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NEWS Tragedy in Cincinnati A gunman who killed three and injured two at downtown’s Fifth Third Center may have suffered from mental illness, records show BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L
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and, incredibly, a customer came in for a drink. Employees brought him behind the counter to hide. Then the gunman, who apparently reloaded, starting to shoot again. CPD officials said at a news conference Sept. 7 that Santa-Perez was carrying 200 extra rounds of ammunition in a briefcase. “Next thing we knew, we saw the glass flying and smelled the gunpowder,” Ginyard said. “All he had to do was look over at us and he could have shot us. Everyone was in there crying. We didn’t know what to do.” Police arrived quickly after receiving CONTINUES ON PAGE 09
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He remained at University of Cincinnati Medical Center in stable condition the day after the shooting. Many others narrowly avoided the carnage. Eboni Ginyard, an employee at the Dunkin’ Donuts located in the lobby of the building, clutched an asthma inhaler and worked to catch her breath at a streetcar stop a block away from the building in the aftermath. She and four other employees thought the gunfire was construction workers dropping things. When it became apparent that someone was shooting, Ginyard and her co-workers hit the floor of the coffee shop and waited. The shooter fired “five or six times,” Ginyard said. There was a pause,
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entered, Cain said. Cain quickly hustled across the street to the lobby of the Westin Hotel. He said he also believed his boss, Richard Newcomer, was shot and killed in the incident. Gilbane later confirmed the death of Newcomer, the 64-year-old construction superintendent. Prudhvi Raj Kandepi, 25, a contractor for Maryland-based TEK Systems, and Luis Felipe Calderón, 48, were the other two victims killed in the shooting. Calderón was a finance manager for Fifth Third who moved to Cincinnati a year ago for the job. Whitney Austin, a 37-year-old from Louisville who works as a vice president for Fifth Third, took 12 bullets in the shooting, but survived. The other wounded victim, Brian Sarver, is a contractor for CBRE.
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It was over in minutes. But before police shot through plate glass windows and killed him, Omar Enrique Santa-Perez ended three peoples’ lives and injured two with a legallyobtained 9mm pistol in the downtown headquarters of Fifth Third Bank the morning of Sept. 6. It was the deadliest mass shooting in Cincinnati in five years. Santa-Perez, 29, entered the towering office building via a loading dock and began firing shortly after 9 a.m. He then entered the lobby of the building, firing numerous times. At a news event about an hour after the killings, Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac called the shootings “a very horrific situation” and said authorities were working to piece together what happened. “We’re in the very early stages of this investigation,” he said. “There are lot of interviews to be done, lots of crime scene to be processed.” No officers were injured, Isaac said. But terror and confusion reigned in the minutes during which Santa-Perez, a U.S. Citizen from Puerto Rico who had experienced financial and employment difficulties and may have been struggling with mental illness, carried out his shooting spree. Leonard Cain works for Gilbane Building Company, which is doing a job on the third floor of the Fifth Third Center, and was about to enter the building when he was told about the shooting. He says he heard 15 rapid shots. A woman wearing headphones who did not hear warnings to stay out of the building was shot when she
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Report: Cincinnati Officer Who Tased 11-Year-Old Violated CPD Policies BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L
The Aug. 6 tasing of an 11-yearold girl by Cincinnati Police officer Kevin Brown violated multiple department policies, an internal use of force report says. According to that report, Brown violated policy when he: • Failed to turn his body camera on until after deploying his Taser • Made a prejudicial comment involving race • Deployed his Taser when a lesser use of force would have been more appropriate • Did not warn the girl he was going to use the Taser Brown was working an offduty security detail at the Kroger on Kennard Avenue near Spring Grove Village when he received reports from employees there that three minors were stealing items, including candy and soda, from the store. Brown approached one of the girls, who had tried to leave through a locked exit. Brown asked her to stop three times. She continued walking, so he tased her from about 10 feet away. Security footage from Kroger shows that incident, which Brown has admitted to. Only after the incident did he activate his body camera. Brown handcuffed the minor and took her to the office at the Kroger as employees gathered the items in a backpack she was carrying and rang them up. The minor was carrying about $53 worth of candy, soda, beef jerky and baby clothing, the report states. As he was walking her back to the office, Brown, who is black, made a comment about theft in grocery stores to the minor, who is also black. “You know what, sweetheart,” Brown is heard saying on body camera footage. “This is why there’s no grocery stores in the black community, because all of this is going on.” During this time, other officers arrive, and footage from their body cameras shows the girl crying and asking questions about the Taser barbs are still in her body. The girl was later taken to Children’s Hospital and then released to her parents. She was initially charged with obstructing official business and theft, but Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters later dropped those charges. Footage from one officer’s body camera shows that officer and another going out into the parking lot to talk with two women waiting in a white SUV because a Kroger
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employee says they may be related to the minor and “look like they’re asking for trouble.” The officer questions that assertion — “Looking for trouble?” he asks. “Are they related to this incident?” The officer also seems to question Brown’s actions. “Did he just tase a 10-year-old?” he is heard asking on the body camera footage as he and another officer walk toward the SUV. The women just happened to pull up as Brown tased the girl and said they witnessed the incident. “They did bad whatever the situation was,” one woman says. “He didn’t have to tase her like that. He could have chased her down. When he told her to come back, she stopped. That’s when he pulled his Taser out and tased her. I’m pretty sure she would have come back.”
It is the second time this year questions have emerged about CPD use of Tasers on minors. In April, a CPD officer used a Taser on a minor near Hughes High School, which caused controversy. CityBeat has requested body camera footage and documentation of the investigation into that incident; CPD says that investigation is ongoing and the material will be released when it is finished. Brown was placed on limited duty following the incident. He will face a hearing in the coming weeks, CPD Chief Eliot Isaac told a Cincinnati City Council committee yesterday. While Isaac could recommend anything from coaching to termination for the violations of policy, CPD policy recommends up to 11 days suspension for deploying a Taser inappropriately. The rest of Brown’s violations could trigger suspensions as long as five days under
those recommendations. Brown has been dinged for prejudicial language before: He was reprimanded in 2016 for using a homophobic slur in his cruiser after interacting with a domestic violence victim, according to a report in The Cincinnati Enquirer. Isaac said the use of the Taser seemed “unnecessary,” but defended the department’s policies around Taser use overall. Those policies allow use of the electric shock devices on people from ages 7 to 70, though they also stipulate that officers shouldn’t use the Tasers on someone just because they are fleeing. Some Cincinnati City Council members believe those policies should be amended. “Quite frankly, I believe the officer violated the policy,” Isaac told council. “It was unnecessary in this circumstance. We’ll take a close look (at department policy) as it relates to juveniles specifically
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politicizing the tragedy himself. “I don’t agree with or support much of anything PG does or says, but in this he’s correct,” one commenter wrote. “Gun violence IS bad.” The Fifth Third shootings mark the 15th mass-shooter situation with four or more victims in Greater Cincinnati since 2013. Those shootings have injured more than 90 people. The violence at Fifth Third was deadlier than 2017’s Cameo Nightclub shooting, which killed two and injured 15. Nationwide, there have been 242 shootings that have injured at least four people in 2018, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Nine of those have been in Ohio, including one earlier this month at a club in Cleveland that killed one and injured seven, and another incident in Cincinnati in East Price Hill in May that injured four. Councilwoman Amy Murray, a Republican, was at the scene shortly after the shooting. She stressed focus on mental health concerns as the way to prevent mass shootings. She acknowledged she didn’t have evidence that a mental health issue contributed to the shooting at Fifth Third. Details would emerge later in the day, however, that gunman Santa-Perez may have been suffering from mental illness. In 2017 and again this year, he filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio against CNBC and NBC Universal alleging that the media companies were spying on his personal electronic devices and using them to defame him in broadcasts. No material involving Santa-Perez is evident from either broadcaster, and a judge dismissed both lawsuits with prejudice. “Plaintiff’s pro se complaint is rambling, difficult to decipher, and borders on the delusional,” U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz wrote June 26 this year in recommending the latter suit be dismissed. “Plaintiff’s complaint provides no factual content or context from which the court may infer that the defendants violated plaintiff’s rights.” Santa-Perez, a U.S. citizen from Puerto Rico, lived in Cincinnati since about 2015. He had lived in Greenville, S.C., where he was the subject of a trespassing complaint after refusing to leave the premises of a former employer, local media there reports. He also lived in Florida prior to his time in Cincinnati. Legal records with the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts and other parts of the country where he has lived don’t show any serious run-ins with the law for violence.
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a call about the shooting at roughly 9:10 a.m., and at least three officers exchanged fire with the gunman. Officers fired through a window initially and hit the gunman within minutes. At 9:13 a.m., officers were relaying the location and condition of the victims, and by 9:20 a.m., emergency crews were removing two victims from the building on stretchers and wheeling them toward the south side of Fountain Square, on Fifth Street. One, a male, had a severe head injury. Another appeared to be a woman covered in blood. Nearby, employees of Graeter’s Ice Cream, which is also on the ground floor of the building, tried to comfort each other as they waited for a bus to take them from the scene. The building’s tan-clad security personnel hugged. Cincinnati Police worked through each floor of the 30-story building before declaring the scene clear. Within hours of the shooting, Hamilton County Sheriff deputies searched an apartment in North Bend where Santa-Perez had been living, but did not find any immediate evidence that would point toward a motive for his tragic acts. “Our first responders did a heroic job today,” Mayor John Cranley said after the scene was cleared. “It was clearly horrific, but it also clearly could have been much, much worse. It’s heartbreaking. This is not normal, and it shouldn’t be viewed as normal. No other industrialized nation in the world has this level of active shooter situations on a regular basis. There’s something deeply sick at work here, and we as a country have to deal with it. At any given time at any place in this country, people are engaged in these active shootings, which is grotesque. In my opinion, all options need to be on the table.” A crowd of roughly 50 people who showed up for Cincinnati City Council’s regularly-scheduled meeting later in the day gave Chief Isaac a standing ovation — a wave of appreciation that comes after a rough Security guards in the aftermath of the Fifth Third Center shooting number of months for the city’s police department. PH OTO: NIC K SWARTSELL It didn’t take long for the highlycharged political debate around gun control to emerge following the shootings. signs of mental illness. Couldn’t get that. leaves only loss.” “We’ve got to have some serious gun The bump stock legislation. Couldn’t get Sittenfeld is a gun control advocate who legislation,” State Sen. Cecil Thomas, a that. Universal background checks. We pushed a citywide bump stock ban earlier Democrat and former police officer from couldn’t get that. It makes no sense. At this year that was eventually rejected by Cincinnati, said at the scene shortly after some point, we’re going to have to make courts. Though he didn’t mention gun the shootings. “I know they say guns don’t some decisions in this country and in the control directly in his tweets, they drew a kill people. But let’s make it as difficult state of Ohio.” sharp rebuke from conservative Cincinnati as possible for those people to get their Other liberal-leaning elected officials Enquirer opinion writer Jason Williams. hands on guns. I’d be interested to know were more reserved in their statements “Unfortunately, politicizing this tragedy if this person was able to legally get a than Thomas, but that didn’t keep didn’t take long,” Williams tweeted. “There gun. What was going on in this person’s controversy away. will be plenty of time for politics, but right life? We tried to get a mental health bill “What a sick, tragic way for this day now isn’t it.” passed, so that we can address the issue of to begin,” Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld That tweet, in turn, drew dozens of guns with individuals who have displayed tweeted. “The scourge of gun violence angry comments accusing Williams of
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he fall season officially starts on Sept. 22, but pumpkin spice is already back on the menu, which means it’s time for sweater weather, apple cider and other autumnal activities. This year’s Fall Guide is basically a big-ass list of things to do this season, ranging from U-pick farms to slightly spooky theater productions and haunted houses to food and drink festivals. Think of this as a starting point for all your cozy, creepy and cute fall fun.
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Pick your own pumpkins, get lost in a corn maze, drink fresh apple cider and take a wagon ride at these family-friendly area farms.
BLOOMS AND BERRIES FARM M ARKET
Fall on the farm kicks off Sept. 23 and runs daily through Oct. 31. Events include a themed sevenacre corn maze, cow train rides, fresh apple cider, pumpkin patch hayrides, a straw maze, caramel apples, duck races and a farm animal petting zoo. Hayrides to pick your own pumpkins start at 10 a.m. on weekends and noon during the week. Admission is $8 MondayFriday; $11 SaturdaySunday. 9669 S. State Route 48, Loveland, bloomsandberries.com.
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This farm is a haven of pumpkin patches, corn mazes, wagon rides, farm animals and more. Fall Farm Days include adventure wagon rides, a “crazed” corn maze, giant slingshots, clodhopper golf, archery, an underground slide and farmyard play area. $15. Noon-7 p.m. Saturdays and noon-6 p.m. Sundays Sept. 29-Oct. 28. Bonnybrook Farms, 3779 State Route 132, Clarkesville, bonnybrookfarms.com.
COUNTRY PUMPKINS FALL FESTIVAL
A fall fest on a 25-acre dairy farm with hayrides, a pick-your-own pumpkin patch, petting zoo, hay maze and more. Some activities are free and some are ticketed. New this year are Country Fireside Nights (Fridays and Saturdays Sept. 28-Oct. 28) where you can experience the magic of the farm at night with a lantern-lit hayride, a pumpkin launcher and bonfire. Through Oct. 31. 1835 Sherman Mount Zion Road, Dry Ridge, Ky., countrypumpkinsky.com.
HIDDEN VALLEY ORCHARDS
This 60-year-old fruit farm (formerly Hidden Valley Fruit Farm) got a makeover as Hidden Valley
a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. 5474 State Route 48, Lebanon, hiddenvalleyorchards.com.
IRONS FRUIT FARM
Take a tractor-driven hayride to pick your own pumpkins between 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekends Sept. 30-Oct. 29 at this fourth-generation family farm — then feast on apple fritters, cinnamon-cider donuts, cookies and more from the on-site bakery. There is also a corn maze, apples available for purchase and gingerbread house making starts each weekend beginning the last weekend in November. 1640 Stubbs Mill Road, Lebanon, ironsfruitfarm.com.
JOE HUBER’S FAMILY FARM & RESTAURANT
Take a day trip to Huber’s to pick your own pumpkins and indulge in classic comfort food during the Fall Buffet (Sept. 29-Oct. 31) offering everything from fried chicken and mashed potatoes to green beans and homemade fruit cobbler. Pumpkin picking is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. SundayThursday and until 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Oct. 31. Last wagon rides to the pumpkin patch go out half an hour before picking ends. From Nov. 1-30, the restaurant serves Thanksgiving dinner every night. 2421 Engle Road, Starlight, Ind., joehubers.com.
KINM AN FARMS’ FALL FEST
The farm Fall Fest features a hayride to the back of the farm where you’ll find bonfires, games, Great Pumpkin Express rides, a five-acre corn maze, a carnival tent, live bands and a game area. The Kinman Grill will be serving up hot dogs, caramel apple slices, funnel cake, pulled-pork sandwiches, deep-fried Twinkies and more, plus muffins, pumpkin bread, B L O O M S A N D B E R R I E S FA R M M A R K E T | P H O T O : M A X I M P H O T O S T U D I O pumpkin sugar cookies and drinks at the bakery in the front Orchards, with a coffee bar, bakery and cider bar. Fill of the farm. Take a $3 pony ride or hop aboard the up on all things apple — cider, dumplings, cobbler, Great Pumpkin Express ride through the cornfield and BURGER FARM & GARDEN CENTER fritters, donuts and custard — pick a pumpkin, take enjoy the story of the Great Pumpkin. A hayride will FALL PUMPKIN FESTIVAL a hayride and find more family fun every weekend return you to the front of the farm when you’re ready. Head to the farm’s annual fall festival every weekend in September and October. Check the website to see Friday-Sunday Sept. 21-Oct. 28. $10. 4175 Burlington in October. More than 30 family-friendly activities which apples and pumpkins are available as U-Pick Pike, Burlington, Ky., kinmanfarm.com. include a puppet show, live music, mini zip lines, throughout the season. There’s an Apple Festival carnival and pony rides, paintball and more. Buy MCGL ASSON FARMS Sept. 15-16 and a Pumpkin & Cider Festival Oct. 6-7. mums, gourds, apple cider, corn stalks and pumpkins. This six-generation family-owned and -operated New this year are pumpkin chucking weekends from Take a hayride to the pumpkin patch to pick your vegetable and fruit stand features produce to purchase late September through early November. Warm up: own or chuck a mini pumpkin (or pet a bunny) for an on site, or you can even pick your own. Apples, gourds, Bonfire Nights are back through November, offering additional fee. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes, mums and more are 12 to 30 guests a three-hour bonfire celebration. Get Sept. 30-Oct. 29. $12 ages 3-18; $5 adults; free children 2 available for purchase; contact the farm for more taken to the venue by a tractor-drawn wagon and and under. 7849 Main St., Newtown, burgerfarms.com. info on U-pick opportunities. The farms’ famous fall purchase sweets and snacks like s’mores on-site. 9
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festival generally starts the first weekend in October with live Bluegrass and Americana bands on weekends. 5832 River Road, Hebron, Ky., mcglassonfarms.com.
NELTNER’S FARM FALL FESTIVAL
This family-friendly fest features horsedrawn wagon rides, a model train display, a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkin patch, a petting zoo, pony rides, homemade ice cream, crafters, pottery, face painting, seasonal apples, folk art, live music and a barrel train. Special weekend activities kick off Sept. 29 and include live music from favorite Americana/ Bluegrass bands Shiny & the Spoon, Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle, Wonky Tonk and more weekends through Oct. 28. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends Sept. 29-Oct. 28. Weekend admission costs $5; pony and barrel train rides and some other events cost an additional fee. 6922 Four Mile Road, Melbourne, Ky., neltnersfarm.com.
NIEDERM AN FAMILY FARM FALL FESTIVAL General admission to this fest includes access to the four-acre corn maze, hayrides, a tractor play area, duck races, pipe swings, ball zones and more. Walk to the pumpkin paradise to select your own pumpkin (priced by size), or indulge in some cinnamon-sugar donuts, kettle corn, pumpkin butter, caramel apples, roasted nuts and apple cider. Guests can also rent bonfire pits with benches. Niedermann lights the bonfire, you provide the snacks to roast over the open flame. Thursday-Sunday Sept. 21-Oct. 28. Fall Farm Festival admission is $10. 5110 Lesourdsville West Chester Road, Hamilton, niedermanfamilyfarm.com.
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This farm is family-friendly with things to do for all ages during Fall Festival Weekends, which start the third weekend in September and run through October. There are horsedrawn or tractor-drawn hayrides, a 12-acre corn maze, an interactive playground, live Bluegrass music and pedal cart races. Pick your own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch or head to the produce barn to enjoy apples — and fresh-pressed apple cider — straight from the orchard. Some activities require tickets. 1731 Ohio, State Route 131, Milford, shawfarms.com.
SUNROCK FARM
Nothing screams fall more than a pumpkin patch, and Sunrock Farm offers pumpkin patch tours throughout the month of the October; see the patch and pick your own gourds. Guests can also milk a goat, gather eggs, hold chickens and more during separate hands-on, two-hour guided tours of the farm itself. Pumpkin patch tours Oct. 1-31. $10-$12. 103 Gibson Lane, Wilder, Ky., sunrockfarm.org.
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OHIO RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
For weekends steeped in magic, chivalry, Arthurian flair and fantasy vibes, don your favorite corset or suit of armor and pick your favorite themed weekend to join in. Cheer on your favorite jouster with a giant turkey leg in hand, then wash it down with ale. 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 29. $23 adult; $9.50 child. 10542 E State Route 73, Waynesville, renfestival.com.
OLD WEST FEST
Walk through antiqued storefronts or chat up an actor dressed in period clothing from America’s Wild West. Young ’uns can chase manifest destiny by panning for gold or the whole family can pose for an old-time photo before hopping on a covered wagon. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 14. $12.99 adult; $9.99 child. 1449 Greenbush Cobb Road, Williamsburg, oldwestfestival.com.
FIFTY FEST
Cincinnati has almost too many breweries for one beer lover to sample, but Fifty West Brewing Co. is helping out by putting over 20 local breweries under one roof. There will also be three stages of live music — featuring acts including Bad Veins, Darlene and Part-Time Gentleman — and food vendors from across the city. All ages welcome. Noon-midnight Sept. 15. $10. Fifty West Brewing Company, 7668 Wooster Pike, Mariemont/ Columbia Township, fiftywestbrew.com.
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Cincinnati is a city steeped in German heritage; celebrate that with North America’s largest Oktoberfest, second only to the OG in Munich. Feast on sauerkraut balls, goetta, cream puffs, bratwurst, pretzels, limburger cheese, etc. Cheer on your fave dachshund in the “Running of the Wieners” — they’ll race to the finish line wearing hot dog costumes. There will also be bratwurst-eating contests, the “World’s Largest Chicken Dance,” German music and more. 5 -11 p.m. Sept. 21; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sept. 22; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 23. Free admission. Second and Third streets between Walnut and Elm streets, Downtown, oktoberfestzinzinnati.com.
THE GREAT PUMPKIN FEST
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! King’s Island will be a place transformed come October. But, during this fest it’s all treats and no tricks. Check out mazes, trick-or-treating and the park’s Halloween-themed events and décor, suitable for all ages. Saturdays and Sundays Sept. 29-Oct. 28. General admission $49. 6300 Kings Island Drive, Mason, Ohio, visitkingsisland.com.
COUNTRY APPLEFEST
Whether you pronounce it caramel or caramel, get ready to get some of the delightful sugary stuff stuck
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in your teeth. This fall festival is a celebration of all things apple: candy apples, cider, fritters, pies and more. Relish in the apple extravaganza and shop arts and crafts like pottery, jewelry and handmade, possibly apple-scented soaps. 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Sept. 29. Free admission. Warren County Fairgrounds, 665 N. Broadway St., Lebanon, countryapplefest.com.
CLIFTONFEST
This annual arts fest takes over Ludlow Avenue for a weekend of art, music and shopping. Enjoy the spirit of the neighborhood with live art drawings on the sidewalk, performances from local bands on two different stages and artisan shopping. Sign up for the 5K through Burnet Woods or register your four-legged friends for the pet parade (costumes encouraged). 5-11 p.m. Oct. 5; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Oct. 6. Free admission. Ludlow Avenue, Clifton, cliftonfest.com.
RHYTHM BREW ART AND MUSIC FEST
With autumn comes cozier music fests. Enter: the three-day Rhythm Brew Art and Music Fest. At Newport’s Wooden Cask, peruse local art and listen to music from more than 35 Cincinnati bands like Moonbeau, The Tillers, The Cliftones and Wonky Tonk. As this fest takes place at a brewery, there will also obviously be craft beer. Oct. 5-7. $15 per day; $30 weekend pass. Wooden Cask Brewing Company, 629 York St., Newport, Ky., facebook.com/rhythmbrew.
KENTUCKY WOOL FESTIVAL
Drive through winding country roads before landing at the Kentucky Wool Fest; be greeted by the wafting scent of fried food, twangy banjos, a petting zoo and vendor booths with handcrafted items selling everything from threads to keep you warm to goatmilk soap and lots and lots of wool. Watch sheep herding and sheep shearing demos as well as artisans turn wool into yarn and fiber works. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 5-6; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 7. $5. 48 Concord Caddo Road, Falmouth, Ky., kywoolfest.org.
SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL
Possibly the most aesthetically pleasing on this list, the Gorman Heritage Sunflower Festival oozes cuteness. Take a stroll through towering golden sunflowers — and snip a bundle to take home. The fest also includes hayrides, vendors, a sunflower field maze, food trucks and pumpkin picking. Sunflowers are $1 per stem or $10 per dozen. New this year is a MadTree beer booth. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 6-7. $8 adults; $5 kids 3-17/seniors; free kids under 3. Gorman Heritage Farm, 10052 Reading Road, Evendale, gormanfarm.org.
YOUNG’S DAIRY FALL FARM PUMPKIN FESTIVAL
Slip on your fave sweater and take a road trip to Yellow Springs, Ohio for all things pumpkin at Young’s Jersey Dairy farm’s 42nd-annual Fall Farm Pumpkin Festival.
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Bowl with ’em, paint ’em, eat ’em donutstyle (and cinnamon-encrusted), take a tour of the town’s cheese-making facility and learn how to milk a cow. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 6-7. 6880 Springfield-Xenia Road, Yellow Springs, youngsdairy.com.
FALL- O -WEEN FEST
Launch some pumpkins, navigate a hay maze and watch a not-so-spooky choreographed light show at Coney Island’s kid-centric Halloween bash. In addition to Coney’s classic rides, FallO-Ween features a trick-or-treat trail, a host of farmyard friends and a Halloween magic show. Visit the s’mores-making station or take a horse-drawn carriage ride around Lake Como (with ample Pumpkin Launch viewing). 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21. $12; children 2 and under free; $5 parking. Coney Island, 6201 Kellogg Ave., California, coneyislandpark.com.
OHIO SAUERKRAUT FESTIVAL
Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com.
FALL FOOD FEST AT FINDL AY Celebrate autumn harvest’s bounty with Findlay Market vendors. There will be pumpkin painting, cooking demos, live music, craft cocktails and seasonal beers. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 21. Free admission. Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-theRhine, findlaymarket.org.
JUNGLE JIM’S INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL
The 10th-annual Wine Festival features wine from all over the world — more than 400 wines from more than 90 wineries — with bite-sized delicacies, charcuterie and other hors d’oeuvres. Sip and savor. 7-10 p.m. Nov. 9-10 $63.90-$122.48 per day; $26.63-$79.88 non-drinker. Jungle Jim’s, 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, junglejims. com.
Since 1970, this festival has offered sauerkraut in and on everything from fudge to pizza. It also includes a ton of arts and crafts vendors — more than 460 from over 25 states. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 13; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 14. Free admission. North Main Street, Waynesville, sauerkrautfestival.waynesvilleohio.com.
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Ever since Hocus Pocus hit theaters in 1993, we’ve all been yearning for a sequel to this Halloween cult classic. In the meantime, we’ll have to celebrate the original. Commiserate with other diehards at Hocus Pocus Halloween, a festival in downtown Middletown, Ohio. On Oct. 14, come out with the kiddos in tow for trunk-or-treat, arts and crafts vendors, live music, spooky sorg tours and, most importantly, a film screening of Hocus Pocus. Oct. 27 is for the grownups, with a 21+ Halloween dance, tarot card readings, spooky drinks and snacks, live music, a costume contest and more. 1 p.m.-dusk Oct. 14; 8 p.m.- midnight Oct. 27. Windamere Event Center, 2 S. Main St., Middletown, Ohio, downtownmiddletown. org.
RHINEGEIST RARE BEER FEST Head to Rhinegeist to sample the extraordinary, generally unobtainable and the unexpected. Breweries from across the country will be descending on Cincy with their rarest brews for this craft beer celebration. Because of the popularity of last year’s event, there are now two sessions. Session 1: Noon-4 p.m.; Session 2: 6-10 p.m. Oct. 20. $40; $65 VIP.
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Light fall frights and other onstage productions to spook you or get you settled into the season.
MISERY
Paul Sheldon, a romance novelist, finds himself incapacitated after a car crash in the home of his “Number One Fan,” aka Anna Wilkes. Based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, this tale becomes more nightmarish as it goes on as Anna has no intention of letting Paul leave — he’ll have to outsmart her. Through Sept. 29. $35.40-$75.40. Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Circle, Mount Adams, cincyplay.com.
MARY’S MONSTER
This world premiere explores the life and woes of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the famed author of Frankenstein — her most infamous creation, which is considered the first-ever science fiction novel. Lift the veil and see her grapple with the deaths of her children, her sister, her mother and her equally famous husband, Percy. Sept. 14-23. $15-$25. Know Theatre, 1120 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine, knowtheatre.com.
JOSHUA BELL + THE RITE OF SPRING
Igor Stravinsky’s ballet shook audiences when it premiered in 1913, as it told the story of a pagan ritual in which a virgin, acting as a sacrifice, dances herself to death. Joshua Bell will perform the pulsating, jarring music, charged with “primal energy,” as presented by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. Sept. 28; 8 p.m. Sept. 29. $14-$107. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Overthe-Rhine, cincinnatisymphony.org.
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Get spooky with Cincinnati Pops as they perform selections from Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain and Saint Saens’ Danse Macabre. Apparently, Music Hall is haunted — maybe they’ll lure Casper out? Oct. 12-14. $25-$101. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatiarts.org.
THE MAN - BEAST
As part of Know Theatre’s “Fear Itself”-themed 2018/19 theater season, catch this tale of classic intrigue (and werewolf madness) written by Joseph Zettelmaier and set in the gothic French countryside circa the 18th century. The “Beast of Gévaudan” wreaks havoc, claiming more than 100 victims in three years’ time. King Louis has offered a reward for anyone who can kill the beast. Oct. 19-Nov. 10. $25-$35. Know Theatre, 1120 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine, knowtheatre.com.
ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
The beloved children’s classic-turned-Broadway-musical takes readers through Willy Wonka’s land of “pure imagination,” aka his chocolate factory. Oct. 23-Nov. 4. Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.
PETER PAN
All children grow up — except one. And that’s Peter Pan. Based on J.M. Barrie’s famous tale where childhood magic roams free, this ballet from Cincinnati Ballet is infused with pixie dust, pirates, crocs and lost boys. Come play make believe with the whole fam. Oct. 25-28. $15-$125. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St.,
WAKE THE DEAD BASH WITH THE SPINE-TINGLING MIGHTY WURLITZER
Spend Halloween at the haunted Music Hall as organist Trent Sims sets the stage with creepy music — “special effects abound” via the wiles of the Wurlitzer organ. Supernatural tours offered every half hour. Costumes encouraged. Come out on Hallow’s Eve (Oct. 30) for “Spooky Tunes” from Sims, too (10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.). 9 p.m. Oct. 31. $45. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatiarts.org.
A SMALL FIRE
John and Emily Bridges’ middle-class suburban life is upheaved when Emily falls ill with a strange disease that slowly strips her sense of smell, sight and taste. At first she tries to engage with the world, still running her company and hoping to experience their daughter’s wedding. But then hearing is taken away, too, making her entirely dependent on her husband. Nov. 16-Dec. 1. $15-$25. Falcon Theatre, Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St., Newport, Ky., falcontheater.net.
SUSAN SWANYE AND THE BEWILDERED BRIDE
Female-detectives-solving-mysteries fans: this is for you (bonus if you’re into the Victorian era). Let Know Theatre introduce you to Susan Swayne and the Society of Lady Detectives per the season’s Fear Itself series. Nov. 24-Dec. 26. $25-$35. Know Theatre, 1120 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine, knowthetheatre.com
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The 2009 Tony Award-winning musical portrays a suburban family coping with crisis and mental illness. Dad’s an architect; Mom packs lunches and pours cereal; the daughter and son are angsty, wisecracking teens. But Mom has fought manic depression for 16 years, and their lives are anything but normal. This powerful show about profound grief, devastating loss, bewildering psychiatry and the challenges of modern life is an audacious choice for the West Side theater. Oct. 4-21. $29 adults; $26 seniors/students. Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, 801 Matson Place, Price Hill, cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
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1984
George Orwell’s classic political thriller has resurfaced into modern pop culture as of late because, er, many are drawing parallels to current-day issues and 1984’s horrific dystopian future. Big brother is watching. Rediscover this classic via a play, where protagonist Winston Smith stumbles upon a resistance movement against a bleak surveillance government. Spooky, indeed. Oct. 12-Nov. 3. $57 adults; $53 seniors; $31 students. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 1195 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincyshakes.com.
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are rumored to be haunted. Keep an eye out for zombies on winding trails throughout the woods, and when the sun sets, try your luck at maneuvering a nighttime corn maze. Operation Termination Zombie Paintball, which arms you with 100 paintballs against a horde of zombies, is back this year. Oct. 5-27. $12 adults; $10 kids. 11294 State Route 50, North Bend, highway50frightfield.com.
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Haunted houses and creepy tours to make your hair stand on end (or enter tain your kids).
Home to two separate attractions, guests can opt to venture through Brimstone Kingdom haunted hayride or the Forgotten Forest (or both). The Kingdom was a prosperous place until it was laid bare by the curse of Brimstone Road. Now it is home to monsters, madmen and all other iterations of macabre characters whose main goal cause chaos on your one-mile ride. The Forgotten Forest, a higherintensity scare experience, is a walk through a supernatural haunted wood. Opens Sept. 28. $15 Haunted Hayride; $12 Forgotten Forest; $22 combo. 472 Brimstone Road, Wilmington, springborohauntedhayride.com.
Why only have one haunted house when you could have six? Land of Illusion has six frights to choose from: Killer Klowns, Temple of Terror, Phobia, Zombie Sniper Patrol, Middletown Haunted Trail and Dr. Psycho’s Haunted Estate, plus live music and/or DJs
to its central house, the hall is comprised of five tents, backyard areas and a swirling, brain-bending vortex. Popular scenes returning this year include the Hellavator, Satan and Bate’s Motel. Sept. 28-Oct. 27. $10; $2 discount with a canned good donation. 7700 Seward Ave., Mount Healthy, mthealthyhauntedhall. com.
QUEEN CITY IS HAUNTED TOUR
On this guided walkthrough tour of downtown and OTR, hear stories of grisly murders, ghastly deaths and other disturbing tales buried deep within Cincinnati’s storied past. Now offering a two-hour Ultimate Queen City is Haunted Tour, which ends in the most haunted room of OTR’s boutique Symphony Hotel. And look out for new haunted walking tours of Fountain Square and Covington. Through Nov. 3. $25$35. Tour begins at 1332 Vine St., Over-TheRhine, americanlegacytours.com.
NEWPORT IS HAUNTED TOUR Surprise! Newport is haunted, too. Take a lantern-led walking tour and listen to tales of murder, suicide and the horrifying origin of Bobby Mackey’s famous portal to hell. Through Oct. 27. $25. Tour begins 18 E. Fifth St., Newport, Ky., americanlegacytours.com.
DENT SCHOOLHOUSE
According to legend, the bodies of several missing Dent Schoolhouse students were discovered in barrels in the building’s basement — and the janitor did it. Ghost tours, lights out and lights on tours are available. Sept. 14-Nov. 3. $20-$55. 5963 Harrison Ave., Dent, frightsite.com.
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Fear awaits at Kings Island’s annual Halloween Haunt, featuring 10 haunted attractions, four outdoor scare zones (Pumpkin Eater, Wasteland, Coney Maul and Dance of the Macabre), spinetingling live shows (like Blood Drums; think Blue Man Group with blood) and more. Plus, experience the park’s everyday thrill rides. And on Saturdays before the sun sets (noon-6 p.m.), its the family-friendly Great Pumpkin Fest. Friday and Saturday nights Sept. 21-Oct. 28. Tickets start at $31.99. Kings Island, 6300 Kings Island Drive, Mason, visitkingsisland.com.
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Described as a “slight fright,” this haunted attraction is completely kid-friendly, offering trick-or-treating, balloon art, wagon rides and a lower-key haunted house experience that won’t leave the youngsters with recurring nightmares until Christmas. 6-10 p.m. weekends in October. $10; free members and kids 2 and under. Heritage Village Museum, 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville, heritagevillagecincinnati.org.
HIGHWAY 50 FRIGHT FIELD
This cornfield and haunted woods attraction is back with a vengeance on a real 1830s farm near an actual Indian archaeological site — both of which
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THE M AYHEM M ANSION
As legend has it, when bootlegger Robert Haverford’s 8-year-old daughter Elizabeth died, he poisoned Elizabeth’s mourners and himself in an elaborate alcohol-fueled murder-suicide plot in the family home. Allegedly actually haunted, this collection of gung-ho actors will attempt to scare you to death in the former mansion. Extreme night takes place Nov. 3. New this year is Haverford’s Hollow. More info coming soon. 2018 season hours TBD. $15; $10 ages 10 and under; $5 additional for Fast Pass. 13966 DeCoursey Pike, Morning View, Ky., kentonlakes.com/mayhem.
MOUNT HEALTHY HAUNTED HALL
Experience 20 different scenes at this favorite local haunt, featuring a host of classic creatures like the Wolfman, Frankenstein and zombies. In addition
Hold on tight: During this hellish hayride through a cornfield, riders are stalked and taunted by creatures hidden amongst the crops. Familiar faces like Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Leatherface and a bloodied take on Santa Claus appear alongside zombies, backwoodsmen, clowns and chainsawwielders. Cash only. Sept. 14-Oct. 27. $14 hayride; $10 Farmer’s Revenge; $23 combo. 4172 Belleview Road, Petersburg, Ky., sandylandacres.com.
USS NIGHTM ARE
The death dredge is celebrating more than 25 years of horror. On a dark, foggy night, the William S. Mitchell steamboat careened into a bridge, killing many on board, including the captain and his daughter. Ever since, anyone who has worked on the now-defunct ship has been doomed to die onboard, cursed to forever haunt the vessel along with the other deceased. Sept. 21-Nov. 3. $20-$50 general admission; RIP Experience starts at $30. 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, Ky., ussnightmare.com.
WILMINGTON HAUNTED HOLLOW RIDE
Hop on a bus straight out of hell and be trailed by fire-belching semis. Riders will venture through fogfilled tunnels, an abandoned mine, an eerie hallow and more, with peculiar creatures hitching rides along the way. Other onsite attractions include a corn maze, two indoor haunted houses and a 4D coffin ride. Sept. 22-Oct. 27. $25; $45 VIP speed pass; $20 Haunted Hallow only; $5 coffin ride. 1261 W. Dalton Road, Wilmington, wilmingtonhauntedhollowride.com.
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Some stuff to do when you’re bored. As always, check the weekly issue of CityBeat for more suggested things to do.
KING RECORDS MONTH
With King Records Month, September’s celebration of the iconic label’s contributions, the many local boosters and artists who’ve helped raised King’s profile over the past several years continue their mission with a variety of events throughout Greater Cincinnati, including performances, exhibits, discussions and much more. September marks the 75th anniversary of the sessions for the first songs recorded for King. Events take place through Sept. 30 at various locations. More info: kingstudios.org.
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The 19th-annual Fall Jazz Series showcases an all-star lineup with cool rhythms. This year’s performers include The Mandy Gaines Quartet, Marc Fields Quartet and pianist Rob Allgeyer. 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 30. Free admission. Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Downtown, taftmuseum.org.
STEPHEN KING MURDER MYSTERY PUB CRAWL
The Playhouse in the Park presents this off-the-grid pub crawl in concert with their production of Misery. A serial killer is on the loose in Mount Adams, and they’re using Stephen King’s novels as inspiration for their crimes. Go from bar to bar to narrow down whodunit. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $10. Sept. 20. Mount Adams Pavilion, 949 Pavilion St., Mount Adams, cincyplay. com.
FIRE UP THE NIGHT
International teams head to Coney Island to compete in a fireworks faceoff. All three competitors — Germany, France and Mexico— go head to head in a pyrotechnic showdown for international bragging rights. The winner will be determined by a panel
of judges. The Cruise-A-Palooza classic car show will take place at the same time. Gates open 4 p.m.; fireworks begin at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22. $25 per carload. Coney Island, 6201 Kellogg Ave., California, coneyislandpark.com.
PYRAMID HILL ART FAIR
The 16th-annual Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum’s Art Fair brings 70 artists together for a juried show and sale of handmade creations. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 29; noon-5 p.m. Sept. 30. $5 per carload. Pyrmid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton, pyramidhill.org.
SCOPEOUT ASTRONOMY FAIR
The Cincinnati Observatory hosts a celebration of astronomy, science, history and education. Learn about topics like safe solar viewing and meteorites, participate in hands-on demonstrations and browse wares from telescope and other astronomical vendors. When the sun goes down, peer at the stars through the observatory’s historic telescope. 7 p.m. Sept. 14; 6-10 p.m. Sept. 15. $5 observatory admission; $25 dinner and keynote presentation; $5 suggested donation telescope viewing. Cincinnati Observatory, 3489 Observatory Place, Mount Lookout, cincinnatiobservatory. org.
‘90S NIGHT WITH DANNY TAMBERELLI AND MICHAEL M ARONNA The stars of Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete and Pete take over Taft’s for a night of comedy, live scene reading and other nostalgiainducing activities. 9 p.m. Sept. 20. $15. Taft’s Brewpourium, 4831 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, facebook.com/ dannyandmike.
GREATER CINCINNATI RESTAURANT WEEK
Become a culinary tourist in your own city during CityBeat’s Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week. Local eateries like The Presidents Room, Kaze, Metropole, Moerlein Lager House and many others will offer $25 and $35 three-course prix fixe menus (excluding beverages, tax and gratuity). Sept. 24-30. $25-$35. Visit greatercincinnatirestaurantweek. com for a full list of participating restaurants.
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It’s a pizza party at Sawyer Point hosted by Cincinnati Magazine. Enjoy slice samples, beer, wine and cocktails (alcohol for an additional fee). Onehundred percent of the ticket price benefits cancer research at UC Cancer Institute. 5-9 p.m. Sept. 27. $15 advance; $20 door; $5 for children 10 and under. Yeatman’s Cove, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, cincinnatimagazine.com.
HAUNTED HOUSE BOOS CRUISE
BB Riverboats and the Dent Schoolhouse combine forces for this haunted cruise. Board a bus in Newport to head to both haunted attractions, followed by a late-night booze cruise on the Ohio River. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28. $85. 101 Riverboat Row, Newport, bbriverboats.com.
WALNUT HILLS STREET FOOD FESTIVAL
This seventh-annual event highlights the neighborhood’s food talent, partners and the community. 11 a.m.5p.m. Sept. 29. Free admission. 770 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills, facebook. com/whstreetfoodfest.
GREAT OUTDOOR WEEKEND
Feel that brisk breeze with Green Umbrella’s annual outdoor events sampler. Great Outdoor Weekend presents opportunities for children and adults to try different outdoor recreation and nature awareness programs available in Greater Cincinnati. Each fall there are more than 100 events available. Sept. 29-30. Free. Various locations. More info: meetmeoutdoors.org/ greatoutdoorweekend.
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It’s not a bunch of hocus pocus: Washington Park is screening this definitive Halloween flick. Bring a blanket, grab some snacks and prepare to be spooked. 8-10 p.m. Oct. 3. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Overthe-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.
HOPSCOTCH: AN IRISH WHISKEY, SCOTCH & CRAFT BEER TASTING
Join CityBeat for its HopScotch event and imbibe unlimited samples of scotch, craft beer, whiskey, food and
more at New Riff Distillery. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 3. $40-$55. New Riff Distilling, 24 Distillery Way, Newport, Ky., citybeat. com.
HAUNTED BREWERY TOUR
Take this haunted brewery tour through Christian Moerlein’s OTR taproom. Hear five haunted tales and use clues to figure out which story is made up and isn’t based on history. The production is a collaboration between Christian Moerlein, the Brewing Heritage Trail, Cincinnati Escape Room and Cincinnati Landmark Productions. 7 p.m. every Friday and Saturday in October. $25. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., 1621 Moore St., Over-theRhine, hauntedbrewerytour.com.
NIGHT CIRCUS
Woodward Theater will be taken over by a dark carnival to kick off Halloween season. Night Circus features “twisted talent and fantastic feats,” with a dark cirque theme. Find tarot card readers, body painters and thrilling aerial entertainment. 9 p.m. Oct. 5. $25; $75-$100 VIP. Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook. com/passionproductionscincy.
DONAUSCHWABEN OKTOBERFEST
The 26th-annual Donauschwaben Oktoberfest features more than 25 beers on tap, homemade food, live German-style entertainment, a car show and more. 6 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Oct. 5; 1 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Oct. 6; noon-8 p.m. Oct. 7. $3 adults; free for children 12 and younger. 4290 Dry Ridge Road, Colerain, cincydonau.com.
HALL ZOOWEEN
Tricks and treats aren’t just for humans — zoo residents get in on the fun with special pumpkin enrichment activities every weekend in October. Kids can trick-or-treat at stations scattered throughout the grounds, catch a show from Phil Dalton’s Theater of Illusion and even hop on the Hogwarts Express. Costumes are encouraged, as is bringing along your own treat bag to help the zoo go green. Noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Oct. 6-28. Free with zoo admission: $19 adults; $13 kids. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, cincinnatizoo. org.
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WEEKEND OF FIRE
Calling all spice lovers: Weekend of Fire presents all things hot, including, salsas, dry rubs, hot sauces and bloody marys. Bring pals who can take the heat and peruse over 55 vendors. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 6; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7. $8; $14 twoday. Jungle Jim’s, 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, junglejims.com.
FRIGHT NIGHT: E.T.
Get in the spooky spirit with everyone’s favorite peanut-butter-cup-eating extraterrestrial. This screening of Steven Spielberg classic E.T. is free. Bring a lawnchair or blanket, pack a picnic basket and grab some adult beverages from the Washington Park bar. 8-10 p.m. Oct. 10. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.
SECOND ANNUAL WIZARD PUB CRAWL Whether you’re a muggle, wizard or Ron Weasley, break out your wand and get ready to drink your way through downtown and OTR. Tickets include a wand and wand box, Hogwarts house certificate, a costume competition, house-colored wristband for sorting, special photo ops, themed drinks and potions at each location and more. Crawl includes stops at 16-Bit, MOTR, HalfCut, The Rook, Japp’s and more. 2-10 p.m. Oct. 13. $25; $40 VIP (includes T-shirt). 16-Bit Bar+Arcade, 1331 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook. com/16BitBar.
HERE COME THE MUMMIES This eight-piece Funk band of bandaged, ancient mummies heads to Bogart’s. 7 p.m. Oct. 13. $25. Bogart’s, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, bogarts.com.
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BENGALS VS. THE PIT TSBURGH STEELERS
The Bengals take on the Steelers at home in Week 6. 1 p.m. Oct. 14. $66-$185. Paul Brown Stadium, 1 Paul Brown Stadium, Downtown, bengals.com.
Grab snacks from local food trucks as you browse wares from more than 60 vendors — you’ll find everything from artworks and crafting materials to home goods and jewelry. October’s event is the final outdoor installment of the season; afterward, Art on Vine heads back indoors at Rhinegeist. Noon-6 p.m. Oct. 21. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, artonvinecincy.com.
The wizarding world comes to Corryville for a night of magic, music and cosplay. Wizard Fest, a touring Harry Potterthemed club party, features trivia, special drinks, magicians, a costume contest, Quidditch Pong, dancing and DJs. For ages 18 and up. 8-11 p.m. Oct. 17. $15-$35. Bogart’s, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, bogarts.com.
MURDER ON THE MENU
Spring, 1879: A gunshot rings out near Washington Platform; the body of a young businessman is soon found dead in the alley across from City Hall. It’s Cincinnati’s oldest unsolved murder case, and the the night begins with a walking tour of the crime, followed by a four-course dinner, during which the rest of the story unfolds. Dishes are what was common in Cincinnati circa the late 1800s and are paired with local craft beer. 6 p.m. Oct. 18. $48. Washington Platform, 1000 Elm St., Downtown, queencityhistory.com.
ZOMBIE BALL: DANCE OF THE UNDEAD
Don your best zombie, vampire or otherwise-undead getup for this annual event. Imbibe beer and wine — including spooky cocktails — and fill up on a horror-themed buffet before embarking on a haunted hayride or heading inside a zombie photo booth. For a few extra bucks, get the VIP treatment: You’ll arrive at the party in an actual hearse and strut down a blood-red carpet. 7-11 p.m. Oct. 20. $30 individual; $50 couple; packages available. Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, pyramidhill.org.
THE CITY FLEA
It’s flea time again. The City Flea takes over Washington Park with tons of tented vendor booths featuring everything from jewelry, artisan eats and dog treats to vintage finds, plant friends and ceramics. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 20. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, thecityflea.com.
AUTUMN COLOR WALKING TOUR
Take in the colors of changing fall foliage on this walking tour through Spring Grove. The cemetery and arboretum’s horticulture staff will
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TWO SPIRITED WOMEN: AN EVENING WITH COLE IMPERI AND MOLLY WELLM ANN Mixologist Molly Wellmann and thanotologist Cole Imperi join forces for a thematic evening of spirits and spirits. Discover what death, dying and drinking can teach us about human happiness. 6-9 p.m. Oct. 24. $10 members; $20 non-members. The Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., Downtown, mercantilelibrary.com.
FRIGHT NIGHT: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Jack Skellington learns the meaning of Christmas this Halloween in Tim Burton’s stop-motion musical. Bring a blanket, lawnchair and picnic basket and buy some adult beverages from the park’s concession stand. 8 p.m. Oct. 24. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 MST3K is touring live for its 30th anniversary. See original host and creator Joel Hodgson with new host Jonah Ray. The bots and the boys will be bringing new movies and new riffs to stages across the U.S. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24. $39.50-$49/50. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.
OFFICIAL HALLOWEEN BAR CRAWL
Get extra spooky this season. Put on your coolest, cutest, scariest or sexiest costume and hop from bar to bar in Over-the-Rhine and The Banks. Attendees will get some treats to take home and discounts on drink and food specials. Do the “Monster Mash” all night long. 2 -9 p.m. Oct. 27. $20$40, check-in starts at Nicholson’s, 625 Walnut, Downtown, elite-barcrawls.com.
The weekend will include writer workshops, author signings and plenty of readings. This year features Alice McDermott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ninth Hour, and Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Sunny and Long Way Down. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 20. Free. Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown, booksbythebanks.org.
HALLOWQUEEN DRAG BRUNCH
Ring in Halloween with this pop-up drag brunch at Metropole, complete with glitter, fangs and heels galore. Sip specialty themed cocktails and dig into a family-style brunch prepared by chef Jared Bennett. Costumes are encouraged — “You better werk, witch.” 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 28. $35. Metropole, 609 Walnut St., Downtown, metropoleonwalnut.com.
NORTHSIDE RECORD FAIR
Northside Record Fair sets up shop at Northside’s North Church displaying thousands of records of every genre. The event features merchandise from the likes of Shake It Records and Black Plastic Records, and you can also submit your personal collection and peddle your wares among the other vendors. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 3. $5; $10 early bird entry. North Church, 4222 Hamilton Ave., Northside, northsiderecordfair.com.
CINCINNATI PIZZA WEEK
Grab your official Cincinnati Pizza Week passport and embark to area pizza joints during this CityBeat event that brings $8 pies to pizza lovers. Go online for updates and participating eateries. Nov. 5-11. $8 pizzas. Various locations. More info: cincinnatipizzaweek.com.
SM ALL TOWN MURDER PRESENTS: SHUT UP AND GIVE ME MURDER!
From Irvington, Ala. to Flora Vista, N.M., two comedians examine tiny towns and the murders that take place there. Yes, somehow there’s still something to laugh about. Attend a live taping of the podcast that combines two of America’s favorite interests: comedy and true crime. 8 p.m. Nov. 30. $35. Bogart’s, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, bogarts.com.
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Learn how to grow your own mushrooms, taste edible mushroom delicacies from chef Ursula, make mushroom crafts and more. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 13. Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, cincinnatiparks.com.
or blanket, pack a picnic basket and grab some adult beverages from the Washington Park bar. 8-10 p.m. Oct. 17. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.
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STUFF TO DO Ongoing Shows VISUAL ART: War Gastronomy Contemporary Arts Center, Downtown (through Sept. 22)
you won’t be the only one, it sees 30,000 guests per year. Through Oct. 31. $20-$25; $50-$55 for front of line. Dent Schoolhouse, 5963 Harrison Ave., Dent, frightsite.com. — MACKENZIE MANLEY
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MUSIC: Chromeo brings Electro Funk to the Madison Theater. See Sound Advice on page 44. ONSTAGE: Ensemble Theatre’s Fly By Night is a darkly comic Rock musical. See review on page 36. ONSTAGE: The Playhouse in the Park’s production of Misery is edge-of-your-seat suspenseful and highly entertaining. See review on page 35.
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ONSTAGE: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum After 25 years, the venerable Cincinnati Shakespeare Company tries something “new” — for it, if not for us. It is presenting a musical: Stephen Sondheim’s 1962 Tony Award-winning A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A humorous tale about a scheming slave in ancient Rome, it has the infectious energy of vaudeville along with such songs as “Pretty Little Picture,” “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” “I’m Calm,” “Bring Me My Bride” and more. Through Sept. 29. $67 adult; $63 senior; $41 student. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 1195 Elm St., Over-theRhine, cincyshakes.com. — RICK PENDER VISUAL ART: Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World Collecting Calligraphy at the Cincinnati Art Museum explores the craftsmanship, skill, beauty and function of calligraphy from the 9th century to the 20th, featuring 55 works on paper including
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historic manuscripts, pages from the Qur’an, calligraphic practice sheets and political decrees from such countries as Spain, Turkey, Syria, Iran and India. The show celebrates a recent gift to the museum from local residents JoLynn and Byron Gustin, but the institution has been acquiring Islamic calligraphy since the 1940s and has a substantial collection. Many of these items will be on public display for the first time. Through Jan. 27, 2019. Free. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, cincinnatiartmuseum.org. — STEVEN ROSEN
LIT: Author Luc Sante delivers this year’s Albert Pyle Urban Lecture at the Mercantile Library. See an interview on page 33.
mics,” says comedian Steve Gillespie. A political science major, his course of study has influenced his comedy somewhat over the years. As he’s gotten deeper into the art form, those interests are surfacing onstage. “I was always interested in social and economic stuff and how we as a society dole out resources, but with an absurdist twist on it,” he says. Indeed, the sets he’s done on late night TV aren’t quite indicative of his full headlining set. “I like to get a lot more experimental on longer sets and push the envelope a bit more,” he says. There are also tends to be some crowd interaction. “Nothing’s off the table and no one is safe.” Through Sunday. $8-$14. Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com. — P.F. WILSON
COMEDY: Steve Gillespie “Once I got out of college, I started getting interested in stand-up and going to open
LIT: Stephen Markley Stephen Markley’s Ohio is creating buzz as a “Great American Rustbelt Novel” for
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its story of four former highschool classmates returning to New Canaan, Ohio after 9/11 and the start of the Great Recession to confront unresolved personal issues against a societal backdrop of foreclosures, Walmarts and opioid addiction. Its publisher, Simon & Schuster, considers it a fiction counterpart to Hillbilly Elegy or Janesville. The author will be here to discuss and sign copies of his book, a debut novel. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2692 Madison Road, Norwood, josephbeth.com. — STEVEN ROSEN
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MUSIC: Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan brings British New Wave to Bogart’s. See interview on page 42.
MUSIC: Brooklyn experimental Pop band Ava Luna heads to MOTR Pub. See Sound Advice on page 45.
EVENT: The Cincinnati Comic Expo takes over the Duke Energy Convention Center with a weekend’s worth of cosplay, comics, celebrity appearances, a Harry Potter-themed geek prom and more. See feature on page 34. EVENT: Dent Schoolhouse Projected ghosts swirl on the walls as figments of cockroaches scurry across the floors. Screams resound, mangled by the twisted churr of chainsaws. To usher in Halloween season, one of the region’s most-frequented haunts — Dent Schoolhouse — is opening its doors. Behind the haunt is the everevolving lore based on the legend of Charlie the janitor, who supposedly murdered multiple children from the school and hid their bodies in the basement (while you stand in line, you’ll see him stalking the perimeter). Enter if you dare, and prepare to be spooked by this horror-filled schoolhouse;
ONSTAGE: Luna: A Wizarding World Parody Fans of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series know Luna Lovegood to be one of the most quirky, sincere and likable witches at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, so even muggles couldn’t ignore when Improv Cincinnati announced Luna: A Wizarding World Parody. This musicallydriven stage show chronicles the dreamy titular character’s travels across Midwestern America in search of a fantastic beast. Canonically, this unlicensed fan-fiction takes place five years after the events in book seven of the series, Deathly Hallows. Luna is pursuing her interest in magizoology, the same field of study shared by Newt Scamander, the protagonist of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. This is put on by hardcore HP devotees, so pregame with some butterbeers for an authentic wizard’s Friday night out. 8 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 6. $20. Clifton Performance Theatre, 404 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, improvcincinnati. com. — SEAN M. PETERS FILM: Airborne 25th Anniversary Screening Does the name Mitchell Goosen mean anything to you? If not, adjust your priorities. Airborne is a Cincinnati-filmed, 1993 Rollerblading-focused teen drama that follows California surfer Mitchell as he relocates to Cincinnati to live with his aunt and uncle while his parents are on assignment in the Australian Outback. Mitchell trades in riding waves for blading down Cincy’s sweet hills
and joining the high school ice hockey team (the movie weirdly and incorrectly thinks Cincinnatians are obsessed ice hockey). Starring Shane McDermott as Mitchell, Seth Green as his cousin Wiley and Jack Black as a dude from high school, the film features awesome Cincy scenes and landmarks, an intense blading competition and a really great Seth Green outfit-change montage. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film, some diehard fans are screening it at Northside Yacht Club, followed by a ’90s dance party. Rollerblades and Baja sweatshirts are welcome and encouraged for both indoor and outdoor use. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday. Northside Yacht Club, 4227 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, northsideyachtclub.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO EVENT: Cocktails & Couture at the Cincinnati Art Museum Cincy Chic hosts this evening of cocktails and fashion at the Cincinnati Art Museum featuring historic fashion vignettes, a cocktail tasting led by mixologist Molly Wellmann, a vintage fashion show and shopping opportunities.
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EVENT: Cincinnati Mini Maker Faire The Cincinnati Maker Faire is a collection of curious tinkerers and creatives who have gathered to show off their creations — like a science fair meets showand-tell meets craft market. Everyone from engineers and scientists to kids and artists will present their hobbies, experiments and projects for guests to check out. There will be robots and fiber art, 3D printing, home brewers and booths from the likes of Cincinnati Parks, Happen Inc., Anti Fashion Boot Camp, the public library’s MakerSpace and more. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. $7 adult advance; $10 day of; $5 child advance; $7 day of. Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 7700 Vine St., Carthage, cincinnati.makerfaire.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO EVENT: Old West Fest Travel back to the wickey wild, wicky wicky wild wild
wild West this weekend with Old West Fest. Grab your cowboy boots and slip on a big ol’ belt buckle, then step back into a time when lawmen like Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp ruled frontiers and gamblers like Doc Holliday risked it all playing Faro. Period actors will wander the streets of a recreated Dodge City, where visitors can peruse antique shops brimming with handcrafted items, take old-timey photos and pan for gold. Chow on turkey legs, buffalo burgers, rattlesnake chili and more — then wash it down with some sarsaparilla. There will also be covered wagon rides, staged frontier gun fights, saloon shows and plenty of Bluegrass music. This weekend is Heroes Weekend and military members, EMS, police officers and firefighters get in free. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 14. $12.99 adult; $9.99 child. 1449 Greenbush Cobb Road, Williamsburg, Ohio, oldwestfestival.com. — MACKENZIE MANLEY
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MUSIC: JEFF The Brotherhood Jake and Jamin Orrall — aka Nashville Rock duo JEFF The Brotherhood — are the sons of singer/songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall, who has written for the likes of Taylor Swift, Reba McIntire and Martina McBride. The elder Orrall has also had success as a performer, producer and indie record label owner; he co-founded the Infinity Cat label with his sons when they were teenagers, right as they were getting their band project off of the ground. JEFF The Brotherhood has experienced a great level of success since those early days, building up a following and reputation nationwide throughout the ’00s that culminated with their acclaimed 2009 LP Heavy Days. The band and label linked up with Warner Music Group in 2011, which led to the duo’s Warner Bros. Records debut, Hypnotic Nights (produced by Dan Auerbach), in 2012. But the partnership was short-lived and the band parted ways with Warner, releasing the well-received Wasted on the Dream in 2015 on their own. For the Dream tour, JEFF The Brother beefed
up its live presentation, becoming a touring four-piece and adding bassist Jack Lawrence (formerly of Cincinnati’s Greenhornes, as well as The Raconteurs alongside Jack White); Lawrence had also recorded with the band on Dream. For their much-anticipated album Magick Songs, released Sept. 7, the Orralls moved the quartet concept into the studio, collaborating on the music with Lawrence and Kunal Prakash. The album (released through Dine Alone Records) finds JEFF The Brotherhood at its most progressive and experimental, while still retaining the wellcrafted Indie/Garage Rock heart it built its name on. Cincinnati’s The Harlequins and Spooky Dreamland open JEFF’s local tour stop. 8 p.m. Sunday. $12; $15 day of show. Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St., Over-theRhine, woodwardtheater. com. — MIKE BREEN EVENT: Dog Swim at Ziegler Pool Ziegler Park’s Ziegler Pool
EVENT: Fifty West’s Fifty Fest Fifty West Brewing Company brings together a bevy of local brewers for an afternoon of local beer, local music and local food. Check out timed tappings of rare and specialty beers plus more than 80 others available to sample whenever. There will also be a cocktail booth, food trucks, petting zoo and music from the likes of 90 Proof Twang, Bad Veins, Freak Mythology and The Almighty Get Down. All ages. Noon-midnight Friday. $7 presale; $10 door; $30 VIP (presale only). Fifty West, 7668 Wooster Pike, Columbia Township, fiftywestbrew.com. — MAIJA ZUMMMO
literally goes to the dogs on Sunday during the pool’s second annual Dog Swim. Well-behaved, licensed and vaccinated pups are invited to cool off and take a lap or two in the pool. Owners must sign a waiver and each dog must be accompanied by an adult. More rules and regulations are listed online. 5-7 p.m. Sunday. $15 online; $20 at the gate. Ziegler Pool, 1322 Sycamore St., Overthe-Rhine, zieglerpark.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO
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Writer Luc Sante Explores the Storied Lives of Cities, Past and Present The acclaimed author will make an appearance at The Mercantile Library for the Albert Pyle Urban Lecture BY JAS O N G A R G A N O
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to future generations of artists. It’s a spark Sante hopes to pass on as well. “I imagine something I write being stumbled on by something like the 13-year-old self that I once was — some kid from somewhere who will be inspired to go on and read and explore,” Sante says. “It’s a long chain, a great continuity. “These traditions circle the world and then travel through the centuries. That’s something that’s very important. Sometimes it seems like technology is set to vaporize all that, but I hope in my modest way, hoping that the world will not end tomorrow or within the next few years, that there will be time for some kind of tradition to keep going.” Luc Sante will deliver the Albert Pyle Urban Lecture at The Mercantile Library (414 Walnut St., Downtown) on Sept. 13. More info: mercantilelibrary.com.
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Sante’s writing, no matter the topic or forum, is informed by his love of music — specifically that of his ’60s and ’70s coming of age. “I was always trying to find ways to do on paper whatever it was that the music did, trying to use the rhythms of the prose to approximate music,” Sante says. “Almost everybody I knew was music-obsessed. It was just such a constant presence. It wasn’t just CBGB; it was also what was on the radio. We were listening to as much Disco as we were to Punk. Every kind of music was coming from everywhere. It was out on the street as much as it was in your apartment.” Patti Smith was an especially inspiring figure; he first saw her in concert at age 19. It was everything he hoped for and more. Decades later, Sante’s review of Smith’s biography Just Kids includes a comment about Smith’s desire to “pass on the spark”
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in a forest for many years studying a bird species that were most likely to become extinct, and those were the ones I most identified with.” Sante was enamored with New York’s artists, misfits and bohemians, who were men and woman determined to find their own unique path. In the ’70s, he found himself at the center of a cultural revolution; he witnessed first-hand the rise of Punk Rock at CBGBs, a music club in East Manhattan. “If you arrived in New York in the 1970s you were struck by this enormous paradox…Here you are in the world’s city, the capital of the 20th century, the city with all those iconic skyscrapers, but the power seems to have run away from the city,” Sante says. “It seems like the city has become this anarchic place. This was a little bit disconcerting at first, but then you realize that actually it gives you a certain amount of power.” Initially, Sante thought he’d be a Rock critic; he began submitting reviews to Rolling Stone in 1968 at age 14 and was an early fan of Paul Williams’ Rock mag Crawdaddy! “These Rock critics, the earliest generation of them, were very literate and interesting people,” Sante says. “I got a lot of recommendations. I remember being led to detective novels, being led to Thomas Pynchon by Rock critics who just alluded to them sideways in their reviews.” But it was Sante’s work at The New York Review of Books that eventually kick-started his writing career. His first piece appeared in 1981, and he’s been a fixture in its pages ever since. Along the way he’s written for a plethora of entities: film criticism for Interview and Wigwam; various topics for The Village Voice, The New York Times, Artforum and Vogue; crime criticism for Spy; essays for Criterion Collection’s film releases; and, more recently, a screenplay of sorts for the 2017 Bob Dylan quasi-doc Trouble No More. Beyond Low Life and The Other Paris, his books include an investigation of the photographic genius of Walker Evans and Kill All Your Darlings, a collection of pieces he wrote between 1990 and 2005. He was even a proofreader at Sports Illustrated for a time.
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uc Sante’s fascination with New York City has fueled an unconventional writing career that is now in its fifth decade. For the uninitiated, Sante — who is coming to The Mercantile Library on Sept. 13 to deliver the Albert Pyle Urban Lecture — is an author of rare insight and singular prose on topics as diverse as folk photography and the poetic inclinations of Patti Smith to politics and the everevolving nature of urban environments. Sante’s literary and life journey began when he visited the United States in the late 1950s after his father lost his job in a woolen mill in Verviers, Belgium. “Right away my life is tied up in the life and the death of the city,” Sante says regarding his family’s move to the U.S. due to the flagging fortunes of his hometown in Belgium. As a 5-year-old, he was immediately altered by New York City, a place that remains at the forefront of his life as an artist who has so often used his considerable gifts to illuminate the work of others. Sante’s two best-known books, 1991’s Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York and 2015’s The Other Paris, are impressively researched and deftly written portraits of almost cinematic grandeur, each centered on the gritty underbelly of perhaps the two most preeminent cities of the last 150 years. “I first saw New York as a small child,” he says, recounting how he and his family moved back and forth from Belgium to the U.S. multiple times before finally anchoring themselves northeastern New Jersey. “I started commuting to New York when I was 14 because I had a scholarship to a Jesuit high school. I had a two-hour commute each way, so I saw the city.” After high school, Sante enrolled at Columbia University to study with Kenneth Koch, a Cincinnati native who was a preeminent figure in the New York School of poetry in the 1950s and ’60s. “I started living there in 1972, and I saw New York go from fun city to Escape from New York in less than a decade,” Sante says. “I then saw the whole recuperation of the Reagan years and beyond. I just sort of saw this panorama of death, rebirth, whatever. But I also became very concerned — as if I were an ornithologist who had been living
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The Cincinnati Comic Expo Returns with Celebrity Guests, Comic Artists, Cosplay and More BY B R I A N B A K ER
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he herculean task of coordinating this year’s Cincinnati Comic Expo (CCE) didn’t begin immediately after the conclusion of last year’s expo. Like nearly every year since the CCE began eight years ago, planning for the following year’s event started well before the current year’s expo even occurred. “The expo is a 14-month job,” says administrator Matt Bredestege from his Springfield, Miss. home. “We meet with Duke (Energy Convention Center) to see what’s available and get that secured because we want to tell fans and exhibitors at the 2018 show, ‘Here’s where we are in 2019.’ ” The CCE is the only area event of its kind, making it an attractive destination for anyone unwilling to traverse the country for other big conventions. It began in 2010 when Bredestege’s childhood friend Andrew Satterfield — tired of traveling to distant events — actualized his frequent threat to start his own comic con. “I was working for Channel 5 on the assignment desk at the time and I said, ‘You start the show and I’ll do the PR,’ ” Bredestege says. “Of course, as soon as we moved out of Cincinnati, he called and said, ‘I’m starting a show.’ And I was like, ‘Dammit, we just moved.’ But if you’ve got a phone and an internet connection, you can do pretty much everything without being there in person.” Like previous events, 2018’s CCE, which takes place this weekend at the Duke Energy Convention Center, features celebrities from the varied entertainment realms the expo represents: actors, artists, writers and designers from film, television, comics and gaming. Two big 2018 appearances are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, best known as Jaime Lannister from the nearly-concluded Game of Thrones, and Peter Mayhew, made supernaturally famous as Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise. But with a few cancellations already, fingers are perpetually crossed. “Nikolaj was supposed to be in the United States three times this year, and he had things come up where he canceled the first two appearances,” he says. “Right now, we’re going to be Nikolaj’s only U.S. appearance this year and his first U.S. show in five years. And Peter Mayhew just had back surgery, and we’re told that everything is on schedule for his physical therapy, but until his plane’s on the ground, nothing is certain.” Regardless, there’s plenty of star power over the expo’s three-day stretch, including Summer Glau (Firefly/Serenity), Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulsen from ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./The Avengers film franchise), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Stranger Things) and show newbie Benedict Wong (Dr. Strange, Avengers: Infinity War). As Bredestege explains, the expo’s
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guest-booking strategy exists in the Venn diagram of celebrities that draw well, based on the broad expertise of Bredestege (the TV/film buff), Satterfield (the comic book geek), their friend/comic con aficionado/security pro David Wray and the expo’s advisory committee. They also evaluate who is available, affordable or promoting a project or anniversary. He notes that they love celebs like the aforementioned Elwes, who are open and engaging in the show atmosphere, and also have a broad fan demographic of both comedy and drama on film and television. “We’re not all fanboys putting our personal fandoms forward,” Bredestege says. “We’re looking at what fans want, because if the fans don’t come, we don’t have a show. Fans might want a certain guest and we know they’re filming or have requirements we cannot meet. We read fan surveys, and the biggest thing they want is super hero stuff. We’re always looking at the Marvel Universe; that just gets larger and larger. There’s also hundreds of other shows across the country and we’re competing with that.”
CCE’s celebrity appearances — check the expo’s website for the full slate of guests, pricing for autographs and photo-ops, as well as a packed lineup for comic book artists and writers, including famed UK artist John Bolton, who will make a rare U.S. appearance — are complemented by dozens of vendor booths, a cosplay element, costume competition, Wampa Cave workshops and panels, the PHOTO: THE PORTRAIT DUDE longstanding Geek Prom (this year is Midwest Muggle Fest, an extension of last year’s Harry Potter center, or the decorator, and I oversee the prom theme), and even speed dating and communications, our social media, how an annual blood drive. Creating the expo we’re getting the word out. I proofread annually is an incredible undertaking and make sure everything’s perfect. My for people who juggle full-time work name and one of my best friends’ names is schedules; Bredestege has become the attached to this. I’m going to make sure we point person for daytime needs. put the best product out there.” “When we left Cincinnati, I became a The Cincinnati Comic Expo runs Sept. house husband,” he says. “If we need an 14-16 at the Duke Energy Convention agreement discussed, or there’s a call they Center (525 Elm St., Downtown). More info: can’t make from work, they assign me cincinnaticomicexpo.com. that task. That can entail the convention
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Playhouse’s ‘Misery’ is Deadly Fun BY JAC K I E M U L AY
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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s season-opener Misery explores the depths of human depravity and delivers a delightfully disturbing production that chills and entertains. It opens to total darkness; the only sounds are from the action that occurs offstage, where the audience hears the commotion of what seems to be a horrific car crash. When the lights come up on a seemingly calm yellow Barbara Chisholm (left) and David Whalen bedroom, we are introduced to famed romance novelist Paul PHOTO: MIKKI SCHAFFNER PHOTOGRAPHY Sheldon, the victim of the earlier crash. His strange caretaker is a sunny — if a little manic — nurse connection. Whalen adds a necessary grit named Annie Wilkes, Paul’s “number one to the maniacal production that keeps it fan.” Paul is late for his return to New York centered and real. to do a press tour for his latest novel, a Part of what makes Misery so chilling is Regency romance that details the life of in the intricacy of the set, designed by Paul main character Misery Chastain. But now, Shortt. The stage revolves to reveal three bruised, broken and confined to bed, Paul different rooms within the isolated home: comes to depend upon — and ultimately Paul’s bedroom, Annie’s living room fear — his increasingly disturbed and Annie’s kitchen. Shortt’s revolving caretaker-turned-captor. set moves silently and seamlessly and Perhaps one of Stephen King’s most the actors navigate it mid-rotation with a famous and terrifying novels, Misery is delicate ease. an exploration of sanity, isolation and Adding to the eerie sense of isolation obsession. But at its core, Misery is a are the trees that creep down from above, chilling psychological thriller, and the concluding at the roof of Annie’s house, Playhouse’s stage adaptation, written by and lending a sense of claustrophobia to William Goldman and directed by Blake the production. They wrap themselves Robison, brings on the shivers. around the top of the set, much in the Set in a small house in an isolated way Annie wraps herself around Paul, Colorado town, Paul sets off on a long constricting him bit by bit. road to recovery. Bedridden from two The interior of the house itself mirrors broken legs and nearly immobilized by a Annie; it is a mixture of outdated sensibilidislocated shoulder, Paul confides in his ties and preciseness to its careful organicaretaker, even sharing with her a new zation, which hides the monster within. manuscript, freshly completed after his For Annie, there is a place for everything three-month stay in a nearby lodge. But and everything is in its place, which make companionship turns to nightmarish navigating the strange home both easy and enmity as Paul soon learns that Annie treacherous for Paul. This uncertainty is never intends to let him recover and leave. part of what creates a delightful tension, Barbara Chisholm delivers an eerily as audience members lean on the edges of captivating and delightfully unhinged their seats, both frightened and thrilled. performance as Annie. She is so adept at Misery is violent, to say the least, both switching from manic happiness to calm emotionally and physically. And the effects fury that the audience has trouble truly and fight choreography, coordinated by characterizing and hating her. Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet, Though Annie is psychopathic and add in an extra cringe factor that helps violent, Chisholm shifts easily and send shivers down the audience’s spine naturally on a dime, luring the audience (despite a small opening-night technical into a Stockholm syndrome-like state. We flub involving a sledgehammer). laugh with her, relax when she’s happy There is little lost in translation from and get tense when she sours. We mimic novel to screen to stage, aside from a her moods out of fear for Paul and learn less intensely real depiction of torturous her triggers with each ironic laugh she violence. Though Misery is a horrifying produces. thriller, it still proves to be raucous David Whalen’s strong, witty and fun, evoking both laughter and audible sincere performance as Paul is part of screams. what allows the tension to slowly build Misery runs through Sept. 29 at Mount and snake out into the audience. Whalen’s Adams’ Playhouse in the Park. commitment to Paul’s immobility, his pain Tickets/more info: cincyplay.com. and eventual panic, are essential to that
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Star-Crossed Opener at Ensemble Theatre BY R I C K PEN D ER
On Nov. 9, 1965, a massive blackout in the Northeastern United States left New York City in the dark for up to 13 hours. It’s the crux and the climax of Fly By Night, a jaunty and sentimental musical getting its regional premiere as the opening production of Ensemble Theatre’s 33rd season. It’s the kind of show that D. Lynn Meyers, ETC’s artistic director, loves to launch a season: Fly By Night cast onstage at Ensemble Theatre a romantic musical full of heartfelt tunes and P H O T O : R YA N K U R T Z unabashed emotions. Its authors (Will Connolly, former air traffic controller); the unending Michael Mitnick and Kim Rosenstock) false starts of Joey’s play, The Human call it a “dark comedy,” not just because of Condition; and the sadness of Mr. McClam, the power failure that doesn’t occur until who moons about carrying a portable late in the second act. Along the way some record player and an LP of Verdi’s La surprising turns of events make the story Traviata, the opera he saw on his first date more dark than comic. The story begins with Harold’s mother. in sadness, takes an entertaining and Carr, Steele and Farhat are wonderful frequently amusing upswing and then vocalists and vivid actors. Carr captures ends poignantly and unexpectedly. Harold’s indecisive nebbishness perfectly. Harold McClam (Michael Gerard As Daphne, Farhat evinces the kind of Carr) is a melancholy fellow in New York chutzpah required to believe in a musiCity. His mom just passed away and his cal theater career. And Steele’s Miriam dad (Phil Fiorini) is lost in grief; Harold is unassuming and sweet, then morally has a dead-end job as a sandwich maker, perplexed. Their songs individually and employed by a grouch named Crabble together are unstintingly entertaining. (Michael Bath). Harold hopes to make Pecchia is an able, provocative guide music with his mom’s old guitar, but he from start to finish, lending the story can’t get started. a metaphysical thread. Fiorini’s sadly Things change thanks to two sweetly nostalgic Mr. McClam has a wonderful, eccentric sisters from South Dakota who restorative solo number recounting his recently landed in the city: Daphne (Maya romance and the role opera played. Bath Farhat) aspires to be a Broadway musical is a wonderful comedian, especially when star; Miriam (Brooke Steele) is satisfied to the irascible Crabble finds a moment to work as a waitress, although she’s fascishine late in the story. He and Carr have a nated with astronomy. Joey Storms (Patrick delightful stand-alone number, “Eternity,” Phillips), a wannabe playwright, recruits describing the tedium of sandwich making. Daphne for a show he’s writing, clearly a Moment-to-moment, Fly By Night is ploy to spend time with her. an endearing evening, full of charming A handful of other characters — the sismusic, although much of it begins to ters’ mother, a fortuneteller, a snooty retail sound the same. Overall, Fly By Night store manager — are played by a Narrator feels at least a half-hour too long. The (Nathan Robert Pecchia), who quickly slips second act becomes a tad repetitive as in and out of these small roles employing the culminating moment of the blackout a handkerchief, physical postures and draws near — enhanced by lovely distinctive voices. Pecchia is the show’s evanescent starlight created by scenic and philosophizing tour guide, leading us lighting designer Brian c. Mehring. through a slightly bewildering chronology If you’re a straight-up romantic who that starts, stops, backtracks and repeats believes in fate and destiny, I suspect you’ll events that played out during the year love this show, ETC’s fine production and between Harold’s mother’s death in 1964 its loveable cast. If you’re more of a skeptic and the blackout in 1965. (and I’m afraid that’s where I come down), Harold, an unlikely suitor, gets engaged you might feel it’s too much of a good to Daphne, who’s constantly rehearsing thing. And fasten your seatbelt for the Joey’s play. When a loony fortuneteller says unexpected, heartbreaking finale. Miriam will soon encounter her soul mate, Fly By Night, presented by Ensemble she meets Harold, whose engagement to Theatre Cincinnati (1127 Vine St., OverDaphne is a definite problem. Their love the-Rhine), continues through Sept. 29. triangle is the focus of Fly By Night, but we Tickets/info: ensemblecincinnati.org. also discover the frustrations of Crabble (a
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The Latest Buzz from the Toronto International Film Festival BY T T S T ER N - EN ZI
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certain to dominate film discussions, I enjoy the pleasant surprises from other corners of the world. This year, thanks to writer-director Wanuri Kahiu, I got a delicious taste of Kenya in her sweet treat Rafiki (which means “friends”). It’s the story of Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) and Ziki (Sheila Munyiva), the daughters of political rivals who fall in love, despite the societal ban on same-sex relationships. As Kahiu explained to an adoring post-screening crowd, the film is banned in Kenya not so much for its depictions of sexual intimacy as for its hopeful tone about the future of Kena, Ziki and samesex relationships in that country. Hope is alive at Toronto in 2018, and maybe I’ll be able to bring a bit more of it back to the Queen City.
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focus away from her talent toward her interaction with other, more mercurial, aspects of show business. Cooper’s got his creative hands all over this project — co-writing, acting, directing, even singing — and there’s a strong likelihood that he’s going to earn lots of awards season love. But the real honors will settle on Lady Gaga. This latest adaptation of the story seems tailor-made for her, capitalizing on marketing issues she faced earlier on. It would be far too simple to assume that she doesn’t even need to act when the story seems so pulled from her life, but that underestimates the effort she exerts to venture beyond the familiar beats. As often as I seek out in Toronto either reminders of home or the big-ticket titles
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This year marks the second in a row in which the Greater Cincinnati region has been represented at the now-underway Toronto International Film Festival with multiple films shot here. Just one year ago, I settled in for writerdirector Yorgos Lanthimos’ dramatic and mysterious thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, featuring heavyweight leads (Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell) and one of the most Cincinnati-centric settings in recent years. Also screening was Tali Shalom-Ezer’s My Days of Mercy, which tentatively probed a familiar setting or two (especially a lovely shot near the end in an alleyway in Clifton) like the teasing touch of new love. This year brings three Cincinnati-filmed features: David Lowery’s The Old Man and the Gun, with Robert Redford in what appears to be his last starring role; Emilio Estevez’s The Public; and Tim Sutton’s Donnybrook. Those welcome visual reminders of home seen last year — and the resulting sense of pride inspired upon hearing snatches of festival conversations where others recognized the Queen City — further Robert Redford stars in The Old Man and the Gun. accentuated the growing buzz about the arrival of PHOTO: FOX SE ARCHLIGHT PICTURES Cincinnati on the broader cultural stage. We are a sparkling jewel of a city under a growing release The Public, which also makes an spotlight. Once again at Toronto, we stand appearance at Toronto. The topicality ready for an intense close-up. of homelessness and how a city like The Old Man and the Gun, from Lowery ours tackles the issue is on full display, (who made last year’s A Ghost Story), is offering us up as an imperfect model for in the midst of a warm festival tour and the country. It’s another hot ticket and has been noted as much for being filmed especially meaningful to a hometown in the Cincinnati region as for being critic because the Queen City, in a starring the performative swan song for its lead role, gets to play itself. Redford. He plays an aging bank robber Speaking of stars, at my short time in named Forrest Tucker, capable of waltzing Toronto this year I’ve already snagged a out of banks with bags of cash by utilizing VIP spot for one of the most anticipated little more than his roguish charm. The films — Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star film capitalizes on the easy conviction of Is Born with Lady Gaga as the young singerRedford, a known cinematic con artist of songwriter whose chance encounter with the highest order, but there’s a bit of a game an aging alcoholic musician (Cooper doing in how Lowery disguises our fair city. a masterful impression of Sam Elliott, who There’s a far more blatant and naked plays his much older brother) catapults exposure of Cincinnati in the new Estevez her to levels of fame that can shift the
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Recipes for End-OfSummer Produce by Cincy Chefs Here are some ideas of what to cook with all those garden-fresh fruits and veggies before the pumpkins take over BY M C K E N ZI E G R A H A M
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SUMMER FRUIT AND HERB BUCKLE
Recipe provided by Blair Fornshell, owner and baker at Brown Bear Bakery “As the summer days begin to shorten and I start craving the comforts of fall, this dessert is perfect. Warm, buttery and full of sun-ripened summer peaches, this buckle is the ideal vehicle for the last of the season’s fruits. If you don’t have peaches on hand, any stone fruit will work; and if you’re lucky enough to have stored away summer berries, then this is the time to
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use them. Just substitute two pints of any fruit for the peaches. I love to serve this dessert topped with a big spoonful of barely whipped cream, a few fresh thyme leaves and freshly sliced peaches that have been tossed in the reserved peach liquid.” Ingredients: • 3 oz. unsalted butter • 1 cup brown sugar • 1 large egg • 2 tsp. vanilla extract • ⅔ cup room-temperature, full-fat buttermilk • 3 or 4 peaches, depending on size • ½ tsp. fresh thyme • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 tsp. baking powder • / tsp. Kosher salt • / tsp. nutmeg (freshly grated, if you have it) • 2 Tbsp. raw sugar for topping (Sugar in the Raw is my favorite and available at the supermarket). Instructions: Prep the peaches. Cut them into thin slices and place in a bowl. Use 2 Tbsp. brown sugar and toss to coat. Let sit for 30 minutes; then drain the peaches. While you’re waiting on the peaches, melt the butter with the thyme leaves in
a saucepan, and set aside to cool to room temperature. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and coat a 10-inch cake pan with butter and flour to prevent sticking. Combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg) in a large bowl and set aside. When the butter and thyme mixture has cooled to room temperate, use a rubber spatula to mix in the brown sugar, followed by the egg and vanilla. Mix it quickly and with muscle until your mixture has incorporated some air. Next, whip in the buttermilk and mix just until incorporated. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet and stir until smooth. Take the drained peaches and fold them into the batter. I like to set aside about a quarter of the peaches to top the buckle with before it goes into the oven. At this stage you want to make sure not to overmix. Use the reserved peaches to top the buckle. Sprinkle the top of the buckle with 2 Tbsp. raw sugar. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes and up to one hour, until the top is toasty and golden brown. The buckle will begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan.
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Recipe provided by Steven Shockely, chef at The Anchor-OTR “In Sicily, caponata is the epitome of the end-of-the-summer harvest. Great to scoop up over bread, or, as we are doing at The Anchor, with fresh-made tagliatelle pasta.” Ingredients: • 1 large eggplant, chopped and salted • 1 large red onion, diced • 2 bell pepper red/yellow, diced • 1 summer yellow squash, diced • 1 green zucchini, diced • 2 lbs. heirloom tomato, diced • 2 Tbsp. capers, rinsed • 2 head garlic, peeled and chopped • 3 anchovies, oil packed • 3 Tbsp. good quality olive oil Instructions: Chop eggplant and coat with salt; allow to sit for 30 minutes then rinse and pat dry with a paper towel. Dice onion, peppers, squash, zucchini and tomatoes — keep everything separate. Peel and chop garlic. Sauté eggplant in a cast iron pan (or something similar) until caramelized; add onions, garlic, peppers, squash and
FOOD FOOD&&DRINK DRINK zucchini. Cook until onion becomes translucent. Add anchovies and capers and cook for another minute before adding tomatoes. Turn heat to low and allow everything to stew together. If your mixture becomes too dry in the pan, add a touch of dry white wine. Enjoy with a crusty loaf of bread!
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Recipe provided by Josh Wamsley, owner of Mazunte “Our flame-roasted corn is served with a chipotle mayo, queso fresco and lime. It’s our only seasonal dish on the menu: sweet, smoky and creamy.” Ingredients: • Local sweet corn, husk on • Queso fresco • Lime Chipotle Mayo Ingredients: • ½ cup mayonnaise • 1 chipotle chile from can of chipotles in adobo, diced • ½ lime, squeezed Instructions: To make the chipotle mayo, mix ½ cup mayonnaise with a diced chipotle chile from a can of chipotles in adobo. You can also use a blender. If you like more spice, add another chipotle. Squeeze half of a lime in and mix. Add more lime if you like. Soak the corn in water (husk on) for 30 minutes. Roast corn on a medium-high grill, with husk still on, until kernels are soft, rotating often. Remove husk and sear exposed kernels for 45 seconds. Top with chipotle mayo, queso fresco and squeezed lime.
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To assemble: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out the pastry dough to ⅛-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Don’t worry if the edges crack. Place pastry on parchment-lined baking sheet and place chilled vegetable filling in the center, leaving about an inch or two around the edge. Crumble goat or feta cheese on top of filling and fold the edge of the crust over in large flaps. You want it to look rustic. If you’d like, brush the folded edge of the pastry with an egg beaten with a little water. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, checking halfway through and turning 180 degrees. Serve warm or at room temperature with a light arugula salad and sliced red grapes, toasted almonds and a lemon vinaigrette.
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Recipe provided by Robert Kochanowski, chef at The Comet “This rustic vegetable tart uses a very simple cream cheese pastry that’s delicious, simple and forgiving. Use just about any kind of leftover summer veggies that you have on hand or would like to try, but make sure that the filling isn’t too wet or the crust will become soggy. We make this recipe times four for brunch at The Comet and always run out.” Pastry Ingredients: • 6 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces • 4 oz. cold cream cheese, cut into 4 pieces • 1 cup all-purpose flour • ½ tsp. salt • 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme Filling Ingredients: • 2 medium zucchini • 2 medium yellow summer squash • 1 large bunch greens (chard, spinach, etc.) blanched and squeezed dry, then chopped
• 1 large yellow onion • 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, left whole • ½ tsp. chopped fresh rosemary • 1 tsp. chopped fresh thyme • 4 oz. goat cheese or feta Instructions: Pastry: In a food processor, blend the butter, cream cheese, flour and salt, pulsing the motor until the dough just begins to form a ball. Gather the dough into a ball and flatten slightly. Dust the dough with flour, wrap in plastic wrap, and put in the refrigerator for one hour. The dough may be made one day in advance and kept well wrapped and chilled. Filling: Slice onions into strips and start caramelizing over medium heat in a splash of olive oil with a pinch of salt. Slice squash into /-inch-thick disks and sauté in olive oil until just cooked through but still crisp in a hot skillet. Remove from heat. Blanche greens by cooking quickly in boiling water, removing and cooling greens in a bowl of ice water. Squeeze out excess moisture and coarsely chop. Combine the cooked and uncooked vegetables with the herbs, and chill.
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Recipe provided by Suni Suk, chef at Red Sesame Food Truck “These cucumbers have some kick to them, but they’re very refreshing. This is a favorite summer kimchi in Korea. It also has the benefit of being full of antioxidants and low in calories, plus hydrating.” Ingredients: • 1 English cucumber • ⅓ small onion, sliced (optional) • Coarse sea salt Paste Ingredients: • 1 Tbsp. gochugaru chili flakes • 1 Tbsp. gochujang • 1 Tbsp. soy sauce • 1 Tbsp. sugar • 2 Tbsp. vinegar • ½ Tbsp. minced garlic • 1 Tbsp. roasted sesame seeds Instructions: Slice the cucumber into very thin rounds and sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Let sit for 30 minutes and then drain excess water. Slice the onion into /-inch thick pieces. Put all the paste ingredients in a bowl and mix together to form your paste. Use food-grade gloves to mix the paste with the cucumber and onion. Eat immediately or let sit for 12 to 24 hours before serving.
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Foreverland Farm Saves Animals in Need BY M AC K EN ZI E M A N L E Y
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Ever since Brittney Kane was a child, she gravitated toward helping animals. Back then, it came in the form of sneaking salamanders into her parents’ house. In 2016 — along with her wife, Leann — that initial instinct developed into a full-fledged animal sanctuary. Drive through bends and twists of woodsy roads and you’ll find their farm, dubbed Foreverland, in Amelia, Ohio. “It’s just something that really speaks to me,” Brittney says of saving animals in need. And while the farm is rooted in a compassionate vegan lifestyle, the duo isn’t militant about it. “I guess veganism has a big part in (the farm),” Brittney says. “(But) we don’t necessarily preach that to people because that’s just our lifestyle.” Their backyard sprawls, the animals each lazing or roaming in their respective pens. They currently have more than 30 rescues ranging from horses to bunnies, kittens and more. On a hot day, one pig, Iggy, rolls over the mud and seemingly grins as the Kanes walk up to the fence, her pink skin splattered with brown. They laugh, bending down to scratch her head. Across the field, two roosters Foreverland’s sheep Lala and her lamb Marvel (Nick and The Captain), who they saved from a cockfighting ring in PHOTO: PROVIDED Colorado, spar with one another; they run over to break it up as the birds cluck and holler. there’s probably two more acres of land we Though they bought their current could expand for pastures and enclosures residence two years ago, the couple was for animals. But we’re really maxed out saving animals prior to having their own on the number of bigger animals we can place — they just boarded their animals at take,” she says, adding that they hope to other properties. Both still work full-time eventually move to a bigger facility. jobs alongside running the farm. For now, they’re focused on taking care Aside from two horses — Whitley and of the animals that rely on them, all of Charlie — who stay at a nearby farm, whom were abused, neglected, abandoned the whole gang lives together now. Still, or slaughter-bound. Brittney says they eventually hope to Take Lala the sheep, who was featured expand. on The Dodo last month because the farm “We have more land behind the barn, hosted a baby shower for her. Ironically,
Lala’s original owner wanted to get rid of her because he believed she couldn’t have offspring. “When I heard that she couldn’t have kids and that was the reason she was just being given away for whoever to do whatever they wanted with her, seriously, that to me was just feminism 101,” Brittney says. “To be a woman and to be written off and discarded because you can’t have kids.” Lala came to Foreverland terrified of everyone. Every morning and evening Brittney would sit with her — as close as
she’d let her — as she ate. Eventually, because food is a great motivator, trust was restored. They hosted a donation-based name contest for Lala’s lamb, where participants gave a dollar to submit a name for the newly born babe. The results? Marvel. On the day of the reveal he wore a colorful collar with pom-pom balls, still clumsily walking alongside his mom. While animals like Lala needed more time initially to build a healthy bond, the couple says that two horses they rescued from dire circumstances trusted them innately. They saved a pair of Tennessee Walkers from a backyard in Lower Price Hill. According to the couple, the horses were used as currency in a drug deal. “I think he tried,” Leann says of the owner. “He had no idea what he was doing.” Leann says the owners were trying to feed the horses grass clippings, which can cause a blockage in the abdomen. Both horses were dangerously malnourished. Once rescued, they said it took months — nearly a year — to restore them to full health. Initially, they boarded them at a farm in Melbourne, Ky. (Now they stay at a residence just down the road). Since becoming a nonprofit in February, the farm has taken in donations via Patreon, Paypal, Venmo (just search Foreverland Farm) and old-fashioned checks. They put those funds toward building better homes for the animals, food, bedding and taking in other rescues, if the need and capability is there. At the center: A compassionate lifestyle grounded in giving farm animals forever homes. As Brittney says: “If we say we’re going to care for (an) animal, we’re going to care for this animal for life.” Foreverland Farm is located at 2885 Lindale Mount Holly Road, Amelia. More info: facebook.com/foreverlandfarm.
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Maize OTR 1438 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, 513-381-1608, maizeotr.com Maize, a new Overthe-Rhine eatery which opened in early July, specializes in a unique fusion menu that honors traditional recipes from across Latin America, with an emphasis on Venezuelan cuisine. To that end, the menu is colorful and varied, with dishes from across the region that complement one another while retaining their traditional roots like the Peruvian ceviche, Mexican street corn and Venezuelan cachapas and asado negro. For appetizers, my friend ordered the ceviche ($9) and, on our server’s recommendation, I tried the guasacaca gruesa ($8), which is a chunky Venezuelan avocado dip, similar to guacamole, but prepared with olive brine for acidity instead of lime. Allow me, briefly, to exalt the ceviche:
it was perfect. Crisp, bright, tangy, fresh; it tasted like the ocean. For my main dish, I ordered the reina pepiada arepa ($9), stuffed with avocado chicken salad, red onion slivers, queso de mano (think mozzarella but saltier) and cilantro. It was filling and very, very good. Empanadas and traditional Venezuelan cachapas, a sweet corn pancake, are also available. My pal ordered the asado negro de costilla de res ($22), which was just lovely. A true fusion dish, it’s a traditional Venezuelan braised short rib with a panela base (raw sugar that when caramelized has a natural barbecue flavor), served on top of Puerto Rican mofongo (plantains, sofritos and vegetable broth, mashed and seasoned) with heirloom carrots and a sorghum foam. (Leyla Shokoohe)
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MUSIC Numan and the Savage Beast Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan continues his pursuit of heavy sounds and subject matter with his latest album tour BY B R I A N B A K ER
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f perseverance had a human face, it would look a lot like Gary Numan. Back when Tubeway Army was a standard issue Punk band, Numan fought his label to switch the band toward Electronic music, which resulted in a whole lot of gold and platinum on Numan’s wall — for “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” and “Cars,” as well as the Replica and The Pleasure Principle albums. That directional shift in the late ’70s also helped birth a cornerstone of the Electronic movement. And when the genre he helped create considered him a relic, Numan reinvented himself with a darker, heavier, guitarbased sound that leaned toward the Industrial/Goth end of the musical spectrum. While this might have felt like a seismic shift from an outside perspective, for Numan it was all just part of his creative journey. “It doesn’t feel like an evolution to me, to be honest,” says Numan via email from his current European tour. “Every album meandered through style but always had guitar, bass and drums merged with the electronic elements. It certainly got heavier in ’94 with the Sacrifice album, and has stayed heavy ever since, but the mix is essentially the same as it’s always been. I think of Sacrifice as a key turning point in the sound I have today but that was made nearly 25 years ago so it’s been the ‘Industrial’ sound (that) has become the sound of my career more than any other.” Numan’s dedication took a slightly different tack in the late ’90s. To that point in his career, there had rarely been more than a two-year gap between albums. Suddenly, the span widened — particularly between 2000’s Pure and 2006’s Jagged — but Numan hadn’t lost his mojo. He’d found it in his three daughters. “A lot of it has to do with family,” Numan says. “I didn’t want to miss a single thing in their early years. First words, first steps, first laugh; I wanted to be around for everything so I stopped working for a while.” The four-year span between Numan’s last two albums, 2013’s Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) and last year’s Savage (Songs from a Broken World), was more a
result of the success of Splinter, his first U.K. Top 20 album in three decades. The subsequent hit-album touring took well over a year, which was followed by collaborations with everyone from VOWWS to JeanMichel Jarre; he also accepted the Moog Innovation Award and Gary Numan the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award in that PHOTO: PROVIDED stretch. The release of the similarly titled Savage indicated an album cycle, but Numan notes the albums are not linked. “The only similarity between the last two albums, admittedly a big one, is the style of titles,” he says. “They are completely different albums though, not connected as far as subject matter is concerned. Splinter was deeply personal and looked at my battle with depression at that time and my recovery. Savage is all fiction and looks at one possibility of life in the future after a global warming catastrophe.” Numan has already done extensive touring on Savage, with more work on the calendar ahead. He’s anxious to finish the novel that initially inspired the Savage album, he’s contributing to yet another film score and he’ll begin writing his next album early next year. He has a trio of new songs slated for a deluxe edition of Savage, and one or two may end up in his current set list, joining the Savage songs and a select group of tracks from his illustrious discography. “We play a reasonable amount of older stuff, maybe a quarter to a third of the set,” Numan says. “I think that’s enough, especially when you’re essentially there to promote a new album rather than play a retro tour. I don’t want to be arrogant and ignore fans that like those older songs, of course, so it’s a difficult balance to get right,
but for me one-third of the show looking backward is all I can stand. We also try to rework those older songs from time to time to keep them fresh.” An interesting aspect of Numan’s live performance that has been evolutionary is the passion and energy that typifies his translation of his Industrial/Goth material, as opposed to the emotionless “android” period of Tubeway Army and the later albums and shows under his own name. While he might have chosen to present his new material through his old stage persona, he admits that his new direction’s energy inspired him to become more engaged as a performer. “The live performance part of me evolved with time, a growing confidence and in sync with the needs of the music,” Numan says. “The music became much heavier, far more aggressive and so the way you present that has to change as well. It wasn’t a conscious decision though, just something that felt necessary as each new album came along. I look back at live clips from the last 20 years and I can see clear changes in the way I move from one album to the next, and none of that was thought about or rehearsed. It came from the music
and the way it made me feel on stage.” As much as Numan has been cited as an Electronic pioneer and a huge musical influence, praised and covered by the likes of Dave Grohl and Trent Reznor, he is also a role model for people on the autism spectrum. Ultimately diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, Numan has turned his challenge into an asset. “I think as an Asperger’s person you tend to see the world, and your place in it, a little differently, and so that skewed stance has an effect on everything, and that will be obvious in what you write,” Numan says. “Beyond that it gives me a different set of parameters emotionally, I know I react very differently to certain things than people around me. It gives me a focus and drive bordering on obsession. It’s just incredibly useful to me and I would never want to be any other way. “The downside is I’m often misunderstood in a somewhat negative way. I’m useless at socializing but I can deal with that. I hide behind my wife, Gemma, who is gifted at interacting with people.” Gary Numan plays Friday (Sept. 14) at Bogart’s. Tickets/more info: bogarts.com.
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everyone from Cardi B and Lil Xan to Earlier this summer, Cincinnati Synth Pop duo Moonbeau — featuring Claire Elton John and Childish Gambino, as well Muenchen and The Yugos’ Christian as collaborators like J. Cole, Snoop Dogg Gough as its core, plus other musicians and John Mayer. Another collaborator, for live shows — did a “soft launch” of Cincinnati’s CLOCKWORKDJ (formerly their self-titled debut album for local fans. known as DJ Clockwork), also shared On Sept. 7, Old Flame Records pushed some touching thoughts and photos on the LP out internationally; it’s currently social media. CLOCKWORK was the available on most major streaming/ touring DJ for the Pittsburgh native MC, download platforms. Area label Soul Step and was also featured on Miller’s MTV2 Records is handling the vinyl release; visit reality series Mac Miller and the Most Dope soulsteprecords.com for details. Family. Miller did a regional tour with CityBeat spoke with the twosome in June CLOCKWORK eight years ago that was for a cover-story feature on Moonbeau’s presented by the Cincinnati management/ origins and the new album. Moonbeau opener “In Love” is the perfect place to start if you’re new to the band. Here’s what we said about that song and the album: “On Moonbeau, Muenchen and Gough offer 10 tracks of powerful Pop potency that transcends the instrumentation. If the album were simply their vocals and an out-of-tune piano, it would still be a melodic tour de force. The songs are instantly memorable — by just the Moonbeau’s self-titled album second listen, it feels like you’ve known them for PHOTO: PROVIDED years. The resplendent Synth Pop presentation is highly enchanting in its own way; promotions group Self Diploma. wrapping it around an impeccable Friday, after the news of Miller’s death Pop core makes for an exhilarating surfaced, CLOCKWORK tweeted love and combination. condolences for Miller’s family: “I love you “Laced with Gough’s New Order-like so much bro, so much. I love yall too for guitar leads, fluctuating background vocal all the condolences, thinking of ms Karen textures and an array of vintage-styled right now and mark and miller.” Electro ticks, ‘In Love’ is a perfect album CLOCKWORK also shared photos and opener, distilling Moonbeau’s appeal video on Instagram from his time with down to one 5-and-a-half minute song. Miller. On Saturday, in a caption on a Celestial synth arpeggios swirl to set the touching series of pics of him and Miller, ’80s mood, as Muenchen and Gough’s he wrote, “We would tell each other ‘i love voices wrap around each other elegantly you’ before we touched the stage, every over warm digital pulsations.” show. He always made sure we said that Moonbeau’s next local show is Friday before the show started. My lil brother (Sept. 14). They’ll join Michigan-based gone man .. love you.” Electro Pop duo In the Valley Below and Sunday night, CLOCKWORK shared a fellow locals Knotts for a free show on clip from the final show he did with Miller, Fountain Square (520 Vine St., Downtown, writing, “I vow to continue to push your myfountainsquare.com). Showtime is 7 legacy bro .. we have alot of music in the p.m. vault, that i dont even know what to do For the latest on Moonbeau and more with.” info, visit moonbeaumusic.com. After an NYC performance Friday, CLOCKWORK is scheduled to appear CLOCKWORKDJ Shares Mac Saturday (Sept. 15) at Revel OTR Urban Miller Memories Winery in Over-the-Rhine at 10 p.m. There was a widespread outpouring of grief Tickets are $10 at the door or online (it’s $15 last weekend with news that rapper Mac at the door after midnight). Miller, who’d released his acclaimed latest Visit gotclockwork.com for more on album Swimming just last month, had died CLOCKWORKDJ. of an apparent drug overdose. His body Contact Mike Breen at was found Sept. 7. He was 26. Online tributes streamed out from mbreen@citybeat.com.
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With the recent passing of Tony Kinman, the world should be reflecting on the Cowpunk ripples that emanated from Rank and File, the influential SoCal band fronted by Tony and his brother Chip back in the early ’80s. The Yawpers could easily be considered one of those ripples; a trio that plays twangy, hair-raising Folk-flavored Rock with a joyous ferocity typically reserved for Sunset Strip hairand-make-up Metal provocateurs. The Yawpers assembled seven years ago in Denver when former Ego vs. Id guitarist Nate Cook secured a weekly residency at a local bar and was joined by his Ego vs. Id bandmate Jesse Parmet. Following a popular modern pattern, the pair decided against a traditional rhythm section, found the first in a succession of drummers — Noah Shomberg currently occupies the chair — and christened themselves The Yawpers, inspired by a line from the poem “Song of Myself” from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. The lofty literary reference of their name is just one of many fascinating dichotomies that define The Yawpers. The trio committed to the road early on, and within a year had compiled enough songs for a self-released debut, Capon Crusade. In 2013, the band took a single day off from its touring schedule to hit the studio and record an album of covers with the self-deprecating title Good Songs/Shitty Versions, tributing everyone from Elvis Presley and Motörhead to Aerosmith and Ween. Two years later, the band played South by Southwest, where their frenetic live show was seen by the honchos at Bloodshot Records; the company signed
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them on the spot. Within months, the label released The Yawpers’ third album, American Man, produced by Cracker’s Johnny Hickman. The Yawpers showed their full emotional and musical range as well as their creative vision on last year’s Boy in a Well, a concept album co-produced by former Replacements/Guns ’N’ Roses bassist Tommy Stinson that was both contemplative and explosive. Ostensibly about a French boy abandoned in a well by his mother during WWI, the underlying traumatic inspirations for the material were drawn from Cook’s childhood molestation by an older man and the painful aftershocks of his divorce. The Legendary Shack Shakers’ J.D. Wilkes provided the album’s cover art, as well as an accompanying graphic novel, an unexpected addition to an equally surprising and incredibly ambitious project. So what will The Yawpers do for an encore? Same as ever: present it live with breakneck intensity and a seemingly limitless supply of passion. (Brian Baker)
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experimental Pop and the results are often mesmerizing, frequently beautiful and consistently exhilarating. The quintet’s diverse influences are distilled into a singularly dynamic, dream-like sound, which draws from Funk, Indie Rock, Post Punk, Dance and Soul music. Perhaps their closest contemporary (and most frequent “RIYL” companion) is Dirty Projectors, of which Ava Luna’s keyboardist/singer Felicia Douglass is a touring member. But the band has grown to translate those core building blocks in a less disjointed, more fluid manner (though the music has long been jubilantly loaded with unanticipated twists). Ava Luna began as a bedroom-recording project, for which musician Carlos Hernandez (then in high school) used the name Ava. It grew into a band when Hernandez was joined by college mates Julian Fader (drums) and since departed keyboardist Nathan Tompkins. The project continued to mutate and evolve (which has become something of a trademark Ava Luna characteristic) in the lead-up to its first non-self-released album, Ice Level, in 2012. After hooking up with Western Vinyl Records, the band released 2014’s Electric Balloon and 2015’s Infinite House. Since then, the members of Ava Luna concentrated on their own projects — Hernandez is a noted producer (he worked on Frankie Cosmos and Speedy Ortiz’s latest LPs) and Douglass and Becca Kauffman were busy with their solo projects (Gemma and Jennifer Vanilla, respectively). Ava Luna’s sound has been called “Dance Punk,” meant as a callback to the NYC No Wave jams of the late ’70s concocted by artists like ESG and Liquid Liquid. And while that kind of reconstituted Funk offers a fair comparison, the dancing one imagines doing to the group’s spacey music is what one might find in a discotheque on the moon. That makes the title of Ava Luna’s stellar new (and best yet) album, Moon 2, all the more fitting. The outside work each member indulged on their break from Ava Luna reportedly affected the more collaborative spirit of the album, with the other members writing and singing more. Hernandez recently told Noisey he opened up to deeper contributions from the others as the result of “a kind of ego death” he experienced since the last album. “The magical alchemy of Ava Luna became really self-evident with (Moon 2),” he said. (Mike Breen)
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CAFFÈ VIVACE – Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Jazz. MADISON THEATER Chromeo with Steven A. Clark. 8 p.m. Electro/Funk/ Pop. $30, $35 day of show.
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URBAN ARTIFACT Obie Trice, Swifty McVay, KXNG CROOKED and more. 8 p.m. Hip Hop. $12, $15 day of show.
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WOODWARD THEATER - The Nude Party. 8 p.m. Psych Rock. $8, $10 day of show.
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20TH CENTURY THEATER - Piebald with A.M. Nice and Beloved Youth. 8 p.m. Alt/Indie Rock. $20. CAFFÈ VIVACE - Alyssa Mehnert & Max Gise. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.
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MOTR PUB - Walker Lukens with Passeport. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free. NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - The Exploited with Total Chaos, Restraint, Raging Nathans and Head Collector. 7:30 p.m. Punk. $20, $25 day of show.
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BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Green Jello, Toybox Killer, MCRNR and V-Twin Sin. 7 p.m. Punk. $13, $15 day of show.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Philosopher’s Stone. 9:30 p.m. AltRock. Free.
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BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE - Hank Mautner/ Bill Gemmer Quartet. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free. CAFFÈ VIVACE - Dan Drees Organ Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.
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THE GREENWICH - “Just Friends” Friday with Kathy Wade and the Vernon Hairston Trio. 8 p.m. Jazz. $10. HILTON NETHERLAND PLAZA HOTEL - John Zappa/Mike Darrah Quartet (9 p.m.); Nick Fryer/Rob Allgeyer Duo (5:30 p.m.). 5:30 p.m. Jazz. Free. JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - 2-4 Flinching. 9 p.m. Pop/Rock/Dance. $5. JOCKO’S PUB - Saving Stimpy. 9:30 p.m. Rock. Free. KNOTTY PINE - Naked Karate Girls. 10 p.m. Pop/ Rock/Various. Cover.
OCTAVE - EGi and Skydyed with The Clock Reads. 7 p.m. Progressive/ Rock/Jam/Various
THE MAD FROG - Them Vibes. 8 p.m. Rock/Americana. $15.
SCHWARTZ’S POINT Angie Coyle Quartet. 8 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
MADISON LIVE - One Degree From Mande and Red Samantha. 8 p.m. Rock.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Punk Rock Night with Veronica Grim & The Heavy Hearts, Viceroy Kings, Hobilly and The MudLarks. 9:30 p.m. Punk/ Roots/Rock/Various. $5.
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URBAN ARTIFACT The Peaks, The Last Troubadour and See You in the Funnies. 8 p.m. Indie/ AltRock. Free.
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WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Brandon Coleman. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).
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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Moonshine and Wine. 9 p.m. Americana. Free.
THE AVENUE EVENT CENTER - Blac Youngsta. 10 p.m. Hip Hop. $45. BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE - Steve Schmidt Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free. CAFFÈ VIVACE - Eugene Goss Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. THE COMET - In Details, The Almost Infinite and Bernie and the Wolf. 10 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
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KNOTTY PINE - Under the Sun. 10 p.m. AltRock. Cover. MADISON LIVE - Tayla Lynn and Donnie Lee Strickland. 8 p.m. Country. $22, $25 day of show. MANSION HILL TAVERN Jay Jesse Johnson. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover. MARTY’S HOPS & VINES - Kick the Blue Drum. 9 p.m. Various. Free. NORTHSIDE TAVERN Dark Harbor. 9 p.m. AltRock. Free.
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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - The Matildas with Bloodthirsty Virgins. 9:30 p.m. Rock. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - “Cincinnati Noir.” 10 p.m. Alternative/Dance/ DJ/Various. $5. STANLEY’S PUB - Deviator, Joey74, Brilliantly and Their Accomplices. 9 p.m. Rock/ Punk. Cover.
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20TH CENTURY THEATER - School of Rock Mason Tributes to Black Sabbath (4 p.m.) and The Rolling Stones (7 p.m.). 4 p.m. Rock. $6, $8 day of show.
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BOGART’S - Fozzy with Adelitas Way, The Stir and Stone Broken. 7 p.m. Rock/Metal. $20.
CAFFÈ VIVACE - Gemmer/ Mautner Quartet. 2:30 p.m. Jazz. LATITUDES BAR & BISTRO - Blue Birds Band. 8 p.m. R&B/Rock. Free. THE MAD FROG - Court House Prejudice, Fun Ugly Cool Kids, NOPE, Odium and Sarah Tolley. 6 p.m. Rock. $10.
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MANSION HILL TAVERN - Acoustic Jam. 8 p.m. Acoustic. Free. MOTR PUB - Mission Man with Invisible Strings. 9 p.m. AltRap. Free.
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NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Iron Chic with Raging Nathans, You Blockhead and more. 9 p.m. Rock. $10, $12 day of show.
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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - James Leg. 8 p.m. Rock. $8, $10 day of show.
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BOGART’S - The Wonder Years with Hot Mulligan, Super Whatevr and The Color and Sound. 7 p.m. Pop/Rock. Cover. CAFFÈ VIVACE - Patsy Meyer Trio. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL - Ron Esposito. 12:10 p.m. Tibetan bowls. Free.
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NORTHSIDE TAVERN Usnea with Coelacanth and Casteless. 9 p.m. Metal/ Various.
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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) Wayne Hancock with Joe’s Truck Stop. 7 p.m. Country/ Roots. $12, $15 day of show.
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