text:
Staff Blog
Staff Picks
Win Stuff!
Special Sections
News Blog
News Home
City Desk
Cincinnati vs. the World
News Archive
Opinion Home
Politics/Issues Blog
Kathy Y. Wilson
We, as Humans
Worst Week Ever!
On Second Thought
Curmudgeon Notes
The Alternative
Music Home
Music Blog
MidPoint Music Fest
Live Music Events
Spill It
Minimum Gauge
Arts Home
Arts Blog
Art Events
Visual Arts
Curtain Call
The Big Picture
Classical Music
Film Home
Movies Blog
Movie Reviews
Food & Drink Home
Reviews & Features
The Dish
Local Restaurants
Local Happy Hours App
All Blogs
The Morning After
CityBeat Staff Picks
Event Calendar
Music Calendar
Arts Calendar
Submit a Listing
CityBeat Events
Crafts + Drafts
Margarita Madness
Sugar Rush
Camp Guide
Anna Louise Inn
Annual Manual
Answers Issue
Best of Cincinnati
Cool Issue
Drinking Issue
Election Coverage
Fall Arts Preview
Food + Drink Issue
Fringe Festival
Government Shutdown
Green Issue
Love List
MidPoint Music Fest
MPMF Visitors
Summer Guide
Sign Up for Emails
The Mountaintop (Review)
MLK's last night makes for a moving production at ETC
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Monday, March 24, 2014
Audiences will be deeply moved by this imaginative recreation of a moment in history and the very real man who changed America.
by Rick Pender
Posted In:
Visual Art
Arts community
at 08:19 AM |
Stage Door: Something Old, Something New
A new round of shows comes your way this weekend (while several good ones remain onstage, including Freud's Last Session at Ensemble Theatre and Abigail/1702 at the Cincinnati Playhouse). Here are a few choices that are just opening: Know Theatre is finally getting around to its first full-fledged production of the season, Andrew Bovell's award-winning drama, When the Rain Stops Falling. (The playwright's Speaking in Tongues was a much admired production at the Cincinnati Playhouse a year ago.) An intricate fabric of overlapping connections, Bovell's 2010 script moves seamlessly through time and across continents between the years of 1959 and 2039. In a world where the rain rarely stops falling, four generations of a family search for truth and hope to mend broken connections. What they discover is the impossibility of escaping the past. The production should be all the more interesting since it's being directed by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Brian Isaac Phillips and features a cast of nine excellent actors, four of whom are CSC regulars. It will be onstage through March 16. Box office: 513-300-5669. To see another award winner, you need to head up I-75 to Dayton where the Human Race Theatre Company is offering the regional premiere of Eric Simonson's bio-play, Lombardi. Set in 1965, it's a portrait of the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers through the eyes of a young reporter assigned to follow the sports icon, a man full of passion and drive without equal. The show had a recent run on Broadway, and I expect it will attract an audience not normally drawn to the theater. Through Feb. 24. Box office: 937-228-6830 Falcon Theater, which presents its shows in the tiny Monmouth Theatre in Newport, is staging the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, a success on Broadway, at the Cincinnati Playhouse, and on movie screens. It's the provocative story of a starchy nun who thinks it's possible that a priest has abused one of her students. Although she's not sure, her accusations have dire ramifications. Through Feb. 23. Box office: 513-479-6783 Finally, a blast from the past at UC's College-Conservatory of Music: William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life. Set in October 1939 in a run-down waterfront dive bar on the docks of San Francisco, the script is full of colorful, eccentric characters and portrays the love and follies of human nature. It's being staged by veteran faculty member Diane Kvapil with a cast of 29. This production has a short run (one weekend, wrapping up with a performance in Patricia Corbett Theatre on Sunday at 2 p.m.) Box office: 513-556-4183
'Tis the Season
Holiday theater for the nice and naughty
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
How does that upbeat holiday tune go? "It's the most wonderful time of the year"? If you're a theater fan and a devotee of holiday cheer, that's the song you're humming.
by Rick Pender
Posted In:
at 08:19 AM |
Stage Door: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Good People'
No matter what your theatrical tastes are, there's something onstage right now for you to enjoy this weekend: A classic story: If you can get a ticket (there aren't many left, I'm told, except perhaps for Saturday matinees at 2 p.m.) to To Kill a Mockingbird, you won't be disappointed. It's a wonderful theatrical retelling of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. It features one of Greater Cincinnati's best actors as the honorable attorney Atticus Finch. Tickets: 513-381-2273, x1. Adventure: Buckle on your swashes (and your sword) and head to the Cincinnati Playhouse for The Three Musketeers. It's a familiar tale of a young man named D'Artagnan who yearns to be a member of the King's guards. He's brash and naive, but his role models, "the three musketeers," are funny and loving and always ready for a good fight. This is one that kids can enjoy. Tickets: 513-421-3888 Contemporary drama with a dose of with: Ensemble Theatre's Good People is the story of a woman who loses her job and struggles to figure out what to do next. She has good, gossipy support from two friends — and a one-time boyfriend who's now a successful doctor. Her story is one that feels like it's about someone you know, trying to make ends meet in today's world. Tickets: 513-421-3555. An old-fashioned musical: Meredith Willson's The Music Man, a Tony Award winner, is getting a charming production on the Showboat Majestic. It's a big cast on a small stage, but it's inventively directed and choreographed by Ed Cohen, Dee Anne Bryll and Jane Green, and you'll definitely leave the theater marching in 4/4 time to "Seventy-Six Trombones" or humming one of the show's other memorable melodies. Tickets: 513-241-6550
by Jac Kern
Posted In:
at 12:34 PM |
Your Wednesday To Do List
The Cincinnati Ballet opens each season with a fresh crop of modern performances, but this season's Kaplan New Works Series stands out as being the first featuring all women choreographers. While ballet dancers are predominantly female, male choreographers significantly outnumber women. Choreographers Amy Seiwert, Paige Cunningham Caldarella, Heather Britt and Jessica Lang all present new programs through Sunday. Tickets are still available for tonight's 8 p.m. performance here. Check out our recent story on the Kaplan New Works Series to learn more about these choreographers and the program. Ensemble Theater Cincinnati and Playhouse in the Park also have productions tonight. ETC's Good People, a Critic's Pick, is "a total package that feels good and real from start to finish." The Three Musketeers, onstage at the Playhouse, promises lots of silly laughs and exciting swordplay. See Rick Pender's full review here. The Cincinnati Film Festival continues today with screenings running through 9 p.m. at Esquire Theater. Single tickets are $10 or $25 for the full night. Read our interview with Executive Director Katharine Steele here. The Main Library downtown kicks off its series of experimental music nights with Electric Inertia and Her Weasels Wild Running at 7 p.m. in the Reading Garden Lounge. The night will feature stop-motion animation from 1930s film footage, free-form trumpet, piano and guitar. The series continues Sept. 26, Oct. 3,17 and 30.Columbus Day might be a month away, but locals can celebrate early by visiting replicas of The Nina and Pinta today. The ships will be at the Levee (conveniently docked by Hooter's) through Saturday. Tours are available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and run $6-$8 per person. Peep our full calendar for more concerts, art and theater shows, events and more stuff to do tonight.
Good People (Review)
Class polarities fuel ETC's meaningful character synergy
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Thursday, September 6, 2012
The interplay between characters in Good People is full of believable truth, and ETC director D. Lynn Meyers excels in staging such material. It's a total package that feels good and real from start to finish.
by Rick Pender
Posted In:
at 09:14 AM |
Stage Door: 'next to normal' Even Better This Year
If you can land a ticket for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's revival of the Tony Award-winning musical next to normal, that's what you should be doing this weekend. I saw it on Tuesday night, and it's even better than it was last September. It's the story of a woman struggling with schizophrenia and how it affects her family; that might not sound like the stuff that musicals are made of, but it uses the power of a brilliant Rock score to deliver the impact of this story. ETC has reassembled virtually all of its superb cast from last fall, including Jessica Hendy in the central role. Her beleaguered husband is now being played one of our area's best actors, Bruce Cromer, and his relationship with Hendy makes their pain all the more deeply felt. It's only around for one more week, so you should do your best to grab a ticket now. Box office: 513-421-3555. ETC's revival isn't the only thing worth seeing this weekend. You might check out the classic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace on the Showboat Majestic. It's an old chestnut (it was a hit in 1944), but it's one of the funniest shows you're likely to see, the tale of an off-kilter pair of elderly maiden aunts who keep their quite normal nephew astonished and scrambling to keep them in line. The kind-hearted women take in boarders, quiet elderly men who are "all alone in the world," and polish them off with elderberry wine laced with arsenic. They convince their addled brother, who believes he's Teddy Roosevelt, to bury them in the basement by telling him they're victims of yellow fever who have been digging the Panama Canal. A great show for the whole family, with lots of comic twists. Box office: 513-241-6550. You'll also find a stage full of laughs at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, which is producing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). You'll witness mentions of all the Bard's works — although many are completely unrecognizable, thanks the three buffoonish characters who undertake the task. The second act is a wild send-up of Hamlet that involves the audience. Order your tickets online, and there's an automatic buy-one, get-one offer available. Website: www.cincyshakes.com. Don't forget to look in out-of-the-way places for good summer theater entertainment: At Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Ky., you'll find the Tony Award-winning musical The Producers, the first outing by C.A.S.T. (Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre), the brainchild of Jason Burgess, a one-time directing intern at Ensemble Theatre who's now an award-winning teacher at Highlands. The hilarious show about putting on a musical so bad that the guys doing it can abscond with all the investments will be onstage through July 1, with performances at the high school (2400 Memorial Parkway, Fort Thomas) on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets (only $10): www.showtix4u.com (or at the door). Each week in Stage Door, Rick Pender offers theater tips for the weekend, often with a few pieces of theater news.
Curtain Call
Back For More
Ensemble offers 'next to normal' through July 1
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati produced next to normal last September with considerable success, selling out most of its performances in one of the show's first productions following its Broadway success. Based on its strong audience appeal, ETC is giving its production a brief revival, onstage through July 1.
Next to Normal (Review)
ETC's revival of 2011 favorite even more powerful
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 20, 2012
When Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC) produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical next to normal last September, it was an early highlight of the 2011-2012 theater season. Although it's hard to imagine, ETC's two-week revival of the show about Diana's battle with schizophrenia and how that illness affects her family, is even more powerful now than it was nine months ago.
Time Stands Still (Review)
Tony Award-nominated drama brings visceral, textured performance to ETC
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Friday, March 16, 2012
A photojournalist's image is framed and captured, a moment of high emotion frozen by the camera lens, a distillation of a larger, often tragic event. Today those events, all too often, are scenes of physical and emotional devastation in war-torn nations. In Donald Margulies' 2009 play, Time Stands Still, we learn that shooting those images generates addictive adrenaline even as it hardens the soul.
Next »
The Morning After
Clubs and Bars
Music Venues
Just Visiting
Visitor's Guide
Best of Cincinnati
Dining Guide
Bar Guide
About Us
Contact Us
Work Here
Be an Intern
Advertise with Us
Download Our Media Kit
Contact Us
National Advertising


text:
Select Route:
A quarter mile past Lake Como a cairn marks a path south up a steep rocky couloir to the ridge crest. This couloir is rather unpleasant and loose and ends at a saddle at 12,580'. From here, either head up the ridge (east) or cross the saddle and immediately turn east, contouring across the south face, following a cairned traverse.
Helmets! As of 2007, there are two fixed ropes on the 4th class crux. I gather from earlier trip reports that these fixed ropes are a recent addition. On one hand they make an ascent more convenient because you no longer need to take a rope (for getting down, at least). But they may also make the route more popular which is a very bad thing on this route.
Due to its geometry, the upper part of this route is extremely dangerous for multiple and large parties. Unless you are very trusting of other people, don't climb through the neck of the Hourglass when anyone is climbing the upper 3rd class section. Unfortunately, it can be hard to tell if there is a group above you when you are at the base of the Hourglass. I would give people an hour to get from the base of the Hourglass to the summit.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
You are here: FatWallet Blog > View Blog Entry
Tip 62: The Monkey See Monkey Do Black Friday Marketing Trick
September 24, 2011 | Posted By: Heather Stephens | Categorized in: Shopping
There are 62 days until Black Friday 2011 and we're counting them down with money saving and holiday shopping tips.
Protect your Black Friday budget by knowing the 6 marketing mind games (based on the book Influence, the Power of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini) that stores and sales people play on you to get you to buy!
Today's Tip:
Buyer Beware of: Monkey See, Monkey Do"If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump off one too?" ~ Mom
Sure, laugh. I know you say you won't, but marketers, bartenders, Baristas, and bell ringers all know you will.
It's called social proof. An empty tip jar or donation box does not play the same psychological trick on you that one with some tips in it does. It's a subtle power of suggestion, that others have tipped and you should leave a tip too.
An empty restaurant is not as appealing as one that's packed with a line out the door. What would an infomercial be without dozens of testimonials? Even here on FatWallet, a deal that gets a lot of green and a lot of replies is so much more magnetic than one that doesn't have any.
Think about the previous tip where we talked about the hot toys that are marketed heavily and out of stock when you go to buy them. The commercials showing kids, just like your kids, happily playing with the toy, wearing a big grin on their face, and being the envy of their friends is social proof.
Social proof is:
Be aware of the psychological pull social proof has over you when you're shopping on Black Friday. Are you buying what you think is a great deal, or what others think is a great deal. The two could be one in the same or very different. :)
61 Tips to Go! :) Please feel free to share any black Friday countdown ideas you have and any topics you'd like me to touch upon in the comments below.
Share this with your friends and stay tuned for tomorrow's secret!
Are you a Black Friday FatWallet Insider?Have you checked out our Black Friday page yet? Get on the email list to receive exclusive Black Friday rumors, try out our online Black Friday Tool, and download the iPhone app!
Miss a tip?Check out the Black Friday Shopping Tips: 90 Day Countdown Master List
Share this:
September 24, 2011 | Posted By: FrugalFreaky
Nope, last to fall for this one.
About Us | Blog | Site Map | Mobile Site | Contact Us | Careers | Privacy | User Agreement | D.M.C.A. Notice | Civil Process Policy
FatWallet Checkout
Let us complete the Cash Back purchase for you!
Once set up, making a purchase with FW checkout is a breeze. FatWallet Checkout confirms the after-tax price plus shipping and, after you confirm, completes your purchase for you.


text:
'Frebb' | Paper Fedora Hat by BOSS Orange
Model Frebb 50265613 Medium Grey
DetailsCurved brim
Mélange crown
Colorblocked band and brim
Metal logo detail on band
Contrasting elastic strip inside
DescriptionThis classic fedora hat by BOSS Orange is crafted from 100% paper. The hat features a contrast mélange crown and a colorblocked band and brim, making it the perfect touch to your warm weather outfit.
Material & care
Material information: 100% Paper
Do Not Wash, Do Not Bleach, Do Not Iron, Do Not Dry Clean, Do Not Tumble Dry


text:
Genon in Avon Lake is a power plant that's been on the shore's of Lake Erie for more than 40 years. It's now on a secret EPA watch list. So what does that mean to all of us?
The Feds told 19 Action News investigative reporter Scott Taylor that in June they issued the Avon Lake Power Plant an EPA violation. Genon Power Plant is in Avon Lake along the shore of Lake Erie. It's been there for 41 years. It's also according to a National Public Radio report on the Federal EPA's watch list that NPR says use to be a big secret. In 2004 Uncle Sam created the confidential watch list to keep on eye on potential polluters. The internal list just released has more than 1,000 facilities on it. The Avon Lake coal fired power plant released more than two million tons of lead, mercury, arsenic and other toxic chemicals into the air in just one year. The Ohio EPA says the plant is in compliance. It's emissions from it's smoke stacks are ok. But the Federal EPA says, "Hold it. There's a problem."According to the Feds the EPA issued a violation finding to the plant in June. The NPR says it was for violating it's permit by not installing modern pollution controls. Genon tells Reporter Scott Taylor that they don't agree with the NPR story. And they're still discussing the issue with the EPA about prior work that was done. They claim to be in compliance with all regulations. Power plants have until March 2013 to comply with the cross state air pollution rule. It will reduce emissions and create less smog and soot. Congress could pass soon new regulations for power plants using existing technology that will reduce mercury and acid gas pollution's.
1717 East 12th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
Noah Jones Songs, Videos, & Albums
Rain ft. Noah Jones - Goodness Gracious [Stream]
If DJBooth.net were a farm and Rain was, uh, rain, our figurative crops would be getting pretty thirsty right about now. Fortunately for those hoping to salvage this year's harvest, the drought has come to an end –... Read More
Noah Jones ft. Sly Boogy - We Don't Need Them [Stream]
Well aware that pleasing everyone is an impossible task, Noah Jones doesn't let the doubters get him down – as he puts it on this newly-leaked mixtape inclusion (making its world premiere in the Booth!), "N*ggas... Read More
Noah Jones ft. Nipsey Hussle - Streets Keep Starving [Stream]
Having seen too many SoCal hopefuls sign to majors only to have their albums shelved, Anaheim native Noah Jones has decided to forgo the bigs in favor of independent distribution for his forthcoming full-length, The... Read More


text:
A Cardigan, T-Shirt pair of Jeans and Backpack all from only £50. Save up to £65 off RRP.
Worth £45, when you buy a pair of Jeans or Polo Shirt from Bench. Save £65 off RRP.
Save an extra 20%. But be quick - we only have a couple of sizes left! Enter LCB20.
Browse our designer brand outlet and get Free Next Day Delivery on all full-price purchases.


text:
When Em and I went to Cecil's in the fall, I had agreed to bring some stuff back for another NB Cubber and member of our forum community. That would be "shyntempt" aka Jerry. Due to the late hour when we crossed at Houlton Me, we didn't stop in Freddy and just ran straight home. Both of us tried to get together a couple times but timing wasn't right. Finally Friday the stars kinda aligned and Jerry was on his way to Moncton. After another couple of timing stumbles, it was agreed to meet at my place about 1830pm. Mario another local Cubber and the welding teacher at NBCC (he owns a Demo), also decided to come over to work on his carb. Needless to say as has been the norm in the last year, I was held up again and got home a tad bit late .. and both Jerry and Mario were already there chatting up a storm. Doesn't take a Cubber long to figure out someone else is part of the addiction.
We spent 3 rather enjoyable hours chatting about Cubs, ... Ellie and Granny as well as a few of my other toys in the pole barn and then in the cabinet shop playing with Mario's carb. Didn't get it all done, but got a fair amount done. Most importantly we had fun, I met a new Cubber finally and we parted sure that we will be visiting once again.
Thanks Jerry and Mario for an interesting evening and a very relaxing one to boot


text:
A South Georgia boy is doing what he can to remember the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy.
Lee County 9th grader Draven Oakes felt compelled to do something for the victims of the Connecticut school massacre.
Sunday he is hosting a Victims' Memorial in Lee County.
Chief Charles Moore, Sheriff Reggie Rachals and Reverand Mike Lyons will speak at the memorial.
26 candles will be lit for the 26 victims who lost their lives.
"It just dug into my heart, we should give something back to the community, instead of just keeping them in our thoughts and prayers, just go a little further and have a little memorial service for it" says Draven Oakes, Organizer.
The memorial will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the gazebo in downtown Leesburg in front of the courthouse.
Copyright 2012 WALB. All rights reserved.
P.O. Box 3130
Albany, GA 31706
(229) 446-1010
FCC Public File
(229) 446-4005
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
Bullhead Denim Co
Dillon Skinny Chino Blob Camo Pants
Sold Out
Sku # 0133436750007
Sold Out
This Chino is the biggest new trend in bottoms and the perfect alternative to the 5-pocket jean. Our Chino is offered in new fabric, fits and style with a unique interior trim package. Offered in an extended range, it's the newest way to wear colored bottoms. It's the same great fit, but with a whole new attitude.
- Our perfect skinny fit, sits at the waist, fitted all the way through from hip to leg opening.
- 14.5" leg opening.
- Machine washable.
- 98% cotton, 2% spandex.


text:
Discover Adionomy, Your Online Radio Advertising Campaign, Fast, Easy and Custom-Made!
In the 1970s there were just too many terrific R&B singers to keep up with, so it's little wonder some fell through the cracks. One of those is Margie Joseph, who, after recording two albums on Volt in the early 1970s, moved over to Atlantic to make a knockout of a record, produced by the great Arif Mardin. Long out of print, "Margie Joseph" has been recently rereleased, along with several other Joseph LPs from the '70s, on the Collectors' Choice label, so you can hear Joseph, with her liquid-gold voice, covering (and doing justice to) the likes of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together.
0 played on Radionomy


text:
The real racing season begins this weekend in Fontana, as Auto Club Speedway will be the site of the first intermediate track event of 2010.
Last season, 10 of the top 12 finishers at California went on to make the Chase. Will this race be the barometer for the season again this year?
Check back her e for updates and interviews all weekend.


text:
In an anthology (not Universe) I read a story where a single species disappears/goes extinct every day. The end of the story has some seemingly small and insignificant species dying out and the next day it is the human species which goes the way of the Passenger Pigeon. Can anyone help me with the title, author and antholgy volume this was in?
I read this somewhere in the '70's-'80's.