News: Skunk Kiss Equals True Love, Skunk Club Members Say
Chuck Collins loves skunks. He's downright giddy when describing their many qualities, saying that they have great personalities, are sweet, lovable, intelligent and easily litter box trained — as long as you let the skunk pick the location of the litter box. A skunk is "like a 2-year-old human," Collins says. Skunks, he says, have…
Events: Decidedly PC
Woodrow J. Hinton In Chicago in 1893, Victorian men and women got their first flash of electricity and their first flash of a stripper. Newspapers implied that the "electricity" of Egyptian beauty, Fahreda Mahzar, and her "Hootchy-Kootchy" belly dance upstaged the real thing. Despite all the Renoirs and Pissaros hanging in the Palace of…
Backstage Blues?
Christopher Finney When Ciao Baby Cucina on Seventh Street downtown announced it was closing, no one tried to link the closing with the level of business in the area because the company reported that its financial problems were occurring throughout the chain, despite location. But the closing of the Graeter's Inc. at the Aronoff…
News: Prichard’s Judge: Witness ‘character, integrity and veracity are of minimal to no value’
Brian Prichard has been denied a new trial on charges of complicity to murder, aggravated burglary and felonious assault. It is harder to recant court testimony than convicted felon Brian Prichard of Springfield Township had hoped. Prichard, found guilty in connection with the 1994 shooting death of Larry Kincer, has been denied his request…
I Brake For No One
I was born to drive. I'm certain of this because my whole life people have told me I look like a bad driver's license photo of somebody else. When I was 2, I knew my hand turn signals; at 3, I could perform the road sobriety test; in grade school, for my book reports, I…
Brave Old World
Brave Old World Brave Old World are considered one of the best groups of its genre, performing a progressive, skillful version of the traditional Jewish music called Klezmer. The group emerged in the late '80s as the Klezmer revival was in full swing, and the four virtuosos of BOW have gone on to wide…
News: A Time to Tell
UC spokesman Greg Hand says Congress, with the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, has created gray areas for universities trying to decide when parents should be called. A 19-year-old University of Cincinnati student was arrested on campus, between Calhoun Street and Corry Boulevard, for being in possession of and purchasing illegal drugs. According to the…
Going Back to School
Over the past few months, I have had several occasions to try to describe the political and social climates in Cincinnati to out-of-towners. The best I have come up with so far is to say that Cincinnati is a very unique dichotomy. Politically, as most of you are well-aware, Cincinnati is extremely conservative. But, with…
Diner: Welcome Home
While many were complaining of the ice and slush (with more on the way) in January, I was happy to sample and sup on the healthy comfort foods of a new bistro for brunch and lunch in Mount Auburn. Having worked down the street for several years, I knew there was no restaurant within an…
