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Cincinnati City Council member Tamaya Dennard P H OTO : H A I L E Y B O L L I N G E R

City Council Member’s Arrest Leaves Tumult In Its Wake Council Member Tamaya Dennard is facing federal charges that she accepted $15,000 from an FBI informant for votes on The Banks. What comes next is unclear

BY N I C K S WA RT S E L L

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incinnati City Council member Tamaya Dennard stepped down March 2, a week after she was arraigned Feb. 25 in federal court on charges that she accepted money in exchange for votes about public business between August and December last year.

The first-term council member elected in 2017 faces charges of extortion, bribery and wire fraud. The extortion and wire fraud charges carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison each, while the bribery charges are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Attorneys Eric Eckes, Stephanie Kessler and Martin Pinales are representing Dennard, court documents show. The day of her arrest, Dennard’s attorneys denied she had

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done anything “unethical or illegal.”

“It is with great sadness that I announce my resignation effective today,” Dennard said in a statement released by her legal team. “The last thing I want is to be a distraction from the work that needs to be done for this city. I need all of my time and energy to address these charges against me.”

Council member P.G. Sittenfeld will name her replacement. Cincinnati’s charter requires all council members to select another council member to name their successor should they be unable to finish out their terms.

Dennard, once Sittenfeld’s chief of staff, chose him.

The charges against Dennard are based on an affidavit from the FBI with information from an unnamed

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individual — later revealed to be Frost Brown Todd attorney Tom Gabelman — alleging Dennard asked for between $10,000 and $15,000 in exchange for advantageous votes on business before city council.

The time frame of the alleged conversations — some of which the FBI says are taped or captured as text messages — align with a contentious battle between the city and Hamilton County over a complicated land swap at The Banks allowing a new music venue to go forward there.

Some of the alleged conversations between Dennard and Gabelman deal with those negotiations. Gabelman represents Hamilton County on matters related to The Banks.

“As the affidavit details, a concerned citizen contacted law enforcement following an interaction with Dennard, feeling an ethical and moral obligation to report any criminal wrongdoing,” U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers said in a statement Feb. 25. “The individual then worked at the direction of law enforcement throughout this investigation. It takes courage for citizens to come forward and assist law enforcement as this individual did.”

According to the affidavit, Dennard first asked for the money Aug. 16 last year for a down payment on a used car and security deposit and first month’s rent on an apartment. During the alleged conversations, Dennard

discussed an eviction from her previous apartment.

“I called because I literally am out of options,” a text Dennard sent later that day to the individual allegedly reads, according to the affidavit. “Can you please tell me why people won’t help?

What I need to get my head above water is a pittance to many who are able. I have $200 in my account. I got into a rough spot trying to help my mom and now I have nothing.”

“It would be totally inappropriate for me to represent you or provide any financial assistance,” Gabelman responded in a text to Dennard, the affidavit claims. “Please don’t suggest it again.”

Gabelman reported Dennard’s requests, the affidavit says, and subsequently worked with the FBI, which directed him to provide the money Dennard requested.

Gabelman recorded a conversation Sept. 5 with Dennard, the affidavit says, during which Dennard requested the money again and suggested she would sign a promissory note and follow a repayment plan for the money.

On another recorded phone call the next day, Gabelman allegedly told Dennard she could pick up $10,000 of the money Sept. 9 and another $5,000 after a second vote in council on The Banks land swap that would benefit the county.

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Residents of Apartments Next to Hotel Project Say They Face Imminent Eviction

BY N I C K S WA RT S E L L

At least eight residents of an apartment building in Mount Auburn next to a coming city tax-abated hotel developed by former Cincinnati Bengal Chinedum Ndukwe were served three-day eviction notices Feb. 25 and could face homelessness, they told Cincinnati City Council on Feb 26.

Council subsequently passed a motion by Cincinnati City Council member David Mann that directs the city’s administration to work with the development company owned

by Ndukwe, Kingsley + Co., in an attempt to help the residents at 2341 Burnet Ave. find new homes.

Some council members expressed concerns about the quick ouster of the residents, especially given the fact that Kingsley’s hotel project next door received city tax James Crawford, a resident at 2341 Burnet Avenue in Mount Auburn abatements worth more than P H O T O : N I C K S WA R T S E L L $2 million in 2018. Those abatements were put forward by city has a general hope and expectation Columbus developer Michael Schiff council members Greg Landsman and that persons and entities receiving puband others purchased the building Tamaya Dennard in October that year. lic subsidies or benefits will conduct in December. Another LLC owned by Mann voted against that abatement operations in a manner that mitigates the same group purchased two other on procedural grounds because it did potential adverse impacts on city buildings over the summer and gave not come from the city’s Department residents, and work in good faith with residents in those the legally required of Community and Economic city council, city administration and the 30 days to vacate.

Development. community impacted by their work.”

“We acquired the building in an ongo“When city council granted a tax A representative from Kingsley did ing effort to improve the available housincentive for this project, it was not attend the March 2 meeting, though ing in Mt. Auburn,” Ndukwe wrote in a unknown to council that low income the company sent the city a seven-point response to initial emailed questions. tenants would be displaced as a result,” letter saying the property in question “My personal goal is to help provide Mann said in a statement on his motion. is unsafe for habitation and that the safe and secure workforce housing in “It contradicts the values of this developer has offered help to the the building and other properties to council to allow our tax incentives to residents. combat the severe dearth of adequate, contribute to displacement in this way, “We cannot overstate the fact — assisaffordable housing in the area. Not one particularly when we are in the middle tance has been available and coordiperson was displaced in the building, of an affordable housing crisis.” nated by professionals,” the letter reads. and former tenants were provided the Mann’s motion also seeks to extend Residents, however, contest that appropriate notice required by law relocation benefits available to those assertion and say the company has not that leases were not being renewed. displaced by city projects or those been communicative since late January.

For those facing challenges, there are receiving direct city assistance to those CityBeat first reported on the situnon-profits that have capacity to help displaced by projects receiving property ation the residents have found themand are structured with resources for tax abatements. selves in in January after they were assistance.”

Other council members also sought served notices that they needed to be Workforce housing is generally input from city administration about out of their apartments. Among those priced for those making 80 to 120 possible help for residents. living the building are James Crawford, percent of the area median income — “Let us know what we can do to who has been in his apartment for 30 at least $800 a month in rent. That’s resolve this issue,” Landsman said. “If years, and other residents who have significantly higher than the current in fact there isn’t an agreement where resided there for more than a decade. rents charged for apartments in that these people are taken care of, it’s going Crawford and several other residents building, which range between $350 to be hard for me to support additional addressed council members during the and $500 a month. projects that they’re involved in.” public comment session Feb. 26 before Both Ndukwe and Schiff have other Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman council’s regular meeting. projects in various stages in the city. said members of the Law and Public “Apartments nowadays are expenSchiff and Kingsley + Co. have air rights Safety Committee would discuss the sive,” resident Aliah Englemon said at to a property owned by The Port at 435 issue further at that committee’s regular council’s Feb. 26 meeting. “I would ask Elm St. and say they’re eying a $100 milmeeting on March 2.

Kingsley + Co. with some help moving. lion tower at the site just south of the City Manager Patrick Duhaney sent a I’ve been there 12 years and I’ve never Duke Energy Convention Center called letter to Kingsley + Co. Feb. 27 with the experienced anything like this. Trying Convention Place. Schiff and Kingsley motion and an invitation to the March to negotiate with these people is crazy. also own several other Cincinnati prop2 committee meeting. “The motion They don’t want to talk to us at all. It’s erties, including the former Cincinnati requests that you engage the residents cold outside. They’re putting us out on Metropolitan Housing Authority buildof the property to ensure a responsible the streets and some of us don’t have ing at 22 West Central Parkway where transition to alternate housing and anywhere to go.” they say they’re mulling a $22 million avoid leaving any of the impacted resiAn LLC owned by Ndukwe, mixed-use development. dents homeless,” the letter reads. “The

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Panino and 3CDC Trade Lawsuits Over Restaurant’s Closure

BY N I C K S WA RT S E L L A local, now-shuttered restaurant and one of the city’s largest developers are locked in a court battle over tens of thousands of dollars and a patio.

Panino on Vine Street closed Dec. 14 after roughly four years at its brick-and-mortar location in Over-the-Rhine. Prior to that, owner Nino Loreto operated a food truck.

After closing, Panino’s former landlord, a subsidiary of the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) called Cintrifuse Landlord LLC, filed a lawsuit against Loreto and Panino alleging the restaurant owed $85,000 in back rent. 3CDC is also seeking restaurant equipment Loreto says he needs to reopen elsewhere. 3CDC says it owns that equipment.

Loreto fired back in a filing in late February, saying that he moved his restaurant into the Vine Street space on promises that 3CDC would make best efforts to develop a patio next door at a space called Imagination Alley by April 2017.

The Cincinnati Recreation Commission controlled that space, however, and declined 3CDC’s plans for the patio in favor of keeping it a public park.

In his countersuit, Loreto alleges the patio was “a unique feature of the restaurant and one absolutely necessary for its success” and that 3CDC never had intentions of creating the beer garden space, thus breaching the contract between the restaurant and the developer.

“The lease was procured through a fraud perpetrated by 3CDC, Plaintiff’s parent company, which represented that 3CDC would use its ‘best efforts’ to procure a necessary patio for the success of the restaurant, when in actuality 3CDC intended to exert practically no effort, and, in fact, exerted practically no effort for procuring the necessary patio, leaving the restaurant with no practical chance of success,” the filing reads.

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Federal Judge Rules Ohio Policy Refusing Driver’s Licenses to Some Refugees and Children of Immigrants Unconstitutional

BY N I C K S WA RT S E L L

The State of Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles must end practices denying driver’s licenses to some state residents with refugee status or those whose parents are undocumented, a federal judge ruled in separate but related cases on Feb. 20.

The case about those with undocumented parents — brought by a local nonprofit — included Cincinnatian Karena Cabrera, a U.S. citizen who was denied a license because she was under 18 and because her parents are undocumented.

“I called my cousin and I told him the news,” Cabrera said Feb. 26. “The reaction on his face was priceless. It seemed as if wings had regrown on him. He’s 16 and now he’s able to get his driver’s license and so will his siblings.”

Roughly 3,100 teens could be affected by the ruling, attorneys estimate.

U.S. Southern Ohio District Court Judge Edmund Sargus in two summary

judgements called Ohio’s policies unconstitutional and ordered the state to cease denying driver’s licenses to residents with refugee visas more than two years old and to discontinue turning away otherwise eligible applicants for driver’s licenses who are 16 or 17 years old because their parents can’t co-sign due to their immigration status.

In both cases, Ohio argued that it cannot supply those licenses because it must comply with the federal REAL ID Act, which sets federal standards for driver’s licenses in the 24 states that opted into that program so that their state IDs can be used for air travel and other purposes. One of those standards is requiring applicants to prove they have “lawful status” in the United States.

Plaintiffs in the class-action suits filed by northeast Ohio nonprofit Advocates for Basic Legal Equality were several refugees who were denied driver’s licenses and the central Ohio nonprofit Community Refugee and Immigration

Services (CRIS) for the refugee suit and Cincinnati-based Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) along with minors with undocumented parents who had been denied driver’s licenses for the other suit.

Those groups argued that the state’s policies were unconstitutional, created invalid sub-groups of refugees and immigrants outside federal classifications and are not necessary to comply with the federal REAL ID Act. Sargus batted away the state’s claims and agreed with the plaintiffs.

“The registrar’s reliance on the REAL ID Act to support its argument is misplaced,” the court’s decision in the refugee case reads.

The judge came to a similar conclusion in the case brought by IJPC. “As defendant acknowledged, the REAL ID Act does not, however, impose requirements for a co-signer of a driver’s license application,” Sargus wrote.

“Ohio would remain compliant with

the REAL ID Act even if it terminated the policy and allow parents and legal guardians to co-sign for minors without documents showing legal presence.”

Nonprofits who represented refugees and immigrants in the cases applauded the decision.

“All refugees should be able to obtain driver’s licenses and state IDs so they can fully participate in their new community,” CRIS Executive Director Angela Plummer said in a statement following the ruling. “We are thrilled that the court has lifted one of the barriers to opportunity faced by our refugee clients, and we hope to have a positive relationship with the BMV going forward so that all who are eligible for an Ohio driver’s license may obtain one.”

IJPC held a news conference Feb. 26 discussing the court ruling at the Peaslee Center in Over-the-Rhine.

“We take for granted how much power a driver’s license grants you, to be able to move freely and go about your life,” IJPC Executive Director Allison Reynolds-Berry said.

Affordable Housing Could Come to Northside Save-A-Lot Site

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A development aimed at housing LGBTQ seniors is coming to the site of a vacant former grocery store in Northside. Northside’s community development corporation, NEST, is partnering with national developer Pennrose on Apple Street Senior, a project building 57 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments at 4145 Apple St. Those units will range from two $369 studio apartments for those making 30 percent of the area’s median income all the way up to six two-bedroom apartments renting for about $1,000 a month for those making 60 percent of the area median income, according to the project’s application for federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits.

The Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio and Pennrose will provide on-site supportive services for residents. AIDS service nonprofit Caracole will also provide services to residents who need them, and the project will have a referral relationship with Churches Active in Northside for residents who need social services and other aid.

The building, designed by New Republic Architecture, will also offer a three-story elevator and fitness center. NEST and Pennrose say the development will be unique in Cincinnati.

“Innovative housing solutions like Apple Street Senior respond to the growing need for safe and affordable spaces for LGBTQ seniors across the country, and we’re excited to

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work with NEST to bring this firstof-its-kind community to Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood,” Pennrose Regional Vice President Lasserre Bradley said in a statement.

NEST Executive Director Sarah Thomas cites past projects by Pennrose in New York City and Boston with a similar focus and says her group has talked extensively with national LGBTQ group SAGE about the Northside project. NEST and Pennrose are “hyper-focused” on promoting the housing within Cincinnati’s LGBTQ community, she says.

“Apple Street Senior will be an important and much-needed asset to Cincinnati’s LGBTQ community,” Thomas said. “With a robust partnership of local and national organizations, along with Pennrose’s experience developing and managing LGBTQ-friendly communities nationwide, Apple Street Senior will provide a safe and welcoming environment to a population that has often faced disproportionate housing discrimination.”

Residents of the building must be above the age of 55, but do not have to be LGBTQ to live there. Management staff, service providers and others related to the project will receive LGBTQ cultural competency training.

The project has received endorsements from SAGE and local LGBTQ group the Imperial Sovereign Queen City Court of the Buckeye Empire, both of which will help the developers with spreading the word about available units.

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NEST purchased the property in 2018 with the help of a $550,000 loan from the City of Cincinnati and selected Pennrose as the project’s developer last year. NEST’s loan agreement with the city required the community development corporation to have a development plan in place within 24 months of receiving the loan.

A Save-A-Lot discount grocery store operated at the location of the project until its closure in 2013. In the years since, the site had been the focus of efforts to establish a cooperatively-owned grocery store called Apple Street Market. That project amassed shareholders and other financing and aided in efforts to convince the city to fund NEST’s acquisition of the property. But a series of events toppled much of the financing the group had identified for a grocery store project last year, and space requirements made combining the housing and grocery concepts prohibitive, both Apple Street and NEST say. Apple Street Market is currently searching for other viable locations for a future store.

Completion of the project will require Pennrose and NEST to win a competitive bid for the low-income housing tax credits administered by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.

Those awards are expected to be announced May 20. If the project wins the tax credits this round, construction could begin next January and could be open for leasing at the beginning of 2022.

that that patio concept was making progress, even as other 3CDC officials were working with the Over-the-Rhine Community Council to keep the space a public park.

Panino paid $5,800 a month to rent the Vine Street space.

Loreto claims he put $50,000 of personal savings into the business and that he and his mother worked without drawing a salary.

For its part, 3CDC says it made a full effort to develop the patio but could not convince the CRC to allow it to do so.

The development corporation has also said it offered Loreto a “generous” settlement and denied an allegation in Loreto’s lawsuit that its president and CEO, Steve Leeper, threatened Loreto’s father, Remo Loreto, in a meeting.

Loreto’s lawsuit alleges that Leeper said in that meeting that “he was a Sicilian, and that ‘Sicilians approach you with a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a switchblade in the other,’ clearly implying that if Defendants did not do his bidding, that 3CDC would work to cripple the son’s business and interfere with its reopening.”

3CDC, however, has called that meeting “amicable” and denies Leeper made the statements.

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Dennard asked for the extra $5,000 sooner, the affidavit claims, and told Gabelman that he “didn’t have to worry about my vote.”

“With the music venue, I don’t have a dog in the fight,” Dennard allegedly said in a text. “It’s wealthy people fighting to be more wealthy.”

Federal attorneys allege that Dennard deposited $10,000 into her bank account the same day it was provided to her.

She spent another $4,000 portion of an additional $5,000 on a brief trip to a Florida resort in September, federal attorneys allege.

Dennard voted in favor of a deal that would have allowed the land swap to happen Oct. 2, though that deal didn’t get enough votes to pass council.

Federal attorneys say they can document more than $20,000 in unidentified cash deposits into Dennard’s personal bank account between June and November last year.

Dennard’s colleagues on Cincinnati City Council have said they did not know that her arrest was coming.

It was initially unclear the path forward if Dennard did not resign.

While the city charter mentions removal of council members from office, it does not specify a way for that to happen.

State law outlines a complicated process involving the county prosecutor, the state’s attorney general, the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and

a county judge by which city leaders convicted of felonies can be suspended from office. If that process were followed, the county probate judge — Republican Ralph Winkler — would have choosen Dennard’s temporary successor.

State Rep. Tom Brinkman, Hyde Park attorney and anti-tax activist Mark Miller and his three sons signed a complaint asking a judge to remove Dennard from office.

Attorney Curt C. Hartman of Finney Law Firm filed that complaint Feb. 27 in Hamilton County Probate Court.

Hartman called the affidavit “strong and significant,” but said that coming trials will provide Dennard due process.

Miller is the same conservative activist who filed a lawsuit seeking texts from Dennard and four of her Democratic colleagues on council related to the ouster of Cincinnati City Manager Harry Black.

That lawsuit ended up costing the city $101,000 — $90,000 in legal fees for the law firm Miller hired and $11,000 in fines. $10,000 of those fines were related to accusations that council member Wendell Young deleted some of his texts.

The rest were $200 in fines for each involved council member for violating Ohio open meetings laws. The five — a majority of council — texted among each other about city business.

Hartman said his recent filing only involves Dennard, however.

“All indications are there is no

other untoward or improper conduct happening,” he said. “You have the criminal complaint and supporting affidavit in the federal court. That is shocking and disappointing, but that only concerns Ms. Dennard.”

U.S. attorneys asked city and county officials not to pursue the removal suit brought by Miller and Brinkman, however.

Dennard was released on her own recognizance after her arraignment.

Her next court date is March 16.

Hamilton County Democratic Party Chair Gwen McFarlin called on Dennard to respond to the allegations and resign if she is guilty.

“The allegations raised against Ms. Dennard are significant and serious,” she said in a statement.

“Councilmember Dennard deserves the due process afforded to all our citizens and should be able to respond to these serious charges brought against her. If the allegations are true, Ms. Dennard should step down from elected office to restore the public’s faith in City Council as it tackles the important issues facing our city.”

Cincinnati’s Charter Committee, a good government group, urged Dennard to recuse herself on any votes until the matter is resolved.

“We believe with the evidence presented in the affidavit against Councilwoman Dennard it would be in the best interest of the city for her to recuse herself from any and all votes at this time,” a statement from the

group read. “Councilwoman Dennard is innocent until proven guilty and deserves due process but we feel that with the gravity of the accusations that any and all votes may be called into question and believe that a recusal is the best approach at this time.”

Dennard’s fellow Democrat Mayor John Cranley addressed what he called “the elephant in the room” at Cincinnati City Council’s regular meeting Feb. 26.

“The allegations against council member Dennard are serious and are the most disturbing allegations of corruption that I have witnessed or even heard of,” Cranley said.

Dennard posted a message on Facebook that day to thank those who have reserved judgment.

“During this incredibly dark and difficult time, I want to thank you for all of the love you’ve sent my way,” she wrote.

“The messages, prayers, hugs, the ‘thinking about you’s’ have helped more than you can imagine. Going through hard times have a way of revealing things both about yourself and others.

Thank you to everyone who have made a conscious decision to allow me due process before casting judgment.

Judgment is so easy. Thank you to everyone who believes in and affirms my goodness. More than anything, I just wanted you to know that I’m alright.”

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ART: Selections from the Seagrave Museum at the University of Cincinnati’s Reed Gallery exhibits real works inspired by fictional artists. See review on page 39.

LIT: The Ghosts of Eden Park: An Evening with Karen Abbott Author and historian Karen Abbott is coming to The Mercantile Library to discuss her book The Ghosts of Eden Park. Abbott is from Philadelphia, not Cincinnati, although the topic of her vivid historical fiction is the Queen City’s infamous bootlegger George Remus. The New York Times best-seller tells the tale of the murder of Imogene Remus, wife of George, who begins an affair with the FBI investigator who imprisoned her husband for violating the Volstead Act. The duo betray George in more ways than one. Abbott will discuss her book and sign copies.

Cincinnati’s own Molly Wellmann will lead a bourbon tasting for an additional cost. 5:30-6:30 bourbon reception; 6:30 p.m. program Wednesday, March 4. Book talk free and open to the public; bourbon reception is $15 members, $25 non-members; registration required. The Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., Downtown, mercantilelibrary. com. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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ONSTAGE: Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is witty, highly-quotable and oozing with romance. See review on page 42.

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EVENT: Zip Dip Opening Day Creamy whip Zip Dip is opening its doors for its 70th season on March 6, which means warmer weather, little league games and balmy evening ice cream runs can’t be too far off. A West Side family tradition, Zip Dip’s oldschool neon sign, featuring a lightning bolt striking an ice cream cone, is instantly recognizable — a nostalgic, glowing reminder of summer since 1950. And just like every Cincinnatians has their favorite creamy whip, every creamy whip has their own quirky specialties. If you’re a Zip Dip first timer, try a face cone (soft serve with a candy face), an extra thick malt or a classic Zip Dip Bar. The first 500 customers will get a special Zip Dip koozie. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, March 6. Zip Dip, 4050 Drew Ave., Bridgetown, zip-dip. com. — STAFF EVENT: Cincy Winter Beerfest The 13th annual Cincy Winter Beerfest is one of the biggest beer extravaganzas of the year, featuring more than 400 different craft beers from more than 130 breweries, including 110 from Cincinnati-area breweries alone. If you don’t want to drink on an empty stomach — or need to lay down a base layer — look for concessions from local food trucks. Live music will set the mood both nights. Event tickets include unlimited beer samples and a souvenir mug. Attendees can buy tickets to one of three sessions (or all three). Other ticket options include early admission or the Connoisseurs

Reception ticket, which includes a reception area, private restrooms, a coat check, catered appetizers, premium and large-format beers and a special snifter to take home. Proceeds from Beerfest will benefit the Big Joe Duskin Music Education Foundation.

7:30-11 p.m. Friday, March 6; 1-4:30 p.m. or 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday, March 7.

Regular admission tickets start at $50; early admission starts at $60; $90-$95 Connoisseurs Reception; $20-$25 DD. Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown, cincybeerfest.com.

— MAIJA ZUMMO ART: Women and Nature in the Arts, Sciences and Letters at the Lloyd Library As the United States celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Lloyd Library and Museum opens an apt exhibition: Women and Nature in the Arts, Sciences and Letters.

Described as a “tribute to the female scientists, authors, artists and illustrators in the Lloyd collections,” the show features works by the likes of Maria Sibylla Merian and Elizabeth Blackwell, both of whom were pioneers in the field of scientific illustration. Also showcased is the work of Gertrude Jekyll, who designed over 400 gardens in her lifetime. In a more modern turn, guests can also take in the photography of Cincinnatian Rama Kasturi. Her series — compiled in a book and to be displayed at the Lloyd’s gallery — Four Seasons at Burnet Woods, was created after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2007. Members of MUSE,

Cincinnati Women’s Choir, will perform at the opening. Opening reception 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, March 6. Through May 22. Free and open to the public.

Lloyd Library, 917 Plum St., Downtown, lloydlibrary.org. — MACKENZIE MANLEY FILM: CWC 2020 Oscar Nominated Live-Action and Animated Shorts This year’s batch of Academy Award winners may have been unveiled in February, but moviegoers still have a chance to see 2020’s Oscar-nominated short films made larger than life on the Garfield Theatre’s silver screen.

This marks Cincinnati World Cinema’s 19th consecutive year of hosting its Oscar-nominated shorts program and the first in its new 719 Race St. theater space. While the documentary shorts screened there earlier this year, the live-action and animated nominees will be spread across two weeks starting March 6 and running through March 15, with eight days total of showtimes.

Hailing from countries across the globe — France, Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, Guatemala and a Tunisia-Canada-Qatar-Sweden polyglot — the films collectively mine at a broad inventory of themes, from family relationships to survival to hope. Multiple showtimes through March 15. $11$22. The Garfield Theatre, 719 Race St., Downtown, cincyworldcinema.org.

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SUNDAY 08

EVENT: International Women’s Day at Listermann Brewing Co. Listermann Brewing Co. hosts their fourth annual International Women’s Day celebration on Sunday, March 8. Starting at 2 p.m., the brewery will feature their special all-female brewed beer on tap to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. Named “100 Years of Change,” Listermann will also be debuting the brew in special, locally designed cans. The cans will be available in four packs and have been designed by local female artists Emily McNamara, Savannah Bryant, Pinky Anderson Sivrais, and more. In addition to the good beer and good times, there will be live screen printing, a photo booth and a raffle with proceeds benefitting Women Helping Women. 2-8 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Free admission.

Listermann Brewing Co., 1621 Dana Ave., Norwood, facebook.com/listermannbrewing. — SETH ROBINSON

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MUSIC: Global EDM phenom DJ Steve Aoki plays Bogart’s. See interview on page 53.

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ONSTAGE: Baby Shark Live! at the Aronoff Center Baby Shark Live! is coming to Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center on March 7 and there is nothing you can do to escape the “doo doo doo doo doo doo.” The stage show is a “fully-immersive live concert experience” based on Pinkfong’s song “Baby Shark.” According to an event description, “Fans of all ages will delight as Baby Shark joins up with his friend Pinkfong to take an adventure into the sea, singing and dancing through new and classic songs including ‘Five Little Monkeys,’ ‘Wheels on the Bus,’ ‘Jungle Boogie,’ ‘Monkey Banana Dance’ and, of course, ‘Baby Shark!’” “Baby Shark” is literally just a series of song verses you will never be able to get out of your head about different members of a shark family (from baby to mommy, daddy, grandma and grandpa) with the words “doo doo doo doo doo doo doo” over and over again. 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7. $30-$65; limited number of post-show meet-and-greets are available for $50. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO FROM PAGE 11

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MUSIC: Country group LANCO play Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 56.

SPORTS: Cincinnati Cyclones Pucks N Pups + Wiener Dog Races If hockey games weren’t exciting enough for you, you may not have considered adding dogs to the mix. Don’t worry: The Cincinnati Cyclones are way ahead of you. On Saturday, March 7, the Cyclones host Pucks N Pups; a special night for you and your good boy or good girl to watch the game together, presented by John Morrell.

You can grab a ticket for your dog for only $5, and a ticket for yourself for $15.

You and your furry friend can watch the players chop up the ice while feasting on $1 John Morrell hot dogs all night long. Also, if you can handle the cuteness overload, there will be wiener dog races on the ice during intermission.

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of special concerts celebrating the Queen City’s rich musical history. A part of the Pops’ American Originals series, The Cincinnati Sound concerts will celebrate the music of Brown, the Isley Brothers, Hank Williams, Mamie Smith, The Stanley Brothers and other artists who either hailed from Cincinnati or recorded seminal music here at King and downtown’s Herzog studios.

At Music Hall for the shows will be a special exhibit honoring King’s legacy and the concerts will be followed by a dance party in Music Hall’s foyer where DJ Bryan Dilsizian will spin some legendary Cincinnati-related platters. Shaffer will handle keyboards and vocals for the shows and, along with the Pops orchestra, he’ll be joined by guest vocalists and musicians like his old Late Show bandmate Felicia Collins on guitar and local multi-instrumental wiz Bradley Meinerding on guitar and mandolin. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 7; 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 8. $25-$115. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatisymphony.org. — MIKE BREEN

MUSIC: Ms. Lauryn Hill Though she has done impressive work before and after, acclaimed Soul/Hip Hop singer/songwriter Lauryn Hill’s timeless and masterful The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was brilliant enough to anchor a still-going-strong career that enables her to headline theaters and major festivals all over the world, including the upcoming Lovers & Friends fest in Los Angeles more than two decades after its release. Of course, before going solo, Hill was a member of Hip Hop trio Fugees, which itself released one legend-making album, The Score (and an underrated debut, Blunted on Reality). And though her releases since Miseducation have been extremely scarce, when she does put something out, it’s solid — Hill was dazzling on the 2015 Nina Simone tribute album, Nina Revisited. In November last year Hill released her first new solo song in five years, “Guarding the Gates,” a track on the Queen & Slim soundtrack. When Hill last performed in Cincinnati — in 2017 at the Aronoff Center — she treated fans to lots of Miseducation material, a handful of Fugees hits and covers of songs by Sade, Bob Marley and Frankie Valli. 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. $56-$251. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org. — MIKE BREEN

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COMEDY: Hari Kondabolu “I think I was a funny kid, but I definitely wasn’t the class clown,” says Hari Kondabolu. “I was like the class comedian. I would take stuff the teacher said and make thoughtful, funny comments and remarks versus just disturbing the class.” He insists his friends were funnier. “We ended up studying comedy together without realizing it.” It was after seeing Margaret Cho when he was 14

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EVENT: Womenfolk Market In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, the organizers behind Cincinnati’s City Flea have planned a special maker pop-up dedicated to female-owned businesses. The Womenfolk Market will take over Over-theRhine’s The Transept, bringing more than 40 vendors together under one roof; ticket-buyers can browse, shop and support local ladies and their ventures.

Expect to see Greater Cincinnati favorites including Parlour, Fern, Grateful Grahams, Lucca, Coda Co., Charnee’s Doughnuts and Handzy. In addition to shops, the event will also have a full bar and an auction with pieces from Rookwood Pottery and a large-scale work from The Diggingest Girl. A portion of the proceeds will benefit nonprofit organization Women Helping Women, whose mission is to prevent gender-based violence and empower survivors. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 8. $11. The Transept, 1205 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, thecityflea.com. — HAILEY BOLLINGER H A N D Z Y / / P H OTO : H A I L E Y B O L L I N G E R

that he had an epiphany. “One person with a microphone was enough to create art for a large group of people.”

He didn’t pursue stand-up as a career though, instead going into social work in Seattle. “I did comedy at night as a hobby. As a South Asian, a career in comedy seemed impossible.” However, he built a following and was discovered by both HBO and The Jimmy Kimmel Show. Known for his political humor, he also talks about his family, day-to-day life and himself. “I know what I look like,” he says. “I look like a Muppet getting my PhD.” 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 11. $25 advance; $27 doors. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre. org. — P.F. WILSON

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COMEDY: Pete Lee After seeing Nick Swardson, Mitch Hedberg and Doug Stanhope perform on the same night at the Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis, Pete Lee signed up for his own open mic. His debut went well as he had been writing jokes for some time in preparation.

And the pre-med student immediately thought, “I didn’t want to be a doctor anymore, I want to do comedy.” A drastic move after just one open mic, but it worked out — even in a business

that’s not known for job security. “I remember when I first started doing comedy,” Lee says, “my dad said, ‘You need to get a steady job.’ And there was a point where my dad had lost his job, and then both my brothers had lost their jobs, and then there was me, a comedian, the only one who had income. ‘I told you so dad.’ ” 8 p.m.

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Go Bananas Comedy Club, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com. — P.F. WILSON

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MUSIC: Bad Omens play Riverfront Live. See Sound Advice on page 57.

MUSIC: R.A.P. Ferreira brings amorphous instrumentals and revelations divined in gas station bathrooms to Urban Artifact. See Sound Advice on page 57.

EVENT: Cincinnati International Wine Festival If drinking for a cause is your thing, look no further than the Cincinnati International Wine Festival. Yes, as the name suggests, this is a fest dedicated to vino. But it is also a nonprofit that

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EVENT: Taft House Party The Taft Museum of Art celebrates Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment with a special Empowered Women-themed House Party. During the event, guests can take a guided tour of the Taft’s collection of women’s portraits, learning about each, including the portrait of museum co-founder Annie Sinton Taft and her influence on local arts and organizations like ArtsWave and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

There will be a craft station where attendees can make their own art to submit for a chance to be featured in AIGA’s and WomanUp’s Words of Wisdom show in March. Proceeds from that event will go to Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio and Women of Cincy. The evening includes snacks, a DJ and a cocktail from Molly Wellmann at a cash bar. 5-8 p.m. Thursday, March 12. Free. Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Downtown, taftmuseum.org. — SETH ROBINSON FROM PAGE 13

has granted more than $6 million to local charities in everything from arts and education to health and human services since 1991. While there is a golf tournament and assorted wine dinners associated with the festival, the Grand Tastings at the Duke Energy Convention Center tend to be seen as the main event with more than 700 “new, rare and exciting wines” from more than 200 wineries across the globe. Attendees, whether they’re oenophiles or novices, can sample anything and everything — including snacks. Grand Tastings 7-9:30 p.m.

Friday, March 13; 2:30-4:30 p.m. and 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, March 14. $75$80 Friday; $70-$75 Saturday afternoon; $85-$90 Saturday evening. Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown, winefestival.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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EVENT: Jurassic Quest Dinosaurs are back from extinction for Jurassic Quest at the Duke Energy Convention Center. Featuring over 80 life-sized animatronic recreations of the prehistoric beasts that once roamed the Earth, Jurassic Quest is perfect for families to learn about and interact with dinos up close and personal. Try out your excavation skills with the fossil dig, hang out with baby dinosaurs, ride on the back of a 24-foot T. rex

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or let the kids run loose in the “Dino Bounce” area with inflatable mazes, crafts and more. 3-8 p.m. Friday, March 13; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 14; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, March 15. $22; $36 VIP; $20 seniors. Duke Energy Convention Center. 525 Elm St., Downtown, jurassicquest.com. — SETH ROBINSON COMEDY: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Scared Scriptless Improv comedy has played a huge role in the backgrounds of many of comedy’s biggest stars — troupes like Second City, the Groundlings and, more recently, UCB have essentially served as the minor leagues for Saturday Night Live since the program’s beginning. But the peak exposure for the artform itself was Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Drew Carey-hosted version of the show that began in the late ’90s and ran on ABC found such a huge and dedicated audience, it’s a wonder improv TV programs never became a trend. The U.S. Whose Line was a spin-off of the original UK version, which was also wildly popular. That British version featured some comedians who would go on to become a big part of the U.S. version, including Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, who have also been a part of the Who’s Line reboot on The CW.

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EVENT: Pints & Pitties at Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. and Adore-A-Bull Rescue are hosting their seventh annual Pints & Pitties event in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day, good beer and good boys — dogs that is. Adoptable dogs will be waiting for their forever home throughout the event in case you find yourself wanting to rescue a furry friend (but please do not bring your own). Carnival games, raffles, vendors, drinks and more will be available for humans to celebrate the holiday, and maybe the addition of a new family member if you decide to adopt. The brewery will be donating $1 from each pint sold during the event back to Adore-ABull. Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, March 15. $20; $35 VIP. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., 1621 Moore St., Over-the-Rhine, adoreabull.org. — SETH ROBINSON

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The pair is kicking off the latest leg of their Scared Scriptless tour in Cincinnati. The show is 100 percent improvised with audience members directing the proceedings with suggestions and sometimes even joining the comedians on stage. 8 p.m. Friday, March 13. $39.25-$59.25. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts. org. — MIKE BREEN MUSIC: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram When jaw-dropping guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was just 19, Rolling Stone called him the possible “future of Blues” and compared him to unparalleled guitar gods B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Prince. Ingram certainly has the chops to take on such lofty expectations, concocting a sound fueled by his booming voice and soulful, fiery guitar playing and filled with such vitality it practically jumps from the speakers. The Clarksdale, Mississippi native (born, spookily, just 10 miles from the famous “crossroads” of Blues lore) has hit a career’s-worth of milestones before turning 21, which he did just this past January. Signed to the esteemed Blues label Alligator Records, Ingram released his album Kingfish last year to a flood of praise, nabbing a Grammy nomination, five Blues Music Award nominations and a phone-booksized collection of fawning reviews.

Ingram’s extensive Fish Grease: A Juke Joint Tour will keep him on the road

through the end of November and will be broken up by a string of opening dates with Indie Rock heroes Vampire Weekend. 7 p.m. Friday, March 13. $20. The Mad Frog, 1 E. McMillan St., Corryville, themadfrog.net. — MIKE BREEN

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EVENT: Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Celebrate the luck of the Irish at the Cincinnati Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.

Entering its 54th year, the parade — which has never been canceled and takes place in the rain, sleet, snow or sunshine — steps off promptly at noon from the corner of Paul Brown Stadium and traces its way around The Banks.

This year’s honorary grand marshal is former Bengal Kenny Anderson.

Parade steps off at noon Saturday, March 14. Free to watch. Mehring Way and Central Avenue, Downtown, cincystpatsparade.com. — SETH ROBINSON

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THERE’S AN ART TO COOKING, DESIGNING THE DISHES AND MEALS THAT WARM THE SPIRIT AND SOULS OF PEOPLE. - CHEF SALIMAH ABDUL-HAKIM

omen in food are a fact. As long as there’s a place for anyone who has a passion for the culinary arts, women will be in food.

The more intriguing thing today is just where those places are.

In Cincinnati, it seems change is a-brewing in the food industry as women are stepping off the proverbial line (though plenty still populate those traditional back-of-house restaurant roles) and into solopreneur hustles, or catering gigs, or restaurant operations or education.

The kitchen is an expanding metaphor for the way women are increasingly subverting the dominant paradigm. But why and how, exactly, are they doing it?

“I don’t think a lot of people know how grueling it is to be in the restaurant industry,” says Salimah Abdul-Hakim, the chef behind Soleil Kitchen, a catering and personal chef outfit serving up selfdescribed urban cuisine.

From a young age, Abdul-Hakim worked with food. She started in a family friend’s butcher shop, graduating to working in a restaurant before eventually working in Cincinnati’s first Nordstrom Cafe Bistro.

“There’s an art to cooking, designing the dishes and meals that warm the spirit and souls of people.

That’s what I fell in love with,” she says. “What I did not fall in love with was the grueling, grueling hours associated with working in these kitchens.”

Culinary documentary A Fine Line from 2019 uses top female chefs — household names like Iron Chef Cat Cora and TV host Lidia Bastianich — to explore why less than 7 percent of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, “when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen,” says the tagline.

“It definitely is a shift you’re starting to see with a lot more women in the culinary arts industry taking the solo route,” Abdul-Hakim says.

“It’s a very well-known fact that the culinary industry is a patriarchy,” she says. “You deal with sexism, you deal with misogynistic behavior…I didn’t necessarily care for some of the culture in restaurants, which I think (is) starting to change.

Unfortunately, a known fact is some people suffer from alcohol and drug abuse…sometimes the grueling circumstances people work under, unfortunately it’s a reality for a lot of people.”

Recent pop culture is littered with memoirs and movies from people behind the scenes, sharing stories of rampant drug and alcohol abuse after the kitchen is closed. The novel Sweetbitter, by Stephanie Danler, is based on her experience as a waitress in New York City, and the late Anthony Bourdain’s memoir-nonfiction hybrid Kitchen Confidential documents his own drug use.

Abdul-Hakim opened Soleil Kitchen in 2016 while still working in corporate America. She took on small gigs here and there, cooking for showers or private events, before landing larger clients like Procter & Gamble. Her business “shot off,” she says, and her clientele list has grown exponentially.

“I chose the solo route because I saw a lot of that culture, and as much as I love the culinary industry, that’s not something I wanted to continue to perpetuate and be involved in,” Abdul-Hakim says.

“I wanted to create my own subset culture when it comes to culinary culture, and have a safer space, and have more control over my hours and schedule.”

She’s not alone in those desires. The ability to control an atmosphere that can be a crucible in which one thrives or breaks down is echoed by several other women in Cincinnati’s food industry.

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YOU HAVE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT FOR YOURSELF THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIFE. - CHEF MARGARET GALVIN “One of the reasons why I got into what I’m doing is I wanted to be with my family,” says Chef Margaret (Meg) Galvin, a professor at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State.

Trained at London’s acclaimed Le Cordon Bleu, Galvin worked in a country club kitchen for several years and in a hospital before joining the Midwest Culinary Institute faculty in 2001. The Midwest Culinary Institute is one of the best-known places locally for aspiring chefs to get hands-on experience and training, offering several degrees in the world of food.

On the line in the kitchen-classrooms at the Midwest Culinary Institute, Galvin imparts practical as well as culinary advice to her students, wary of burnout in an industry that is so physically and mentally laborious.

Students in Galvin’s classes go through the gamut of food preparation, but first they have to learn the basics. This includes preparing a menu and executing dishes within a controlled environment, but as Galvin says, that’s easier than being in a restaurant.

“You’ve got to think, the recipes they’re making today are serving four to six people; in the industry, they might be serving 600. When they go to execute this in a restaurant, they have to think, what are we doing as part of meat, as part of pre-prep, and what are we doing as orders come in? And they have a production class where they learn that. Half of the semester you’re in front of the house, half you’re in back,” she says.

The pressure in the classroom is of course making the instructor satisfied, but these skills of time management and taste translate to the big picture of cooking in a packed restaurant with tight turnarounds.

“There’s different stresses. Stress back here is very different. Front of the house, customer is always right. Stress back of the house, chef is always right. You have to have very tough skin to go into this industry because we all eat. We all know food. Everybody’s opinionated about food.

We all taste differently. If you can’t deal with criticism, this makes it a very hard profession,” Galvin says. “I always tell students, if you can’t deal with criticism, become a brain surgeon.

Because nobody in this room can critique your surgery. But we can all critique pasta because we’ve all had pasta in our lifetime. You have to be very open to evaluation.”

An article in The Guardian from 2017 questioning if being a chef was bad for your mental health concluded, via a union survey, that chefs generally work between 48 and 60 hours a week, 78 percent had had an accident or an almost-accident because of fatigue, more than 25 percent were drinking to get through their shift, 56 percent were taking painkillers and 51 percent said they suffered from depression.

“The most important thing — and this is for anybody in the industry — you have to make a commitment for yourself that you have to have a life,” Galvin says.

“I think women are very quick to take away what they want to do if they’re asked to do something and I’ve always stood very strong with that. I make a commitment that every day, I do something for me.

And I don’t waver on it.”

Galvin embodies that idea of balance and possibilities for many of her students.

“Meg was the first person (I saw) like, ‘Oh look, there’s a woman in white,’ I call her a chef, she’s got a career,” says Frances Kroner, a graduate of the Midwest Culinary Institute and former student of Galvin’s, who worked in restaurants as a teenager and fell in love with the food industry.

“She was a total role model for me.”

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Now the executive chef and partner-owner (along with Dr. John Hutton and Sandy Gross) of the Sleepy Bee Cafe group, Kroner first tried her hand at the same route Abdul-Hakim did, cooking as a personal chef for the Cincinnati Ballet’s artistic director for a time, and operating Feast, her own pop-up food event business, before joining the Sleepy Bee group.

“What I have seen a lot is, if you are so inclined to, either by the fact that you have a knack for the hospitality side or if you’ve got an interest in the numbers or if your business is doing so well you get to scale, those things pull people away from working directly in the kitchens,” she says.

The archetypal “chef in white” is often male, and male chefowners dominate the restaurant field, locally (think Jean-Robert de Cavel, Jose Salazar and Dan Wright, et al) and nationally. Yes, plenty of those institutions have women on the line as chefs de cuisine or in other important industry roles, but when it comes to calling the shots, Kroner says it’s important to have similar examples of success.

“I think Melt (with Lisa Kagen) and Julie Francis’ Nectar were the only two (female chef-led restaurants) when I was growing up that I knew of,” Kroner says. “The impression I had from my vantage point of a girl who grew up working in restaurants and went to culinary school locally, I feel like I would have known if there were women who owned and ran restaurants. They either weren’t getting any credit or they didn’t exist.”

Francis’ restaurants, Aioli and later Nectar, were just ahead of the farm-to-table curve in Cincinnati, spawned before the rage for seasonal, regional food took hold in the Midwest. Francis closed the highly popular Nectar in 2017.

“Restaurant life wasn’t getting any easier — in fact it was getting harder and more challenging,” Francis says of her decision.

“Because of how things have changed in the industry, there’s a lot less loyalty to restaurants, there’s a lot more competition.”

Francis now operates as a personal chef for her company, Nectar Personal Chef Services.

From her leadership role, both at Sleepy Bee and in the city’s food landscape, Kroner circled back to the component of visibility of women in the industry when she co-founded the group Cincinnati Women in Food and Drink (CWIFD) in 2018 as a resource for connection, promotion and advancement of women in the industry locally.

“If there are hundreds of examples of men being in charge, and it’s not only just that there isn’t the example of (someone like) you doing your career path, there’s a bunch of examples of someone else doing your career path, and you don’t look like them,” Kroner says.

CWIFD helps rectify that. Membership in CWIFD is just $25 a year, and the group offers a mentorship program for interested individuals. Another point of entry on the rise for solo chef-entrepreneurs, female or otherwise, comes in the form of incubators like Findlay Kitchen in Findlay Market and FreshLo in Covington. The latter is how Ibtisam Masto got her start.

A Syrian refugee who fled her war-torn country with her children for Lebanon before making her way to America, Masto is now the proprietor of a small catering outlet called Olive Tree.

Local nonprofit RefugeeConnect helped Masto realize a dream she had professed when she first arrived in the states.

“I said, ‘I’m (a) chef. I want people to help me start this work,’” Masto says. “And (RefugeeConnect) told me about the lady at FreshLo. I had to (get my) certificate from FreshLo, and then (through) this program, we made everything — what I want to do for my business, from beginning to step-by-step.”

Funded by the Kresge Foundation, FreshLo offers home cooks like Masto the opportunity to scale up as much as they want.

Masto now works at Dean’s Mediterranean Imports in Findlay Market, and operates Olive Tree out of Findlay Kitchen.

“Entrepreneurship has changed so much in the past 10 years that people don’t have to go brick-and-mortar,” Galvin says.

Francis agrees.

“There’s so many ways that women as chefs and cooks can be so instrumental and so important besides having a restaurant,” she says. “Just being a restaurant chef — it’s not everything. Food has a lot more roles than just food at a restaurant.”

ON THE LINE More women in food in Cincinnati

Women may be stepping off the line in a number of growing ways, but there are still many in the back of the house in restaurants throughout Cincinnati. From working with line cooks to setting menus to overcoming the obstacles of gender prejudice, these are just a few of the women heating up the kitchen in the best way.

Kayla Robison is the executive chef of Arnold’s Bar & Grill downtown. Robison came aboard in 2017 and won an episode of the competition show Guy’s Grocery Games in 2019. Trained at the Midwest Culinary Institute in both pastry and culinary, Robison is from North Dakota and previously served as chef at Nation Kitchen & Bar in Pendleton.

Suzy DeYoung of La Soupe comes from a long line of chefs — her father Pierre Adrian was a former head chef of The Maisonette — and she spent time working in the kitchens of Cincinnati restaurants and both casual and Michelin-starred bistros abroad before opening La Petite Pierre bistro and caterer in Maderia. She left that company in 2014 to launch La Soupe, which rescues would-be-wasted produce to create “highly-nutritious meals for customers, nonprofits and food-insecure families.”

Jessica Graham is the chef de cuisine at Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey.

She studied at the Midwest Culinary Institute’s pastry program, and started out as head pastry chef at Boomtown before transitioning to chef de cuisine.

“I have encountered sexism. For the most part it's been subtle but still there,” Graham says. “In the past, my chefs would always give me the ‘light work.’

It was a bit annoying because I knew I could do more. Eventually, as time went on, they realized I wasn’t playing around and recognized me as one of their cooks, not just the female in the kitchen.

I’d really like to get to the point where I or any other female chef are no longer thought of as a ‘female chef’ and just a ‘chef.’ Same for any industry.”

Caitlin Steininger is owner and executive chef of CWC, the Restaurant and Station Family + BBQ. Steininger has been in the restaurant industry for 18 years. She paid what she calls her “Cincinnati dues” working at the Oakley Skyline and making pizzas at Lucy Blue in Mount Lookout before heading to culinary school at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago and polishing her craft at Le Cordon Bleu.

“The first time I was ever actually in a professional kitchen, I wasn’t on the cooking side of things, but I just remember watching in awe of the cooks and how much they were accomplishing.

It takes a special type of person to feel comfortable in a kitchen, but once you figure it out, the kitchen is home,” she says.

Michelle Brown is the chef proprietor of Jag’s Steak & Seafood in West Chester.

She became the majority owner in 2015.

Brown started her kitchen career at the Bankers Club under Executive Chef John York, and in her current role at Jag’s, focuses on giving back. According to Jag’s, “She actively mentors kitchen and service teams — especially women working their way through culinary school.”

Sydney Fisher is chef de cuisine at Goose & Elder. Fisher took a fourmonth training course in Nevada called Nevada Partners, learning how to work in professional kitchens. She says she “immediately fell in love with learning about cooking there, and genuinely felt it was my calling.” Fisher has been at Goose & Elder for almost nine months, previously working as sous chef at Mita’s for two years (both restaurants are owned by Chef Jose Salazar) and for two years as sous chef at now-closed OTR spot The Anchor. “In the beginning of my career, I admired the chefs working in open kitchens. I always loved watching chefs work on the line. Being so focused (on) their craft while executing beautiful dishes. I wanted to be the artist making the plates,” she says. Fisher was also accepted into this year’s The LEE Initiative, a national empowerment program for women chefs driven by Lindsey Ofcacek and Edward Lee. Megan Ketover is the executive pastry chef at the Boca Restaurant Group.

According to a post by Boca when she came onboard in 2018, Ketover began cooking at a young age and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Midwest Culinary Institute. She says, "I love that moment when someone eats something that I have made, and it makes them smile and close their eyes. Desserts are not always necessary to live, so sometimes they are more about celebration, satisfaction, splurging. I am honored to be able to share that part of people's lives!" Ketover also competed as a contestant on multiple Food Network shows, including Top Chef: Just Desserts.

Renee Schuler is the founder and chef of eat well celebrations and feasts.

Notable catering clients include Martha Stewart and Mark Zuckerberg. Schuler started her career in New York City, studying at Manhattan’s Institute of Culinary Education and working for chefs including Bobby Flay and Daniel Boulud.

In her bio, she says, “It was while working events for these prestigious chefs in illuminating and grand venues as well as more charming, intimate events, that she discovered the joy and beauty of catering.” She launched eat well in 2005 with the philosophy of combining these four things: “ the best ingredients, expertly crafted dishes, and exceptional service — all in a memorable presentation.”

Shoshannah Anderson is the executive chef of Branch in East Walnut Hills and a member of the Littlefield Group.

Anderson formerly was chef and co-owner of Northside’s now-defunct Honey. And on Branch’s website it says, “With over thirty years of restaurant experience, Anderson grew to love cooking from her grandmother. Her food is flavorful, soulful, and is simply put, what she likes to eat. Branch’s womanled kitchen inserts creativity and high quality into every service.”

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There’s a camp to fit every kid in Greater Cincinnati.

Whether you’re looking for a traditional, overnight camp that includes cabins, canoes and horseback riding or a specialty music or arts camp, it’s here.

Note: This is not a list of every camp in Greater Cincinnati — just a sampling so you can see what’s available.

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DAY CAMPS

Camp-I-Can

A 10-week co-ed camp for ages 4-12 that aims to enhance creativity, self-esteem and social skills while celebrating culture and diversity. The program features traditional camp activities like sports, swimming, field trips and arts and crafts in addition to weekly off-campus field trips. The Children’s Home of Cincinnati, 5050 Madison Road, Madisonville, thechildrenshomecinti.org.

Traditional & Specialty Camps

Camp at the J

grades K - 10 2020 Camp dates

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At Camp at the J, kids can experience the best of summer.

From swim lessons and archery, to arts and crafts, camp values and color wars, and much more, kids will create memories and form friendships to last a lifetime. Camp at the J offers a camp for every kid. Traditional day camp provides all the fun that makes camp a summertime staple.

A wide range of specialty camps, including science, technology, horseback riding, sports and more encourages campers to pursue their interests, making camp exciting and educational.

The inclusive summer camp offers a meaningful camp experience for all kids. Mayerson JCC of Cincinnati, 8485 Ridge Road, Amberley Village, mayersonjcc.org.

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From fishing, farming and kayaking to horseback riding, painting and storytelling, Great Parks Summer Day Camps offer a little bit of everything for children and teenagers alike.

Options include camps focused on adventure, horseback riding, farming, fishing, ecology and conservation and more. Various Great Parks locations, greatparks.org.

Greenacres Summer Camp

“Edutainment” is key in Greenacres’ various summer camps, which incorporate aspects of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) into activities like hiking, fishing and art. With so many options, there’s something for everyone, whether it’s horseback riding, water activities, drawing and painting, testing your survival skills and more.

Greenacres, 8255 Spooky Hollow Road, Indian Hill, green-acres.org.

TriHealth Fitness Pavilion

TriHealth offers all kinds of sports to keep kids ages 4 and older active and having fun. Choose from Jr. Ninja Warrior, Camp Build It!, Anime and

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Manga Camp, Basketball Camp, Land of Dinosaurs Camp, Camp Crazyfood and more. TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road, Blue Ash, trihealth.com.

YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

Campers will develop confidence, build friendships and find a sense of belonging through new skill-building activities and old camp traditions that encourage experience through achievement as well as the forming of healthy relationships. Preschool camps (ages 2-5), with full- and half-day options, including traditional camp activities like swimming, singing and crafts; sports camps (ages 3-15) have campers learning the fundamentals of a new sport each week; specialty camps (ages 6-12) focus on particular programs like arts, cooking, sports specialties and enrichment; and teen camps (ages 13-15) include challenging camp activities tailored to older age groups. Various YMCA locations, myy.org/programs/ camp.

OVERNIGHT CAMPS Camp Kern

Every day, kids choose which activities they participate in; options include swimming, rock climbing, digital photography, drama, arts and crafts and more.

Teen programs feature canoe trips and field trips to Lazer Kraze and Ozone Zipline Adventures. Ranch Camp provides horseback-riding lessons and trail rides for riders of all experiences. For young first-time campers, Camp Kern offers Taste of Kern and First Camp programs, with day camps followed by overnight experiences. Camp Kern, 5291 OH-350, Oregonia, campkern.org.

Camp Livingston

Nestled deep in the rolling, wooded hills of beautiful southeastern Indiana, Camp Livingston has offered an unmatched summer experience for

Jewish children and teens for over 90 years. Camp Livingston has always provided a safe and nurturing environment where campers gain self-esteem and confidence, and form lasting friendships with their cabin and unit friends, in a fun and exciting atmosphere.

Within this unique environment, campers come to know and love themselves, their community and their place in the greater world. Camp Livingston, 4998 Nell Lee Road, Bennington, Ind., camplivingston.com.

Falcon Camp

Recognized throughout the Midwest as Ohio’s premier private camp, Falcon has been chosen as a “Top Ten Camp in the USA” and selected as the “Coolest Camp in Ohio.” Falcon offers a beautiful lakefront setting, a talented staff and a wide variety of activities. Program includes horseback riding, sailing, mountain biking, canoeing, drama, video arts, crafts, riflery, archery, nature, tennis and more. Boys and girls ages 6-16 are separate with planned co-ed events in 2-8 week sessions. Special one-week intro programs for ages 6-10. Falcon Camp, 4251 Delta Road SW, Carrollton, falconcamp. com.

Ymca Camp Campbell Gard

Mountain biking, horseback riding, rope courses, sports and crafts are just some of the many activities campers participate in during Camp Campbell Gard, which has given kids unforgettable experiences since 1926 with the mission to “put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.”

Choose from Traditional Overnight Camp and Overnight Horse Camp, during which campers care for and ride their own horses. Day camps are also available. Camp Campbell Gard, 4803 Augspurger Road, Hamilton, ccgymca.org.

Ymca Camp Ernst

During this weeklong camp, the backyard becomes 365 acres of woods, fields, creeks and a lake. Built upon the YMCA values of caring, honesty, responsibility and respect, camp activities include ziplining, banana boating, horseback riding, a giant swing and a 100-foot-long waterslide. Camp Ernst, 7615 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, myycamp.org.

ART & MUSIC

Camp Art Academy

This award-winning camp balances technical instruction with the freedom of self-expression. Each weeklong session has a different theme, including The AACs of Art and Rock Me Amadeus. The curriculum includes fundamental visual art skill-building activities, 2- and 3-D hands-on experiences and creative problem solving. Guest artists will also stop by for visits. Choose from half- and full-day options. Art Academy Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson St., Over-theRhine, artacademy.edu.

Cincinnati Art Museum Summer Camp

The Cincinnati Art Museum hosts eight weeks of summer camp, with a different theme each week. Topics include Storytellers, Paint Party, On the Runway, Play with Clay, and more. Led by highly skilled educators and museum staff, kids will create art projects and participate in gallery games. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, cincinnatiartmuseum.org/summercamp.

Girls Rock

Girls Rock is empowering the next generation of Cincinnati’s great musicians during a weeklong music and creative arts summer camp for girls and gendervariant youth. Over the course of the week, middle and high school-aged campers take lessons in drums, keys, guitar, bass and vocals; have band practice; and write original songs. With the aim to nurture self-expression, there are also daily workshops taught by community members covering an array of subjects including screen printing, sound pedals, gardening, weaving, puppetry, bracelet making and journaling. MYCincinnati Firehouse, 3120 Warsaw Ave., Price Hill, girlsrockcinci.com

McHarper Manor

Offers themed arts and craft camps and classes for ages 4 through teen.

Preschool, big kid and advanced camps with morning and afternoon sessions make programing suitable for everyone. Themes include Dollhouse Camp, Science and Art, Fashion Week, Brand & Makers Camp, Puppy Camp, Cartooning, Fairies, Dinos, Unicorns and more. Voted Hulafrog’s “Most Loved” Visual Arts Studio 2019.

McHarper Manor, 990 State Route 28, Milford, mcharpermanor.com.

School Of Rock Mason

School of Rock Mason — “where students learn to rock their worlds” — offers several music-centric summer camps for kids and teens. Camps

offered in 2020 include Hard Rock Performance Camp, Rock 101 Camp, and House Band Camp. School of Rock Mason, 755 Reading Road, Mason, mason.schoolofrock.com.

Taft Museum Of Art Summer Art Day Camp

Themed workshops for kids and teens at the Taft Museum of Art. Youngest campers (grades 3-5) will learn all about cameras from film to phones and experiment with photography. Students grades 6-8 will learn about and discuss artistic expression through the use of traditional photography, modern photography, stop motion and more.

The Taft’s High School Art Workshop (grades 9-12) will examine the work of Ansel Adams and create projects in the areas of 3-D topography, hand embellishment on photos transferred to fabric, surrealist photo collages and pinhole photography. Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Downtown, taftmuseum.org.

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Women Writing For (A) Change

Summer camps for young women are open to girls in grades 4-12. Classes and camps use the art of writing and other arts to enhance self-esteem and build skills in creative self-expression.

Programs are designed to help strengthen girls’ authentic voices, develop their ability to speak out through writing and direct interaction and deepen their belief in their own creative intelligence. Women Writing for (a) Change, 6906 Plainfield Road, Silverton, womenwriting.org.

THEATER & DANCE Camp CCM

The UC College-Conservatory of Music’s Preparatory Department will offer musical theater camp that teaches children the skills to be a triple threat with classes for acting, dancing and singing. Professionals will prepare students for a concluding performance to showcase their talent. Camp CCM, ccm.uc.edu/prep.html.

Cincinnati Ballet Kids Dance Camp

Young dancers will venture through the classic fantasy worlds of The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, and The Little Mermaid. Each week will focus on a different story as students participate in age-appropriate ballet classes led by the company’s professional faculty.

No ballet would be complete without costumes, but not to fear: daily crafts allow dancers to create their own outfits and accessories. Cincinnati Ballet, 1555 Central Parkway, Downtown, cballet.org.

Cincinnati Circus Summer Camp

Kids will learn skills like hand-eye coordination, balance and teamwork while working alongside professional performers and camp counselors.

They’ll try their hands at being tightrope walkers, balloon makers, aerial acrobats, and jugglers. A new Toy Building workshop and escape room have been

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Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park

Each week, students participate in acting and improvisation; additional classes focus on topics like physical comedy, puppetry, stage combat, sound effects, playwriting, theatre design and more. The classes are divided into Summer Theatre Day Camp, weeklong courses that are influenced by a movie — from a Monster Movies to Dragon Training — and culminate in a performance. The Performance Academy is for theater enthusiasts who want to be involved in the production of a play from beginning to end. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mount Adams Circle, Mount Adams, cincyplay.com.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Summer Camp

Cincy Shakes offers six different weeklong camps, all with a different theme. Camps are open to all ages, LESSONS, WORKSHOPS and weeks will be further sub-divided LESSONS, PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS, SUMMER SUMMER CAMPS, CAMPS, AND AND WORKSHOPS based on registration numbers. For students in grades 1-6, there are introductory camps to learn new skills, 755 Reading Road • Mason, OH 45040 from stage combat and makeup.

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The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati

Weeklong themed summer day camps — no audition required! Sessions are available for different ages with multiple topics. Camps range from To Infinity and Beyond, inspired by Disney’s Toy Story, This is the Greatest Show (ages 6-10), where they’ll learn about entertainment through the eyes of P.T. Barnum, to Frozen in Summer (different sessions for ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14). The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, 4015 Red Bank Road, Madisonville, thechildrenstheatre.com.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Summer STock

ETC’s Summer Stock is a three-week theater camp for youth, including a High School Technical Theatre Intensive. For ages 7-18. No auditions necessary. Space is limited. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St., Overthe-Rhine, ensemblecincinnati.org.

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Lachey Arts Camp

A faculty of working performers lead students in customized training in vocal music, dance and dramatic arts, with a focus on current and classic

musical theater. Camp culminates in a main stage showcase. School for Creative and Performing Arts, 108 W. Central Parkway, Downtown, lacheyarts.com/camp.

Studio Dee

Northern Kentucky’s top-rated studio.

Summer dance classes include programs to help improve dance technique or tumbling skills. There are five levels of dance classes: Baby Ballerinas, Creative Movement, KinderCombo, Hip Hop and Ballet/Jazz. Summer tumbling classes feature programs for: Tiny Tumblers, Tumbling Tots, Tumbling Rollers and Tumbling Flippers. Studio Dee, 3420 Valley Plaza Parkway, Fort Wright, studiodeenky.com.

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Cincinnati Museum Center Museum Camps

From science and technology to hands-on activities and games, there’s something for every camper to get excited about at the Cincinnati Museum Center. There are dozens of topics to choose from, including Crazy Chemistry, Harry Potter, LEGO Master Builder, Dinosaurs, Amusement Park Science and more. Camps take place at a variety of locations, including Union Terminal, Cincinnati Observatory and Vila Madonna Academy. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate, cincymuseum.org.

Drake Planetarium Summer Camp

Enjoy a summer under the stars.

Choose from a wide variety of sciencethemed full-day and half-day camps divided by age. Themes include Young Engineers, Junior Architects, Rockin’ Rockets, Chemistry Challenge, Crazy Contraptions, battle bots and more.

Drake Planetarium, 2020 Sherman Ave., Norwood, drakeplanetarium.org/ summer-camps.

iSpace Summer Camp Days

This camp transforms participants into rocket scientists and robotic engineers, placing a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Camps are for grades K-12 and combine fun and learning in one unforgettable experience that teaches students how to think and work like real engineers, scientists, designers and developers. Students get to work on cool projects and engage in fun, hands-on activities. Themes include Three Bears in Space, Magical World, Buggin’ Out Robotics and more.

Scarlet Oaks, 100 Scarlet Oaks Drive, Sharonville, ispacescience.org.

Kids in the Kitchen

Camps for ages 5-7 and 8-15 geared toward learning how to cook. Younger chefs will learn basic cooking terms, gadgets, measuring, mixing and how to follow a recipe. For older chefs, it transforms into a skills-based highly creative camp with a chance to develop technique. Focus on mother sauces, knife cuts, flavor profiles, micro

greens vs herbs, and incorporate all of those learned skills to create a signature dish. They’ll practice making vinaigrette, pastas and a variety of cooking techniques – baking, sautéing, poaching, braising and grilling. Lunch or a snack is included. The Art of Entertaining, 2019 Madison Road, O’Bryonville, cincyartofentertaining.com.

Seven Hills School Summer Program

From space exploration and trips to King’s Island to cool chemistry and secret agent spy adventures, this program has more than enough to keep the fun flowing. Children and teens of all ages are invited to explore their interests with Seven Hills’ seasoned staff, which provides individual attention and support. Seven Hills, 5400 Red Bank Road, Madisonville, 7hills.org/summerprogram.

SPORTS & OUTDOORS Bear Paddle Swim School

Bear Paddle offers swim camps for beginners all the way to competitive swimmers all year. Bear Paddle Swim School, 9376 Mason Montgomery Road, Mason; 3099 Disney St., Oakley; 4012 Seligman Drive, Florence; bearpaddle.com.

Camp Wave

This Newport Aquarium day camp includes up-close animal encounters,

behind-the-scenes glimpses and activities tailored to specific themes, including ancient oceans and animal ecosystems. Campers will touch sharks and penguins, make crafts, play games and more. Newport Aquarium, 1 Aquarium Way, Newport, wavefoundation.org.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Hikes, animal encounters, wild crafts, train rides, keeper talks and much more await campers during full- and half-day zoo camps. Kids also attend animal feedings and shows. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, cincinnatizoo.org.

Cincinnati Recreation Commission Summer Day Camps

Campers enjoy fun weekly themes in a safe, friendly environment all summer long. Themed activities include trips and outings, arts and crafts, swim lessons and pool time, outdoor play and sports, and so much more.

Various recreation center locations, cincinnati-oh.gov.

Gorman Heritage Farm

Barnyard animals abound at Gorman Heritage Farm. Campers will interact with animals, explore onsite woods, hike, craft and more. Themed camps are offered for topics including cooking, science and veterinary work. Gorman Heritage Farm, 10052 Reading Road, Evendale, gormanfarm.org.

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Imaginary Museum Comes to Life The non-existent Seagrave Art Museum is the subject of a strange new exhibit at UC DAAP’s Reed Gallery R E V I E W BY ST E V E N RO S E N

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ike many other art gallery and museum shows, the current Selections from the Seagrave Museum at the University of Cincinnati’s Reed Gallery has plenty of exhibit labels — those wall notices adjacent to individual works that provide names and information about their creators.

But this show’s labels are decidedly different. Weird and unsettling, even.

Some have a contemptuous air about the work they describe. For instance, here’s what the label text says about deceased American painter Kenneth Raney Clark’s 1937 “Mountain and Sky”: “The painting, like every other landscape in which imposing slate mountains rise to meet a dusk-red sky, depicts nothing you have seen before, yet is also an image of something you have often seen — a romanticized rendering of pastoral bliss, an ominous mountain pass, an impressive American vista, the seemingly infinite reproduction of dramatic topography. Though the mountain and

sky in ‘Mountain and Sky’ may exist somewhere west of here, Clark never saw it, instead copying the scene from a photograph of a black-and-white painting he’d found in a book. Clark often looked to photographs of other paintings for inspiration, saving him the toll and exertion of trekking into the wild with his paints and easel.”

Others seem, well, nightmarishly digressive, possibly borderline delusional and definitely excessively TMI. An unnamed museum writer/ curator, getting extremely confessional, provides this label copy for the 1954 watercolor “Obtusion,” by the late American artist Tanya Conn: “In my twenties, I suffered from what is known as rabbit starvation from eating nothing but game for forty-five days on a spiritual journey I took in the Uinta Mountains in northern Utah. For weeks I craved nothing but bread, pasta, and the fattiest beef while subsisting on rabbits and bits of a rotting elk.

Near the end of my journey, sick and weak, I consumed a handful of berries

and, supine on the surface of a rock, stared into the sky and hallucinated for seventy-two hours. I cannot adequately describe what I saw, but it is close enough to Conn’s impressionistic watercolor depicting the collapse of a mineshaft on a family of mule deer that I am chilled and shivery whenever I look upon it.”

The label also helpfully tells the museumgoer that prints of “Obtusion” are available in the gift shop, along with “coffee mugs, tie clasps and silk scarves inspired by the painting.”

Well, actually, you won’t find any such knickknacks for sale at Reed Gallery, which is in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. The exhibit Selections from the Seagrave Museum isn’t the show you might at first believe it is. There is no Seagrave Museum, no Tanya Conn, no Kenneth Raney Clark or any of the other artists described on the exhibit labels. The show’s premise and details are a fiction. I hesitate to call it a put-on, although there are times I laughed. But when some of the labels got really Twilight Zone creepy, I realized how uncomfortably deep the impulse to create can be for some artists and how tenuous our understanding of an artwork’s meaning can be.

Selections from the Seagrave Museum, which is on display through March 29, was inspired by a new novel, The Ambrose J. and Vivian T. Seagrave Museum of 20th Century American Art,

by Matthew Kirkpatrick, an assistant professor of creative writing at Eastern

Michigan University. It was published

by Acre Books, a 3-year-old literary press affiliated with UC’s creative writing program.

Acre’s roots go back to 2002, when University of Cincinnati hired its editor, Nicola Mason, to create the literary journal The Cincinnati Review to publish the work of doctoral students in the school’s creative writing program. It debuted in 2003 and became so successful she started a book-publishing arm in 2017, also an outgrowth of the creative writing department, in partnership with the University of Cincinnati Press. Acre now publishes some six titles a year — fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.

(Writers need not be from UC.) “We did not expect it to take off the way it has,” Mason says. “We received a thousand submissions in prose last year; fewer in poetry. I’m expecting 1,500 submissions this year, because of our success. Three of our titles have been long-listed for the PEN America awards, and one right now is a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Literary Award for debut novel.” (Tomas Moniz’s Big Familia is that novel; the winner was announced after press time on March 2.)

Kirkpatrick’s novel is largely in the form of exhibit labels, but every now and then, the description for a specific (imaginary) artwork expands and allows bits of mysterious narratives — the disappearance of the Seagraves’ daughter during a violent storm, the

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life of the Seagrave family and the strange artists they knew, the musings of a troubled curator (and unreliable narrator) who is in love with an artist’s ghost.

Mason suggested an exhibit based on the book to Aaron Cowan, Reed Gallery curator, and he developed it with her and Brian Schumacher, a DAAP assistant professor. The Selections from the Seagrave Museum information about the P H OTO : C O U RT E SY DA A P GA L L E R I E S actual 24 contributing artists and their work on shellacked paper to respond to the is at the bottom of the bogus description of Clark’s “Mountain exhibit labels on the wall. and Sky” in a way that makes clouds Cowan wanted the selected artists to over a mountain seem like ash from create work that responded to a specific a volcanic eruption hurtling toward a exhibit label, yet wasn’t beholden to it. doomsday-ish otherworldly red sky.

“I wanted to make sure the labels were For his part, author Kirkpatrick is used as a prompt and that the artists delighted his imaginary museum has had the ability to use the framework as been turned into a real one, at least a guideline to work in a manner they temporarily. He says, via email, “I love were comfortable,” he says. that the book became a collaboration For instance, Kim Krause — using oil between what I made and the artists’ and spray paint on panel — interpreted imaginations, and love that people the fictional Marian Bailey’s Italian who visit the exhibit will be able to see Futurism-influenced “Aerial” as a jumpthe labels that I wrote and the art they ily energetic abstracted landscape, full inspired.” of bright colors and prominent shapes that live up to the label’s description Selections from the Seagrave that Bailey painted it “as if plummetMuseum is on display through ing toward her childhood” from the March 29 at UC’s Reed Gallery sky. And in her “Somewhere West of (2624 Clifton Ave., Clifton). For more Here,” artist Emily JB Sullivan uses oil information, visit daap.uc.edu.

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Tyehimba Jess is obsessed with music and the ways it infects how we express ourselves. Music — and musicality — dominates Jess’ two books of poetry. leadbelly, which surfaced in 2004, centers on the singer, songwriter and guitarist whose various hardships inevitably mark his haunting Folk and Blues songs.

Jess’ long-simmering follow-up, 2016’s Olio, is an even more ambitious venture, an immersive, multidimensional experience told through a cast of real-life characters — or, as he writes in the book’s introduction, “Owners of This Olio” — from post-Civil War to the dawn of the 20th century: African-American artists and musicians like John William “Blind” Boone, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Sissieretta Jones, “Blind” Tom Wiggins, Scott Joplin and Booker T. Washington.

Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and confirmed, as if it wasn’t already evident, the arrival of a singular voice with a talent for reviving faroff figures in a new and visceral way.

CityBeat recently connected with Jess to discuss everything from his upcoming appearances at the University of Cincinnati on April 21 and 23 to his keen interest in tying the past to the present.

CityBeat: Music has always been central in your writing, so I guess it’s no surprise that you would title your lecture “Poetry’s Musical Bloodline: A Sociohistorical Soundtrack.” What should attendees at your Cincinnati event expect?

Tyehimba Jess: I think what I’m going to be talking about is how music influences our literature, especially African-American literature. When you look at African-American literature, the very first literature was the music. You have to remember that up until one great-grandma ago, it was illegal for my family to read, so the literature was passed down through song in many ways. The literature was the song: the work song, the gospel. It was taking the rhythms from the old country — meaning the west coast of Africa — and using the instrumentation of the new country and forging those songs. Sometimes it was done through just the body itself: the hand clap, the foot stomp. The drum was taken away.

So, when you’re talking about the literature of that sonic bloodline, that musical bloodline, the heritage that I trace is African-American heritage. But we’re also talking about other heritages as well because it’s very often that people’s music filters into their sense of poetry, their sense of rhythm, their sense of line.

of the people who produced the music, who produced the intellectual property that this nation’s economy thrives on — look at the billions of dollars that go into the music industry and look at where most of the music in America is inspired from: it’s black folks — looking into that history from multiple angles, people’s personal history, the economic history, the histories of their development as artists, it was intriguing to me. And I think it’s more intriguing the farther back one goes.

My first book was about Lead Belly, one of the progenitors of American Folk music. Olio is about the people who preceded him, the people who were making music before he was born or were creating their art before he was born. A lot of the work that I produce is interrogating the histories that we’ve been provided regarding our culture, the development of our music and also trying to understand the path that these artists had to take in the 19th century and comparing it to the paths that we are choosing today.

CB: Given that your subjects are real people from the past, how do you go about channeling them?

Do you feel a responsibility to represent them in an authentic way?

CB: Olio and leadbelly focus on reallife people from a particular time and place. Why were you interested in those particular lives and that particular setting?

TJ: It’s definitely something I think about. The way I try to deal with it is that I try to do as much research about the people I’m writing about as I possibly can.

That means going through Tyehimba Jess a lot of archives, looking P H OTO : J O H N M I D G L E Y up as much information as I can in order to get their CB: You grew up in Detroit in the stories straight. After that, 1970s and early 1980s. How did it means trying to put myself in their coming out of that particular place place, trying to understand how they influence your writing? might have felt in these circumstances.

I also think it means understanding, TJ: The benefit that I had was that I no matter how much I might think grew up in a black democracy. In other I’m putting myself in their place in the words, ever since I knew what a mayor poems or the things that I write, there’s was, the mayor was black: Coleman going to be a bunch of me in there, too.

Young. The city council was black. So I think it would be insincere for me that was not really a surprise to me or to think that I am channeling them, so anything like that. Benefitting from that to speak. I’m trying to understand their kind of orientation was critical. I think experience and I’m filtering it through the other thing is that I grew up in a city my own experiences in the 21st century. that was facing the challenges of deinSo, it’s really an approximation of the dustrialization and eventual gentrificaissues they faced individually. It is tion way before the rest of the country. speculation based on real events that I got to see that in a different way up happened in these people’s lives. close, to experience the ravages of see-

TJ: Studying the lives and the histories

ing a city try to retain its population and

its job base against overwhelming odds.

I got to see all of that.

CB: What’s next for you? Are you working on a new book? Do you feel any added pressure with so many more eyes and ears trained your way?

TJ: (Laughs.) One word at a time. And sell no rhyme before it’s time. That’s all I’m going to say on that one.

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Tyehimba Jess will give a lecture on April 21 and a poetry reading on April 23 — both in the Langsam Library’s Elliston Poetry Room — as part of the University of Cincinnati’s Visiting Writer Series. More info: artsci.uc.edu.

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To marry for love or security? That’s the quandary at the center of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s production of Pride & Prejudice. The play, adapted by Kate Hamill from Jane Austen’s beloved novel, stars Caitlin McWethy as the clever Elizabeth “Lizzy” Bennet in this knee-slapping dramedy.

Set in rural England during the early 19th century, the play opens with the lady of the house, Mrs. Bennet (Sara Mackie), at her wits’ end. She and Mr. Bennet (Jeremy Dubin) have not produced any male heirs to take over their estate, meaning that the family’s economic security is in jeopardy. In hopes of not becoming destitute, their only choice is to find a single and wealthy young man to marry one of their five daughters.

Slated during the CSC’s “Season of the Woman,” the company’s intentionality to elevate the voice of women is evident: With Sara Clark at the helm as director, nearly half of the cast are women, as is the majority of the production crew. Considering that most stage adaptations of Pride & Prejudice are written by men — as Clark cites in her director’s note — Hamill’s adaptation feels all the more fresh. Through a feminist lens, it emphasizes Austen’s satirization of social issues regarding class, love and a woman’s position in society.

With an eight-person cast, five take on multiple, often gender-fluid, roles, which were carried out effortlessly.

Mackie, in her debut as an ensemble member, left everything on the floor in her role as the unnerved Mrs. Bennet.

Her portrayal of a mother in selfinduced peril mixed with tongue-incheek romantic and sexual innuendos was pure perfection. Opposite Mackie was returning member McWethy as Lizzy, whose strong ideas on marriage begin to waver as the production wears on. Miranda McGee and Jude Walker as Lydia and Mary Bennet, respectively, contribute lighthearted bubbliness

and cynicism via their characters. And Darnell Pierre Benjamin (Collins/ Wickham/Miss Bingley) and Dubin (Mr. Bennet and Charlotte Lucas) deftly executed their various roles.

The lack of racial diversity in the cast is apparent. One has to wonder how a racially diverse cast would translate in CSC’s production of Hamill’s adaptation. While this isn’t a strike against CSC, it cannot be overlooked.

Pride & Prejudice is presented in the round at the Otto M. Budig Theater, meaning that the stage is completely surrounded by the audience. The setup is a plus for the production, as it allows attendees to become a part of the performance in subtle, yet comedic ways.

Shannon Moore’s sparse set design, which features traditional 19th-century furniture, allows the audience to focus more on the cast’s facetious actions.

The elegance of two chandeliers reflect the Regency Era, the time period in which Pride & Prejudice unfolds. Nina Agelvis’ warm lighting design illuminates the set, making it feel homey.

Much credit should be given to Pride & Prejudice director Clark in her bold leadership with this age-old story. In a period of time where women had little to no agency regarding their future, Clark’s focus on honoring Austen’s creative voice is beautiful and deserving of its own recognition. By sharply rebuking the idea that women need men to lead a successful life, this adaptation empowers a new generation of women to see themselves as revolutionaries.

Lizzy Bennet comes to learn that having her pride will get her far in life. But she can also have love.

CSC brought so much heart and laughter to Pride & Prejudice that audiences will likely want to purchase a ticket to see the show again and again.

Pride & Prejudice is onstage at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company through March 28. Tickets/more info: cincyshakes.com.

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Alabaster is a play about four troubled women — two of those women are goats, sure, but their problems are equally relevant to a human’s woe. The work succeeds as a moving exploration of loss, love and perception. Though most people only like goats if they’re served with curry and rice, Alabaster has found a creative way to lock in the audience and successfully tell a universal tale via farm animals: no small task.

That alone is worth the price of admission, but it’s only half the show.

Alice is a tormented photographer who documents women with scars.

June lives on a secluded farm in Alabaster, Alabama and her body is covered with stories. No one else lives on June’s farm anymore; her only company is a pair of goats named Weezy and Bib.

incredibly engaging narrative that demands all of your emotions in equal portions.

This play benefits from every moment of Maggie Lou Rader’s (June) and Kelly Mengelkoch’s (Alice) inspired performances. June’s visceral outbursts are startling, even if you’re seated in the back row. The complexities haunting Alice are so relatable that anyone could find something of themselves in Alabaster. We’re all somewhere between a phase of mourning for someone and it’s inevitable, sad to say, that if you love someone, you’ll either lose them or they’ll lose you. Despite its heavy themes, Alabaster gives you hope as it demonstrates how these women navigate their own grief and face tomorrow.

The set is bisected with June’s bedroom on stage left. The imposing wooden walls give you the feeling that if you were in her room, you’d be fortified against all human contact. Her bed is next to the window, its sill a favorite snacking spot of Weezy and Bib, who live under a Maggie Lou Rader (left) and Kelly Mengelkoch in Alabaster corrugated P H OTO : DA N R . W I N T E RS steel lean-to on stage right.

The backdrop When Alice and June meet in Alabaster looks like a barn being torn apart in for a photo session, it’s apparent they the middle of a tornado, giving a sense have some things in common, but the that this might be a fantastical realm in ability to hold a two-sided conversation stark opposition to June’s room, which with goats is not yet one of them. is orderly save for the stacks of folksy Let’s address the goats in the room, paintings made on scrap wood. A good as they’re heavily featured in advertisetheatrical set is its own character and ments for playwright Audrey Cefaly’s the production team’s thoughtful interexceptional dramatic achievement. pretation is a highlight of the show.

Weezy (Keisha L. Kemper) acts as the It’s always a good idea to arrive at story’s narrator. She appears to the the theater early, even more so with audience as a deadpan farmer whose Know’s production of Alabaster thanks stoic nature is abundantly clear thanks to Evelyn Sosa Rojas’s portrait photogto Kemper’s performance. She sips raphy on display by the bar. Presented PBR, breaks the fourth wall and eats

by Jens G. Rosenkrantz Jr. of Pendleton okra from a jar as she takes care of her Street Photography, the dreamy black momma, Bib (Jodie Beth Linver). Bib’s and white images depict women from health and mind are failing and she Havana, Cuba in natural poses, starkly doesn’t have much time. Wrapped in lit and entrancingly framed. a shawl, Bib looks like the archetypal Alabaster was nominated for the 2020 peasant, predominantly silent but for Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is a joy on her goatish maaaaah. That Bib is such the stage. The skill director Lisa Sanaye a simple character speaks measures to Dring displays is highly evident as you Linver’s performance, as she delights see the story progress. Between peals the audience with every comedic bleat. of laughter there were more than a few June casually converses with her goat sniffles in the audience — and I don’t family throughout the show and Alice think it had anything to do with the flu. seems shockingly nonplussed under Alabaster runs through March 21 the magically real circumstances. Do at Know Theatre (1120 Jackson St., they look like goats? No — and it works.

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Accepting the Unexplainable in ‘The Outsider’ R E V I E W BY JAC K E R N

HBO miniseries The Outsider (9 p.m. state police fail to make sense of it all, Sundays) starts out straightforward they call in unorthodox backup. enough. A Georgia boy is found Recent Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo brutally murdered in the woods, with (Harriet) delivers a nuanced perforan unsuspecting family man as the mance as Holly Gibney, a private invesprime suspect. We know little about tigator who is willing to follow any lead, the accused, Terry Maitland (Jason even into uncharted and unbelievable Bateman, who also directs the first two territory, often placing herself in danger. episodes), but it’s hard to believe this She’s also on the autism spectrum, seemingly normal husband, father and something that’s not discussed at baseball coach could be capable of length but is evident in her quirks and such a heinous crime. particularities. Incredibly bright and Yet evidence mounts: witnesses consharp, her neurodiversity makes her nect him to the victim, Frankie Petereven better at her job. son; his DNA is discovered at the crime scene; and he’s spotted on nearby security cameras.

It’s enough to arrest Terry, and his town begins to turn on him. He’s convicted in the court of public opinion before he ever faces a judge or jury.

But Terry and his wife, Glory (JuliBen Mendelsohn (left) and Cynthia Erivo in The Outsider anne NicholP H OTO : B O B M A H O N E Y / H B O son), maintain his innocence, claiming he was out of town at the It’s Holly who is able to connect the time. And sure enough, for every bit of murder and Terry to a string of other damning evidence, there’s proof of the unusual cases, and knowing she’ll face contrary — other witnesses and video scrutiny and be deemed crazy, coaxes place him in another city at the time of the team into thinking outside of the the murder. box in terms of who or what forces are How can a person be in two places at at the center of this chain of despair. one time?

And no one is more resistant to this The action contained in the first line of thought than Ralph. It’s as if two episodes could easily fill an entire accepting something so out of this season of a different slow-burning world would force him to reevaluate murder mystery. But with a Hitchcockeverything he stands for and all that he ian first-act twist, it becomes clear that’s knows. not what The Outsider is about.

More and more unexplained patBeing a Stephen King adaptation, the terns, eerie coincidences and practical answer lies in something supernatural, impossibilities mount until everyone something sinister — this isn’t the case must consider something illogical and of an evil long-lost twin. unknown. And the mission shifts from Of course, that theory isn’t satisfacmerely trying to identify the killer to tory for many of the players in this case. tracking and stopping it from causing Detective Ralph Anderson (the always even more harm. transformative Ben Mendelsohn) is in The Outsider manages to keep many ways a textbook cop. He’s pragthe momentum of the story without matic, he follows the evidence. If you revealing its villain, building tension find something you can’t explain, you and upping the creep factor. What haven’t investigated hard enough. makes the bogeyman so scary is not But his own connections to the knowing what he looks like, but instead case take a toll under his unflappable feeling his ominous presence. surface. Besides knowing Terry and his Much like Holly convincing cops family personally, Ralph lost his own to believe in monsters, the entire cast son not so long ago to cancer. He and gives understated, realistic perforhis wife Jeannie (Mare Winningham) mances, making this one of the best are still putting the pieces of their horror series in a while — particularly family back together. Meanwhile, the for skeptics. It wouldn’t surprise me if Peterson family, coming to terms with they inspire a second season. the horrific loss of their boy, falls comContact Jac Kern: @jackern pletely apart in grief. When local and

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A Study in ‘Ordinary Love’ R E V I E W BY T T ST E R N - E N Z I

It’s a gutsy call to saddle a film with a title like Ordinary Love; and gutsier still to hone in on two characters like Tom (Liam Neeson) and Joan (Lesley Manville), an older married couple so deeply rooted in their familiar togetherness that no one else needs to exist in their quite ordinary world.

They take brisk walks in their neighborhood and come home, where they settle in front of their television so that Tom can enjoy a beer, with a little needling from Joan. The pair wanders the aisles of the grocery store, bickering about Brussels sprouts and the amount of alcohol they need to purchase. Every quip arrives, infused with years of affection and a sense of repetition. Their life together has eased into the comfort of routine, a sameness that, for some viewers, could feel like limbo, a suspension between ecstasy and the void.

daughter who died years earlier in an accident. There’s no need for details, because it is obvious that this child has been with them every day since her passing. On the day of her surgery to remove the cancerous lump, Joan sends Tom to the cemetery for a visit with specific instructions to not mention the lump or the surgery.

This scene, with Neeson at the gravesite, captures a futility in him not usually seen, especially in his Taken franchise. As Taken’s Bryan Mills, former soldier and trained operative, Neeson embodies a man who knows exactly what to do at any given moment. He can punch or shoot his way out through any obstacle and his endangered loved ones will be safe. Here, for once, Neeson is just a man without skills or a plan, or even words of comfort for his wife.

He tells his daughter his fears, knowing that even this gesture is, at the end of the day, empty.

“I couldn’t have both of you gone,” he says, “I’d just drift.” That admission becomes extraordinary. The mundane lives directors Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn have built from McCafferty’s script shatter. The pieces begin to cut and bleed. The early fights full of soft love taps drag into a war of attrition as Joan starts chemotherapy and Tom indeed begins to drift.

Liam Neeson (left) and Lesley Manville in Ordinary Love Manville, in her own P H OTO : B L E E C K E R ST R E E T way, embraces Joan’s situation as completely Personally, I listened to Tom as he as Neeson does Tom’s. She reveals in called Joan “Kid” from time to time and every moment the effort necessary to heard myself referring to my wife and create the ordinary world that belongs children as “Babe.” Each one of them to both Joan and Tom. She actively knows exactly which one I’m talking to holds it together, accepting the safety of or about in any given moment because Tom’s humor, transforming it into the the pet name has a different inflection kind of love that he wants to express depending on which one I’m addressmore directly. And she gives love in ing. That specificity takes time to build, return in the best way for a man like lifetimes of love and meaning.

Tom to appreciate it. That’s the sign of When Joan, while showering after monumental craft, birthing a lifetime of their walk, notices what she believes is experience in a glance or a gesture. a lump in one of her breasts, their ordiThere’s a grace and dignity in watchnary façade starts to crack. Tom doesn’t ing Neeson and Manville deal together. want to consider any possibilities until They make Tom and Joan into people they know something definite. Joan you want to be like — forget being like can’t help imagining the worst.

Mike or LeBron or the latest Romeo Once cancer is confirmed, a and Juliet personas in our social media brittleness emerges in their exchanges. timelines. These are true examples Tom continues to make jokes to lighten of role models living fully in small the mood, but Joan eyes him now with ordinary moments. This is a represenimpatience. He promises to never leave tation of real love and how it can last. her side, yet as the humor begins to Ordinary Love is an honest reflection fade, his presence becomes a heavy of what it takes to live through sickburden. ness and health, once the passionate Screenwriter Owen McCafferty, a bells and whistles have faded, and hold playwright offering his first filmed steady for whatever lies ahead. (Opens screenplay, teasingly introduces a March 6) (R) Grade: B+

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Newport’s Cozy Culinary Retreat Renowned brunch spot The Baker’s Table has expanded its offerings to include dinner service R E V I E W BY PA M A M IT C H E L L

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hat I like best about The Baker’s Table, a little gem of a restaurant in an unexpected corner of Newport, is simply the place itself.

The charming, one-room dining and bar area has such a cozy, inviting décor and ambiance that one immediately feels at home. I’ve had two dinners and one brunch there, and each time I kept looking around the room trying to figure out what was responsible for that feeling of well-being.

The first thing you see to the right of the entrance is a lounge area consisting of a beautiful gold upholstered sofa, a few comfy chairs and cute accents such as potted plants, an unusual bench and a couple of small side tables (perfect for setting a drink if you’re waiting to be seated). One wall is made of red brick and features framed photos, the subjects of which you can’t really see from the tables but upon closer inspection are Audubon prints of birds. At the back of the dining room, behind a large communal table, there’s a triple mirror

in oval shapes that I covet for my house.

The marble-topped bar to the left includes about a dozen well-spaced chairs with backs — that’s a big deal to me as I don’t want to sit in a backless stool for more than about the time it takes to have one drink. At this bar, I’d be happy sitting for hours.

But my happiest time here so far was at a table for six by the front window on a rainy Thursday night. We drifted in, shaking off our wet clothes, and spent a couple of hours enjoying a leisurely dinner. Our server, whose name was Grace, worked at a pace I have to call “just right.” We never felt rushed nor neglected, which can be a hard balance to achieve in today’s busy, staff-challenged restaurant world.

Chef/owner David Willocks and his wife, Wendy Braun, the decorator, opened the restaurant with a full liquor license at the end of 2018 as a breakfast, brunch and lunch venture. Dinner service started about a year later and that’s when its fame really started to fan out

beyond Newport and nearby environs.

Even before that, the nationally known website Eater included Baker’s Table as one of the 16 best new restaurants in the U.S., calling it “a homey daytime café from a husband-and-wife team offering rustic American dishes that capitalize on top-tier bread baking.” (It was also voted the No. 4 best new restaurant of 2019 by USA Today’s 10Best.)

My two dinners demonstrated that the kitchen has gone way beyond bread as a mainstay of the menu, with a focus that isn’t really on baked goods at all.

Breakfast, lunch and brunch bring the chef’s baking talents more to the fore, but the evening meal mostly goes in different directions.

Dinner tends to offer three or four pastas, a vegetarian main course and a few entrées with meat, poultry and/ or fish. That’s in addition to a handful of salads and a half-dozen starters — which is where you’ll find most of the bread or bakery items. The menu changes at least monthly so you may find quite a different array of dishes from those we enjoyed.

I hate to say that the food played second fiddle to other aspects of the experience (ambiance, service, décor) but that’s kind of how it happened for me. And it’s super unusual since the No. 1 criterion for me in assessing a restaurant has always been how much I like the food. Not that there was anything wrong with what we ate and drank at dinner or brunch — some of the dishes and cocktails were exemplary.

For instance, I was in love with a green curry with tofu and rice as a dinner entrée ($20) on my first visit, but it had been replaced with a different vegetarian main course the next time.

Some of the starters wowed everyone at our table another night, especially the crispy tempura-style veggies in the Winter Fritto Misto with preserved lemon aioli ($13) and the shredded duck meat in duck rillette with peach mostarda, sourdough bread and pickles ($17) — both in generous enough portions for six to sample.

Other than the curry, I’ve been mostly underwhelmed by the main dishes. I tried chicken breast with creamy polenta and broccolini ($24) but the chicken was too dry and the polenta lacked seasoning. Pappardelle with roasted mushrooms and spinach ($17) was also on the bland side, although another pasta dish on the February menu — tagliatelle with sausage ragu ($16) — was excellent.

Brunch definitely is a strength of this kitchen, perhaps because they’ve been at it a lot longer than they’ve served dinner. The Seasonal Mains menu section had five dishes in its most recent iteration, and everything looked worth trying, from corned beef hash ($16) to banana pancakes with Nutella ($14) and ricotta toast with strawberry rose jam ($11). I selected smoked salmon toast on rye with crème fraîche ($14) and my companion went with eggs, bacon and brioche with jam ($10),

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It’s Almost Time for Green Beer and Kegs and Eggs

BY GA R I N P I R N I A

Bockfest is behind us and March is finally here. That means the vernal equinox is around the corner, and mid-March is a good excuse as any to drink green beer.

Saint Patrick’s Day is March 17, but Braxton gets ahead of the holiday in throwing a Saint “Practice” Day on March 14. Festivities begin at 9 a.m. with VIVE-mosas and green Storm Golden Cream Ale. Parlor on Seventh will serve an Irish breakfast, and VIVE hard seltzer launches its green-hued packaged Saint Patrick’s Day limited-edition variety pack (basically mango flavored VIVE in green cans).

Also on March 14, Humble Monk Brewing celebrates an early Saint Paddy’s Day. At 10 a.m., the brewery will host a keg blessing followed by bagpipers and Irish dancers. Watson’s catering will provide food for lunch and dinner. Come back at night — or just stay all day — for more bagpipers and a live set from Kevin Donohue.

Saint Patrick’s Day is not only fun for humans but also for dogs. On March 15, bring your pup to Sonder Brewing for St. Puptrick’s Day. They will have Tail Ale dog-friendly beer on hand and a Pup Chug contest.

VIVE is not green beer nor kegs or eggs, but it is Braxton’s hard seltzer in a themed green can for Saint Patrick’s Day Proceeds benefit Animal Friends P H O T O : P R O V I D E D BY B R A X T O N Humane Society.

On the same day, Christian live screen printing and a photo booth. year-round can collection. imperial Shamrock Shake and an Moerlein hosts its seventh Proceeds benefits Women Helping imperial caramel macchiato flavor. annual Pints & Pitties party. Adore-A• At the end of February, Urban Women.

Both were bourbon barrel-aged and Bull Rescue sponsors carnival games Artifact released the second beer in its have a 10.1 ABV. But wait, there’s more: and raffles, and Moerlein will donate • On March 10, Rhinegeist collaborates oenobeer line, a “co-fermented grape On March 17, Listermann releases a $1 from each pint sold to the animal with FotoFocus for a free screening beer.” Merlot Grapes, a brut fruit tart, Pot O’Gold Shamrock Shake, a golden rescue. of the 2018 women-directed and was brewed with merlot wine grapes oatmeal sweet stout.

Even though Saint Patrick’s Day falls John Legend executive-produced from California. (The first beer was on a Tuesday this year, it’s not stopping documentary United Skates, about Syrah Grapes.) Find it in cans at the breweries from opening super early.

African-American roller skating taproom.

New Beers Streetside starts its celebration at 8 a.m. communities.

• HighGrain Brewing released Lil’ • Fifty West released its peach beer with an all-you-can-eat Irish breakfast Joey pale ale to support Australia’s • On March 12, head to the Samuel Chasing Sunsets in February. Get in on buffet from Street Chef Brigade. For recovery from the recent devastating Adams Cincinnati Taproom for draft and in cans at the taproom. $10, stuff your face with bacon rashers, wildfires. HighGrain plans to donate extreme brewery bingo (we aren’t pork sausages, scrambled eggs and • Low-ABV and low-calorie beers are all money from sales to help Australian sure just how extreme) to support Red soda bread. If you’re more of a late riser, the rage these days, and Listermann fire departments. Find the beer on draft Wolf Sanctuary, located in Rising Sun, visit the brewery from noon to 4 p.m. is leaning into that trend with Bier and in four-pack cans at the taproom.

Indiana. (You can visit and see wolves, for an all-you-can-eat $10 Irish dinner, Leicht, which translates to “light beer.” coyotes, red foxes and bears.) A dollar • West Side Brewing decided to including corned beef, deviled eggs and The 3.5 percent lager can be found on from all pints sold will be donated to combine Cincy’s German and Irish colcannon. draft and to-go at the taproom. On the sanctuary, and special prizes and heritages into one beer. German Irish Grainworks opens at 7 a.m. for kegs March 2, MadTree released Ramble raffles will be given out all night.

Lager mashes up Irish red ale, German and eggs. For the rest of the day, drink On, a 106-calorie citrus IPA; on March lager yeast and German and Irish hops McGinnis Irish Stout, purchase green • On March 13, go to Streetside for A 7, Braxton will launch Hop Fit, a to generate a deep amber lager. Try it Beerin Go Bragh T-shirts, listen to Day in the Upside Down, featuring 100-calorie dry-hopped West Coast IPA on draft and in cans. bagpipes and eat fare from Mexi-Q. firkins. Local chefs have infused firkins containing 5 grams of carbs and only a Swine City also opens at 7 a.m. of Streetside’s Demogorgon stout with 4 percent ABV. • Rhinegeist released Cloud Harvest for kegs and eggs, featuring Pizza adjuncts. The different flavors will be 01: Moku Nui, the first in a series of Cicerone’s breakfast pizza. All day long sampled on that day. unfiltered Juicy IPAs. The brewery they’ll have food, new brews and some Events describes it as having “a soft, pillowy • In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Girl surprises.

• On March 8, Listermann celebrates mouthfeel” with notes of “bright Scout Cookies season. On March 21, Every March, Listermann brews and International Women’s Day and the orange, pineapple, and coconut.” Grab visit Alexandria Brewing Co. and pay sells variants of Shamrock Shake, an 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. a six-pack from the taproom. Whiffle is $15 to eat Girl Scout Cookies paired Irish cream stout. On March 4, they They will have an all-female-brewed another new beer. The witbier is “bright with beers. Believe it or not, beer and release the beer in bottles, and on beer on tap and in four-packs, a raffle, and breezy” and joins Rhinegeist’s cookies go well together.

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Drink and Think at Brewery Trivia

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Almost any night of the week, you can hit up all kinds of trivia in Greater Cincinnati — especially themed trivia nights. But Last Call Trivia and Trivia with a Twist, the city’s two main trivia companies, have been collaborating with breweries to bring pop-culture fans special theme nights beyond the Trivia with a Twist ever-popular The Office, P H O T O : P R O V I D E D BY T R I V I A W I T H A T W I S T Friends and Parks and Recreation.

For instance, in demographic wants. early February, Swine City Brewing and “Eighties music is super popular in Last Call hosted a John Hughes movie Beavercreek (a Dayton suburb) but trivia night, replete with four new doesn’t go over well in Over-the-Rhine,” beers: a Pretty In Pink pink lemonade he says. blonde ale, Breakfast Club breakfast Fans requested Shameless and stout, Flubber green apple cider and Orange Is the New Black trivia, but Weird Science grape berliner; Swine City neither of those attracted a crowd, at offered the beers in pints and as a Brat least not in the way holiday trivia did.

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Throughout November and December, “We thought the John Hughes trivia West Side Brewing hosted A Christmas would be great for Valentine’s Day, and Story and Christmas Vacation trivia, some of our favorite movies growing up BrewDog and Little Miami Brewwere Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, ing hosted Elf trivia and Dogberry Uncle Buck and Home Alone,” says hosted Home Alone trivia. Last Call did Swine co-owner Dan Ebben.

Christmas Vacation trivia at HighGrain In December, he and his wife/brewBrewing and general holiday trivia ery co-owner Debby hosted a Die Hard nights at different breweries, much to trilogy night, and on March 4 they the same acclaim. And in October, Last hosted Harry Potter trivia with special Call and Rhinegeist partnered for a true beers, including butterbeer. crime-themed night. It was so popular Brianna LeCompte, director of it had to be split into two events — 300 business development for Last Call, players attended the first night. says the company focuses on general It might seem like the two trivia trivia nights, but theme nights are companies are in competition with becoming more ubiquitous. one another — they both cover some “When a venue reaches out, we of the same movies and TV shows, but provide them with a list of themes that at different breweries — but LeCompte are pre-approved by our writing team,” doesn’t view it as direct competition. she says. “We view theme shows as an “I’d say our team feels more competiadded bonus to help build awareness tive with ourselves than anything,” she of the weekly general knowledge show. says. “Our writing team puts a ton of It’s a great way to introduce new players work into creating questions that fit our who don’t normally consider themunique style and generate conversaselves ‘trivia people’ to the game.” tion among players, even if they don’t Trivia with a Twist — which puts on know the answer.” (Last Call puts on more than 150 trivia nights a month 100 nights of trivia a week in Cincinnati, total in Cincinnati and Dayton — works and they also put on trivia throughout in a similar fashion. the Midwest and both coasts.)

“We have a pretty good idea of what For Trivia with Twist, upcoming is cool with pop culture,” says Bill Marx, brewery events include Seinfeld trivia Trivia with a Twist’s regional account March 25 at 16 Lots and Harry Potter manager. “We listen to our venues trivia at West Side Brewing on March and also listen to the people who are 26. Last Call Trivia has beer and alcohol coming to our events and see what the trivia March 11 at Rhinegeist and new hot thing is.”

Cincinnati Reds trivia night at Braxton Right now, Disney+ and Disney on March 25. music are the “hot things.” Trivia with Whatever trivia you decide to play, a Twist recently did Disney+ trivia — Marx says it’s all about “having a good covering Disney films, The Mandalotime.” “We’ll give you two hours out of rian, Baby Yoda, etc. — at Grainworks your week that you can go out, maybe and BrewDog because people had win some prizes, (enjoy) beers, grab a demanded it. On Feb. 27, West Side bite to eat and have some fun with your Brewing will host Disney+ trivia; its Jan. friends.”

16 Disney music trivia drew 212 players.

Find upcoming Last Call Trivia Marx says not all requests gain nights at lastcalltrivia.com or Trivia momentum, though, and it depends with a Twist at triviatwist.com. on what the 24 to 45-year-old

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That brioche was two inches thick, toasted to perfection and served with a couple slices of bacon cooked exactly as she had ordered it — crisp and not greasy at all.

There’s a lot more to love on that brunch menu, including baked treats that spring from the restaurant’s namesake. If you can’t get there on Saturday or Sunday, they also serve breakfast Wednesday through Friday with many if not most of the same brunch dishes available. Lunch on those same weekdays adds a few lovely sandwiches, such as braised lamb on ciabatta or

a Reuben on rye (each $14). All the breads, naturally, are baked in house.

You can grab a cookie or some biscotti on your way out the door or order them with coffee if you’re there mid-morning and want just a light bite.

We sampled a few cocktails and glasses of wine, and the drink I’d recommend most highly is the Breakfast Martini ($11): dark rum, cream, espresso and bitters served on the rocks. They’ll make it for you any time, not only at breakfast.

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Steve Aoki P H O T O : P R O V I D E D BY BOGART’S

Aoki Dokey One of the world’s most successful and acclaimed DJs, Steve Aoki uses his platform for more than just music

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f all the fascinating bullet points on Steve Aoki’s curriculum vitae — son of late Benihana founder Rocky Aoki, owner/operator of renowned independent label Dim Mak, in-demand producer/remixer/ collaborator, author and tireless philanthropist — perhaps the one that stands out in the boldest relief would be “one of the world’s most acclaimed DJs.” As it happens, Aoki never set out with the intention of being the world’s greatest anything, least of all a DJ. “I didn’t expect it to become a job that would carry everything, that would be the breadwinner that would carry my life forward,” Aoki says by phone

from his Las Vegas home. “I thought my label was that. I was paying my debt for my passion, my record label, with $100/$200 gigs, times five gigs a week, times four weeks a month. And then I was like, ‘Wow, I can pay off a lot of my expenses this way and live a pretty comfortable life.’ I didn’t expect it to take me where it has. I’m here to support artists and grow a community and culture that I absolutely love.”

Over the past quarter century, Aoki has become a global EDM phenomenon, routinely playing for immense festival crowds numbering in the tens of thousands. But his current tour supporting his imminent new album, Neon Future IV (so far,

no specific date has been set beyond sometime this year), will include a number of club dates like his appearance at Bogart’s in Cincinnati.

While he appreciates the inherent differences in those two situations, Aoki has designs on keeping the experiences relatively similar, whether it’s for 1,000 or 100,000 people.

“On this tour, it will be pretty much the Neon Future experiential show,” Aoki says. “It’ll probably be different orders here and there, because that’s where I follow the crowd, but for the most part it’s very much an artist’s set.

For most club shows, I’m just going to have some fun and wing it, then play my favorite records at the time, but this is going to be about Neon Future IV and also for the fans that want to hear all the classic records from my archive. So, I’ll be mixing in songs from my past and the other Neon Future albums.”

At the same time, Aoki understands the differing dynamics presented by clubs and festivals and has adapted unique methodologies in catering to each audience.

“With the smaller shows, it’s more of a dense fan base, so I can really dig into my sets,” Aoki says. “The way I see it, a festival show is like a final exam. People have maybe heard one song or maybe they’re with friends and they’re curious and want to check it out. So, I’ve got to use these broad brushstrokes to paint a larger picture for them and for my diehard fans. It’s like the 101 of Steve Aoki music, a greatest hits kind of thing.”

As the number would indicate, there have been three previous Neon Future releases, with the new fourth installment comprised completely of collaborations. The story arc of the albums deals with the rise of technology, a robotic takeover and a melding of tech and humans into a single entity.

With last month’s release of “Maldad,” every song from IV’s proposed setlist has been released as a single, dating back to the first track, “Are You Lonely,” which Aoki dropped almost exactly a year ago. In addition, the music series inspired a comic book series, which was compiled into a graphic novel by

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publisher Impact Theory.

Aoki also released his memoir, Blue: The Color of Noise, in 2019. With all of his previously mentioned activities devouring his calendar, it seems unlikely that Aoki could find time to read a book, let alone write one. His solution? Chip away at it for six years.

“I started in 2013,” he says. “Even before I was a DJ, I was in bands and I have notebooks upon notebooks of poetry, stories and writings. Compiling it all together was the hard part. I’d been writing about different facets of my life and it was really difficult to edit it down, to focus on one common theme. I had to change it from a book of shout outs — ‘Oh, I have to include this person because they had a big influence on my life…’ — to sticking to the color blue and what that means to me and how that has been different shades of my life. It took a long time to get to that stage. It was a challenge, but it was an undertaking that didn’t have a deadline.”

As noted, Aoki maintains an almost incomprehensible schedule of recording and performing, but his most satisfying work comes from using his high profile within the music industry to benefit a variety of charitable pursuits, many of which are administered through his Aoki Foundation, which helps fund various areas of brain research, particularly brain preservation and regenerative medical advances. The foundation is also active in animal rights issues,

disaster relief and providing aid to individuals with developmental challenges.

In this divisive time in American history, Aoki views all of this work through a wide-angle lens.

“We’ve only got one life and we can’t live without each other,” he says earnestly. “Our species isn’t meant to be alone and selfish — we survive because we love. We survive because we’re social beings. We have a semblance of compassion and, at the end of the day, we want to be happy. The best way to be happy is to help each other out, any way we can.”

Aoki has also found the inner path to making his crazy schedule an engine for his success. Writing Blue was a therapeutic outlet for him, which went hand in hand with the actual therapy sessions he’s attended over the past three years. But his basic philosophy is the umbrella that covers all of his endeavors.

“My life is like a constantly moving train, I’m always on the go. To be able to stop and really sit with some of those feelings was very challenging but very important to me,” he says. “I believe in the ethos of momentum and using that momentum to carry you forward and how important momentum is to create that state of flow that allows you to do what you do.”

Steve Aoki plays Bogart’s Tuesday, March 10. Tickets/more show info: bogarts.com.

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The Grove Returns with Fifth Annual Cancer Research Benefit

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Cincinnati Rock band The Grove recently released a new single, “Seven Pounds,” and they’re also gearing up for the fifth edition of their annual charity concert, which features an overflowing lineup of some of the Queen City area’s best and brightest musical acts.

Those two career benchmarks represent a true “circle of life” moment in the life of The Grove’s singer/guitarist Adam Forsthoefel.

“Seven Pounds” was written in the wake of the birth of Forsthoefel’s first child. It’s a reflective, well-crafted AltRock tune that centers on the heavy feelings and big-picture perspective that can come with such a life-changing moment.

“As an adult, we are expected to keep cool, know how to handle situations with wisdom and prepare for the future,” a press release accompanying the single reads. “The song ‘Seven Pounds’ is about the things in your life that you’ve never experienced before, and how sometimes you just have to strap in for the ride and hold on.”

Meanwhile, on Saturday, March 7, The Grove will host its latest Rock N’ Revival for a Cure concert at The Southgate House Revival (111 E. Sixth St., Newport, southgatehouse.com).

The band — which also features Adam’s brother Matt Forsthoefel on keyboards and vocals, Stefan Games on bass and vocals and drummer Jeff Voegele — began hosting the concerts in 2016 to raise money for the John Forsthoefel for Glioblastoma Research Fund, which supports research at the University of Cincinnati’s Brain Tumor Center. The year before, John Forsthoefel, the brothers’ father, was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer; he eventually died from the disease. The Forsthoefels have raised thousands of dollars for the fund with the previous four concerts. According to a press release, last year’s Rock N’ Revival for a Cure drew 1,000 supporters and raised more than $10,000.

This year’s marathon concert (doors open at 3 p.m.) features nearly two dozen local acts on the Southgate House Revival’s three stages. Artists joining The Grove at the event: The Midwestern; Sundae Drives; 500 Miles to Memphis; See You In The Funnies; Ernie Johnson From Detroit; Rosewood Coast; The Vims; Abby Vice; The Last Troubadour; Go Go Buffalo; Here Come Here; 90 Proof Twang; Strange Mechanics; Freak Mythology; This Pine Box; Green Light Morning; Sweet Liar; Kaitlyn Peace; Saint Bernard; Bellowing Pines; and Red Hot Cinci Peppers (which, if you haven’t guessed, is a locally-based Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute band).

Tickets are $10 in advance through ticketweb.com or $15 at the door.

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Jake Speed Presents 22nd-Annual Woody Guthrie Celebration

Veteran local folksinger Jake Speed is Greater Cincinnati’s foremost torchbearer of the legacy of music icon Woody Guthrie. More than two decades ago he hosted his first WoodyFest, playing Guthrie tunes for a handful of friends at a Northside café. This year marks the event’s 22nd-annual edition.

On Feb. 23 at the long-running Folk music event Leo Coffeehouse, Speed and his band The Freddies marked the 80th anniversary of the writing of “This Land is Your Land,” Guthrie’s immortal classic. The 2020 WoodyFest is set for Saturday, March 7.

Returning to Northside after a few years at Mount St. Joseph University, the event will take place at Liberty Exhibition Hall (3938 Spring Grove Ave., libertyexhibitionhall.org) and feature a pair of Speed’s fellow Cincinnati Americana scene greats. Mike Oberst of The Tillers and Ed Cunningham of the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars will join Speed and The Freddies for the 7 p.m. celebration. The artists will, according to the press release, “play the songs of Woody Guthrie while they tell the story of this iconic Dust Bowl balladeer whose songs gave voice to hard-hit, Depression-era working folks,” including tunes like “This Land” and “So Long,

It’s Been Good to Know Yuh,” as well as songs like Bob Dylan’s “Song to Woody.”

Northside’s Downbound Books will also be on hand with a selection of Guthrie (and Guthrie-related) books for sale.

WoodyFest 2020 tickets are $10 and available — along with more show info — at freddiesmusic.com/woodyfest.

Local Bands Return • It’s been a while since Cincinnati Indie Rock heroes Wussy have toured as a full five-piece. The group’s Chuck Cleaver, Lisa Walker and John Erhardt have done trio dates around the Midwest as part of a “living room” tour (playing small, intimate DIY gigs in places like St. Louis, Chicago and Minneapolis), while in December of last year they opened for The Hold Steady in Brooklyn.

This month, Wussy — which released its most recent album, the criticallyacclaimed What Heaven Is Like, in 2018 — will return to the road in full force, with bassist Mark Messerly and drummer Joe Klug back in the saddle for shows in Cleveland, Boston, Washington D.C., Brooklyn, Baltimore and Albany, New York. Hometown fans can check the band out on Friday, March 6 at the tour kick-off at the Woodward Theater (1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, woodwardtheater.com). Wussy will be joined at the 9 p.m. show by local

rockers Vacation, who are closing out their own extensive winter U.S. tour.

Tickets are $15 in advance through cincyticket.com.

Wussy is also playing Homecoming, the big outdoor music festival at Cincinnati’s Smale Riverfront Park that’s being hosted by The National. Cincy Hip Hop act Triiibe is the other hometown act playing the fest, which runs May 8-9.

Visit ntlhomecoming.com for details.

• Cincinnati Indie Pop favorites Pomegranates have been taking baby steps back into the limelight since splitting up a few years ago as the members explored other creative avenues. That “break up” in 2013 is now officially a hiatus, as the group — which has played only occasional shows in recent months, including last year’s big BLINK festival — gets set to join Indie Rock stars Band of Horses on the road for several tour dates.

The Poms are jumping on the tour on March 20 in Huntsville, Alabama and will do more dates through the end of the month, including BOH’s March 26 show at Cincinnati’s Bogart’s. In January, the band posted a photo of the musicians in the studio, teasing new music to come.

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SOUND ADVICE OHMME with Soften and Michael Andrew

Saturday, March 7 • MOTR Pub The best installments in NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts series are the sets that defy their cramped space, not merely stripping down the artists’ studio sound, but opening up new avenues of sound. In OHMME’s case, though, the inverse is true. Armed with two electric guitars and a drummer, the Chicagobased duo of Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham recreate the cavernous, surreal atmosphere of their sophomore record Parts with a precision you’d never think was possible.

There are the dueling vocal leads on “Water,” rapidly ping-ponging from mic to mic without missing a note; the murmuring guitaristry on “Parts,” which resembles a gathering storm; the squealing solo midway through “Grandmother.” OHMME seems to be able to conjure any texture or color from their sonic palette at will, even when confined to their guitars.

What sounds like studio trickery on the duo’s records is actually classically trained talent put into practice. Outside of their wonky Post Punk collaborations, Stewart and Cunningham have built an impressive résumé, working with artists like Chance the Rapper and Whitney while performing in avant-garde Jazz bands.

“We rarely saw people like us onstage, which was an impetus for starting this band,” Stewart told the Chicago Tribune in 2018. “We wanted to improvise with guitar but didn’t know how to ingrain ourselves into the scene. So we started on our own in Sima’s basement.”

It’s the interplay between OHMME’s fine-tuned precision and their raw, Garage Rock impulses that makes their music so compelling — chaotic at first glance, but intricately composed on closer inspection. (Jude Noel)

LANCO

Saturday, March 7 • Bogart’s Brandon Lancaster is literally living his dream. The frontman of LANCO has seen the hit single “Greatest Love Story” top the Country charts. But having the hit isn’t the dream he’s talking about.

It’s what he sees onstage night to night as an outgrowth of the single’s success that has Lancaster smiling.

“We had this dream that we would take these songs and they would be just as meaningful to other people as they are to us and in the past year, we’ve gotten to experience that,” Lancaster says.

“I think the biggest change is we’re not singing to people anymore as much as we’re singing with people, which is the ultimate dream come true.”

The success is welcome, of course, but what genuinely seems to drive Lancaster and his bandmates in LANCO isn’t success or having hits, but the opportunity to be creative and make music that matters and sounds original.

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LANCO

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It’s an ethic the band has had from the very beginning.

“Even early on, we were always challenging ourselves to play a song, and then be like ‘Wait, does that sound like something else?’ ” Lancaster says.

“That’s not what we want. We want to one day to be old and gray-haired and we want some kid in a basement to be playing and be like, ‘Oh, that’s like a LANCO song.’ You want to create your own thumbprint.”

The “early on” for LANCO came after Lancaster, who grew up in Smyrna, Tennessee, met drummer Tripp Howell in 2012 and not long after that met and became friends with guitarist Eric Steedly. Steedly then brought in a pair of his friends, keyboardist Jared Hampton and bassist Chandler Baldwin to complete the LANCO lineup.

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LANCO came in 2014 when Lancaster was working a hot dog stand at a Keith Urban and Little Big Town concert. He happened to see Jay Joyce, the A-list record producer known for his work with Eric Church, Brandy Clark and Cage The Elephant. Recognizing Joyce, Lancaster hastily closed his stand and chased down the producer, merely wanting to say he was a fan of his work.

A conversation ensued, and Joyce clearly saw something in Lancaster. He subsequently invited LANCO to his studio, where the band cut 11 songs that helped the group get a record deal with Sony.

The label introduced the group with the single, “Long Live Tonight,” but the song stalled in the Top 30 on Billboard magazine’s Country Airplay chart. The second single was a whole different story.

It was “Greatest Love Story,” a rootsy semi-autobiographical mid-tempo ballad, and it hit No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart, paving the way for the release of LANCO’s Joyce-produced debut album, Hallelujah Nights, in January 2018. Lancaster said he wrote from experience with “Greatest Love Story.”

“I’ve always definitely been a troublemaker. I’m in a band, for crying out loud,” Lancaster says. “I have been rough around the edges, but I kind of found myself in a relationship with this kind of perfect all-American girl that I needed in my life. And it was a relationship that started and then took time apart and then got back together. I am now married to that girl. So I think the foundation to that song was from my own experience and growing up where I grew up.” (Alan Sculley)

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Bad Omens with Oh Sleeper, Thousand Below, Bloodline and The Catalyst

Friday, March 13 • Riverfront Live Metalcore sensation Bad Omens has notched several impressive accomplishments in the five years since their formation. Guitarist and Richmond, Virginia resident Noah Sebastian started compiling lyrics while playing with Washington, D.C.-area band Immortalize with a thought toward assembling his own group. In 2015, Sebastian first recruited guitarist Nicholas Ruffilo and then-bassist Vincent Riquier, who suggested his Swedish friend Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson to fill the lead guitar slot. With the arrival of drummer Nick Folio, Bad Omens’ line up was complete; the quintet recorded an untitled demo and circulated it, ultimately drawing the interest of Sumerian Records.

At the end of 2015, Bad Omens dropped their first single, “Glass Houses,” and posted the video for the song on Sumerian’s YouTube channel. Over the next four months, Bad Omens released two more singles, “Exit Wounds” and “The Worst in Me,” the latter of which quickly racked up over a million YouTube views. All of the attention lavished on Bad Omens led Sumerian to add the band to its 10th-anniversary celebration tour along with Asking Alexandria, After the Burial and many more, which occurred around the time of the release of Bad Omens’ 2016 eponymous and critically acclaimed full-length debut.

Bad Omens’ rising profile earned them a slot on the 2017 Warped Tour,

the event’s next-to-last circuit, and set the stage for the band’s much anticipated European tour. During the band’s slate of European shows, Riquier suffered a devastating back injury and effectively retired from the band. Rather than replace Riquier, Ruffilo filled the bass position and Bad Omens downsized to a quartet.

The band took several months off the road to concentrate on writing new material, which comprised their 2019 sophomore album Finding God Before God Finds Me. They teased the release with a couple of singles in 2018 and released the album to the same level of critical acclaim that greeted their debut, garnering comparisons to Bring Me the Horizon (which the band has found flattering but somewhat problematic) as well as their avowed influences like Deftones, Slipknot, Disturbed and Linkin Park, among others.

Back in January, Bad Omens released a video for their new song “Limits,” which was immediately followed by a new deluxe edition of Finding God, featuring the addition of “Limits” and two other new songs, “Never Know” and “Come Undone.” (Brian Baker)

R.A.P. Ferreira with Kaila Chare and Juan Cosby

Friday, March 13 • Urban Artifact When your given initials spell out the word “RAP,” is a stage name really necessary? For New England emcee Rory Allen Phillip Ferreira, doing so would have once been too obvious a choice, smacking of predestination.

Instead, he’s spent the last decade writing himself into narratives of his own creation. Since the release of his 2011 mixtape I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here, Ferreira has operated under a variety of names: Black Orpheus, Scallops Hotel and (most notably) Milo.

Ferreira’s best known for the latter name, taken after the protagonist of Norton Juster’s 1961 novel The Phantom Tollbooth, a surreal children’s book that follows an apathetic boy’s journey through a dream world of introspection and wordplay. It’s an apt analogy for the work Ferreira — a former philosophy student at Wisconsin’s St. Norbert College — has released to date. Milo records tend to delve into abstraction, inspecting literary allusions and Skyrim references under the lens of literary theory. If it weren’t for their woozy, Jazz-inflected instrumentals, records like who told you to think??!!?!?!?! and so CONTINUES ON PAGE 58

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the flies don’t come would read as both post-modern poetry and lecture, their cryptic and meta-referential lyrics ripe for online interpretation by fans.

In 2018, Ferreira announced that he would retire the Milo moniker with his latest LP, budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies — a titled clipped from the tracklist of his debut album. “With 7 years of urban shamanism under my belt I no longer seek the story of the adventurer, I seek the experience,” reads the record’s Bandcamp page.

Signifying a fresh start and the start of a new decade, Milo shed his pseudonym to become R.A.P. Ferreira.

Purple moonlight pages, his first selftitled album, drops March 6. If the two singles we’ve heard are any indication of what’s to come, it’s some of Ferreira’s best-edited and most personal work to date, containing amorphous instrumentals and revelations divined in gas station bathrooms.

No matter the name, though, Ferreira’s signature poetic tics and wit are as present as ever. It’s just another signifier. As the man himself raps, “Hip Hop is so trivial/But we argue about who can do it better/Like we’re not all rearranging the same 26 letters.” (JN)

Tiny Moving Parts with Belmont, Capstan and Jetty Bones

Sunday, March 15 • Southgate House Revival The two-brothers-and-a-cousin trio of Tiny Moving Parts hails from the cloistered music scene of Benson, Minnesota, but the Indie/Math Rock band’s success over the past dozen years might

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just make industry wonks give the area a second look. Since Tiny Moving Parts’ formation in 2008, they’ve released seven albums, including their latest, breathe, the band’s debut for Hopeless Records.

Tiny Moving Parts’ history begins long before their 2008 start date; guitarist/lead vocalist Dylan Mattheisen, bassist/backing vocalist Matthew Chevalier and drummer Bill Chevalier (see if you can spot the brothers) actually began playing together in junior high school. With their official launch, they established the band as a more than capable Math/Indie/Punk Rock outfit; their self-released debut, Waves Rise, Waves Recede, the Ocean is Full of Waves, gave off the hyper-caffeinated yet cerebral vibe of Black Flag as influenced by Pavement and Frank Zappa.

Since that auspicious introduction, Tiny Moving Parts put out one more album on their own, 2010’s Moving to Antarctica, followed by the irresistibly titled This Couch is Long & Full of Friends, a one-off for Kind of Like Records, and then a trio of albums for renowned indie Triple Crown. Tiny Moving Parts’ inaugural release for Hopeless and their seventh overall, breathe, is an evocation on various forms of loss and coping with it in a positive fashion.

On a less than positive note, just before the release of breathe, Mattheisen was anonymously accused of sexual assault, which spurred him to reach out to his accuser to apologize and offer them mediation and a platform to tell their story (they declined at that point). In a lengthy social media post, Mattheisen accepted responsibility for the incident, saying that he had

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since learned the differences between “expressed and implied consent,” and had already sought therapy and would be seeking more on the road to a better understanding of himself and his actions. He left the door open to his accuser to come forward if they choose to do so. Matthiesen’s profound apology to everyone who might have been affected by the incident and the fact that Tiny Moving Parts gave proceeds from their last tour to several appropriate advocacy groups all feel like the proper steps toward productive resolutions. (BB)

The Dollyrots

Tuesday, March 17 • Southgate House Revival There’s a fair chance that if Al Gore had defeated George W. Bush in the 2000 election, The Dollyrots wouldn’t exist. Back in the late ’90s, guitarists and friends since junior high Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas decided to form a Pop Punk band with two fellow students at New College of Florida that they dubbed No Chef. When the depressing results of the 2000 election became clear, Ogden and Cabezas figured that, since the world was going to hell in a handcart, they should have a blast on the way down. They made the band their full-time priority.

That decision cost them their bassist/ lead vocalist, who had no interest in music as a career, so Ogden moved into his role. The drum chair has been filled an almost Spinal Tappish number of times in the subsequent two decades (luckily, no vacancy has been due to explosion). After their first drummer switch, the band changed their name from No Chef to The Dollyrots and ultimately relocated to the more musicconducive milieu of Los Angeles in 2002. The following year, The Dollyrots self-recorded their debut EP, Feed Me

Pet Me, and scored a publishing deal.

In 2004, they signed with Lookout!

Records imprint Panic Button for their first full-length, Eat My Heart Out. The Dollyrots had begun work on their sophomore album in 2006 when Lookout!/Panic Button imploded, forcing a label search. While on that summer’s Warped Tour, Ogden gave Joan Jett a copy of their hastily assembled Love and Revolt EP, which led to the band’s signing to Jett’s Blackheart Records and their second album, 2007’s Because I’m Awesome. The album was released the week of South by Southwest, where Jett joined The Dollyrots for a rousing rendition of “I Love Rock & Roll.” After the release of A Little Messed Up in 2010, The Dollyrots left Blackheart to form their own label, Arrested Youth (the name of the label became the title of their first self-released EP).

Their 2012 eponymous full-length was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign which reached its goal in a single day and went on to garner five times the amount initially sought.

The Dollyrots have been almost psychotically busy over the past eight years, releasing Barefoot and Pregnant (recorded while Ogden was pregnant with her first child with Cabezas), their Family Vacation concert CD/DVD set and 2017’s ecstatic Whiplash Splash, released just before the birth of Ogden and Cabezas’ second child. Last year, The Dollyrots signed with Steve Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool label and released their eighth studio album, Daydream Explosion. Last fall, Ogden began work as a DJ for Little Steven’s Underground Garage station on Sirius XM radio.

The Dollyrots are kicking off their latest tour in Greater Cincinnati on the same day they drop their latest Wicked Cool single, “Make Me Hot,” which includes on its flipside a cover of Lisa Loeb’s ’90s hit “Stay.” (BB)

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NORTHSIDE TAVERN - The HarMOTR PUB - Soften with Ohmme H H lequins, Water Witches and D-Rays. and Michael Andrew. 7 p.m. Indie 10 p.m. Rock. Free.

Rock. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Josiah Wolf Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz.

Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - The Tadcasters.

7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Blue Wisp Big Band.

8 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $10.

MOTR PUB - Ricky Nye & Matt Wiles.

10 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Sessions and Existentialnaut. 8 p.m. Rock.

THE REDMOOR - Scarlet Fire with Scott Jackson. 7 p.m. Grateful Dead tribute. Cover.

RICK’S TAVERN - Hi Fi Honey. 9 p.m.

Pop/Country. Cover.

RIVERFRONT LIVE - Mac Lethal. 7 p.m. Rap. $15.

THURSDAY 05

BIG ASH BREWING - River Snout. 8 p.m. Acoustic.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - The George Simon Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

VIVACE - On a Limb. 7:30 HCAFFÈ p.m. Jazz.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Matt Waters and The Recipe, Sabbatical Bob and Chandler Carter. 8 p.m. Pop Rock. $10.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Steve Schmidt Trio. 6 p.m.

Jazz. Free.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - Emily Jordan and Jordan Pollard. 8 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Mt. Pleasant String Band.

8 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Riot Rose Cabaret, Cryptids and Curiosities and Season Of The Witch. 7 p.m. Alt/Punk/Burlesque/Cabaret/Various. $15.

STANLEY’S PUB - Chromatic Crew, Mr. the Kid and Emma’s Lounge. 10 p.m. Funk. $5.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Daniel Donato with Taylor McCall. 7 p.m. Americana. $10, $20 day of show.

TRINITY GASTRO PUB - Bob Cushing.

7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB - Spherical Agenda and Conscious Pilot. 9 p.m.

Jam/Prog/Fusion. $10.

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URBAN ARTIFACT - Danbient, Solar Disco Force and Moon Goons. 9 p.m.

Rock/Electronic/Funk/Various. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - The Pinkertones. 8:30 p.m. Weezer tribute. $6, $10 day of show.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM Brandon Coleman & Rusty Burge. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

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WIEDEMANN BREWERY AND H TAPROOM - Maurice Mattei and the Tempers. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.

BIG ASH BREWING - Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. 8 p.m. Bluegrass.

WOODWARD THEATER - Wussy with Vacation. 9 p.m. Indie Rock. $15, $18 day of show.

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Harmless Varmints. 8 p.m. Americana. Free.

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BLIND LEMON - Tallant & Harmony. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Battery. 7 p.m. Metallica tribute. $10-$15.

BOGART’S - The Prince Experience. 8 p.m. Prince tribute FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY The Whammies. 8 p.m. ’80s Pop/Rock/ Dance. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Mandy Gaines with Brad Myers Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - The Sly Band. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Pop/Dance.

Cover.

JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER Deuces Wild. 9 p.m. Country. Free.

KNOTTY PINE - Lt. Dan’s New Legs.

10 p.m. Pop/Dance/Hip Hop/Various.

Cover.

KNOTTY PINE - 13:30. 10 p.m. Rock.

Cover.

LUDLOW GARAGE - Donna The Buffalo. 8:30 p.m. Rock. $20-$45.

MADISON LIVE - The Brook & The Bluff with Doc Robinson. 8 p.m. Rock. $12, $15 day of show.

MOTR PUB - Slow Glows with Lung and Fizzed. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

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BIG ASH BREWING - The Hot Magnolias. 8 p.m. New Orleans Jazz/Various.

BLIND LEMON - Warren Ulgh. 9 p.m.

Acoustic. Free.

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BOGART’S - LANCO with Tyler Rich. 8 p.m. Country.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Mandy Gaines Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz DELHI PUB - Bob Cushing. 9 p.m.

Acoustic.

FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER - A.J. Croce. 8 p.m. Jim Croce tribute. $25-$30.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY The Jesse Lees. 8 p.m. Rock/Soul. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Dixie Karas Quartet. 9 p.m.

Jazz. Free.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - The Good Hooks. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Dance.

Cover.

JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER Stagger Lee. 9 p.m. Country. Free.

LIBERTY EXHIBITION HALL H WoodyFest with Jake Speed & the Freddies, Mike Oberst and Ed Cun-

ningham. 7 p.m. Woody Guthrie tribute. $10.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Embalmer with Volcandra, Verment, Valdrin and Machinations Of Fate. 8 p.m. Death Metal. $10.

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SATURDAY 07

LUDLOW GARAGE - Milton Blake.

9 p.m. Reggae. $12, $15 day of show.

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MUSIC HALL - American OrigiH nals: The Cincinnati Sound. 8 p.m.

Roots/Funk/R&B/Pop/Rock/Various.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Sexy Time Live Band Karaoke. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Carnivore AD with Sheer Terror, Child Bite, Spear and Fuckin Basterd. 7:30 p.m. Metal. $18, $20 day of show.

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THE REDMOOR - The Belairs. 7 p.m.

Rock/Pop. $10-$12.

RIVERFRONT LIVE - Jacob Bryant. 8 p.m. Country. $20, $25 day of show.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - Ben Crowder Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL - The Grove Presents the 5th Annual Rock ‘n Revival for a Cure featuring The Midwestern, Sundae Drives, Rosewood Coast, Abby Vice, The Last Troubadour, Ernie Johnson From Detroit, 500 Miles to Memphis, See You In the Funnies, This Pine Box and much more. 3 p.m. Various. $10, $15 day of show.

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STANLEY’S PUB - Calabash and Dr. Foxcroft. 10 p.m. Jam. $5.

AltPop. $18.

STANLEY’S PUB - Trashgrass Troubadours with Nick Blasky and Brian Johnson. 9 p.m. Bluegrass. $5.

TAFT THEATRE - Ms. Lauryn Hill H with Seinabo Sey. 9 p.m. Soul/Hip Hop/Various. $56-$251.

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20TH CENTURY THEATER - Theo Katzman with Rett Madison. 8:30 p.m.

Pop/Rock/Various. $20.

MADISON THEATER - Pigeons H Playing Ping Pong with GOOSE. 8 p.m. Rock/Jam/Various. $27, $30 day of show.

MEMORIAL HALL - Ladysmith H Black Mambazo. 8 p.m. African. $26-$42.

STANLEY’S PUB - Fyakey. 9 p.m.

Reggae. $5.

THURSDAY 12

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Philip Paul Trio. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.

LUDLOW GARAGE - Melvin Seals & JGB. 8:30 p.m. Rock/Jam. $25, $30 day of show.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Black H Tractor with IRATA. 10 p.m. Hard Rock. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Saving SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL H Escape with The Warhawks, Heavy H (REVIVAL ROOM) - Fea with Patsy Hinges and Radattack. 9 p.m. Rock/ and Megahussy. 8 p.m. Rock. $10, $12 Various. Free.

day of show.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM - The Retro Nouveau Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

TAFT THEATRE - Whiskey Myers with The Steel Woods. 7:30 p.m. Country/ Americana/Rock. $25-$38.

WIEDEMANN BREWERY AND H TAPROOM - Warsaw Falcons. 7:30 p.m. Rock/Roots. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Wavelette with Sad Baxter, Pretty Matty and Pony. 8 p.m. Rock/Various.

WOODWARD THEATER - EconoMe After Party with Young Colt and DJ LPete. 8 p.m. Indie/Pop/Rock/Dance. $20.

FRIDAY 13

SUNDAY 08

BLUE NOTE HARRISON - KISS Army.

7 p.m. KISS tribute.

COMET - Comet Bluegrass HTHE All-Stars. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

MOTR PUB - Gelding’s with El Chapo and Bark. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.

MUSIC HALL - American Originals: H The Cincinnati Sound. 2 p.m. R&B/ Pop/Rock/Funk/Roots/Various.

BIG ASH BREWING - Twig&Leaf. 8 p.m. Acoustic.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Eric Lechliter’s EWI Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.

THE COMET - Mother Runway, H Brooklyn Rae and Bershy. 9 p.m.

Indie/Pop/Various. Free.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY Easter Rising. 8 p.m. Irish Folk. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - The Kudzu Duo with Whiskey Shambles Duo and Wild Mountain Berries. 7 p.m. Blues/Roots/ Rock/Various. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Ron Jones Quartet. 9 p.m.

Jazz. Free.

MONDAY 09

THE MAD FROG - Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. 7 p.m. Blues. $20.

MOTR PUB - Fairmount Girls with MADISON THEATER - CAAMP HPop Empire. 9 p.m. Indie Pop. Free.

H with Bendigo Fletcher. 9 p.m. Indie Folk. $25, $27 day of show.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Northside Jazz Ensemble. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

TUESDAY 10

BOGART’S - Steve Aoki with H Timmy Trumpet, Riot Ten and Global Dan. 7 p.m. EDM. MADISON LIVE - Fruition with H Katie Toupin. 8 p.m. Roots Rock. $15, $17 day of show.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Pout, Short Fictions, Hit Like a Girl and Spacer. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.

RIVERFRONT LIVE - Bear Hands Hwith Irontom and GRLwood. 7 p.m.

MOTR PUB - Culture Queer with H Disaster Class and Quotah. 10 p.m.

Indie Pop/Rock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Go Go H Buffalo, Streetlamps for Spotlights and Oregon Space Trail of Doom. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.

THE REDMOOR - Soul Pocket. 8 p.m.

Dance/Pop/R&B. $10.

RIVERFRONT LIVE - Bad Omens with Oh Sleeper, Thousand Below, Bloodline and The Catalyst. 7 p.m. Metalcore/ Various. $15.

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PUZZLE SCHWARTZ’S POINT - Pat Kelly Trio.

8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - Erwin Stuckey Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SILVERTON CAFE - Basic Truth. 8:30 p.m. R&B/Soul/Funk. Free.

SORG OPERA HOUSE - Night Fever.

8 p.m. Bee Gees tribute. $30, $35 day of show.

SORG OPERA HOUSE - Etta At Last: A Tribute to Etta James. 8 p.m. Jazz. $10-$50.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - The Banjo Joe Show. 9:30 p.m. Folk/Bluegrass. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Motherfolk with Bad Bad Hats. 8 p.m. Alt/Indie Rock. $20.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Lost Dog Street Band with The Hill Country Devil. 9 p.m.

Roots. $18, $20 day of show.

STANLEY’S PUB - Tribute to Bob H Marley with Andy Shaw Band. 10 p.m. Reggae. $10.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Jake Dunn & The Blackbirds with Nic Allen and California Howdy. 9:30 p.m. Roots Rock. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Smoke Healer.

9 p.m. Hard Rock. $5.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - The Nude Party with Boa. 9 p.m. Indie Rock. $13, $15 day of show.

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STANLEY’S PUB - Beasts of Joy and Rubix Wheel. 10 p.m. Jam. $5.

TAFT THEATRE - Dermot Kennedy with SYML. 8 p.m. Pop/Rock/Folk. $27.50-$35.

TAFT THEATRE - Tommy EmmanURBAN ARTIFACT - Marbin. 8:30 H H uel with Sierra Hull. 8 p.m. Acoustic/ p.m. Jazz/Rock. $10, $15 day of Various. $45-$55. show.

URBAN ARTIFACT - R.A.P. FerH reira. 9 p.m. Alt/Hip Hop. $14, $18 day of show.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Eugene Goss & Billy Larkin. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Matt Tolentino Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

WIEDEMANN BREWERY AND TAPROOM - Jet Pack Academy. 8 p.m.

Country/Rock/Dance. Free.

WOODWARD THEATER - of Montreal with Lily And Horn Horse and Automagik. 9 p.m. Indie Pop. $17, $20 day of show.

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SATURDAY 14

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Moonshine Drive. 8 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Jim Conway. 9 p.m.

Acoustic. Free.

BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Supertzar: An Evening of Black Sabbath with Vinny Appice. 6 p.m. Rock. $15-$25.

BOGART’S - Minnesota with Thelem, EastGhost and Thook. 8 p.m. EDM. $18.50.

CAFFĂˆ VIVACE - Saba Smith’s Smooth Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY The Ark Band. 8 p.m. Reggae. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Mambo Combo. 9 p.m. Latin Jazz. Free.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - My Sister Sarah. 9:30 p.m. Rock/Pop/ Dance. Cover.

JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER - Michelle Robinson Band. 9 p.m. Country. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Erin Locke & the Pocket Doors. 9 p.m. Americana.

Free.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - Ricky Nye with Bekah Williams. 6 p.m. Blues/Jazz.

Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Tiny Moving Parts with Belmont, Capstan and Jetty Bones. 7 p.m. Indie Rock. $18, $20 day of show.

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URBAN ARTIFACT - Tweed with Electric Orange Peel. 8 p.m. Alt/Electro Rock. $8, $12 day of show.

MONDAY 16

MOTR PUB - Fairmount Girls with H The Perfect Children. 9 p.m. Indie Pop. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Valdrin with H Tomarum, Hate Icon and The Vile Doctrine. 8:30 p.m. Metal. $10, $12 day of show.

TUESDAY 17

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Jeni Balcom and The Roving Rogues. 9 p.m. Irish. Free.

LUDLOW GARAGE - Kasim Sulton’s Utopia. 8:30 p.m. Rock. $25-$45.

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MCCAULY’S PUB - Templin Road. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.

RICK’S TAVERN - St. Patrick’s Day H with Naked Karate Girls, Whiskey Daze, Bad Habit, Black Bone Cat and

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Atomic Love with Automaton and Similar. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.

MEMORIAL HALL - Guster: An Evening of Acoustic Music and Improv. 4 p.m. Rock/Comedy/Various. $30-$5 (shows at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.)

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MOTR PUB - Anna Burch with Carriers. 10 p.m. Indie Pop/Rock. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - The AmpFibians Surf Series. 9 p.m. Surf Rock. Free.

3 Day Rule. 6 a.m. Rock/Pop/Various. $10.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - The Dollyrots.

7 p.m. Pop Punk Rock. $12, $15 day of show.

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