ’S POINT – Society Jazz Orchestra Plays the Music of Ed Moss. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

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