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What a Week! BY T.C. Britton

WEDNESDAY FEB. 08

We here at “What a Week!” have debated the idea of selecting a Trump tweet of the week or even a rundown of the top social media posts by our eloquent commanderin-chief. The task has proven too laborious. But this week, one rose to the top — less like cream and more like slime floating on a swamp — when Trump tweeted, “Big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas, while our people are far more vulnerable, as we wait for what should be EASY D!” Clearly he probably ran out of characters before he could spell out “easy decision,” but we’ve come up with some alternative definitions for EASY D!: • Long lost NWA member • Long lost It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia character • Off-brand vitamin D supplement • Failed spinoff product of Easy Mac • Trump’s letter-grade average in school • D-list porn parody of Emma Stone’s Easy A

THURSDAY FEB. 09

Grey Gardens is for sale! Once the decayed, dilapidated home of Jacqueline Kennedy’s kooky relatives Edie Bouvier Beale and Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, as immortalized by the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, the Long Island estate is now on the market. Last sold in 1979 for $220,000, the 6,000-square-foot property is going to cost

around $20 million — apparently it’s been renovated since its days as a gothic rodent sanctuary. Come to think of it, was Grey Gardens a precursor to Hoarders?

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One of the first memes of 2017 came courtesy of Dr. Phil in the form of Danielle “Cash me ousside, how bout dah” Brigoli. She first appeared in a September episode, aptly titled “I Want to Give Up My Car-Stealing, KnifeWielding, Twerking 13-Year-Old Daughter Who Tried to Frame Me for a Crime,” in which the teen threatened to fight the entire audience in the studio lot. From her catch phrase to her faux accent and love of crime, Brigoli was destined for viral fame. Well, after attending a residential treatment program for kids, Brigoli made her way back to the show Friday to talk about her experience and let Dr. Phil know, “I made you, just like Oprah made you.” Illusions of grandeur, yes, but is she wrong? On the flight back from taping the episode, she was kicked off a plane for fighting a passenger. And in this, her 14th minute of fame, she boasts a music video, merch and a paparazzi following — how bout dah? Follow your dreams!

SATURDAY FEB. 11

A bunch of high-strung bitches filled an arena for a day of competition, awards and performances. No, not the Grammy Awards — the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! The 141st-annual event kicked off Saturday. Best in Show jokes abound.

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Today was the Grammys. Adele opened the show with what we hope for her sake was the last time she’ll have to sing “Hello” for at least a couple years. Host James Corden tumbled onstage into a rap about the night’s performers and nominees — and it wouldn’t be a gathering of humans without a commentary on immigration/the Muslim ban/the wall/the overall current state of the country. Columbus, Ohio’s Twenty One Pilots won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and the twosome accepted the award in their underwear. Beyoncé emerged with her first live performance since she announced she was carrying two mini Jay Zs in her. But Blue Ivy was not to be outdone by a couple of undercooked babies and won the night with her pink Prince-esque Gucci suit, her adorable reactions to Mama B’s performance and crashing Corden’s carpool karaoke skit. Bey walked away with two Grammys, bringing her grand total up to a whopping 22. But it was Adele who took the crown when it comes to awards, clinching the trifecta of Album, Song and Record of the year — for the second time, the only artist to accomplish the feat twice — along with Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Album. But lest we forget Adele is basically just like all of us, she expressed her love for Bey as she accepted Album of the Year, saying, “I adore you and want you to be my mommy.” She then pulled a Cady Heron and broke the award in half, offering to share it with Queen B. In another #relatable moment,

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The Carter twins might have made their in-utero performance debut at the Grammys and have already been portrayed on Saturday Night Live (shout out to Kenan Thompson and surprise guest Tracy Morgan), but they’re not the only twins coming into a super rich, super famous household this summer. George “I’m never getting married or having kids” Clooney and wife Amal are expecting twins in June. And it seems like Jay and Bey will also be welcoming their babes around that time. Do they know the Clooneys — maybe they belong to the same Illuminati chapter? Because these sets of twins could be perfect pals. We hear the Carters are in the market for some new playmates (cut to a sullen North and Saint West).

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This Valentine’s Day, White Castle once again opened its reservation books to lovebirds, offering table service at various locations in Cincinnati and beyond. Because nothing says romance like forcing a fast food cashier to work outside of her job description, only to be stiffed by a couple of 20-somethings eating chicken rings ironically. CONTACT T.C. BRITTON: letters@ citybeat.com

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Adele began her tribute to late singer George Michael off-key, cursed, stopped the music and asked to begin again. Elsewhere, Rihanna kept it real as always, sipping from a bejeweled flask throughout the night. Also, CeeLo Green is now a gold robot.

If you did in fact neglect to bring the correct star-key tool to remove the little triangle door window your truck has been missing during all four seasons of a calendar year, then Mike will help you get the window out… for a small fee of course.

the dirt, like bread and meat from Ravens’ mouths to Elijah’s hand, then Mike will help you take the tire off. Mike will show you: “You Pull N’ Teach N’ Pay.” Mike is busy. He moves fast. Even when you see an old coworker from 10 years past and want to catch up, no matter how briefly, Mike was ready a minute and 30 seconds ago. If Mike tells you, again, that he doesn’t work for free, you might protest that he probably has more money than yourself. He might retort that this is true, and that he has your 15 dollars, but he has kids to feed. You might or might not have kids, but you definitely didn’t have a star-key tool because you didn’t listen to the advice in the first paragraph.

That’s just what Mike does. He helps people get parts from junk cars in Carthage. He might ask you if you know the difference between a half-inch and quarter-inch drive before you hand them to him from his wheelbarrow of rusty tools. He’ll get your new window out quick, even if he does it by kicking it out and dropping it onto the gravelly dirt yard, so the 15 bucks you’ve negotiated for his services might almost seem worth the expense.

U Pull N’ Pay does not give out free tires no matter how ragged or worn, so you offer Mike two dollars more for his tire removal instruction and one cigarette.

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Mike might think the deal is fair. But unfortunately he only has four cigarettes for the whole day and he doesn’t drive. Mike, it turns out, has a generous nature, and will show you how to remove the tire for free, but you’d better make it quick. Mike is a busy man.

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Courts Must Protect Media as Much as KKK BY JEFFREY LAYNE BLEVINS

courts have consistently said that more speech is better than less. That’s what the marketplace of ideas is supposed to be. However, as a public figure, Trump has a well-established track record of using his enormous wealth to file vexatious libel lawsuits to intimidate and silence his critics. For instance, during the 2016 election Trump sued Univision and the head of its programming after it dropped coverage of the Miss Universe pageant in response to his campaign comment that many Mexicans entering the U.S. illegally are rapists and for posting a picture of Trump next to convicted murder, Dylann Roof, on its Instagram page. While Trump may ultimately lose these kinds of cases, the defendants paid heavily to defend themselves. Trump boasted after one case: “I liked it because I cost him a lot of time, and a lot of energy, and a lot of money.” President Trump has regularly stoked hatred and distrust of news media by regularly describing the press and reporters as “dishonest,” “scum,” “horrible people” and “sleaze.” Last week Trump claimed that the “very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report” terrorist attacks happening in the U.S. Of course, if he were talking about the socalled “Bowling Green Massacre,” the press cannot cover something that simply did not happen. In Trump’s defense, the White House released a list of 78 incidents, which it claims that the media underreported (or didn’t report at all), including attacks in Orlando, Fla. and Nice, France (which, of course, received wall-to-wall coverage on national news media). The denigration of professional news organizations is particularly vexing in the age of social media and fake news. Social media is a totally open platform, as anyone can share practically anything with anyone without any quality or fact filters. Fake news has confused political discourse, making it difficult for many to discern credible outlets from specious ones. Bots allow users to automate hundreds of posts from a single account in a day and spread false information from fake news sites at ever increasing rates. To make matters worse, Trump has used the phrase “fake news” as a form of doublespeak to refer to professional news outlets that produce stories unfavorable to his

administration — while legitimizing alt-right sources, such as Breitbart, Gateway Pundit and, of course, Fox News cable network. The relationship between the executive branch of government and the press is often an antagonistic one, as it should be. That is precisely what the First Amendment protects — for the people and the press to be free from government suppression in expressing their sentiments and skepticism of government. In New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), commonly referred to as The Pentagon Papers case, President Richard Nixon claimed executive authority to suspend pub-

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“Trump has a well-established track record of using his enormous wealth to file vexatious libel lawsuits to intimidate and silence his critics.” lication of classified information that his administration possessed. There was a real question in the balance of power between executive authority and a free press as provided by the First Amendment. Here though, the Supreme Court came down emphatically on the side of the press. Justice Hugo Black writing for the majority said: “In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people.” While these landmark decisions came more than 45 years ago, the judiciary might need to vigorously defend the rights of the press again today. If the Supreme Court allows hate groups to utter hostile words against the government, surely it will guard the rights of journalists to perform their essential role in democratic society. Jeffrey Layne Blevins, Ph.D., is an associate professor and head of the Journalism Department at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches Media Law & Ethics.

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The First Amendment to the Constitution is so cherished that the Supreme Court has even protected the rights of hate groups to utter hostile words toward the government. In Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), a case that originated here in Hamilton County, the court overturned the conviction of a KKK member under an Ohio syndicalism statute for saying on a Cincinnati television station that “some revengence” should be taken if “our president, our congress, our Supreme Court continues to suppress the white, Caucasian race.” The court reasoned that Clarence Brandenburg’s remarks only amounted to advocacy of an indefinite action at an indefinite time in the future. Such broad freedom of speech is the most important tool for self-governance, as the people and their press must be able to criticize government officials without fear of retribution. It is part of a fundamental check on government power. However, President Donald Trump has challenged this essential tenet of democratic self-governance in significant ways. Throughout his presidential campaign Trump suggested that libel laws should be changed to make it easier for government officials to sue journalists that question their behavior. Trump said: “I’m going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposefully negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.” Since the election, two of Trump’s senior advisers have been more blunt. Kellyanne Conway said that journalists “should be fired” while bemoaning what she perceived as unfavorable coverage of Trump. Steve Bannon said that news media should “keep its mouth shut,” referring to journalists as an “opposition party.” The implication of Trump’s statements and those of his advisers is to chill the speech of critics and limit the ability of the press to scrutinize government activity. As provided in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), the Supreme Court set a high standard for public officials to win libel suits. The court articulated the need to protect the ability of people and the press to discuss public issues and criticize government behavior. The court said that free speech needs breathing space, even if it means tolerating some falsehoods. A rule that requires a speaker to ensure the validity of every single statement in his or her criticism of government officials would likely result in self-censorship. The court made clear that injury to the reputation of government officials does not give the government the right to burden speech. Government officials already have significant forms of power and access to the media (and these days, social media) to respond to any perceived falsehoods. The

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Hamilton County’s Incredible Shrinking Government

Budget cuts, sharp drops in criminal cases and use of courts lead to a 32 percent decline in county’s headcount BY JAMES MCNAIR

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amilton County’s population and economy are climbing back to where they were a decade ago. But the county’s government has shriveled into a husk of its pre-recession self. The portrait of a government that people use less, need less and encounter less comes from Hamilton County’s financial report for calendar 2015, released by the Ohio State Auditor’s office in October. It reveals steep drops in county spending, county government employees and “operating activity” over the past decade. In many instances, the numbers are the lowest since the 1990s. Among the most significant drops from 2006 through 2015: • Total spending on the county’s basic governmental functions, not counting stadiums and the sewer district, fell 33 percent, from $974.4 million to $656.8 million, unadjusted for inflation. • Spending on public safety and public works both fell substantially, reaching levels not seen since 2002. • The county’s full-time employee headcount dropped to a decade-low of 4,289, down from 6,272, or 32 percent. • Property tax revenue fell 12 percent, from the record $263.6 million raised in 2006. • New civil lawsuits in Common Pleas Court fell 35 percent, while new criminal cases fell 38 percent. • New juvenile cases plunged 66 percent, from an all-time high of 48,647 in 2006 to 16,468 in 2015. • The number of county jail inmates fell by almost 40 percent.

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• Calls to 911 fell 39 percent. Michael Jones, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati, notes that most of the decline in spending coincided with sharp revenue drops. Outside grants and contributions were heaviest prior to and during the Great Recession of 2008-09. “You’ve got a decline of about $200 million in operating grants,” Jones says. “I suspect that some of that has to do with state and federal subsidies declining since 2009 that provided economic assistance during the recessionary period.” As the county’s budget shrank, so did its payroll. The Department of Job and Family Services saw its headcount cut in half from 2008 to 2011. Amazingly, the agency is serving more Medicaid and food stamp recipients than ever before.

“We’re almost all funded by the state and feds and when we went through the recession, we had our allocations cut severely and had to respond in kind,” says department spokesman Brian Gregg. “We became a more efficient organization. We got creative and innovative. … We now do re-certifications over the phone instead of in person. We have a robust documentimaging system to help with document management and we have kiosks where people can input necessary paperwork right from our lobby.” Some of the county’s revenue decline stems from a drop in the value of property for tax purposes and the corresponding 12 percent drop in property tax collections. Total residential assessments hovered at about $14 billion from 20052010, but slumped and leveled off at the $12.7 billion mark. Commercial property assessments for 2014 and 2015 were the lowest since 2002. County Auditor Dusty Rhodes says the revenue drops have taken a big bite out of county payrolls. His office, for instance, had a staff of 174 when he became auditor in 1991. It has 85 today. He said the recorder’s office is half its size of a decade ago. Perhaps surprising, the downsizing has impacted law enforcement, too. In

Belt-tightening and drop-offs in use of the courts have made the Hamilton County Courthouse a slimmed-down version of its former self. 2006, the county had 1,231 people working in public safety. By 2015, it was down to 1,089. The number of major crime investigations fell in tandem, down 39 percent since 2009. “When people discuss government spending and resources, they talk about fat, then muscle and, finally, bone,” says Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil. “I can tell you our office has been cut to the bone at the same time more is being asked of us every day. “Ten years ago we weren’t facing a heroin epidemic like we’ve never seen before, or the gun violence and animosity toward law enforcement across the country,” Neil says. “Everyone wants the services, but when the bill comes, no one reaches for their wallets. We’re working with (county) commissioners to make the safety of the public and the safety of my deputies serving our communities more of a priority.” The decline in major crime investigations contributed to a downturn in another branch of government. In 2015, the number of new criminal cases filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court fell to its lowest level since 1998. Most cases come from the Cincinnati Police

Department, whose felony case count fell 36 percent from 2007 to 2015, says CPD spokeswoman Tiffaney Hardy. The downsized Sheriff’s Department did lead to a massive dropoff in county jail lockups, from 50,727 in 2006 to a historic low of 30,985 in 2015. The county closed its 822-bed jail in Queensgate in 2008, and taxpayers have rejected sales tax hikes for a new one. Consequently, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Mike Robison says, the department places fewer non-violent offenders in jail when it has the discretion. Things are also quieter in the county’s civil courtrooms. In 2009, 15,621 new lawsuits were filed with the court. Six years later, the number was down to 9,182. Catherine Glover, executive director of the Cincinnati Bar Association, chalks it up to the steady drop in home foreclosures, tort reform and the settlement of disputes before they reach the courthouse. Many of those settlements are achieved through so-called “alternative dispute resolution (ADR),” including, like it or not, arbitration. Ryan McLane, a lawyer at Dressman Benzinger LaVelle and chairman of the bar

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association’s ADR practice group, says its use has grown in Greater Cincinnati in the past decade. “People have the tools and the incentive to settle their cases earlier without the expense and risk of trial,” McLane says. Business is down almost across the board in the county courthouse. New Juvenile Court filings dropped 66 percent over 10 years, suggesting a generation of better-behaved kids. And the number of Domestic Relations Court filings is less than half the intake of the early 2000s. Court Administrator Lisa Gorrasi says it reflects population decline, fewer domestic violence petitions and fewer divorces. Fewer divorces occur in part because there are fewer marriages, which means less clerical work in another arm of the county’s judiciary, Probate Court. Court Administrator Vince Wallace says 5,302 couples married in 2003, while 4,936 did so in 2016. Not only did Hamilton Countians marry less, they registered fewer dogs with the auditor’s office. In 2015, 50,638 dog and kennel licenses were issued. In previous years, most recently 2011, the number topped 60,000.

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Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has gotten a lot more active of late as he ramps up his campaign for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s seat in 2018. Mandel has been using the confrontational tone and loose approach to facts employed by President Donald Trump. And the Ohio Republican has gone further than that in aping the new president, tapping Trump’s former campaign leaders to lead his Senate run in all 88 Ohio counties. It’s Mandel’s second bid for Brown’s seat — the progressive Democrat from Cleveland trounced him in 2012, when Mandel got 45 percent of the vote as the Republican candidate. “Beating Sherrod Brown is a top priority for conservatives around Ohio and around the country,” Mandel told Cleveland. com Feb. 13. “And so as we recruited our county chairs, we looked for leaders who are conservatives, and who are doers.” Democrats are rolling their eyes at Mandel’s newfound vigor, at least for now. Brown himself hasn’t much acknowledged Mandel’s December campaign announcement, and other Democrats have suggested Mandel should focus on his job as state treasurer. “Josh Mandel has always been more focused on campaigning for a new office than doing the job taxpayers pay him to do,” Ohio Democratic Party spokesman Jake Strassberger told Cleveland.com. “That’s why he launched his first Senate bid just days after becoming treasurer six years ago and why he spent all of last year raising money for his second Senate bid.” Mandel’s more aggressive posture was on display at a recent press conference blasting Cincinnati’s declaration that it is a sanctuary city. He’s also taken to Twitter with the tough talk. But if that swagger is a taste of Mandel’s Senate bid, he may need a bit more practice. Many of his missives have attracted online hecklers — perhaps a sign that anti-Trump progressives are taking a more proactive approach to online political battles. “Proud to be leading movement in OH to STOP sanctuary cities,” Mandel tweeted Feb. 10. “Liberal journalists opposing us & conservative activists supporting us. Charge!” Thus far, the tweet has inspired 17 likes and nine retweets. However, it’s also drawn a lot of comments. Most of them are not exactly cheering Mandel on and feature words like “numbnuts” and multiple uses of “embarrassing.” “Same attitudes turned our Jewish refugee ancestors away at the dock,” one user tweeted. “This look just doesn’t work for you,” another said. “Stop trying to emulate

Trump and be your own person. This is embarassing (sic).” It’s unclear if the Twitter mob is a coordinated effort by liberal activists or just everyday users (among whom there are plenty of Trump supporters) lashing out at Mandel’s impression of The Donald. A few tweeters included the hashtag #indivisible, the name of a group of antiTrump, pro-Democratic Party organizers.

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Even one of the three supporters who came to Mandel’s aid on the tweet admitted it wasn’t the most flattering move. “He’s a noob,” he tweeted to another user. “Give him a minute to work into his role.” Mandel’s been on a tear recently. A tweet earlier this month accused the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil rights group, of having ties to terrorist organizations. That post attracted similar hecklers, though also some supporters. The common conservative conspiracy theory has been debunked and an FBI investigation into the group a decade ago that Mandel cites led to no criminal charges. CAIR points to its history working with the FBI and its long-running “Not in the Name of Islam” campaign against religious violence as evidence it doesn’t aid terrorists. In his tweet, Mandel cites a group called the Center for Security Policy to back up his assertions. That group has, CONTINUES ON PAGE 11

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What went up in the past decade? Sales tax receipts hit a record $114.9 million in 2015, up 78 percent since 2006. And the county issued 11,125 building permits in 2015, a new record, more than double the 4,847 in 2006. Two more indicators at lofty levels point to disparities in the economic recovery. The county reported a monthly average of 225,000 Medicaid recipients in 2015, a record number that has grown yearly since the federal-state expansion

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in the past, claimed that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated multiple levels of the U.S. Government. The Southern Poverty Law Center has called the far-right organization an anti-Muslim conspiracy theory group. The aggressive tweeting is part of a bigger push for Mandel. Earlier this month, he announced an effort to pass legislation criminalizing municipal officials involved in making their cities “sanctuary cities.” That effort, which Mandel undertook with conservative state lawmakers, came after Cincinnati declared itself a sanctuary city

of that program. Meanwhile, the monthly average number of food stamp recipients in 2015 remained high at 125,808. “The reason why we have so many food stamp recipients,” Gregg says, “is because people are either out of work or they lost a job and took one that paid less than they were making and became eligible because their income was lower.” CONTACT JAMES McNAIR: jmcnair@citybeat.com, 513-914-2736, @JMacNews on Twitter

in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries and pausing refugee resettlement in the United States entirely. “Over our dead body will Cincinnati become a sanctuary city,” Mandel said at a news conference here last week announcing that legislation. Mandel did not elaborate about how lashing out at a symbolic declaration welcoming immigrants and refugees helps him count the state’s money — the job voters elected him to do — but expect a lot more of the rhetoric as Mandel angles for Brown’s Senate seat in 2018. ©

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raft beer is everywhere these days, from the taprooms serving rarities to grocery stores selling out of the local stuff first. But that wasn’t always the case. If you wanted a Cincinnati craft beer 10 years ago, you could grab a bottle of Christian Morlein, which was contract-brewed at the time outside the city limits. Or you could try a draft from the Rock Bottom Brewery chain located at Fountain Square, or a growler from Anderson Township’s Mt. Carmel Brewery. For those who weren’t hip to Cleveland’s Great Lakes Brewery, an early go-to craft brew in the Cincinnati market, the options for non-Bud drinkers were scarce: Sam Adams, Newcastle and the like. Even so, this was around the time Craig Johnson and Matt King set their Beerfest empire in motion. This year’s 10th-annual Cincy Beerfest expects a crowd of 17,000, its biggest ever. And the company has expanded the Beerfest concept into five other markets since those early days.

conservative and an expert with numbers and bookkeeping. Johnson’s spark was creativity. “We had some other events that we were doing in 2009 that once we focused on the beer festivals we kind of dropped,” King says. “I think we’re risk takers. We realized it was kind of like a gold rush and we needed to get to these big cities that didn’t have large festivals before they did. That’s why the early expansion paid off so much. We knew we had lightning in a bottle in Cincinnati.” Flushed with a sold-out Cincinnati Beerfest in 2007, the pair went on to initiate clones in Columbus in 2010, Pittsburgh in 2013, Cleveland in 2014, Philadelphia in 2015 and the newest Beerfest in Tampa in 2016. The umbrella company running the events is called Festivals Unlimited. Beerfest events are meant to introduce the public to new craft beers and to help enthusiasts get to know what’s new in the industry. You can meet with insiders to discover new brews and trends. Craft beer lovers pay a flat fee for admission and to sample food from local restaurants and 25 of the hundreds of beers offered at the event. About 20 local breweries are typically represented, with 75 to 100 local beers.

Mixing with Pro Brewers Craft beer enthusiasts are a lot like foodies. These aren’t drinkers that chug down beer during ballgames. They’re drinkers who discuss aromas and notes, flavors and aftertastes. And the brewers discuss their inventions like chefs. “We’ll have brewers behind their tables,” King says. “It allows brewers to have a conversation about ingredients, about the brewery. This year we’ll have a couple of owners of breweries and will have discussions in a separate room to talk a bit about their brands.”

Organizers expect 17,00 people to attend this weekend’s Beerfest. Photo : Byron Photography

In the decade since Beerfest started, the interest in craft beer has exploded. Terms like IPA, porter, pilsner and dunkel summon memories of these flavors instead of run to a dictionary. Cincinnati itself has more than 20 local breweries, a number rising with every nano brewery and multi-million-dollar expansion. The 2007 Beerfest sold out, drawing 600 attendees to sample the handful of local, commercial craft beers available. Now one of the five largest beer festivals in the U.S., the company’s growth has paralleled the industry as a whole. But that’s not exactly what the plan was.

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Riding the Wave Johnson and King rode the front of the craft beer wave, but they’re not clairvoyant. They’re actually businessmen who had their sights set on launching a successful festival and flew a variety of flags until they found one the crowds saluted. Johnson says besides Beerfest, they tried out a fireworks party on the Purple People Bridge and a Halloween event at Roebling Point during the 2000s. But Beerfest was the one that worked. “It really becomes a celebration of the local breweries, which then host the out of town breweries,” Johnson says. Johnson and King began the festival for fun as much as it was a gamble on the future of craft beer. They spent about $20,000 of their own money to launch the first version in 2007. Johnson had owned and operated bars in Northern Kentucky and had started and headed up the MainStrasse Mardi Gras festival from 1996 to 1999. King, a longtime friend of Johnson’s, was managing a retail store at the time. Johnson describes King as the Yin to his Yang, more

MadTree co-founder Brady Duncan is one of the local brewery owners who will attend Beerfest. He describes the sense of camaraderie among the brewers as almost a family reunion. “I think the cool thing is you go to Beerfest and everyone’s happy,” Duncan says. “Certainly there’s your fair share of people trying to drink beers as fast as they can so they can get drunk, and that’s a very small percentage. Most people are coming there because they want to talk to the people who make the beer, they want to try a lot of different beer, and they want to see what new breweries are out there. That’s kind of the whole intent behind Beerfest.” Duncan says he can’t quantify the impact participating in the festival has on his business, but he is confident it makes a difference.

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“What other opportunity do you have to put your beer in front of 15,000 people who are already your target consumers? They are already interested in craft beers,” Duncan says. “That’s pretty tough to do.” Rhinegeist, Taft’s Ale House, MadTree and Fifty West have all introduced new beers at the festivals. Columbus brewers like Seventh Son, Four String and Actual have debuted new beers in Cincinnati. Johnson describes the festivals as a marketing tour for product launches and new breweries. Taft’s Ale House general manager Keith Malloy has been involved in Beerfest in one way or another since it started. “It’s really put a highlight on craft beer and made it cool and fun and has shown what it could be,” Malloy says. “I feel like that has a lot to do with where Cincinnati is now. It really exposes you to a lot of varieties of stuff that you might not otherwise try. You have a chance to try beers outside your normal wheelhouse. I love doing that.”

Vendors, like local eateries and beerrelated companies, will exhibit alongside craft brewers. Photo : Byron Photography

The Biggest Tap Room Ever Johnson says the growth industry they’ve tapped into has a long way to go before it peaks. This year’s Beerfest is bigger than ever and includes many new smaller brew pubs, a trend that Johnson says he expects to continue. Business dynamos, like MadTree, which is now available even in groceries and corporate chains like BW3s, were part of the first wave of the craft beer trend. Johnson doesn’t expect to see such explosive expansions of a single brewer in the future. Instead, he expects smaller enterprises to find success, people content with just having a brew pub that makes beer for their own building with minimal distribution. “You’ll see a lot more small things,” Johnson says. “Which is great, because you’ll see more diversity. And I think craft cocktail distilleries, we’re going to see those here in ever greater numbers as well.” Johnson explains that there is a limit to the number of beers, local or otherwise, a grocery store can sell, and the retail market is becoming saturated. The future is in one-off brewpubs that carry their own blends, he says. “(Gov. John) Kasich signed a law to allow breweries to have tap rooms a few years ago,” Johnson says. “That really was the fuel the fire needed to have the boom of new breweries in Ohio.” That was Ohio Senate Bill 48, passed in 2013, which reduced the annual licensing fee for microbreweries by almost 75 percent and allows brewers to open tasting rooms within a half-mile of their facilities.

Johnson says the future of craft brewing is bright — if people want it to grow, the best thing they can do is support quality breweries, both local and out-of-town. Festivals Unlimited expects to continue to grow, expanding into new markets and launching new festivals to slake the public’s thirsts. “We are also looking to diversify into cocktail festivals, like our PROOF Cocktail Festival (launched locally last October),” Johnson says. The secret to Beerfest’s success is simple, Johnson says. “We did two things. We were converters of people that were domestic drinkers, that were having craft beer for the first time. For years and years that’s why the breweries loved us. We were converting people into craft beers. Then it became the mass offering of different beers. We are always evolving and we try and stay on top of it.” The 10th-annual CINCY BEERFEST takes place Friday and Saturday at the Duke Energy Convention Center. Tickets and more info: cincybeerfest.com.

Big-name brewers like Blue Moon sling brews with national and regional craft breweries. Photo : Byron Photography

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But it’s not only professional brewers that flock to the event. There’s also a judged homebrew competition organized by the Cincinnati Malt Infusers, a club for aspiring brewers and beer hobbyists. Competition coordinator Tim McKee set up the judged tasting at Beerfest. He says Beerfest provides his group with the venue for their largest annual event. “This competition will be among about 350 beers,” McKee says. “We’ll have from 50 to 70 judges. From the 350 entries, it’s a pretty wide range. Some of the beers are fantastic, as good or better than what they’re drinking downstairs (at the main Beerfest tasting room) and they run the gamut down to beers that have some issues. If a brewer is new or inexperienced, we’ll give him some advice on how to improve things and address his issues or flaws.” McKee says at least two judges taste each beer and the brewer is given a detailed score sheet with an explanation of what worked and what didn’t. Being fastidiously clean when making the beer is one of the most important aspects to brewing to avoid the introduction of wild bacteria to the batch. “I like to do the competitions, but others are in it just to meet people,” McKee says. “Back when there weren’t 500 craft brews to choose from, when there were just a few at a given bar, it was a lot easier to make a beer that stood out as a homebrewer. Now you can go into Kroger and find many beers that are all wonderful and it’s a lot harder to convince people to go to the trouble to brew their own.” The folks who do take up the hobby are in it for the gourmet aspect, McKee says. “Some people like to make a cake from scratch and other people want to do it quick and buy a box of ingredients,” he says. “I feel like I can make exactly the beer I want. It’s maybe my competitive nature. I try and brew

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ART: BADGE OF HONOR at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center examines resilience and calm amid conflict. See review on page 26. ONSTAGE: The Playhouse in the Park’s SUMMERLAND is a gorgeous Gothic tale of the supernatural and 19th-century daguerreotype photography. See review on page 27. ART: GALLERY TALK WITH C.M. TURNER AT THE WESTON ART GALLERY The Weston Art Gallery’s current exhibit The Wired presents “physical manifestations of digital content that break down the perceived boundary between the corporeal world and the internet.” On Wednesday, artist, educator and curator C.M. Turner will offer an informal gallery talk with The Wired artists Ian Anderson, Katie Parker and Guy Michael Davis (Future Retrieval), Jordan Tate, Caroline Turner and Casey James Wilson. Many of the works are collaborative projects, including the installation by Parker, Davis and Tate, which was shown at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show last March as part of New York City’s curator-driven art fair during Armory Arts Week. Gallery talk 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Exhibit on view through April 2. Free. Weston Art Gallery, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts. org. — MARIA SEDA-REEDER

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MUSIC: BAD BAD HATS Minneapolis’ Bad Bad Hats came together in 2010 when its members were attending college, developing a dynamic, sumptuous brand of guitar-driven Indie Pop/Rock that caught the attention of independent label Afternoon Records. The group’s debut fulllength, 2015’s Psychic Reader, is endlessly

endearing thanks in large part to frontperson Kerry Alexander’s engaging vocals, addictive hooks and fantastic, multidimensional guitar work. Showcasing a sound that falls somewhere between The Sundays, The Breeders and The Spinanes, Psychic Reader’s powerful Pop mastery has been lauded by press outlets like Paste, NPR and Pitchfork. If you’re a fan of classic Indie and AltRock, one listen to the LP and you’ll sing the band’s praises, too. 8 p.m. Thursday. $10 advance; $12 day of show. Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport, Ky., southgatehouse.com. — MIKE BREEN EVENT: BOCKFEST SAUSAGE QUEEN COMPETITION Do you have what it takes to be crowned Bockfest royalty? The notorious genderneutral Sausage Queen pageant kicks off the first of four preliminary rounds Thursday at Washington Platform, where a panel of judges will choose a winner based on personality, talent and presence (i.e. how good they look carrying a plate of sausages). The four winners chosen during each preliminary round will face off in the Sausage Queen finals on March 4 at Bockfest Hall, and the champion will help lead the annual Bockfest Parade by carrying a symbolic tray of Bockwurst. New this year is the addition of a Bockfest Beard Baron, a standout facial hair enthusiast who will lead the parade alongside the Sausage Queen. 9 p.m. Thursday. Free entry; contestants must be 21 and up. Washington Platform, 1000 Elm St., Downtown, bockfest.com. — EMILY BEGLEY COMEDY: SEAN PATTON Since CityBeat last spoke to comedian Sean Patton, he’s been doing a lot of work in the U.K. He’s found the stereotype of rough crowds there to be false. “That’s a mistake a lot of (American comedians) make when they go overseas,” he says. “They think they have to spend the first 20 minutes of their set pandering to the audience.” However, when comedians from other countries come here, they fall into the same trap. “ ‘Did you know you Americans are obese? And your government…’” Patton says. “Shut up, we know. You’re not blowing any minds buddy.” Thursday-Sunday. $8-$14. Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com. — P.F. WILSON CLASS: SO YOU WANT TO BE A BEEKEEPER? The Civic Garden Center hosts this threepart seminar on beekeeping for aspiring apiaries. Instructors from the Cincinnati Zoo and Southwestern Ohio Beekeepers Association and an arborist will lead this CONTINUES ON PAGE 18

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ART: ANDREA BOWERS: WOMXN WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE! AT THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER Los Angeles-based artist Andrea Bowers is known to dabble in the provocative intersection of art making, social justice and political activism. Her exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center, Womxn Workers of the World Unite!, is no exception, focusing on Bowers’ survey of the feminist movement and its evolution, including the status of trans-feminism in addition to the difficulties associated with maintaining purpose in an increasingly heterogeneous environment. Bowers’ work draws from her personal collection of political graphics that depict powerful, radical women. Through June 18. Free. Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. Sixth St., Downtown, contemporaryartscenter.org. — LAUREN MORETTO

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ONSTAGE: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW It’s a dark and stormy night, and Brad and Janet have lost their way. Are you ready to do the Time Warp again? This cult hit was the brainchild of a British guy with a thing for sci-fi and horror films, which he parodied unforgettably. The show ran successfully in London, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco and became a legendary 1975 film starring Tim Curry, paving the way for midnight celebrations for years to come. Take your own trip to Transylvania at the Incline Theater and enjoy Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s hospitality. You can bet that audience participation will be encouraged. Through March 5. $26 adults; $23 seniors/students. Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre, 801 Matson Place, East Price Hill, cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com. — RICK PENDER

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EVENT: The 10th-annual CINCY BEERFEST takes over the Duke Energy Convention Center. See cover story on page 13. MUSIC: K.FLAY brings her unique mashup of Electro Pop, Hip Hop and Indie Rock to Madison Live. See interview on page 34. MUSIC: Blazingly original Blues singer RUTHIE FOSTER plays the Southgate House Revival. See Sound Advice on page 36.

MUSIC: ANDY BLACK brings a blend of Goth and Synth Pop to Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 36. EVENT: FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show with David Letterman) are visiting the newly renovated Memorial Hall

this weekend to present Vol. 8 of The Found Footage Festival, a collection of rare, exceptional and unusual VHS tapes that were discovered at garage sales, thrift stores and dumpsters across the country. Serving as curators, Pickett and Prueher provide live commentary and where-they-are-now updates to the people seen in each video, which can range from hilariously awkward, shabbily produced industrial training videos to bizarre “how-to” home videos. Highlights of Vol. 8 include a collection of satanic panic videos from the ’80s, outtakes and bloopers from 10 years of North Dakota local news and a star-studded Desert Storm parade sponsored by Taco Bell. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $12. Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Over-The-Rhine, memorialhallotr.com. — MONROE TROMBLY

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Breckenridge Elysian Taft's Ale House MadTree Shorts Brewing Blank Slate Blue Moon Hibernians Jack's Cider Leinenkugel Long Trail New Belgium Oskar Blues Perrin choc freak bacon Sweetwater Terrapin West Sixth Life Support Woodburn

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Brooklyn Christian Moerlein FC Cincinnati Chocolate Moonshine Duclaw Stix + Steel Guinness Lost Coast Sierra Nevada Victory Brewing Sierra Nevada Southern Tier Crooked Stave Stone Sixpoint Cincinnati State Brewing Science Department 157. Ommegang 158. Old Firehouse 159. North Coast

160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175.

NKY Homebrewers Guild MIA (blank on map) Left Hand OCBA Kabobski Baron Von Schwein Rhinegeist Air Brush Tattoo Irish Tees Deschutes Rock Bottom Cincinnati Cold Kegs West Sixth collardoos Hamilton County Safe Communities Drive Sober 176. Paradise 177. Brew City Sausage Co 178. MadTree

179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192.

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10 Bbl (Bend, OR) Joe, Am. IPA, 6.9% Apocalypse, Am. IPA, 6.8% 21 Amendment (San Francisco, CA) Toaster Pastry, India Red Ale, 7.60% Brew Free Or Die IPA, American IPA, 7% El Sully, Pale Lager, 4.80% 5 Rabbit (Bedford Park, IL) 5 Lizard, Wit Bier, 4.3% Grigolandia Super Pils, Pilsener, 7.2% TBD TBD 50 West (Cincinnati, OH) Cocunt Paycheck's Porter, Am. Porter, 6.1% Death Valley Shoot-Out, Ba Imperial Stout, 11.2% Punch You In The IPA, IPA, 9.25% Doom Pedal, Witbier, 5.5% Blood Orange Doom Pedal, Witbier, 5.5% Guava Doom Pedal, Witbier, 5.5% Mango Doom Pedal, Witbier, 5.5% Ghost Of Imogene, Imperial Stout, 8.5% Going Plaid, Scotch Ale, 8.5% Abita (Abita Spring, LA) Purple Haze, Fruit/ Vegetable, 4.2% Ba Chocolate Stout, Imp. Stout, 10.5% Sweet Orange Harvest, Fruit/ Vegetable, 4.2% Big Easy, IPA, 4.5% Ace (Sebastopol, CA) Space, Cider, 6.9% Perry, Cider, 5% Pineapple, Cider, 5% Black Jack, Cider, 6% Actual Brewing (Columbus, OH) Fat Julian, Nitro Imp. Stout, 10% Luxon, Golden Saison, 5.6% Magnon, IPA, 7.3% Photon, Light Lager, N/A Against The Grain (Louisville, KY) 35K, Milk Stout, 7% Rum Bbl Aged Bo And Luke, Imp. Stout, 13% Pile Of Face, Am. IPA, 6% Ky Ryed Chiquen, Rye Beer, 9% Alaskan (Juneau, AK) Smack Of Grapefruit, IPA, 7.20% Amber Ale, Altbier, 5.30% Hopothermia, Imperial IPA, 8.50% Winter Ale, English Olde Ale, 6.40% Alpine (San Diego, CA) Duette, Am. IPA, 7% Anderson Valley (Boonville, CA) Horse Tongue, American Wild, 10.5% Blood Orange Gose, Gose, 4.20% Eeetah! IPA, IPA, 7.50% Huge Arker, Russian Imperial Stout Aged In Wild Turkey Barrels, 13.50% Boont Amber, American Amber, 5.80%

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Angry Orchard (Cincinnati, OH) Easy, Cider, 4.20% Crisp, Cider, 5.00% Arbor (Ipsilante, MI) Strawberry Blonde, Blonde/Fruit, 7.75% Buzzsaw, American IPA, 7.5% Atwater (Detroit, MI) Vanilla Java Porter, American Porter, 4.80% Decadent Dark Chocolate, American Stout, 4.50% Avery (Boulder, CO) Raspberry Sour, Raspberry Am. Wild Ale, 6.5% White Rascal, Witbier, 5.6% Raja, DIPA, 8% Liliko'i Kepolo, Witbier, 5.6% Reverend, Belgian Quad, 10% B Nektar (Port Moddy, CA) Zombie Killer, Cider, 6.9% Tuco Style Freakout, Cider, 6.5% Bad Tom (Cincinnati, OH) Black Kettle Chocolate Stout, , 5.7% American Outlaw Session IPA, , N/A, Doc's Dark Cream Ale (Kentucky Common), Ky Common, N/A Fink Red Rye, Rye Ale, 8.7%

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Ballast Point (San Diego, CA) Mocha Marlin, Am. Porter, 6% Cinnamon Raisin Commodore Stout, Am. Stout, 6.5% Manta Ray DIPA, DIPA, 8.5% Sea Rose, Am. Pale Wheat Ale, 4% Grunion, Apa, 5.5% Sculpin, Am. IPA, 7% Victory At Sea Coconut, Am. Porter, 10% Beautiful View (Newport, KY) Russian Imp. Stout, Russian Imp. Stout, 8.2% IPA, Am. IPA, 6.5% Bells (Kalamazoo, MI) Bourbon Brl 30Th Anniv, Imp. Stout, 14.1% Hop Slam, DIPA, 10% Smitten, Rye IPA, 6% Two Hearted, IPA, 7% Amber, Amber, 5.5% Oarsman, Berliner Weiss, 4% Blake's Cider (Armada, MI) Sante, Cider Made Using The Traditional Champagne Technique, 6.50% Wakefire, Cider With Cherries And Orange Peel, 6.50% El Chavo, Cider With Mango And Habenero, 6.50% Archimedes, Cider With Vanilla And Elderberry, 4.50% Beard Bender, "Tart, Crisp, Dry Cider", 6.50% Grizzly Pear, Pear Cider, ?, ? Tonic, Cider With Ginger And Cucumber, 6.50% Blank Slate (Cincinnati, OH) Fume, Smoked Beer, 5.4% Out N' About, Gose, 5.4% Bonbonerie Opera Crème, Am. Stout, 5.5% Knife In The Highway, Red IPA, 9.3% Blue Moon (Golden, CO) Belgian White, Witbier, 5.9% Cap. Oatmeal Stout, Oatmeal Stout, 5.6% Cinnamon Horchata, Herbed / Spiced Beer, 5.5% Boulevard (Kansas Ciy, MO) Collab #6 W/ Firestone Walker, Am. Strong, 12.5 % Tank 7, Saison, 8.5% Unflitered Wheat, Am. Pale Wheat Ale, 4.4% The Calling, American Double, 8.5% Braxton (Covington, KY) Dead Blow Starter, Foreign / Export Stout, 7.2% Dark Charge 23, Imp. Stout, 10% Re-Vamp, Am. IPA, ?, Storm, Cream Ale, 4.8% Graeter's - Black Raspberry Chip Stout, Stout, 7% Jump Start, Coffee Brown Ale, 5.4% Spotlight, White IPA, 6% Haven, Hefeweizen, 5% Breckenridge (Breckenridge, CO) Salted Caramel Brown Ale, Am. Brown, 6.5% Bba 471 W/ Citra, DIPA, 9.2% Bluff, Blonde Stout, 6.2% Brink Brewing Co. (??, ??) Brink Brewing Co., Tbd, , , , , , , Brink Brewing Co., Tbd, , , , , , , Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY) Tripel Burner, Belgian Tripel, 10.70% Lager, Pre-Prohibition Lager, 5.20% Defender IPA, West Coast IPA, 6.70% Black Chocolate Stout, Russian Imperial Stout, 10.00% Blast, Imperial IPA, 8.40% Cascade (Portland, OR) Cranberry, Am. Wild, 8% Cellar Dweller (Morrow, OH) Grapefruit Jeremiah IPA, Am. IPA, 6.1% Blood Orange Uncle Ronny Pale Ale, Apa, 6.5% Vanilla Bba Brnigrl, Brown Ale, N/A Eye Opener, Hazelnut Coffee Stout, 7.5% Christian Moerlein (Cincinnati, OH) Fc Cincinnati Blood Orange IPA, American IPA, 6.00% Third Wave IPA, American IPA, 6.20% Shiver Chai Porter, Porter Infused With Chai Tea, 6.60% EmancIPAtor Dopplebock, Dopplebock, 7.00% Pacer Citra Pale Ale, Pale Ale, 6.5% Crafted Artisan Mead (Mogadore, OH) Snowbelt Cyser, Mead, 6% Down With CCP, Mead, 6% Crooked Handle (Springboro, OH) Roadside, Peanut Butter Porter, N/A Crooked Handle, Boro, Blond, 4.2%

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Crooked Stave (Denver, CO) Nightmare On Brett Batch 10, Am. Wild Porter, 9.7% Hopsavant, Brett IPA, 6.7% Petite Sour Rose, Am. Wild Ale, 5% Petite Sour Tart Cherry, Am. Wild Ale, 5% Blueberry Nightmare On Brett, Am. Wild Ale, 9.66% Dark Horse (Marshall, MI) Double Crooked Tree, Imp. IPA, 12% Plead The 5th, Russian Imp. Stout, 12% Deschutes (Bend, OR) Dissident, Flanders Oud Bruin, 11.40% Black Butte Xxviii, Ba Porter, 11.50% Pacific Wonderland Lager, Craft Lager, 5.50% Abyss 2016, Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, 13.2% Sagefight, Imperial IPA, 8.00% Red Chair, Nw Pale Ale, 6.20% Fresh Squeezed, IPA, 6.40% Armory, Experimental Pale Ale, 5.90% Black Butte, Porter, 5.20% Dogfish Head (Milton, DE) Beer For Breakfast, Milk Stout, 7.4% Flesh And Blood, Am. IPA, 7.5% Duclaw (Baltimore , MD) Sweet Baby Jesus, Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter, 6.50% Blood Orange Neon Gypsy, IPA, 6.50% Mysterium, Belgian Golden Ale, 5.00% Sweet Baby Java, Coffee Peanut Butter Porter, 6.50% Ei8ht Ball (Bellevue, KY) K-Hole, Imp. Stout, N/A Det Lager, Lager, 10.1% Prodigal, Apa, 6.5% Trisourhops, Am. Wild, 6.8% Elysian (Seattle, WA) Space Dust, IPA, 8.2% Splitshot, Espresso Milk Stout, 5.2% Epic (Salt Lake City, UT) Los Locos, Am. Lager, 4.8% Brainless On Peaches, Fruit Beer, 9.7% Tart N' Juicy, Am. IPA, 4.5% Big Bad Baptist, Imp. Stout, 11.8% Erie (Erie, PA) Saison, Saison/ Farmhouse, 5.8% Skipper Stout, Coffee Stout, 7.2% Evil Twin (Brooklyn, NY) Molotov Lite, DIPA, 8.5% No Hero, Oatmeal Stout, 7% Fat Heads (North Olmsted, OH) Hop Juju, DIPA, 8.5 % Head Hunter, American IPA, 9% Bumble Berry, Fruit / Vegetable Beer, 5.3% Head Trip, Tripel, 9.2% Sunshine Daydream, Am. IPA, 4.9% Figleaf (Middletown, OH) Basmati, Cream Ale, 5.1% Pride Of Cin-Day, English Best Bitter, 3.9% Iso-Tope, Am. IPA, 7.2% Ponderous, Porter, 7% Founders (Grand Rapids, MI) Lizard Of Koz, Imp. Stout, 10.5% Azacca, Am. IPA, 7.3 % Rubeaus, Fruit/ Vegetable, 5.7% Red Rye, Rye Beer, 4.7% Imperial Stout, Imp. Stout, 8.3% Golden Road (Los Angeles, CA) Wolf Among The Weeds, DIPA, 8% Wolf Pup, Am. IPA, 4.2% Goose Island (Chicago, IL) Lolita, Am. Wild Ale, 9% Gillian, Saison/Farmhouse Ale, 9.5% 4 Star Pils, German Pilsner, 5.1% Gillian, Saison/Farmhouse Ale, 9.5% Sophie, Saison/Farmhouse Ale, 6.5% Hombre Secreto, Belgian Strong, 9% Great Lakes (Cleveland, OH) Elliot Ness, Vienna Lager, 6.10% Dark Stone Water, Dortmunder, 5.80% Commodore Perry, Eng. IPA, 7.50% Connway's, Irish Red, 6.50% Turn Table Pils, German Pilsner, 5.00%

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Mad Moon Cidery (Columbus, OH) Bad Blood Orange, Cider, 6% Cinnamon Girl, Cider, 6.5% Treacherous Cranberry, Cider, 6.9% Madtree (Cincinnati, OH) All In The Hips, Rose Hip Saison, 4.9% Chocodile Tears, Chocolate Gose, 4.4% PSA, Session IPA, 4.5% Lift, Kolsch, 4.7% Treesearch, Am. IPA, 6.6% Peach Levanto, Am. Wild Ale, 4.7% Psychopothy, Am. IPA, 6.9% Axis Mundi, Russian Imp Stout, 10% Vernal Beckoning, Belgian IPA, 6% Unhappy Amber, Am. Amber, 8.6% Passfire, Gose, 4%

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Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO) Death By Coconut, English Porter, 6.5% Blood Orange Spesh-Ale-Apeel, IPA, 5.5% Dale's, APA, 6.5% Coffee IPA, Am. IPA, 6.43% Priscilla, Witbier, 5.2% Paradise (Cincinnati, OH) All American IPA, Am. IPA, 6.3% Irish Stout, Irish Stout, N/A Kolsch, Kolsch, N/A Vanilla Porter, Vanilla Porter, N/A Perrin (Comstock Park, MI) Poop Your Pants, Chocolate Bock, 6% No Problems, Session IPA, 4.5% 98 Problems, IPA, 6.8% Black Ale, Black Ale, 5.9%

Maui (Kihei, HI) Pog, Am IPA, 7.1% Lemongrass Saison, Saison, 5.6% Dbl Overhead IPA, DIPA, 8.5% Coconut Hiwa Porter, Am. Porter, 6% Pineapple Mana, Am. Pale Wheat Ale, 5.5%

Platform Brewing Co. (Columbus, OH) New Cleveland Palesner, German Pilsner, 5% Speed Merchant, White IPA, 6.6% Gose, Gose, 4.6% Lawlessness, Am. Porter, 5%

Maumee Bay (Toledo, OH) Glasshopper, IPA, 7% Amarillo Brillo, Double IPA, 8.5% Total Eclipse, Stout, 9.1% Double Shot Eclipse, Coffee Stout, 9.1%

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MIA (Doral, FL) Mega Mix, APA, 6% Tbd,???? Miami Weiss, Hefeweizen, 5.6% Tourist Trappe, Tripple, 10% Mt. Carmel Brewing (Cincinnati, OH) Wee Honey, Barrel Aged Wee Heavy (Quaff Bros), 11.10% Imperial IPA, Imperial IPA, 8.70% Coffee Brown Ale, Brown Ale, 6.00% Amber Ale, American Amber, 6.00% O' My Darlin Saisontine, Farmhouse W/Clemintines, 7.10% MunicIPAl Brew Works (Hamilton, OH) Approachable Blonde, Blond, 5% Our Two Cents, APA, 6.8% Midnight Cut, Porter, 6.2% True West Coffee Porter, Coffee Porter, 60? New Belgium (Fort Collins, CO) Clutch Sour Stout, American Wild, 9.5% Citradelic, Am. IPA, 6% Voodoo Ranger, IPA, 7% Voodoo 8 Hop, Apa, 5.5% Fruit Fly, American Wild, 5.7% New Holland (Holland, MI) Dragons Milk, Imp. Stout, 11% Poet, IPA, 7% Hoptronix, Apa, 4.4% Nine Giant (Cincinnati, OH) Gold Soundz, IPA, 6.9% Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Dry Hopped Cream Ale, N/A Instant Crush, Saison, N/A Save Ferris, Cran. Orange Berliner, N/A

North High (Columbus, OH) Life, Am. Red, 8% Stardust To Stardust, DIPA, 6% Pale, Hefeweizen, 4.7% BA Porter, Milk/Sweet Stout, 11% Old Firehouse (Williamsburg, OH) Brush Fire, Am. Red, 8.5% Brandy Ba Probie, Ba Porter, 8.2% Chief, Imp. Stout, 9% Pin Up Girl, Am. Blond Ale, 5% Ommegang (Cooperstown, NY) Urban Chestnut Colab., Dopplebock, 7.5% Valor Dohaeris, Trippel, 9% Rosetta, Flanders Oud Bruin, 5.6% Great Beyond, DIPA, 8.8%

Rhinegeist (Cincinnati, OH) Rood, Belgian Red, 6.2% Rhinegeist, Double Oaked Mastodon, Belgian Dark Strong, 11% Cafe Ink, Imp. Stout, 10% Juicy Truth, Am. IPA, 7.2% Mosaic, Apa, 6% Bubbles, Cider, 6.2% Bertha, Milk Stout, 5.5% Truth, Am. IPA, 7.2% Rivertown (Cincinnati, OH) Rivertown, Tbd, , Nice Melons, Watermelon Berliner, 3.8% Tequilana, Cider, 6% Roebling, Am. Porter, 7.8% Rockbottom (Cincinnati, OH) 513 Kolsch, Kolsch, 4.8% Crosley Field IPA, Am. IPA, 6.4% Naughty Scot, Scottish, 7.3% Goat Toppler, Ba Bock, 14.1% 3 Pepper Ale, Light Ale, 4.8% Jubilee IPA, Am. IPA, 6.3% Rockmill (Lancaster, OH) Le Cheval, Farmhouse, 5% Le Boucher, Le Boucher, 6.5% Rogue (Newport, OR) Sriracha, Chile Beer, 5.7% Choctabulous, Milk / Sweet Stout, 5.7% Dead Guy, Maibock, 6.50% Hazelnut Brown Ale, Brown Ale, 6.20% 6 Hop IPA, American IPA, 6.60% Chocolate Stout, American Stout, 5.80% Royal Docks (Canton, OH) Her Majesty, Falanders Red, 5% Prodigal Sun, IPA, 7.2% Coffee Porter, Porter, 7.2% Kölsch, Kölsch, 5.2% Sam Adams (Jamaica Plains, MA) Tetravis, Quad, 10.20% Stoney Brook Red, Am. Wild Ale, 9.00% Chai IPA, Herbed/ Spiced, 8.00% Mesquite Bbq, Brown Ale, 5.00% Rebel Juiced, Am. IPA, 6.20% Rebel IPA, Am. IPA, 6.50% 513 Lager, Am. Lager, 5.50% Hopscape, Am. Pale Wheat Ale, 5.50% Seventh Son (Columbus, OH) American Strong Ale, Am. Strong Ale, 7.7% Syzygy, DIPA, 10.9%

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FILM: WASTEDLAND 2 Avant-garde graffiti film Wastedland 2 gets its local premiere at Masonic Templeturned-arts-collective The Lodge on Sunday. Part of a traveling exhibition by artist Andrew H. Shirley, this existential fantasy follows the spirit animals of graffiti writers across a post-apocalyptic wasteland while they hunt for the meaning behind decaying enigmatic artwork, as well as search for beer, weed, walls to paint and the answer to the question, “What’s the point?” Also screening is the narrated slideshow The Indian Picture Show by artist Dylan Thadani, which examines the curiosities and beauty of Indian culture via 200 35mm photographs shot by the artist. But wait; there’s more: The evening also features live performances from bands All-Seeing Eyes and mr.phylzzz, and The Lodge now has a beer license, so alcohol will be for sale. 6 p.m. Sunday. $5 suggested donation. The Lodge, 231 Sixth Ave., Dayton, Ky., facebook.com/thelodgedaytonkentucky. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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EVENT: ART ON VINE Art on Vine returns with fine art and homemade goods from more than 60 local artists. What started as a small fair in a parking lot in OTR is now a monthly popup held throughout the year at Rhinegeist and Fountain Square. Buy locally made goods, sip on Rhinegeist brews and snack on pizza from Taglio. Noon-7 p.m. Sunday.

Free admission. Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-The-Rhine, artonvinecincy.com. — CHRISTINA DROBNEY ONSTAGE: KODO: DADAN Kodo, the world’s foremost professional taiko traditional Japanese drumming ensemble, will stop at the Aronoff Center on Sunday to perform DADAN, an athletic and rhythmic percussive production featuring only young male Kodo members. With soul-stirring solos and reverberating taiko drums of all different sizes, the immersive production will challenge the physical, technical and spiritual talents of the drummers. A pre-show performance by Cincinnati Dayton Taiko will take place in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Sunday. $30-$50. Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org. — CHRISTINA DROBNEY

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A Triple Triumph

The CSO, Cincinnati Opera and May Festival all have recordings attracting widespread attention BY ANNE ARENSTEIN

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incinnati’s major Classical music organizations are having a moment. Both the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati May Festival — featuring its chorus with James Conlon conducting the CSO — released recordings last year that earned plaudits from national critics and continue to draw attention. The May Festival’s live from Carnegie Hall performance of The Ordering of Moses, a largely forgotten oratorio by African-American composer R. Nathaniel Dett, was chosen as one of 2016’s best Classical recordings by Zachary Woolfe of The New York Times. And perhaps the most attention will come this spring, when Cincinnati Opera releases the eagerly anticipated recording from last year’s world premiere of Fellow Travelers, the opera about the persecution of gays in the government during the 1950s era of McCarthyism. With music by Gregory Spears and a libretto by Greg Pierce (from a novel by Thomas Mallon), it garnered accolades and was chosen as one of 2016’s best Classical performances by The New York Times. The May Festival was first out of the gate last May with its performance of The Ordering of Moses, recorded in May 2014 at Carnegie Hall and released on Bridge Records. The oratorio had its world premiere at the 1937 May Festival in Cincinnati and was broadcast nationally on NBC Radio, but was mysteriously cut off some three-quarters of the way through. No reason was officially given, but the fact that Dett was AfricanAmerican suggested that racist callers and advertisers shut down the broadcast. The Ordering of Moses again was performed at the 1956 May Festival and featured the young soprano Leontyne Price and baritone William Warfield. Starting in 2002, the festival committed to performing works by African-American composers. May Festival executive director Steve Sunderman was determined to track down a score of The Ordering of Moses, and his dogged research caught the interest of Conlon, who was in his penultimate season as the festival’s artistic director. The Cincinnati performance was on May 7, 2014. Two days later, the orchestra and the May Festival Chorus appeared in Carnegie Hall as part of its Spring for Music Festival. Critics applauded the rediscovery of this neglected work, as well as the performances of soprano Latonia Moore, mezzo Ronnita Nicole Miller, tenor Rodrick Dixon and baritone Donnie Ray Albert. The decision to release a commercial recording was not made until several months after the performances. “We recorded the concert for a broadcast on

A recording of Cincinnati Opera’s 2016 production of Fellow Travelers will be released. WQXR-FM in New York and they streamed it for almost a year,” Sunderman says. “Bridge Records had worked with James Conlon and they were interested in The Ordering of Moses.” The latest release in the CSO’s long recording history, Concertos for Orchestra, documents live performances of three works commissioned for the orchestra by Louis Langrée, its music director and conductor since 2011. “These concertos can demonstrate not only the virtuosity of the orchestra and its players, but also they allow for a rich variety of orchestral colors,” he says. “I wanted three different composers from different schools, styles and even continents.” Sebastian Currier’s FLEX premiered in October 2015 and Thierry Escaich’s Psalmos and Zhou Tian’s Concerto for Orchestra premiered in the final two weeks of the CSO’s 2015-16 season. Each piece is a fascinating journey into the orchestral color palette Langrée described, and each has its own unique appeal. Released in November, Concertos for Orchestra is on the CSO’s own Fanfare Cincinnati label, which made its debut in 2011 after the orchestra’s longtime label Telarc ceased producing new recordings in 2009. Fanfare Cincinnati partners with Naxos of America, Inc., to distribute and

market its recordings. Naxos is a leading independent digital and physical distributor of Classical music. Naxos handles the uploads to Spotify, iTunes and Amazon and oversees CD distribution. Because Currier is American, Escaich is French and Zhou is a native of China now living in the U.S., the CSO’s marketing staff felt the need for extra international exposure for the record. (Langrée, of course, is French and has an international following.) “We’re working with a publicist in Europe to make sure we’re getting as much global reach as we can,” says Chris Pinelo, the CSO’s vice president for communications. The first large-scale example of that reach was Langrée’s guest blog in the November issue of Gramophone, a British publication. The Cincinnati Opera caps this impressive hat trick with the upcoming release of Fellow Travelers, recorded during its world-premiere run at the Aronoff Center for the Arts’ Jarson-Kaplan Theater last summer. Unlike the CSO and the May Festival, Cincinnati Opera’s team had the benefit of multiple performances for recording. “Five performances and the dress rehearsal were recorded,” says Marcus Küchle, the Opera’s director of artistic operations. “The opera’s composer, Gregory Spears, is the

executive producer overseeing the final product with an engineer in New York. I’m serving as the executive managing producer.” Fellow Travelers, with its story of a gay love affair set in 1950s Washington, D.C. amid a homophobic Lavender Scare throughout the government, was a huge success. Inquiries about a recording started after the first performance. “I get requests for the recording every week,” Küchle says. Funding was provided by private donations and support from the Gale Family Foundation and the Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas. Fellow Travelers’ late-spring release will also be on the Fanfare Cincinnati label, which means that Naxos will handle the distribution logistics. All three recordings reflect the dynamics and economics of an industry in flux, if not decline. Recordings were once reliable sources of income (especially for the Cincinnati Pops) but in this age of streaming and downloads are no longer. So, in addition to documenting an important performance, CSO’s Pinelo says the recordings present opportunities to promote new music worldwide. “The reason we get invitations to tour is because people hear our recordings,” he says. ©

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This is the time of year that theater The biggest news from Broadway in companies reveal their upcoming seasons. Cincinnati is the show that’s not part of the Subscription sales are their goal as they 2017-18 season: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockoffer packages for 2017-18. Of considerable buster Hip Hop musical Hamilton is being interest right now is Cincinnati Shakespeare ballyhooed as a production for the 2018-19 Company’s recently announced 23rd season, season. Since opening on Broadway in 2015, when it relocates to its new theater at Elm and it’s been well nigh impossible to get tickets 12th streets in Over-the-Rhine. The opening for that production, or to afford them, with production at its Otto M. Budig Theater will sky-high prices of nearly $1,000. A second be A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sept. 8-30), production opened in Chicago in October Shakespeare’s ever-popular romantic comedy. and it’s selling just as well. There will be several American classics: a The touring production that will eventufamily-friendly adaptation of Mark Twain’s ally reach Cincinnati takes off in San The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Nov. 17-Dec. Francisco this March, where it runs for five 9), an adaptation of the 1967 film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Jan. 26-Feb. 17, 2018) and Tennessee Williams’ steamy drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (April 6-28, 2018). More Shakespeare comes along with the tragedy of Othello (March 2-24, 2018) and the season concludes with Michael Frayn’s backstage sex farce, Noises Off (May 18-June 9, 2018). Cincy Shakes also is producing two holiday-themed shows not included in subscriptions: Dracula (Oct. 13-Nov. Hamilton will be a 2018-19 Broadway in Cincinnati offering. 4) and Every Christmas PHOTO : joan marcus Story Ever Told (and then some!) (Dec. 21-31). Broadway in Cincinnati, meanwhile, has months, moves to Los Angeles for another announced its upcoming season of bigfive months, then on to Seattle, Housname shows. It will start with five weeks of ton and Washington, D.C. The national Wicked (Sept. 13-Oct. 15). It’s the Wizard of tour’s website lists the following cities Oz spinoff’s fifth Cincinnati landing, but it’s (alphabetically, not chronologically) for clear expectations are high for ticket sales, 2017-18: Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; even though this is a “special engagement,” Cleveland; Costa Mesa, Calif.; Denver; Des not included in subscriptions. The season Moines, Iowa; Las Vegas; Portland, Ore.; officially begins with Finding Neverland Salt Lake City; San Diego; Saint Louis; and (Nov. 7-19), about Peter Pan author J. M. Tempe, Ariz. Cincinnati is in a pack of nine Barrie, and continues with A Christmas cities for 2018-19: Dallas; Fort Lauderdale, Story (Dec. 5-10), about Ralphie’s memoFla.; Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis; New rable quest for an air rifle. The six-show subOrleans; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Orlando, scription is filled out with a choice between Fla.; and Tulsa, Okla. are the others. Botthat and another one-week engagement tom line: It’s likely at least two years before of Kander and Ebb’s venerable vaudeville it lands at the Aronoff. musical Chicago (March 20-25, 2018). Broadway in Cincinnati is using HamilThe recent Broadway production Waitress ton as bait for 2017-18 subscribers. “(Those) (Jan. 9-21, 2018) is based on a 2007 movie who renew for the 18/19 season will be able about a woman whose pie-baking skill might to guarantee their tickets for the premiere enable her to escape her unhappy marriage. Cincinnati engagement of Hamilton before It features music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. tickets become available to the general Then it’s School of Rock (Feb. 21-March 4, public,” its news release announces. 2018), inspired by Jack Black’s 2003 Rock & Only Broadway in Cincinnati and the Roll film; a highly praised revival of Rodgers Cincinnati Arts Association (Aronoff Center and Hammerstein’s The King and I (April ticketing) are authorized sellers of Broadway 10-22, 2018); and Aladdin (May 29-June 10, in Cincinnati tickets, so be wary of indepen2018), based on the 1992 Disney animated dent ticketing agencies already promising film. The Book of Mormon (July 31-Aug. 5, Hamilton tickets. 2018) bookends the season with another CONTACT RICK PENDER: rpender@citybeat.com special engagement here, the show’s third.

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Someone give Jonathan Sears a medal. before the fireplace, we risk knocking over Badge of Honor, the show he has curated the very figures that are there to guard at Kennedy Heights Arts Center, feels intius. Once inside the zone, there still is the mate even though there are weighty issues uncomfortable feeling of being watched, to consider. Sears and his three artists never and the looming challenge of exiting the lose sight of the individual — even when it’s space without disturbing the sentries. We represented by a figure barely 2 inches tall — are as safe, and as isolated, as the young as they think about the big picture. boy seated at a picnic table in Thompson’s Badge of Honor is about centers of photo hanging over the mantle. resilience and calm amid conflict. Sears, the In another installation, titled “Aim 1,” Holexecutive director of Northside’s PAR-Projlenkamp has arranged the figures in a bull’sects, drew the show’s theme and title from an eye pattern. All the fighters look outward, episode of the television series Murder, She unaware of what could be taking place Wrote. This line from an actor portraying in the background or above. During an a veteran got his attention: “Souls are more fragile than human flesh. Sometimes they just never seem to heal.” Sears decided to explore “the war that’s not the war.” He recruited photographers Mike James and Raymond Thompson and mixed-media artist Francis Hollenkamp for the mission. James, of Northside, served six years in the Navy and with NATO as a mass communications specialist and shares photos he took of civilians and troops during Some of the 8,000 toy soldiers in Francis Hollenkamp’s “Security” quiet moments in Kabul, P H O T O : c o u r t e s y o f k e n n e dy h e i g ht s a r t s C e n t e r Afghanistan. Thompson, a visual journalist based in Morgantown, W.V., documents the War on interview, Hollenkamp refers to Friedrich Drugs’ effect on black families in a series Nietzsche’s quote to beware that when fighttitled Justice Undone. ing monsters, you do not become a monster Service members from different nations yourself, nor gaze long into the abyss. bond over a single cause, while educators But Sears and the artists have pulled and elders strive to bring both routine and together a thoughtful exhibit to spark fun to their communities. Yet a notion of communication. “Jonathan and I wanted vulnerability also runs through the exhibit. to depict the lives of normal people and You see it when looking into the eyes of the human condition,” James says. His some of James’ and Thompson’s young photographic subjects include a boy selling subjects. And you feel it in unexpected ways candies in the Green Zone, with one fist when standing beside Hollenkamp’s tidy clenched by his side, and the dozens of rows of approximately 8,000 toy soldiers. men eager to test into the national security Hollenkamp, a Cincinnati artist, has forces despite their limited education. arranged a blockade across the floor of two The lines start to blur as far as who is galleries. Lined up in three columns, plastic fighting which war where. Sears has hung fighters appear to march unfazed through James’ portraits of teachers at a girls’ school walls and radiators — literally into the in Kabul beside Thompson’s picture of men heat of battle? — in 25-man formations. In giving a boxing lesson to a young black boy one room, the soldiers zigzag around two at what appears to be a memorial service. armchairs in front of a hearth, prepared to Rows of desks in Afghanistan mimic Holkeep the home fires burning while reinforcelenkamp’s rows of toy soldiers. ments stand guard on shelves. Wall labels provide little context, but in Hollenkamp has titled this installation the end you don’t really need it — “just the “Security.” But while security suggests calmemotion,” Sears says. Know that vulnerable ness and a routine, people sometimes sacrisouls rise to challenges around the world. fice privacy, freedom of movement and even BADGE OF HONOR is on display through March lives to achieve it. Thanks to Hollenkamp’s 5 at Kennedy Heights Arts Center, with an artist use of scale, the observer here is simultanetalk 5-6:30 p.m. and reception until 9 p.m. Feb. ously the protected and the protector — or 25. More info: kennedyarts.org. the conquered and the conqueror. To sit

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Lush, black damask curtains. Dark paint Theatre, with no audience member more and heavy crown moulding. The arch of a than seven rows from the stage. This suspended domed ceiling. intimacy can make the space crackle with Before Playhouse in the Park’s world-preenergy, but in the case of Summerland, it miere production of Arlitia Jones’ Summercan feel tiring. This is a show with weight land even began, I had taken so many notes and drama, and very few moments of levity. on Paul Shortt’s polished set designs that With the exception of an interesting scene a fellow audience member asked if I was a wherein the audience watches a daguerreoset designer myself. Shortt’s staging lends a type image being made, there is not much gothic mood to the show before a single line for these actors to do onstage besides stand is spoken. Sinister red light spills from an and harangue each other. open doorway. The furniture is sparse — a And so it is a welcome shock when Mumbench, a sturdy chair. Pointed at the chair: ler’s wife (Whitney Maris Brown) bursts onto a camera. the scene mere moments before intermission, In 1869, when Summerland is set, photography was still a burgeoning art form not entirely understood by the public. That lack of understanding, coupled with a country’s collective grief following America’s Civil War, paved the way for a new industry: spirit photography. Missing the husband you lost at Gettysburg? Visit the studio of an artist such as William H. Mumler, have your photograph taken and, with any luck, the developed image will show dear Johnny Michael Rothhaar and and Whitney Maris Brown in Summerland standing behind you, sending PHOTO : mikki schaffner his love from the idyllic pagan afterlife of Summerland. Spirit photography, the entrepreneurial in an entrance that spellbinds the audience — Mumler and the myth of Summerland (proand the other characters. Think Lily Munster nounced “Summal’nd”) are plucked from hismeets Lady Macbeth. As the playwright tory for this play. Mumler profited from the notes in the program book, women were lonely and the hopeful, boasting clients as key players in the Spiritualist Movement of notable as Mary Todd Lincoln. His work was the late 1800s, and in Summerland, Mrs. later proven to be a hoax that used a double Mumler is the power behind her husband’s exposure process to cast the ghostly images. throne. I am hesitant to ruin any of the surFrom these stories and accounts, playprise around the play’s greatest mystery, so wright Jones has woven a tale of historical suffice to say that she and actress Brown are fiction. In Jones’ Summerland, Mumler Summerland’s saving graces. They bring the (Michael Rothhaar) is no con artist, rather a chills and the intrigue lacking in the first half. grieving father himself. He is a man of pasDirector Michael Evan Haney has a sion, principles and belief, who just happens technically gorgeous show in Summerland. to profit by his work. I have already gushed over the sets (oh, His foil is Joseph Tooker (Billy Finn), a the bas-relief!), and Matthew M. Nielson’s skeptic hell-bent on exposing Mumler as a sound design is haunting. Kirk Bookman’s fraud and a swindler. Tooker has his own lighting design is downright inspired, radigrief — he was a soldier in the Civil War and cally changing the small theater to feel as is battling survivor’s guilt — and he chanclinical as a photographer’s darkroom or as nels that emotion into a restless need for warm as the candles of a séance. The script justice, proof and answers. As interesting is not as adroit, and the show feels long, but as this opposition is on paper, onstage these the subject matter is interesting and raises two characters are difficult to care about. complicated questions. Which is more danFinn’s Tooker seems more bark than bite, gerous: cold, hard facts or fairy tale belief? and Rothhaar’s Mumler is full of sad bluster. Should we trust our eyes over our hearts? If The first half of this play concerns itself a lie helps us heal, is it wrong to believe it? with these men and their argument, with SUMMERLAND, presented by Playhouse in the very little to break up the tension. SummerPark, continues through March 5. More info/ land takes place in the Playhouse’s more tickets: cincyplay.com. intimate venue, the Thompson Shelterhouse

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Watching Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, nominated this year for an Academy Award as Best Documentary, I couldn’t overcome another prideful declaration, a salute as assertive and defiant as a raised fist. As every frame unspooled and every word erupted like a cannon blast from narrator Samuel L. Jackson, I longed to shout, “I am James Baldwin.” Baldwin, who died in 1987, is the central subject of this film. His writings — especially his collected essays in The Fire Next Time, Notes of a Native Son and Nobody Knows My Name — made him not just a major literary figure but also an important social and political critic, a voice of conscience during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. He also wrote novels, plays, poetry and short stories. His books remain timely. The film lifts passages from Baldwin’s unfinished novel Remember This House to frame, as only Baldwin could, the story of America from the standpoint of its primary protagonist, the African-American. Jackson reads from Baldwin’s manuscript, as well as his letters; Baldwin is seen in archival footage. Baldwin’s perspective links together such murdered figures of the 1960s civil rights movement as Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. — not only because of their historic relevance, but also because of his connection to these men and their missions. Through their struggles, they reminded him of his conflicted allegiance to the fragile American experiment, this work-in-progress that at times feels like it needs to be completely scrapped so that it can start over with a fresh perspective, informed by the failings of the past. But Peck doesn’t strand us in fading memories. He shows that while we might not have new leaders to galvanize us the way Evers, Malcolm X and King did, there is an ever-growing parade of martyred victims — Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray and Eric Garner — sacrificed on the altar of American justice. They constitute the next links in the chains binding us to a history we long to keep hidden. And while some question the perceived strides we have made (and Baldwin would be chief among the skeptics were he alive today), we do have the testimony of an African-American president who voiced his solidarity with the latest victims of our ongoing struggles with race. And yet, watching and listening to I Am Not Your Negro reaffirms the undeniable moral gravity of Baldwin. I have been drawn to him since my post-collegiate days, when I made regular trips to any and every bookstore in Center City Philadelphia to purchase and consume his catalog — the titles I had never been exposed to in school. I wanted to write because I saw how the

craft offered up a reflection of my world, the one I naïvely assumed everyone would care about because so much had changed. Reading The Fire Next Time, a book comprised of two essays written in 1963 but damningly relevant to me in the early 1990s and still apropos today, made me put aside my youthful innocence. I could have been the 14-year-old nephew Baldwin addressed

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in “My Dungeon Shook — Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation.” In light of our recent election and the steps taken in the first few weeks of the new administration, dreams of hope and change remain little more than deterred ideals and funhouse distortions. Beyond the overt politics, I Am Not Your Negro spotlights Baldwin’s role as a cultural critic, in particular his investment in and affinity for film. We hear him speak of being enthralled by cinematic images, despite the fact that he never found positive and engaging representations of himself in the frames of his youth. As he matured and embarked upon his career as a successful writer, Baldwin found himself in the company of Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, men who served as race-based role models and curiously sexless sex symbols. I Am Not Your Negro curiously subverts our conception of history, perceptions of ourselves as a nation and attempts to address our unending dilemma. It tells its story best through Baldwin’s own words rather than moving images. That is a fitting tribute to its subject — a universal man of letters that we need to finally claim as one of the best our nation has ever produced. (Opens Friday at Esquire Theatre) (PG-13) Grade: A

ON SCREEN ‘Toni Erdmann’ is an Ode to Family BY T T STERN-ENZI

German writer-director Maren Ade earned a Palme d’Or nomination at the Cannes Film Festival for Toni Erdmann, which triggered explosive buzz and immediately catapulted the film into the rarefied air of one of the best foreign language films of 2016. It’s an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. That might seem somewhat surprising when you consider that the premise centers on the relationship between Winfried (Peter Simonischek), a sly-humored father known for being a practical jokester, and his somewhat estranged daughter Ines (Sandra Hüller), a career-driven consultant seeking to make her way in the male-dominated business world. What emerges, once the father infiltrates and insinuates himself into his daughter’s life by posing as the life coach of her client, is an epic battle of wills. Winfried adopts the outrageous “Toni Erdmann” persona, which settles into place once he slips in his gaping fake teeth, and struggles to envision Ines achieving any degree of contentment while she devotes every waking moment to a job with few life-affirming rewards. His constant needling and questioning about her life at first serve only to annoy Ines, until his presence starts to awaken the long-dormant DNA links she shares with Winfried. It is fascinating to watch a film about a perceived reversal in the dynamic between a parent and child and that espouses a sense of the care-free and the absurd without wallowing in juvenilia. While we occasionally get Type-A children who are forced to babysit their immature elders, the generally accepted iteration looks more like Dirty Grandpa, with its eagerness to “raunch up” the sitcomstyled proceedings with no regard for how comedy works in real life. There has been early discussion centering on Jack Nicholson as the father in an American remake. I find myself wondering about the necessity of the project. Ade, Simonischek and Hüller have crafted a loving ode to familial relationships that achieves universality in its own right. We don’t need another Toni Erdmann in the thunderdome of a multiplex. (Opens Friday at Mariemont Theatre) (R) Grade: A

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‘SNL’ Plays its Trump Card Well BY JAC KERN

The lampooning of America’s highest brought in major ratings — the most office is nothing new for sketch-comedy watched since Jim Carrey hosted in 2011. institution Saturday Night Live (11:30 The next episode airs March 4 — new p.m. Saturdays, NBC). When the show first episodes are few and far between lately — debuted in 1975, Chevy Chase portrayed with an interesting first-time host: Hidden President Gerald Ford as a bumbling bufFigures’ Octavia Spencer. foon, which over the years gave way to Dana Whether you think SNL is poised to Carvey’s George Bush and his catchphrase regain its past glory, needs to push the enve“Not gonna do it,” Phil Hartman’s Bill Clinton lope further or “just stick to jokes” instead, jogging to McDonald’s, Will Ferrell’s squintythe country’s crazy current events only eyed Dubya and so many more. Over the past cement SNL’s spot in popular culture. 42 years, the show transformed often-bland politicians into comedic characters. Then the U.S. elected a comedic character as president: Donald Trump. Trump has, if nothing else, very little sense of humor about himself or the odd way he won (he lost the popular vote). So what does SNL do with that? Never before have we experienced such contention between the sitting president and SNL. Typically it’s a non-issue (presumably past presidents have had more important concerns), but Alec Baldwin (left) plays a dense President Trump in a SNL skit. with Trump, you know he’s PHOTO : courtesy of NBC watching every week — and not in a fun, relatable way. SNL has experienced a surge in relevance thanks to this fact: With every tweet about how “really bad” the show is, Trump Portlandia (10 p.m. Thursday, IFC) – Portonly makes it worse for himself and makes land secedes! Fred and Carrie help the city a case for the show’s important role. The with that process while the eco-terrorists past three hosts — Aziz Ansari, Kristen win an award for best protest. Stewart and Alec Baldwin — all chose to do Britney Ever After (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifethe show despite not having big projects to time) – Ms. Spears gets the Lifetime Origipromote, bringing in some major talent. nal Movie treatment, shaved head and all. Which brings us to Baldwin’s episode last Saturday. Halfway through he’d yet to do Planet Earth II (Season Premiere, 9 p.m., his impression of the Donald, and I thought Saturday, BBC America) – Breathtaking what a statement it would make to take the nature footage takes viewers up close and A-list actor, who has famously been portraypersonal with creatures across the globe. ing Trump since the premiere of this season, First up: island inhabitants, featuring a battle peg him as host and never even mention between a baby iguana and slithering snakes. the president. Imagine Trump’s misguided Big Little Lies (Miniseries Premiere, 9 aggression when Baldwin doesn’t even p.m. Sunday, HBO) – A suspicious death at end up mentioning him! The sweet irony! an elementary school fundraiser changes Of course, at that moment, The People’s the dynamic in a group of affluent neighCourt skit opened with Baldwin’s breathy, borhood moms. Based on the novel by puckered Trump suing federal judges on the best-selling author Liane Moriarty, this reality show. anticipated miniseries boasts a big-name That was on top of Melissa McCarthy’s cast, including Reese Witherspoon and return as the intemperate Sean Spicer, Nicole Kidman. Trump’s press secretary; Kate McKinnon’s portrayal of Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Crashing (Series Premiere, 10:30 p.m. Conway as a stalker and her Gollum-esque Sunday, HBO) – Pete Holmes stars in this turn as Attorney General Jeff Sessions; and new comedy about a guy who turns to the some Trump jokes during the “Weekend New York stand-up scene after catching his Update” segment. wife in an affair. Despite what the president might tweet CONTACT JAC KERN: @jackern about this show sinking, Saturday’s episode

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If you have a hankering for a Southern-style hot brown or burgoo, head to The Green Derby. with drinks. If there had been space for six, I’d have preferred to take our meal there. And let me give a shout-out to the bartenders, who made excellent cocktails. You don’t often see a list that includes the Boulevardier — bourbon, Campari and sweet vermouth — and it was a good one. The Brauningers have amped up the bourbon offerings to more than 60, and beer drinkers will appreciate the 20 taps, mostly from local and regional breweries. We finally got a table in the largest dining room about 30 minutes after our reservation, thanks to long-lingering diners before us. The menu here is traditional in more ways than one: plenty of familiar choices like fried chicken or liver and onions as well as a few Kentucky favorites reinstated by the new proprietors, such as a hot brown and bourbon burgoo. On Fridays and Saturdays the extensive menu gets a few meaty additions including prime rib and baby back ribs. For first-time diners, it takes a while to read through the array of menu sections. One is headlined “Italiano,” with fettuccine alfredo, lasagna, eggplant parmesan and a few other pasta-centric dishes ($10-$16). “From the Land” has a half-dozen entrées based on pork, chicken or beef ($10-$29), with still more offerings in “Classics” ($9$15) — where the hot brown resides along

with liver dishes and fried chicken — and various fishy things in “From the Sea” ($11-$26). With six at our table, we managed to try a pretty wide variety of dishes. The favorite of the night, by far, was the baby back ribs ($15$20, depending on portion size), seasoned and cooked North Carolina-style with a vinegary sauce. I liked my appetizer portion of Kentucky bourbon burgoo ($5) — described on the menu as a stew of “slow-cooked venison, chicken, beef, pork and vegetables in a delectable and complex tomato-based stock” — although it came to table at room temperature and would have been tastier hot. The Derby’s version of a hot brown ($15) went down easy as well, thanks to a cheesy housemade mornay sauce and plenty of applewood-smoked bacon. Most of the other entrées were less successful: fried shrimp with too much

breading ($14), overcooked rainbow trout ($16) and a small portion of grouper filet ($12) with disappointing side dishes. My slab of prime rib ($21) was cooked as I ordered, medium-rare, but didn’t have much flavor and wasn’t enhanced much by the cup of horseradish sauce on the side. For drinks, we ordered wine by the glass from a short list, plus more cocktails and beer. After a while, we decided to try three desserts ($5-$7): chocolate cream pie, coconut meringue pie and bread pudding. The clear winner was the warm bread pudding with bourbon-vanilla sauce, one of the best bread puddings I’ve tried in a while thanks to a creamy sauce and not-too-sweet flavors. Overall, we appreciated the price-to-portion ratio of virtually everything the house served. If you can get there on a weekend and you’re a meat-lover, check out the ribs. And see what you think of the bread pudding.

The Green Derby Go: 846 York St., Newport, Ky.; Call: 859-431-8740; Internet: greenderbykentucky.com; Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday.

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hen you think of Cincinnati-area restaurants with a long history, places such as Arnold’s (opened as a bar in 1861), Mecklenburg Gardens (1865) and the Greyhound Tavern (1921) may come to mind. Newport’s Green Derby hasn’t been around quite that long, but its establishment in 1947 does make it one of the granddaddies of local eateries. The Green Derby got its name from the original owner, Helen Cummins, as both a reference to a famous California restaurant of the time (the Brown Derby) and a nod to her Irish heritage. She and her husband ran the place with their children for decades until it briefly went out of business in 2009. After an interim ownership for a few years, the Brauninger family bought the Derby almost two years ago with the ambition of making it what it used to be in the 20th century: a central meeting place and dining room for much of downtown Newport. Jason Brauninger, son of owners Mike and Melody, says the family “took a struggling gem, polished it up and (are bringing) it back to what it used to be.” He sounded delighted by the coincidence that the restaurant itself will celebrate its 70th anniversary on April 1, the same date his family will mark two years as owners. “Not many restaurants make it to the two-year mark,” he says — let alone seven decades. The old Derby had been both a homecooking, family-oriented community center and a place where the mobsters of Newport’s “Sin City” days met in the kitchen to set the gambling lines for each day, according to Brauninger. The new Derby definitely sticks with a comfort food menu, and it relives the mob era by displaying dozens of framed, vintage photographs from those days in its main dining room. I had heard from a friend who bartended at the new Derby that it was worth a visit, so my husband and four friends came along one Saturday night to check it out. We had never seen the place, but our first impression was some astonishment at the sheer size and complexity of its several dining rooms and cozy, separate bar room. (I learned later that its labyrinthine layout is the result of various additions over the years.) We had a reservation, but every table was taken so we wetted our whistles in the bar. I liked that part of the place best of all. In addition to the bar itself, with a dozen or so seats and space to stand at the end — which is where we had to hang, given the crowd — tables for two or four line the edges of the room. It’s intimate without being crowded, with dimmer lights than in the dining rooms, and most everyone was having dinner along

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and Taft’s Maverick Chocolate Porter (curIf you thought a black raspberry chip rently on tap). beer was only possible in your dreams, The infusion process took Taft’s about six Braxton Brewing Company’s recent release months to perfect. “Maverick seemed like the has likely come as a special treat. The brewperfect place to seek cacao guidance,” says ery released a black raspberry chocolate Jared Hamilton, Taft’s head brewer. “When chip milk stout at a tapping party on Feb. we set foot into Maverick’s shop, we knew we 3, complete with scoops of either Graeter’s wanted to get that aroma into our beer, and vanilla bean ice cream or black raspberry we didn’t stop testing until we achieved that.” chip to make an outrageous adult float. No Paul Picton, president of Maverick, says wonder four-packs sold out that night. the collaboration has been a huge success. Made with the same purée of black “Beer and chocolate make great pairings raspberries from Oregon’s Willamette Valley and with cocoa nibs from the same chocolate producer as Graeter’s famous candy-bar-sized “chips,” the stout is rich, creamy and deeply chocolatey with that finish of tartness, just like a scoop of its namesake. “We worked with Bob Graeter to create the ideal flavor and brewed three different test batches,” says Jonathan Gandolf, head of marketing at Braxton. “The finished result is from the raspberry-heavy test batch we made and the chocolateBraxton’s and Graeter’s black raspberry chocolate chip milk stout heavy test batch we made to PHOTO : provided strike the perfect flavor.” Gandolf says half of as they both enhance your senses, and the consumers have swayed toward strong flavors in each provide a wonderful compleraspberry vibes and half toward chocolate, ment to each other,” he says. a balance he’s happy with since that’s what In a twist on a classic, another brewery, you expect sitting down to a pint of the Blank Slate, decided to turn its collaboration frozen stuff. dessert beer — this one with The BonIt’s the first time either company has Bonerie’s opera cream coffee beans — into collaborated in this way. Tim Philpott, vice a nitro. Nitro beers are carbonated with a president of marketing at Graeter’s, says it higher percentage of nitrogen versus carbon was Braxton who came to Graeter’s with dioxide than typical beers, creating tiny bubthe idea, although the ice cream company bles that make a beer taste less aggressive. had often wanted to arrange the marriage “A nitro pour really accentuates the of craft beer and ice cream. “We hoped creaminess of the beer, smoothes out the local craft ice cream and beer lovers would coffee and almost gives it an ice cream-like appreciate the locality of the brew,” Philmouthfeel,” says Scott LaFollette, proprietor pott says. “It truly provides an authentic at Blank Slate. “It definitely takes the beer taste of two Cincinnati favorites in one sip.” to another level.” Transforming well-loved desserts into If there’s one thing that’s for sure, it’s that beers isn’t a new concept. Beer can run Cincinnatians go crazy for good dessert beer. savory or sweet, but the grains have lots of “When we first released the beer, we had natural sugar, and like any neutral starting no idea how popular it would be,” LaFollette point they’re easily paired with a wide says. “We originally only intended to make range of flavor profiles. one batch of it and that ended up selling out Woodburn Brewery has a limited-release in a weekend.” chocolate mint imperial stout that “literally On that note, don’t forget that Braxton’s tastes like a Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie” black raspberry stout is limited release, but according to its website, and Streetside if you miss this one, Braxton and Graeter’s Brewery created a beer based on the flaare making their flavor marriage last. vors in a black forest cake called Where’s Another collaboration is on the way, but this Barb. Taft’s Ale House has gotten on the time the imitation could be flipped. Philpott dessert train, too, and has twice partnered says it could point to a new flavor of ice with Findlay Market’s Maverick Chocolate cream released as a summer bonus flavor. Co. to create Liquid Advent (based on Fruit lambic sorbet, anyone? © Maverick’s Fahrenheit 513 chocolate bar)

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Delights for the Palate: Dishes Inspired by Opera — Fred Plotkin, author of Opera 101 and Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, brings culinary music to the kitchen with the help of the Cincinnati Opera’s Evans Mirageas. Enjoy a unique evening of delicious dishes connected to opera. 7 p.m. $30. Midwest Culinary Institute, 3520 Central Parkway, Clifton, cincinnatiopera.org. Signature Over-the-Rhine Tour — This two-mile tour takes diners through one of the largest intact urban historic districts in the U.S. The tour includes three or four sit-down stops plus samples from specialty shops or bakeries. 11 a.m. $45. Leaves from Daisy Mae’s Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatifoodtours.com. A-102: Food Flavorings – Some Like it Hot — Colonel De leads this fiery class on the most popular peppers and chili spices, from mild ancho to fiery habañero. 5:45-7 p.m. $20. Jungle Jim’s Eastgate, 4450 Eastgate S. Drive, Eastgate, colonelde.com.

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Cincy Winter Beerfest — The 10th-annual Beerfest features three sessions to choose from, including a new Saturday afternoon session. Ticket prices range from $45 regular admission to $95 connoisseurs reception tickets, with access to super premium draft and large format beers, appetizers and a private restroom. Over the years the fest has grown from just 700 attendees to 16,000. 7:30-11 p.m. Friday; 1-4:30 p.m. and 7:3011 p.m. Saturday. $45-$95. Duke Energy

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n 2003, Stanford freshman Kristine Flaherty boldly asserted that she could write a better Rap song than anything she’d heard, and quickly churned out “Blingity Blang Blang.” Since then, Flaherty — better known as K.Flay — has independently released singles and mixtapes, signed to a major label, returned to independent status for 2014’s excellent Life as a Dog and has now re-upped as a major-label artist with Interscope Records for her triumphant new album, Every Where is Some Where. Slated for an April release, Every Where is Flay’s first album under a major-label umbrella since her ill-fated 2012 stint with RCA. The label misunderstood Flay’s multigenre mash-up of Electro Pop, Hip Hop and Indie Rock — she’s cited M.I.A., Missy Elliott, Liz Phair and Tame Impala among her influences — and insisted she concentrate on a pure Pop direction. She walked away, leaving nearly five albums’ worth of material that RCA contractually owned. Given all this, it seems odd that Flay would repeat the major label experience, but she possesses a rare ability for reflection and reacting according to her own best interests. “I’ve never been married, but RCA felt analogous to a first marriage not going well and then having the insight and self-knowledge to get married again,” she says. “Part of the reason the relationship with RCA didn’t pan out is also on me. I was early in my career and still finding my voice, but I also came face to face with a lot of the institutional barriers that exist in a big building like that. I came out of that situation with a real understanding of what I didn’t want and didn’t need. Then, putting out Life as a Dog independently gave me a renewed appreciation for the resources that a major label does have. When you’re DIY, it’s kind of dollar-to-dollar and the platform can be limited. There’s a great deal of autonomy but there’s still a visibility (and) distribution disadvantage.” Flay’s major label re-entry came via Imagine Dragons’ frontman Dan Reynolds, who had just launched Night Street, an Interscope Records imprint. She was creating material for Every Where is Some Where with the intention of releasing it independently when Reynolds heard a sample and contacted her. “Dan was looking to work with an artist,” Flay says. “I was pretty hesitant at first, but I got to know him and the team at Interscope, which is a lot of the people who work on Imagine Dragons, and they already have a good rapport and relationship. From a creative standpoint, there’s been total autonomy and freedom. It felt

K.Flay’s eclectic sound has allowed her to open shows for a diverse range of artists. like this really unique situation that fitted my headspace really well.” Flay set the stage for her new album (which was previewed by last summer’s Crush Me EP) with the indie release of the 2014 PledgeMusic-funded Life as a Dog. Her incredibly diverse musical pastiche made her the perfect opening act for a variety of artists, including Snoop Dogg, Dashboard Confessional, AWOLNATION, Passion Pit and Icona Pop, introducing her to audiences that might never have seen her otherwise. Those experiences helped Flay grow as an artist and performer. “The main thing I’ve learned, and this has influenced the last two records, is regardless of genre or whether or not your music is a good fit for the bill on paper, if the expression of the people onstage feels authentic and urgent, that creates something positive and meaningful for everybody,” Flay says. “When people are very clearly connected to what they’re doing onstage, emotionally and physically, there’s something undeniable and powerful about that. A constant goal of mine is to try to put myself back in the place when I wrote something, not just to perform it on a surface level, but to re-enter that headspace, that emotion. That’s the point of a live show — for it to feel immediate and present and a little bit unpredictable.”

After a long stretch of singles and mixtapes, Flay felt like Life as a Dog was a clarification and expansion of her creative mission statement. The April release of Every Where is Some Where justifies that decision and even raises the bar. “Life as a Dog is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass,” Flay says. “Over the past couple years of touring, making new material and writing for this record, I feel like that sense of internal direction has been honed further. To me, the new record is an extension of that, so from a songwriting perspective, I feel like it’s hopefully taking it to a new level.” Flay’s late father, who died when she was a high school freshman, has long been an influence on and subject of her songwriting. She’s a self-taught musician like her father, who showed her a few things on guitar when she was a teenager (her parents split when she was a child), and she credits her genes for her learn-as-needed aesthetic. She’s also aware of the specter of his death as a presence in her life and career. “There’s a maturity that you develop at a slightly younger age,” Flay says. “Dealing with that kind of loss forces you to engage with some pretty complex emotions. For

me, my dad’s death was fraught with a lot of different things. There was an element of feeling ashamed, which is pretty common for children of alcoholics and drug addicts. You feel marred by that. What’s become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.” Current events seem to have impacted Flay’s songwriting for the new album. While she also relies on familiar themes, her new songs showcase a broader perspective. “I’m having this disbelief and dissatisfaction with an establishment that feels like it’s moving backward, and I think there’s a similar feeling with everyone of my age and in the world of music and artistic stuff,” Flay says. “Art is an important way those feelings get expressed and help people process their feelings and opinions. There are a couple songs that are more politically minded and the rest are normal, you know, me screwing up, trying to do a better job, stuff like that. The constant vacillation between joy and regret… or something like that.” K.FLAY performs Friday at Madison Live. Tickets/ more info: madisontheateronline.com.

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Cincinnati Entertainment Awards Return in November The 20th-annivesary edition of CityBeat’s annual program celebrating Cincinnati’s original music scene, the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (or CEAs), will take place in late November. The event had been moved to January to separate it from the MidPoint Music Festival, which CityBeat also owned and operated for several years. With MPMF changing ownership to MEMI for the 2016 event, the decision was made to return the CEAs to its longtime slot on the calendar around Thanksgiving time. Because the CEAs essentially “skipped” a year, local artists’ accomplishments from 2016 will be considered for the 2017 program. The event honors artists from a variety of genres and also awards overall trophies for categories like New Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Stay tuned for more information on the ceremony — as well as an open call for public nominations — in the coming months. CONTACT MIKE BREEN: mbreen@citybeat.com

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Last Night a DJ Saved Our Lives? With the way the Trump administration is going, would it even be weird if an EDM legend was the person to bring the whole thing down? Electronic musician Moby drew a lot of attention when he posted on social media about several things he says he learned from “talking to friends who work in D.C.” Moby wrote that he was told about the blackmail-worthy things Russia has on the president (worse than the “pee” stuff, he wrote), as well as the depth of the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with the Russian government. He also said that the current administration “needs a war” and is trying to prompt one with Iran. “Hello … Fine Australian City!” It has to be a hard job being not only the guitar tech for Guns N’ Roses, but also the person who has to tell the audience that the notoriously tardy band (though they’ve done better on the “reunion” tour) is going to be late. It has to be even harder when you don’t know what city you’re in. Before a Valentine’s Day show in Australia, GNR’s tech/announcer took the mic to tell the crowd the band was stuck in traffic, yelling “Sydney!” to get fans’ attention, apparently not realizing the concert was in Melbourne. At least he didn’t say Cleveland. Stunt Dress It’s never surprising when Grammy exposure leads to a spike in sales (or, as is the case more often now, streams) for artists. But it is surprising when a dress leads to such increases — and downright shocking when the dress is emblazoned with “Make America Great Again” and Donald Trump’s last name. Unknown singer Joy Villa — who’s described on her Twitter bio as “Grammy considered,” which means absolutely nothing — trolled the Grammys pre-show red carpet sporting just such a dress, which naturally led to a lot of press coverage and resulted in Trump fans pushing one of Villa’s recordings to No. 1 on the iTunes and Amazon charts.

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The great Cincinnati AltRock foursome Injecting Strangers has decided to go on what it is calling an “indefinite hiatus,” though the prospects of any activity in the immediate future don’t look good. The band has had an excellent run over the past few years, boasting one of the best live shows in town and releasing its debut full-length, Patience, Child, in 2014. (The album and previous tracks can be streamed/downloaded at injectingstrangers.bandcamp.com.) But the group’s bassist, Dylan Oseas, says that vocalist Richard Ringer’s decision to move to Los Angeles brought all current activity to a halt. Over the past year, Injecting Strangers had taken some time off from touring to work on material for a new album. But due to Ringer’s departure, Oseas says, “dozens of songs (were) left to languish in various stages of development.” The musicians did manage to finish three tracks, which comprise Injecting Strangers’ new EP, Dyin’ to Be Born. Visit citybeat.com for a “first listen” to the tracks. Fans of the band’s high-flying, catchy but progressive, eccentric and theatrical musical approach will not at all be disappointed with Dyin’ to Be Born, though the fact that it’s the group’s final output (for now, at least) might be a little depressing given how impressive it is. Still, it’s hard to be sad listening to the EP’s “Face of Nate,” which begins with a grandiose, operatic intro that would make Freddie Mercury smile down from the heavens, before settling into the meat of the song: a bratty swirl of attitude, a flurry of riffs that shed sparks and a groove that revs up like a funny car. Dyin’ to Be Born might seem short at only three tracks, but the epic-ness of “Face of Nate” alone feels like at least four exhilarating songs in one. The other two tracks are more direct, but no less thrilling. The sardonic “WYM” (which stands for “white young man”) is classic Injecting Strangers, equal parts propulsive and idiosyncratic, but the EP’s highlight is the stellar “Father Phantom,” which shows how much the band members have grown as songwriters and arrangers since its inception. With a glammy verse that’s like an elastic update of Brian Eno’s “Needle in the Camel’s Eye,” the song segues into one of the best choruses the group has ever written, with Beach Boys harmonies warmly hugging Ringer’s insistent hooks. “Father Phantom” also includes a guest appearance from Why?’s Josiah Wolf, who plays vibraphone and tambourine on the track, but guitarist Peter Foley’s imaginative playing, as he paints the corners with chiming, ringing

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of Alabama and Warren Haynes, as well as a 2012 cameo appearance with The Allman Brothers during their Beacon Theatre run in New York. Foster’s live appearances have also resulted in a nomination for Best Live Performer from the Living Blues Awards. Ruthie Foster does it all, better than just about anyone and, most importantly, she’s done it on her own blazingly original terms. (Brian Baker) Andy Black Friday • Bogart’s Andy Biersack’s upbringing in Cincinnati’s Delhi neighborhood was no walk in the park, considering his penchant for Goth fashion and makeup and his dreams of forming a Horror/ Punk band as a Cincinnati tween. While Biersack was a student at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, he formed the nascent version of the band he had long envisioned, Black Veil Brides, although the band’s membership was a revolving door due to a general lack of commitment. In 2009, just after his 18th birthday, Biersack relocated to Los Angeles, living in his car while he attempted to capitalize on the buzz created by Black Veil Brides videos on YouTube and music posted on MySpace. Assembling a new version of the band, Biersack scored a label contract with Rock/Metal label StandBy Records for Black Veil Brides’ debut album, We Stitch These Wounds, which did fairly well on the indie charts. That success and Black Veil Brides’ unprecedented merch movement through Hot Topic resulted in a contract offer from Lava Records. The band’s follow-up, 2011’s Set the World on Fire, received a mixed critical reaction but did well overall, particularly with the band’s fervent fan base, and the album’s title track wound up on the soundtrack to Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon. In 2014, after releasing two more Black Veil Brides albums, Biersack announced that he was pursuing a side project steeped in his love of Goth and ’80s Synth Pop, which he had dubbed Andy Black. Feeling that this particular direction wouldn’t fit within the musical paradigm he had

established for the band, Biersack aligned with former Black Veil Brides producer/ Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann for the debut Andy Black single, “They Don’t Need to Understand.” Last year was a watershed one for Biersack — he released his first full-length album as Andy Black, The Shadow Side, in May, and just days before Christmas unveiled the video for “The Outsider,” the first single from Black Veil Brides’ as-yetunnamed fifth album, slated for release this year. Already out this year is a documentary filmed on Andy Black’s first tour to support The Shadow Side, the last leg of which will conclude next month. Biersack has been emphatic in trying to allay fans’ concerns that he might be moving away from the band’s sound and even does a Black Veil Brides cover in his Andy Black sets. (BB)

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months after its release, bassist Drew Thomsen opted out of the group and was replaced by Charles Trippy. At the same time, We The Kings also added keyboardist/guitarist Coley O’Toole, and it was that lineup that recorded the band’s fourth album, 2013’s Somewhere Somehow, the first since splitting with S-Curve. After completing the 2014 Warped Tour, Clark began writing new material as well as rearranging songs from Somewhere Somehow for an acoustic set. That recording project, titled Stripped, was released in late 2014, and the band’s fifth album, Strange Love, was released the following year. Early last year, as Clark worked on new material, We The Kings released a cover of “The Story of Tonight” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hugely popular musical, Hamilton, and the single was released through S-Curve. We The Kings will be performing its debut album in its entirety on the 10th anniversary tour, including tracks from the album that the group has only played a handful of times. (BB)

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Wednesday 15 Blind Lemon - Dave Hawkins. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Knotty Pine - Procter & Jonny. 10 p.m. Acoustic. Free. The Liberty Inn - Stagger Lee. 6:30 p.m. Country/Rock. Free. The Listing Loon - Ricky Nye. 8:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free. Madison Live - Banners with Tor Miller. 8 p.m. Pop. $12, $14 day of show. Mansion Hill Tavern - Losing Lucky. 8 p.m. Roots. Free. Marty’s Hops & Vines - Mike Biere. 7 p.m. Acoustic/Rock. Free. Miller’s Fill Inn - Karaoke with A Mystical Sound Sensation DJ Rob. 9 p.m. Various. Free. MOTR Pub - The Go Rounds and Pop Empire. 9 p.m. Rock. Free. Pit to Plate - Bluegrass Night with Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 7 p.m. Bluegrass. $2.

Knotty Pine - Chalis. 9 p.m. Rock. Free. Latitudes Bar & Bistro - Ricky Nye and Bekah Williams. 6 p.m. Jazz/Blues. Free. MOTR Pub - Alanna Royale H and The New Royals. 9 p.m. Rock/Roots/Funk. Free. Plain Folk Cafe - Open mic with Josiah Whitley. 7 p.m. Various. Free. The Redmoor - Cincinnati H Contemporary Jazz Orchestra’s The Sound: Stan Getz Revisited featuring Harry Allen. 8 p.m. Jazz. $15. The Show on 42 - Pam & The Boyz. 7 p.m. Various. Free. Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - Ben Stalets. 9:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) - Bad Bad Hats with Angelica Garcia. 8 p.m. Indie/Rock/Pop. $10, $12 day of show.

Plain Folk Cafe - Chicago Farmer. 7 p.m. Roots.

Trinity Gastro Pub - Jerome Calia. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

Silverton Cafe - Bob Cushing. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

Urban Artifact - Fisher, Bucko, Betsy Ross and Vampire Weekend at Bernie’s. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.

Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - Joe Macheret’s King Records Tribute Night with Krystal Peterson & The Queen City Band, Joe’s Truck Stop and Nick and Luke. 9:30 p.m. Roots/ Soul/Various. Free. Stanley’s Pub - Open Mic Night. 9 p.m. Various. Free. Trinity Gastro Pub - Floyd & The Walkmen. 7 p.m. Funk/Blues/ Rock/Hip hop. Free. Urban Artifact - Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow. 6 p.m. Jazz. Cover. 3 8 • C I T Y B E A T . C O M • F E B . 1 5 – 2 1 , 2 0 1 7

The Hot Spot - Bob Cushing. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

Thursday 16 Arnold’s Bar and Grill - Dottie Warner. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free. Blind Lemon - Kyle Hackett. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Doc’s Place - Tom Kaper Acoustic. Free. The Greenwich - An Enduring Love with Bianca Graham & the B-Mixx Experience. 8 p.m. R&B. $7.

Friday 17 Arnold’s Bar and Grill Moonshine and Wine. 9 p.m. Americana. Free. Blind Lemon - Warren Ulgh (9 p.m.); Tom Roll (6 p.m.). 6 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Bogart’s - Andy Black with William Control. 7:30 p.m. Electronic/Goth/Pop/Rock. $32.30.

Common Roots - Angie Arnold & Friends. 9 p.m. Various. $5. The Greenwich - William Menefield. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10. Jag’s Steak and Seafood - The Sly Band. 9:30 p.m. Pop/Dance/ Various. Cover. Jim and Jack’s on the River Stagger Lee. 9 p.m. Country/ Rock. Free. Knotty Pine - Final Order. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.

Live! at the Ludlow Garage Rumours. 8 p.m. Fleetwood Mac tribute. $17-$35. Madison Live - K.Flay with Paper Route and Daye Jack. 8 p.m. Indie/Pop/Hip Hop/Rock. $15.

Top of the Line - Bob Cushing. 10 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Trinity Gastro Pub - 3 Piece Revival. 7:30 p.m. Various. Free.

Mansion Hill Tavern - The Doug Hart Band. 9 p.m. Blues. $5.

The Underground - Life In Idle, In Lights, Mountain House, Tommyrot and Flee The Valley. 7 p.m. Rock/Alt/Punk/Various. Cover.

Marty’s Hops & Vines - Kick the Blue Drum. 9 p.m. Blues/ Rock. Free.

The Village Troubadour - The Corncobs. 7 p.m. Bluegrass/Old Time/Folk. Free.

The Mockbee - Underground featuring Chuck Diesel, Druski, Professor K and DJAB. 10 p.m. Bass music/EDM. $5.

Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant - Retro-Nouveau Jazz Quartet. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/ drink minimum).

MOTR Pub - Sorg and H Napoleon Maddox. 9 p.m. Hip Hop. Free.

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MVP Bar & Grille - The Happy Gilmore Band. 9 p.m. ’80s Rock Northside Tavern - The Perfect Children, Dead Man String Band and Veronica Grim & The Heavy Hearts. 10 p.m. Rock/ Soul/Roots/Various. Free.

Northside Yacht Club - The HTillers. 8 p.m. Folk. Plain Folk Cafe - Greg Short and Buskin Blue. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Rick’s Tavern - 90 Proof Twang. 10 p.m. Country. Cover. Silverton Cafe - Unmarked Cars. 9 p.m. Rock. Free. Smoke Justis - Ricky Nye H Inc. 9:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - The Soulfixers. 9:30 p.m. Blues. Free. Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) - Johnny’s Birthday Punk Rock Night with V-Twin Sin and More. 10 p.m. Punk Rock. $5. Southgate House Revival (Sanctuary) - Ruthie Foster with John Ford. 8 p.m. Roots/ Americana. $20, $22 day of show.

Stanley’s Pub - Jahman Brahman and The Jauntee with Cycles. 9 p.m. Jam/Rock. Cover.

Thompson House - Artifas with Black Cloud Syndrome, Death of a Poet, Against all Odds and Life After This. 8 p.m. Rock/ Metal. $10.

Arnold’s Bar and Grill - The Greg Schaber Trio. 9 p.m. Americana. Free. Blind Lemon - Michael J. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free. The Comet - Bruiser Queen. 10 p.m. Rock. Free. Depot Barbecue - April Aloisio. 7 p.m. Brazilian Jazz. Free. DownTowne Listening Room Kevin Heider with Matt Schneider. 7:30 p.m. Folk/Pop/Rock. $12. The Greenwich - TruFiyah Poetry presents The Love Jones Experience featuring The Tony Suite (7 p.m.) and The Isley Suite (10:30 p.m.). 7 p.m. Spoken Word/R&B/Various. $15 per show; $25 for both.

Jag’s Steak and Seafood - The Company Band. 9:30 p.m. Dance/Various. Cover. Jim and Jack’s on the River Jamison Road. 9 p.m. Country. Free. Knotty Pine - The Martini Affair. 10 p.m. Dance/Pop/Rock. Cover. Live! at the Ludlow Garage KT Tunstall. 8 p.m. Pop/Rock. $35-$65. Macadu’s - Ambush. 9 p.m. Rock. Free. Mansion Hill Tavern - Johnny Fink and the Intrusion. 9 p.m. Blues. $5. Marty’s Hops & Vines - Jason Erickson. 9 p.m. Rock. Free. McCauly’s Pub - Open Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/ Various. Free. McCauly’s Pub - Templin Road. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.

MOTR Pub - Krystal H Peterson and Jess Lamb. 9 p.m. Soul/Rock/Various. Free.

The Comet - The Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

Northside Tavern - Wonky First Unitarian Church H Tonk with Kate Wakefield, H Jazz@First: A Tribute to Stan Chuck Cleaver and Darlene. 9:30 Getz featuring Harry Allen. 2 p.m. p.m. Indie/Pop/Rock/Roots/ Various. Free.

Plain Folk Cafe - My Brother’s Keeper. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. The Redmoor - Looking East: Tribute to Jackson Browne. 8 p.m. Jackson Browne tribute. $10, $12 day of show. Silverton Cafe - Night Owls. 9 p.m. Blues/Soul/Rock. Free. Southgate House Revival - 2017 Voodoo Carnival Mardi Gras Masquerade with Lagniappe, Robbin Marks Magic, Hexa Burlesque and Pickled Brothers Circus. 8 p.m. Various. $15, $20 day of show. Stanley’s Pub - Powerful Pills. 9 p.m. Phish tribute. Cover. Taft Theatre - We The Kings H with Astro Lasso, Plaid Brixx and Cute Is What We Aim For. 8

Jazz. $15.

The Greenwich - Radio Black. 7 p.m. Pop/Various. $10. Miller’s Fill Inn - Karaoke with A Mystical Sound Sensation DJ Rob. 9 p.m. Various. Free. MOTR Pub - Sunjacket with Fluffer. 9 p.m. AltRock. Free. Stanley’s Pub - Stanley’s Open Jam. 10 p.m. Various. Free. Urban Artifact H PsychoAcoustic Orchestra. 7 p.m. Jazz. $10 (suggested donation).

Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant - Traditional New Orleans Jazz Brunch with Buffalo Ridge Jazz Trio. 11:30 a.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

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Tapout Bar - Gemini Syndrome with Audible Point, The World I Knew, Toybox Killer, Automatic Evolution, Ryan Statzer Acoustic Project and My Beloved. 6:30 p.m. Rock/Metal/Hard Rock/ Various. $13, $15 day of show.

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McCauly’s Pub - Open Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/ Various. Free. MOTR Pub - Salt Candy H with Chuck and Lisa. 9 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various. Free. Northside Tavern - The Qtet. 10 p.m. Funk/Jazz/Rock/Various. Free. Stanley’s Pub - Stanley’s Live Jazz Band. 10 p.m. Jazz. Free.

Tuesday 21 Blind Lemon - Nick Tuttle. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

U.S. Bank Arena - Winter Jam 2017 Tour Spectacular with Crowder, Britt Nicole, Tenth Avenue North, Andy Mineo, Colton Dixon, Thousand Foot Crutch and more. 7 p.m. Christian Pop/Rock/Various. $10.

The Comet - Brianna Kelly. H 10 p.m. Indie/Pop/Various. Free.

Washington Platform Saloon & Restaurant - Option Jazz Quartet. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

McCauly’s Pub - Stagger Lee. 7 p.m. Country/Rock. Free.

Sunday 19 Blind Lemon - Jeff Henry. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

Crow’s Nest - Open Mic Nite. 8 p.m. Various. Free.

Stanley’s Pub - Trashgrass Tuesday featuring members of Rumpke Mt. Boys with The Last Revel. 9 p.m. Jamgrass. Cover.

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