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Split Compromise Proposals to save the character of Hyde Park and Mount Lookout could have preservation implications for neighborhoods across the city

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he Cincinnati Planning Commission Aug. 17 unanimously approved a raft of suggestions that look to address consternation around changes to two of Cincinnati’s most sought-after neighborhoods — and which could have implications for historic enclaves across the city.

But CPC also says it needs more time to fine-tune its suggestions, and is asking Cincinnati City Council to approve an extension of heightened oversight of some development in the neighborhoods.

Residents in Hyde Park and Mount Lookout have expressed concerns for years about changes in their neighborhoods, which have a number of historic homes on larger-than-usual lots. Those lots are sometimes very tempting for developers, who can tear down a single house and build two, each of which often sells for as much or more than the original structure. In 2015 and 2016, Hyde Park saw 68 demolition permits and 13 lot splits approved, and Mount Lookout saw 35 demolitions and 12 lot splits.

That’s chipped away at the character of the neighborhoods, residents say.

Their concerns came to a head in May, when a nearly 200-year-old house on the former estate of early Cincinnatian Isaac Ferris was demolished so that its lot could be split.

Residents asked the city to do something about the ongoing issue.

“Recently, it has kinda felt like the gold rush in the Wild West,” Veronica Tollefson, a 14-year resident of Mount Lookout, said at the planning commission’s August meeting. “It’s time to bring the pendulum back into the center, where the need for good development and community interest are balanced. I think that will be a net benefit for everybody.”

Today, Ferris would likely be astounded at the neighborhoods that have grown around the family homestead. They’re among Cincinnati’s most desirable, with grand old houses built 100 or more years ago holding court in large, wellmanicured lawns framed by soaring mature trees. The historic Cincinnati Observatory, the first public observatory in the country, has been in the area since 1873. The neighboring suburbs boast some of the best schools — and highest property values — in the city. The median

household income around Ferris’ old homestead is $115,000 a year — $80,000 above the city’s median. There is potential for an additional 360 lot subdivisions in Hyde Park and Mount Lookout, according to Cincinnati’s planning department.

To address the concerns, the planning commission in May recommended an Interim Development Control overlay district, which basically requires developers who want to demolish houses or split lots in the neighborhoods to undergo an extra level of scrutiny via the planning commission before their permits are approved. During the IDC, a working group composed of members of the Hyde Park and Mount Lookout Community Councils, a representative from the mayor’s office, a member of Cincinnati City Council and three members from the development and real estate industries would work out a long-term fix.

The extra oversight expires Sept. 6, however, and the commission says it needs more time, especially on dealing with the issue of lot subdivision.

“When we started digging into the issues related to subdivisions, we found out it is a multi-faceted issue,” said Marion Haynes, chief counsel for the city’s land use and planning department. “There were concerns about increased density, lot placement, loss of open space, storm water, concerns from the development community about multi-step processes, and certainty in the process. What became apparent (is) there was going to be a lot of work needing to be done.”

At its August meeting, the Cincinnati Planning Commission agreed to ask Cincinnati City Council to extend the IDC for 30 days — a reduction from a 90-day extension it sought last month that city council seemed unlikely to approve.

The commission also approved a first steps toward something called Neighborhood Conservation Districts, which could help regulate demolitions and the development of structures that don’t fit neighborhoods’ characters in the future.

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Those districts would allow neighborhoods more power in approving certain development items, first on a limited, temporary basis and eventually in a more fleshed-out, permanent form.

The regulations set by the districts would be less onerous than those set forth by historic conservation districts, but could still help neighborhoods preserve their historic character.

“You could consider Neighborhood Conservation Districts to be sort of like, historic designation-lite,” Cincinnati City Planning Director Katherine Keough-Jurs says. “They’re not quite as strict as you would have in our historic district. They’re actually something that we’ve talked about doing in the city of Cincinnati for some years. It’s recommended in Plan Cincinnati, which was adopted in 2012.

When these issues came to a head this spring… that was considered the time that this seemed to be a suitable solution.”

Keough-Jurs says that Cincinnati Urban Conservator Beth Johnson helped work on the framework.

The planning commission approved legislation that enables the creation of the districts and creates frameworks for two interim NCDs in Hyde Park and Mount Lookout. Those districts would provide extra community council input and city regulator oversight on demolitions, as well as set limits on replacement building height and lot configuration.

Over time, the planning commission and interested neighborhoods would continue to develop more robust plans for larger sets of NCD standards that could be applied to any neighborhood that wants them.

“We believe it will take quite a bit more time to take these neighborhoods through a full conservation plan process,” KeoughJurs says, “and we still haven’t worked out how it will be funded or what we expect, so it’s a long-term solution.”

Those NCD standards might also include the height and bulk of buildings and the configuration of lots they are built on, as well as other elements various neighborhoods could emphasize or leave by the wayside, including stipulations for architectural style, building materials used, lot density, landscaping and others.

The NCDs would not exist overtop of special districts like the three Urban Design Overlay Districts in Hyde Park, and would take a backseat to some other special districts. The goal: give neighborhoods and the city more control over development in areas with historic or otherwise unique character.

That’s something Margo Warminksi, preservation director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association, applauds.

“For many years, I’ve seen an urgent need for the city to create a mechanism to implement neighborhood conservation districts,” she says. “It’s badly needed by our neighborhoods. Great neighborhoods don’t stay great unless people work for them. We have to have a way to keep them and preserve them.”

The proposals put forth by the working group also include some things that could make life easier for developers, including a temporary effort to streamline permitting processes so that they aren’t so scattered — a big challenge currently. That streamlined process would be in place as the planning commission continues work on more permanent new subdivision rules.

“What is required now is, if you’re a developer, you have to demolish on the property before you can subdivide the property,” Keough-Jurs says. “You go to the department of building inspections for the demolition, the city planning commission for the subdivision and back to building inspections to for any variances you need.

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Cincinnati Tent Cities are Gone, but the Legal Fight Will Continue

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Cranley have argued that the camps pose public health and safety risks, including drug use, public urination, hepatitis outbreaks and other hazards. Advocates for the camps, however, point out that the county has never presented evidence to support those claims.

“Because the encampment moved onto private property, a premises which is completely lacking the public health and safety requirements that are required by Ohio law, this court’s injunctive powers to prevent the nuisance cause by the encampments are still applicable,” the

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Washington Way blew up earlier this summer.

After a long game of chess between the city and the camps, Deters ordered the OTR camp on 13th Street removed by law enforcement on Aug. 16. But camp residents and representatives from advocacy groups like the Homeless Coalition huddled prior to Deters’ deadline at the Jimmy Heath House nearby, debating a strategy. The plan they came up with: leave the space by Aug. 20 in order to spare the land’s owners, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing, further controversy.

The city indicated it would back off of enforcing the camp ban until that day.

Mary Burke Rivers, the executive director of the housing nonprofit that owns the land, called the camp on 13th “unsustainable” and said the organization and others are working on finding solutions.

That would mean getting more camp inhabitants like Brown and Hollander housing. She noted, however, that it will be a daunting task.

Nonprofit Strategies to End Homelessness, which coordinates shelters and programs to move people into permanent housing, counted more than 7,100 Cincinnatians who experienced homelessness at some point last year. Advocates like the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, Over-the-Rhine Community A tent city in Over-the-Rhine Housing, Strategies to End was removed Aug. 20.

Homelessness and others say that affordable housing is the PH OTO: NIC K SWARTSELL way to address the issue. Though shelters in the area are full or over capacity, they have made room to accommodate those in the camps.

Hamilton County needs tens of thousands of units of affordable housing to meet demand from Spring says Ruehlman’s rulings effecthose making under $14,000 a year, tively create city law without Cincinnati according to a study by the Greater City Council’s involvement, make homeCincinnati Local Initiatives Support lessness illegal and may violate the terms Corporation. And, even as more people of a settlement reached a decade and a half need affordable housing options locally ago between the city and advocates that and nationally, federal funding for housing required 72-hour notice be given before is headed in the opposite direction. the city could clear someone out of a camp.

Over-the-Rhine Community HousSpring says the the coalitions’ aim isn’t ing lost more than $1 million in federal to keep people living in the camps — a funding for housing last year. Strategies charge critics have leveled against the to End Homelessness, which coordinates group. Instead, he says, the coalition shelters and supportive housing options, is working to prevent the city from lost another $300,000. moving them out of sight without doing “This is going to keep happening, substantive work to meet their needs. because we don’t have enough of the soluSpring says member organizations of tion,” Rivers said of the tent cities. the coalition have been working to get as Others, including former camp resident many people as possible into shelters or Leon “Bison” Evans, vowed to keep housing for months, securing one or the advocating for those who had lived at 13th other for about 50 people since controversy Street and other locations. around the original tent city under Fort “This isn’t close to over,” he said.

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city and county›s request for Ruehlman’s injunction reads.

The legal moves by the city and county have caused concern from some legal analysts. Attorney and Cleveland State University professor Joseph Mead says that those efforts represent a big overreach. Mead and other lawyers sent a letter to Hamilton County earlier this week requesting that records around the court proceedings be made public.

“Even if you think arresting people for seeking shelter in a tent is a good policy, you gotta be a little troubled that policy is being made, not through the political process, but through a collusive lawsuit attempting to restrict rights of people who have no chance to weigh in,” Mead said in a tweet.

“Through this two-week-long litigation, which had absolutely no adversarial

testing, meaningful briefing, or any public input, Hamilton County may become one of the most aggressively anti-homeless places in the United States. An affront to democratic and constitutional values,” he continued in another tweet.

Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition Director Josh Spring said that advocates and their attorney, Bennett Allen, will continue to pursue a federal lawsuit against the city. They feel “very confident,” Spring says, that they will prevail on the federal level on constitutional due process, free speech and other grounds.

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The tents came down quickly, and by noon, there were just a few large squares of faded grass and bare earth left behind at 13th and Republic streets in Over-the-Rhine to remind passersby that just a few hours prior, there had been a camp there.

While the last in a series of tent cities was removed Aug. 20, the legal fight around them lives on, and many who stayed in the camps aren’t sure where to go next.

A few of the roughly 15 people who had been living at the camp they call “The Colony” have found housing — Desmond Brown, who has been living in various camps for months, now has an apartment in Walnut Hills. Stacia Hollander, another camp resident, has a place in Westwood.

Others were at a loss as they packed up their belongings. Jessica Barnett sat next to her tightly rolled-up tent, a couple plastic bags, a backpack and a rolling suitcase.

She’s been trying for weeks, via various programs, to find housing.

So far, things have not lined up.

“I’m just going to start walking with my backpack and my suitcase,” she said. “I guess where I fall asleep is where I fall asleep, and if they arrest me, they arrest me.”

A handful of other camp residents will go to shelters, and others will do as Barnett will, walking until they find places that are out of plain sight to avoid potential arrest.

Hours prior to the camp’s clearing, media and a contingent of advocates for people experiencing homelessness awaited the results of a hearing in the courtroom of Hamilton County Judge Robert Ruehlman. That hearing never came, however.

Due to a complicated series of legal maneuvers, the county was basically suing the city to compel it to enforce an earlier ruling from Ruehlman outlawing the camps, which had popped up under Fort Washington Way, along Third Street, near the Lytle Tunnel, across from the Jack Casino in Pendleton and on Gilbert Avenue before coming to OTR. But the city asked Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters to seek that order from Ruehlman, so there was no need for a hearing when the city agreed to enforce the ruling.

Ruehlman’s ruling Aug. 20 made the ban on camps within Hamilton County permanent. The ban had been written to apply to public land, but the city and county argue that the private land on 13th Street does not have running water or bathroom facilities and is thus not fit for human habitation.

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President Trump Headed to Ohio Again Soon

BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L

The Buckeye State has gotten a lot of attention from the Trump administration lately, and it’s about to get even more.

President Donald Trump will appear at the Ohio Republican Party’s state dinner Aug. 24, party chair and Trump loyalist Jane Timken announced. That’s another sign that the national GOP is still laserfocused on the state ahead of the 2018 elections.

After the dinner in Columbus, Trump will attend a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, who is fighting an uphill battle to unseat longtime incumbent U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.

The appearance will come less than three weeks after Trump’s last visit to Ohio. The president swooped into Delaware County Aug. 4 to stump for Troy Balderson, the Republican candidate in a special election President Trump at a March 2016 campaign appearance in West Chester for Ohio’s 12th Congressional District. Balderson has a razor-thin PH OTO: NIC K SWARTSELL 1,534-vote lead over his opponent, Democrat Danny O’Connor, though some provisional and absentee — as will another hard-fought battle for Chabot, a Republican, and his Democrat ballots have yet to be counted.

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District. That challenger Aftab Pureval, also has the That contest will play again in November battle, between incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve potential to go down to the wire.

Vice President Mike Pence has also been a frequent visitor to Ohio of late, including a recent visit to Cincinnati and Toledo Aug. 14.

Pence appeared at the Westin hotel downtown at an event put on by America First Policies, a pro-Trump political action committee. He then attended a fundraiser for Renacci at the Queen City Club and another in Toledo. Pence also recently came to the Buckeye State to campaign for Balderson.

Republicans are focusing on races like Chabot’s, Balderson’s and Renacci’s as they work to maintain control of the U.S. House and Senate in November. Generally, mid-term elections aren’t kind to congressional candidates from a sitting president’s party, and Trump’s divisive nature among voters looks like it could make the 2018 elections especially fraught for the GOP. Election forecasters recently moved Chabot’s district, usually safely Republican, to “toss up” in recent weeks, for example.

Republicans, however, say they’re not worried, and have even predicted a “red wave” come November.

Cincinnati Conservation Advocate Wins National Award

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A local conservationist grabbed a prestigious national award Aug. 14 for his work in communities around Cincinnati’s Mill Creek.

Mill Creek Alliance’s Tanner Yess received the Murie Spirit of Conservation Rising Leader Award at a ceremony at the Murie Ranch in Moose, Wyoming. Longtime conservationist and author Bert Raynes of Wyoming also received a Murie lifetime achievement award.

Past recipients have included actor Harrison Ford for his work on environmental documentaries and Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama.

The Murie Ranch is overseen by Teton Science Schools, a 50-year-old conservation education nonprofit started by science teacher Ted Major that now has five campuses around the Grand Tetons in Wyoming and Idaho and teaches roughly 15,000 people a year about conservation science and related subjects.

The ranch is named after Mardy and Olaus Murie and Adolph and Louise Murie, two husband-and-wife teams who helped lay the groundwork for the modern conservation movement through scientific research and advocacy. The award celebrates that legacy.

“The Murie Spirit of Conservation Award dinner is a celebration of conservation leadership,” a news release about the award says. “The Murie Ranch of Teton Science Schools honors individuals who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to the protection of wildlife and wild places. Each year, this award recognizes a person whose life work demonstrates a commitment to conservation, civility and community.”

Yess was honored for his work with the Alliance’s Green Team and Green Corps, as well as other efforts.

The Green Team (for students under 18) and Green Corps (for youth 18 to 24) engage participants in conservation efforts around the Mill Creek, providing jobs and educational opportunities for young people in Cincinnati. The initiative was launched by Groundwork Cincinnati - Mill Creek before the organization merged this year with the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities to become the Mill Creek Alliance.

Yess, who received his undergraduate degree from Northern Kentucky University and his master’s in community planning from the University of Cincinnati, has played a pivotal role

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overseeing the Green Team and Green Corps programs during his three and a half years with the nonprofit. CityBeat featured Yess and Green Corps member

Iyah Brown in a recent feature about local efforts to revitalize the Mill Creek and the challenges that remain for the waterway running through the heart of Cincinnati.

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to keep that authority right here with the planning commission, so you can review it all at once and see the project more holistically. That makes it easier for the development community, because they have more certainty about what is permitted in their project and what is not. And it provides more certainty for the residential community, because they don’t have to worry about things coming before different bodies in a piecemeal fashion.

They get to see it all at once.”

Next, city council will have to approve the IDC extension and the NCD legislation.

The proposals already have a couple supporters, including Councilman Jeff Pastor, who sat on the working group, and Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman, who sits on the planning commission.

“The tearing down of the (former Ferris) property, which I thought was unfortunate after we signaled that we had a concern, is what brought us here — the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Smitherman says. “But at the end of the day, because of that, it looks like we’re going to make some really good public policy. Not just for Mount Lookout and Hyde Park, but for the entire city. One of the great things about Cincinnati are our neighborhoods. I think what we’re trying to do here is that, 100 years down the road, people will have certainty for what these neighborhoods look like.”

Both the Hyde Park and Mount Lookout Neighborhood Councils voted to support the proposals. But some aren’t happy with them. Among the roughly 30 emails the planning commission received about the plans, four were staunchly against them, including one from a Mount Lookout resident named Bruno Abanto IV, who said increased regulation would infringe on private property rights and discourage development. He said new additions to the neighborhood have raised his property values and made positive contributions to the neighborhood.

“I feel that some things can’t stay the same forever,” he wrote. “In this case, it’s great.”

The proposals don’t address all resident concerns. During meetings in May, many expressed anger over tax abatements given to developers who were building large houses some thought were out of character and over priced.

Jennifer Powell lives near a plot in Mount Lookout that once held a single house. It now has five on the land, Powell wrote in a letter to the planning commission earlier this month.

“Perhaps our greatest complaint is the tax abatement provided to these million (dollar) home owners,” she wrote. But Powell also supports the changes, saying they could balance out development in the neighborhood.

“I realize that changes in subdivision planning will not correct the tax abatement issue, but they will deter these very significant changes to neighborhoods where home ownership is solid and not in need of revitalization.”

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t may not be as big an event as BLINK Cincinnati or Oktoberfest yet, but the annual King Records Month is rapidly becoming a genuine festival. In fact, in its sixth year it can no longer even be contained in a single month, as the events are becoming as numerous as the number of hit recordings made by King’s greatest star, James Brown, or the number of classic songs first recorded by King artists — like Little Willie John’s 1956 version of “Fever,” later covered successfully by Peggy Lee. King Records Month is supposed to occur in September — it was September 1943 when King founder and Cincinnati native Syd Nathan recorded the first songs

by Country singers Grandpa Jones and Merle Travis to be released by his new record company, which went on to be a

Cincinnati unites to celebrate music institution King Records’ crucial legacy while also considering its future potential

King Records Month activities also continue well past September with two high-profile events. On Oct. 25, the Cincinnati Preservation Association is bringing in Terry Stewart — the former director of Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — to speak at its 23rd Annual Fall Forum Luncheon on the importance of preserving King’s legacy.

At CityBeat’s 2008 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards’ tribute to King, Stewart came to town and famously said at the event, “There’s not a more important piece of real estate in musical history than the building over there on Brewster. If you folks don’t remember and preserve it, shame on you.”

At the urging of board member Margaret Valentine, Cincinnati Preservation decided to focus this year’s lecture on King, a break

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King was based on Brewster Avenue in Evanston, in buildings still there but long unused as a record company.

This year the celebrating of the “month” starts early — next Saturday in fact, with the first Celebrate the King: The Gala, a ticketed event at Over-the-Rhine’s Memorial Hall with special guests, live music and the presentation of Lifetime Achievement Awards to key figures in King’s history: the late Henry Glover, an A&R executive and producer who was an early black executive in the recording industry, plus important King musicians Bootsy Collins, Philip Paul and Otis Williams. The design company We Have Become Vikings is organizing the event; its co-founder Jason Snell did some Kingrelated design work for projections on the exterior wall of downtown’s St. Xavier Church during 2017’s massively successful BLINK Cincinnati.

“The idea for the gala started over beers with two people active in (the King Studios project),” Snell says. “I’d just be sitting there and go, ‘What? That happened? No.’ Just being a fan of the music coming out of here and not really knowing a tenth of what happened… it gives me goosebumps.”

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After that, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debuts the long-awaited world premiere of KJ Sanchez’s play, Cincinnati King, on Nov. 3, which has been in development for five years as she researched the label’s history and its impact on the community. (The play runs at the Playhouse’s Shelterhouse Theatre through Dec. 23.)

September itself is packed with programming, from a serious panel discussion Sept. 5 at the Mercantile Library on Syd Nathan’s place in music history to the goofy fun of “The World’s Largest Twist Dance” on Sept. 7 at Great American Ball Park, following the end of a Cincinnati Reds’ game and before fireworks. King artist Hank Ballard had the first recording of “The Twist” in 1959, although it wasn’t until Chubby Checker covered it in 1960 that it became a massive hit and enduring pop culture touchstone. (See the sidebar on page 16 for more events happening during King Records Month and beyond.)

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L to R: King artists Bootsy Collins and Otis Williams with Jack White, Mayor John Cranley, Evanston Council President Anzora Adkins and fellow King musician Philip Paul at the original Evanston building.

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back in 1968, when Nathan died, closed its Cincinnati studio/offices on Brewster in 1971 and essentially disappeared from the city’s consciousness after a Nashville company bought its assets. It’s been a long, slow process to make Cincinnatians aware.

But neither the increase in the breadth and duration of events nor the easy peg of a 75-year anniversary is the only reason why this year’s annual King Records celebration/observation is so much bigger than

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In April, Cincinnati City Council approved a land swap with the existing owner of the former studio property in Evanston, who had been threatening demolition. The city had made the space a historic landmark in 2015. The transaction was completed this summer, and the city now owns King’s old studio/office at 1532-36 Brewster Ave. That means that the owners of King Records’ home are the citizens of Cincinnati, and they can now begin to plan for using the site to honor

the past and possibly play a part in the community’s future. (Another part of the King property, 1538-40 Brewster, which held some of the manufacturing facilities such as record pressing, is still in private hands.)

“It is now an important public asset,” says Greg Koehler, economic development supervisor with the city. “We just hit this milestone of finally getting control over the original recording studio. Now we can talk seriously about getting this big project to happen. It’s a big lift — like a small-scale

version of Music Hall or Union Terminal.”

Elliott Ruther, a co-founder of the nonprofit Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation that advocated for saving the building, says, “Here’s a truly significant spot where culture was created that had an impact on the world.”

People involved in King preservation efforts say that it isn’t just its contribution to American music that merits its remembrance. Owner Nathan was way ahead of the rest of society in running an integrated business. As Darren Blase, a

co-owner of Shake It Records who studied King Records as an undergraduate at the University of Cincinnati, explains: “(King) had an integrated baseball team within the company, but when they played in the greater industrial league, they had to break into a black and a white team.”

Before efforts can start on the restoration of the King site, it first needs to be protected structurally due to the wear of time and the elements.

“Short term, we hope to get a new roof on it before the end of year,” the city’s Koehler says. “It’s essentially missing half a roof.

It’s been deteriorating; it’s essentially in abandoned condition.”

He says such roof repair will cost approximately $500,000 and will include new rafters and carpentry to support the roof. The building also needs some asbestos mitigation.

“That means you won’t be able to grow vegetables inside the building because it has a complete roof on it,” jokes Tim Riordan, the secretary-treasurer of King Studios, a nonprofit with the stated goal of exposing and energizing King’s legacy while also supporting efforts to spur revitalization in Evanston.

Riordan might have some useful contacts in that regard — he is a former Cincinnati assistant city manager and former Dayton city manager.

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and the Bootsy Collins Foundation are involved. They are considering forming a new nonprofit organization that could conceivably be in charge of creating a new use for the site and supervising a fundraising campaign.

Concurrently, Cincinnati Preservation has been coordinating work on an application to get the site on the United States Department of Interior’s National Register of Historic Places. That could help with funding — both the federal and state governments provide sizeable tax credits for the restoration of historic properties.

Paul Muller, Cincinnati Preservation’s executive director, says that kind of funding already has been used for work on such public entities as Music Hall, Union Terminal and Memorial Hall. That the King site may not be their architectural equal doesn’t matter, he says.

“Preservation is about much more than bricks and mortar,” he says. “It’s about the lives of people who create things. (Historic buildings) become useful marks for people to tell our cultural history and how we came to be as a society.”

Once and Future King

The initial steps being taken are about keeping the King building structurally secure. But the ultimate goals being discussed for the space are about much more than keeping King alive in an empty, worn-but-architecturally-sound memorial.

“Long-term demands a pretty extensive renovation of the building,” Koehler says. “That gets into things like a museum, historic artifacts on display, a studio, community space. That gets into the millions of dollars. That’s really what a lot of people in the community want to see happen in the long run, and I do believe it’s doable.”

Because the vision of what King should be is still in the early stages, Koehler says concrete fundraising efforts aren’t in place yet. But he says the plan for King to be something living and breathing in the community of Evanston is more than notional, because all four of the nonprofit stakeholders “have coalesced around that vision.”

“This would be a public memorial that we think would have a pretty significant national and international audience, as well as a local one,” Koehler says. “And there

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yd Nathan put his plan to launch a record label into action in September of 1943, enlisting Country music entertainers Grandpa Jones and Merle Travis to record the first music for the venture, which Nathan dubbed “King Records.” To mark the beginning of what would become one of the most crucial record labels in the history of music, Cincinnati has been celebrating King Records Month in September for the past several years.

In honor of the 75th anniversary of those first King sessions, this year’s celebration is too big to contain in just one month, getting an early start this week and with exhibits and other events extending through the end of 2018.

Here is an overview of just some of the free (unless noted) events planned around Cincinnati (including online and on local radio airwaves). For a more comprehensive list of most of the forthcoming King happenings, visit kingstudios.org. Some events are in the “to be announced” planning stages, so be sure to check the site for updates. All events listed are subject to change.

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Aug. 25 Celebrate the King: The Gala (5 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, memorialhallotr.com; $20-$80) A multimedia celebration of all things King, the Gala kicks the litany of events off in style, honoring some of the legends associated with the label and sharing stories about the past, while also looking ahead to the future of King. There will be musical performances throughout, panel discussions, video testimonials and lots of surprises.

Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented in honor of King greats Bootsy Collins, Henry Glover, Philip Paul and Otis Williams. According to promotional materials, a portion of the proceeds from tickets will go to preserving the original King site in Evanston and to support the

musicians associated with King. Visit thekingcelebration. com for details.

Aug. 31-Sept. 25 The King of Them All Poster Exhibit (MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, motrpub.com; opening party 5 p.m. Aug. 31) Art Academy of Cincinnati students reimagined vintage posters that promoted concerts by various King musicians in local venues like Music Hall for this exhibition.

Sept. 1 Listermann Brewing Company “King Records” Beer Unveiling (10 a.m. at Listermann Brewing Co., 1621 Dana Ave., Evanston) What’s a big-time Cincinnati happening without a beer in its honor? Listermann reveals the brew and which King alumni will join Syd Nathan as on-the-label honorees for its series honoring King.

Sept. 1-Dec. 31 King Records 1943 to 1973: Thirty Years that Changed American Music (National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E Freedom Way, freedomcenter.org; free with museum admission) This exhibit covers King’s three decades of operation, with banners and accompanying music tracking the label as it released music that would become important to the development of Country, R&B, Rock & Roll, Soul, Funk, Bluegrass, Rockabilly and other genres. King artist portraits by design shop We Have Become Vikings (the engine behind Aug. 25’s Gala) will also be displayed.

Sept. 1 Ricky Nye Plays King (8 p.m. at Grand Central Bistro & Bar, 6085 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge) The Cincy Boogie Woogie Blues piano legend plays

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Sept. 1 Radio King: Moon Mullican (11 p.m. on WVXU and reairing 7 p.m. Sept. 2; 91.7 FM or wvxu.org) Lee Hay explores the career of the innovative “King of the Hillbilly Piano Players” through music and interviews.

Sept. 2 Radio King: Dee Felice Trio (8 a.m. on WDJO: 99.5 and 107.9 FM, 1480 AM and oldies1480.net) Carmon DeLeone spins the late ’60s music from this still-active Jazz trio, with cuts from In Heat, recorded at King’s studios, and Getting’ Down To It, the album of Jazz standards on which they backed James Brown.

Sept. 4 The Twist the Movie (6:30 p.m. at the Main Library, 800 Vine St., Huenefeld Tower Room, Downtown) Documentary film about one of King’s most notorious hits, “The Twist” (as recorded by its composer, Hank Ballard, 60 years ago this year), as well as Chubby Checker’s hugely successful version, the dance craze that grew out of it and more.

Sept. 5 The Wild, Weird & Mostly True Legend of Syd Nathan, Founder of King Records (6:30 p.m. at Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., Downtown) King historians and experts Randy McNutt (author of King Records of Cincinnati), Darren Blase and Brian Powers are joined by Syd Nathan’s nephew, Steve Halper, to discuss the life and legacy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and king of King.

Sept. 7 Radio King: James Brown’s Lost King Album (6 p.m. on Radio Artifact: radioartifact.com) Cincinnati Funk artist Freekbass spins James Brown’s triple-disc live album — taken from a Paris show in the early ’70s when Bootsy and Catfish Collins were part of his band — that was shelved when Brown left King’s roster, only to finally resurface more than 40 years later.

Sept. 7 World’s Largest Twist Dance (post-Reds game/prefireworks at Great American Ball Park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown)

are some significant national and international recording stars interested in this and may help with fundraising at some point. And there’s a target list of major foundations as well.’’

There are some early conceptual designs that were done at King Studios’ request, but are not meant to be final. SHP Leading Design, a Norwood firm whose executive vice president, Thomas Fernandez, sits on King Studios’ board and is also on the steering committee, earlier created renderings of a building that show space for exhibits, performances, an airy room with tables and chairs and a wall lined with old King vinyl albums. There’s also a draft of a reimagined Brewster Avenue between King and Montgomery Road in Evanston that shows it turned into a colorful walking King timeline, with historic markers on the side.

Earlier, King Studios had pursued plans for a complex on Montgomery Road, in the business heart of Evanston.

“The idea in a perfect world is to still have a facility on Montgomery that’s a welcome center, maybe a record store and gift shop, and then take a cart down Brewster or walk to the original building,” says Chris Schadler, a board member of King Studios.

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Come help potentially set a new world record and do The Twist, based on the locally recorded King single of the same name six decades ago.

Sept. 8 Radio King: Surf Party (6 p.m. on WAIF: 88.3 FM) King even released Surf music? Oh yeah. Hang 10 with Rock-it Rick, Midwest Surf Guy and Handsome Dan (of the Rockin’ & Surfin’ show) as they spin cuts from King’s Surf LPs like Freddie King Goes Surfin’.

Sept. 8 Radio King: James Brown Productions Part 1 (11 p.m. on WVXU; re-airing 7 p.m. Sept. 9) One of King Records Month’s primary instigators, historian Brian Powers, interviews David Matthews, Alan Leeds and others who worked with James Brown behind the scenes.

Sept. 11 King Square Dance (Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave., Northside, northsidetav.com) At the regular Northside Square Dance night at Northside Tavern, pick up a copy of one of King’s early-’60s square dance albums, complete with instructional booklets, then stick around and do-si-do the night away.

Sept. 18 Cheryl Renée Plays King (7 p.m. at Arnold’s, 210 E. Eighth St., Downtown, arnoldsbarandgrill.com) Cincinnati Blues singer/pianist tackles some classics from the King catalog.

Sept. 19 Reno & Smiley – Good Old Country Ballads (7 p.m. at the Main Library, 800 Vine St., Downtown) Bluegrass historians Fred Bartenstein and Mac McDivitt discuss the duo’s album Good Old Country Ballads, one of several they released through King in the ’50s and ’60s.

Sept. 22 The Tokyo Happy Coats (3 p.m. at the Main Library, 800 Vine St., Downtown) One of the more undernoted stories from King involves The Tokyo Happy Coats, five sisters from Tokyo who became popular on the lounge circuit in the ’60s. Radford University’s Roy Baugher will discuss the group’s career, which included a pair of albums and singles for King.

Sept. 22 Radio King: A King Records Potpourri (11 p.m. on WVXU; re-airing 7 p.m. Sept. 23) Music and discussion about a wide range of King happenings, including the status of the King building in Evanston and a King museum planned for Shake It Records.

Sept. 23 King Swing Dance Party (7 p.m. at College Hill Town Hall, 1805 Larch Ave., College Hill; $5) Dance to King Jump Blues legends Bull Moose Jackson,

Sept. 26 Ronnie Hollyman–The Quiet Man (7 p.m. at the Main Library, 800 Vine St., Downtown) Jim Tarbel discusses British comedian/singer Ronnie Hollyman, whose 1960 King Records’ album The Quiet Man was recorded during a 10-week run at Walnut Hills nightclub The Key Room.

Sept. 29 Reds Sportscaster Waite Hoyt and King (1 p.m. at Moerlein Lager House, 115 Joe Nuxhall Way, The Banks, Downtown) Captializing on the popularity of Cincinnati Reds playby-play announcer Waite Hoyt’s stories told during rain delays, King put out a collection of them as The Best of Waite Hoyt in the Rain in 1963. Cincinnati broadcasting legend Nick Clooney and Reds historian Greg Hand discuss Hoyt’s legacy.

Sept. 30 Kings (and Queens) of Cincinnati Music (1 p.m. at MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Over-the-Rhine) Historian Christine Anderson discusses King’s importance to Cincinnati’s history.

Oct. 26 King Preservation Forum (noon at Hall of Mirrors in Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 W. Fifth St., Downtown) A discussion/luncheon about King and the successful rescue of the label’s building from demolition. Former President and CEO of the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Terry Stewart, a vocal supporter of the preservation, is the keynote speaker.

Nov. 3-Dec. 23 Cincinnati King : The Musical (various showtimes at Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Circle, Mount Adams, cincyplay.com) Cincinnati’s renowned theatrical instituion presents the world premiere of Cincinnati King, a musical based on Syd Nathan’s and King’s rise in the industry and the King artists who made such a big impact on music and culture in America.

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Sept. 15 The Wham of That Memphis Man!: Lonnie Mack (1 p.m. at the Main Library, 800 Vine St., Downtown) Carl Edmondson, who recorded seminal singles by Blues Rock pioneer Lonnie Mack at King, talks about the guitarist with historian and author Randy McNutt.

Sept. 16 Comet Bluegrass Allstars play King (7:30 p.m. at The Comet, 4579 Hamilton Ave., Northside, cometbar.com) Masterful local musicians turn their “Bluegrass Sunday” show over to the music of King’s Bluegrass greats.

Tiny Bradshaw, Wynonie Harris and more until 8 p.m.

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Sept. 15 Jake Speed & the Freddies Play King (9 p.m. at Imago, 700 Enright Ave., Price Hill, imagoearth.org) The Cincinnati Folk favorites play songs by The Delmore Brothers, Merle Travis and more King Roots artists in an idyllic setting.

Sept. 15 Radio King: James Brown Productions Part 2 (11 p.m. on WVXU; re-airing 7 p.m. Sept. 16) Brian Powers talks with King’s Sisters of Righteous, James Brown backup musicians Jimmy Railey and Waddell Falland and Dr. Kay Robinson, who recorded a Gospel album for Brown’s company.

Doo-wop smash “Hearts of Stone,” with the Charms in 1954, and still performs.

Philip Paul, a King Studios board member who became a session drummer at King in the 1950s, also believes respect must be paid to the label’s forgotten musicians. He keeps a list of lesser-known King musicians he doesn’t want to see forgotten, such as session guitarist Freddie Jordan.

“If we couldn’t get the chord changes together, they’d send for Freddie Jordan and he’d put it together,” Paul says in praise of the musician. “I promised his wife that if I got an opportunity, I’d make sure he would be honored.”

While all this is going on, national and international interest continues to grow as more is learned about the early and influential Country and R&B records that came out of King. A string of visiting Rock musicians have paid their respects in recent years — Paul McCartney, Nick Lowe, Jack White, Billy Gibbons and more.

“We’ve always said, and there is tons of evidence to support it, that King can sustain a claim to being the birthplace of Rock & Roll,” Schadler says. “I’ve always said there should be billboards on Interstate 71 and 75 that say, ‘Welcome to Cincinnati, the Birthplace of Rock & Roll.’ ” That may happen soon.

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Sept. 13 Radio King: King of the Country Deejays: Nelson King (4 p.m. on WMKV: 89.33 FM) Mike Martini presents a special about wildly influential and popular DJ Nelson King and his Cincinnati-based show, Hillbilly Jamboree, which helped popular Country music on a grand scale.

building should serve residents of Evanston, especially students, by offering music education and being a source of community pride.

There is another concern. Some feel that if and when the King site gets its second life with a museum component, it shouldn’t be a “top-down” one that solely interprets the company’s history through the eyes of the movers and shakers who owned it. There needs to be a “people’s history,” one that honors and respects all the musicians and other workers who helped create what King became.

To that end, Kent Butts — vice chair of both King Studios and the new steering committee — is trying to keep those musicians and employees still alive (or surviving family members) aware of what’s happening as the King revival grows.

“Many of them didn’t have a clue; they thought it was over with King,” Butts says. “I want to get the legacy individuals — mostly families of artists — to understand there is something here and that we’re thinking about them. It needs to be understood for history’s sake what their father or mother did for king.”

Butts has a personal stake in this — his father, Otis Williams, recorded one of King’s greatest hits, the R&B/

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ONSTAGE: The Drowning Girls Last fall, Liberty Exhibition Hall, a century-old vaudeville theater, came back to life with a production of an unusual drama about three women with a common thread: Each was married to George Joseph Smith … and each is dead.

They surface from bathtubs where they were drowned to compare notes about their womanizing, murderous husband. The unusual show about misconceptions of love, married life and the not-so-happily ever after wasn’t seen by many Cincinnati theatergoers.

It’s back with its original cast — Mindy Heithaus, Eileen Earnest and Carol Brammer — for a oneweek return engagement.

Full of social critique, rich images, lyrical language and memorable characters, this is a performance worth catching. Through Monday. $25; $15 senior/student.

Clifton Players at Liberty Exhibition Hall, 3838 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, cliftonperformancetheatre. com. — RICK PENDER

Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, Price Hill (through Sept. 9)

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FILM: The inaugural Cindependent Film Festival screens three days of independent films at the Woodward Theater. See

feature on page 23.

COMEDY: Brent Terhune “You ever notice the more dirty dishes you have, the bigger the spoon you use?” comedian Brent Terhune asks an audience. “When you have clean dishes, you use a normal spoon and a week later you’re eating Lucky Charms with a ladle… out of a crockpot.” He says the same is true is with cups and glasses. “You go right through the coffee cups, plastic cups and then you’re drinking Coke out of a wine glass. ‘This is a pretty good year for Coke.’ ” Based in Indianapolis, Terhune headlines clubs across the country. He also produces a series of popular YouTube videos in which he plays a bumpkin that comments on everything from millennials not knowing what at an old “rotisserie” phone is to the need for the new Space Force to keep aliens from outer space

from taking American jobs.

Through Sunday. $8-$14.

Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com.

— P.F. WILSON EVENT: A Fetching Affair Pit bulls often get a bad rap. It’s true: some of them have been bred for dog fighting and are trained to be aggressive, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of tail waggin’ good boys and girls deserving of a loving home. That’s the code of Adore-A-Bull, Cincinnati’s first pit bull rescue. The nonprofit was founded in 2010 with the goal of saving bully breed dogs and puppies from high-kill shelters. Support their mission and come out for a doggone good time at A Fetching Affair, Adore-ABull’s gala fundraiser. Don some fancy-schmancy cocktail duds and join emcees Perry Schaible of Local 12 and Q102’s Mollie

Watson for a night of dinner, games, silent auctions and live music from the Cincinnati Frequency Band.

6:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday. $65; $95 VIP. The Phoenix, 812 Race St., Downtown, adoreabull.org. — MORGAN ZUMBIEL MUSIC: Whispering Beard Folk Festival This 11th-annual hoedown hootenanny held in the aptly named Friendship, Ind. is a celebration of Folk music, camping and good vibes with fellow Beardos. This year’s lineup features Great Lake Swimmers, Banditos, The Tillers, Mapache, Young Heirlooms, Frontier Folk Nebraska and plenty more to get you through three days and nights of music, food, a craft market and square dancing. As the website says, “WBFF isn’t about any one person, or one group — it’s about the community. It’s about the need to preserve traditional

Folk music as well as encourage a new wave of younger Folk-inspired musicians. It’s about the soil in bluegrass; the dirt behind the fingernails.” Through Sunday. Day passes are $10-$55; weekend passes are $80 advance and $90 at the gate; children are $5 per day or $10 per weekend; camping rates run $55-$225 for VIB (Very Important Beardo). Old Mill Campground, 8544 W. 690 N., Friendship, Ind., whisperingbeard.com.

— MAIJA ZUMMO

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MUSIC: Descendants bring classic California Pop Punk to Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 34.

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ONSTAGE: Jesus Christ Superstar

Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder (1954) has all the basic ingredients of a class-crime mystery: blackmail, lust, greed, sinister music and a broken view of the American dream — all wrapped up in wafts of cigar smoke and whiskey residue. A plot unfurls in which Margot, born into a wealthy family, has an affair; her husband, Tony, then concocts a plan to kill her. Catch it at the Esquire as part of their Hitchcock series; next Wednesday, they’ll explore 1955’s To Catch a Thief. 7 p.m. Wednesday. $10; $7.50 senior/child. Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, esquiretheatre.com.

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FILM: Dial M for Murder It’s the 1950s. A phone rings, echoing down a long corridor.

Music swells — a scene now iconic plays: A beautiful woman repeats “hello” over the receiver, only for no one to answer back. She wraps a shawl around her shoulders as shadows fueled with ill intent play behind her. Led by old Hollywood stars Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings,

Great Lake Swimmers will be at this weekend’s Whispering Beard Folk Festival.

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EVENT: BeWILDERfest: Beer & Music Festival Urban Artifact is hosting their third-annual music and beer fest centered around all things “wild.” Thirty bands will sprawl across three stages with the Indie Pop group Cults headlining the festival. Handfuls of your favorite local and regional bands including Dawg Yawp, Blossom Hall, Freekbass, Triiibe will be rocking out while you sip sour beer and smash some street food.

All ages are welcome for a good time. See Spill It on page 33 for more info. 5 p.m.

Friday; 3 p.m. Saturday. $16 advance; $20 day of; $50 VIP. Urban Artifact, 1660 Blue Rock St., Northside, bewilderfest.com. — SAMI STEWART EVENT: Chamber Crawl 4: Alt Rock Classical music often finds a home on the stages of fancy theaters and on “Perfect Concentration” Spotify playlists, but if you think that it’s only for stogy, sophisticated types, you’ve really got it all wrong. Sure, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra is no stranger to classic compositions à la

Beethoven, but this summer they’ve focused their efforts on performing renditions of historical American classics, Prohibition-era tunes and, this week, the grungy anthems of your favorite AltRock bands.

Enjoy a free cocktail and listen to Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra principal violist Heidi Yenney and pianist Christopher O’Riley perform arrangements from the likes of Radiohead, Sun Kil Moon and more. To really understand the AltRock crossover, head to the CCO’s website to hear O’Riley’s arrangement of Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” and get a sneak

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MUSIC: Ruthie Foster Ruthie Foster’s music is one of the purest examples of “Americana” in the definitional sense: a deftly concocted mixture of Soul, Folk, Rock, Blues and Gospel that is given gut-punch potency by the soulful manner in which it is delivered. The singer/songwriter/guitarist got her start in church, then playing with a Blues band in clubs around her native Texas before moving to New York City for a stint after her service in the Navy. Rebuffing attempts to turn her into a more Pop-oriented performer, she was back in Texas by the mid-’90s, releasing her first album in 1997. In the ’00s, fans and critics began to notice Foster on a much wider scale, leading to a string of award-show recognition, including numerous Blues Music Awards and a trio of Grammy nominations in the ’10s. Her latest album, Joy Comes Back, brought the Gospel factor to the forefront, featuring a litany of ace musicians (including Derek Trucks) and a Blues shakedown of the Black Sabbath classic “War Pigs.” 8 p.m.

Thursday. $20. Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport, southgatehouse.com.

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hold up to eight pounds.

Behind her desk — which was included with the dorm, along with a mini fridge and two twin XL mattresses and bedframes — she even used the adhesive strips to stick a power strip for ease-of-access.

She also recommends having a few extension cords on deck.

And lights: Extra bedside lamps are a must. Or, as featured in most Pintereststyle dorm rooms, string lights. Dossett has both.

“We hate the fluorescent lights. Especially at night it gets annoying. I would invest in string lights or a desk lamp — it also makes it feel a lot more homey,” she says. “Everyone that came in our dorm last year said it looked like HGTV.”

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Making the space Zen

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Her first year, Dossett lived in a space with communal showers down the hall — which turned out not to be as bad as she

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future freshman, she says there are small, relatively affordable, ways make the dorm feel more like a bedroom.

“Actually decorate the room; bring pictures from home,” she says. “Get warm bedding and bring blankets — just anything that makes it feel like home.

When you first walk in, it’s cinder blocks and fluorescent (lighting); once you add things that are pieces of you, it’s warm and homey.”

The space is a reflection of Dossett’s identity: a bulletin board showcases pictures of friends and family, Catholic iconography adorns the walls — including a holy water font in the threshold — joined by positive quotes that range from bible verses to Parks and Recreation references.

To top it off, fresh flowers in a vase and a baby Moana Pop figure mark the area.

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aria Dossett picks up a ukulele and laughs, noting that she hasn’t perfected her strumming skills — yet. A posse of stuffed animals (most of which are Disney characters) laze in a sunshine haze, which dusts the dorm room that the junior at Northern Kentucky University shares with a close friend.

Cacti and succulents sit in tiny pots along the windowsill. It’s nice to have something other than herself to take care of, she notes.

This is it: her home away from home.

Dorm rooms are notoriously small.

According to dormstormer.com, the average size is about 130 square feet, give or take. Some have small bathrooms included and a select few may also have a small kitchen or living area. Most starter dorms, however, have just enough room for a study area, sleep area, closet and some floor space.

Dossett’s room is no different. This summer she lived in the Callahan dormitory at NKU serving as a Resident Assistant. In terms of giving advice to

thought. Now, she shares one bathroom with her roommate. Still, the space is tight.

They use an organizer that goes over the showerhead from Walmart to store items.

Items that save space are key in dorm decorating, though — both in the bed area and in the bathroom.

“Totes. I can utilize them in different ways. Investing in this cart helped out because,” she says, motioning to a three-tiered cart on wheels, “I remember freshman year before I had this, books were stacked in random places — it offers a lot of space for the miscellaneous stuff I wouldn’t have a space for (otherwise).”

She says she bought the cart, which also adds a pop of blue to the room, at Michaels, but knows people who found similar models at Target and IKEA. “Invest in something that can last you at least four years. Invest in a good bedding the first year that you can bring back, and totes and carts,” she says. “My freshman year, my mom bought me a whole IKEA chair and ottoman and it would’ve been cool for an apartment, but for a dorm room it probably wasn’t the best.”

The chair was ultimately too bulky for the room. But now she has a college-era classic: a beanbag blooming with floral imagery, which gets used almost daily.

Another must? Adhesive hooks and strips. Dossett especially recommends Command brand’s velcro-style, which can

This year, Dossett has the smaller closet in the room — a first for her college experience. Still, dorm closets are often smaller than spaces students may have enjoyed back home. Without room for a dresser, minimalism comes at play.

“I wear so much of the same stuff over and over again,” Dossett says, opening her closet. “When I look at my closet, I get stressed out. I remember freshman year I brought all of my clothes.”

This summer, she’s opted to leave some at home. To save space and time, basics are all she needs. A row of shirts hang in her closet. On a shelf above, she stores all her towels and linens. Below, two baskets store her shoes.

Soon, she hopes to clean out her closet she’s left at home by donating items. She may try to sell a few, too, through sites like DePop or Poshmark (if you’re able to find buyers, it’ll give you some spare cash).

In terms of making the whole room feel chill, you should probably clean. The routine can be an adjustment, but there’s a reason it’s essential to a healthy space.

“In the midst of classes, you’ll just walk in one day and be like ‘This should be vacuumed.’ I get to a point where I’m like ‘This needs to be cleaned,’ ” Dossett says.

“But we try to do it every now and then because that’s what’s going to make the space the best to live in.”

Most of her decorations lean on cozy, pastel colors. As the sun leaks in, the dorm room feels awash with softness. She hops onto her bed using a stool — it stands high so the space underneath can be used for additional storage.

Her favorite piece? A message board that currently reads: “I loved you before you knew it was love.” She switches out the quotes, but they’re always positive.

“I try to have decorations that make me feel good in general,” she says with a laugh.

“I hope there’s never a day I put a sad lyric on (the message board) because it’s nice to come home after class or work and see (a positive message).”

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That’s the scenario Natalie Seeninger, a licensed dietitian based in Louisville, Ky., narrates.

Seeninger says that if the student doesn’t grab a snack before that hypothetical test, they will likely not perform their best. It all comes down to snacking on healthy calories that provide an extra dose of energy.

“You’re going to need to eat something before that (exam) so you can power through to perform your best and then eat dinner afterward,” she says.

The reasoning is simple: When we don’t fuel our body, our brain loses focus. The brain runs on glucose, so without those sugars in your bloodstream it literally can’t function properly. That’s why fueling up is essential, even amid often hectic college schedules.

According to a review of studies published by MDPI, research shows that making a habit of eating regular meals is associated with academic achievement, including breakfast. It states: “Overall, results suggest that diet may be associated with academic achievement with the majority of studies associating more

favorable dietary intake with higher academic achievement.”

It’s all about intentionally working regular meals into your schedule.

Seeninger recommends waking up a bit earlier to eat something before class.

Aside from breakfast (no, really. It’s the most important meal of the day. Load up, people), snacking between meals is actually a plus.

Seeninger recommends packing granola, protein bars or other easy, convenient (and healthy) snacks to munch on throughout the school day — especially if classes are back-to-back and you can’t make a dash to the cafeteria or food hall. Other simple ideas: almonds, natural peanut butter and celery, Greek yogurt, banana chips and smoothies.

When you’re laying out your schedule, make sure you accommodate for lunch and give yourself enough time to grab something, even if it’s on-the-go and between classes. (Heck, some professors will even let you eat during class — just read the syllabus.)

Likely, you’ll eat a snack before heading to dinner. If you’re up late studying (because it’s inevitable), let yourself snack on things like hummus or apples and peanut butter.

Snacking will keep your energy up throughout the day. So will good ol’ water.

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“If you’re walking on campus or going up the stairs to your classes in the summer months, you’re definitely going to want to bring water with you,” Seeninger says.

“Having hydration with you is going to help you focus, too.”

Start forming good habits Seeninger, a University of Dayton dietetics grad, is currently working on her master’s.

Next year, she’ll complete a certification for childhood and adolescent weight management. She says that she often works with teenagers either in high school or about to enter college. It’s important that they understand nutrition and limits.

The habits we create in our formative years often influence dietary habits as we grow older, she says.

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“When we’re younger, our metabolisms are faster and we’re playing a lot of sports and we’re walking around campus every day,” she says, “but after we get out of college our metabolisms aren’t the same.”

Lifestyle post-grad isn’t the same either.

We’re less likely to walk from place-toplace throughout the day. In college, food is readily accessible, too — especially if you live on campus. Most universities offer meal plans that can be used not only in cafeteria-style food halls, but also in restaurants either on or around campus.

On the former note, the USDA recommends that college students be cognizant of all-you-can-eat choices. To keep from overloading, they say to make half the plate fruit and veggies and opt to get smaller portion sizes. If you’re still hungry, you can always grab more.

According to a Psychology Today article, habits we form around eating are harder to break the older we get: “Practiced daily for so many years, they are very hard to change in any permanent way through

dieting because one’s psychological and physical systems are so historically opposed to giving them up.”

In that sense, practicing healthy habits surrounding food in college can help students transition with more ease when they leave.

That’s not to say that students shouldn’t treat themselves occasionally. “It’s OK to eat things like burger and fries once in a while,” Seeninger says.

Navigating around a lifestyle College can be an extra adjustment for students with dietary choices or needs that stray from the norm, like vegetarianism, veganism or gluten-free.

For vegetarians in college, Seeninger says to investigate what’s available beforehand. If dining halls have a menu, check it prior to meals. Pro tip: If you feel like your campus skimps on vegetarian options or you find yourself eating pasta and salad most days, most universities take suggestions on how to make their dining options better; let your voice be heard.

You may also need to ask if certain foods were made in animal fat, but look out for vegan/vegetarian labels around the food hall. If you’re unsure: ask.

With a restriction that stems from something like SHUT TERSTOCK.COM celiac disease — an autoimmune disorder that affects the digestion of gluten — website celiac.org cites the 504 Plan, which is a “federally recognized method of detailing any and all accommodations that needs to be made by the school” in order to assure that the student’s needs are meant.

By law, schools must work to remove barriers to learning — which includes needs like gluten-free.

Still, check with the university before arriving and talk with food staff regarding accommodations.

For the herbivores, the USDA recommends stocking up on nuts and grabbing meals with beans, lentils or peas (for example, pita wraps or burritos). Be on the lookout not only for veggie staples, but falafel, vegetable or bean-based burgers and meat-free takes on pasta dishes. Oh, and snag some B12 vitamins.

Whatever your lifestyle, it all comes down to eating regularly and choosing healthier options. If you want more info on how to stack your plate, check out choosemyplate.gov.

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EVENT: Germania Society Oktoberfest Oktoberfest season in Cincinnati begins with the Germania Society’s 48th-annual celebration. The first Oktoberfest was held in Munich, Germany in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of King Ludwig I and since then, this annual party has happened in towns across Bavaria — and America — including the very German Cincinnati. At the Germania Society’s fest, expect authentic German eats — sauerkraut balls, Oktoberfest chicken, schwenkbraten, wursts, pastries and more — German beer, German wine, schnapps and plenty of activities ranging from German music and carnival rides to games of chance and a market with imported German goods. On Sunday, dignitaries from regional German organizations will kick-off a parade. 6 p.m.-midnight Friday; 2 p.m.-midnight Saturday; noon-8 p.m.

Sunday. $5; free for 12 and under. Germania Park, 3529 W. Kemper Road, Colerain, germaniasociety.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO

peek of this match made in musical heaven. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $30 adult; $10 student/child. The Redmoor, 3187 Linwood Ave., Mount Lookout, ccocincinnati.org.

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EATS: Landlocked Social House hosts a weekly Monday Pop Up dinner featuring street-foodinspired eats from different local chefs and foodies. See feature on page 30.

MUSIC: Swedish Doom

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MUSIC: Asheville Folk group River Whyless plays the Ludlow Garage. See Sound Advice on page 34.

EVENT: Rooftop Yoga Series Head to Top of the Park on the roof of The Phelps for a yoga class with a view.

Instructors and co-founders of Trini Tribe Mija Speakman and Hadley Corpus lead three classes throughout the evening. Bring yourself, a yoga mat, sunglasses, a towel and water bottle.

Class will be held rain or shine. 5-9 p.m. Sunday. $20. The Phelps/Top of the Park, 506 E. Fourth St., Downtown, facebook.com/ rooftopyogaseries. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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EVENT: Wine Over Water 2018 Take in superb views from Newport’s Purple People Bridge while munching on snacks and sipping wine.

Organized by local nonprofit the Brighton Center, expect to be impressed by wine tastings hand-selected

by DEP’s Fine Wine & Spirits sommelier, Shannon Depenbrock, and enjoy craft beer from a local favorite, Braxton Brewing. As for food, Hofbrauhaus, Mazzacorona, City Barbeque and more will be there dishing out eats. 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday. $40; $50 at the door. Purple People Bridge, 1 Levee Way, Newport, brightoncenter. com. — LIZZY SCHMITT

band Monolord brings Black Sabbath vibes to the Southgate House Revival.

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FILM: Big Lebowski The Esquire Theatre celebrates the 20th anniversary of Big Lebowski with a special screening. In this 1998 Coen Brothers film, Jeff Bridges stars at Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, an avid bowler and robe enthusiast. When a case of mistaken identity upends his life, Lebowski must wrangle with kidnappers, rug thieves, German nihilists and ransom demands. The Dude abides. Costumes are encouraged and the theater will be slinging thematic white Russian cocktails at the bar. 10 p.m. Friday. $10; $7.50 senior/child. Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, esquiretheatre.com.

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MUSIC: The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra closes out its Summermusik Fest with The Hero Within, featuring compositions that were written and will be performed by four Cincinnati musicians under the age of 20. See feature on page 25.

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A New Try at a Film Festival Allyson West received 356 submissions for the launch of the Cindependent Film Festival in Over-the-Rhine

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The Friday-screening feature Other Versions of You, directed by Motke Dapp, tells a story about parallel universes, and kid-friendly animated short Margaret and the Moon, directed by Trevor Morgan, is so “amazing” that West programmed it twice.

“We want to make sure any children coming to the festival see it,” she says.

“All of the blocks are strong, so no matter what time somebody comes to see something they would see amazing movies,” she continues.

In making some of the blocks free of charge, she wants to ensure that those who can’t afford a ticket “will still be able to see incredible work.”

The festival wants filmmakers to attend screenings, but also all Cincinnatians.

“It’s essential for this kind of thing to grow,” West says. “The festivals that were most rewarding for me were the ones that weren’t just filmmakers who wanted to talk about what I had done. I just hope people come. I just hope people buy tickets.

Because if they don’t, it’s like, what?”

As for the future, West would at least like to see the Cindependent Film Festival continue to exist, grow and become profitable.

“We’re dreaming big,” she says. “One of my friends is a film fest programmer and I was telling him all my ideas for the festival and he said, ‘Keep it small.’ I was like, ‘Keep it small? Have you met me?’”

The Cindependent Film Festival runs Aug. 23-25 in Over-the-Rhine. Individual short blocks are $10; VIP passes are $250; a three-day pass is $70; and a one-day pass is $25. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit cindependentfilmfest.org.

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ceremony take place. Cindependent will present awards for categories like Best Short, Best Short and Feature Screenplays and Best Actor and Actress.

West says the fest received a total of 356 submissions from all over the globe — both scripts and films — and 60 features.

Over the course of the three days, the programming includes almost 100 shorts (programmed in thematic blocks, such as Family Films, Thinkers, Friendship Flicks, Party Mix Shorts and Student Shorts), three features, an opening night performance from band Ernie Johnson from Detroit (who are from Cincinnati) at the Woodward, a closing night dance party and nightly after parties.

The festival selected 44 scripts as official selections and local actors will read 29 of them — nine to 10 a day — at table reads held at MOTR. Free events include the table reads, MOTR’s daily morning coffee talks with directors (hosted by Women in Film Cincinnati) and each day’s 10 a.m. shorts blocks. Otherwise tickets are $10 per block.

Thursday’s opening night shorts block, held at the Woodward, consists of all Ohio films, including the music video for the song “Delusion” by local band Pocket, directed by then-high school student Sam W. Smith. West calls it “mind-blowingly good.” Friday night will see the debut of Leelah’s Highway.

West also recommends Josh Kaukl’s low-budget monster short What Comes Out, screening Friday night as part of the Off-Kilter shorts block.

“The way they created this monster is so effective for the story they are telling,” she says. “It really impressed me that they were DIY-ing it and were very clever about it.”

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shot here. In fact, Kristen Schlotman, the executive director of Film Cincinnati — a nonprofit dedicated to attracting film and TV production to the area — will be one of three speakers at Saturday afternoon’s Masterclass: Cincy Makes Movies. However, West says, there needs to be more focus on the non-Hollywood film community.

“I do think Cincinnati needs a home for independent filmmakers,” she says. “I just think people need organization to know where they can go to see some of this stuff. I want people to be able connect and network through this and further their creative ideas.”

For a first-year festival, West was able to obtain an impressive array of sponsorship and grants, including from ArtsWave and the City of Cincinnati. She even formed a hospitality department — an unusual move for a fest.

“I knew for us hospitality was going to be a big deal,” she says. “With the hospitality team, I knew it was probably going to be me dealing with it if we didn’t specifically have somebody to manage it.”

She hired Abigail Horn and Frank Steele to answer the “thousand questions about the small details” and to give away some complimentary rooms at the 21c Museum Hotel to a select group of filmmakers. The hospitality team also alerts filmmakers on what events are happening and how to maneuver the city — kind of like a concierge.

The festival mainly takes place on Main Street in OTR — at the Mini Microcinema, MOTR Pub and former movie house and music venue Woodward Theater — but also at downtown’s new bar Aster, where Friday’s after party and Sunday’s awards

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t’s been three years since the city of Cincinnati has had an all-genre film festival — the Cincinnati Film Festival took place in 2015 — but local filmmaker and actress Allyson West will change that when the Cindependent Film Festival convenes Aug. 23-25 with screenings at sites in Over-the-Rhine. Though it’s brand new, it arrives with an impressive degree of planning and organization. It also debuts with a scoop — the premiere of Elizabeth Littlejohn’s 24-minute documentary Leelah’s Highway, about Leelah Alcorn, a Kings Mills transgender teen, who died by suicide in 2014.

West — who CityBeat readers named 2018’s Best Local Filmmaker in the Best Of Cincinnati issue — grew up in Texas, studied acting at the University of Cincinnati, moved to Brooklyn to hone her craft and then moved back to Cincy in 2014. Last year, she spent a chunk of the year traveling to fests with her short film Texican, which she wrote, directed, starred in and executive produced.

“What happened is, I would go to all these different cities, these film festivals, and I’d have these amazing experiences,” West says. “I kept coming back to Cincinnati and thinking, ‘I can’t believe we don’t have something like this here.’ And I tried to find a place to submit my movie, and there wasn’t anything. We have a lot of genre-specific film fests (like the annual Jewish & Israeli Film Festival), though we didn’t have one that was just showcasing work (where) it didn’t matter what the content was.”

Last November, when West was fivemonths pregnant with daughter Olive, she began to think about creating a festival.

With the encouragement of her husband, Philip, in December she submitted to the IRS to become a nonprofit. In January she launched the fest’s website.

“It happened fast and furious,” she says.

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Cincinnati’s music legends go further and deeper than just those artists and entrepreneurs associated with King Records (see our cover story on page 12).

Yes, there are such bona fide King Records legends as Otis Williams, Bonnie Lou, Junior McCants, Grandpa Jones and, of course, Syd Nathan, the company’s owner. But there are also other local music legends.

They include H-Bomb Ferguson, a Jump Blues and raucous Rock singer who performed in colorful wigs and hula skirts and had a pet snake named Boo Boo; Hobo Jack Adkins, whose Country recordings included “Kentucky School Bus” about “school children that went home to heaven” after a bus accident in Eastern Kentucky; the psychedelic Blues-Rock band Sacred Mushroom, whose moniker is still considered one of the best ever; and the Cincinnatiborn Broadway star and stylish Pop singer Libby Holman, whose streak of hits from 1929-1935 included “Moanin’ Low,” “Am I Blue?” and “Love for Sale.”

All of the above and more will be part of the Cincinnati Music Legends Card Deck, a set of artist-designed cards planned for release in early 2019. It’s one of local nonprofit ArtWorks’ more unusual projects to date — it has supplied a project manager and two art-student apprentices to the project, which is currently taking shape at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. The lead artist is the accomplished cartoonist/ sign painter Justin Green; the idea’s originator is Darren Blase, co-owner of Shake It Records.

Blase’s inspiration was the music trading card sets created by cartoonist R. Crumb — Pioneers of Country Music, Heroes of the Blues and Early Jazz Greats.

“I always loved those things,” Blase says. “I always thought we should do this here.”

Green has already painted the distinctive signage at Shake It — the marquee-like sign above the front door includes portraits of such beloved recording artists as Tom Waits, Louis Jordan, Loretta Lynn and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

So he was a natural for this. But as he found his work slowed by an eye ailment, Blase turned to ArtWorks for help.

On a recent afternoon, all involved were assembled at the

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Art Academy. Along the walls were preliminary pen-andink drawings of the subjects, reference photos and mockups of cards and the 80-word biographies that will go on the back of them. Project manager Joe Walsh was working with his apprentices on adding watercolor to a scanned copy of a completed drawing. Eventually, the watercolor-painted drawings will be scanned into digital files and sent overseas to be printed into decks of 3-by-4-inch Cincinnati Music Legends cards.

“I’ve been entrusted with these incredibly talented geniuses and I want to give them my knowledge without cramping their style,” Green says. “So they’re my product really, not the cards.”

Given his musical knowledge, Blase had a relatively easy time choosing subjects for his cards.

“I put a list together of 156, and kind of just pooled from my files pretty randomly,” he says.

This set will ultimately depict 36 or 37 legends in a pack of 40 cards. It will be printed in an initial edition of 1,000 and may retail for $15.99. Blase ultimately plans for a series of four or five sets. “I’ll see if I can find a way to put bubble gum in them, too,” he says.

Blase also decided the chosen subjects had to have lived in Cincinnati for at least some period; they couldn’t just have come here to record at King Records’ studio.

“That’s why there’s no James Brown,” he says. And he decided that the guitarist Lonnie Mack be included in the first set.

For the student apprentices, this project is paying an extra dividend — an education in Cincinnati music history.

“For Libby Holman, I read her entire biography and I can recite all the things that happened in her life,” says apprentice Josie Masset, of Miami University.

And they are aware they will be introducing some of their subjects to a new audience.

“I can’t believe I’m part of this,” says Kadin True, an Art Academy student. “These cards are going to be part of how these people are going to be remembered.”

When finished, Cincinnati Music Legends card decks will be available at Shake It Records and other stores, and through shakeitrecords.com.

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Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s Summermusik series concludes its four-week season on Aug. 25 with The Hero Within, a program that includes world-premiere compositions honoring living heroes that were written and will be performed by four Cincinnati musicians under the age of 20. The program also features Roberto Parker, Grace Mouch, Jacob Strom and Chaya Jones Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Ludwig van PHOTO: ANGIE LIPSCOMB Beethoven’s Eroica (or “the heroic”) symphony, as a sniper in Baghdad in 2008. well as Dmitri Shostakovich’s first piano “He got shot in the back of the neck concerto featuring pianist Christopher and didn’t feel it, but everyone else was O’Riley and CCO principal trumpeter freaking out,” Strom says. “Michael was Ashley Hall. the scout, ahead of everyone else going Defining a hero conjures images of into no man’s land. And it gave me a bigger fire fighters, soldiers and anyone facing a idea of moving forward with how we think dangerous, sometimes insurmountable about war and about humanity.” challenge. CCO’s music director He adds that some of Mather’s words Eckart Preu had already programmed were lyrics in themselves. Strom’s songs Beethoven’s symphony for the program’s reflect Pop influences, a style he’s been second half, so he wanted to try a different playing since his first band in high school. take in the first half.

Chaya Jones, a Walnut Hills sophomore, “We wanted a young people’s perspective spoke to Patrick Tierney, a retired U.S. on who is a hero, and we found four Navy petty officer. super-talented musicians from the Music “Patrick joined the Navy when he was 17 Resource Center,” Preu says, adding, “It because he wanted to escape the gangs wasn’t just their talent — they are sharp, and drugs in his high school. He told me observant and sensitive.” the Navy saved his life,” she says.

Cincinnati’s Music Resource Center Jones’ lyrics describe Tierney’s anxiety opened in 2008, headed by artist Karen about leaving home and also the realities D’Agostino, who was inspired by the of war. A multi-instrumentalist and vocaloriginal MRC that was founded in ist influenced by Jazz and Soul, Jones says Charlottesville, Va. in 1995. The Cincinnati her piece is a mix of all three. center now occupies a 3,700-square-foot Percussionist and rapper Roberto Parker, space on Woodburn Avenue in Evanston. a Music Resource Center alumnus, was Students ages 12 through 19 have access inspired by his cousin Robert Salazar, Jr., to “a ton of rooms outfitted with Apple an Iraq war veteran and Purple Heart computers loaded with GarageBand and recipient.

Logic Pro X, musical instruments and a “He’s always been an inspiration, and I 200-seat performance space,” says Kyle wrote an old school Hip Hop track about Cadena, MRC’s studio director.

PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) All members must be enrolled in public, from multiple perspectives,” Parker says. private or home school. Access to higherGrace Mouch is a home-schooled junior level equipment, instruction and participawho describes her songs as “a mix of everytion in larger projects is based on an incenthing — Pop, Rock and Indie.” Her song is tive track: silver, gold and platinum levels. a ballad, inspired by two people she’s close “We chose these four upper-tier artists to and whose identities she doesn’t share. because we knew they could handle the “Knowing their flaws, people can still infludemands and they’re musically diverse,” ence you in such great ways. They’re very Cadena says. human heroes,” she says.

When the composers were notified last All four will perform their songs, which year, they had the option to interview a have been arranged for the CCO by Scot veteran, facilitated by the Armed Forces Woolley. And each one is profoundly Tickets Association, or to base their grateful and still somewhat dazed by the composition on a hero of their choice. opportunity to be backed by a professional Jacob Strom, then a senior at Walnut orchestra. The feeling is mutual, Preu says.

Hills High School, interviewed U.S. Army The Hero Within will be presented at 7:30 Sgt. Michael Mather, who served three p.m. Aug. 25 at School for the Creative and tours of duty in Iraq. Strom, who since has Performing Arts, 108 W. Central Parkway, graduated, wrote “Forward Mission” based Over-the-Rhine. Tickets: ccocincinnati.org. on Mather’s account of being wounded by

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“I was interested in comedy in the same way any kid or teenager becomes interested in comedy,” says comedian/actor Michael Ian Black. “I listened to Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin. I also watched Saturday Night Live, but I never thought, ‘That’s what I’m going to do with my life.’ ” Black headlines the Cincy Brew Ha-Ha comedy and beer festival at 9:30 p.m.

Saturday at Sawyer Point. On Friday night, comedian/actor Brian Posehn headlines at 9:30 p.m.

Black did, however, envision a life in show business. “I thought I’d be an actor,” he says. “I’d be a serious actor doing serious stuff because, you know, I’m serious.”

At New York University, sketch comedy presented itself to him while he was studying acting, and Black wound up co-founding a group called The State, which went on to have a series on MTV from 1993-1995.

Having been a serious actor first, comedy delivered some challenges for Black. “I think one of the things that made it difficult for me was I had this barrier inside my head between what I would have considered serious acting and sketch comedy,” he says.

“At first, I felt like we were just messing around and playing,” he says of The State’s early days. “There was a contrast with the more rigorous (acting) training I was doing in college, which seemed more formalized.

Looking back, I think that distinction was dumb. The sketch comedy was acting and while the acting wasn’t sketch, I regret that it didn’t have that playful aspect to it. That would have made it a lot more interesting and fun.”

It’s that serious side, though, that makes Black’s famously dry wit so entertaining, But he insists that wit probably developed before he started acting.

“Whatever sense of humor I have is natural, but was informed by my work with The State and the way I thought about

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comedy because I hadn’t before,” he says. going to open mics With 11 people in The State, the with the other competition was fierce, but Black insists hopefuls. But that that was a good thing. “When you wrote a was not so for Black. sketch it was understood that you would “That’s the way probably star in the sketch,” he says. “And you should do because screen time was so limited, and it,” he says. “I did there were so many of us, there was a huge it ass-backward, competition to get your stuff on the air. because I was Because of that, the sketch had to be really getting offers to good to survive. We were pretty hard on headline. The first each other, and that was a good thing.” time I did stand-up Black eventually started getting offers to I was doing an hour do stand-up, but he resisted at first. of material, and “I started accepting offers because I that’s not the way thought it was now or never,” he says. “I you should go about decided to embrace that fear of stand-up it. In fact, that’s a and just start doing it.” terrible way to go As most improv and sketch performers about it. that try stand-up quickly learn, there’s a “In a way, I great sense of freedom and flexibility in the really regret not latter. Of course, there’s no one to fall back coming up that on, either. way for a variety “Anything that happens on that stage is your responsibility and that’s awesome. But when it goes badly, you can’t blame anyone but yourself. And my inclination is always to blame somebody else,” he says with a laugh.

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As an established sketch comedian, Black was thrown into the deep end of stand-up and had to learn fast.

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Sept. 24, NBC) channels Lost, following the passengers on a turbulent but short flight who land to discover they’ve all been missing and presumed dead for more than five years.

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25, NBC) with touchy-feely sobfest A Million Little Things (Series premiere 10 p.m. Sept. 26) • A Roseanne-less Roseanne is now titled The Conners (Series premiere 8 p.m. Oct. 16, ABC).

• A Kevin Spacey-less House of Cards (Season 6 premiere Nov. 2, Netflix) wraps up the series with Claire (Robin Wright) at the helm.

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Between cable offerings and streaming services, great TV options roll out yearround. But fall remains the prime time to catch new shows and returning favorites.

Here are a few I’m looking forward to.

Ozark (Season 2 premiere Aug. 31, Netflix) – Though technically airing during the summer, this compelling drama is fit to kick off the fall television season.

Netflix’s most-watched show of 2017 was like Breaking Bad with the pedal on the gas — it didn’t take long for this family man and financial advisor (Jason Bateman, who I love seeing in a grittier role) to dive into the criminal world, bringing his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks.

Fresh off five Emmy nominations, the money-laundering Byrde family returns with plans to bring a casino to their sleepy Midwestern town.

Kidding (Series premiere 10 p.m. Sept.

9, Showtime; online preview Aug. 31) – Jim Carrey stars as Jeff Pickles, a beloved Mr. Rogers-type children’s TV host who experiences an existential breakdown when his personal life — far removed from the happy and innocent world he works in — begins to implode. Directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Kidding is sure to deliver surreal, gut-wrenching emotion, and could serve as a major comeback for Carrey.

American Horror Story: Apocalypse (Season 8 premiere 10 p.m. Sept. 12, FX) – A crossover of Season 1’s Murder House and Season 3’s Coven, Apocalypse reunites the growing AHS gang yet again — even Jessica Lange returns! And so do I, reluctantly, to this rapidly declining anthology. Could this eighth installment recapture the magic of the earlier seasons, or is this just a cheap grab for fans? Either way, I’ll be tuning in to find out. Bonus: O.G. stars Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters (the series’ best performers) will make their directorial debuts in two respective episodes.

Maniac (Series premiere Sept. 21, Netflix) – Jonah Hill and Emma Stone reunite in a dark comedy that’s a far departure from their Superbad roots. From Cary Fukunaga (True Detective Season 1, Beasts of No Nation) comes this trippy miniseries following the participants of a mysterious drug trial where doctors promise to solve all their varying problems without side effects. Looks like a mindbending visual delight, with Legion vibes.

The Walking Dead (Season 9 premiere 9 p.m. Oct. 7, AMC) – It’s the beginning of the end for Rick Grimes — and that’s no spoiler. Star (and crux of the series) Andrew Lincoln announced months ago that he’d be departing in the first half of this season. It could be the beginning of the end for this zombie juggernaut, too: Lauren Cohan is also on her way out. What will TWD be without Rick, Maggie, Carl and Morgan? Hopefully they’ll at least go out with a bang.

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Overlook Kitchen + Bar in The Summit Hotel delivers excellent food in an incongruous setting R E V I E W BY PA M A M I TC H EL L

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oodies, take note: a lot of excellent food is coming out of the kitchen division of the new Overlook Kitchen + Bar at Madisonville’s The Summit hotel.

But you’re going to have to put up with a significant disconnect between the highlevel cooking and the garishly-lit, noisy, amateurishly staffed bar where you have to eat it.

I can’t remember ever having such a feeling at a restaurant. Six of us raved

about the food while just tolerating the rest of the experience. I’m willing to forgive a lot if a place delivers good food, but I had a hard time drawing that conclusion here.

And that’s really a shame because the food absolutely delights.

The fourth-floor dining facilities of The Summit, which include a separate space open only for breakfast and lunch, features a large patio that looks inviting. Unfortunately, it was raining the night we went and

dining al fresco wasn’t an option. Instead, we had to find seating in a chaotic, rather cavernous bar area with a few tables and booths adjacent to the bar itself. The Friday after-work crowd seemed to be yelling at the top of their lungs as a server told us to “sit anywhere.”

That made me think of the “sit anywhere” lyric from a Beatles song, “Norwegian Wood,” where the next line is, “So I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a chair.”

Is there an actual dining room in this restaurant?

Not really, but we found a booth we could squeeze into as far from the bar racket as possible, then returned to a hightop bar table for a round of cocktails. That experience was a comedy of errors as our server carried only two drinks at a time to our table, with significant waits before the next arrivals, and couldn’t remember parts of our order. At least we liked the drinks, though, and some of the noisy patrons

moved on and we could hear ourselves.

All this felt like a minor annoyance if only because we were happy to enjoy each other’s company. Drinks consumed, we settled into our booth and started the meal. Aside from additional mishaps of service, things went more smoothly the rest of the night, thanks in large part to the remarkably pleasant food.

Chef Kyle Goebel most recently was executive chef at Cooper’s Hawk, and also previously worked with chef Todd Kelly at Orchids. He’s now overseeing all the food service at The Summit and deserves attention and praise for the delightful fare he’s created for Overlook.

On our visit, my friends and I shared a few appetizers, the star of which was a shrimp cocktail-like presentation served chilled ($16). It was a surprisingly hefty portion of tender shrimp and chunks of creamy avocado along with coconut, pineapple and citrus. A little chili provided a

mild kick and the whole thing sat on a bed of fresh bib lettuce.

Other apps I’d recommend include crab salad with spring peas ($16) and local lamb sausage on polenta ($14). Asparagus soup ($7) and a couple of salads ($7-$10) round out the more traditional appetizers, and you can get a warm pretzel with cheese, hummus and olives or a cheese-and-meat plate ($8-$15). I’ll wager they’re all pretty good.

Our server warned us away from one of the entrées: a veggie pasta he said was too bland. We tried all the others, and there wasn’t a dud in the batch. Two of us had the gnocchi with lion’s mane mushrooms (a variety I hadn’t seen before), spring peas and white truffle ($19) — savory, toothsome and satisfying. The bass ($29) was cooked just right, with a browned, toasty exterior and velvety center. The fish sat atop Yukon potatoes, parsnip and spring onion, all covered in a light butter sauce.

Those dishes were the consensus favorites at our table, but the duck preparation earned accolades, too. Slices of mediumrare duck breast drizzled with duck demiglace accompanied diced sweet potato and apple ($21). A substantial Kentucky grassfed ribeye steak ($32) pleased our meatlover as it benefited from the sweetness of caramelized spring onion and the umami of tender morel mushrooms.

Sea scallops ($23) were also cooked perfectly and had lots of complementary

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cheesecake and custard with sponge cake ($8 each). The brownie came with a bourbon vanilla sauce and a large scoop of Graeter’s black raspberry chocolate chip — too heavy for me after a big meal, but a couple of bites for each of us made more sense. I liked the lemony custard with slices of fried sponge cake; we didn’t try the cheesecake.

It took a while to get our checks settled, and I used the opportunity to bend a manager’s ear about the discrepancy between chef Goebel’s cuisine and the bar ambience. She was polite but clearly couldn’t do much about it except perhaps relay the comments up the hierarchy.

At these prices, and with such a talented chef, I hope they get the message.

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veggies on the plate, but someone added too much sea salt as a finishing touch. Not everyone is as sensitive to excess salt as I am, though, and the woman who ordered the scallops didn’t mind.

The wine pours covered the basic varietals you might want with a meal, with nothing too unusual but enough to keep us happy. My friend and I had a Mendocino County cabernet from a winery called Moniker, and it went well with both my gnocchi and her duck breast.

There definitely were some service mistakes and uncertainty from the waitstaff, including a noticeably long interval between our appetizers and the main course. I know an awful lot of restaurants are vying for a limited number of competent servers, and I hope that Overlook’s staff will gain confidence over time.

Our menu offered three desserts — a loaded brownie, raspberry-lime

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Landlocked Social House Has the Cure for the Mondays

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It’s Monday at Landlocked Social House in Walnut Hills. Bodies weave about each other behind the counter, balancing beers, assembling dishes. Husband-and-wife duo and Landlocked owners Andrew and Anne Decker take orders and run to and from tables to keep up with demands. It’s best to have a grip on the side-step-shimmy in order to function smoothly in this coffeehouse, a shotgun space reminiscent of a big city alleyway turned kitchen.

What started out as sporadic series of chef-driven dinner pop-ups has turned into a weekly summertime hothouse of culinary invention and your new go-to cure for a case of the Mondays. (Landlocked does have a limited food menu of its own, with a handful of shareables, sandwiches and pastries, but nothing for a substantial evening meal.)

In early June, the Deckers hosted the first official “Monday Pop Up” of the summer; the plan is for the dinners to go through the end of August. The menu featured gyros and falafel and they toasted the new hashtag — #MondayPopups — with ouzo-spiked lemonade. It was such a success that starting on June 11, every Monday at 7 p.m., a guest sous chef from a local restaurant takes over the space with a sampling of their own culinary creations.

All events are first-come, first-served and go until food sells out. There’s no telling what the chefs will come up with next or how many people will show, though the turnout differs week to week.

“We get to work with a bunch of places we like and those places have really good food and really talented people,” Andrew says.

“The only possible downside to this is the amount of cleaning I have to do afterward, which I’m happy to do.”

So far, the pop-ups have invited chefs from Sartre, Pleasantry, Please, The Pickled Pig, Brew House, Longfellow and others to sling their fave street grub. Past menus have included Indian-inspired street food, Asian steamed buns and “Puerto Rican(ish)” ceviche. Some menus have a meat or veggie options, some menus

are vegan and some have just a single offering.

The objective of these pop-ups is to offer a platform for Cincinnati chefs and foodies to creatively express themselves rather than to draw the biggest, trendiest crowd. Don’t come expecting extravagance; expect deliciously bastardized street food served up on a paper plate.

“It’s an opportunity for them to (make) street food they’ve always wanted to try out but their restaurant really isn’t the place for it,” Andrew says.

Rarely does a sous chef — typically the second in command — get a shot at being top dog for the night.

The menu, prep, plating and precise timing is all theirs to determine and execute at Landlocked.

One of Sartre’s sous chefs, A steamed pork belly bun from a recent Monday Pop Up by chefs Zach Leetch and Craig Radden Zach Leetch, has been a fan of Landlocked since its PHOTO: CRAIG RADDEN opening last June and has become a regular contributor to their pop-up series. He was “We were kind of blown away by the me, that’s beer. For my wife, that’s coffee.” inspired after a couple beers at one of the response,” he says. “There were probably Andrew keeps tabs on the newest and earlier pop-ups to participate in this series 30 people in line when we opened up. We weirdest beers from around the globe and of kitchen transplants. ended up selling out in an hour and a half.” says he hasn’t put the same beer on tap “I came to one, got a little drunk, and was Andrew revealed that there has never twice since they opened. like, ‘Can I do one?’” Leetch says with a really been a plan for these events, but he’s The Deckers have combined their sepalaugh. happy with how things are progressing. rate loves and grounded them in a commuHis Monday Pop Up in early July birthed “I really, really like what we’re doing with nity gathering space where you can swing a bougie rendition of Taco Bell’s Chalupa this,” he says. “We’re doing everything we by for your pre-work latte, post-work brews Supreme and spiked the classic Baja Blast intended to do at this point.” and, now, a cure for the Monday blues. with tequila to create the Baja Blastarita.

Outside of the pop-ups, you can grab Catch these special Monday Pop Up “It’s a chance for us to do cool stuff that coffee, beer, a bite or all three at once at dinners at Landlocked through the end of we enjoy and have the community come in Landlocked.

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“We wanted to make sure that everything keep up with their future endeavors.

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Keystone Mac Shack Green Township Grand Opening — Keystone Bar & Grill is expanding its mac and cheese empire into Green Township with the opening of its newest Mac Shack location. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free admission. 5655 Harrison Ave., Green Township, eatmacshack.com.

August Beer Dinner with Fat Head at Moerlein Lager House — Enjoy a five-course dinner paired with beer from Fat Head’s Brewery. The evening kicks off with a beer reception and pint from either Moerlein or Fat Head’s.

Brewers and chefs will be on hand to discuss the evening’s menu. 6-9 p.m. $60. Moerlein Lager House, 115 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown, facebook.com/ moerleinlagerhouse.

World Fare at Fountain Square — Every Wednesday this summer, vendors will be on the square with different international cuisine.

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission. Fountain Square, Fifth and Vine streets, Downtown, myfountainsquare.com.

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It’s All in the Dough: Pizza from Scratch at Turner Farm — Learn the essentials behind making and working with pizza dough.

Attendees will be able to make pizza with assorted toppings and cheese. Class ends with a pizza party.

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $45.

Turner Farm, 7400 Given Road, Indian Hill, turnerfarm.org.

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Saturday Morning Roasterie Tour — Visit La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie to get an up-close look at the roasting process. Sample coffees from three of the world’s major coffee-growing regions, learn the history of coffee and discover how it is grown, processed and roasted. 9:30-11 a.m. $10.

La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie, 611 Shepherd Drive, Unit 17, Wyoming, facebook.com/laterzacoffee.

Germania Society Oktoberfest — Oktoberfest season is here. The Germania Society kicks things off this weekend with their 48th-annual Oktoberfest featuring traditional German food — sauerkraut balls, Oktoberfest chicken, schwenkbraten, wursts, pastries and more — German beer, wein, schnapps, German music, carnival rides, games and imported German merchandise. 6 p.m.midnight Friday; 2 p.m.midnight Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. $5; free 12 and under. Germania Park, 3529 W. Kemper Road, Colerain, germaniasociety.com.

Summertime Salads at Turner Farm — Learn how to mix up your summer salad options. Watch a demonstration on farm-fresh ingredients to inspire creative salads. Guests will receive a menu of chef-composed salads to take home. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $45. Turner Farm, 7400 Given Road, Indian Hill, turnerfarm.org.

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Namaste India 2018 — Celebrate India’s Independence Day with an evening of entertainment, food and activities on Fountain Square. 5-9 p.m. Free admission. Fountain Square, Fifth and Vine streets, Downtown, myfountainsquare.com.

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Sensory 100 at MadTree — Learn how to taste beer like a professional. Bonus: Get a beer of your choice from the taproom and your own analyst glass to take home. 6-8 p.m. $50. MadTree Taproom, 3301 Madison Road, Oakley, facebook.com/ madtreetaproom.

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Row by Row Dinner — Gorman Heritage Farm’s annual dinner features farm-raised chicken and produce, Sixteen Bricks bread and dessert from Tres Belle. There will also be MadTree beer, wine, coffee and live music from Jake Speed & the Freddies. Play games or bid on items during a silent and live auction. A VIP happy hour starts at 5:30 p.m. Dress code is “farm fancy.” 6-10 p.m. $75-$100 VIP. United Aerospace Workers Hall, 10020 Reading Road, Evendale, gormanfarm.org.

Meet the Maker: Point Reyes at The Rhined — San Francisco’s Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company crafts legendary pasture-made cheese.

Taryn Orlemann, head cheesemaker, will be visiting The Rhined for a cheese sampling event. Get Point Reyes cheese to go, in a grilled cheese and in flights and pairings. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free admission. The Rhined, 1737 Elm St., Over-theRhine, laterzacoffee.com.

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Includes a chef demo, wine pairings and recipes to take home. Courses include pesto-stuffed tomatoes, an herb medley garden salad, herb-crusted eggplant and tarragon and mint ice cream. 6 p.m. $45. We Olive & Wine Bar, 33 E. Sixth St., Downtown, facebook.com/ weolivecincy.

Farm to Fork: An Urban CSA Potluck — Urban Earth Farms and the Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage host this monthly CSA potluck every fourth Thursday during the growing season. Bring a dish to share made with locally grown or sourced ingredients. 6 p.m. Common Roots Pub, 3642 W. Eighth St., Price Hill, facebook. com/commonrootspub.

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Big Kahuna Bash at Hotel Covington — Chef Mitch brings Hawaii to Kentucky with a luau-themed dinner.

The meal includes roasted hog, tuna poke bites, Loco Moco short ribs and tiki cocktails. Additional entertainment includes a steel drum band and fire dancers.

6-10 p.m. Prices vary by dish. Hotel Covington, 638 Madison Ave., Covington, hotelcovington.com.

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MUSIC Noah’s Way Singer/songwriter Noah Smith continues to follow his Country muse on his full-length debut, Long Cut

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oah Smith seems genuinely surprised that his acclaimed sixyear solo journey — a self-titled EP, Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominations in 2014, a CEA win in 2017 and his 2018 debut Country/Americana full-length, Long Cut — has occurred in relatively short order.

“Really?” says the Brown County native/ resident when considering the brief timeline. “Honestly, it doesn’t feel like it.

When I met my mandolin player, Michael Moeller, he’d never been in a band. I have to watch myself to not put the weight from years before on what we’ve done together because it feels like a long time.”

Smith obviously views time through a somewhat obscured lens, more so recently.

He and his wife welcomed their third son in late July, but complications and tests kept them in the hospital for nine days.

Surgery is imminent, but their newborn baby is healthy despite his challenges.

“He’s good; that’s the biggest thing,” Smith says. “It was just not knowing. It’s the first time we’ve been through ‘What’s wrong with our baby?’ He’s going to have surgery in a couple of months but it shouldn’t be major. In the world of things happening to a newborn, it wasn’t a huge deal, it was just going through it.”

Smith’s career has similarly arced; the early slog facilitated subsequent next-level conclusions. Smith’s high school/college AltRock band The Gambling District fueled his Rock-star-at-19 ambitions, and while his goal wasn’t unrealistic — he was a University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music graduate and savvy songwriter — there was more to the equation.

“This guy roasted me for my birthday and one of his jokes was, ‘Some of us have a past, Noah has The Gambling District,’ ” Smith says with a laugh. “That was the band. As a kid, all I wanted was to see our name in CityBeat and have a van and a trailer. When that happened, it was like, ‘Now what do we do?’ ” Growing up, Smith’s parents’ encouraged his diverse musical tastes in Country, Folk and Rock, which bled into his burgeoning songwriting skills. In college, The Gambling District released demos, toured regionally and got noticed, but the chainsaws they were juggling eventually got away from them.

“We put out a record in ’07 and broke up the following year,” Smith says. “I toured on that name for a long time and it was just me. I played (Corryville club) The Mad Frog once a month for like three years. My songwriting kept veering toward Folk/ Americana and I think some of the Country storytelling naturally came out of it.”

One thing Smith accomplished by 20 was fatherhood; his oldest son arrived while he was still at UC and in the band.

He wasn’t in a settling down mood at the moment.

“Our son was 4 before my wife and I got married. That’ll tell you what kind of guy I was being,” Smith says. “I drank as much as you could without being an alcoholic and I was a womanizer, if I’m honest. But through that, my identity shifted. I was like, ‘Life isn’t about music, life is about life and music is a part of it.’ That changed everything. I feel like it slowed everything down but I remind myself that’s where God has me right now.”

After years of exploring different aspects of his beloved songwriting process, Smith dropped the band persona in 2012 to perform under his own name. He began making regular visits to Nashville where he made friends and connections.

“I wrote ‘Let the Clutch Out’ as a writing exercise,” Smith says of his early solo single. “I have publishing companies I write through, but I’m not signed. I sent (‘Clutch’ to a publisher) and for the first time I heard, ‘We’re going to put this song on hold.’ It was for Jason Aldean, like three records ago.

They never cut it, but through a different relationship, I worked with his band. That really opened my eyes. I could do what I really love to do and make money.”

Smith’s 2014 EP featured musicians who’d played with Aldean, Dwight Yoakam and Brooks & Dunn, generating positive critical buzz and earning Smith several CEA nominations. He concentrated on songwriting to a greater extent, and pursued co-writing collaborations, standard practice in Nashville and educational growth for Smith.

“I’ve learned there are better songwriters out there,” Smith says. “I love writing with people who make me better. People are like, ‘I’m an artist, I need to say what I need to say.’ I am too, but I also want to make the best piece of art, and maybe that involves somebody else.”

For Long Cut, Smith opted to use his touring band (Moeller, John McGuire, Drew Phillips and Joe “Rico” Klein) in the studio, resulting in a spark and an immediacy that may have been muted on the EP, a testament to the chemistry between the players.

“I’ve always loved being part of a band,” he says. “We went back to the garage and made this record, that’s what was cool about it. The concept of the record is there are a lot of road references. We spent a lot of time traveling, getting to know each other and building relationships.”

Smith recently brought the popular Nashville “songwritNoah Smith ing round” concept to Cincinnati with PHOTO: K ANDICE SMITH the first of his “Crooner Circus” events, where a trio of songwriters tell stories and share — which entails weekly trips to Nashville songs in an intimate setting. It’s audience to maintain his connections there — that entertainment but, just like Nashville’s could eliminate the need for freelance rounds, Smith’s Circus has opened doors work. But he doesn’t mind working while for creative opportunities. he plays.

“People joke, ‘When I leave I want to go “I call myself a ‘performing songwriter,’ home and write,’ ” Smith says of the Circus probably because I saw it in somebody’s shows, which has drawn a few Cincinnati bio when I was younger,” Smith says. “Permusic heavyweights. “Ryan Malott (of 500 forming is the bread and butter; writing Miles to Memphis) is playing the next one, happens inside and outside of that. I could and Dallas Moore. He’s been killing it and play guitar Wednesday through Saturday he’s so busy, but he was like, ‘I’m in. Let’s and make a good living, but that’s not what do it.’ I know those nights have opened I’ve believed in. I’d rather dig ditches and some people’s eyes, like, ‘I would never go then do what I love to do. Guys are like, to this guy’s show, but wow, he just said ‘Man, I want to quit my job and get a record that.’ ” deal.’ If you hate your job, you should just Smith and his band are taking breathquit anyway. But you shouldn’t want to ers to pursue outside projects. Smith is succeed in music in spite of your job.” performing solo house concerts to build up Noah Smith’s next “Crooner Circus” show funds for their next album. Several local is Thursday (Aug. 23) at MOTR Pub. For and regional artists have cut his songs, and more info, visit noahsmithmusic.com. he continues to seek a publishing deal

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Fox Blows Aretha Remembrance

As many were eloquently expressing their grief over the death of Aretha Franklin, an early Fox News report came up a little short. While the card shown behind the anchors with Franklin’s name and years of life was mostly spot on — it even correctly identified Franklin as a “Singer” — the background image depicted a totally different vocalist: Patti LaBelle. Fox apologized for the mix-up by saying that the image was cropped incorrectly and that Franklin was on the same stage in the full photo (at a White House event) — but there is no evidence the two were onstage at the same time at the concert.

Smash or Smashing?

After Smashing Pumpkins performed “Fly” with Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath at a recent concert, frontperson Billy Corgan may have been trying to recalibrate his ’90s AltRock cred recently when he started some low-level beef with Smash Mouth. On Instagram, Corgan remarked that the Pumpkins were the first artists asked to provide a song for Shrek’s closing credits, an honor which, of course, ultimately went to Smash Mouth. The “All Star” crew took the high road, posting on Twitter that, after denying the offer initially, the Shrek team pursued the band for a month until they relented, adding, “If it feeds Billy’s ego to think they we’re first let him think that.”

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Pearl Jam’s use of an artistic depiction of the White House on fire, with a skeleton wearing a blue suit and blonde toupee sprawled out on the lawn, apparently triggered the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The image was on a poster sold at a PJ concert in Montana at which the band expressed support for Democratic Senator Jon Tester’s re-election campaign and helped register concertgoers to vote.

The NRSC indignantly tweeted, “DESPICABLE… Pearl Jam concert poster depicts a smiling (Jon Tester) flying over a burning White House while the President that Montanans support lays dead.”

Of note: The amount of time it took for a spokesperson for Tester to eagerly and unequivocally denounce the poster was about 8,000 times shorter than the time it took the President to begrudgingly and wishy-washily denounce white nationalists and birtherism.

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At the tail-end of the 20th century, the Cincinnati music scene got a mighty push into the new millennium via a refreshing collective of CCM students and other talented musicians who operated under the name Ray’s Music Exchange (cue up the great Ray Charles scene in the classic 1980 The Blues Brothers movie if you don’t know where the name came from).

The group’s amazing debut album, Alivexchange (recorded live over two August nights in 1998 at Ripley’s, a club near the University of Cincinnati campus), was a remarkable reimagining of Jazz Fusion for a new era of music fans. In the “Jam Band” scene, such Jazz/Rock mixtures Ray’s Music Exchange’s Alivexchange were just starting to become PHOTO: PROVIDED popular, and Ray’s found an audience there, but also among open-minded Rock fans curious admission is just $10, and the band is about Jazz and open-minded Jazz fans offering a special VIP pass for $40 for those who could appreciate the act’s progressive who want a little more. VIPs get access to nature and the well-schooled chops of the a private area at the venue (with less-busy players. On that debut live offering (which bartenders and less-populated restrooms), scored the 1999 Cincinnati Entertainment some beer and food offerings and exclusive Award for Album of the Year), Ray’s Music Ray’s schwag — a commemorative T-shirt Exchange sounded like the perfect mix and pint glass. of King Crimson, Miles Davis, Ornette Mavridoglou says this may be Ray’s Coleman, Funkadelic, Weather Report and Music Exchange’s final get-together, so Frank Zappa, underlined by the musicians’ they’re planning to pull out all the stops for intuitive skills as composers, arrangers Saturday’s “Ray-Union” show. and improvisers.

The band would go on to further expand Two Bewildering Days of Local its sound with elements of everything from Music Electronic to World music before officially The annual BeWILDerfest music festival calling it quits, as the members, like returns to Urban Artifact (1660 Blue Rock other RME alumni, would go on to have St., Northside, artifactbeer.com) this impressive careers on their own. But Ray’s weekend boasting its best lineup yet. has held a special place in the musical Besides being top-loaded with some hearts of most of the members, and they impressive touring headliners, including have found time through the years to get Cults, Moon Hooch and Saintseneca, Friback together for periodic shows, which day and Saturday’s BeWILDer-festivities have always been well-attended by fervent members of the band’s loyal local, regional also include sets from some of Greater and national fanbase (through touring, Cincinnati’s top local artists from various RME developed its reputation not only genres. Cincinnati-area performers slated with fans, but also fellow musicians on the to appear throughout the weekend include circuit).

Dawg Yawp, Chuck Cleaver, Freekbass, In honor of the 20th anniversary of Us, Today, Lemon Sky, Go Go Buffalo, the recording of RME’s debut release, Founding Fathers, smut, Triiibe, Acarya, the group is once again reactivating for Room for Zero, Jennifer Simone, Mara a special show. The core septet (which Moon, Blossom Hall, Animal Mother, includes musicians now living in other New Moons, Queen City Silver Stars and parts of the country) is performing Tooth Lures A Fang, among many others. this Saturday at Fretboard Brewing Music runs on three stages and begins at Company (5800 Creek Road, Blue 5 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets, Ash,fretboardbrewing.com). per day, are $16 in advance (through cinThe Ray’s Music Exchange lineup for the cyticket.com) or $20 at the door. Befitting night is Nick Blasky (bass), Matt Hawkins the setting (a bar/brewery!), Urban Artifact (percussion), Paul Hogan (keyboards), will also have a variety of specialty beers Michael Mavridoglou (trumpet), Joe available, including some new barrel-aged McLean (guitar), Brad Myers (guitar), sour beers that are being released Saturday.

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Friday • Bogart’s

Where would Pop Punk be without the band who started it all? While Descendents’ Hardcore peers spent the early ’80s penning blast beat laden anti-drug anthems and blistering diatribes against the Reagan era’s crass consumerism, the SoCal quartet’s songcraft was uniquely personal, dealing in unrequited love and teenage angst without sacrificing a lick of raw intensity.

Led by self-proclaimed nerd and Biochemistry PhD Milo Aukerman, the band weaved trellises of Surf Pop melody into its power-chord constructions, reflecting the repressed sentiment of a kid who feels powerlessly stuck at the bottom high school’s social hierarchy, much less ready to overthrow America’s established class system. The beautifully sarcastic “Suburban Home” — exposing the irony that countercultural teenagers largely come from and often return to the upper middle class — feels as fresh today as it did on Descendents’ 1982 debut LP Milo Goes to College, pairing growled verses with a breezy chorus that would’ve make The Beach Boys proud.

Thirty-four years and a handful of breakups and reformations later, Aukerman announced in 2016 that he was returning to music full-time after being laid off from his post at DuPont Industrial Biosciences.

“Music’s always been my release from the drudgeries of my normal job,” he told Spin magazine. “When my normal job was exciting, that’s when I was least interested in pursuing music. But there have been times when my job has been less and less creative, and then I’d search for something else to use as that outlet.”

Over the past two years, Descendents

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have released a smattering of new material, including a full-length record titled Hypercaffium Spazzinate, named for their universal addiction to coffee. The recent output sounds like a more polished reboot of the old stuff — decidedly more grown up, but no less geeky. There are the obligatory ruminations on aging, songs about the overprescription of ADHD medication and a more health-conscious sequel to the 1981 single “I Like Food.”

What hasn’t changed, though, is Descendents’ incisive, self-aware sense of humor, propelled by limitless (presumably caffeinated) energy. Don’t take my word for it, though. Track down a copy of the band’s 1987 Liveage! compilation, which somehow sounds tighter and more crisp than their studio material. Descendents are best heard in action. (Jude Noel)

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visage to its guitar/violin/etc. instrumentation (OK, drums set them apart) and prototypical Appalachian State student origin story, on the surface, River Whyless would appear to be a standard issue Bluegrass band. It all screams, “Let’s pass the clawhammer and tell apocryphal tales of Bill Monroe hootenannies.” But like so many other cover-judged books, appearances can be deceiving.

From the opening strains of the quartet’s debut album, 2012’s A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door, to the final notes of its latest triumph, the June-released Kindness, A Rebel, River Whyless incorporates familiar elements of Country, Folk and Bluegrass into a transformational hybrid that suggests the same sonic philosopher’sstone treatment used by the likes of the Grateful Dead, The Avett Brothers and The Samples. Even at its most ebullient, there is a haunting melancholy that hangs over River Whyless like an early morning fog, not dense enough to obscure, but palpable enough to feel. It’s a sensation evidenced in the band’s mournfully beautiful arrangements, as well as its thought-provoking lyrics (“Alone is the widow, the gulls and no mast to the east/And she’s the sheep he kept to stave off the grief/The pennies they saved only to place in her eyes/And the love that she gave to him and now she’s gone”).

River Whyless began six years ago when Appalachian State alumni Ryan O’Keefe, Halli Anderson and Alex McWalters were playing together in their adopted Asheville and were joined by friend/classmate Daniel Shearin. Kindness shows further sonic advances for the quartet, which plays with textures and technology as though they’ve been listening to Brian Eno in the van for the past couple of years.

Whatever the source of its inspiration, the members of River Whyless have shown, over a span of just two full-length records, that they possess a rare ability to recontextualize genre influence into a singular sound that is powerful, compelling and beautiful. (Brian Baker)

Black Sabbath was critically reviled after the release of its 1970 debut album, but the long view on them is considerably more charitable. MTV cited the quartet as the greatest Heavy Metal band of all time, VH1 put them at No. 2 in their “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” tabulation and Rolling Stone ranked them among the best bands in the history of Rock. Ever.

So there.

But commercial acceptance and eventual critical acclaim is only part of any band’s success. The real measure of a group’s mark on the legacy of Rock is the rippling effect of their music on subsequent generations. Monolord is a great example of how Black Sabbath continues to directly and indirectly inspire bands in the new millennium.

Hailing from the Metal hotbed of Gothenburg, Sweden, Monolord displays some of Black Sabbath’s most identifiable characteristics: vocals seemingly shouted from the other side of the studio, downtuned guitars, bleak lyrical subject matter, a thunderous rhythm section, blistering volume. At the same time, Monolord inserts a good deal of its own innovation into the monolithic Riff Rock arena, from an epic Prog approach to individual songs — there are only six tracks on the band’s most recent album, last fall’s Rust, with the last two comprising over half of the album’s 55-minute length — and dynamic chord shifts to an almost Jazz-like nuance among the Stoner Metal tumult.

Perhaps the most surprising elements in Monolord’s bio are the fact that its black hole heaviness is achieved by the power trio of guitarist/vocalist Thomas V. Jäger, bassist Mika Häkki and drummer Esben Willems, and that the journeymen musicians have only been together in the Monolord configuration since 2013. In that time, the band has produced a trio of dense and dramatic full-lengths (2014’s Empress Rising, 2015’s Vaenir and last year’s Rust) and a two-track single, all of which shudder and shake with Sabbathy goodness.

If you’re looking for great depth and ranging variation, Monolord is probably not going to tweak your radar. But if you’re an old freak who’s worn out several vinyl copies of the first four Sabbath albums, or if you’re a youngster thrilled by volume, deliberation and the first four Sabbath LPs, Monolord is this week’s best ticket. (BB)

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BLIND LEMON–Dave Hawkins. 7:30 p.m. Celtic/ Folk. Free.

Black Uhuru – Sept.

14, Ludlow Garage

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz.

Mom Jeans and Just Friends – Sept. 19, Southgate House Revival

FOUNTAIN SQUARE–Reggae Wednesday with The Cliftones. 7 p.m. Reggae.

Free.

Blockhead – Oct. 13, Madison Live Avi Buffalo – Oct. 20, MOTR Pub

KNOTTY PINE–Dallas Moore. 10 p.m. Country.

Free.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Nov. 3, Madison Theater

MERITAGE–Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.

Saves the Day and Kevin Devine – Nov. 3, Southgate House Revival

MOTR PUB–In Details. 10 p.m. AltRock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN– Lashes and Elephants. 9 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

PRETTYMUCH – Nov. 7, Bogart’s

PNC PAVILION AT RIVERBEND–Jason Mraz with Brett Dennen. 7:30 p.m. Pop. $23.50-$95.

The Alarm – Nov. 8, Ludlow Garage The Dead South – Nov. 8, Madison Theater

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–Junior Brown with Wilder. 8 a.m. Country/ Roots/Various. $20, $25 day of show.

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THE GREENWICH–Angie Coyle Septet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $5.

URBAN ARTIFACT– Heavy Hinges with Whiskey Shambles. 8 p.m.

Rock/Soul/Blues/Roots/ Various VINKOLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT–Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 6:30 p.m. Bluegrass.

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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Dottie Warner. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.

BREWRIVER GASTROPUB–Ricky Nye. 6 p.m.

Blues/Boogie Woogie.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Patsy Meyer & Phil DeGreg. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

COMMON ROOTS–Common Roots Open Mic. 8 p.m.

Open Mic. Free.

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Truth. 9:30 p.m. Funk/R&B/ Soul. Free.

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with Son Del Caribe. 7 p.m.

Latin/Salsa/Dance. Free.

KNOTTY PINE–Kenny Cowden. 9 p.m. Acoustic.

Free.

LUDLOW GARAGE–Commander Cody. 8:30 p.m.

Rock. $17.50-$40.

THE MAD FROG–THWAP Thursdays. 9 p.m. DJ/Electronic/Dance. Cover.

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MOTR PUB–Noah Smith’s Crooner Circus.

10 p.m. Singer/Songwriter/ Various. Free.

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SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB–Andrew Haug & Andrew Lin Piano Sax Duo. 8 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–Ross Livermore and Flying Buffaloes. 9 p.m. Pop/Blues/Soul/ Various. Free.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–Ruthie Foster with Clarence Bucaro. 8 p.m.

Blues/Roots/Various. $20.

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URBAN ARTIFACT– The Graveblankets with Copper. 8 p.m. Pop/Rock/ Roots/Various

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WASHINGTON PARK– Roots Revival with the Comet Bluegrass Allstars. 7 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM SALOON & RESTAURANT– Jazz at Dusk. 5:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

FRIDAY 24

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BOGART’S–Descendents. 8 p.m. Pop Punk.

$59.

BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–Mandy Gaines with the Steve Schmidt Trio.

9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

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THE CABARET–Songs That Speak: Cincinnati! with Jonathan Zeng, Michael R. Oldham and Daniel Eastwood. 7 p.m. Cabaret. $20.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Randy Villars Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.

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THE COMET–Mockery, Rachel Mousie and In Details. 10 p.m. Alt/Indie/ Pop/Rock. Free.

50 WEST BREWING CO.– Lagniappe. 7 p.m. Cajun.

Free.

COMMON ROOTS–Anna Applegate. 9 p.m. Various.

Free.

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

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BLIND LEMON–Donna Frost. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

THE GREENWICH–Sy Smith. 7 p.m. Soul. $20.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD–The Company. 9 p.m.

Dance/Pop/Various. $5.

KNOTTY PINE–Black Bone Cat. 10 p.m. Rock

LUDLOW GARAGE–Scott Sharrard with Justin Ringle.

8:30 p.m. Rock. $17.50-$35.

THE MAD FROG–Back 2 School Dance with dj2 b2b DJ Nautigroove, Vice Versa, djpk, Ava and more. 9 p.m.

EDM. $5.

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MADISON LIVE–Great Dane with Peanutbutter Williams, Brwn Bear, Vusive and Organtica. 9 p.m. Electronic. $8-$15.

MANSION HILL TAVERN– Johnny Fink & the Intrusion.

9 p.m. Blues/Rock. Cover.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– Jason Erickson. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

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THE REDMOOR– Christopher O’Riley and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 p.m.

Chamber/Alt/Rock/Classical.

Cover.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB–Ron Enyard with Dan Dress and Justin Dawson. 8:30 p.m.

Jazz. Cover.

SOMM WINE BAR–Ricky Nye and Bekah WIlliams. 7 p.m. Jazz. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)– Dave Hardin with Matthew Douglas Simpson. 9:30 p.m.

Roots/Guitar. Free.

MOTR PUB–Leggy with Twen and Marr. 10 p.m. Indie/Rock/Pop/Various. Free.

STAGE FORTY-THREE– Dylan Schneider, Michael Tyler and Maggie Baugh.

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PLAIN FOLK CAFE–The Woodsheep. 7:30 p.m. Indie Folk

THOMPSON HOUSE–The Ride Home with Chasing Autumn, Code Vain, Lost Henry and Blueprints and

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VINKOLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT–Push Play.

8 p.m. Various. $5.

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9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

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THE COMET–Lawndry and Sky Hank. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

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FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY–Ray’s Music Exchange: Alivexchange 20th Anniversary Ray-Union. 8 p.m. Jazz/ Rock/Fusion/Jam/Various. $10-$40.

THE GREENWICH–Spear Shakers. 8 p.m. Blues/Rock. $10.

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KNOTTY PINE–Black Bone Cat. 10 p.m. Rock

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LUDLOW GARAGE– River Whyless with Justin Ringle. 8:30 p.m. Indie/

Americana.

and more. 8 p.m.

Various. $16.

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THE MAD FROG– Forward Fest 4 with Derailed, The Obnoxious Boot, Third Person Omega, Glassworld, We Are a Ronin and more. 5 p.m.

Metal/Hardcore. Free.

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Jazz. $10 (food/ drink minimum).

SUNDAY 26

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R&B/Rock. Free.

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1 p.m. Rock. $10, $12 day of show.

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THE MAD FROG–Projekt: Alex, Kenton Lands, Alex VanWinkle, Into the Skies, Scarangella and Beyond the Titans. 6 p.m.

Rock/Various. $10.

MANSION HILL TAVERN– Mistermann & the Mojo Band.

9 p.m. Blues.

Cover.

MANSION HILL TAVERN–Open Blues Jam with Deb Olinger. 6 p.m. Blues. Free.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES–Working Title. 9 p.m.

Steampunk.

Free.

MOTR PUB–Fern Mayo and Long Neck. 8 p.m. Free.

MOTR PUB– Culture Queer and Fists of Love. 10 p.m.

Indie Rock.

Free.

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10 p.m. Alt/Dance/Various.

Free.

OCTAVE–Peridoni. 9 p.m.

Rock/Prog/Jam. Free.

PIRATES COVE BAR & GRILLE–Basic Truth. 8 p.m.

R&B/Funk/Soul. Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE– Hickory Robot. 7:30 p.m.

Bluegrass/Folk/Americana/ Various. Free.

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7 p.m. Brass/Funk/Roots/ Soul/Various. 23.50-$77.

THE REDMOOR–Dan Varner Band and Devil’s Due. 7 p.m. Rock/Country. $10.

RICK’S TAVERN–Whiskey Daze. 10 p.m. Rock. $5.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB– Phil DeGreg. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.

Cover.

SILVERTON CAFE–Night Owls. 9 p.m. Rock/Various.

Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–Cody Tyler. 9:30 p.m. Country.

Free.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Agent Orange with Fea. 8 p.m. Punk

H

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

Free.

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SYMPHONY HOTEL & RESTAURANT–Ricky Nye and Bekah Williams. 8 p.m.

Jazz. Free.

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URBAN ARTIFACT– BeWILDerfest with Cults, Gangstagrass, Chuck Cleaver, Saintseneca, Triiibe, smuth, Dawg Yawp, Hello Lunah, Founding Fathers

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Monolord with Blacklight Barbarian and Grey Host. 7 p.m. $12, $15 day of show.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–Unknown Hinson with The Rattletraps. 9 p.m.

Roots/Rockabilly. $15, $18 day of show.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–Hellbound Glory. 8 p.m. Country.

Free.

TAFT THEATRE–Chick Corea Akoustic Band with John Patitucci and Dave Weckl. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. $38-$58.

URBAN ARTIFACT– Urban Artifact Metal Fest with Engraved Darkness, Post Mortal Possession, Demons Within, Withering Soul, Verment, Sewage Grinder and Desensitized. 5 p.m. Metal.

MONDAY 27

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

Jazz.

THE GREENWICH–Baron Von Ohlen & the Flying Circus Big Band. 7:30 p.m.

Big Band Jazz. $5.

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

Acoustic. Free.

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MEMORIAL HALL– Jazz at the Memo: Singin’ and Swingin’ with Mandy Gaines and The Brad Myers Guitar Trio. 7 p.m. Jazz. $8.

MOTR PUB–Mint Field. 9 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN– Northside Jazz Ensemble.

10 p.m. Jazz. Free.

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NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB–Strung Out with Make War and After The Fall.

9 p.m. Punk. $18, $20 day of show.

PACHINKO–Open Mic. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

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WOODEN CASK BREWING COMPANY–500 Miles To Memphis. 8 p.m. Acoustic Roots/ Rock.

TUESDAY 28

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Diamond Jim Dews.

7 p.m. Blues BLIND LEMON–Nick Tuttle.

8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Pam Mallory & Wayne Yeager. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN– Dawn & Hawkes. 9 p.m.

Americana/Folk. Free.

PACHINKO–Acoustic Tuesdays. 9 p.m. Acoustic/ Various. Free.

RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER–Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin with Nothing More and Bad Wolves. 6 p.m. Rock. $30-$100.

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