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The American Dream is often defined by working your way up the socioeconomic ladder, maybe starting your own business and providing a better life for your children. But what aboot about the Canadian Dream? For some, that has meant working at a Labatt brewery, living out a Laverne and Shirley fantasy until retirement and then cashing in on some prime benefits like health care coverage and free beer for life. For more than 50 years, Labatt retirees have enjoyed the perk of a free weekly case of beer until death (presumably resulting from liver failure), at which point the allotment could be passed on to a relative. But that’s about to change. Now owned by Anheuser-Busch, Labatt’s free beer perk will be phased out by 2019. Consider this further proof that moving to Canada simply can’t solve all your problems.
THURSDAY NOV. 17
As fans of the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer eagerly await a second season of updates on the Teresa Halbach murder case, they have been able to watch events play out IRL in the court system. Brendan Dassey — accused of being an accomplice to uncle Steven Avery in the rape and murder of Halbach, based on a widely disputed confession — received promising news in August when the court overturned his conviction and again Monday when he was ordered to be released by the end of the week while the state’s appeal is pending. But in a move straight out of Steve Harvey’s Miss Universe 2015 book, a Court of Appeals ruled that Dassey must remain behind bars while a decision regarding his conviction is determined. When asked whether he believed he would eventually be freed or if he will spend out his days in prison, Dassey reportedly responded, “Yeah…”
FRIDAY NOV. 18
Another day, another dollar, another Kanye West rant. The rapper went off in support of Trump Saturday at a Sacramento show, speaking his mind for more than 15 minutes after performing just three songs, then dropped the mic on that bitch. The remaining stops on his tour have since been canceled. At this point, there should be Kanye Rant Mad Libs to make these occurrences easier to report: Kanye West abruptly ended his (city) show after performing for just (number) minutes. He expressed disdain toward (fellow musician), (politician) and (Jay Z or Beyoncé) while comparing himself to (entrepreneur), (politician) and (16th-century artist).
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The highly anticipated open-world video game Watch Dogs 2 was released this week, featuring a sandbox set in a virtual San Francisco, lots of stealth missions involving hacking and a very realistic rendering of a vagina. The problematic private part was first discovered when a gamer accidentally killed a virtual prostitute by exploding a gas pipe. Upon investigation of her body, the user noticed a vivid detail — crotchless panties revealing a graphic vag — and proceeded to take a screenshot and share with his friends online. The user was swiftly banned for sharing full frontal nudity, causing many media outlets to publicize the story. Eventually, game creator Ubisoft decided to release what we will refer to as a “pussy patch” that permanently removes the genitalia from the game. Thankfully for purists, gamers can still record videos of characters bashing the prostitute’s head in, shooting a grenade at her feet or running over her in their car. Watch Dogs 2 is rated “M” for mature.
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Marc Brown, creator of PBS cartoon-turned-meme fuel Arthur, talked to Huffington Post this week and, boy, is he a gem. In the interview, Brown reflects on the show’s 20-year history and shares a jovial take on the Arthur meme trend — a stark contrast to this actual headline that exists on the internet: “Arthur Creator Says ‘Black People Ruin Everything,’ ” which is quite possibly the most damning fake news item of 2016.
TUESDAY NOV. 22
Thanksgiving is just days away, so enjoy these tips on avoiding high-intensity situations at the dinner table. If someone asks who you voted for, just freeze. Don’t respond or move. When you can no longer hold still, tell everyone they were supposed to be doing the mannequin challenge and they all failed. Whenever someone says Melania Trump’s name, read off random facts about melanoma. They kind of sound the same and only one is truly unavoidable! Offer to check family members for abnormal moles. If anyone asks when you are going to have children, go sit at the kids table. Bonus points for bringing your own adult coloring book. People 50 and above are thoroughly freaked out by the babification of millennials. CONTACT T.C. BRITTON: letters@citybeat.com
Okay people, this week you’re going to be sitting down and breaking bread with some people with whom you probably share some strong disagreements. One of these points of contention is likely the long and boring regiment of civility that accompanies this traditional meal. But there’s no reason that certain antiquated behaviors have make the cranberries more sour than they already are. Do you know what winners do? When life gives them a bowl of cran, they put on their mashin’ hats and get saucy. Here’s how you can win this Thursday: The hat: You’ll need a red hat to preempt any opposing arguments. Naturally, you’ll choose red, because red is a color that represents the soothing comfort of family and togetherness. You can buy some white felt letters at a craft store. When someone calls you out for being a dick, just point to the Make Thanksgiving Great Again slogan you’ve glued on on your cap. This should make your motivation self-explanatory. The thank-you cards: We all know that moms are complete party-poopers. They have certain agendas about how Thanksgiving dinner should play out — using the “good china” instead of styrofoam cups and plastic sporks, cooking the turkey at a high enough temperature to kill bacteria, not making racist or sexist claims about your siblings’ significant others, washing your hands after using the restroom, bing-bing-bong-bongbing-bing-bing and other ways they think tradition should dictate your life. What you need to do here is get a big pile of thank-you-card-sized envelopes. When your mom tries to implement some of her holiday-fun-killing regulations, just throw the envelopes on the living room floor. Nevermind stuffing them with actual notes. Just point at them angrily and tell everyone that they’re filled with disdainful messages about your extended family and that your mom had been hoarding them in her basement for years. Most people won’t bother to fact-check your statement and will just assume your mom is a horrible person. Then, just like that, they’ll refuse to follow her agenda. If she gives you side-eye about you having your eighth bourbon and soda, just point at the pile of envelopes. The potatoes: Vegetables are really, really gross. You are definitely not having any. During your meal, grab a handful of your neighbor’s mashed potatoes. Plop them on the table and say you’re building a wall to keep out all the bad tasting fruits and vegetables on their plate. If they protest, get one of your younger cousins, nephews, nieces or drunk uncles to engage in an anti-vegetable chant. Pile the mash! Put veg and fruit in the trash! This, or a similar chant, should be enough to drown out any “reasonable” protest to your veggie border and ensure that your meat and rolls remain pure and secure for the rest of the meal. The meat: Before the meat is served, announce that you will not accept any outcome unless ham is served. Turkey is absolutely unacceptable and played out. Again, support is key, so try to rile up those drunk uncles, cousins or nephews by claiming that the menu is rigged. No need to explain how. Just the claim will do. If ham is indeed unexpectedly served, just pretend like you never said or did any of this crazy shit. Finish your meal with three servings of dessert and then promptly fall asleep on the couch. Leave the rest of the festivities to your drunk uncle. He’ll be fine. No doubt, if you follow this recipe, you can have the most successful Thanksgiving ever!
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The theater, to many, is a special haven for performers and audiences alike, and no one knows more about this than Mike “Zap the gay out of ’em” Pence, who attended a Broadway performance of Hamilton Friday. During curtain call following the show, actor Brandon Dixon (who portrays Aaron Burr) addressed Pence directly: thanking him for attending, expressing concern that his administration might not protect or defend the “diverse America” represented by the cast and encouraging him to become inspired by the show’s story. What appeared to be a fine example of civil discourse to some was interpreted as harassment by others — namely, Donald Trump, who completely and unironically declared on Twitter, “The theater must always be a safe and special place.” Pence himself says he was not offended by the remarks. But that’s not stopping conservatives from calling for a boycott of the production — much to the delight of the millions still trying to secure tickets to the record-breakingly popular show. In other Trump-related boycott news: Some supporters are sticking it to the liberal-leaning Starbucks by giving his name for orders, forcing baristas to say “Trump” after taking their money. Elsewhere, a neo-Nazi website declared New Balance the “official shoes of white people.” Update your coffee and shoe preferences accordingly.
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Donald Trump is our president. These words are striking fear in the hearts of many across the country. Progressives, after we sober up, get out from under the covers and reconsider all the threats of moving to Canada, are going to have to come to terms with it. While the election of an unqualified narcissist is a truly scary proposition nationally, it makes me wonder: Are there any bright spots from the 2016 election? Can we draw any sliver of hope as Trump builds out his cabinet? Is there any good news at all? If we look back on November’s local elections, the answer is absolutely yes. But first a little bit of history. Cincinnati’s population peaked in the 1950s at 500,000 and bottomed out in 2012 at 295,000. Similarly, Cincinnati Public Schools enrollment peaked at more than 90,000 in the 1960s before dropping to a little over 32,000 in 2011. These trends were related. The creation of the interstate highway system and cheap, government-backed mortgages caused people to flee the urban center for what they viewed as a new era of middle class prosperity. Others were displaced by federal initiatives like “urban renewal” — which decimated many inner-city, majority black neighborhoods — and urban highway construction also sprawled into surrounding exurbs. These trends hit city centers hard as governments focused attention and resources where the wealthier were moving. It’s a big deal that Cincinnati is growing again. The city’s population is estimated to be approaching 300,000, and CPS’s enrollment is estimated to be 35,000 this school year. We are in the midst of a reverse migration back to urban centers, led by cities that are embracing progressive urbanism principles like walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, bike infrastructure and public transit. Cincinnati began to embrace these concepts beginning with the Mark Mallory/ Roxanne Qualls administration in the mid2000s, which included the adoption of formbased codes — neighborhoods designing their business districts without the forced separation of residential and commercial uses — our first protected bike lane on Central Parkway and, finally, the Cincinnati streetcar, which has been a part of dramatic population and job growth in the core. It has not been easy instituting the starter shoots of these projects. It took epic political battles over several years, with progressives ultimately overcoming ballot initiatives to stop the streetcar in 2009 and
2011, as well as the efforts of conservatives to block it again after the 2013. In 2014 and 2015 the Central Parkway bike lane came under attack, yet we were able to deflect attempts to remove it. Considerable community energy has even had to go into maintaining things as simple as bus benches, which current city administration recently wanted to remove because they are “blight.” Fortunately, again, progressives on City Council came up with a plan to replace benches with more attractive models with smaller ads, thereby negating the blight argument and still providing bus riders with a place to sit. Despite the use of significant political capital and an inordinate number of attacks from a Democratic city administration on issues we consider progressive, local forward thinkers have continued to make Cincinnati more attractive to young professionals, millennials and empty nesters, which has reversed the long-time population decline and increased interest in living, visiting and investing in the city center. One issue many people miss when considering the benefits of re-urbanization is its impact on families. We aren’t just fighting for progressive issues to make Over-the-Rhine more attractive for hipsters and entrepreneurs. Young people with kids these days don’t want to live so far from work. They want to walk to a coffee shop and know their neighbors. They certainly don’t want to sit in traffic or take their lives into their own hands on I-75 everyday. People increasingly want to be close to the core and their jobs, even if they want a small yard for the dog. And they certainly want quality schools for their children and their classmates. Amid the heinous news of Trump’s election came one of the most critical boosts for Cincinnati Public Schools in many years. CPS will now be able to make important investments to serve an enrollment that has been trending up in recent years after falling for nearly half a century. And on top of the crucial improvements in the K-12 classroom, the passage of Issue 44 also created Preschool Promise, a hugely innovative program that will offer preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the CPS district. The cost will be covered on a sliding scale to make it affordable for lowincome families and to offer some offset for families making more. Not only will this help those children who would otherwise not receive preschool
— and fall dangerously behind their more wealthy peers — the opportunity to have reduced-cost schooling is also attractive for parents who may have considered moving to suburban districts. These opportunities, along with the additional resources for CPS, will provide a strong incentive for families to stay in the city and continue to grow our population, tax base and ultimately reduce poverty levels and increase resources, making the city of Cincinnati even more attractive. But where do we go from here? The next step is to improve and expand our public transportation system. Across the country, cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Seattle, Phoe-
“One issue many people miss when considering the benefits of re-urbanization is its impact on families.” nix, Denver, Kansas City and even carcrazy Los Angeles are investing in public transit in order to attract today’s employers and employees, who simply don’t want to be stuck behind the wheel commuting for hours per week. We simply must pass a levy in support of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, which operates the Metro bus system and Cincinnati streetcar, to facilitate access to jobs and drive growth. We must elect a progressive slate of candidates and continue to fight off the forces of NO in the 2017 city elections to continue our trajectory. The country has taken a step back with Trump, but Cincinnati is fighting off the regressive forces of yesteryear and is moving forward in an inclusive fashion. And that is exciting to see. We want more growth — and we need it in an inclusive way that allows those who have been long-time city residents to stay in their homes and thrive with the entire community as we grow. DEREK BAUMAN is the southwest Ohio director for All Aboard Ohio, a statewide rail and public transportation advocacy organization, and an activist supporting urban Cincinnati. Contact Derek: letters@ citybeat.com or @ derekbauman.
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Cincinnati city administration Oct. 26 issued a largely favorable report about that proposal, which comes from an emerging, wider approach to violent crime that views phenomena like gun violence from a public health perspective. Using the framework of epidemiology to search for solutions to shootings, plans like Simpson’s view violence as contagious, like a disease, inflamed and continued by exposure to past violence. Nonprofits and other city governments have recognized the link and have taken steps to address the ongoing trauma of gun violence in other communities. Youth Alive, an Oakland, Californiabased nonprofit, has a crisis response team that engages with victims and witnesses of gun violence in the city. The group’s executive director Anne Marks says that the trauma of gun violence creates a cycle that is difficult to break. “People talk about trauma as something that’s really interconnected to violence, and some people talk about it as the result of violence,” Marks told a Bay Area NBC affiliate in February. “But I would say that trauma is really the root of violence in many ways. “It doesn’t start when you’re 18. It starts when you’re 6, 7, 8. So there’s two things you can do. You can either turn it inwardly, maybe do drugs or commit suicide, or you do it outwardly and then you begin to hurt other people.”
City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson believes psychological trauma response units could help address the mental wounds that often result from witnessing violence. Breaking that cycle means treating trauma early, and cities are increasingly considering the idea that having mental health professionals among the first responders to violent crime scenes could help accomplish that. San Francisco last month announced it would have five mental health specialists available to accompany police to the scenes of violent crime to help victims and bystanders, as well as to provide crisis response when police are dealing with a suspect with possible mental illness. Boston has taken another approach rooted in the same set of ideas, establishing trauma recovery teams in community centers in eight neighborhoods especially wracked by gun violence. Those teams, made up of trauma-trained mental health professionals and community workers, started work in March of 2015. In its first year, the program made 1,159 referrals for long-term mental health care, and nearly 900 of those referred made at least one visit. A total of more than 5,500 mental health visits were made through the program in its first year, according to data cited by Monica Valdes Lupi, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission. Some in Cincinnati hope trauma response teams can do something similar here. That’s important in neighborhoods like Mount Airy,
which has had a violent year. In February, two apparently unrelated shootings rocked the neighborhood on the same night, including one on Colerain Avenue near where Masters died. Just weeks after Masters’ shooting, in October, two double shootings, also apparently unrelated, happened in the neighborhood. It’s not the only neighborhood in the city suffering from gun violence, of course. Overall, Cincinnati has seen an uptick in shootings. On one day in late July, for example, seven people were shot and three died in Millvale, West End and Avondale. Cincinnati saw about 460 shootings last year, according to Cincinnati Police Department data, compared to an abnormally low 375 in 2014 and an average of 400 over the previous four years. The problem has gotten pronounced enough that, earlier this year, The New York Times profiled the city’s gun violence. The Times article, which ran in May, highlighted an August 2015 shooting spree in Madisonville that killed two and wounded five more. The thorny issue of neighborhood violence is tangled up in larger systemic issues around class and race. A 2013 report by the Kaiser Foundation found that about 20 percent of Americans have a personal CONTINUES ON PAGE 13
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he murder of 25-five-year-old Kejuan Master happened just feet from a daycare center on Colerain Avenue in Mount Airy. Six shots rang out at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 2 in front of the daycare, according to witnesses, hitting Master and an unidentified woman. The woman, who survived, crumpled in a neighboring driveway. Master ran a few buildings down, collapsed and died. Children were inside the daycare at the time, though none were injured in the shooting. Nearby Mount Airy Elementary School was briefly placed on lockdown as police looked for the shooter. The scene was terrifying, witnesses say. “By the time police got here, they were trying to revive the gentleman,” business owner Bonnie Berding told reporters at the time. “They must have worked on him 15 minutes, and so that was pretty shocking to see.” That shock doesn’t always go away. Shootings like the one that killed Masters have ripple effects throughout communities like Mount Airy, experts say, causing deep-seated trauma that can linger for years in the minds of community members, especially the youngest ones. While the city’s emergency response teams are currently trained to apprehend suspects, make the scene safe and treat physical wounds, the psychological injuries sustained by witnesses and victims of gun violence have often gone untended. But a proposal the city of Cincinnati is currently mulling could change that. The plan seeks to create emergency psychological trauma response teams that would accompany traditional emergency responders to crime scenes like Master’s murder. Those teams could provide immediate services and also refer victims and witnesses to longer-term treatment for trauma. “We remove the bullet, we sew up the wound, but the trauma remains,” says City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson, who first proposed the response teams this summer. “Over and over, being exposed to those things creates a trauma in those children, who are then more likely to be victims or perpetrators of violence. There’s a desensitization that takes place.” Simpson points to studies that show children who live in communities with high levels of violence can over time develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms akin to those suffered by soldiers coming back from combat. A federal study released last year on Atlanta’s most violent neighborhoods found that as many as one-third of residents in those neighborhoods exhibited symptoms of severe PTSD.
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Deters to Retry Ray Tensing for Sam DuBose Shooting Former University of Cincinnati Police officer Ray Tensing will face another trial for shooting unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose in the head and killing him during a July 19, 2015 traffic stop in Mount Auburn, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Nov. 22. A previous jury could not agree on a conviction for Tensing, and Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Shanahan declared a mistrial Nov. 12. That led to protests from racial justice activists, faith leaders and others in the community. Interviews with jurors after the trial by the prosecutor’s office determined that jurors were split 10-2 on a manslaughter conviction, while three or four jurors would have voted for a murder conviction. Deters said the state of Ohio will seek a change of venue for the retrial, but that the charges against Tensing — murder and involuntary manslaughter — will remain the same. The prosecutor named Cleveland or Columbus as possibly attractive sites for a retrial, claiming the media saturation around the case here made it impossible for jurors to be fair and impartial. “We are seeking justice,” Deters said at a news conference announcing his decision. “It is my belief that Sam DuBose was murdered. Period… In the country I love, you don’t get shot in the head for getting pulled over at a traffic stop.” The state’s police union reacted quickly to the announcement, sending out a news release before Deters’ news conference was over. In that release, Ohio Fraternal Order of Police President Jay McDonald admonished media and court officials to act “more responsibly” to avoid “a circus-like atmosphere.” “Hamilton County has already spent more than a half million dollars of taxpayer money on this case and to retry it with the exact same charges is wasteful and will likely produce the same results,” McDonald wrote in the statement. Various city officials have already called for a retrial, including Mayor John Cranley and Cincinnati City Council, which last week unanimously passed a resolution asking Deters to take all necessary steps to hold Tensing accountable. Following the mistrial announcement, activist groups, including Cincinnati Black Lives Matter, vowed to continue protesting until a retrial was announced. UC fired Tensing shortly after he was indicted on July 29, 2015 for the shooting. His attorney Stew Mathews has argued that he was afraid for his life when he shot DuBose once in the head. Tensing originally made statements that he had been dragged
by DuBose’s car during the traffic stop. But a frame-by-frame analysis by a video expert at Tensing’s trial showed that DuBose’s car was still stationery a split second before Tensing fired and that the officer’s arm was not caught in the steering wheel as he had claimed it was. It’s unclear when Tensing’s retrial will begin, or if Judge Shanahan will grant the prosecution’s request for a change of venue. (Nick Swartsell)
Promotion Testing Fiasco Leads Police Sergeants to Sue City, Vendor Three Cincinnati Police sergeants whose prospects for promotion went from certain to dismal after their exams were graded a second time have filed suit against the city and an out-of-state testing company. Among the plaintiffs is Sgt. Ronald Childress, who joined the Cincinnati Police Department in 1995 and made sergeant in 2007. After taking the lieutenant’s exam in the spring, he says the city told him he had the highest score of all applicants. He says in the lawsuit he was told he would be promoted on July 30. But on July 25, someone broke the news that his test score was much lower. His new test performance ranking? 25th. Childress was the biggest casualty in the rescoring of lieutenant exams by a Lynnwood, Wash. company called Ergometrics & Applied Personnel Research. The exams were administered and graded by Ergometrics in May and June. But the city says the company made “several errors” in grading, giving test-takers “wrong scores.” The second round of grading, prompted by complaints from lower scorers on the initial test, not only inverted individual scores but led to a racial flip-flop as well. Originally, four of the top five scorers were black. With the revised grades, the top four scorers were white. “I am an African-American and I believe that defendant city of Cincinnati requested defendant Ergometrics to investigate its original grading of the lieutenant exam because four of the top five people on the original list are African-American and the fifth person is a foreign-born naturalized citizen,” Childress says in an affidavit filed with the lawsuit. Joining Childress in the suit are Cassandra Tucker, who joined CPD in 2000 and became a sergeant in 2007, and Stefanie Torlop, who joined the force in 1998 and became a sergeant in 2005. Tucker is black. Torlop, who emigrated from Germany and became a U.S. citizen in 1997, is suing for discrimination against her national origin. The lawsuit was filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court on Oct. 18, then moved CONTINUES ON PAGE 13
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connection to someone who has been a victim of gun violence. But more than 40 percent of African Americans know gun violence victims. About 40 percent of Americans worry about becoming a victim of a shooting, but more than 60 percent of blacks and 70 percent of Hispanics have those fears. Those numbers more than likely come from the disproportionate number of minorities segregated into low-income communities where economic desperation sparks increased violence. Cincinnati neighborhoods like Avondale, Millvale, Mount Airy and others that see the most violent crime are predominantly black and lowincome. CPD data shows that 93 percent of the victims of non-fatal shootings in the city last year were black. Simpson and other advocates of the trauma response team model hope the public health approach can reduce some of those disparities. But before that can happen, the proposal has to be put into practice. The city’s recent report recommended establishing partnerships with mental health professionals already working on trauma response, including those within the city’s health department and at places like the University of Cincinnati Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Services, which has a mobile response unit. There’s also the Crisis Intervention Team model, which trains law enforcement officers to respond to mental health emergencies. In Hamilton County, there are about 80 law enforcement officers with CIT training per 100,000 people, which is above average. That training could be expanded, the report says, and officers with such training could give supplemental mental health assistance. Simpson says leveraging already-existing resources could be key to getting the idea off the ground. She hopes to have the program up and running in pilot form in the coming months. Results might not be immediate, supporters say, but could be pronounced in years to come. “These things happen over time,” Simpson says. “There’s a buildup happening. If we can treat that, that’s a long-term solution to violence.” ©
to U.S. District Court in Cincinnati eight days later. The two sides had a settlement conference on Nov. 3, but talks were “at an impasse,” according to a note in the court file. Further discussion will take place before U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett on Nov. 28. For now, the city of Cincinnati denies all of the plaintiffs’ claims. It also filed a complaint against Ergometrics asking the court to order the company to cover the cost of all damages and expenses incurred by the city because of the erroneous test scores. It says its contract with Ergometrics calls for such reimbursement. (James McNair)
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It’s late November in Cincinnati, which means some of us have pulled the covers over our heads and surrendered to months of barely glimpsing the sun. But there’s now a place to catch the orb shining even at night and feel connected to the universe, and other people, again. SPACE WALK is a three-quarter-mile installation along the Mill Creek Greenway with illuminated, glowin-the-dark models of the sun and planets. The scale for this linear solar system is 3.5 billion to 1. That ratio reduces the sun’s diameter to just 16 inches, but it’s a beacon even at that size. At night, dozens of lights pulsate inside a plastic globe that has been coated with fiery shades of black-light paint and suspended from a pole near Salway Park’s playfields. Little luminous planets are mounted to the front of other solar-powered lampposts. When spotted on an evening drive down Spring Grove Avenue, the points of light look like starships over the horizon. They lure us in.
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SPACE WALK is Josiah Wolf’s space odyssey. The astronomy enthusiast received a $10,000 People’s Liberty grant last fall with his wife, Liz, and artist Matt Kotlarczyk, who put the couple in touch with fabricators. Months of testing construction materials and solarpowered LED black lights followed before SPACE WALK debuted on Labor Day. Wolf believes it is the world’s only outdoor model of a solar system that lights up when the actual sun sets. SPACE WALK can be explored day or night, on your own or with a tour. The planets are enclosed in 16-inch glass-and-metal discs, for comparing their size to the sun. Peer at tiny Earth in the daytime and see your big reflection stare back. “I drive by during the day and see kids looking, and it’s a good feeling,” says Wolf, who lives nearby in Northside. But nighttime really is the right time, especially with Wolf’s commentary and a small group. “This project is about learning,” Wolf says, speaking about his own edification as much as ours. He mainly wants visitors to consider the vastness of the solar system and the centuries that humans have dedicated to understanding it, building upon the collective knowledge and passion of predecessors like Galileo and Einstein. As an evening tour of approximately a dozen people gathers at the sun, Wolf informs us that at this scale, it would weigh 110 pounds, rather than 4.18 nonillion. Until we lose sight of the star on the way to Uranus and Neptune — sorry, Pluto isn’t included — Wolf reminds us to keep looking back for perspective about the scope of the universe.
Each planet’s disc lists its actual distance from the sun. All the other details come from Wolf’s talk. “I love to share (SPACE WALK), and I sometimes feel like a little kid in that regard,” he says. “If more people thought about the vastness, the world would be a better place and get away from the petty stuff.” Wolf’s interest in astronomy is recent. “I think I was more into dinosaurs as a kid,” the 40-year-old musician, drum instructor and bartender says. But he always liked math, and he enjoyed physics at Walnut Hills High School. Three years ago, he started reading about space, watched documentaries and got a telescope. To satisfy his curiosity, Wolf built a model of the solar system in his backyard, using household objects including a ball and a peppercorn mounted on old fence posts. “I know kids do this in elementary school, but I never did it,” he says. Liz used luminous paint to depict each planet’s features so they would shine at night under black light. Wolf started setting up his scale model in parks and walking friends through. Liz and others suggested they find funding for a permanent location, which led them to People’s Liberty. The Wolfs next needed a site with the proper mix of exposure and isolation — plus a straight-enough path for viewing the sun from at least Saturn. They considered Smale Riverfront Park, Ault Park and Burnett Woods. Around the same time, Groundwork Cincinnati/Mill Creek, the nonprofit bringing the urban river corridor back to life, was looking for an art project. When the organization heard about SPACE WALK, the stars aligned.
“Like everything else we do, it’s multidimensional,” says Tanner Yess, Groundwork’s youth leader, field manager and trail coordinator. The nonprofit previously teamed with PAR-Projects and other artists on placemaking efforts such as a corn maze/community garden in order to introduce residents to the group’s broader goals of social and environmental justice. SPACE WALK is another way to reach people on different levels. Yess says its prominence increases awareness of Groundwork and the Mill Creek Greenway tenfold. “We’re going after that word, ‘greenway,’ ” Yess says of activities beyond monitoring the creek’s water quality. Urban trails open up opportunities for economic development in underserved communities, he says. Yess praises SPACE WALK for being easy to understand, with a design that “catches and grabs” youths. “There are science lessons we can incorporate into education programs,” Yess says. “There’s math involved.” During tours, Wolf works that math into games. Before our group departs the sun and heads 53 feet to Mercury, he asks us to try to move about 4 inches per second — roughly the speed of a particle of light traveling from the sun at this scale. Real photons travel 3.5 billion times faster, or 186,000 miles per second. Three minutes later, we arrive at our first destination, where Wolf reminds us that when we view the most distant stars in the sky, we are seeing them as they looked years ago — only now is their light reaching Earth. The mini-planets appear exactly as if one side were lit by the sun. Wolf brings along a towel to wipe
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If the sun were actually 16 inches — the size of SPACE WALK’s model — it would weigh approximately 110 pounds. Its actual weight? 1.989 x 10^30 kilograms — that’s basically a 2 with 30 zeros behind it. Planets are placed in 16-inch cases, demonstrating the relative size of the sun in comparison to each planet. Look back at the sun each time you arrive at a new planet — that’s the size the actual sun would appear from that planet in space.
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make it cool, but it makes it less cool,” Wolf says. “They are speaking more to their peers, not visualizing in a step-by-step process.” Wolf plans on at least another year along the Mill Creek and says he would love to host field trips. He brought a group of students from Walnut Hills High School through and heard that the school’s astronomy club is interested in a tour. He’s a little intimidated that the club members will know more about space than he does. “Yet, I’d love to be challenged,” he says. Groundwork has set up a partnership to collect donations for SPACE WALK maintenance (and to possibly have a spare sun on hand). Wolf is offering tours for up to 10 people as incentives for giving. Wolf also has considered enhancements such as an app for self-guided tours. “I could narrate it, get Neil deGrasse Tyson to narrate it,” he jokes. But as much as Wolf likes to share information about the solar system, he also wants to keep SPACE WALK simple to maintain a mysterious feeling. Before the sounds of Interstate 75 and the glow of city lights intrude at the end of the installation and pull walkers’ heads out of the clouds, there are several peaceful stretches for scientific or spiritual contemplation. “It blows me away that we’re here, evolved and don’t really understand why,” Wolf says. “We’re here to observe it all.” SPACE WALK begins at Salway Park, 4500 block of Spring Grove Avenue, Spring Grove Village, and ends near Old Ludlow in Northside. More info: spacewalkcincinnati.tumblr.com and groundworkcincinnati.org/spacewalk.
The sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but also 400 times farther away, explaining why the two appear the same size in the sky. Place your right cheek against the glass encasing the model of Earth, look back toward the model of the sun and close your left eye; the sun and moon will appear to be the same size. At SPACE WALK’s scale, the space between asteroids is about the length of an adult’s armspan. In reality, they are millions of miles apart, with the asteroid belt encircling the sun like an enormous donut. When you reach Neptune — the final planet on the walk — you’ve arrived at the inner edge of the Kuiper Belt, a circumstellar disc that lies beyond the planets in our solar system. If you were to continue walking up the Ludlow Viaduct to where Central Parkway begins, you would reach the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt. If you continue to walk a few miles south on Central Parkway to Findlay Market, you’ll illustrate the approximate distance of Voyager 1 — a space probe that is the farthest man-made object from Earth in the solar system — to the sun. Extending SPACE WALK’s 3.5 billion-to-one ratio beyond the installation, driving from the model sun to Denver, Colo. demonstrates the distance of the Oort Cloud — a theoretical bubble — from the sun. Flying from Cincinnati to South Korea corresponds to the approximate distance from the sun to the closest star in our galaxy, Proxima Centauri. At SPACE WALK’s scale, the red-dwarf star would be about the size of a baseball. — EM I LY B EG L E Y
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smudges left by folks who press their noses against the glass discs for a closer look. Liz, who decorated the Wolfs’ prototype, also painted the SPACE WALK sun, but this time she turned over the planetary detail to Cincinnati artist Steve Casino, who paints exquisite portraits on peanuts. As we move on, Wolf readily provides discoveries from space probes. He lists how many moons each planet has, opening a flap on the back of some discs to reveal a few of them. Because of the installation’s scale, it’s not feasible to show every one. As we near Neptune and the end of the three-quartermile trek from the sun, Wolf pauses to remind us that the cosmos extend beyond what’s represented by this installation. Using SPACE WALK’s scale and its Northside location, Wolf places Voyager I — an interstellar explorer launched 39 years ago — in the vicinity of Findlay Market. The Oort cloud — the outer limit of our solar system — would lie 1,200 miles away, or about the distance from Cincinnati to Denver. The nearest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri, would be as far away as Korea and the size of a baseball. If the entire Milky Way were represented at this 3.5 billionto-1 scale, the model would still span the vast space from the actual sun past Mars’ orbit. An apologetic Wolf worries that he’s longwinded, but his amateur status means he’s informative without being intimidating. Others on our walk freely start sharing what they’ve read about space. Wolf is a fan of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and his Cosmos series, which explains space science to the layperson in a storytelling format. “NASA tries to
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TV: Thanksgiving break offers a plethora of opportunities for themed programming and binge-watching, including the release of GILMORE GIRLS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE (which premieres Friday on Netflix). See more TV picks on page 27.
ONSTAGE: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA He signs his imperious notes “O.G.” — for “Opera Ghost.” But we know him as the tortured Phantom. He’s haunting the Aronoff Center for a few more days, still trying to capture the heart and advance the career of Christine, his protégée. This newly designed touring production has changed from what you might recall if you’ve seen Phantom in New York or on previous tours. Lavish costumes, eye-popping sets that twist and open and, of course, that spectacular chandelier, dangling from the Procter & Gamble Hall’s high ceiling. The special effects are a big part of the storytelling, and they are dazzling. Through Sunday. Tickets start at $44. Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-621-2787, broadwayincincinnati.com. — RICK PENDER
MUSIC: CAL SCRUBY Rising Hip Hop star Cal Scruby is coming home for the holidays, but he’s putting a little work in on the night before Thanksgiving. Now based in Los Angeles, the Cincinnati native and Ohio State University graduate plays a homecoming show at Bogart’s on Thanksgiving eve, just over a year after releasing his breakthrough House in the Hills EP, which featured a collaboration with singer Chris Brown, “Ain’t Shit
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SPORTS: THANKSGIVING DAY RACE Cincinnati has many traditions, including the annual Thanksgiving Day Race. According to Runner’s World Magazine, the race began in 1908, making it the sixth-oldest marathon in the country, right behind the Boston Marathon. This year will be the 107th time the race has been held in Cincinnati. The Half K Kids Run will kick off the morning at 8:25 a.m., followed by the official 10K run/walk at 9 a.m., starting and ending at Paul Brown Stadium. Afterward, hit up the finish line festival to scarf snacks before your Thanksgiving feast. This race also lives up to its benevolent name, benefitting multiple area charities including Ronald McDonald House, Girls on the Run, Alzheimer’s Association and more. 9 a.m. Thursday. $38 registration. Paul Brown Stadium. 1 Paul Brown Stadium, Downtown, thanksgivingdayrace.com. — KYLER DAVIS
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MUSIC: PSYCHODOTS play their annual Thanksgiving-time show at Woodward Theater. See interview on page 32. EVENT: It’s a Thanksgiving miracle: RECORD STORE DAY BLACK FRIDAY returns to area indie vinyl shops with exclusive releases. See Spill It on page 33. EVENT: PLAID FRIDAY URBAN HIKE Black Friday is definitely not the prettiest holiday. It’s hard to grab those bargain deals when there are ridiculously long lines and ferocious consumers willing to do anything for a discounted iPhone. If you’re fed up, Park + Vine — which will be closed on Black Friday — is offering the opportunity to show your discontent with rabid consumerism by spending the morning enjoying a leisurely walk around our beautiful city during the second-annual Plaid Friday Urban Hike. Attendees (who are encouraged to wear plaid) will be welcomed with coffee and cheer before they embark on an eight-mile hike through downtown’s most beautiful and historic neighborhoods, stopping to appreciate the
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ART: AFTER INDUSTRY AND THREE WORKS AT THE WESTON ART GALLERY While many FotoFocus art shows closed at the end of last month, there are still a few days left to see two official event exhibitions at the Weston Art Gallery: After Industry, an exhibition of 20th-century photographs by American and German artists drawn from the Gregory Gooding collection and curated by FotoFocus’ artistic director Kevin Moore; and Marlo Pascual’s Three Works, which features the artist’s found photographs juxtaposed with common, everyday objects. Through Sunday. Free. Weston Art Gallery, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org. — MARIA SEDA-REEDER
gorgeous views. Includes a packed lunch. Dogs and children welcome. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. $15. Leaves from Park + Vine, 1202 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, parkandvine.com. — KYLER DAVIS EVENT: ALE TO THE QUEEN CITY Warm up on this likely chilly Thanksgiving
weekend by sampling a few (or more than a few) hearty winter beers from Cincinnati’s local breweries, including Blank Slate, Rhinegeist, Taft’s Ale House, Streetside, Woodburn and more. Ale to the Queen City not only features craft beers, but also live entertainment and signature Cincy foods, CONTINUES ON PAGE 20
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EVENT: ART AFTER DARK: KENTUCKY RENAISSANCE Start a new holiday tradition and pre-game Thanksgiving with Art After Dark at the Cincinnati Art Museum. On the night before Turkey Day, enjoy free bourbon tastings, guided tours and live music from Americana band The Part-Time Gentlemen before your visiting relatives kill your brain cells with their inability to understand our damned modern PC culture. This event is themed around the current Kentucky Renaissance exhibit, which features photographs, prints, books and other work created in Lexington, Ky. during the third quarter of the 20th century. The anchor of the exhibit is a display from the Lexington Camera Club, an organization that was fervent about the craft of photography. 5-9 p.m. Wednesday. Free admission; appetizers and drinks available for purchase. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, cincinnatiartmuseum. org. — MADISON ASHLEY
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EVENT: MACY’S LIGHT UP THE SQUARE The day after Thanksgiving, Fountain Square will be adorned with blinking lights, a skating rink, a German-themed Christmas market and all things holiday. Macy’s Light up the Square is eager to start the day (at 9 a.m.) for all the early birds ready to freeze their feathers off on the skating rink. Cincideutsch’s Christkindlmarkt opens at noon, with artisan gifts — glass ornaments, pottery, wood-working and jewelry — and a plethora of German food and hot (alcoholic) beverages like glühwein. After your fill of Deutschland delicacies, shake it with the Naked Karate Girls before the ceremonial tree lighting at 7:25 p.m. A fireworks show will immediately follow the dazzling light display. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday. Free to attend. Fountain Square, Fifth and Vine streets, Downtown, myfountainsquare.com. — MADISON ASHLEY
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like LaRosa’s and Glier’s Goetta. 4-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $1 per beer ticket; one beer costs five tickets. Mehring Way between the Roebling Bridge and Elm Street, Downtown, aletothequeencity.com. — MAGGIE FULMER COMEDY: MIKE CRONIN A beloved member of the Cincinnati comedy scene comes home Thanksgiving weekend. “I moved last January,” says comedian Mike Cronin, now based in Chicago. “I picked Chicago over New York and L.A. because it’s a bigger city with more opportunities but still allows me to work the clubs in the Midwest. It’s also a big improv city.” While living in Cincinnati, Cronin worked extensively on the Underbelly show, which featured local comics doing sketch and improv. But right now he says he’s concentrating on his standup act. “I put out an album last September (Hot for too Long) and am trying to retire some of those jokes and replace them with newer material.” Friday-Sunday. $8-$14. Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com. — P.F. WILSON
EVENT: ONE CITY, ONE SYMPHONY Celebrate Thanksgiving with the help of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s community-wide project One City, One Symphony. The aim of this project is to bring people together through music while celebrating this year’s theme of “home.” The program is full of all-American music by Bernstein and Copland, plus works by John Williams, performed by saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis. Read an interview with Marsalis on page 25. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $23-$115. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, cincinnatisymphony.org. — MAGGIE FULMER
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ONSTAGE: Know Theatre’s Underground transforms into a cozy tavern in the woods for DARKEST NIGHT AT THE GNARLY STUMP. See Curtain Call on page 23.
MUSIC: Groundbreaking Country Rock and Americana group POCO plays the Sharonville Convention Center. See Sound Advice on page 34.
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FILM: DON’T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK This new documentary by Laura Israel is about one of the most influential American photographers ever, the Swiss-born Robert Frank, now 92. As important a member of the Beat Generation as his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, he went on the road in the 1950s to photograph The Americans, a project that looked at the country and its citizens with a penetrating, soulful and skeptical truthfulness at odds with the rah-rah patriotic spirit of the era. It has become an enduring work and Frank has gone on to make videos, documentary films and still photographs. 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, cincinnatiartmuseum.org. — STEVEN ROSEN
MUSIC: THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND brings fire and brimstone to the Southgate House Revival. See Sound Advice on page 34.
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LIT: LEE CHILD Night School, the 21st entry in Lee Child’s successful crime novel series, finds main man Jack Reacher involved in another international conspiracy, this time with help from an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. For the uninitiated, Reacher is a former military policeman with the physique
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MUSIC: Swedish Alt Metal outfit IN FLAMES plays Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 35.
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EVENT: O.F.F. HOLIDAY MARKET Stay in your pajamas on Black Friday this year — the Oakley Fancy Flea has everything you need to jumpstart your holiday shopping. Oakley’s monthly neighborhood marketplace brings its holiday installment to the 20th Century Theater on Sunday, featuring unique items and decor from artists and small businesses across the region. Bonus: Brunch and booze will be available onsite to take the edge off of post-Turkey Day stresses. 11-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley, theoffmarket.org. — EMILY BEGLEY
of an NFL linebacker and the weaponry skills of a Navy Seal. He can dispatch a group of neo-Nazis with near superhuman strength. Yet Child, through his gift for razor-sharp prose and oddly penetrating detail, somehow grounds the proceedings within the plausible. (The most unrealistic aspect of the series is the casting of Tom Cruise, a tiny man, as Reacher in the movie installments.) Child discusses Night School at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. 7 p.m. Monday. Free. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2692 Madison Road, Rookwood Commons, Norwood, josephbeth.com. — JASON GARGANO
arts & culture
Public Art and People’s History
Contemplating contributions to Cincinnati culture and themes for future ArtWorks murals BY STEVEN ROSEN
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rtWorks, which celebrated its 21st birthday last week with a big party/ fundraising event at Lunken Airport, has reason to be proud. The public murals it has debuted recently, especially downtown and in Over-the-Rhine, have shown the nonprofit organization has found its groove with its choice of subject matter. It has brought us somewhat surprising and colorfully designed tributes to pop culture and “people’s history” local heroes, rather than the kind of stuffy establishment movers and shakers that usually get their names on buildings and their faces on memorial statuary. Winsor McCay, James Brown, Rosemary Clooney, Annie Oakley, Tom Wesselmann, Ezzard Charles, John Ruthven — smart choices, all. So don’t stop now. Here’s hoping, as 2017 looms, that the nonprofit finds the funding and wall space to continue this approach. And here are a few suggestions that could fit into some of the themes of ArtWorks’ mural program — like Cincinnati Legends, Cincinnati Masters and Cincinnati Heritage. ArtWorks wants the subjects to be deceased, but maybe exceptions could be made for those who are older so they could be here to see the mural dedication. (ArtWorks did commemorate Jim Tarbell on a mural and Cincinnati Master artist Ruthven, both of whom are still with us). Theda Bara: Born in Cincinnati in 1885 as Theodosia Burr Goodman (her family home in Avondale still stands), she became known as The Vamp — an early sex-symbol archetype — in a still-young Hollywood for her starring role in the 1917 silent film Cleopatra. One of Hollywood’s biggest stars, her career ended early and many of her films were lost. She died in 1955. Interest in and scholarship about her have grown in recent years. Boone County Jamboree: Because Cincinnati’s WLW radio station had so much power — 500,000 watts from 1934 to 1942, when there was a need for stations with national reach — it had a lot of rural listeners. And for them and locals, it created the Saturday night Boone County Jamboree in 1938, an early live-broadcast Country music program. Cincinnati thus became an employment center for such top early Country musicians — and future Country Music Hall of Famers — as the Delmore Brothers, Merle Travis and Grandpa Jones (all now deceased). Their presence here also led Syd Nathan to start King Records; Jones and Travis made the first recordings in 1943. In 1945, the Jamboree was replaced by Midwestern
Would Frank Robinson (left), Theda Bara or Jerry Rubin look good on a public mural? Hayride, which lasted for several more decades on radio and television. Brian Powers, a local history librarian with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, believes that the Jamboree deserves a wall mural. Who could disagree? Doris Day: Even though she retired from movies in 1968 and has lived a fairly reclusive life since, she has remained an instantly familiar name — an icon — because of the sunniness of her hit records and romantic friendliness of her movies of the 1950s. (Never mind that arguably her best movie, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much, was a thriller.) She also has become a dedicated animal-welfare advocate. It’s all a long way from her beginnings here, more than nine decades ago, as Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff in Evanston. Certainly, as much as Rosemary Clooney, she deserves a mural. Robert Mapplethorpe: Not a native son, nor ever a resident, but he’s certainly a hero — a martyr — for art lovers, First Amendment devotees and LGBTQ-rights advocates in Cincinnati. In 1990, a traveling museum show of his work, The Perfect Moment, was targeted by local officials for prosecution after it opened at the Contemporary Arts Center. Several of the photographs were sexually graphic. Mapplethorpe had died of AIDS-related
complications in 1990, so the county infamously prosecuted the museum and its director. A jury acquitted them, and history has come to see the event as a triumph against the city’s puritanically censorious right-wing elements. A mural honoring Mapplethorpe and commemorating that event would be a source of pride — and a pilgrimage site — for the city. Frank Robinson: In general, we don’t really need murals to honor Cincinnati Reds players and managers because the team itself takes care of that with its statuary and Hall of Fame. But there should be an exemption made for Robinson, who has a statue and is a Hall of Fame member, because of the way he was once treated. One of the team’s greatest stars ever, he was Rookie of the Year in 1956, hitting 38 home runs. But he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles after a productive 1965 season, when he was just 30, by an owner who infamously claimed Robinson already was too old to be valuable. He then led the Baltimore Orioles to a 1966 World Series victory and subsequently had distinguished years as a player and manager. The three players the Reds got in exchange for Robinson? Suffice it to say, they probably won’t be getting a mural here anytime soon. Jerry Rubin: A tragic figure but also a fascinating one, Rubin’s life encapsulated
much of the colorful, radical changes brought by the 1960s. Born here in 1938 to a father who was a truck driver and Teamster official, he took an early interest in journalism and politics. During the 1960s, he moved from traditional antiVietnam War protesting to co-founding the wild-looking and anarchic (but also funny) Yippies, or Youth International Party. He died in 1994, out of the limelight, after being struck by a car in Los Angeles. He remains Cincinnati’s towering contribution to the counterculture. Donald A. and Marian Spencer: Maybe Cincinnati’s most memorable couple of the 20th century, the Spencers fought for civil rights and good government for so long and in so many areas that they remade our city’s culture. Particularly notable, Marian led the NAACP’s long, difficult and ultimately successful fight in the 1950s to desegregate Coney Island Amusement Park, and just last year her opposition to a ballot issue to change the city’s charter to include a permanent tax levy was influential in its defeat. There already is a school named for them in Walnut Hills — but they deserve more. Feel free to make your own suggestions, either to CityBeat or straight to artworkscincinnati.org/ public-art/request-a-project.
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Know Offers ‘Gnarly’ Stories and Songs BY RICK PENDER
aforementioned Strickland, whose folksy Trailer Park Trilogy has entertained Fringe audiences and who created the musical aspects of Andy’s House of [blank] last fall. In addition to composing five songs for Gnarly Stump, Strickland has created “underscoring,” lush accompaniment to set the tale’s mood. He’ll perform on guitar with Linsey Rogers on fiddle.
Paul Strickland provides music for a new play. PHOTO : nora canfield
“I was given the script very early in its inception,” Strickland says. “There were places marked in it like, ‘Song here — maybe about this?’ It was really just a fun challenge to inhabit that world. It’s been a long time since I’ve written straightforward Appalachian Folk music. There’s a lot of three-part harmony and a lot of fiddle.” Strickland is no stranger to collaboration, but working with Hynek and Martin, who are based in Los Angeles, was a completely new process, one that involved considerable back-and-forth. The first pieces he composed were assessed as “lovely songs but for some other play.” He describes one of those early numbers as “a very straightforward Gospel piece with a series of half-diminished chords, because it was about ‘in between’ things.” He’s immensely pleased with where he ended up. As is Hungerford. “Paul is an amazing resource and it will be great to have these original songs to go with the show,” he says. “Rather than a typical musical, this is really a play with music. The storyline is there and the music serves some very specific needs defined by the story. But it’s really about crafting ways to play within that world.” CONTACT RICK PENDER: rpender@citybeat.com
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Know Theatre’s Underground bar is quite the place for storytelling. Last fall it became Andy’s House of [blank], a new show by Paul Strickland and Trey Tatum that was spawned during Know’s adventurous, episodic Serials! (also presented in the below-street-level bar). The Underground is the quarterly home for True Theatre, where everyday people give voice to stories about real experiences on a designated theme. And of course it’s the favorite hangout for performers and audience members — storytellers one and all — during the annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival. It’s about to happen again, as the Underground steps into the role of a “real” location, albeit by magical means — a cozy tavern in the woods. Director Brant Russell, who teaches at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, will stage a brand-new play, Darkest Night at the Gnarly Stump by Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin, commissioned by Know. He says, in a press release, that “the Gnarly Stump might be a dive bar in Kentucky, but it’s also a metaphorical space that welcomes us all: It’s where we confront our prejudices, comfort each other and embrace what we once thought impossible.” The show opens Saturday and continues through Dec. 17. “When nights are long at the close of the year, we all gather together to create and tell the stories of our lives,” says Know’s artistic director Andrew Hungerford. “So while Gnarly Stump isn’t a ‘holiday’ show, I think it’s perfectly suited to the season. It’s an opportunity to find comfort in the dark, a reminder that none of us is alone. And like any gathering of friends, it’s bound to be a good time.” A year ago, when Russell staged The Hunchback of Seville at Know with CCM student actors, he and Hungerford began talking about storytelling traditions. Both were attracted to Appalachian tales and ghost stories. Hungerford proposed their ideas to his playwright wife Martin and her writing partner Hynek. They crafted a ghostly fairytale. “I call it True Blood meets Justified with some of Conor McPherson’s The Weir thrown in,” Hungerford says, chuckling. He also references the musical One, a theatrical piece of recollection set in a tavern. “What we ended up with is a play set in a bar in the middle of nowhere in Appalachia, where residents gather on the dark nights of the year to share stories, a sort of midwinter eve, with a storytelling and song tradition that this town has,” he says. “It’s upended when an outsider comes in and her sister’s gone missing and she’s looking for help. Then the story starts to take a turn.” To add atmosphere to the work by the show’s six actors, music seemed necessary, and Hungerford knew who he wanted: the
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Brush Factory Goes Retail on Main Street
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BY ASHLEY ELIZABETH THOMAS
After primarily designing and manufacturing furniture for commercial clients like boutiques, restaurants and creative agencies, local custom furniture maker Brush Factory is set to open a new storefront in Over-the-Rhine. The new location, at 1417 Main St., will devote 2,300 square feet of space to both Brush Factory’s bff line of solid-wood residential furniture and other local, national and international brands of artisanal home goods. The store’s offerings will include Windsor chairs, dining and side chairs, settees, tables and barstools. It will also carry lighting from Andrew Neyer (formerly of Yes Gallery) and “playful home goods” like pillows and throws from Los Angeles-based textile designer bfgf, housewares from Toronto’s Umbra productdesign company and home objects from Danish company Ferm Living. Items in the store will range from $20 to $2,000. “I want to bring a mix of modern minimal design and traditional craft to our customers,” says Rosie Kovacs, Brush Factory coowner (with partner Hayes Shanesy). “Our showroom last year was very successful and it became clear to me that people really needed to touch and see our furniture. We have a workshop in Camp Washington, but it’s not set up for that.” In addition to offering custom and handmade products, Kovacs will maintain an office in the back of the store where customers can receive design advice and decorating services. They can also discuss the custom fabrication that has been the core of the business. Brush Factory started in 2009 when Kovacs and Shanesy combined their backgrounds — she studied fashion design and he studied industrial design, both at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning — by opening a working studio in a former brush factory in Brighton. While it was a tough economy overall, a renaissance for craftspeople and artisans was occurring with help from then-new social media and sites like Etsy. The company utilized both and eventually launched a wholesale website and a separate retail space in Oakley. Kovacs also became talent coordinator for ArtWorks from 2013-14, a position that allowed her to learn more about the business side of creative industries. That knowledge helped her and Shanesy win a $20,000 ArtWorks Big Pitch grant in 2015. “That money was used to launch the bff line we were in the middle of developing,” Kovacs says. “We needed it for marketing and promotion.” Kovacs says she hopes the store serves a retail clientele that she knows is interested.
“Our target audience has been out there and waiting, but they don’t necessarily want furniture that’s custom-made for them,” she says. “It’s kind of like you’re growing up and graduating from your college dorm, so you’re ready to find something that you want to invest your money in that will last a long time. This is for a young audience ready to curate their space a little more.” Kovacs believes Main Street is the right place for this kind of business; she and
Table from Brush Factory’s bff furniture line P H O T O : B r oo k e S h a n e s y
Shanesy were able to maintain the integrity of their building by reusing existing architecture and open space to update the structure while celebrating its history and the neighborhood itself. With such forthcoming attractions as the renovated Ziegler Park and the spread of restaurant and retail locations beyond the Vine Street corridor, this section of the OTR is being renovated while still cultivating a certain quality of exploration. “There’s something homegrown to this area that I can really get behind,” she says. “This area of Main Street has been here for a long time — it’s not so ’come in and flip it and turn it into some glamorous place.’ It’s a little off the beaten path, so you kind of have to discover it. I hope that it will be a delightful discovery for a lot of people.” As of this story’s publication, the opening date for the store was set for Dec. 2. But with contractors still finishing up, that could change. Follow updates on Brush Factory’s Facebook page and Instagram (@ BrushFactory) or via a newsletter you can request at brushmanufactory.com. BRUSH FACTORY is slated to open its Main Street storefront on Dec. 2. More info: brushmanufactory.com.
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CCM’S MAINSTAGE DANCE SERIES PRESENTS
Branford Marsalis Brings His Cool to the CSO
CLASSICS WITH A TWIST
BY ANNE ARENSTEIN
well-known composers and he has inspired contemporary composers to write for him. Describing his first Classical performance, Marsalis admits to a struggle. “I was so bad at it!” he says, bursting out with laughter. “It’s gotten better and I have to keep honing my skills. Some of these pieces are technically difficult and hard to grasp. I’m honored that anyone would consider doing a piece with me involved. It’s really cool.” Making the shift from a small Jazz
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ensemble to soloing with a full orchestra doesn’t faze Marsalis. But he knows what he wants with an orchestra. “I need to hear the beat, so I want a conductor who’s flexible, who can hear the music and know how to pull things out of the orchestra,” he says. Marsalis first appeared with the CSO in 2012, performing Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis’ Tallahatchie Concerto and the saxophone parts in Sergei Prokofiev’s suite from Lieutenant Kijé. During the 2012-13 season, he served as a creative director for the CSO’s Ascent series, and in April 2013 performed in the CSO’s Classical Roots concert. He says he regrets that he didn’t have more time to hear other artists in the Ascent series. But during his residency in March 2013, he led jam sessions with local musicians, master classes and gave an impromptu performance at the Westin Hotel. Although Marsalis will be in town for at least part of the Thanksgiving weekend, he’s unsure about getting out to explore. He says: “I gotta practice!” BRANFORD MARSALIS performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at the Taft Theatre 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. More info: cincinnatisymphony.org.
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Branford Marsalis uses the word “cool” a lot in conversation. He also projects the essence of cool, even over the phone speaking from his home in Raleigh, N.C. A master of Jazz and the Classical saxophone repertory, Marsalis performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Friday and Saturday, returning after an appearance in 2013. Marsalis is the featured soloist for the CSO’s annual One City, One Symphony concert, for which he will perform composer John Williams’ Escapades for alto saxophone and orchestra. The work is based on themes that Williams composed for the film Catch Me If You Can. “It’s a great piece of music, very wellcrafted,” Marsalis says. “In the third movement, the piece breaks down into a hot Jazz quartet, with a walking bass line and the piano chords. It’s really cool because it’s very similar to what you would hear in Jazz groups, but it’s not a Jazz sequence. It’s very smart. The melodies are great — his melodies always are. And it’s clear that John has played Jazz.” This is the fifth year for the One City, One Symphony concert, and the first that doesn’t center on a single piece of music, says Meghan Berneking of the CSO. Its Thanksgiving-linked theme is “home” and, in keeping, the composers on the program are American. Besides Williams, they include Leonard Bernstein’s overture to Candide, Aaron Copland’s music from the film Our Town and suite from The Tender Land and a world premiere of Michael Fiday’s Three for One. Music director Louis Langrée conducts. Marsalis’ responses to questions are carefully considered and forthright, his voice lightly tinged with a New Orleans drawl that is never less than cool. He’s the eldest son in a famed New Orleans music family headed by his father, pianist Ellis Jr., and including brothers Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason. Marsalis grew up steeped in the local music traditions but never confined himself to one musical genre. When asked about Jazz influences in Classical music, he turns the question inside out. “A lot of things attributed to Jazz have nothing to do with Jazz at all,” he says. What are considered Jazz chords were actually written by Classical composers before the Jazz guys ever got to them. But that’s OK. We’ll take it.” He continues to refine his technique no matter what the genre. “I learned Jazz melodically,” he says. “That beat is just a little wider than the traditional street beat, so I had to narrow mine a little bit. And I tend to take liberties in certain ways.” Over the past two decades, Marsalis has performed with leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago and Detroit symphonies and the Boston Pops. His repertoire includes works by
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‘Loving’ Defends the American Family
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BY T T STERN-ENZI
Through its ruling on Loving v. Virginia without the comfort of the solidarity of in 1967, the Supreme Court unanimously numbers, people of color kept their voices overturned the state of Virginia’s prohibilowered in the presence of white folks. tion of interracial marriages by deeming it This is the world Nichols lays bare on the a violation of the 14th Amendment, which screen, showing us how Richard surrenders guarantees equal protection. The case, his privilege — not that anyone would have which occurred toward the end of the civil called it privilege back then — to be with rights movement of the 1960s, occupies Mildred, but he doesn’t see that he’s giving a unique place in history. It was not as anything up. In fact, thanks to Nichols, we momentous as the landmark legislation that understand that he would have lost somedefines the era — the Voting Rights Act or thing even more precious if he couldn’t have the Civil Rights Act — nor was it as much been with Mildred. But we also can’t help of a rallying point as the Montgomery Bus but see how easy it would have been for him Boycott or the March on Washington. to walk away from the larger fight. Even But this court case brought civil rights directly and intimately into American homes. We tend to hold to the belief that you can’t legislate love, but this case defied that claim. It set the standard by upholding the right to love, at least across racial lines. What is “free love” without this first revolutionary shot across the bow? Rather than serving up a documentary-like recreation of the life and times of Richard and Mildred Loving, placing them within the context Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving of the sweeping social and P H O T O : b e n r oth s t e i n / f o c u s f e at u r e s cultural changes occurring in the 1960s, writer-director Jeff Nichols zeros in on the humanity of though she was pregnant with his child, Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred (Ruth Richard could have divorced Mildred and Negga), the two people at the center of it all. they could have gone back to living together Imagine a feature film examining the in the shadows, avoiding the legal battle. Montgomery Bus Boycott from the perspecThe case and the fight it engenders mattive of Rosa Parks, detailing her everyday ter in Loving, but not in the ways we might experiences leading up to her refusal to give expect. Despite the fact that Mildred, in up her seat on the segregated bus. What her plainspoken way, does supply rootsy was her life like? What were the routines of common-sense statements of fact, she and work and churchgoing in a world where she, Richard are not eloquent spokespersons for and so many others, were largely invisible? the cause. That is why the legal skirmishes Loving allows the larger world to recede take place, for the most part, offscreen. As somewhat into the background, providing the legal team stands before the Supreme space to see a white man in love with a Court, we see the Lovings setting the table black (mixed-race) woman, and a woman and settling down for an evening meal. who, when push comes to shove, seizes the This is the quintessential American family opportunity to make their more perfect experience. Forget apple pies and baseball union matter. These individuals are not games — gathering the family around the protesters or would-be martyrs for some table; nothing else feels as American as that. righteous cause. They are not members of Battles continue to rage over the definithe progressive elite. They are not angry. tion and composition of that family dynamic. They are in love. They are . . . loving. A man and a woman. A man and a woman But once they embark on this journey, of different races, religions. Same-sex they realize that this moment, this decicouples. Nichols, in Loving, illustrates how sion, has the potential to eclipse them and family starts with a choice that’s rooted in the simple life they sought to share with love — and we can’t legislate love. But we one another. Watching the narrative unfold must defend the right to love in the first requires a shift in thinking, back to the days place. (Opens Wednesday in area theaters) when the disenfranchised weren’t as bold as (PG-13) Grade: A we are today. People bowed their heads and CONTACT TT STERN-ENZI: letters@ citybeat.com averted their eyes in the face of authority;
ON SCREEN The Edge of Seventeen BY T T STERN-ENZI
Teen dramedies, as a genre, focus exclusively on the plight of privileged kids who seem to exist and operate in a world somehow divorced from the problems and concerns of the adults they share space and time with. To its credit, The Edge of Seventeen seems to understand and address that. Its focus is Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), the wildly self-absorbed protagonist of writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig’s film. When we first encounter the perpetually distraught Nadine, she bursts into a classroom, shattering a fleeting moment of quiet enjoyed by her teacher, Mr. Bruner (Woody Harrelson), by announcing her decision to commit suicide. It is a grandly dramatic statement, obviously not backed up with any real sense of intention, and Bruner dismisses it with a sardonic quip that sets the stage for a snarky revelation of Nadine’s situation. Via flashbacks, Craig hips us to the idea that Nadine was a handful from the start, precocious and quite willful with a chip on her shoulder and an unhealthy degree of jealousy for her seemingly perfect sibling. Moving into the present, we learn that her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) has innocently fallen into a relationship with Nadine’s older brother Darian (Blake Jenner). That’s the final straw in a series of unfortunate circumstances that began with the death of Nadine’s father, who was the rock of her otherwise awkward early years. Ever since, Nadine has wallowed in a narcissistic bubble of self-pity, waiting for the world to recognize her. The Edge of Seventeen watches as Nadine gradually comes to realize how the heavy loss that she has clutched onto so dearly never really belonged to her alone. Waking up to the struggles of others, especially those closest to us, can prove to be challenging, and it is this process — and the movement forward — that drives the film. Steinfeld maintains perfect balance, capturing the myopia of the late-teen years while tenderly exposing a wounded and edgy heart that still has the potential to mend. (Now playing at area theaters) (Rated R) Grade: B Opening this week: Allied // Bad Santa 2 // Moana // Rules Don’t Apply
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Giving Thanks for Guilty Pleasures BY JAC KERN
Picks of the Week A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (8 p.m. Wednesday, ABC) – Gather ’round the pingpong table with the Peanuts gang. Saturday Night Live (9 p.m. Wednesday, NBC) – Airing neither on Saturday night
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Thanksgiving is a time to be with nor live, this holiday special features favorite Thanksgiving-themed sketches from family, be grateful and, best of all, revel over the years. in unadulterated indulgence. So while you’re gobbling down your third helping of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (9 mashed potatoes, why not binge on some a.m. Thursday, NBC) – Balloons, floats trashy TV, too? and marching bands abound in this 90thIt’s a long weekend. Treat yo’self to these annual event. guilty pleasure picks: Anne of Green Gables (8 p.m. Thursday, Nickelodeon, the kids’ network that PBS) – The iconic Canadian novel-turnedshaped Millennials, celebrates ’90s nostalfilm about an orphan girl who gets adopted gia with some fun specials this week. Host by siblings garners another TV-movie Marc Summers returns for Double Dare remake, this time starring Martin Sheen 30th Anniversary (9 p.m. Wednesday), and Ella Ballentine. a look back at the trivia game show that featured silly, slimy physical challenges. In another tribute to Nick’s game shows, a new live-action Legends of the Hidden Temple movie airs at 8 p.m. Saturday on the channel. From Pit Boss to the Little Women franchise, “little people” shows are now a legitimate category of reality programming. Next up: Little Weddings (Series Premiere, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Lifetime). Need I say more? The Hallmark Channel is known for its cheesy The cast of the buzzed-about Vanderpump Rules holiday fare, and what better P H O T O : c o u r t e s y o f b r av o example of a guilty pleasure than watching Christmas movies before Thanksgiving? BroadcastGilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (Preing Christmas (8 p.m. Wednesday), no miere, Friday, Netflix) – Lorelai and Rory doubt a harrowing look at the current state return to Stars Hollow for this four-part of contemporary journalism, stars Dean special with returning stars, plenty of cofCain, Melissa Joan Hart and Jackée Harry, fee and quippy banter to boot. in case you were in need of even more ’90s 3% (Series Premiere, Friday, Netflix) – The stars. platform’s first Brazilian original series is If the Real Housewives franchise is a sci-fi thriller set in a future where folks considered a guilty pleasure, a spinoff starliving on a devastated Inland have the ring the servers and bartenders who work opportunity to go through “The Process” at a Housewife’s restaurant is downright and relocate to the prosperous Offshore — shameful. But Vanderpump Rules (9 p.m. but only three percent make it through. Mondays, Bravo) fans are in good company Westworld (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) – Ber— even The New Yorker and Time have nard and Dolores reconnect with their given the show some love! The give-no-Fs pasts; Maeve schemes with Hector; Teddy cast has defined a new era of reality stars experiences enlightenment. who seemingly keep it real in an increasingly scripted world. Insecure (Season Finale, 10:30 p.m. And finally, Leah Remini: Scientology Sunday, HBO) – Tension between Issa and and the Aftermath (Series Premiere, 10 Molly comes to a head during a girls’ trip p.m. Tuesday, A&E) — because who doesn’t to Malibu; Lawrence reconnects with his want to indulge in some behind-the-scenes friends. HBO picked up a second season of secrets of Tom Cruise’s religion of choice? this promising new comedy for 2017.
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LPH Pizza Co. offers creative carbs without the frills REVIEW BY MADGE MARIL
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LPH Pizza Co.’s pizza menu features toppings ranging from pepperoni and cheese to chili. quiet bodegas, the food is really, really delicious. The dough, dressings and sauces are made in-house, and beyond pizza, the menu offers pasta, subs, calzones, salads, wings and homemade desserts. “Things taste better when they’re fresh and made in-house,” Fields says. My breadsticks and pizza came out all at once, served on thin silver platters as if I was a queen. Everything was piping hot. The marinara dipping sauce for the breadsticks steamed the entire time I was eating, and the pizza sauce had that acidic spike that can only be derived from fresh tomatoes. The cheese-stuffed breadsticks are slightly spicy and have more mozzarella flavor to offer — I almost liked them better than the cheese pizza. The Cincinnati chili pizza was a different animal entirely: a dough base, chili meat, onions and that gorgeous yellow 3-way cheese. At first I was afraid that my pizza had come out burnt because the meat had turned a dark, dark brown color. I realized quickly that this is just the nature of Cincinnati chili. The dish was amazing and reminded me to never judge a pizza by its cover. Collins has a background in baking, and LPH Pizza Co. lets her do what she loves — the housemade desserts are hers. As I ate, I
heard her talk to an employee about a new cheesecake recipe, describing how this one was even better than the last and making sure that her employee had tried it. Collins and Fields are often the ones working at LPH Pizza Co. on any given night, interacting with customers and the community. Their dream is to give back to Lower Price Hill and to bring people who don’t frequent the neighborhood into the restaurant to see the charm of the area and fall in love with it like they have. “Lower Price Hill isn’t what people think it is,” Fields says. “You can stop outside and people are friendly.” Their mission is encapsulated in a blurb on the website: “We formed the idea to re-open a once-owned pizza place in Lower Price Hill to bring the dinner table back to the community, to put people in Lower Price Hill to work. To drive traffic from
outside neighborhoods to see what’s happening in Lower Price Hill. We as a team, and as a company in general, wanted to be part of the success of Lower Price Hill.” Collins and Fields have also instituted a Pay It Forward program: Restaurant-goers are able to pay an additional amount at the time of their meal for those less fortunate to use when dining at LPH Pizza Co. The program has only been in operation for a few weeks and already customers have donated $50 to the effort. I know a lot of people are hurting right now, so here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to call my friend, the one that doesn’t agree with me politically (you know the one), and I’m going to tell them that I found the best new pizza spot in town. And then I’m going to sit at a table with them at LPH Pizza, eat stuffed breadsticks off silver platters and get to know them again.
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here is a reason why the market of comfort food has skyrocketed in 2016. The phenomenon flies in the face of kale and other trending vegetables you wouldn’t have noticed in the grocery store a year ago. Restaurants serving fried chicken (like The Eagle in Over-the-Rhine) or cream cheese-frosted donuts (like Holtman’s) are the talk of the town. I make plans on a weekly basis to visit Tickle Pickle in Northside to scarf down a burger and a milkshake. And the reason is simple: People need to be comforted. This year we lost David Bowie and Prince, found Zika, England voted to Brexit and the killing of a gorilla made our town a meme. And it has been two weeks since the world woke up to president-elect Donald Trump, and no matter what side of the political spectrum you’re on, people are upset. In times like these, we seek comfort — specifically, I seek carbohydrates, like those found at LPH Pizza Co., and I adhere to the strict nonpartisan standards of pizza-based journalism. The windows of LPH Pizza Co. on State Avenue in Lower Price Hill are illuminated like a lighthouse in the early winter dark. Formerly BLOCHead Pizza, LPH Pizza Co.’s bright, open floor plan allows anyone dining in to watch the cooks in the kitchen. Although there was no music playing when I dined, the restaurant was fully decorated for autumn and smelled perpetually of baking bread — like a hug for your nose. Owners Damian Fields and Christine Collins were both in the kitchen when I arrived. If you’re a Lower Price Hill native, you probably know Fields. He’s lived in the neighborhood his entire life, which is part of why he and his partners chose Lower Price Hill for their restaurant location. Soon after BLOCHead Pizza closed, they stepped in to fill its shoes. Fields’ and Collins’ warm personalities shine through on the menu, offering topping options that sound like a friend of yours was throwing out awesome off-the-cuff ideas for pizza night. There are specialties like the Cheeseburger and “Lots O’Meat,” topped with local goetta (…and pepperoni, sausage, bacon and ground beef), or “Lots O’Veggies,” boasting a creamy garlic sauce and tons of vegetables. Each pie rings up at less than $6 for an 8-inch small and less than $17 for 16 inches. I ordered a small cheese pizza ($4.59), a small Cincinnati Chili pizza ($5.59) and a half-dozen cheesestuffed breadsticks ($4.50). LPH Pizza Co. is no-frills. It reminded me slightly of the bodegas in New York I’d crawl into around 9 a.m. for a hoagie. And like the
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Bear Market, Bull Market and Now: Beer Market BY KATIE HOLOCHER
Like many brothers and groups of close back online and preserve its character is friends, Patrick Daffin and his brother Nick something we wanted to do.” talked of one day opening a bar. However, To honor that, they tried to restore the their conversation that started two years ago building as much as possible. For example, became reality when Queen City Exchange the lift in the back is still operational and opened its doors just four weeks ago. three archways were salvaged and kept open. Queen City Exchange is Cincinnati’s Furthermore, in the back of the space, first and only stock exchange-themed bar. there is a large mural painted by local artist With 41 beers on tap, the prices rise and Kevin O’Neil, which ties in many Cincinnati fall depending on demand. The beers are elements: beer, history and landmarks. grouped into five or six different categories The space is also flush with big-screen and the cost of whatever sells best in a set TVs — 19 in all — plus a projector. Market time period will rise. The price of the beers that aren’t selling will drop, which means that throughout the course of the night, beer prices will fluctuate. Prices average around $4.50 to $7, with some beers potentially dropping to as low as $3.50 and some reaching as high as $9. Then, in thematic fashion, the beer market will periodically crash. When it crashes, all beers drop a third of their price, down to each of their minimums. The market Queen City Exchange’s beer prices fluctuate based on demand. remains crashed for roughly PHOTO : haile y bollinger three to four minutes, so during that time patrons are advised to buy, buy, buy. beer prices are viewable on a screen behind “The stock market was the thing that the bar, and you’ll frequently find sports on made us talk about it more, made us get the rest of the screens “without the stereomore serious about the bar,” says Patrick, typical sports bar aesthetic,” Patrick says. co-owner and full-time bar manager. Queen City Exchange attempts to find a The theme was the catalyst for making sweet spot that offers a “fine middle ground.” their bar dreams a reality. While Patrick “Cincinnati has a lot of nice bars, cocktail had only heard about this concept, his lounges, eclectic and raw neighborhood brother Nick and the bar’s other two partbars,” Patrick says. “We wanted to provide ners, Nick Broerman and Adam Stowe, had a clean and welcoming space, a space each experienced the concept firsthand, where both Kroger employees could meet specifically in Kalamazoo, Mich. and abroad for happy hour, as well as the late-night in Europe. They knew they needed and crowd that may or may not be intimidated wanted to bring this to Cincinnati. by a more high-end place. We want to be As the beer market advisor, Patrick says somewhere between a neighborhood sports that Rhinegeist brews seem to do the best bar and a high-end downtown bar.” at the exchange — they are consistently While Queen City Exchange does not the top four out of six. “As for all the rest of currently offer food, they do want to prothem, it is amazing the difference in a day,” vide food to their patrons — they try and he says. “The beers that are on top one day schedule a food truck to park outside every will be at the bottom the very next, it just Friday and Saturday night. really depends.” They are also in talks with their adjaIt was the Daffin brothers’ father who cent neighbor, who will soon be opening a acquired the building on Court Street where restaurant, about the possibility of having a their space is located. Both brothers do food window created for their patrons and property management for him, but it was are speaking to other establishments already the acquisition of this historic building open on Court Street about potentially staythat ultimately allowed them to bring their ing open later to accommodate their lateconcept to fruition. night crowd. The bar is open until 2 a.m. daily. “The building is a historic building, with QUEEN CITY EXCHANGE is located at the integrity of the city,” Patrick says. “We 32 W. Court St., Downtown. More info: have such an awesome building fabric in queencityexchange.com. Cincinnati, and to bring another building
F&D classes & events Most classes and events require registration; classes frequently sell out.
WEDNESDAY 23
Green Drinks Blanket the Homeless Benefit — Green Drinks Cincinnati and Macaron Bar partner to form drop-off locations to donate outerwear, socks, jackets, hoodies, gloves, mittens and canned foods. Bring items to Servpro of East Central Cincinnati and have some soup and crusty bread. 5-7 p.m. Free. Servpro of East Central Cincinnati, 1850 Summit Road, Roselawn, greendrinks.org/oh/cincinnati.
THURSDAY 24
Thanksgiving Day Cruise — Enjoy a cruise down the river with a traditional holiday feast. 1-3 p.m.; 5:30-7:30 p.m. $45 adults; $24 children. BB Riverboats, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, Ky., bbriverboats.com.
Thanksgiving at Coppin’s — A Thanksgiving buffet that blends Northern and Southern tastes featuring Bowman Landis’ free-range turkey, a prime rib carving station, roasted salmon, sides and much more. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $55. Hotel Covington, 638 Madison Ave., Covington, hotelcovington.com. Fall Feast — Hosted by Give Back Cincinnati, this 10th-annual event features a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, plus free coats, haircuts, vision screenings, flu shots, live music, a petting zoo and TVs to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade and football. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; 9 a.m. doors. Free. Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown, fallfeast.org. Thanksgiving at La Petite France — A buffet featuring French dishes like pâté maison and escargots plus traditional eats. 10:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. $34.95 adults, $15.95 children. 3177 Glendale Milford Road, Evendale, lapetitefrance.biz. Thanksgiving at Laszlo’s Iron Skillet — Entrée options include oven-roasted turkey, pork loin, wiener schnitzel and prime rib. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. À la carte. 1020 Ohio Pike, Withamsville, laszlosironskillet.com.
Thanksgiving at The Palace Restaurant — A four-course Thanksgiving menu featuring sweet potato soup, sage-glazed pork belly, pumpkin pie and more. $49 adults; $19 children. 601 Vine St., Downtown, palacecincinnati.com. Thanksgiving at Palomino — Menu features two seasonal entrée choices along with starters, desserts and more. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. À la carte. 505 Vine St., Downtown, palomino.com.
Thanksgiving at The Presidents Room — A Thanksgiving menu with turkey and assorted comfort dishes. Noon-6:30 p.m. À la carte. 812 Race St., Downtown, thepresidentsrm.com. Thanksgiving at Prime — Thanksgiving lunch buffet with a carving station, sides and fun desserts like Grippo’s-crusted brownies. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $39 adults; $19 children. 580 Walnut St., Downtown, primecincy.com.
FRIDAY 25
Ale to the Queen City — A holiday event that celebrates Cincinnati’s craft brewing heritage. Features beer from local breweries, live entertainment, signature Cincinnati foods and more. 4-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Free admission. Mehring Way between Elm Street and the Roebling Bridge, Downtown, aletothequeencity.com. Streetcar Brewery Tasting Tour — Hop on the Cincinnati Streetcar to visit three local breweries. 1-4:30 p.m. $35. Meet in the Lobby of Taft’s Ale House, 1429 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, cincybrewbus.com. Plaid Friday Urban Lunch and Hike — Dress in plaid and eschew Black Friday shopping to spend a day hiking. Hike six to eight miles through historic city streets and forested hillsides. Lunch included. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15. Park + Vine, 1202 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, parkandvine.com.
SATURDAY 26
Henke Barrel Tasting — The winery opens its cellars for an annual barrel tasting. Includes a souvenir glass. Noon-6 p.m. $60. Henke Winery, 3077 Harrison Ave., Westwood, henkewine.com. Saint Andrew’s Ball — Celebrate Scottish heritage. The ball includes the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes & Drum Band, highland dancing, ancient toasts, haggis, a sit-down dinner and a live Big Band. 5-11 p.m. $70; $30 children. Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, 35 W. Fifth St., Downtown, caledoniansociety.org.
TUESDAY 29
Perfection in One Pan with Ilene Ross — CityBeat dining writer Ilene Ross leads this class on cooking delicious dishes from scratch, in one pan. 6:30-9 p.m. $45. Cooks’Wares, 11344 Montgomery Road, Harper’s Point, cookswaresonline.com.
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Thanksgiving at Metropole — Dishes include Elmwood Stock Farms roast turkey, potato purée with chorizo jam, Blue Oven Bread stuffing and cranberry relish. 2-8 p.m. $54 per person or à la carte. 609 Walnut St., Downtown, metropoleonwalnut.com.
Thanksgiving at Parkers Blue Ash Tavern — A festive buffet featuring a carving station, traditional side dishes, a seafood bar and dessert. Noon-7 p.m. $38; $12 children. 4200 Cooper Road, Blue Ash, parkersblueash.com.
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Reconnecting the ’Dots
Don’t fill up on turkey — there’s plenty of psychodots music for dessert again this year BY BRIAN BAKER
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hen is a band not a band? For Cincinnati’s psychodots, the answer is a resounding “Never!” Although guitarist/vocalist Rob Fetters, bassist/vocalist Bob Nyswonger and drummer/vocalist Chris Arduser stopped playing regularly in their psychodots configuration two decades ago, save for their annual Thanksgiving-time soirees in Dayton, Ohio and Cincinnati, they’ve been together in numerous bands over the past 45 years, the raisins and The Bears (with guitar giant Adrian Belew) most prominently. During a recent interview, Arduser points out an early ’70s flyer attached to a counter in Fetters’ Sayler Park studio advertising two Sylvania, Ohio high school bands. “The band Bob and I were in was called Legs. We weren’t very serious, we loved Frank Zappa and the Mothers,” Arduser says. “Bob was Legs’ lead singer. He had weird makeup, a seersucker jacket and his instrument was the strobe light. Bob and Rob were in a more serious band called The Red Hot Tots.” This apparently comes as a four-and-ahalf-decade-old surprise to Fetters, who shoots a look at Nyswonger. “So you were you double dipping that thing?” he says with mock indignation. “I double dipped that gig!” Nyswonger says, with the pride of a guy who went on to perfect the quadruple dip. If a full-blown psychodots reunion ever came to fruition, the three musicians would have to shoehorn it into seriously overbooked day planners. Arduser is playing regularly with Blessid Union of Souls, Brian Lovely’s recently rejuvenated Flying Underground and The Bluebirds Trio. His solo work continues, and his longstanding band, The Graveblankets, could return, as Arduser often performs with ’blankets guitarist George Cunningham. “It’s always been a free-floating idea,” Arduser says. “George and I have been enjoying the duo gigs. What little money there is gets split two ways.” Nyswonger balances his real estate business with his musical pursuits, including his primary band project, Tickled Pink, which is working on a new album. He squeezes in studio and live work with Mike Tittel’s New Sincerity Works, occasional forays with The Bluebirds, the odd reunion of the band Bucket and any available session work. “I just try to be involved with the Cincinnati music community,” Nyswonger says. “I played a gig with (Cincinnati Power Pop singer/songwriter) Roger (Klug) over the summer, which was very challenging, interesting and fun, and I did the gig with
Cincinnati’s psychodots (Rob Fetters, Chris Arduser and Bob Nyswonger) return Friday. Peter Obermark’s band (Copper) for his CD release. I just got done doing a session with a guy named Kaleb Hensley, who’s doing a Roots kind of record, and that’s a cultural area I haven’t really delved into for a while.” Fetters makes music full time from his Hobbit-sized studio, juggling commercial clients (“I’m a commercial music whore…”), production duties (most recently for Dawg Yawp and a new artist named Hutski, whose debut he›s just finished) and his own solo work, including his long-awaited third album, 2014’s Cincinnati Entertainment Awards-nominated Saint Ain’t. “Dawg Yawp is doing just great, and that’s been really cool for me because it’s the first time where I’ve been consistently in a mentor position. I’m Uncle Satan to those guys. Or Auntie Satan, I prefer,” Fetters says. “And I write songs and record them. I probably have an album and a half’s worth of material, but I’m really not sure how I’m going to do the next record. I could almost go in too many directions, and I want to have a direction. I’ll finish it before I die. Or before I go to the gulag.” The poster for this year’s psychodots appearances declares them the 666th-annual Thanksgiving shows, which, in light of recent electoral events, seems somewhat prescient. They’re quick to contextualize that headline. “Well, they all have been (the 666th),” says Nyswonger with a wry smile.
“We’ve been into the satanic thing for a long time,” Fetters says. “It’s amused us, and every once in awhile it becomes real. Eh, it’s all going to work out. I don’t want to leave the country.” Even though the sign-of-the-beast show count is vastly inflated, there have been many psychodots Thanksgiving gigs. The tradition dates back to the band’s birth, when guitarist/vocalist Adrian Belew’s schedule swelled with solo work. The three remaining Bears wanted to remain active, so psychodots was created in the late ’80s. Probably the best news to emerge from this year’s run-up to Thanksgiving is Fetters’ pronouncement that psychodots may actually hit the studio in the future for a new album. That promise is exciting, but it’s almost incidental to the fact that these guys will never not play together. They tell endless tales about each other from every epoch they’ve lived through, including when Arduser inhaled a toothpick at the start of a Bears gig and nearly choked to death (because of his dark perspective, the other two refer to him as “Deathy”). A book should accompany that new album. All of this supports the notion that the glue-bound psychodots transcend mere camaraderie or chemistry. “We grew up together, we were exposed to the same things, we went to the same
shows,” Fetters says. “It was just electrifying to us. And we got quickly influenced by English Pop and American bands influenced by English Pop. It’s in our blood, and it’s something our other projects don’t come close to. “We’ve played with a zillion different musicians and always have. Another thing that makes it fun is that it is an open marriage and there’s no jealousy. I’ll just say it — I don’t know a better drummer than Chris or a better bass player than Bob.” “We make our own particular batch of noise,” Arduser says. “We have a commonality in the way we communicate musically and we appreciate the same stuff,” says Nyswonger. “The fact is I respect the hell out these guys, and that will keep me coming back.” “You could be nicer about it,” Fetters interjects, which sparks laughter, more banter and more evidence of the airtight bond between three of the greatest musicians to call Cincinnati home. It’s November and psychodots have emerged to again prove that they’re the best annual band on the planet. That’s something for which to be thankful. PSYCHODOTS play Woodward Theater Friday. Tickets/more info: woodwardtheater.com.
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Local Music Gets in on the Black Friday Action BY MIKE BREEN
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BY mike breen
Musical Trump Fallout The ripple effect of Donald Trump’s impending presidency has reached the world of music. Following a weekend of rantfilled, cut-short concerts, many of Kanye West’s fans turned on him. A rant that likely fueled the revolt the most came during a concert where West said he didn’t vote, but if he did, he would have voted for Trump. The ensuing boos carried over to the next show, which ended after four songs. Two days later it was announced that the 21 remaining dates on West’s tour were cancelled. Meanwhile, Trump disdain was a thread throughout the usually docile American Music Awards, peaking with Green Day’s performance. The band launched into the “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist U.S.A.” refrain of veteran Punk band MDC’s recent update of its song, “Born to Die.” Inauguration Un-Invitation Meanwhile, Trump’s win may have also cost Vince Neil a gig… or someone was playing a weird trick on him. First, the Mötley Crüe singer revealed he’d be playing at Trump’s inauguration in January, saying he and his crew had turned over their passports and were vetted for clearance to perform. Not long after his initial announcement, Neil was apparently informed he was definitely not performing and, while eating his words in front of paparazzi, he blamed “politics” for losing him the gig. Duh? Evangelical Hipsters? If you’ve heard of NYC Art Punk duo PWR BTTM, you’re probably pretty hip to new music. Or maybe the twosome — who self-identify as queer — popped on your radar because you’re an antigay evangelical Christian that pickets concerts. Before a PWR BTTM show at a Jackson, Miss. club, a handful of “protestors” showed up with signs emblazoned with biblical justifications for their hatred of the LGBTQ community. The local police reportedly helped keep the tensions low, while the entrance to the show was moved to the back of the bar and the venue’s front windows were covered to block out the homophobic taunting.
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Although Record Store Day — the annual imprint issued Funeral Dress II, a loose, celebration of independent record shops that acoustic version of the band’s Funeral has resulted in an annual onslaught of excluDress album, for Record Store Day. The CD sive releases from artists big and small — is sold out almost instantly. This year, Shake in April, the folks behind the RSD movement It is re-releasing Funeral Dress II on vinyl have also been coordinating a nationwide for RSDBF. “Record Store Day Black Friday” event since • Legendary downtown bar Arnold’s Bar 2010, playing off of the frenzy surrounding and Grill has teamed up with Neltner Small day-after-Thanksgiving sales at retail outlets. Batch Records again, this time for the This Friday, RSDBF is back and there holiday benefit compilation album Arnold’s are once again hundreds of special releases Holly Jolly Hangover, which showcases timed to the unofficial holiday. “The List” of artists from Greater Cincinnati’s rich Ameriexclusives can be found at recordstoreday.com, along with a rundown of Greater Cincinnati-area shops participating (not all exclusives are made available to all stores, so call ahead if you see something on the list you need to have). There are also some cool Cincinnati music-related releases timed to RSDBF this year. • One of Cincinnati’s all-time greatest musical exports, The Afghan Whigs, are reportedly working on a new album for Sub Pop Jeremy Pinnell Records. In the meantime, a PHOTO : michael wilson reissue of the band’s stunning Black Love album is cana/Roots music scene. Currently availbeing released through Rhino Records in honor of the LP’s 20th anniversary. The able digitally at arnoldshollyjollyhangover. 20th-anniversary special edition of Black bandcamp.com, all proceeds from sales of Love will be available as a triple-vinyl or the album go to UpSpring, a local nonprofit two-CD set at indie record stores starting organization founded in 1998 that serves Friday (it will also be available to the gen“the educational needs of homeless children eral public digitally). The reissue features and youth” in the area (visit upspring.org nine unreleased songs, including acoustic for more on the cause). The album follows takes, demos, jam sessions, previously Arnold’s Bootleggers and Hustlers, another unheard originals and a solo-piano cover of 10-track Americana compilation, which was New Order’s “Regret.” released by the two entities last spring for • Cincinnati’s Shake It Records, the record Record Store Day. label, has two special vinyl albums slated for Friday, a limited-edition vinyl version of release this Friday and available at Shake the album (on “clear vinyl with white, green It Records, the record store (4156 Hamilton and red splatter,” with unique hand-numAve., Northside, shakeitrecords.com). bered and -pressed artwork by Neltner Small Country singer/songwriter Jeremy PinBatch’s Keith Neltner) will be available at nell’s stellar OH/KY album is being reissued participating RSDBF retailers like Cincinon two vinyl platters with eight additional nati’s Everybody’s Records, Black Plastic solo acoustic tracks. Fittingly (given the Records and Shake It Records, Northern album title), the vinyl is a co-release in conKentucky’s Torn Light Records, Sugarcube junction with Northern Kentucky indie label Records and Phil’s Records and Loveland, Sofaburn Records (sofaburn.com), which Ohio’s Plaid Room Records. Arnold’s Holly issued the original OH/KY in 2015 and has Jolly Hangover features Christmas-themed also been the label home for releases by songs (both originals and covers) by Honey area artists like Alone at 3AM and Daniel and Houston, The Cincinnati Dancing Martin Moore. Pinnell and his band, the 55s, Pigs, Jake Speed and the Freddies, The play a free release-celebration show Friday Part-Time Gentlemen, Casey Campbell, night at MOTR Pub (1345 Main St., Over-theTodd Hepburn, Ric Hickey and Bam Rhine, motrpub.com). The band will play Powell, The Tillers, Shiny and the Spoon two sets beginning at 10 p.m. and My Brother’s Keeper. Shake It is the label home of current CONTACT MIKE BREEN: mbreen@citybeat.com critical faves Wussy and, in 2011, the
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In 2013, after 45 years of touring, 19 studio Poco with Craig & Patrick Fuller albums, nine live sets and close to 20 best-of Saturday • Sharonville Convention retrospectives, Young announced his retireCenter ment and the relative end of Poco. But even Many artists can lay claim to breaking in retirement mode, Young continues to book ground in the late ’60s and early ’70s for what occasional shows, either as an acoustic duo would quickly be christened Country Rock with keyboardist Michael Webb or with the and eventually be identified as Americana. full band, as the Cincinnati date will be. The Gram Parsons’ stints with the International return of Rusty Young and Poco is indeed a Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying good feelin’ to know. (Brian Baker) Burrito Brothers loom the largest, followed by former Monkee Mike Nesmith, The Eagles The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn and Poco, perhaps one of the era’s longest Band with Cari Ray tenured and most densely populated outfits. Saturday • Southgate House Revival Poco was formed in 1968 by ex-Buffalo Josh “The Reverend” Peyton should add a Springfield guitarist/vocalist Richie Furay cover of The Beatles’ “Yesterday” to the Big with producer/guitarist Jim Messina and Damn Band’s set list, pedal-steeler/vocalist just for the irony of Rusty Young; Furay singing the line, “I’m worked with Messina not half the man I and Young on his song used to be.” He’s not “Kind Woman” for exactly, but there is a Buffalo Springfield’s whole lot less of Peyfinal album and they ton within the past envisioned Poco as a couple of years since representation of that he and wife/bandCountry-tinged Rock mate Washboard sound. The original Poco Breezy embarked on lineup also included PHOTO : Anna Webb a weight loss. bassist Randy Meisner The rise and riser and drummer George of the Reverend Grantham. Peyton’s Big Damn Although the band’s Band is a well-told early albums weren’t tale of adversity and big sellers (1971’s perseverance. The Deliverin’ did hit the Rev, a guitar player top 40 of Billboard’s from age 12, had 200 chart), they were played throughout hugely influential on high school, but the nascent Country excruciating pain in Rock movement. his hands forced him Meisner co-founded The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band away from music. A The Eagles (which PHOTO : T yler Zoller proper diagnosis led later included former to an operation that Poco bassist Timothy removed the cysts/ B. Schmit), Messina scar tissue causing the pain, and during his left for his duo with Kenny Loggins and recuperation, he met Breezy. Bonding over Furay departed in 1973 to form the Southertheir mutual Blues appreciation, they fell in Hillman-Furay Band before going solo. love, she learned the washboard and they Poco had always been a revolving-door formed the Big Damn Band with Peyton’s band, changing lineups three times in its brother Jayme behind the kit. first four albums and ultimately notching Since its formation, the Big Damn Band over 20 members in its 48-year run. The only has notched some impressive resume bullet constant has been founding member Young, points. The band has recorded eight albums who’s played every show and on every and an EP, played an average of 250 gigs a recording in Poco’s history. year, opened for a broad stylistic range of There have been high points along the artists, from Clutch to the Dirty Dozen Brass way. The band’s first gold record, 1978’s Band, and appeared at the Sturgis MotorcyLegend (originally conceived as a side cle Rally, the Warped Tour, Bonnaroo, South project album by Young and guitarist Paul by Southwest and Austin City Limits. The Cotton) spawned two hit singles, “Crazy trio has also gone from selling self-pressed Love” and “Heart of the Night,” and the CDs out of its van to signing with indie Punk 1989 reunion album Legacy, featuring the label SideOneDummy to winding up on original 1968 lineup, became the band’s prestigious Blues imprint Yazoo for its latest second Gold album with two hits of its album, last year’s So Delicious. own, “Call It Love” and “Nothing to Hide.” In other news, the Rev is a Kentucky ColLast year, Poco was inducted into the onel, the band’s music has been used on the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.
haNdMade For 111 yearS Showtime series Shameless and because new drummer Max Senteney has a plastic pail in his percussional array, the band has an endorsement from a bucket company. Considering the breadth of his accomplishments over the past decade and a half, Reverend Peyton is clearly up for any new challenge that comes his way, and his latest is serving as central Indiana’s version of Dear Abby. Earlier this year, the Reverend unveiled Big Damn Advice, a regular advice column that appears in NUVO, the Indianapolis alternative weekly newspaper; his first question was about how he stays fit on the road without expensive gym memberships. And the band recently announced the launch of their first podcast, Hard Times & Weirdness, featuring the Reverend’s always-compelling road stories and so much more (check bigdamnband.com for details). As always, the absolute best way In Flames to experience The PHOTO : Provided Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band isn’t in print or online, it’s right in front of your human face. See them and be transformed. (BB)
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In Flames with Hellyeah Tuesday • Bogart’s For the past 26 years, Swedish Alternative Metal outfit In Flames has been less a band and more a state of mind. Early on after its formation, In Flames utilized numerous session musicians to accompany permanent members, not even gelling as an actual unit until the band’s second full-length, 1996’s The Jester Race. The only thing more malleable than In Flames’ lineup has been its musical direction, which has morphed from a melodic Death Metal sound, which was groundbreaking in its day (and also championed by peers At the Gates and Dark Tranquility), to more conventional AltMetal, a shift that clearly earned them more fans than it alienated (though it did alienate a good many). In Flames began as a side project in 1990 when guitarist Jesper Strömblad was looking for a more melodic outlet than Ceremonial Oath, his Death Metal band at the time, could provide. Within three years, Strömblad made In Flames his sole concern and filled gaps in the band’s permanent membership with an ever-changing parade of session instrumentalists and vocalists. Even after Strömblad settled on a solid lineup in 1996, In Flames’ roll call remained in a nearly constant state of flux; to date, the band has featured the efforts of close to 25 full- and part-time members, and even Strömblad himself departed
in 2009 in order to address his longstanding alcohol issues. By then, In Flames had fully embraced Alternative Metal, to the chagrin of its more entrenched traditional Death Metal fan base, which largely abandoned the group after 2003’s melodic and hugely popular Reroute to Remain. Even with the internal tumult the band has endured over the past quarter century, In Flames has been one of the most successful Swedish Metal bands of its time. The quintet, now featuring former RED drummer Joe Rickard, has recorded 12 studio albums, including the just-released Battles, four EPs and three live sets, including the CD/DVD Sounds from the Heart of Gothenburg. In addition, In Flames has been nominated for three Grammis Awards, Sweden’s Grammys equivalent, and won twice, it’s been cited as an influence on any number of melodic Death Metal bands that formed in its wake and the band’s global fan base increases incrementally with each new release. (BB)
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Almighty Get Down and The Lovers. 8 p.m. Funk/Soul/Rock/ Various. $12, $14 day of show. Arnold’s Bar and Grill - The New Royals and Grace Lincoln. 9 p.m. Funk/R&B. Free. Bella Luna - RMS Band. 7 p.m. Soft Rock/Jazz. Free. Blind Lemon - Jamonn Zeiler. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Blue Note Harrison - DV8, Everyone From Nowhere, Dangerous Jim and the Slims and more. 8 p.m. Rock.
11/25 freekbass & the bump assembly with jess lamb
Bogart’s - Cal Scruby with H DJ Etrayn, Nyzzy Nyce, Yates Bruh, Nuk, Kevthegoon and Alexander Dreamer. 8 p.m. Hip Hop. $15.
11/26 reverend peyton’s big damn band with cari ray
Celeberties - YFN Lucci. 10 p.m. Hip Hop. $35-$70.
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Century Inn Restaurant - Paul Lake. 7 p.m. Pop/Rock/Jazz/ Oldies/Various. Free. Eli’s Sports Bar and Grill Pandora Effect. 9 p.m. Rock The Greenwich - Home for the Holiday: A Jazz Affair with Herbert T. Smith, The Swagg Band and Bianca Graham. 9 p.m. Jazz/R&B. $15.
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Jag’s Steak and Seafood - Steve Thomas. 6 p.m. Sax/Piano/ Vocals. Free. Knotty Pine - 90 Proof Twang. 10 p.m. Country. Live! at the Ludlow Garage - Flying Underground (EP release show) with Mike Tittel and Tickled Pink. 8 p.m. Pop/ Rock. $12-$25.
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Plain Folk Cafe - Hickory H Robot. 7 p.m. Bluegrass/ Americana. Free.
College Hill Coffee Co. - Ricky Nye. 7:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
The Redmoor - Jerry’s Little Band. 8 p.m. Rock/Jam. $5.
The Comet - Stealth Pastille. 10 p.m. Psych Pop/Rock. Free.
Rick’s Tavern - Cherry on Top. 10 p.m. Dance/Pop/Various. $5.
Grandview Tavern & Grille Basic Truth. 8 p.m. Funk/R&B/ Soul. Free.
Silverton Cafe - Balderdash. 8:30 p.m. Rock/R&B. Free. Southgate House Revival Get Stuffed on Local Music featuring Frontier Folk Nebraska, Mark Utley and Bulletville, Wilder, Lee Rolfes, Queen City Silver Stars, The Loveless, The Agoraphobes, The Nothing, Joshua Black Wilkins, Wonky Tonk, Straw Boss, The Grove, Camp Sugar, Moonbeau, Lost Coast and Cody Houston. 8 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various. $5, $8 day of show.
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Stanley’s Pub - Highway Radio with Kyle Hacket Trio. 9 p.m. Americana. $5. Urban Artifact - Blue Wisp Big Band. 8:30 p.m. Big Band/ Jazz. Cover. Woodward Theater - Dawg H Yawp, DYAN and Brianna Kelly. 8 p.m. Alt/Folk/Rock/
Psych/Pop/Electronic/Various. $7, $10 day of show.
Thursday 24 The Avenue Event Center - Jeezy. 10 p.m. Hip Hop. $65-$125. Knotty Pine - Mitch and Steve. 9 p.m. Pop/Rock/Blues/Various. Free.
Friday 25 Arnold’s Bar and Grill Happy Hour Jazz Combo. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.
Mansion Hill Tavern - Johnny Fink & the Intrusion. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.
Backstage Cafe - Afroman with Zebras In Public, Starship and Cutpots. 7 p.m. Hip Hop/Rock/ Various. $15, $20 day of show.
McCauly’s Pub - Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.
Bella Luna - Blue Birds Trio. 7 p.m. Classic Rock/Jazz. Free.
Mic’s Pub - Karaoke with A Sound Sensation/DJ Heather. 8:30 p.m. Various. Free.
Blind Lemon - Kyle Hackett. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Miller’s Fill Inn - Karaoke with A Mystical Sound Sensation DJ Rob. 9 p.m. Various. Free. MOTR Pub - CFM with Grotesque Brooms and Stallone N’ Roses. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.
Blue Note Harrison - Amy Sailor and My Sister Sarah. 10 p.m. Country/Rock/Various. Bogart’s - Boy Band Review. 8 p.m. Boy Bands tribute. $10. Century Inn Restaurant - Jim Teepen. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
The Greenwich - Sonny Moorman. 8 p.m. Blues. Cover. Hollywood Casino - Bob Cushing. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free (in Hops House 99). Jag’s Steak and Seafood - The Sly Band. 9:30 p.m. Pop/Dance/ Various. Cover. Jim and Jack’s on the River Danny Frazier Band. 9 p.m. Country. Free. Knotty Pine - Flatline. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover. Mansion Hill Tavern - Tim Goshorn Band. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover. Marty’s Hops & Vines - Just 2 Howlers. 9 p.m. Classic Rock. Free. Mason Pub & Grill - Trailer Park Floosies. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Pop/ Country/Rap/Dance/Various. Cover. MOTR Pub - Jeremy Pinnell H and the 55s. 10 p.m. Country/Roots. Free. Northside Tavern - 500 H Miles to Memphis, Camp Sugar and Bootleg Rider. 10 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
Plain Folk Cafe - Strum n’ Honey. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. The Redmoor - Soul Pocket. 9 p.m. Dance/Pop/R&B. $10. Rick’s Tavern - Party Town with DJ X-Tina. 10 p.m. Pop/Rock/ Dance/Various. $5. Silverton Cafe - Soul Quest. 9 p.m. R&B/Rock/Funk/Various. Free. Southgate House Revival H (Sanctuary) - Freekbass & the Bump Assembly with Jess Lamb and the Factory. 9 p.m. Funk/Various. $12, $15 day of show.
Stanley’s Pub - Spookfloaters. 10 p.m. Grateful Dead tribute. $5. Thompson House - Blank Slate with Written in Red and
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Something Else. 8 p.m. AltRock. $10.
Mansion Hill Tavern - Doug Hart Band. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.
Urban Artifact - Claire Zilla, The Newbees and The Lovers. 9 p.m. Folk/Pop/Rock/Various. Free.
Marty’s Hops & Vines - Kick the Blue Drum. 9 p.m. Blues/ Rock. Free.
Woodward Theater psychodots with Kate Wakefield. 9 p.m. Pop/Rock. $15, $18 day of show.
MOTR Pub - Leggy with Stef Chura. 10 p.m. Indie/Rock/Pop. Free.
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Taft Theatre - Kenny Rogers with Linda Davis. 7 p.m. Country/ Pop/Holiday. $46.50-$75.50. Urban Artifact - PsychoH Acoustic Orchestra with Eugene Goss. 7 p.m. Jazz. Free.
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Northside Tavern - Fresh Funk. 10 p.m. Funk. Free.
Blind Lemon - Allison Bishop. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Bella Luna - Blue Birds Trio. 7 p.m. Classic Rock/Jazz. Free.
Plain Folk Cafe - Electric Daydream. 7:30 p.m. Classic Rock. Free.
The Celestial - Tom Schneider. 6 p.m. Piano. Free.
Blind Lemon - Warren Ulgh. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Rick’s Tavern - Dangerous Jim & The Slims. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.
Blue Note Harrison - The Menus, Amy Sailor and Sonny Moorman. 8 p.m. Rock/Pop/Country/Blues
Sharonville Convention Center - Poco with Craig & Patrick Fuller. 8:30 p.m. Country/Rock. $45-$75.
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Bogart’s - Papadosio. 8 p.m. Rock/Jazz/Electronic/Jam/ Various. $18. College Hill Coffee Co. - Kim and Dee. 7:30 p.m. Pop/Rock/ Various. Free. The Cricket Lounge at The Cincinnatian Hotel - Phillip Paul Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free. Eastgate Brew & View - Encore Duo. 6:30 p.m. Acoustic Classic Rock/Americana. Free. Fort Mitchell Sports Bar - Karaoke with A Sound Sensation/DJ Heather. 9:30 p.m. Various. Free. The Greenwich - Turned Up Band. Various. 9 p.m. $10. Jack Casino Cincinnati - Trailer Park Floosies. 10 p.m. Rock/ Rap/Country/Dance/Pop/ Various. Free (in the River Room). Jag’s Steak and Seafood - Gee Your Band Smells Terrific. 9:30 p.m. ’70s Pop/Dance/Various. Cover. Jim and Jack’s on the River Rodney Alan Combs Band. 9 p.m. Country/Rock. Free.
Knotty Pine - LDNL. 10 p.m. Pop/Dance. Cover. Live! at the Ludlow Garage The O’Connor Band. 8 p.m. Roots/Americana/Various. $20-$45. Madison Theater - Doghouse and The Drysdales. 8 p.m. Rock/ Various. $20.
Silverton Cafe - The Colour of Rhythm. 9 p.m. Dance/Soul/ Various. Free. Southgate House Revival (Sanctuary) - Reverend Petyon’s Big Damn Band with Cari Ray. 9 p.m. Roots/ Americana/Various. $18, $20 day of show.
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Stanley’s Pub - Rumpke Mountain Boys with Joe Marcinek. 10 p.m. Bluegrass. Cover. Urban Artifact - Rich Wizard (EP release show) with mr.phylzzz, Betsy Ross and Brain Dead Breath. 9 p.m. Rock/ Various. Free.
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Woodward Theater - The H Cliftones with Knoffer. 9 p.m. Reggae. $5, $7 day of show.
Sunday 27 Blind Lemon - Jeff Henry. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. The Comet - Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free. Knotty Pine - Randy Peak. 10 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Mansion Hill Tavern - Open Blues Jam with Uncle Woody & the Blue Bandits. 7 p.m. Blues. Free. Miller’s Fill Inn - Karaoke with A Mystical Sound Sensation DJ Rob. 9 p.m. Various. Free. The Mockbee - Aziza, Ray Will, Dwayne Fowler, Jon Schuyler and PeRez. 7 p.m. R&B/Hip Hop. $5. Northside Tavern - The HTillers. 10 p.m. Folk. Free.
McCauly’s Pub - Open Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/ Various. Free.
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MOTR Pub - Xela and See H You in the Funnies. 10 p.m. Alt/Rock/Pop/R&B/Hip Hop/
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Tuesday 29 Arnold’s Bar and Grill - Ricky Nye. 7 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free. Blind Lemon - Nick Tuttle. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Bogart’s - In Flames and Hellyeah with From Ashes To New. 6:50 p.m. Metal. $29.50.
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The Comet - Dinge. 10 p.m. Rock. Free. Crow’s Nest - Open Mic Nite. 8 p.m. Various. Free. The H-Club - Bob Cushing. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Jag’s Steak and Seafood - Zack Shelly and Chon Buckley. 6 p.m. Piano/Vocals. Free. McCauly’s Pub - Stagger Lee. 7 p.m. Country/Rock. Free.
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Shaker’s - Open Mic/Open Jam with TC and Company. 7:30 p.m. R&B/Funk/Jazz. Free.
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Stanley’s Pub - Trashgrass Night with members of Rumpke Mountain Boys. 9 p.m. Jamgrass/Bluegrass/Jamgrass/ Various. Cover.
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