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Grammy Upsets Both Enthralling and Upsetting
Music lovers complaining about the out-of-touchness of the Grammy awards is like stand-up comedians complaining about airline food. Both are overdone and clichéd, but the frustration is a shared experience that people instantly identify with. With the...
Posted: 2/14/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
Chat With Police Women Of Cincinnati Thursday
Here’s your chance to talk to the stars of TLC’s “Police Women Of Cincinnati.” Officers Rose Valentino and Mandy Curfiss will do an online chat at noon Thursday on Cincinnati.com. Rose just told me that she can do it. Mandy confirmed late last week, and...
Posted: 2/13/2011 7:02 PM in TV and Media Blog
UC Can Support the Arts By Making a Pledge to CCM
As ArtsWave celebrates this first Sampler weekend and marks the first million raised, the Enquirer reports the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati is facing debt that may prove debilitating to their status as an elite ...
Posted: 2/13/2011 7:22 AM in Cincinnati Art Snob
Live from Lovesick 3
Just a heads up that tonight I’ll be blogging live from the Historic Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky during Lovesick 3. Featuring some of the angriest, saddest and downright bitter
Posted: 2/11/2011 4:46 PM in broken mic
Welcome to my world
Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt, it has a nice ring to it don’t you think? It’s quite flattering actually—to have teams of explorers and scientists searching the globe for you. To have an exhibition that begins to tell of some of the...
Posted: 2/11/2011 4:44 PM in Cleopatra Cincinnati
The women behind Figaro
The show, which opened last night, runs through Sunday. Click to read more about the “behind the scenes.” And click here to read the review. Friday’s performance was dedicated to the late arts patron Inelda Tajo.
Posted: 2/11/2011 3:58 PM in Arts in Focus
Sometimes looking back helps us plan for what’s next.
On a shelf near my desk, I have a few pots with some Calycanthus floridus seedlings. Otherwise known as Carolina Allspice or Sweet Shrub, these little seedlings will eventually grow into fairly large shrubs with brownish purple flowers that smell precisely...
Posted: 2/11/2011 12:56 PM in Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Under Construction: Night Hunters VIII
Time is going by so fast! The new Night Hunters exhibit will be open before you know it. Here are some pictures of the latest progress. You’ll walk under a trellis (yet to be built) and enter the exhibit building through the new door on the left. Then...
Posted: 2/11/2011 12:40 PM in Cincinnati Zoo Blog
What folks are doing on Valentine’s Day
Looking for some ideas besides my Friday Five? I posed the question on Twitter and Facebook and got some interesting answers: @ChromeOrange Mostly wishing I wasn’t in the UK @JoshOsbo celebrating my birthday! Thats one of the downsides of dating me: V-day...
Posted: 2/11/2011 11:59 AM in wine me, dine me
Cincinnati Rollergirls make “It Gets Better” video
I’m home sick today, but I wanted to share this video that the Cincinnati Rollergirls made for the It Gets Better project. Make sure you have tissues handy.
Posted: 2/11/2011 11:51 AM in Roller Derby Diva
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