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Contemporary Confederacy Debate Michael Neidlinger: Freedom of speech. I can sort of understand why it would be banned from government-owned property. But you have no right to say what I can and cannot buy or sell. I might not agree with what you’re preaching, presenting or saying. But I’ll defend your right to preach, present or say... Rachael Wolfe: Which is why they’re urging or requesting that retailers not sell the items instead of outlawing the sales. You have the right to sell it, even if it’s offensive, but consumers have the right to tell you they don’t appreciate it. James Troup: I’m still unsure as to why a symbol of AMERICAN TREASON is even allowed in this country... Richard Baldi Jr.: Funny, in Germany, all displays of the Nazi swastika are illegal. Yet here in the U.S. the Confederate flag is still legal. What’s the difference one might wonder? It’s that Germany is ashamed of their past. As should we be of our country’s past as well. — Comments posted at Facebook.com/CincinnatiCityBeat in response to Dec. 6 post, “State Sen. Cecil Thomas calls for Confederate flags to come down”
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Rolling Stone ranked the top 100 Instagram accounts, listing off the pages of celebrities, artists and others worth a follow. Social media kween Kim Kardashian nabbed the top spot, followed by National Geographic. And nestled between Rihanna and Beyoncé in fourth place is the official Transportation Security Administration account, @TSA. The page — and an accompanying blog — is actually run out of the Tristate by a West Chester resident who has worked for the TSA since 2002. Bob Burns populates the page with questionable items flight passengers attempt to bring through security — most often weapons of varying degrees, but sometimes things like props from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, including a corpse dummy, which made its way through a security conveyor belt screening. You can even tweet or Facebook message @AskTSA to check on the legality of odd carry-on items. Six unopened containers of grated Parmesan cheese? Approved! Machete? Leave that bad boy in your checked baggage. Unfortunately, Rolling Stone’s list loses all credibility by including chronic meme plagiarizer and general despicable humanish being, @thefatjewish.
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Aviator, engineer, astronaut and United States Senator John Glenn died on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. On February 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7. He was the third American and fifth person to travel to outer space (suck it, Russia). Glenn sparked a trend in Ohioans becoming astronauts — there have been 24 of ’em, including Neil Armstrong, who became the first person to fly a spacecraft onto the surface of the Moon and walk around on that bitch (allegedly) in 1969. Because sometimes simply moving out of Ohio just isn’t far enough.
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So Donald Trump is TIME magazine’s person of the year. Not really that shocking, considering every president since FDR has had the honor (except Gerald Ford. Ouch.), many of whom more than once. But does the title really mean much after it’s been given to all of middle-America (1968), American women (1975), the computer (1982) and, most notably, you (2006)? Yeah, you — 10 years ago TIME bestowed the title to content creators of the interwebs, which thanks to social media really is basically all of us. If the mag had an award for song of the year, it would certainly goes to Fiona Apple, who bestowed upon us (via a creepy and quintessentially Fiona Apple selfie video) an amazing Trumptastic take on “The Christmas Song” that opens with the festive image of “Trump’s nuts roasting on an open fire,” and closes with her Sinead O’Connoring a picture of the president-elect.
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Hordes of folks dressed in Santa hats and beards, Christmas sweaters and increasingly infuriating holiday-themed business suits descended upon Cincinnati and cities across the country for the annual celebration of binge-drinking known as SantaCon. What once was just a drunken downtown bar crawl populated by
twentysomethings (which, OK, it still is) has reached new levels of annoyance with hip thirtysomethings now also partaking, albeit ironically. But SantaCon’s origins are actually far removed from the barf-fest it’s become. The first event, called Santarchy (already amazing), took place in San Francisco in 1994. Inspired by a Danish activist theater group, surrealism and subversive art, it was intended to be a one-time gig poking fun at Christmastime consumerism. And like anything good and pure, bored YPs found out about it, co-opted the event and now use it as an excuse to buy a $100 joke-suit and run up nine separate bar tabs.
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Returning to work after a weekend arrest is awkward for anyone — just ask the inevitable few SantaCon drunk-and-disorderlies who had to return to reality Monday. But when the incident makes national news and your job is to host a televised awards show, there’s no hiding in your cubicle. Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller was taking an Uber home from the GQ Men of the Year party to his home in L.A. early Friday morning, as you do, when he got into it with the driver over — take a wild guess — Donald Trump. The driver claims Miller slapped his head, so he issued a citizen’s arrest, as you do, and called the cops on Mr. Mucinex Mucus. This is why Uber drivers should never speak, let alone talk politics. Miller was quickly released without bail and went on to his gig hosting the Critics’ Choice Awards Sunday. Despite claiming he’d be addressing “the elephant in the room” during the show on Twitter, the altercation and arrest weren’t mentioned. But we all know what this was: a desperate attempt at some guerilla marketing to promote Miller’s flick Office Christmas Party — now in theaters nationwide!
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And speaking of awards, the Golden Globes nominations were announced Monday. There is a lot of love to go around for films like La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea and TV shows including The Night Of, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Westworld. Jimmy Fallon hosts the Jan. 8 show. Silver lining 2016: At the very least, we had some good movies and shows to distract us from the shitshow that is our lives.
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It would kind of suck to resemble vice president-elect Mike Pence. Not because he’s particularly unattractive, but if you had a heart disagreed with his politics, you might be inclined to punch your mirror every morning at the sight of your own face. But being a Pence doppleganger didn’t get New Yorker Glen Pannell down. After capitalizing on the resemblance on Halloween, when he donned short-shorts as “Mike Hot-Pence,” Pannell, a gay man, made the costume his uniform and has been strutting NYC streets collecting donations for Planned Parenthood, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Trevor Project. You go, gay Mike Pence lookalike, trolling for good! CONTACT T.C. BRITTON: letters@ citybeat.com
Where did silverfish live before the invention of bathtubs? Has anyone ever studied the theory of spontaneous generation among bobby pins? If you leave one alone in the bottom of a purse long enough, there will eventually be two… and three, and four. Why does the coffee you make at home never taste as good as the coffee from the coffee shop? If the dye is called Red #40 Lake, which lake does it come from? Why does every TV have more than one different remote? What makes English muffins “English”? Why do humans always have to pee a little bit again after they poop? Do forks go into the dishwasher pokey-side up or pokey-side down? What number am I thinking of? Do baby cows ever sniff their mother’s milk to see if it’s still good before drinking it?
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have spent the last few weeks wallowing in self-pity and disillusionment can now call themselves to action to commit to challenging other whites within their own reach, committing to ending white-on white silence that at least tacitly allows racism. Let me be clear: this is not the moral, political, social or professional responsibility of people of color. Nevermind that social stratification, housing and school segregation already limit the literal engagement people of color have with white folks on a daily basis. It is not the job of those experiencing oppression to appeal to moral sensibilities of those benefiting from their subjugation. There is a difference between creating space for marginalized people to speak truth to power, versus expecting them to educate an unprepared/uninterested hostile audience. While professing solidarity to maligned people is admirable, the eradication of injustice requires disruption of oppressive ideas and behaviors which are too often viewed as normative. There’s no time like the present to begin the work of establishing productive discomfort in advance of whatever lies ahead. While a Hillary Clinton victory certainly would not have signaled an end to oppressive institutions (see President Obama) and/or individuals, the panic deriving from the Trump apocalypse presents an extraordinary opportunity for white people to leverage the access non-whites do not have. Anti-racist whites should utilize this period to denounce pervasive white moderate mentality, which promotes indifference in a period of overwhelming moral crisis, insisting that those transformed dedicate energy to destroying pillars of racism. Please do not confuse this call to action as a plea for white saviors. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, white saviorism is the often-subconscious idea that solving complex social issues endured by people of color requires the aid of an inspirational, well-intended white person (hint: they’re probably wearing a safety pin). For additional insight please see or unsee the films Dangerous Minds, The Blind Side, Hard Ball or anything starring a famed cisgender white woman under 30. The narrative that pervades these films is that charity is the solution to marginalization. Lilla Watson, who is described by the Women’s History Network as as an activist
and intellectual, an artist and academic, a writer and a poet, speaks to this misunderstood notion of saviorism. “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time,” she says. “But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” This popularly referenced quote expresses what is required of those who wish to act in true solidarity of the oppressed without undermining the dignity and agency of the underprivileged. White folks can resist the urge to solely turn to default acts of charity in this climate. Charity is often urgent, but demand-
“Demanding and then acting for justice in true solidarity with people of color will sustain us throughout this emergency.” ing and then acting for justice in true solidarity with people of color will sustain us throughout this emergency. Given the array of white people who didn’t vote for that guy and/or have nonprivileged identities (such as experiencing poverty, being differently abled), many readers are likely indignantly wondering why I am assigning primary responsibility to address existing and upcoming social injustices to white people. This time, the obvious answer is the answer: White voters literally and figuratively disproportionality supported a demagogue. Across gender, education and class, whiteness was prioritized over most white folks’ self-interest. Instead of miring in any discomfort elicited from this analysis, consider it an invitation to use the whiteness that already advantages you. Your privilege has the ability to not simply silence but to eradicate the hate implicitly and explicitly espoused, the oppression that has been promised. White folks, will you pledge to resisting aiding and abetting oppression not just over the next four years, but in the foreseeable future? The answer will be demonstrated in your actions today. CHRISTINA BROWN organizes for various social justice causes and racial equity. Contact Christina: letters@citybeat.com.
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There aren’t many laughable takeaways following Decision 2016, even as it draws on with new revelations about Russian influence, CIA and FBI subplots and a very Trump-esque victory tour making the rounds. Still, after intense reflection, I have concluded that one hilarious subplot from this post-election purgatory is the persisting white disbelief in the electorate’s outcome. Although the left’s collective mourning seems to have subsided greatly, the question “How did we get here?” privately and publicly continues to come up. There are a multitude of answers to this naive yet fascinating question. There has been an overall rejection of the political establishment and political elite that maintain systems of status quo. Another exceptional and acceptable response to understanding these times is to understand the history of globalized and domestically state-sanctioned white supremacy. I believe the atmosphere can be partially attributed to intentionally sustained white-on-white silence. (I promise you I’m not making another case for an abstract academic concept.) White-on-white silence is my simple interpretation of a dynamic I’ve observed when engaging with some well-intentioned white folks who consider themselves card-carrying “allies” for people of color. In an attempt to distance oneself from traditionally racist ideas, behaviors and persons, contemporary white allies have permanently and understandably disengaged from their own families, friends, professional affiliates, etc. The unintended consequence of this further social segmentation leaves those inundated by racist society and their own internalized beliefs of racial superiority being left to their own devices. This is not to infantilize whites who express old-school outright white nationalism or those who engage in colorblind racism. Colorblind racism is described by Psychology Today as “the racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity.” This is simply a sober assessment that anti-racist whites sometimes merely distance themselves from non-anti-racist individuals in an environment where systemic inaction persists, racist institutions are left intact and the cycle continues. I think the time has come for whites who consider themselves enemies of white supremacy to undertake the unsexy yet necessary task of confronting and educating their white peers. White people who
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Ethics police seem in no hurry to investigate Sycamore Twp. officials for possible self-dealing with festival concession BY JAMES MCNAIR
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cts of misconduct by elected officials can be shocking and disappointing when charges are filed and violators are trotted out in public. But how are citizens supposed to react when allegations are seemingly swept under the rug by the people investigating them? Consider an episode that came to light in Sycamore Township in the spring of 2014. The matter involved the township’s granting of the beer concession at its annual Festival in Sycamore in 2013. The festival takes place in July. Geriatric rockers like Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad and Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive excite the crowd. Cold beer offers relief from the heat. As in other years, the right to sell beer at the 2013 event went to the Sycamore Township Republican Club Political Action Committee. The overlap between the township and the club was unmistakable: The club’s top two officers and one of its directors were the three sole members of the Sycamore Township Board of Trustees, the township’s governing body. Of the $24,241 grossed from festival beer sales, $17,500 went to the re-election campaigns of two of those trustees, according to the PAC’s 2013 campaign finance report. That set off an ethical alarm in the head of Tim Burke, chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party. He filed a complaint with the Ohio Ethics Commission in Columbus. The act went public through a report in the Cincinnati Enquirer. “The very idea that incumbent trustees can give the Republican club they control the exclusive right to sell beer at the festival of the township they are elected to serve is outrageous,” Burke says. “The records show that the bulk of the money they raise out of that self-given right ultimately is used to fund their own political campaigns.” Investigations by the Ohio Ethics Commission — even the admission of an investigation — are secret. As two years went by, Burke says he assumed that the commission was going to settle the matter with the Sycamore trustees. When nothing came of it, Burke says he called the commission last week for an update. “They walked me through the three things they could do, which I knew,” he says. “It hadn’t been dismissed or settled. That led me to the conclusion that it’s been referred to the county prosecutor’s office.” Last Friday, Burke wrote to Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters, asking for any records forwarded him by the Ohio Ethics Commission. CityBeat wanted to ask Deters if the Sycamore flap had landed in
his lap — and what he was doing with it — but two different spokespeople in his office did not return telephone calls last week. The three Sycamore Township trustees named in Burke’s complaint continue to sit on that board. Tom Weidman, president of Marketmaster International, received $12,500 in campaign contributions in 2013 from the PAC of the Sycamore Republican Club — of which he was president. Cliff Bishop, a Hamilton County courts bailiff and a club director, received $5,000 from the club’s PAC that year. The other trustee named in the complaint was Dennis Connor, who was vice president of the local Republican club. If Deters is investigating the alleged ethics breach, he faces one small dilemma. In 2015, while Burke’s complaint was presumably under consideration, Weidman gave $250 to Deters’ re-election campaign. But unless that was proven to be a bribe or act of fraud, the gift doesn’t constitute ethical grounds to disqualify Deters from investigating the complaint against one of his political benefactors. “That’s not an issue under the Ohio ethics law,” says Paul Nick, executive director of the Ohio Ethics Commission. CityBeat attempted to find out if Sycamore Township has amended its procedure for granting its festival concessions or if the
Hamilton County Democratic Chairman Tim Burke wants to know what happened with his ethics complaint over self-dealing in Sycamore Township in 2013. local Republican club continues to staff the beer taps. CityBeat left repeated voicemail messages for Sycamore Township Administrator Greg Bickford but received no return phone calls. Weidman, Bishop and Connor did not respond to requests for comment. Weidman, though, did talk to the Enquirer in June 2014. In the article, he was quoted as saying that he saw nothing unethical about how the township awarded the beer concession for its festival. He said his Republican club paid a $2,500 festival sponsorship fee, allowing it to host a booth. He said concession vendors aren’t chosen by the board of trustees but by Sycamore’s Parks and Recreation Department. But the head of that department, Mike McKeown, was himself no arm’s-length decider of the beer concession. At the time of the 2013 festival, McKeown was a member of the Sycamore Republican Club board of directors. CityBeat tried to contact McKeown, by phone and by email, to no avail. Stephen Lazarus, an associate professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, says the ethics complaint “definitely” appears to have merit. “It looks pretty obvious, particularly the misleading, if not absolutely false statement by the club president in 2014 saying that the
Sycamore Board of Trustees didn’t award the beer concession, that it was done by Parks and Recreation when the director of Parks and Recreation was a director of the Sycamore Township Republican Club at the time,” Lazarus says. Under Ohio ethics law, a public official “shall not profit from a public contract he approved or that was authorized by a body of which he was a member unless the contract was competitively bid and awarded to the lowest and best bidder.” Burke, the Democratic Party chairman, laments the passage of more than two years since he filed his ethics complaint with the state. He says the Sycamore trustees owe the public some answers. “They manipulated the trust given to them by the taxpayers for their own political gain,” Burke says. “All the while, the township’s festival was running tens of thousands of dollars in the red. Trustees desiring to put the good of the township first would have had the township itself operate the beer booths, thereby recouping some of the loss. Or they could have given the right to a true nonprofit that benefits the township, like a group that supports local youth sports leagues or the local garden club. Instead they selfishly filled their campaign coffers.” ©
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$15-an-hour rate of pay for full-time city employees, $10.10 for part-timers. Historically, Republicans were champions of the notion of “home rule” and “local control,” whereby cities and counties were allowed to govern themselves with a minimum of intrusive federal and state laws. Sandy Theis, executive director of the left-leaning ProgressOhio, says Republican lawmakers have steadily wrested power from local communities. “Ohio is a large, diverse state, and the politics and economies of Ohio cities and villages differ based on where you live,” Theis says. “That’s why Ohio’s constitutional tradition has long held a city or village’s voters — not well-financed lobbyists in Columbus — are the best judges of what’s best for their residents. “I remember when Republicans used to champion ‘local control,’ ” she adds. “Today that seems to mean ‘control the locals.’ ” Two other bills would not only appease pro-life voters but would give Ohio some of the strongest anti-abortion provisions in the nation. As in the case of the bill banning local increases in minimum wages, the “Unborn Heartbeat Protection” provision — popularly called a heartbeat bill — was introduced as an amendment to another bill, one on child abuse reporting. It would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically at about six weeks, and includes no exclusions for rape or incest. The House passed the bill 56 to 39, the Senate 21 to 10. Paula Westwood, executive director of Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati, says the bill affirms the belief that “unborn children with beating hearts in Ohio deserve protection and life.” She says her organization and others in the state expect Kasich to sign the bill into law. It becomes law if he doesn’t sign it 10 days after passage. Two days after the legislature passed the heartbeat bill, it passed — along party lines — a ban on abortions at 20 weeks. Federal courts have struck down both laws, and the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld those rulings by choosing not to hear appeals. Still, abortion supporters in Ohio are not taking a chance and are lobbying Kasich to veto both bills. “Folks are reaching out of the woodwork to really make sure their voices are heard,” says Gabriel Mann, communications manager for NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio in Columbus. “Many are just regular Ohioans who want to take this thing to the governor’s office.” ©
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In the Ohio General Assembly’s final session before adjourning for the holidays, the Republican majority in both chambers gave conservative constituents ample reason to be merry. One was a business-friendly measure that would preclude Ohio localities from raising their minimum wages. It was inserted into a Senate bill aimed at stripping cities of another matter of local control — how pet stores procure puppies. Several other measures were stuffed into the bill, including one outlawing bestiality in Ohio. The Senate passed the multiheaded bill by a 21-to-10 vote, the House 55 to 42. If signed into law by Republican Gov. John Kasich, grassroots efforts to raise minimum wages across Ohio would face a new roadblock. The state’s hourly minimum pay will rise to $8.15 from $8.10 in January, but that’s too puny for advocates of higher pay. Cleveland voters are set to vote May 2 on a phased-in increase to $15 an hour over four years. A Cincinnati group has collected 11,500 signatures for a ballot issue next year calling for a minimum wage hike to $15 by 2021. “It’s pretty remarkable that they stuck the amendment into a bill on puppy mills,” says Evan Hennessy, a social worker who organized Cincinnatians for a Strong Economy, the group behind the ballot question. “They’re screwing workers and puppies at the same time.” Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld was also rattled by the proposed law. A Democrat, he calls it “the latest example of misguided overreach” by the legislature. “Raising the minimum wage is good for working Ohioans and also good for our overall economy as it puts more money back in the pockets of consumers,” he says. “Since the state refuses to raise the minimum wage statewide to a livable amount, blocking cities from taking action is blocking progress, plain and simple.” Hennessy says that rents and other living costs in Cincinnati have risen along with the city’s urban revival in recent years. He says his group is prepared to go another route if Kasich signs the state bill into law. “Essentially I think the next step would be to look forward to the state level and a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage and to let municipalities raise the minimum wage as they see fit,” Hennessy says. City of Cincinnati spokesman Rocky Merz said the bill would not affect the so-called “living wage” ordinance passed earlier this year. It calls for a minimum
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“There’s no doubt that the steep hill we’ve been climbing just became a sheer cliff,” he says. “But cliffs are scalable.” Valk says the American public must demand that Congress implement carbon pricing. He says the government is not likely to face and attack climate change unless voters force them to. “The solution is going to have to come from the people,” he says. “Our politicians have shown that they’re just not ready to implement a solution on their own.”
After Paris There is no question the Earth is warming rapidly, and already this upward temperature trend is having impacts. It is disrupting agriculture. Glacial water sources are vanishing. Storms and droughts are becoming more severe. Altered winds and ocean currents are impacting marine ecosystems. So is ocean acidification, another outcome of carbon dioxide emissions. The sea is rising and eventually will swamp large coastal regions and islands. As many as 200 million people could be displaced by 2050. For several years in a row now, each year has been warmer than any year prior in recorded temperature records, and by 2100 it may be too hot for people to permanently live in the Persian Gulf. World leaders and climate activists made groundbreaking progress toward slowing these effects at the Paris climate conference. Leaders from 195 countries drafted a plan of action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and steer the planet off its predicted course of warming.
“Climate change is being nearly ignored by American politicians and lawmakers.„ The pact, which addresses energy, transportation, industries and agriculture — and which asks leaders to regularly upgrade their climate policies — is intended to keep the planet from warming by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit between pre-industrial years and the end of this century. Scientists have forecasted that an average global increase of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit will have devastating consequences for humanity. The United States pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent from 2005 levels within a decade. China, Japan and nations of the European Union made similar promises. More recently, almost 200 nations agreed to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, extremely potent but short-lived greenhouse gases emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners, and reduce the emissions from the shipping and aviation industries. But in the wake of such promising international progress, and as 2016 draws to a close as the third record warm year in a row, many climate activists are disconcerted both by U.S. leaders’ recent silence on the issue and by the outcome of the presidential election. Mark Sabbatini, editor of the newspaper Icepeople in Svalbard, Norway, believes shortsighted political scheming has pushed climate change action to the back burner. He wants to see politicians start listening to scientists. “But industry folks donate money and scientists get shoved aside in the interest of profits and re-election,” says
Sabbatini, who recently had to evacuate his apartment as unprecedented temperatures thawed out the entire region’s permafrost, threatening to collapse buildings. Short-term goals and immediate financial concerns distract leaders from making meaningful policy advances on climate. “In Congress, they look two years ahead,” Sabbatini says. “In the Senate, they look six years ahead. In the White House, they look four years ahead.” The 300 nationwide chapters of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are calling on local governments and chambers of commerce across America to voice support for a revenueneutral carbon fee, which would impose a charge on producers of oil, natural gas and coal. As a direct result, all products and services that depend on or directly utilize those fossil fuels would cost more for consumers, who would be incentivized to buy less. Food shipped in from far away would cost more than locally grown alternatives. Gas for heating, electricity generated by oil and coal and driving a car would become more expensive. “Bicycling would become more attractive, and so would electric cars and home appliances that use less energy,” says Kalmus, an advocate of the revenue-neutral carbon fee. Promoting this fee system is essentially the Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s entire focus. “This would be the most important step we take toward addressing climate change,” Valk says. By the carbon fee system, the revenue from fossil fuel producers would be evenly distributed by the collecting agencies among the public, perhaps via a tax credit. Recycling the dividends back into society would make it a fair system, Valk explains, since poorer people, who tend to use less energy than wealthier people to begin with and are therefore less to blame for climate change, would come out ahead. The system would also place a tariff on incoming goods from nations without a carbon fee. This would keep American industries from moving overseas and maybe even prompt other nations to set their own price on carbon. But there’s a problem with the revenue-neutral carbon fee, according to other climate activists: It doesn’t support social programs that may be aimed at reducing society’s carbon footprint. “It will put no money into programs that serve disadvantaged communities who, for example, might not be able to afford weatherizing their home and lowering their energy bill, or afford an electric vehicle or a solar panel,” says Renata Brillinger, executive director of the California Climate and Agriculture Network. “It doesn’t give anything to public schools for making the buildings more energy efficient, and it wouldn’t give any money to farmers’ incentive programs for soil building.” Brillinger’s organization is advocating for farmers to adopt practices that actively draw carbon out of the atmosphere, like planting trees and maintaining ground cover to prevent erosion. Funding, she says, is needed to support such farmers, who may go through transitional periods of reduced yields and increased costs. California’s cap-and-trade system sets up an ample revenue stream for this purpose that a revenue-neutral system does not, according to Brillinger. But Valk says establishing a carbon pricing system must take into account the notorious reluctance of conservatives in Congress. “You aren’t going to get a single Republican in Congress to support legislation unless it’s revenue-neutral,” he says. “Any policy is useless if you can’t pass it in Congress.”
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f President-elect Donald Trump actually believes all the warnings he issued during the election about the threats of immigration, he should be talking about ways to slow global warming as well. Rising sea level, caused by the melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps, will probably displace tens of millions of people in the decades ahead, and many may come to North America as refugees. Climate change will cause a suite of other problems for future generations to tackle, and it’s arguably the most pressing issue of our time. A year ago, world leaders gathered in Paris to discuss strategies for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and scientists at every corner of the globe confirm that humans are facing a crisis. However, climate change is being nearly ignored by American politicians and lawmakers. It was not discussed in depth at all during this past election cycle’s televised presidential debates. When climate change does break the surface of public discussion, it polarizes Americans like almost no other political issue. Some conservatives, including Trump, still deny there’s even a problem. “We are in this bizarre political state in which most of the Republican Party still thinks it has to pretend that climate change is not real,” says Jonathan F.P. Rose, a New York City developer and author of The Well-Tempered City, which explores in part how low-cost green development can mitigate the impacts of rising global temperatures and changing weather patterns. Rose says progress cannot be made in drafting effective climate strategies until national leaders agree there’s an issue. “We have such strong scientific evidence,” he says. “We can disagree on how we’re going to solve the problems, but I would hope we could move toward an agreement on the basic facts.” That such a serious planet-wide crisis has become a divide across the American political battlefield “is a tragedy” to Peter Kalmus, an earth scientist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., who agreed to be interviewed for this story on his own behalf (not on behalf of NASA, JPL or Caltech). Kalmus warns that climate change is happening whether politicians want to talk about it or not. “CO2 molecules and infrared photons don’t give a crap about politics, whether you’re liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat or anything else,” Kalmus says. Slowing climate change will be essential, since adapting to all its impacts might be impossible. Governments must strive for greater resource efficiency, shift to renewable energy and transition from conventional to more sustainable agricultural practices. America’s leaders must also implement a carbon pricing system, climate activists say, that places a financial burden on fossil fuel producers and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. But there may be little to zero hope that such a system will be installed at the federal level as Trump prepares to move into the White House. Trump has actually threatened to reverse any commitments the United States agreed to in Paris. Trump has even selected a well-known skeptic of climate change, Myron Ebell, to head his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency transition team. Ebell is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Steve Valk, communications director for the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, says the results of the presidential election come as a discouraging setback in the campaign to slow emissions and global warming.
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In Washington, D.C., the nation’s leaders continue tussling over popular issues like immigration, taxes, healthcare, abortion, guns and foreign affairs. Climate change activists wish they would be thinking more about soil. That’s because stopping greenhouse gas emissions alone will not stop climate change. The carbon dioxide emitted through centuries of industrial activity will continue to drive warming unless it is removed from the air and put somewhere. “There are only three places carbon can go,” Brillinger says. “It can go into the atmosphere, where we don’t want it, into the ocean, where we also don’t want it because it causes acidification, or into soil and woody plants where we do want it. Carbon is the backbone of all forests and is a critical nutrient of soil.” But most of the Earth’s soil carbon has been lost to the atmosphere, causing a spike in atmospheric carbon. In the 1700s, the Earth’s atmosphere contained less than 280 parts per million of carbon dioxide, according to scientists. Now, we are at more than 400 and counting. Climate experts generally agree that the atmospheric carbon level must be reduced to 350 or less if we are to keep at bay the most disastrous possible impacts of warming. This is why farmers and the soil they work will be so important in mitigating climate change. By employing certain practices and abandoning other ones, farmers and ranchers can turn acreage into valuable carbon sinks — a general agricultural approach often referred to as “carbon farming.” Conventional agriculture practices tend to emit carbon dioxide. Regular tilling of the soil, for example, causes soil carbon to bond with oxygen and float away as carbon dioxide. Tilling also causes erosion, as do deforestation and overgrazing. With erosion, soil carbon enters waterways, creating carbonic acid — the direct culprit of ocean acidification. Researchers have estimated that unsustainable farming practices have caused as much as 80 percent of the world’s soil carbon to turn into carbon dioxide. By carbon farming, those who produce the world’s food can simultaneously turn their land into precious carbon sinks. The basic tenets of carbon farming include growing trees as windbreaks and focusing on perennial crops, like fruit trees and certain specialty grain varieties, which demand less tilling and disturbance of the soil. Eric Toensmeier, a senior fellow with the climate advocacy group Project Drawdown and the author of The Carbon Farming Solution, says many other countries are far ahead of the United States in both recognizing the
importance of soil as a place to store carbon and funding programs that help conventional farmers shift toward carbon farming practices. France, for instance, initiated a sophisticated program in 2011 that calls for increasing soil carbon worldwide by 0.4 percent every year. Healthy soil can contain 10 percent carbon or more, and France’s program has the potential over time to decelerate the increase in atmospheric carbon levels. Toensmeier is optimistic about the progress being made in the United States, too. The U.S. Department of Agriculture funds programs that support environmentally friendly farming practices that protect watersheds or enhance wildlife habitat, largely through planting perennial grasses and trees. “And it turns out a lot of the practices they’re paying farmers to do to protect water quality or slow erosion also happen to sequester carbon,” Toensmeier says.
“Conservatives' denial of climate change looks childish at best and dangerous at worst.„ He says it appears obvious that the federal government is establishing a system by which it will eventually pay farmers directly to sequester carbon. Such a direct faceoff with climate change, however, may be a few years away still. Climate activists might even need to wait until 2021. “First we need a president who acknowledges that climate change exists,” Toensmeier says.
National politics and city reform Climate reform advocates still talk about Bernie Sanders’ fiery attack on fracking as a source of global warming in the May primary debate with Hillary Clinton. “If we don’t get our act together, this planet could be 5 to 10 degrees warmer by the end of this century,” Sanders said then. “Cataclysmic problems for this planet. This is a national crisis.” Sanders was not exaggerating. The Earth has already warmed by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, and it’s getting hotter. Even with the advances made in Paris, the world remains on track to be 6.1 degrees
Fahrenheit warmer by 2100 than it was in pre-industrial times, according to a United Nations emissions report released in early November. The authors of another paper published in January in the journal Nature predicted temperatures will rise as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. In light of the scientific consensus, conservatives’ denial of climate change looks childish at best and dangerous at worst. In low-lying Florida, so vulnerable to the rising sea, an unofficial policy from its Republican leadership has effectively muzzled state employees from even mentioning “climate change” and “global warming” in official reports and communications. Republican senator Ted Cruz suggested NASA focus its research less on climate change and more on space exploration, according to The Christian Science Monitor. Most frightening of all, maybe, is the incoming American president’s stance on the matter: Trump said in a 2012 tweet that global warming is a Chinese hoax. In January 2014, during a brief spell of cold weather, he asked via Twitter, “Is our country still spending money on the GLOBAL WARMING HOAX?” While most of the rest of the world remains poised to advance emissions reductions goals, Trump is aiming in a different direction. The Trump-Pence website vows to “unleash America’s $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil and natural gas reserves, plus hundreds of years in clean coal reserves.” His webpage concerning energy goals only mentions reducing emissions once, and it makes no mention of climate change or renewable energy. While meaningful action at the federal level is probably years away, at the local level, progress is coming — even in communities led by Republicans, according to Rose. That, he says, is because local politicians face a level of accountability from which national leaders are often shielded. “At the city level, mayors have to deliver real results,” Rose says. “They have to protect their residents and make wise investments on behalf of their residents. The residents see what they’re doing and hold them accountable.” Restructuring and modifying our cities, which are responsible for about half of America’s carbon footprint, “will be critical toward dealing with climate change,” Rose says. “On the coast we’ll have sea level rise,” he says. “Inland, we’ll have flooding and heat waves. Heat waves cause more deaths than hurricanes.” Simply integrating nature into city infrastructure is a very low-cost but effective means for countering the changes that are coming, Rose says. Many cities, for example, are planting thousands of street trees. Trees
draw in atmospheric carbon as they grow and, through shade and evaporative cooling effects, can significantly reduce surface temperatures by as much as 6 degrees Fahrenheit in some circumstances, Rose says. Laws and policies that take aim at reduced emissions targets can be very efficient tools for generating change across entire communities. However, Kalmus believes it’s important that individuals, too, reduce their own emissions through voluntary behavior changes, rather than simply waiting for change to come from leaders and lawmakers. “If you care about climate change, it will make you happier,” he says. “It makes you feel like you’re pioneering a new way to live. For others, you’re the person who is showing the path and making them realize it’s not as crazy as it seems.” Kalmus, who lives in Altadena, Calif., with his wife and two sons, has radically overhauled his lifestyle to reduce his carbon footprint. Since 2010 he has cut his own emissions by a factor of 10 — from 20 tons per year to just 2, by his own estimates. This personal transformation is the subject of his forthcoming book, Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution, due out in 2017. Kalmus rides a bike most places, eats mostly locally grown food, raises some of it in his own yard, has stopped eating meat and — one of the most important changes — has all but quit flying places. He hopes to serve as a model and help spark a transition to an economy that does not depend on constant growth, as ours currently does. One day, he believes, it will be socially unacceptable to burn fossil fuel, just as it’s become shunned to waste water in drought-dried California. The oil industry will eventually become obsolete. “We need to transition to an economy that doesn’t depend on unending growth,” Kalmus says. Unless we slow our carbon emissions and our population growth now, depletion of resources, he warns, will catch up with us. “We need to shift to a steady-state economy and a steady-state population,” he says. “Fossil-fueled civilization cannot continue forever.” Though Americans will soon have as president a man who is essentially advocating for climate change, Valk, at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, expects time — and warming — to shift voter perspectives. “As more and more people are personally affected by climate change, like those recently flooded out in Louisiana and North Carolina, people of all political persuasions will see that acting on climate change is not a matter of partisan preferences, but a matter of survival,” he says. ©
Six things leaders must prioritize to address climate change Impose a price on carbon
This could occur in several ways. The revenue-neutral carbon fee has a great backbone of advocacy support. It would charge fossil fuel producers at the first point of sale, and the revenue would be distributed among the public. Prices of goods and services dependent on fossil fuels would go up, while people who buy less of those products and therefore contribute less to climate change would come out ahead. The revenue-neutral system’s one flaw, some say, is that it doesn’t provide government with a new source of revenue for funding social systems that promote renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and other climate-focused measures. A cap-and-trade system, on the other hand, would fund public agencies while creating incentive for industries to pollute less. Republicans, however, tend to oppose cap and trade because it acts much like a tax on businesses that they argue will depress the economy.
Carbon farming
Agriculture has been one of the greatest overall emitters of atmospheric carbon. Now, agriculture must play a role in reversing the damage done to the planet — and it’s theoretically a simple task. When plants grow, they draw carbon into their own mass and into the soil. All that a farmer needs to do is keep that carbon there. By planting long-standing trees and perennial row crops, farmers and other land managers have the power to sequester a great deal of the carbon dioxide that has been emitted into the atmosphere. In the process of slowing climate change, soils will become richer and healthier, with more natural productivity and greater water retention properties than depleted soils.
Redesign our cities
Urban areas are responsible for more than half of America’s carbon footprint, by some estimates. The role of cities in driving climate change can be largely offset by turning linear material and waste streams — like water inputs — into circular loops that recycle precious resources. Jonathan F. P. Rose, author of The Well-Tempered City, says 98 percent of material resources that enter a city leave again, mostly as waste, within six months. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings would be one very significant way to reduce a city’s carbon footprint. Upgrading transit systems and making streets more compatible with zero-emission transportation, like walking and riding a bicycle, would also cut emissions.
Shift to renewable energy
This is a big one that has to be tackled, and it will mean fighting the powerful petroleum lobby. Generating electricity currently produces 30 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions, the single largest source by sector in the country, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. However, Donald Trump has promised to revive the American coal industry and tap into domestic reserves of natural gas and oil — quite the opposite of developing renewable energy technology.
Strive for low- to zero-emission transportation
Driving your car — one of the most symbolic expressions of American freedom — contributes significantly to climate change. Transport accounts for 26 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, says the EPA. More than half of this total comes from private vehicles. Airplanes, ships and trains produce most of the rest. Against the will of the petroleum industry, national leaders must continue pressing for more efficient vehicles, as well as electric ones powered by clean electricity.
Make homes more efficient
A single pilot light produces about a half ton of carbon dioxide per year, according to Peter Kalmus, author of the forthcoming book Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution. That is just one example of how households contribute to climate change. According to the EPA, commercial and residential spaces produce 12 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. In his book, Kalmus discusses how and why he took simple but meaningful action that reduced his carbon dioxide emissions from about 20 tons per year to just two.
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ONSTAGE: Theater critic Erica Reid goes to see Playhouse in the Park’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL for the first time. See review on page 18. Spoiler: She likes it.
ART: SOFT REGARDS and WALLS, WINDOWS, ROOMS, PEOPLE mine feelings of mistrust at the Weston Art Gallery. See review on page 20. MUSIC: Minnesota Math Rock/Emo trio TINY MOVING PARTS plays Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 30. HOLIDAY: THE NAUGHTY LIST There’s some serious hilarity going on at Arnold’s Bar & Grill thanks to the folks who populate OTRimprov. They’re hanging out in the courtyard on Eighth Street for the fifth consecutive year, making things up based on suggestions from the audience. They’ll offer games and improvised scenes that change from night to night, making every evening unique. You’ll have the most fun if you arrive around 6 p.m. and have dinner and a few drinks to ramp up your holiday spirits. (Food and drink are not included in the ticket price. Reservations for dinner are recommended.) 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 27. $20. Arnold’s Bar & Grill, 210 E. Eighth St., Downtown, 513-3005669, knowtheatre.com. Dinner reservations 513-421-6234. — RICK PENDER HOLIDAY: RIDE THE SWEETCAR HOLIDAY TOUR Hop aboard the Cincinnati Bell Connector for a special holiday tour through downtown and Over-the-Rhine. Savor a sweet treat at Findlay Market and be whisked through the city to observe the sights and sounds of the season. Dress warmly: Some of the tour takes place on foot, including a jaunt to Fountain Square for coffee and Christmas tree viewing. 1 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. $35. Meets at Daisy Mae’s Market in Findlay Market, 107 W. Elder St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatifoodtours.com. — EMILY BEGLEY
HOLIDAY: HOLIDAY LIGHTS ON THE HILL Winter is coming, and if you’re anything like me, when the temperature dips below freezing you’re rarely inclined to leave the house. But Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park has a remedy to cold weather-induced anxiety: a 2-mile drive-through lights display that makes you feel festive and warm. Hundreds of thousands of lights are wound throughout the 265-acre park, fashioned into towering trees, falling snowflakes and even a swan that floats on a lake. 6-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 6-10 p.m. FridaySunday through Jan. 1. $20 per carload Monday-Thursday; $25 per carload Friday-Sunday; $15 members. Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton, pyramidhill.org. — EMILY BEGLEY
ahead of time is recommended, though walk-ins will be accepted when space is available. Through Jan. 8. $12 adults; $10 youth and seniors; free for members and to the public on Sundays. Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Downtown, taftmuseum.org. — MAGGIE FULMER
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MUSIC: TOGETHER PANGEA brings Indie Punk to MOTR Pub. See interview on page 28.
COMEDY: RYAN HAMILTON Ryan Hamilton is a stand-up that works clean, but never made a conscious decision to do so. “I look at the comedians I was always drawn to and loved watching when I was young,” he says, “and they happen to be clean. And I’m always drawn to more
of the observational kind of stuff.” Indeed, Hamilton first became interested in humor by reading columnist Dave Barry. He even went so far as to ask his local paper in Idaho if he could write a humorous column for them. “It was high school happenings and I would try to make them really funny,” he says. “I was reading over some of them when I was home for Christmas a few years ago. It’s so funny to see what you used to think was funny.” Showtimes Thursday-Sunday. $12-$15. Funny Bone Liberty, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township, 513-779-5233, liberty.funnybone.com. — P.F. WILSON SPORTS: CINCINNATI CYCLONES Watching the Cyclones play hockey is already a quintessentially fun winter Queen City activity. But this Thursday is
dollar beer night, which means fans 21 and older can buy cans of beer for only $1, making it one of the best deals in town. And as a rare seasonal treat, the team will also being giving away ugly Cyclones Christmas shirts before they take on the Indy Fuel. There will also probably be cheap hot dogs and some on-ice fisticuffs. 6:30 p.m. doors. $15-$27.50. U.S. Bank Arena, 100 Broadway, Downtown, cycloneshockey.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO MUSIC: THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT, NASHVILLE PUSSY AND MORE As the frigid winter inches nearer, an upcoming concert should provide enough warmth to last you through March courtesy of a hyper-potent quadruple shot of twangin’ CONTINUES ON PAGE 16
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HOLIDAY: ANTIQUE CHRISTMAS AT THE TAFT MUSEUM OF ART You might encounter the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future in the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, but if you’ve only got time for one, the Taft Museum of Art’s exhibit Antique Christmas will take you back in time. Visitors can get into the holiday spirit by experiencing the joy of antique ornaments, toys and decorations. This year features items such as a miniature log cabin in Christmastime woods, a vintage clockwork Santa, an exhibit of early German nutcrackers and more. Securing tickets
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HOLIDAY: CINCINNATI BLACK SANTA CLAUS The Cincinnati Black Santa Claus flies his sleigh to the Cincinnati Art Museum to greet kids, review their Christmas lists and take some photos by the tree. Parents are welcome to take pictures during the event, and high-resolution photos will be available for download at The Voice of Black Cincinnati’s Facebook page. Parents can also make special requests for Santa to give their kids a phone call for the holidays. 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Free. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, cincinnatiartmuseum.org, thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com. — EMILY BEGLEY
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and bangin’ Rock & Roll from four superb veteran live acts. Psychobilly pioneer Reverend Horton Heat has been burning up the tour circuit continuously for the past quarter century and continues to release quality albums — his latest for Victory Records, 2014’s REV, was hailed as a return to form. Putting a more aggressive, distorted Hard Rock/Metal spin on Roots & Roll, Nashville Pussy has likewise earned its reputation with a fireball live show, shilling its sleazy, greasy grind since the mid-’90s. Rounding out the debauchery is hilarious and entertaining Country/Rockabilly madman/ cult hero Unknown Hinson and pure and raw Honky Tonk hero Lucky Tubb. Hinson and Tubb both have ties to Hank Williams III — Tubb has toured and collaborated with him, while Hank III has shown his love for Unknown Hinson by getting a tattoo of his vampiric visage on his arm. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $25. Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport, Ky., southgatehouse.com. — MIKE BREEN
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MUSIC: DRU HILL celebrates the 20th anniversary of its debut album at Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 30.
MUSIC: Songwriting duo THE WEEPIES play the Taft Theatre. See Sound Advice on page 31.
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HOLIDAY: THE CITY FLEA HOLIDAY MARKET Get a dose of winter whimsy at Washington Park during The City Flea’s holiday market, an outdoor wonderland of sparkling lights, hot chocolate, cheer and a whole bunch of vendors, makers and crafters selling locally made goods. A last-minute stop to finish off that holiday shopping list. 5-10 p.m. Saturday. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, thecityflea.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO FILM: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW If you’re slightly sick of all the saccharine snuggles and ho, ho, hos, head to the Denton Affair’s every-other-Saturday screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to inject a little naughty pelvic thrusting and cosplay into your weekend. The cult classic film is presented with a live cast and welcomes audience interaction; feel free to bring flashlights, noisemakers, bells and yourself in costume. 11:55 p.m. Saturday. $10. Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, esquiretheatre.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO
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HOLIDAY: CAROL ANN’S CAROUSEL’S WINTER EXTRAVAGANZA The cleverly enclosed Carol Ann’s Carousel celebrates the holidays with a two-week festival featuring daily crafts, ugly sweater contests and giveaways. Check for glassblowing demonstrations and live music from area quartets throughout the fests’ run, plus a chance to win free carousel rides. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Dec. 31. Free admission. Smale Riverfront Park, Carol Ann’s Carousel, 2 Rosa Parks St., Downtown, facebook.com/smaleriverfrontpark. — MAIJA ZUMMO
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HOLIDAY: IRISH CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA Top talent from Ireland comes to Cincinnati for Christmas. Irish Christmas in America: The Show features evocative seasonal Irish ballads, lively instrumental music and thrilling Irish dance performed by some of the finest artists from the Emerald Isle, all set against the backdrop of historical photographs to provide Irish
insight and enchantment. Now in its 12th year, the family-friendly show, produced by award-winning fiddler Oisin Mac Diarmada, features singers Seamus Begley and Sligo’s Niamh Farrell and boundless humor, energy, song and dance. 7 p.m. Monday. $27 advance; $30 day of show; $25 members. Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati, 3905 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, irishcenterofcincinnati.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO
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MUSIC: STRAIGHT NO CHASER Wipe any preconceived (Glee-conceived?) notions of your typical A Cappella group. The 10 members of Straight No Chaser are “neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch.” Basically, expect the unexpected when the guys bring their I’ll Have Another… 20th Anniversary World Tour to the Aronoff Center this week on the heels of their justreleased I’ll Have Another… Christmas Album. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets start at $39.50. Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, 513-621-ARTS, cincinnatiarts.org. — EMILY BEGLEY
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Together with violinist Eddy Kwon and live illustrator Mike Fleisch, spoken word artist and performer Napoleon Maddox will merge the real lives of his great-grand aunts, conjoined twins Millie-Christine McKoy, with Dana Franklin, the character from Octavia Butler’s science fiction novel Kindred. As stated in the performance description, Maddox summons his aunts, born into slavery in 1851 and labeled as sideshow freaks, “in the way a character in peril called for Dana to cross space in time to save his life.” An hour before the performance, Maddox will lead a discussion-based workshop on the texts, themes and content of this choreographed work. This project culminates in a performance at the Contemporary Arts Center’s Black Box Theater in February 2017. 6 p.m. workshop; 8 p.m. performance Sunday. Free; donations encouraged. Chase Public, 1569 Chase Ave., Suite 4, Northside, facebook.com/chasepublic. — MARIA SEDA-REEDER
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A First Time for Everything
CityBeat writer makes amends for never having seen A Christmas Carol BY ERICA REID
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am here to tell you that it is possible to live in Cincinnati for 30-plus years and never once see Playhouse in the Park’s production of A Christmas Carol. There was certainly no malice behind my missing this time-honored classic. A Christmas Carol is one of those stories I felt as though I had experienced every December whether I climbed the hill to Playhouse or not. It’s a Wonderful Life covered it. Bill Murray Scrooged it up. Michael Caine donned the old stovepipe hat in a Muppet interpretation. In fact, Wikipedia’s list of adaptations — operas, graphic novels, episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head — is nearly as long as Charles Dickens’ original novella. Besides, don’t we all take for granted what is always there? A year zips by and while I mean to catch, say, the Downton Abbey costume exhibition at the Taft Museum, somehow I never quite make it. This distraction is compounded around the holidays — Carol and many other Christmas offerings in the city have been on my well-worn “definitely this year!” list for, let’s see, how many years has Playhouse been producing this show? Twenty six!? Recently, a friend invited my husband and me to attend the final dress rehearsal for Playhouse’s A Christmas Carol and I seized the opportunity to break my slump. Before the production, I remembered most of the Carol punch list. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge demonstrates what a crotchety skinflint he can be; following a particularly crabby Christmas Eve, he is visited by four spirits. First comes his seven-years-dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who set Scrooge down his miserly path in the first place. Marley bears a warning: Don’t make the same mistakes I did, Ebenezer. “You have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate!” Scrooge is then visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, each of whom peers through time to give Ebenezer a glimpse of the man he once was, of the coldness he is casting into the world and of how little joy he will leave behind when he goes. All this I had already known. What I had forgotten of the story, and what Playhouse’s production resurrected for me, is how eager Scrooge is to change, how little convincing he requires. Bruce Cromer’s Scrooge is frightened, yes — he finds a dead man in his bed, for heaven’s sake. But while fear grabs Ebenezer’s attention, it is truly love that seems to thaw his heart over the course of the escapade. Scrooge has lost his way.
Ebenezer Scrooge (Bruce Cromer) holds Tiny Tim (Henry Charles Weghorst) in Christmas Carol. In early scenes (which again I’d forgotten — they are perhaps too nuanced to include in Christmas-themed Honey Nut Cheerios commercials) we witness Ebenezer as a young man in love. We discover that the nephew he had been so curt to is the only son of Scrooge’s late, beloved sister. Scrooge had friends once; he was loved once. He has forgotten all of this over time and needs to be shaken firmly by the shoulders. I was laughing at Scrooge at the beginning — Cromer is a flailing and silly Scrooge when he wants to be — but by the end I was trying to remember when I last phoned my grandmother. His revelation is catching. I will defend The Muppet Christmas Carol until I die, but live theater is an ideal venue to experience the full intensity of this story. As with any other work written more than 170 years in the past, you need a talented and energetic cast to translate and amplify the now-antiquated comedy threaded throughout the show. This year’s Playhouse cast achieves this energy without breaking a sweat. Annie Fitzpatrick and Douglas Rees as Mrs. and Mr. Fezziwig bring more frisky flirtation to the stage than I thought Dickens’ sooty script would be capable of. Sara Masterson
is delightful as Scrooge’s childhood sweetheart Belle; so too is Kelly Mengelkoch as Tiny Tim’s steadfast mother. Most endearing in this cast — besides the many children, of course, who portray their various roles admirably — is Ryan Wesley Gilreath as Bob Cratchit, playing at an Ichabod Crane gangliness but with a wholesome charm worthy of the Hallmark Channel. There is a gallows humor to temper each moment of buoyant Christmas lightness, including the hair-raising scenes courtesy of Gregory Procaccino’s Jacob Marley. Director Michael Evan Haney has assembled a flexible team and keeps them moving at a fever pitch through the twohour show. Truly! I’ll admit I even clutched at my armrest once or twice as well-choreographed children skirted within inches of open trap doors. In the dark. Actors ignore blocking instructions at their own peril in this production. At CityBeat’s suggestion (and with Playhouse’s generosity), I later attended a proper performance of A Christmas Carol, this time with my mother. She had never seen Playhouse’s Carol either. It was interesting to watch the show again, this time sitting beside the person who “kept
Christmas” in our household, who instilled a sense of charity in our hearts and gratitude for what we had (always just enough, in a way that would have baffled Scrooge). We both agreed Carol is truly as timeless a story as they come; you can knock the coal dust off and still find a great deal of relevance beneath. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas (yes, its full title, log that away for Jeopardy some day) in 1843, and while the Victorian Christmas lacked Elf on a Shelf and ugly sweater contests, themes of “charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence” still ring true. If you are anything like me, you will leave the theater ready to make some immediate changes, to grasp what sand is left in the hourglass. And hug your mom. See Playhouse’s A Christmas Carol. Maybe not this year, but don’t wait a quarter century. Consider me your Marley: Don’t make the mistakes I did! There is still time! A CHRISTMAS CAROL is onstage at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, in Eden Park at 962 Mount Adams Circle, through Dec. 31. Tickets and more info: cincyplay.com
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Rediscovering a Cincinnati-Born Gallerist BY STEVEN ROSEN
to the University of Cincinnati’s medical school. There she met Curtis Bellamy, also in training to be a doctor, and they married in 1926. He became a physician; she did not. “His mother helped enlighten him about culture and arts, and so did Cincinnati as a culturally progressive city in the mid1940s,” Stein says. “For example, (Bellamy) remembered a 1946 exhibition of (Constantin) Brancusi, (Alexander) Calder, (Jacques)
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Lipchitz and (Henry) Moore, one of a series of shows the Cincinnati Modern Art Society sponsored at Cincinnati Art Museum.” But his mother’s early death in 1945 devastated her son, who was not as close with his father. And he soon left. But he did return in the late 1960s to see his father, who was ill for a time before he died in 1969. And during that time, he would visit Solway, who was interested in cutting-edge Contemporary artists. Solway, too, would visit a New York gallery Bellamy shared with Noah Goldowsky from 1965-72. Solway even owns the painting “Bellamy” by John Wesley. Among those Bellamy introduced him to, Solway recalls, were Peter Young, a painter of colorful and restrained abstracts who today is undergoing renewed interest; the Kentucky-born eccentric painter John Tweddle; and Mary Corse, a Minimalisminfluenced painter who has become a major name in California Contemporary art. Bellamy would constantly tout up-andcoming artists to Solway. “I had respect for his tastes,” Solway says. “And the book is right that he was not commercially motivated. I don’t think I ever paid money to Dick, nor did he ever want a commission.” CONTACT STEVEN ROSEN: srosen@citybeat.com
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Art history, a field always open to changes in emphasis and inclusion, lately has begun to pay increased attention to the role of gallerists — commercial dealers — in shaping the cultural impact of Contemporary art. You saw one local example with Cincinnati Art Museum’s recently concluded Not in New York: Carl Solway and Cincinnati exhibit, which chronicled Solway’s role in championing new and internationally important artists here for some 50 years. But another is the recent publication of Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art by Judith E. Stein (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a biography of a most unconventional New York gallerist who helped create the Pop Art explosion of the 1960s. He was born and raised in Cincinnati’s Wyoming suburb, before leaving the University of Cincinnati after a brief mid-1940s enrollment for the East Coast. He died in 1998 at age 70, long out of the public eye. He reached one enduring peak of influence in the early 1960s, with his short-lived Green Gallery. (It was secretly funded by collector Robert Scull.) In 1961, it became the first gallery to show Andy Warhol’s Pop Art paintings. Bellamy’s gallery also co-sponsored one of the most famous events in 1960s art, Claes Oldenburg’s Store installation, where he sold artworks that (sort of) looked like everyday foodstuffs and consumer items. Bellamy also embraced Happenings, an early form of Performance Art. “Why should general people care about Bellamy and care about gallerists?” Stein asks rhetorically during a recent interview. “We write art history, or have written it, as the history of artists and movements — and often, collectors get attention. But the people who were intermediaries, who sold the art, represented commerce and that has had a lower place.” “But in the last five to 10 years, that has begun to change. When you do look back at art through the prism of a dealer, the networks become clearer and you get a different and more dynamic sense of what was going on at any given time in the art world.” As Stein’s fascinating book makes clear, Bellamy was anything but a conventional commercial art dealer. In fact, he was a counterculturalist whose ideas were shaped by the 1960s Beat movement. During her work on the book, Stein came to Cincinnati to explore Bellamy’s roots. She found he was something of an outsider during his years in the Wyoming school system, perhaps because of his background. His mother came from a highly cultured Chinese family that sent her to the U.S. for an education. She received an undergraduate degree from Oxford, Ohio’s Western College for Women and then was admitted
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The two exhibits now at the Weston Art lifestyle. On a hot California day and in view Gallery mine feelings of mistrust as the of a “new homes” sign, the two women build world turns more chaotic every day. The their own body armor after a Home Depot logic of marketing suggests we should feel trip with their children for bullet-resistant more connected than ever because of social ceramic tile. Collins tapes her purchase media, mass-produced home décor and around a copy of Womancare: A Gynecosimilar-looking malls and subdivisions. Yet logical Guide to Your Body. It’s perfect, we’re strangers in a familiar land — and and perfectly ridiculous. some of us are growing a bit paranoid. Soft Regards is paired with Walls, WinIn the street-level installation of Soft dows, Rooms, People by George Rush. The Regards, a vinyl triptych unrolls onto the Ohio State University art professor has transfloor, weighted by artificial rocks that double formed one of the Weston’s galleries into a as speakers. Most of us have driven by the kind of site being evoked here by those banners — a crumbling lot with a construction trailer and a sign pointing to new homes that all look alike. But lingering before such a barren spot without spying (on) any of the new neighbors feels disorienting. And those rocks are emitting strange sounds — yoga breathing interspersed with excerpts from Rosemary’s Baby and Alien. Accompanying posters urge us to “mother and A provocative video still from the new Soft Regards exhibition destroy,” “refuse to normalize,” P H O T O : e l e n a h a r v e y c o l l i n s a n d l i z r o b e r t s / c o u r t e s y o f w e s to n a r t g a l l e r y “stay with the trouble” and “go off screen.” Other prints home interior, with line drawings of curtains, include instructions for making a gas mask, disposing of a body and erasing one’s digital baseboards and windows that frame colorful trail. If you think you’re going to need more painted scenes filled with plants, furniture muscle, there is a web of resistance bands and his family. Stepping into this bright, along the stairway to the lower galleries. open installation is refreshing after the Downstairs, an anxiety-themed reading physical and psychological darkness of Soft room known as the Paranoid Library is lined Regards. But it’s not long before we realize with titles including The Naked and the that “private spaces have been turned inside Dead, Women Who Love Too Much, Psychic out,” as Rush puts it in his artist statement. Self-Defense and 100 Deadly Skills. Like Roberts and Collins in their armor, In a talk at the Weston, Soft Regards Rush’s painted subjects also appear simulartists Elena Harvey Collins and Liz Roberts taneously protected and vulnerable, even explained that their interest in landscape, inside the home he’s constructed for them. survivalist culture and self-improvement His bright patterns mimic camouflage, but stem from enduring multiple moves. The colwe still notice the people in their underwear. laborators met three years ago as students at Maybe they, and we, all need to take a page Ohio’s Columbus College of Art and Design. not from Collins and Roberts’ Paranoid Collins, who is British, now works in CaliforLibrary, but from a confident child who was nia, while Roberts resides in Columbus. playing around the space at the opening, Their art “hijacks” the language of selfknowing she was safe and unthreatened. help manuals and yoga tutorials to restore “I’ve perfected the art of sliding in here individuality as well as community and perunnoticed,” the youngster announced to haps prevent fearful folks from withdrawing other preteens, after skidding through the from the world. (The exhibition title Soft library’s doorway untouched and into a pilRegards is part of a longer phrase that uses low on the floor. “regards” as a verb: “Soft regards hard with It’s never too early to recognize that envy,” from a tongue-in-cheek yoga video we each have the skills to make our way they previously made.) through the world. Their concept would not work without SOFT REGARDS and WALLS, WINDOWS, ROOMS, some humor. That comes in a short video PEOPLE continue through Jan. 29. Gallery talk — and behind-the-scenes storyboard — in with George Rush 7 p.m. Jan. 10. More info: which they adapt survivalist tips from a westonartgallery.com. former Navy SEAL for a feminist/feminine
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At this time of year, I’m frequently asked Mackie as the stepsisters are such fun to for holiday show recommendations. I see watch they deserve their own show. most everything, so it’s a logical question. Theaters know that holiday audiences But after 30 years of covering Cincinnatitypically want to have fun, and several area theater, I’ve seen many holiday shows shows offer a sleigh’s full of hilarity. Cinover and over, so I might be a tad jaded. But cinnati Shakespeare Company’s Every I do have opinions to offer. Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then The most obvious choice is Cincinnati Some!) is back for its 11th year and is being Playhouse in the Park’s A Christmas presented through Dec. 31. Four Cincy Carol. In its 26th year, you might think this Shakes stalwarts string together shtick from production would be ready for retirement. Ebenezer Scrooge to George Bailey, with Far from it. In fact, it looks as good as it did many stops along the way for Frosty the in 1991, when Howard Dallin’s adaptation debuted. It’s a gorgeous production with lots of special effects. I’ve seen renditions of Dickens’ classic Christmas story from 1843 elsewhere, but this one is my favorite. Rooted in Dickens’ own words, it’s full of joy and true to the original. Michael Evan Haney played Bob Cratchit back in the day, but he’s been the director for more than two decades. Actors come and go, but Haney’s steady creative hand and good heart have The cast of Holidazed & Confused share the spirit of Christmas fun. kept the show a watchable PHOTO : mikki schaffner annual tradition. Several actors have been around Snowman, the Grinch, Charlie Brown and forever (Greg Procaccino has the longest run, more. It’s about actors weary of A Christas Marley’s Ghost), but other roles — filled by mas Carol. Sara Clark’s traditionalist strives local actors — are kept fresh with new talent. to keep things on track while Billy Chace Bruce Cromer has played Ebenezer Scrooge and Justin McCombs do their damnedest for 12 years and he’s a wonder to watch, to go off on amusing tangents. Meanwhile, bringing subtlety to the tightfisted miser. Miranda McGee sits to one side of the stage Almost as long as the Playhouse has as “Drunk Santa,” offering wry remarks and staged A Christmas Carol, Ensemble teasing audience members. Theatre Cincinnati has presented musiThis will be the final production of the cal adaptations of fairytales by local annually sold-out show at Cincy Shakes’ playwright Joe McDonough with songs by Race Street location. It’s likely to return in composer/lyricist David Kisor. They tend 2017 at the company’s new theater in Overto have a contemporary twist with lots of the-Rhine, which is scheduled to open in good-natured humor, some for the kids and September, but it’s likely to be newly staged enough to keep adults entertained, too. with some cast changes. ETC has created eight of these shows, If improvised humor is your thing, you several of which have been recycled actually have two choices. OTRimprov takes multiple times, but this year it’s a new over the courtyard at Arnold’s Bar & Grill one — a sequel to last year’s iteration of through Dec. 26 for Sunday-through-Tuesday Cinderella — called Cinderella: After performances of The Naughty List. They Ever After. Being performed through Dec. perform different new routines and fresh 30, it picks up where the 2015 show ended, material each night. with the title character and her prince on Or you can circle back to the Playhouse for the brink of marriage. But “happily ever the Shelterhouse presentation of The Second after” has gone off the tracks thanks to a City’s Holidazed & Confused Revue. As manipulative stepmother, empty-headed, the title implies, it’s tried-and-true scripted self-centered stepsisters and a king as skits with a mix of audience engagement. miserly as Ebenezer Scrooge. Things end up happily, of course, and the production is Second City has been doing this kind of stuff perfectly polished with many of the actors for years, so you know you’re in for a lot of who played these delightfully comic roles fun when you show up. In fact, this one has in 2015. Brooke Steele is a charming delight been so much in demand that it’s already as Cinderella, and Tori Wiggins and Sarah been extended through Jan. 8. ©
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‘Jackie’ Screenwriter Humanizes an Icon
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In Jackie, screenwriter Noah Oppenheim, For Oppenheim to move beyond obsesworking with Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larsive infatuation with the First Lady required raín, dares to document one of the signature delving into myriad sources. “There were moments in the 20th century — the seven some great books written right after the days following the Nov. 22, 1963 assassinaassassination by historians that really docution of President John F. Kennedy. mented, in great detail, that period,” he says. But how do we — more to the point, how “There were several works of long-form jourcan we — truly “see” an iconic figure like nalism; some were serialized in magazines. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy onscreen? The Kennedy Library is a great repository. She’s beyond larger-than-life; it seems They did oral history interviews with a lot impossible to gaze at any reflection of her of the people. Not just in Dallas, but at the without searing our collective cultural White House during that period. There’s an retinas, even for those of us who were not alive during her tragically brief time as our nation’s First Lady. I point this out while considering that, in our current media landscape, it seems we’re unable to focus on anything that takes place more than a week removed from our present situation. And yet, 2016 has now presented us a pair of feature films on distinct periods in the life of President Barack Obama — Southside With You and Barry (see review Natalie Portman has received praise as Jacqueline Kennedy. in the On Screen column) P H O T O : pa b l o l a r r a Í n / c o u r t e s y o f t w e n t i e th c e n t u r y f o x — and now this portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy. ocean of material that I drew upon for the While Oppenheim and Larraín in Jackie fearlessly confront a pivotal event, they do basic architecture.” so fully employing the resources granted The key element, which brought the by time. They have an unprecedented accunarrative into focus, involves a bit of mulation of facts to frame their narrative. debunking of a widely accepted piece of That’s one of the very first points Oppenthe Kennedy mystique. heim makes during our recent interview. “I learned, later than I should have, that The initial point of entry was via his Jackie had given this interview where father, he says. “(He) was a huge admirer of she had come up with the whole Camelot hers who grew up in that era and saved all mythology a week after the assassination,” of the newspapers and magazines from the Oppenheim says. “I had always thought that week of the assassination,” Oppenheim says. people referred to the Kennedy administraGrowing up, he would see that saved tion or the Kennedy era as Camelot all along. material when he visited his grandmother. “I was pretty stunned when I learned that It made an impression on him, he says, to she had created it, and that she had done so be “looking through these boxes full of just seven days after he died,” he contincrumbling papers and pictures of Jackie in ues. “So once I learned that, it made for an the black veil, leading that procession. She’s interesting bookend of a week that begins been an object of lifelong fascination.” with the assassination. I started looking at Jackie, as a project, began as a speculative what happened during those seven days and script, which took Oppenheim six years to learned about the struggle over the funeral research and craft into the basis for Larraín’s and, of course, the emotional ordeal that she stunning cinematic portrait, itself brought to went through as a mom, a wife and a woman.” life through Natalie Portman’s brittle and calJackie the film shows how she gave birth culated performance. (Larraín has helmed to the legend and forced history to print it, Neruda, a look at the poet Pablo Neruda.) without revealing her imprint on the docuOppenheim is currently senior vice ment. With time and perspective, and with president of NBC News and the executive in the diligence of detective-like screenwriter charge of its Today show. He also has headed Oppenheim, we now know this. One lesson such political programs as Hardball with of Jackie is to never forget to study the past Chris Matthews and Scarborough Country. — it’s important for getting at the truth. On the film side, he previously co-wrote the JACKIE opens Friday at area theaters. It is rated R. screenplay for The Maze Runner.
ON SCREEN The Obama Legacy BY T T STERN-ENZI
Prepping my screening schedules at the Toronto International Film Festival, I always pursue the kind of movie that can qualify as a personal critical discovery — something other than the ones destined to dominate awards-season coverage. With streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, newcomers to the film game are now also looking for such films, increasing the chances of the public seeing such good films that in previous years might have remained buried treasures in the festival catalog. This year, low and behold, I stumbled upon a listing for Vikram Gandhi’s Barry, starring Devon Terrell, an unknown actor, as a young Barack Obama when he was a transfer student entering Columbia University in the early 1980s. That was when black students were few and far between. This Obama was far from the smoothtalking ladies’ man presented earlier this year in Richard Tanne’s Southside With You, wooing Michelle Robinson into joining him on a first-date movie (Do The Right Thing). Barry captures a young biracial man-child struggling to find a place in this “promised land.” It also speaks to his experiences as a black man who would be challenging the notion of what it means to be African-American. Gandhi and screenwriter Adam Mansbach, making his feature debut here, expertly navigate the tricky racial journey of their protagonist, signaling his sense of unease. More importantly, Terrell quietly downplays the idea that the guy we’re watching will ever become the first African-American president. His Barry is searching for a community to call his own. And the film Barry offers glimpses of the two sides of America’s racial coin and documents the radical choice Obama made by embracing his blackness. Without his early struggles, we wouldn’t have a President Barack Obama to celebrate. (Barry debuts on Netflix Friday.) Grade: A Also opening this week: Collateral Beauty // Jackie // Rogue One: A Star Wars Story // Seasons
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In 1992, American television audiences Amid a pretty yawn-worthy cast (albeit were first introduced to the concept of MTV’s the most racially diverse one probably ever), Real World: seven strangers living in a house Theo was immediately the true standout. He together and having their lives recorded so was kind of The Office’s Jim Halpert of the we could find out what happens when people season, delivering the funniest remarks and stop being polite and start being real. Whew! often making prolonged eye contact with Twenty-four years and 32 seasons later, cameras for comedic effect. A devastatingly the latest installment of the groundbreaking handsome former football player at Eastern reality series — known as Real World SeatIllinois University, Theo was kicked off the tle: Bad Blood (10 p.m. Wednesdays, MTV) team after getting arrested for having weed this season — hardly resembles its humble in his dorm room. He claims it belonged to beginnings. In early iterations, cast members his cousin, Kassius, who got off scot-free who already worked in the area kept their jobs — we barely saw Pam in Season 3 (San Francisco), for example, because she was in medical school — and cameras regularly followed others on their quest to secure a gig. Later, the show would arrange for the housemates to work somewhere together. Now they’ve given up completely. Occasionally, we see someone fret about money (usually in the form of someone getting left with the bar tab, as if MTV doesn’t pay to The cast of Bad Blood at home in Seattle keep the booze flowing), but PHOTO : courtesy of MT V working is of no concern to a 24-year-old who otherwise since it wasn’t his room. Set to go pro along would still live with mom and whose main goal is to become a reality star. And that’s with teammates that included now-Patriot a big cultural difference between the early quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, Theo’s 1990s and today. promising future came to a screeching halt, Now, being a reality star can be a career. all (allegedly) at the hands of a close relative. When this social experiment started, the stars You can guess who his “bad blood” would be. didn’t really see themselves like that. The And, like clockwork, the two reached a opportunity was to live in a new city with boiling point on screen — a pretty minor new people for a few months — and, yes, to scuffle, really — that ended not with instigabe on MTV. But today you get paid to party tor Kassius going home, but Theo! (Luckily, and become a low-level celebrity, and if you’re it appears Theo will be competing on the loveable or hateable enough and the least bit next season of The Challenge). The rest of athletic, you’ll be asked to return for the Real the season would be a wash if it wasn’t for World game-show spinoff The Challenge. Past Tyara, the prickly expat military brat who Real Worlders have made a real career from it. may or may not be putting on a fake accent And the show format has evolved, too. and who will this week finally come to Real World is more self-aware now, no terms with her bad blood, a former bully. longer afraid to show producers engaging But despite all this, I’ll continue watching with the cast by asking questions or de-micReal World. Maybe this will be the last of ing them at the end of each night. And since the twists and MTV can focus on finding a Season 29, Real World: Ex-plosion, there diverse and interesting mix of housemates has been a “twist” element, often involving who can be entertaining to watch withthe introduction of people from the cast out the help of manufactured drama. At members’ past moving into the house for a this point, considering the current mix of period of time. Nearly identical to the conreality TV offerings (teens documenting cept of Season 30, Real World: Skeletons pregnancies, women fighting to marry a (to an annoying degree), the Bad Blood in stranger, bartenders sleeping with each the title here refers to friends, family and other), harkening back to the early seasons, others with whom the housemates were at where the people were pretty normal and one time close before a rift formed in their did pretty normal things, would actually be relationships. After a few weeks with the quite radical. original cast, each were surprised to find CONTACT JAC KERN: @jackern their frienemy had moved in permanently.
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Commonwealth blends comtemporary cuisine with Southern comfort in the heart of MainStrasse. folks, there is a special little dessert surprise in there that is so utterly and completely worth the splurge. But first know that as crazy as that combination may sound, the dish itself isn’t overwhelming. The portions were just right and, dare I say, light? First the chicken: The chicken was a fried leg. And while I’d describe it as super fried, it was fried in such a way that the crispy exterior was more flakey than coagulated chunks. The fried parts fell off easily, exposing deeply moist dark meat, which alone was delicious. Then there were the cornmeal waffles. They were two petite triangles that weren’t too dense and weren’t too fluffy, with just the right amount of carby sweetness to serve as the base for the chicken. However, the real treat was the addition of sweet bits of apple and golden raisins. The alluring satisfaction behind the combination of chicken and waffles is the marriage of salty and sweet in the dish, and I had no idea it could be elevated by fruit. So, so good. I’m just now getting to the ice cream — that’s how good the other ingredients were. The ice cream isn’t quite like you’d imagine: It was a rich and silky scoop, no bigger than a bon bon, sitting between the
chicken and the waffle. I don’t know if the ice cream or spicy maple glacé was better, but the dish needs to be enjoyed with each element fitting snuggly together in a spoon. And when it all comes together: fireworks. My husband ordered something too, and yeah, yeah, I’m sure it was good, but the waffles… Just kidding. He did have a dynamite dish that deserves some attention. He ordered the salsa verde pork ($12), which was pork placed on top of grits, with an egg, cotija cheese and pickled jalapeño. I had a bite (when I could tear myself away from the chicken and waffles) and it was fresh and refreshing. The salsa verde was the lead, so there was an earthy, green rush that was warm and satisfying. Commonwealth Bistro is seriously good. Its Main Street location in Covington is
full of natural light, and the kitchen is on display, separated from the dining room by a glass window, which allows patrons to look in and watch the artistry unfold. For dinner, entrées toe the line between contemporary and comfort food, with dishes like Kentucky-fried rabbit with creamed collared greens, burgoo ravioli and a burger with Duke’s Mayo on a Sixteen Bricks bun — they even serve Ale-8-One soda. But after that one delicious brunch, I nearly made reservations for 10 in Commonwealth’s upstairs private dining room because I wanted a reason to round up at least nine other people to experience what I had just experienced. This is now a place that I will be singing about for the indefinable future. Now off to dream about waffles…
Commonwealth Bistro Go: 621 Main St., Covington, Ky.; Call: 859-916-6719; Internet: commonwealthbistro.com; Hours: 5:30-10 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-10 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday.
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ommonwealth Bistro is one of the newest urban eateries to join MainStrasse’s restaurant row, and it’s bringing some serious heat. The location is killer, the aesthetic is gorgeous, the atmosphere is excellent and the menu, whether for dinner or brunch, is tantalizing. While it only recently opened, I’m here to tell you (and everyone I know and love) that this is a must-try destination. My husband and I went for weekend brunch and chose to order three entrées to share; the menu items were too tempting to just get one apiece. Furthermore, each option rang in at a reasonable price point, so it wasn’t all that extravagant to order three. We chose the Scotch egg ($10) as our starter — a hard-boiled egg wrapped in goetta, fried and topped with hollandaise sauce. I couldn’t even finish typing that sentence without laughing out loud because, yes, it was as crazy and delicious as it sounds. We split into the madness, reaching the eggy epicenter and scooping up each component. When eaten in heavenly unison, the bite was worth the risk of a heart attack. The Scotch egg was served with an arugula salad — rightly so, because leafy greens are the only reasonable juxtaposition for the artery-clogging fried-goetta-eggdumpling holding court on the plate. The veggies were welcome, dressed in their own light and salty vinaigrette, which helped bring an acidic note to the entire course. We finished this one quickly and weren’t sure if brunch could get better from there. But better it got. The only other dish I knew I definitely wanted to try beside the Scotch egg was the chicken and waffle ($14). Our server said it was out of this world, and I quickly learned that was an understatement. I want to start by saying this: I have probably thought about this chicken and waffle once a waking hour since I had it. That is no joke. While I was eating it, I wanted to talk about it. On the ride home, I wanted to talk about it. Just the other day, I woke up and elbowed my husband in the ribs because I wanted to start my day by talking about it. I’m currently drafting up my CWBCW (Commonwealth Bistro Chicken and Waffle) tattoo. The chicken and waffle dish is simply described as this on the menu: fried chicken and cornmeal waffle with spicy maple glacé and buttermilk ice cream. There is no time for punctuation in that sentence because ice cream! That’s right,
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Taste the World Food Tour at Findlay Market — A 90-minute guided tour of the market, with stops to visit and sample goods from five merchants. Add on a wine tasting for $5. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $20. Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-theRhine, findlaymarket.org. Over-the-Rhine Food Tour — Take a three-hour excursion of OTR, with stops a five area eateries. 1-4 p.m. $45. Daisy Mae’s Market, 107 W. Elder St., Over-theRhine, cincinnatifoodtours.com. Spice University — Learn the complexities of salt: How it flavors dishes, affects cooking and different types, from table and Kosher to fleur de sel and Himalayan pink. 5:30-6:30 p.m. $20. Jungle Jim’s Eastgate, 4450 Eastgate South Drive, Eastgate, junglejims.com.
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Holiday Traditions — Ruth will fry up her favorite latkes and serve them with applesauce. Daniel will bake a batch of biscotti – dry, crunchy anise cookies. And since no holiday feast is complete without a special elixir, Ruth will teach you to mix ponche crema – thick, creamy eggnog with a Venezuelan accent. Class is BYOB. 6:15 p.m. doors. $35. Artichoke OTR, 1824 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, artichokeotr.com.
December Wine Dinner — Advanced sommelier Laura Landoll gets the holiday season started with a wine dinner. Meet Laura and enjoy a five-course dinner prepared by Summit executive chef Alan Neace and his team of Midwest Culinary Institute students. 6:30 p.m. $60. The Summit, 3520 Central Parkway, Clifton, 513-569-4980.
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Holiday Dinner Cruise — BB Riverboats hosts this themed holiday cruise along the Ohio River. The holiday buffet includes spiral ham, turkey breast, mashed potatoes, beef short rib and more. 7-9:30 p.m. $50 adults; $35 children. BB Riverboats, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, Ky., bbriverboats.com.
SATURDAY 17
Brew Ho Ho Dinner Cruise — Hop aboard for a cruise with a seasonal holiday buffet, festive music and a beer tasting with local breweries. 7-9:30 p.m. $58 adults; $40 children. BB Riverboats, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, Ky., bbriverboats.com.
Gingerbread Date Night — Make your own gingerbread masterpiece with a friend, family member or significant other. All supplies, ingredients and instructions are provided. 1-3:30 p.m. $25-$30. Gorman Heritage Farm, 10052 Reading Road, Evendale, gormanfarm.org.
SUNDAY 18
Brunch, Beers & Breweries — Brunch at Moerlein Lager House, learn about Cincinnati’s brewing history and take a tour of both Christian Moerlein facilities. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $45; $35 designated driver. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., 1621 Moore St., Over-the-Rhine, christianmoerlein.com.
Vegan Holiday Party and Potluck — Bring a vegan dish to serve at least 10 people. Live music by Lagniappe. 2 p.m. Free to attend. Clifton United Methodist Church, 3416 Clifton Ave., Clifton, cliftonumc.com.
THURSDAY 22
Nectar Dinner Club — Nectar hosts a multi-course dinner club featuring Indochina: Vietnamese Bounty. 7 p.m. $47 for four courses. Nectar, 1000 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, dineatnectar.com.
FRIDAY 23
Feast of the Seven Fishes at The Presidents Room — Celebrate the season at the Presidents Room with a traditional Italian wine dinner. This “La Vigilia” feast features seven courses of family-style seafood paired with red wine. Caroling starts at 6 p.m. Feast starts at 7 p.m. Reservations required. 6-9 p.m. $95. The Presidents Room, 812 Race St., Downtown, thepresidentsrm.com. Feast of Seven Fishes at Bella Luna — A classic Italian celebration over two nights. Menu features seafood dishes including smoked salmon, sole, tilapia, oil-poached branzino and more. Reservations required. Multiple seatings; last seatings 8 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday. $34.99 adults; $14.99 children. Bella Luna, 4632 Eastern Ave., East End, bellalunacincy.com.
SATURDAY 24
Christmas Eve Prix Fixe Dinner at Nectar — Three courses at Nectar featuring entrées including Spanish-style hill farm chicken with dried fruit or braised beef brisket and cinnamon donut bites for dessert. Reservations required. 5:30 p.m. $35. Nectar, 1000 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, dineatnectar.com.
Christmas Eve Cruise — Hop aboard BB Riverboats for a cruise down the Ohio River with a seasonal holiday buffet, festive music and a fun evening before Santa comes down the chimney. 5:30-7:30 p.m. $50 adults; $30 children. BB Riverboats, 101 Riverboat
Row, Newport, Ky., bbriverboats.com. Christmas Eve at Piccolo Casa — A feast of the seven fishes, featuring a four-course seafood-tasting menu. 5-10 p.m. $55. Piccolo Casa, 308 Greenup St., Covington, Ky., piccolocovington.com. Christmas Eve Dinner at Metropole — A farm-to-fireplace feast, plus holiday-inspired dishes. À la carte menu also available. 5:30 p.m. Prices vary. Metropole, 609 Walnut St., Downtown, metropoleonwalnut.com. Joyeux Noel — La Petite France will be serving a three-course menu on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with dishes ranging from frog legs and confit de canard to buche de noel. 4 p.m.-close Saturday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. $49.95 adults; $15.95 children. La Petite France, 3177 Glendale Milford Road, Evendale, lapetitefrance.biz.
SUNDAY 25
Coppin’s at Hotel Covington Sunday Supper — A lavish Christmas Day buffet from executive chef Brendan Haren, blending “the technique and traditions of Northern neighbors with the bounty of the Southern table.” Call for reservations. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Hotel Covington, 638 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., 859-905-6800.
MONDAY 26
5 o’Clock Somewhere Tour — Imbibe at Taft’s Ale House, Listermann, Ei8ht Ball and Braxton Brewing — plus Servatii pretzels — during this Cincy Brew Bus tour. 12-4 p.m. $60. Meets at JACK Casino, 1000 Broadway St., Downtown, cincybrewbus.com.
THURSDAY 29
Ride the Sweetcar Holiday Tour — Hop aboard the Cincinnati Bell Connector for some sweet treats and holiday sightseeing. 1-3 p.m. $35. Daisy Mae’s Market, 107 W. Elder St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatifoodtours.com.
FRIDAY 30
Wine Dinner at Brown Dog Café — Fill up with a five-course meal paired with wines from Burnet Ridge Winery. 7 p.m. $65; RSVP required. Brown Dog Café, 1000 Summit Place, Blue Ash, browndogcafe.com.
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Midnight in Munich NYE Dinner Party — Celebrate the arrival of 2017 with authentic
German beer, a champagne toast, a balloon drop and a live stream of the Brandenburg Gate fireworks in Berlin, all topped off with dinner. 4:30-9 p.m. $32; RSVP required. Mecklenburg Gardens, 302 E. University Ave., Corryville, mecklenburgs.com. New Orleans New Year’s at BrewRiver GastroPub — Chef Michael Shields serves up a Creole four-course meal. 5 p.m.-midnight. $45; $65 with champagne; RSVP required. BrewRiver GastroPub, 2062 Riverside Drive, East End, brewrivergastropub.com. New Year’s Eve Celebration at Restaurant L — Jean-Robert de Cavel’s newest creation serves up six courses — or nine with late seating — with optional wine pairings in honor of the New Year. 5:30 p.m. early seating; 9 p.m. late seating. $125 early seating; $175 late seating; wine pairing extra; reservations required. Restaurant L, 301 E. Fourth St., Downtown, lcincinnati.com. New Year’s Eve Cruise — Ring in the New Year aboard BB Riverboats during a cruise down the Ohio River. The night includes a buffet, entertainment, a split of champagne at midnight, late-night snack buffet and party favors. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $105 adults; $65 children. BB Riverboats, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, Ky., bbriverboats.com. Pierre’s New Year’s Eve — Celebrate 2017 with a four-course Parisian menu featuring innovative twists on French classics. Upgrade to a wine-pairing package featuring a vintage champagne. 7 p.m. $125; $200 upgrade. La Petite Pierre, 7800 Camargo Road, Madeira, lapetitepierre.com. New Year’s Eve at Jag’s Steak & Seafood — Raise your glass and enjoy food from around the world. The black-tie optional event features live music from My Sister Sarah, a full bar, champagne at midnight and dishes from Paris, Venice, London, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Munich and Rio. 8 p.m. $200-$225. Jag’s Steak & Seafood, 5980 West Chester Road, West Chester, jags.com. New Year’s Eve at La Petite France — Ring in 2017 with a three-course French New Year’s eve feast. 5 p.m. $59.95. La Petite France, 3177 Glendale Milford Road, Evendale, lapetitefrance.biz. New Year’s Eve at Bella Luna — A multicourse meal with a choice of Harry’s selection of red or white wines. 4:30-9 p.m. $99 per couple. Bella Luna, 4632 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, bellalunacincy.com. New Year’s Eve at Metropole — Round out 2016 in culinary splendor. Chef Jared Bennett has prepared a four-course prix fixe menu with an amuse-bouche and bubbly for toasting. 7:30 p.m. $99. Metropole, 609 Walnut St., Downtown, metropoleonwalnut.com.
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A rose by any other name is still the recently rebranded together PANGEA BY BRIAN BAKER
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angea, from the Greek meaning “all earth,” is the name ascribed to the single supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago, before the planet’s tectonic plates shifted new continents into today’s recognizable land masses. Given its root definition, it’s also a popular designation for anyone wanting to pin a wholeworld theme on a venture or product. That may have been on guitarist/vocalist William Keegan’s mind when he began recording Indie Punk songs in his Santa Clarita, Calif. bedroom under that banner more than a decade ago. The name remained when Pangea expanded into an actual band in 2008, with Keegan, his high school friend, longtime musical confidante and bassist Danny Bengston and his thengirlfriend and drummer Adrian Chi Tenney. Complications arose when Pangea signed a label contract with the Harvest label in 2013. “We sent in our first release and we got an email saying, ‘The lawyers (at Universal Music Group) won’t let this come out unless the name is changed,” Bengston says from a Vermont tour stop. “We fought it, but they sent us this long trademark report of Pangea musical entities. It was like 300 pages long, and it was everything from recording software to a World Jazz trio. There were just so many things called Pangea out there in the music world.” The band had already faced that issue when setting up its social media framework, discovering the variously spelled “pangea” was used prominently in music. As a workaround, Tenney added the word “together” to the band’s domain name, and eventually rechristening itself. “We’re not very fond of the name, but we’ve gotten to the point now where it’s kind of too late,” Bengston says with a laugh. “We just put ‘together’ in there and made (the ‘t’) smaller. People know where to find us, and most kids just refer to us as PANGEA. Even on stage, we go, ‘Hey, we’re PANGEA.’” Tenney eventually drifted away to concentrate on her own projects and Erik Jimenez, one of Bengston’s fellow California Institute of the Arts schoolmates, joined on drums in 2010. That’s when, Bengston notes, PANGEA “became a real thing.” Since then, together PANGEA has experienced several changes, both in personnel and stylistic expression. The group has featured a rotating cast of guitarists, including Wand frontman Cory Hanson and current member Roland Cosio, and through its various EP and full-length releases, the quartet has evolved from the Ramones/Replacements-tinged Garage Surf Punk of its 2010 cassette debut, Jelly Jam, and 2011’s Living
Together PANGEA’s sound has evolved from its earlier Garage Surf Punk days. Dummy to the ’90s-fueled roar of 2014’s brilliant Badillac and follow-up EP The Phage. Together PANGEA’s recent output had a profound impact on the foursome. “When people start to care about the art you’re making, you tend to take it a little more seriously,” Bengston says. “Back in the CalArts days, we were just a party band. We didn’t have tuners. We didn’t even tune our fucking guitars; we’d tune by ear before we went onstage and hoped it was OK. This is stuff we realized a while ago, but it took us a surprisingly long time for us to do basic things that serious bands do. We’ve been playing for about six years now, but we’ve only been serious and good for about three. Badillac came out on a major (label) and kind of caught us by surprise. We’re better for it all and I think we’re the best we’ve ever been.” Badillac was a turning point in more ways than one. It represented a new kind of deliberation in together PANGEA’s process, an expansion of its palette of influence and a therapeutic exorcism of the members’ personal pain. “Badillac was a lot darker (than previous efforts). William had just gotten out of a three-year relationship, I had just gotten out of a five-year relationship, so it was an angrier, angstier album,” Bengston says. “It
was a good album, but I don’t see us writing a record like that again. We’ve all grown up quite a bit since Badillac.” The group is currently working on a new album, slated for a summer 2017 release. In a move that departs from its standard methodology, the band is playing a trio of new songs — described by Bengston as “a little more Rock & Roll than the last record” — on together PANGEA’s latest tour. The band is also anxious to apply the same brisk studio technique to its next album that they learned from musician/producer Tommy Stinson (of The Replacements fame) on The Phage EP. “Badillac was done in three- or four week-long sessions over the course of a year because we didn’t have any deadlines or a label or any plans for a record, we were just making it,” Bengston says. “After finding out we were opening for The Replacements (last year), we found out Tommy wanted to work with us and that he would be in L.A. for a couple of days after the show. So we had a clear objective; we had two days and Tommy guided the process. He came in, saw what we’d brought gearwise and said, ‘Maybe you should use this instead of that,’ and ‘We’re gonna go across the street and get a drink, then we’re coming back and you’re doing three takes of every song back-to-back and
that’s it.’ It was very different than spending a year. I want to record again like that.” The new together PANGEA album could be shaping up to be the kind of career-defining album that encompasses a band’s full range of influences and experiences. While Keegan has always been together PANGEA’s primary songwriter, Bengston has been writing a lot lately and plans on having a couple of compositions on the new album. With avowed influences like the aforementioned Replacements and Power Pop masters The Nerves, as well as classic icons like The Beatles and The Kinks, together PANGEA seems to be on the brink of something special. But Bengston quickly explains that those legendary groups aren’t the members’ biggest and most personal inspirations. “We end up getting influenced by our friends and the bands we play and tour with in ways that we don’t predict,” Bengston says. “Our first record, Living Dummy, was really influenced by our friends’ band, Audacity. We were on tour with (Chicago rockers) Twin Peaks and we all really love (their) record, and I’m starting to think about songs after listening to them.” TOGETHER PANGEA plays a free show Thursday at MOTR Pub. More info: motrpub.com.
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Pluto Revolts’ ‘Tidal Wave’ Rolls In BY MIKE BREEN
people in the biz, James was finding that if the music was well crafted, inspired and coming from a place of uncompromised sincerity, others would come to it without much prodding, something Pluto Revolts’ growing local core of fans proves. That is not to say that Pluto Revolts is not going to experience bigger success. As the four songs on the new Tidal Wave show, the band (which now actually is a full band, both for live shows and on the new album) has a sound as accomplished, passionate and effectual as any Indie/ Electro/Pop act on the market. The guitar
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work on the tracks moves between funky riffage and billowing atmospherics, while the beats and rhythms have both a soulful Indie Rock variance and the precision and insistent incitement of Dance music. James shows he’s in top songwriting form right now — it’s not hard to imagine him becoming a songwriter for other big-name Pop artists. Tidal Wave’s deftly designed structures and striking melodic magnetism would make the songs impressive if merely played on an acoustic guitar. But the Electronic enhancements take things to the next level, often giving the music a New Wave/Synth Pop feel. Though you might be able to match some techniques to classic Alt bands like New Order (and the excellent “Out There” sounds like a young Duran Duran), Pluto Revolts has more in common with contemporary creative-but-dance-ready Indie Dance or Electro Pop artists like Passion Pit, Empire of the Sun or Foals. A smart record label (one that understands the value of “artistic freedom”) could do a lot with Pluto Revolts. But Pluto Revolts is doing just fine on its own. For more on the group, go to plutorevolts.com. CONTACT MIKE BREEN: mbreen@citybeat.com
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This weekend, Cincinnati’s Pluto Revolts celebrates the recent release of its four-song EP, Tidal Wave. The Alt/Rock/ Electronic/Pop foursome’s release show is Saturday at Madison Live (734 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., madisontheateronline.com). Cincy bands The Civics and Infinity Spree open the all-ages show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance (through cincyticket.com) or $10 at the door. The price of admission includes a copy of Tidal Wave on CD (it was made available on most major digital platforms last Friday). The story of Pluto Revolts’ founder Benjamin James’ life in music is a captivating and illuminating tale. It begins with youthful music dreams, which would escalate until crashing head on into the music industry’s mathematical coldness, which places little value on creativity and artistic freedom. The makers are often cut loose and left with nothing if they refuse to acquiesce to the demands of the purse-string holders. In high school, James was the frontman for Cincinnati Pop Rock group Bottom Line, whose popularity grew to the point where it earned a major-label deal with Maverick Records in the mid-’00s. Ultimately, the band’s Maverick debut was unceremoniously shelved and Bottom Line was dumped from the label. That first chapter of James’ musical life ended in the kind of weighty frustration and disillusionment that has left many musicians so bitter and disheartened that they abandon music altogether. But the second chapter of James’ creative journey is one full of soul-searching, rejuvenation and redemption. Pluto Revolts has been the vehicle for James’ reawakening and rebirth. Originally a solo studio side project that came about toward the end of Bottom Line, it gave James the creative outlet he needed, allowing him to experiment and revel in the soul-enriching gratification that the mere act of being creative brings. Almost every musician, regardless of talent, has that moment when they intellectually recognize and accept that superstardom is, at best, a long-shot pipedream. Despite having the talent to achieve his goals, James experienced that moment like a violent car crash. But his recovery has helped him understand the personal importance and worth of his artistry. James has taken his time with Pluto Revolts, working on material until he’s satisfied and taking chances his previous group was discouraged from taking. Lyrically he often addresses the very issues he’s had to work to overcome, from crushing disappointment to rediscovery and rebirth. The motivationally titled Suffer No Delusions EP was self-made and self-released in 2008. Without constantly pushing himself on
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Tiny Moving Parts Wednesday • Bogart’s It’s hard to find a review of Minnesota trio Tiny Moving Part’s music that doesn’t mention two genres — the earnest and passionate Punk offshoot “Emo” and the circuitous and progressive Indie Rock subgenre “Math Rock,” a style that (along with Post Rock) became popular with bored Indie music nerds in the ’90s in much the same way restless and curious Aerosmith and KISS fans turned to Rush and Frank Zappa all those decades ago. Though the group itself has fed into the Math/Emo hook somewhat, the fact that Tiny Moving Parts’ music is a combination of the two genres is nearly impossible not to notice when listening to one of the band’s three albums. Not that it’s a bad thing. In fact, over the past several years it has grown into its own genre (which, sadly, is not referred to as “EmathO”). Like EmathO (maybe it’ll catch on) favorites American Football Tiny Moving Parts and This Town Needs PHOTO : Provided Guns, the three musicians of Tiny Moving Parts took what has become a fairly predictable Emo Punk/ Pop blueprint, ripped it up and put it back together in a way that was more interesting to them, infusing it with the more comDru Hill plex and interesting PHOTO : Provided riffs and rhythms that are hallmarks of socalled Math Rock. The three musicians of Tiny Moving Parts are related (two brothers and a cousin) and grew up together in tiny Benson, Minn., which is about two and a half hours west of Minneapolis. The musicians decided to eschew college after developing Tiny Moving Parts throughout junior high and high school, hitting the touring circuit to build a fanbase. Thanks to the members’ jubilantly energetic live show, it worked. The band also released an album and a few EPs and singles on its own to further increase its grassroots following. Tiny Moving Parts’ hard work helped the band get the attention of the popular and respected independent imprint Triple Crown Records. The label released the trio’s second album, Pleasant Living, in 2014; the LP earned the group highly favorable reviews from outlets like Alternative Press and Kerrang! and helped keep the momentum going. Earlier this year, Triple Crown issued Tiny Moving Parts’ latest, Celebrate, which finds
the threesome more subtly integrating its progressive, “Math-ier” tendencies and showing their growth as songwriters/arrangers, with the melodic-to-heavy Punk presence in the melodies and vocals more vigorous and formidable than ever. The new album upped the ante again for the group, earning even wider critical praise from larger outlets (NPR, Alternative Press, Noisey). The band is still having a blast and still allowing that fun and excitement to radiate and infect during its performances. That’s another way Tiny Moving Parts bucks the Emo system; given the stereotype of an artist with a dour, introspective image to protect, you’d have a hard time finding an “Emo” act that smiles half as much as these guys do. Considering there’s also “Math” involved, that’s doubly impressive. (Mike Breen) Dru Hill Friday • Bogart’s The past isn’t any easier to predict than the future, but it’s safe to say Dru Hill might have been one of music’s biggest groups if fate had been slightly more favorable. Their 1996 eponymous debut album and 1998’s Enter the Dru collectively sold over three million copies, and the group churned out seven Top 40 hits and were poised to join Soul/Hip Hop/R&B’s royalty. Instead, internal tensions and uncontrollable forces derailed what might have been a stratospheric career. Dru Hill’s foundation was laid in Baltimore when childhood friends Mark “Sisqó” Andrews and James “Big Woody Rock” were enlisted by Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin for his vocal quintet. They worked at a local fudge factory and sang for store patrons while making fudge, and ultimately turned a talent show gig into an amateur night appearance on Showtime at the Apollo. Originally Gospel-based, they took a more secular approach — Woody’s mother nearly ended his membership as a result — and Larry “Jazz” Anthony replaced two departing members. Performing under the name Legacy, the group was discovered by Island Black Music president Hiram Hicks, who flew them to New York to record “Tell Me” for the Whoopi Goldberg movie Eddie. Hicks signed them after the session, with the label suggesting a new name, Dru Hill, after Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park.
Dru Hill’s eponymous 1996 debut spawned four hit singles, including “In My Bed,” and the group recorded tracks for movies and wrote for and produced Mya’s debut album, but the glow was short-lived. Dru Hill sued Island when a label employee struck its manager with a pool cue; a racially insensitive remark about the case by PolyGram president Eric Kronfeld cost him his job, sparking an industry-wide debate that ended with a public apology and Dru Hill remaining under contract. Dru Hill’s sophomore album, 1998’s Enter the Dru, hit even bigger, eventually notching double platinum numbers. Dru Hill’s contract renewal called for four solo releases by the members, followed by the group’s third album, but the success of Sisqó’s Unleash the Dragon on the strength of “Thong Song” and “Incomplete” delayed the other solo projects, and the resulting friction splintered the group. Sisqó’s followup album sold poorly, so the group reunited, adding new member Rufus “Scola” Waller for 2002’s Dru World Order. Its moderate success cost Dru Hill its contract and the group broke up again. In 2008, the original quartet toured on a ’90s R&B package, but during a promotional interview, Woody announced his deparThe Weepies ture to concentrate on PHOTO : provided his ministry. He was replaced by Antwuan “Tao” Simpson, who made his studio debut with Dru Hill’s fourth album, 2010’s InDRUpendence Day, which hit Billboard’s Top 30. Last year, Dru Hill released the song “Change” as a response to the Baltimore civil unrest that erupted in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray. On a happier note, the group is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album on its current tour. (Brian Baker)
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The Weepies Friday • Taft Theatre (Ballroom) Music not only has the power to change lives; it can create them as well. A decade and a half ago, Deb Talan and Steve Tannen, two singer/songwriters in the Cambridge, Mass. scene, became enamored of one another’s work. When they finally met, they immediately began writing together and joined forces in an Indie Folk duo they dubbed The Weepies. Taking their name from an archaic term for films specifically designed to induce tears, the personal and professional twosome recorded and selfreleased their first album, Happiness, in late 2003, which ultimately sold over 10,000 copies without label assistance.
Four years later, Talan and Tannen married and eventually expanded their family unit by three: the power of love and music in action. The Weepies relocated to California and recorded their sophomore album, Say I Am You, in 2005, which led to a sold-out New York performance and a label offer from Nettwerk Records. Upon its 2006 release, Say I Am You, hit the top slot of iTunes’ most downloaded Folk albums and the album’s single, “World Spins Madly On,” became the country’s most-downloaded Folk song. That exposure made the duo fans within their peer group as well; Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody nominated Say I Am You for the American Shortlist Music Prize, and singer/songwriter/actress Mandy Moore invited the pair to help write and record her 2007 album, Wild Hope. The Weepies’ third album, Hideaway, was recorded just after the couple married. Released in 2008, it marked the band’s first entry on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart, coming in at No. 31. Their fourth release, 2010’s Be My Thrill, featured Colbie Caillat on backing vocals for “I Was Made for Sunny Days.” The album hit No. 34 on the Top 200, but was in the Folk chart’s Top 5 for over two months. During this three-album stretch, The Weepies’ music was licensed for several television shows, including Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Scrubs and Pretty Little Liars, as well as advertising campaigns for Old Navy and J.C. Penney. In 2013, Talan endured both surgery and chemotherapy after a breast cancer diagnosis and is now in remission. During her treatment and recovery, she and Tannen recorded new songs at home and invited friends to contribute parts from wherever they happened to be. The resulting album, last year’s Sirens, featured appearances by The Attractions’ Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve, Pearl Jam’s Matt Chamberlain, Foo Fighters’ Rami Jaffee and renowned bassists Tony Levin (King Crimson) and Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), among others. The Weepies’ tour to support Sirens was their most successful ever, and their current limited run of intimate acoustic shows — which includes their Cincinnati debut — is coming just as Talan prepares to record her first solo album in 13 years. The duo’s shows tend to sell out, so get your tickets in advance, or you’ll be weeping for all the wrong reasons. (BB)
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music listings Wednesday 14 20th Century Theater - Sabrina Carpenter. 7 p.m. Pop. Sold out. Arnold’s Bar and Grill - Todd Hepburn. 7 p.m. Blues/Jazz/ Various. Free. Bella Luna - RMS Band. 7 p.m. Soft Rock/Jazz. Free. Blind Lemon - Sara Hutchinson. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Bogart’s - Tiny Moving Parts with Microwave. 8 p.m. AltRock. $16.12.
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Century Inn Restaurant - Paul Lake. 7 p.m. Pop/Rock/Jazz/ Oldies/Various. Free. Jag’s Steak and Seafood - Steve Thomas. 6 p.m. Sax/Piano/Vocals. Free. Knotty Pine - Dallas Moore and Lucky Chucky. 10 p.m. Country. Free. Meritage - Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues. Free. Mic’s Pub - Karaoke with A Sound Sensation/DJ Heather. 8:30 p.m. Various. Free. Miller’s Fill Inn - Karaoke with A Mystical Sound Sensation DJ Rob. 9 p.m. Various. Free. MOTR Pub - Kate Wakefield with mr.phylzzz. 10 p.m. Indie/ Rock/Experimental. Free.
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Northside Tavern - Grace Lincoln. 9:30 p.m. Soul/R&B. Free. Pit to Plate - Bluegrass Night with Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 7 p.m. Bluegrass. $2. Silverton Cafe - Bob Cushing. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - WolfCryer. 9:30 p.m. Acoustic/Folk. Free. Stanley’s Pub - Ample Parking with Laurel & the Love In and Talk Mouth. 9 p.m. Funk/Jam/Rock/ Indie. Free.
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Urban Artifact - Blue Wisp Big Band. 8:30 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $10.
Thursday 15 20th Century Theater - Cody Jinks with Ward Davis. 8 p.m. Country. Sold out.
Crow’s Nest - Easy Tom Eby & Molly Morris. 9:30 p.m. Folk/ Americana. Free. Fort Mitchell Sports Bar - Karaoke with A Sound Sensation/DJ Heather. 9:30 p.m. Various. Free.
Jim and Jack’s on the River Ashby Fork Band. 9 p.m. Country. Free.
Knotty Pine - Kenny Cowden. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Knotty Pine - Flatline. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.
Latitudes Bar & Bistro - Ricky Nye and Bekah Williams. 6 p.m. Jazz/ Blues. Free.
The Mad Frog - Russian Party with DJ Paulklim aka Pavel Klementyev. 9 p.m. Dance. Cover.
Marty’s Hops & Vines - Kim Trytten and The Very Jazzy Christmas Quintet. 6 p.m. Jazz/Holiday. Free.
Mansion Hill Tavern - The Jeff Tones. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.
MOTR Pub - together PANGEA with All Seeing Eyes and Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands. 10 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
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Plain Folk Cafe - Open Mic with Russ Childers. 7 p.m. Various. Free. Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - Kick the Blue Drum with Jim Pelz. 9:30 p.m. Bluegrass/ Rock/Blues/Americana. Free. Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) - The Long Knives with The Z.G.s, Lockjaw and Dead Tüth. 9 p.m. Rock/Punk. $5.
Marty’s Hops & Vines - Greg Hines. 9 p.m. Easy Listening. Free. The Mockbee - Underground presented by It’s OK Records featuring Chuck Diesel, Ariosa, Daitek, DJAB and Druski. 10:30 p.m. Dubstep/Bass/Hip Hop. $5. MOTR Pub - Left Lane Cruiser with Josh Dorsey Band. 10 p.m. Blues/ Rock. Free. Mr. Pitiful’s - Island Christmas H Holiday Party with The SunBurners and Queen City Silver Stars. 6 p.m. Tropical/Christmas. $5.
Southgate House Revival Northside Yacht Club H H (Sanctuary) - Reverend Horton Santamania 2016 with Heat, Nashville Pussy, Unknown Howardian, Cough It Up, Hissing Hinson and Lucky Tubb. 7:30 p.m. Rock/Rockabilly/Psychobilly/ Country/Roots/Various. $25.
Taft Theatre - Tab Benoit with Noah Wotherspoon. 8 p.m. Blues. $22, $25 day of show (in the Ballroom). Urban Artifact - Timbre H with Lemon Sky, Harlot, Talk Mouth and Serenity Fisher and the
Cardboard Hearts. 8 p.m. Chamber Folk/Holiday/Acoustic/Roots/ Pop/Various. Free.
Friday 16 Arnold’s Bar and Grill - The Cincy Brass. 9 p.m. Funk/Pop/Jazz/ R&B/Rock/Brass/Various. Free. Bella Luna - Blue Birds Trio. 7 p.m. Classic Rock/Jazz. Free. Blind Lemon - Sara and Seth Hutchinson. 9 p.m. Various. Free. Blue Note Harrison - Dallas Moore Band and Amy Sailor Band. 9 p.m. Country. Cover.
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Blind Lemon - Mark Macomber. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Century Inn Restaurant - Jim Teepen. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Bromwell’s Härth Lounge - Roger Yeardley and Jerry Hedge. 6 p.m. Various. Free.
College Hill Coffee Co. Everything’s Jake with Marianne Puntenney. 7:30 p.m. Jazz/Various. Free.
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The Greenwich - Third Fridays H with William Menefield. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10.
The Hot Spot - Bob Cushing. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.
Arnold’s Bar and Grill - Dottie Warner and Wayne Shannon. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.
The Comet - The Steve Schmidt Organ Trio Christmas Schmidtacular. 8 p.m. Jazz/Holiday. Free.
Crow’s Nest - Achilles Tenderloin. 10 p.m. Blues/Roots. Free.
Bogart’s - Dru Hill. 8 p.m. R&B. $42.36.
The Comet - The Steve Schmidt Organ Trio Christmas Schmidtacular. 9 p.m. Jazz/Holiday. Free.
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Tiles, Swim Team, Tweens, Smut, Mardou, Slow Crime, Josh Goodloe, Post-Church Life and many more. 7 p.m. Rock/Punk/Post Punk/Indie/ Various. Oxford Community Arts Center Oxford Community Square Dance featuring The Jericho Old Time Band. 7:30 p.m. Roots. $5.
Plain Folk Cafe - Bob Cushing. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Rick’s Tavern - Final Order with DJ X-Tina. 10 p.m. Rock. $5. Silverton Cafe - Frogman. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free. Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - The Lovers. 9:30 p.m. Indie/Americana/Soul/Rock. Free. Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) - Justin Wells with Rebecca Rego. 9 p.m. Roots. $10, $12 day of show. Stanley’s Pub - The Ark Band. 10 p.m. Reggae. Cover. Taft Theatre - The Weepies. H 9:30 p.m. Indie Folk. $25, $30 day of show (in the Ballroom). Thompson House - It Lies Within with My Heart to Fear, Sacrifice the Sun, Today’s Last Tragedy, Soft Spoken and Clairsentient. 8 p.m. Metal. $10. The Underground - The Underground Battle of the Bands Semi-Finals with Circle It, Mask Of The Charlatan, Seth Canan & The Carriers and The Black Ties. 7 p.m. Various. Cover.
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Saturday 17 86 Club - A Very Motherfolk Christmas II with Motherfolk, Local Waves and Daniel In Stereo. 8 p.m. Indie/Alt/Folk/Rock/ Christmas. Cover.
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Bella Luna - Blue Birds Trio. 7 p.m. Classic Rock/Jazz. Free. Blind Lemon - Donna Frost. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free. Blue Note Harrison - The Rusty Griswolds and Robin Lacy and DeZydeco. 9 p.m. Rock/Pop/ Roots/World/Various. Cover. Bogart’s - Straight On: A Tribute to Heart with Chakras and Jess Lamb. 8:30 p.m. Rock. $14.12.
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College Hill Coffee Co. - Raison d’Etre. 7:30 p.m. Folk. Free. The Comet - The Steve Schmidt Organ Trio Christmas Schmidtacular. 9 p.m. Jazz/Holiday. Free.
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The Cricket Lounge at The Cincinnatian Hotel - Phillip Paul Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free. Crow’s Nest - JIMS and Willow Tree Carolers. 10 p.m. Folk/Americana/ Rock/Various. Free. Fort Mitchell Sports Bar - Karaoke with A Sound Sensation/DJ Heather. 9:30 p.m. Various. Free.
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The Greenwich - Kelly Richey. 8 p.m. Blues. $10.
Jim and Jack’s on the River Ashby Fork Band. 9 p.m. Country/ Rock. Free. Knotty Pine - Flatline. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover. Madison Live - Pluto Revolts H (EP release show) with The Infinity Spree and The Civics. 8 p.m. Indie/Rock/Pop/Electronic. $8, $10 day of show.
Madison Theater - Harbour with BoyMeetsWorld, Nick D’ and the Believers and Northbound. 8 p.m. Alt/Rock/Various. $10, $13 day of show.
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Marty’s Hops & Vines - Two Blue. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free. McCauly’s Pub - Doc Savage. 9 p.m. Classic Rock. Free. MOTR Pub - Arlo McKinley & the Lonesome Sound with Salty Candy. 10 p.m. Americana/Rock/Various. Free. Northside Tavern - Condition Critical, War Curse, Cryptic Hymn and Euphoria. 9 p.m. Metal. Free.
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Plain Folk Cafe - Evan Lanier and Bluegrass Express. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free. The Redmoor - Winter Wondertunes featuring Eugene Goss. 8 p.m. Holiday/Pop/Jazz. $10. Rick’s Tavern - My Girl Friday. 8:30 p.m. Rock/Pop. Cover. Silverton Cafe - The Beat Dogs. 8 p.m. Classic Rock. Free. Southgate House Revival (Lounge) - Jared Schaedle and The Compound Fractures. 9:30 p.m. Americana. Free. Southgate House Revival (Revival Room) - NOIR (dance night). 10 p.m. ’80s Alt/New Wave/Goth/ Industrial/Dance/DJ. $5. Southgate House Revival H (Sanctuary) - Acoustic Song Swap with Shooter Jennings & Jason Boland. 9 p.m. Acoustic. $20, $22 day of show.
Stanley’s Pub - Hyryder. 10 p.m. Grateful Dead tribute. Cover. Taqueria Mercado - Ricky Nye Inc. 8 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.
John Hays. 1:30 p.m. Rock/Punk/ Garage/Various. Southgate House Revival H (Sanctuary) - Rock with Standing Rock Part Deux with Jess
Lamb, Kim Belew, Angelle Peace, Soft Peaks, Jean Dowell and Public Figure. 2 p.m. Folk/Rock/Various. $10.
Urban Artifact - Dark Harbor, The Invisible Strings and Their Accomplices. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.
Monday 19 The Celestial - Tom Schneider. 6 p.m. Piano. 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.
The Mockbee - OFF tha BLOCK Mondays Open Mic. 10 p.m. Hip Hop/Various. Free. MOTR Pub - Brandon Coleman Quartet. 10 p.m. Jazz. Free. Northside Tavern - Northside Jazz Ensemble. 10 p.m. Jazz. Free.
Tuesday 20 Arnold’s Bar and Grill - Cheryl Renee. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.
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Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2900 Crescent Springs Rd, Erlanger, KY 41018 on Tuesday, December 20th at 9:30 AM. Kari Siereveld: Unit 1141, Household Goods; Theresa Holt: Unit 309, Household Goods; Chris Dishmon: Unit 1142, Household Goods; Phil Stinson: Unit 242, Office Furniture. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Extra Space Storage, 8080 Steilen Dr. Florence, KY 41042 on December 20, 2016 at or after 9:30 am. Arif Safi: Unit 28, Household; Rebecca Smith: Unit 518, Furniture, boxes; Barry Hopper: Unit 647, Household; Carol Furnier: Unit 1003, No description
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hand-coding rapid prototypes and shippable W3C-compliant UI-layer code. Work in a Collaborative environment – fast, creative, communicative and able to arrive at solutions collaboratively in design sessions, as an active member of the cross-functional team. Design sessions – willing and ready to participate constructively in user experience design sessions, both visually and verbally. Responsible for developing and maintaining templates and UI components for UC websites, and applications. Design validation, including verification plans, test cases, and software testing. Innovative, out-of-the box thinking, and ability to understand and design with customer requirements in mind. Development and support of browser and device agnostic sites and applications using responsive design techniques. Development of interfaces that meet ADA guidelines. Research and implement emerging user interface standards and methodologies. Work with developers to create a library of templates and user interface objects that can be used across sites and applications. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related degree; -OR- an Associate’s degree with two (2) years’ experience ; or four (4) years of basic to intermediate level computer hardware related experience. Possesses working knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures and contributes through support, using established processes, methods, and systems. 4+ years of relevant hands-on experience in full user interface development.Solid knowledge of HTML4 & 5, ARIA, JavaScript, AJAX, Java and .net coding techniques, as well as US ADA, Section 508, and W3C WCAG 2.0 standards.Expert at W3C-compliant and semantic HTML 5 and CSS 3 with an emphasis on CSS-driven page layouts.Skilled (and current) with writing pixel-perfect UI-layer code (HTML/CSS/ JS) for IE 8+, and latest versions of Firefox, Safari and Chrome on Mac and Windows. Proficient with JavaScript/JQuery (including object-oriented Javascript), DHTML, Ajax, XML, JSON and strong familiarity with JavaScript and JS libraries such as JQuery Mobile and Modernizr. Must be familiar with UI frameworks – Familiarity with Angular JS UI framework is a plus.
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Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2526 Ritchie Ave, Crescent Springs, KY, 41017, 859-206-3079, Dec 20th, 2016 9:30 AM. Paula Morgan: 333, Misc. Household items; Tara Kelly: 263, coffee table table boxes bed dresser. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
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