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building will be housed in this corner, a space similar to the existing 1819 Innovation Hub that the university promises will provide more space — 180,000 square feet, to be exact — for digital research. The new corridor will offer approximately 7,000 jobs in the area, according to the Uptown Consortium. The answer of whether Uptown’s residents will be eligible for these positions is still unclear — most of the mixed-use spaces in the corridor don’t have tenants planned out quite yet. What is clear, however, is that a large portion of the corridor’s permanent jobs won’t have anything to do with new technology or the digital future as the district’s marketing may imply — there are lots of opportunities for retail, food and office jobs. There are also a multitude of opportunities for contracted employees such as construction and landscaping. Beth Robinson, president and CEO of the Uptown Consortium, says that there is more work to be done in terms of determining what kind of jobs will be available for residents, communicating those opportunities and preparing neighborhood residents for them. The consortium has hired WEB Ventures, a consulting firm that works to create and execute economic inclusion, workforce inclusion and wealth building, to ensure that minority and local residents are included in the project. The firm also worked on projects such as the

moving in, says Patricia Milton, A map of proposed development along the Uptown Innovation Corridor president of the Avondale PHOTO: UPTOWN CONSORTIUM Community Council. For Milton, racial concept and purpose than the others: gentrification is not the only issue, but • The northwest corner is exclusively income gentrification as well. designated for the construction of a $110 “You’ll have more professional people million campus for the National Instithat will be moving in to the neighborhood tute for Occupational Safety and Health who can call Avondale home, and that’s (NIOSH), to be completed by 2021. The really the thing that we’re trying to figure campus will employ 550 people, according out now — how that’s going to work to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It without displacing folks that are already a will consist of three buildings — an office, part of the community,” she says. a lab and a warehouse. Plans for Avondale’s resurgence via • MLK Investors I, a partnership the Innovation Corridor have come into between Neyer Properties Inc. and sharper focus recently. Kulkarni Properties, will redevelop the 20 The latest development along that coracres in the northeast corner. The project ridor: the March 12 announcement of the will be developed in three phases and will Uptown Gateway, which represents $150 include office, retail and residential spaces, million in private investment in the form according to the Uptown Consortium. of an office complex, hotel and University • The consortium tasked Queen City of Cincinnati’s Digital Futures building. Hills, a minority-owned development The idea of an “innovation corridor” is organization, with redeveloping the southinspired by similar areas such as the west corner, the former site of the Dual Innovation District in Boston or Silicon Manor Health Care Center. The corner will Valley in San Francisco. These districts, house a 162-room Residence Inn by Marcentered near universities, share the goal riott hotel, the Business Courier reported in of attracting cutting-edge companies that June, along with other mixed-use spaces. intend to take advantage of university • The aforementioned southeast corresources and recruit students to work ner, called “Uptown Gateway,” will be on projects, particularly focused around developed by Terrex Development and new technology. Cincinnati’s Uptown Construction and Messer Construction Innovation Corridor will be made up Company. The $150 million developof “four corners” centered around the ment will include three office buildings intersection of Martin Luther King Drive encompassing 450,000 square feet and a and Reading Road in Avondale. 158-room hotel and is expected to be comEach segment of the new district has pleted by 2021. The development will also been designated to a different developinclude an underground parking garage ment group, each one with a different with 1,800 spaces. The UC Digital Futures

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he neighborhood of Avondale has seen a monumental transformation over the past 25 years. What was in 2000 a neighborhood of 16,298 shrank into a neighborhood of 12,466 by 2010, according to the U.S. Census. The reasons for the population loss in Avondale — the city’s fourth-largest neighborhood — are complex. Some residents moved out to seek better housing or economic opportunities. Some lost their homes as major institutions like Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have expanded. Now, efforts are well underway to bring new jobs and residents here. But can the long-term residents who have remained in this predominantly African-American community benefit from the coming changes? While the groups in charge of the next major development in the area are making big promises of innovation and opportunity, fears of residential displacement and gentrification are as strong as ever. Since 2014, when the city began construction of the interchange at Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive, Vice Mayor David Mann, the University of Cincinnati and the Uptown Consortium — an organization comprised of leaders from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, University of Cincinnati, UC Health and TriHealth, Inc. — started vocalizing ideas about an “innovation corridor” located in the area around the interchange, but it was not clear at that time exactly what that would look like. Avondale’s low-income residents and renters are very concerned about being priced out of the area with so many higher-income residents potentially

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Council Approves Liberty Street Narrowing Plan BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L

Cincinnati City Council voted again to approve a plan narrowing Liberty Street down to five lanes from its current seven to increase pedestrian safety. Council approved funding for the program back in October, but it hasn’t been implemented by the city yet. Mayor John Cranley opposes the plan, instead supporting an alternative that preserves parking and doesn’t involve relocation of a water main that could cost $800,000. The October ordinance pays for the water main relocation via money from an OTR tax increment financing district. The original $3.4 million plan, drawn up after five years of public input and design sessions and supported by neighborhood groups, would reduce Liberty Street as it runs between north and south Overthe-Rhine from seven lanes to five lanes, reclaiming about 20 feet of land on the street’s south side that proponents say could be used for development. On-street parking in the remaining curb lanes would be restricted between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. under that version of the plan. Council passed the funding last October, and Cranley promptly vetoed it. Six members of council then overturned that veto. Five members of council approved a motion asking the city to pursue the plan. “We passed this ordinance five months ago,” council member Chris Seelbach said.

“We need to start going forward. A super majority has allocated funding for this project, and now, a majority of council has directed the administration to go forward on this. I don’t know what else we need to do. I think the path is very clear.” Cranley says that both Chatfield College — at the west end of Over-the-Rhine, and Pendleton Community Council, which is to the east of the neighborhood — say they haven’t been engaged and don’t support the plan over concerns about parking. Chatfield President John Tafaro says that many of the school’s students are lowincome and need the on-street parking Liberty provides. “They already are overcoming so many obstacles,” he told council. But Seelbach says that he’s willing to preserve parking on the street — reducing it to three lanes at various parts of the day — and points out that the road narrowing doesn’t extend into the Pendleton portion of Liberty. Liberty Street, which was expanded from a small street to a major thoroughfare connecting I-75 to other major routes in the 1960s, has long been the focus of pedestrian safety concerns. It is also seen as a division between booming southern Over-the-Rhine and the neighborhood’s less-developed northern half. The alternate plan Cranley supports

would keep the extra lane on either side of the road for parking but build bumpouts for pedestrian A diagram of the proposed Liberty Street calming project crossings at key P H O T O : C I T Y O F C I N C I N N AT I intersections. Cranley says this version saves 85 parking spots, for maintenance. increases pedestrian safety and won’t That revelation came around the same create bottlenecks that he believes could time FC Cincinnati began ramping up happen if someone fails to move a car plans for construction of its Major League parked in the curb lane during the hours Soccer stadium in the nearby West End. restricted under the original plan. That’s caused some — including council The concerns over the project popped members pushing for the original roadup recently. Until last summer, the original calming plan — to charge that the project plan had the city’s green light and was is being held up over concern that it would funded for completion. disrupt traffic flow to future FCC games. However, Acting City Manager Patrick A memo from Duhaney cited a lack of Duhaney suspended the project after he study about how FCC traffic would be says the city learned about the need to affected by the project. move a water main under Liberty Street. But Cranley has called charges that FCC The main has 85 years of useful life left, had anything to do with the project’s delay city administration says, and must be and his veto “conspiracy theories,” saying moved if the original road-calming plan is that he believes city administration’s plan carried out so that it can be easily accessed is better and cheaper.

Ohio Senate Passes ‘Heartbeat’ Bill BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L

The Ohio Senate March 13 voted 19-13 to pass a bill that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected — as soon as six weeks after conception. It’s not the first time the restrictions — which, if passed, would be among the strictest in the country — have come before the Ohio General Assembly. But they may have a better chance of passing into law and withstanding legal challenges now than at any time in the past.

New Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, however, says he will sign the bills into law. The version of the bill the state Senate passed does not include exceptions for rape or incest. Four Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the legislation.

“We need a new standard. The heartbeat bill provides a sensible solution,” she said. But critics say it is government

Antonio presented an amendment to the bill that would have exempted rape and incest cases, but it was voted down. Courts have struck down similar heartbeat laws in other states, including North Dakota and Iowa, as recently as last month. Federal courts have declared the laws violate the constitution under Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that guarantees abortion rights. Supporters of the law say it could be part of a wave of legislation that succeeds before the Supreme Court, with its two new conservative additions. “Ultimately, this will work its way up to the United States Supreme Court,” DeWine told conservative radio host Hugh

The legislation next goes to the Ohio House of Representatives, where it has a good chance of passage. Bill co-sponsor State Rep. Candice Keller of Middletown says the aim of the legislation is simple: demonstrate that the laws can withstand legal scrutiny and protect the lives of the unborn. “After nine years of waiting, it is time,” she told the House committee, of which she is a member, last month. However, representatives from NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio argued in testimony that the legislation would represent a “seismic shift” in abortion access policy. “Abortion will be effectively outlawed in Ohio, and likely in many of our neighboring states,” NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland told the Senate committee last month. “Abortion may remain legal in some states, but they may not be able to handle the influx of patients to their states.”

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Republican senators who voted for the legislation say it is part of the state’s duty to protect the unborn. Bill sponsor Republican State Sen. Kristina Roegner argued that Ohio must protect fetuses as soon as they are viable, and that current laws don’t go far enough.

“This feels like, looks like, reads on paper like it’s a political intrusion into an extremely personal decision that a woman would make with her doctor,” Sen. Nickie Antonio, a Democrat, said during debate over the bill.

Hewitt in January. “And they’ll make that decision.”

“The OSMA is extremely concerned due to specific provisions of the legislation that allow for civil and criminal penalties for clinicians who provide medical care related to women’s reproductive health issues,” the group said in written

The Republican-lead General Assembly last year passed a similar bill, but it was vetoed by then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich. It was the second time Kasich had vetoed the legislation due to concerns about its constitutionality.

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The bill has roughly 50 co-sponsors as well as the support of pro-life groups like Ohio Right to Life. But last month, dozens also testified or submitted written statements opposing the bills, including NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio and the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA), on the grounds that it would block women’s access to needed health care.

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MLK Interchange and recent projects including the Avondale Town Center and the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute. WEB was able to recruit from the neighborhoods of Uptown 13 residents to work on the Avondale Town Center and about 15 to work on the UC project. WEB Ventures is constantly meeting with residents at community events about how job opportunities will work, says Bill Witten, managing partner of the Witten Consulting Group and a WEB Ventures partner. The firm has even put computers and printers in the Avondale Business Center to help residents find and pursue these positions. Witten admits that construction jobs aren’t for everyone and is working to educate locals on what these jobs entail. He says that about 70 local applicants have already interviewed for construction positions in the corridor. Even though the job site may be right in the backyard of these residents, employers may send their workers all across the region to job sites. Construction workers may stick in one job site for three or four weeks and be moved to another site miles

away for another three or four weeks. Many residents don’t have their own cars and oftentimes, construction sites will be far off Metro bus lines. “It is in Avondale, and we’ve been able to find Avondale residents that can walk to the (Avondale Town Center) as an example and work there for three or four weeks, but when the employer says, ‘Monday of next week we’re no longer here, we need you in West Chester,’ that becomes a real hard problem for them in doing that because what they have is a lack of transportation,” Witten says. Robinson says that WEB Ventures got her organization to think more long-term about job opportunities, as before she and her team were thinking more about contracted workers, not about the more permanent opportunities. “They got us to think about the jobs even beyond construction,” Robinson says. “Those are the kind of things they like to call the ‘annuity jobs,’ and those are like the landscaping, the supply companies, that sometimes you don’t think of, but those go on and on regardless of what’s being built — it’s really servicing the

buildings and the tenants.” Regardless of the jobs current residents are able to obtain in the district, companies are moving in and bringing with them executives, researchers and other employees who substantially exceed the area’s median household income of $18,120 (according to the 2010 census). Robinson expects that the Innovation Corridor will help the population go up again for the first time in decades and create a more vibrant community. “It will most definitely bring in new people to live and to work,” she says. “I think that’s a good thing because that increases the economic activity in the neighborhood, which will bring in some offerings that the community doesn’t have now. And really specifically, I’m talking about restaurants and coffee places — things that really there aren’t much of in Avondale.” Avondale also lacks green space and places for people to walk around and be immersed in their community. The Innovation Corridor incorporated these elements into the design of the area and created an “open campus.” In initial designs of the area, there was a giant above-ground

parking garage in the Terrex corner, something residents were not happy about. Neighborhood residents asked specifically for underground parking and Terrex incorporated that request into the final design. Robinson admits that more effort is necessary to ensure that the community is aware of the consortium’s plan. She says she is amazed that some people will hear her speak at meetings and still don’t know exactly what is happening in the area. Through these developments, which have accelerated far more quickly than anticipated due to monumental levels of state support for the interchange, Milton of the Avondale Community Council wants residents to know that there is still a lot of low-income housing in Avondale and lots of empty land. She says the goal is to bring in these new high price points while protecting the people already in the neighborhood. “We’re starting those conversations, and I don’t know exactly how that will be done,” Milton says. “I know that we’re probably two or three years behind the conversation, but at least we are having the conversation and we’re trying to plan for it.”

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Nov. 6, 1869: The Red Stockings play their last game of the season, beating the Mutuals of New York 17-8. They posted a perfect 57-0 season that year, the all-time best single season record in baseball.

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May 4, 1869: The Cincinnati Red Stockings play their first game against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati, winning 45-9. The Red Stockings were the first team to declare themselves â€œprofessionalâ€? in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (aka the first club to pay players). They paid 10 players a salary for eight months that year.

June 14, 1870: The winning streak ends as the Red Stockings lose to the Brooklyn Atlantics.

Mr. Redlegs, who originated in the 1950s PHOTO: THE CINCINNATI REDS

aseball’s first professional team, our very own Cincinnati Reds, are gearing up to celebrate their 150th season this summer. That alone is a reason to rally, for sure. But beyond that commemoration, there is a lot more that has local baseball fans buzzing. First and foremost, the team has made a serious effort to attract a number of promising players, positioning the Reds as a worthy contender in a notoriously competitive division — the National League Central — which has archrivals like the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. Is a championship likely this go-round? Some major position acquisitions have made waves during the offseason, and they’ve ignited a renewed enthusiasm in Reds fans. But it might be best to take a deep breath before making plans to host a World Series party in late October. Not everyone is convinced that the Reds are championship-worthy — at least, not yet. Sports site Bleacher Report predicts that the team will earn an 81-81 record. That’s still a marked increase over last year, when they finished last in the division with just 67 wins and a hefty 95 losses; it was their fourth season in a row to finish as the division’s last-place team. MLB.com columnist Will Leitch went on record acknowledging “the Reds are interesting this year … at last.” But, Leitch adds, “interesting might only be good enough for fourth

April 17, 1889: Cincinnati hosts its first Opening Day festivities. The Cincinnati Orchestra holds a pre-game concert and the ballpark is decorated.

Oct. 3, 1905: Cy Seymour sets a Reds record with a .377 batting average.

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Oct. 8, 1880: Cincinnati is expelled from the National League (formed in 1876, the team was a charter member) because they refused to stop renting out the ballpark on Sundays and refused to stop selling beer during games.

place in the NL Central. And maybe even not that.” USA Today concludes “the division is just too strong for the Reds to overcome a weak pitching staff.” But Cincinnati has surprised critics before. And there’s a lot to fight for this year. The big moves by management have made an impression for the devoted hopeful — even singer/songwriter Darius Rucker, best known for leading the popular ’90s band Hootie & the Blowfish and a known Reds booster, tweeted what he called a “crazy sports prediction” in late January. Rucker said the Reds are headed to the World Series, which would be the team’s first since 1990, when — despite the vast majority of critics giving them zero chance — they swept the Oakland As to win the championship. The organization offered a brief but confident reply to Rucker’s optimistic tweet: “Wouldn’t be *that* crazy.” It’s been five years since the Reds made the playoffs. That was in 2013, when the Pittsburgh Pirates bested the hometown squad in a National League Wild Card Game. Perhaps apt for a gang that’s out to reclaim its past glory, the Reds take on the Pirates in its March 28 season opener at Great American Ball Park. Former Reds power player and Hall of Famer Eric Davis is slated to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, with none other than “Big Red Machine” catcher Johnny Bench receiving. And, with that, baseball begins anew in Cincinnati.

Nov. 14, 1889: The National League lets Cincinnati back in. The Red Stockings change their name to the Cincinnati Reds.

April 11, 1912: The Reds play their first game at Redland Field, aka Crosley Field, beating Chicago 10-6. The ballpark’s official dedication is held on May 18, 1912 and is renamed Crosley Field for radio tycoon/ Reds owner Powel Crosley Jr. in April 1934.

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Nov. 2, 1881: The American Association is formed at the Gibson House in Cincinnati.

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The Cincinnati Reds’ front office personnel — folks like President of Baseball Operations Dick Williams and General Manager Nick Krall — has been busy assembling a lineup of players that’s hard to ignore. The effort to bolster the roster surprised a number of sports pundits, and management has dropped more money to draw fresh talent. Team payroll this year is estimated by payroll-tracker Spotrac to be around $116 million, up from around $100 million last year and believed to be the highest ever for the Reds (though still about $10 million under the MLB average). “What Dick Williams and his people did… has energized what we like to refer to as ‘Reds Country,’ ” Hall of Fame announcer Marty Brennaman said of the upcoming season during a recent press conference. “They’ve made major inroads to start down the path to get the club back to the way it once was.” Most notably, it was a considerable trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers that raised eyebrows. That’s the one that brought the Reds a couple names you’ll hear a lot about this year — pitcher Alex Wood and outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig. To make that happen, the Reds gave up veteran pitcher Homer Bailey (who was coming off of a considerable dry spell), plus young players Jeter Downs and Josiah Gray. That one move — trading Bailey — would have been

Oct. 9, 1919: The Reds win their first World Series in Game 8 against the Chicago White Sox. Drama ensues in September of 1920 when several members of the White Sox are suspended for “throwing” the series. The Reds insist they would have won anyway. The whole debacle becomes known as the “Black Sox Scandal.” June 8, 1934: The Reds are the first Major League team to use an airplane to travel from one city to another. They flew to Chicago.

enough to pique the curiosity of even casual fans. Then the Reds called up the New York Yankees to acquire powerhouse pitcher Sonny Gray and minor league pitcher Reiver Sanmartin. Here in the Queen City, Gray will be reunited with his old pitching coach, Derek Johnson; that duo builds on a strong connection they already have from Gray’s formative years at Vanderbilt, where Johnson advised his direction. The Reds will also have a fresh — but familiar — face managing the team’s 2019 campaign. In October last year, David Bell was hired as the 63rd manager in the club’s storied history. The 46-year-old Cincinnati native played high school ball at Moeller, then had a 12-year career in the majors before beginning his coaching career as manager of the Reds’ Double-A affiliate. Bell is the grandson of Reds all-star outfielder Gus Bell and the son of another one-time Red (and current vice president and senior advisor to the general manager for the team), Buddy Bell. Looking to the new season, like most fans, game day DJ and fill-in PA announcer Aaron Sharpe is optimistic. “This year, in particular, the team is full of so much promise. Ownership went all in during the off-season,” he says. “Some have put them right behind the Phillies and the Yankees in terms of the most improved projections in the off-season. We have a great shot at the playoffs this year.”

May 24, 1935: The Reds play the Phillies at Crosley Field in the first night game in Major League history.

Aug. 26, 1939: The first Major League Baseball game is televised with the Cincinnati Reds taking on the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

June 15, 1938: Johnny Vander Meer pitches his second consecutive no-hitter against the Dodgers in Brooklyn. He did the same four days earlier in a 3-0 win against the Boston Braves at Crosley Field.

Aug. 3, 1940: Reds catcher Willard Hershberger is the first big league baseball player to commit suicide during the season.

Longtime Reds radio announcer Marty Brennaman PHOTO: THE CINCINNATI REDS

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Overshadowing the season for some Cincinnati fans was the passing of Reds legend Frank Robinson and the announcement that longtime radio announcer Marty Brennaman was retiring. Now 76 years old, 2019 will be Brennaman’s final season in the booth — his 46th with the Reds. Widely known as “the voice of the Reds,” Brennaman joined the Reds organization in 1974. In the first inning of his very first Reds game, the beloved broadcaster called a historic moment: Hank Aaron’s 714th career home run, which tied Aaron for the all-time record with Babe Ruth. Any local who has twisted a radio dial to catch up on Reds action likely finds it hard to imagine the team’s play-by-play without Brennaman’s enthusiastic commentary. Listening to games on WLW this year will be especially bittersweet for a devoted following that’s beyond saddened. Baseball fan or not, Brennaman has had perhaps the most recognizable voice in Cincinnati for nearly half a century. Brennaman made the announcement of his retirement at a press conference on Jan. 16. “It’s something I’ve thought about a long time; it’s something I’ve anguished over,” Brennaman said. “Nobody loves to do their job more than I do. I love to broadcast baseball, I’ve worked for wonderful people that have been awfully good to me.” In his time with the Reds, Brennaman has covered three World Series championships and Pete Rose’s journey to becoming MLB’s all-time leader in hits. He was there telling us about Tom Browning’s perfect game as it happened in 1988. He provided commentary for Tom Seaver’s no-hitter in 1978. He called Rose’s recordbreaking hit on Sept. 11, 1985. And he was there to broadcast Ken Griffey Jr.’s 500th and 600th career home runs in 2004 and 2008. Brennaman received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. “Now is the right time,” Brennaman continued. “We’re in a business where, if we’re healthy and we don’t make the people we work for mad, and they continue to like your work, and the fans like your work, you can work as long as you want to. It’s a wonderful thing, but it’s also a curse.” The local icon said he isn’t completely riding off into

July 1, 1957: Cincinnati fans stuff the ballot box to vote eight starters onto the All-Star team and the National League intervenes, pulling three Reds from the starting lineup: George Crowe, Wally Post and Gus Bell.

1966: Art Shamsky hits four consecutive home runs over two games on Aug. 12 and Aug. 14. That bat is on display in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

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1954: Chuck Harmon becomes the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds.

June 14, 1965: Reds pitcher Jim Maloney pitches his first no-hitter in a game against the New York Mets. On Aug. 19, he pitches his second no-hitter (and the first official no-hitter recognized under current rules) against the Chicago Cubs. He then pitched a third (the second officially recognized no-hitter) on April 30, 1969 against the Houston Astros.

June 10, 1944: Joe Nuxhall is the youngest (20th-century) player to appear in a Major League game. The pitcher was just 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old.

1956: The Reds tied the National League and MLB record for home runs in a season with 221.

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1953: The Reds decide they want to be called the “Redlegs.” Some speculate it is because of current anti-Communism hysteria.

the sunset, though. “This is the right time for me to walk away from the broadcasting end of this business,” Brennaman said. “I’m gonna be around, I’m gonna be affiliated with this great organization for years to come. I wouldn’t have it any other way and thank God they feel the same way.” This season — and in many ways, our love of the Reds, and maybe even Cincinnati baseball itself — belongs to Marty. On Feb. 7, Cincinnati Reds legend and civil rights pioneer Frank Robinson died at the age of 83. The Hall of Famer played for the Reds from 1956-65, the first 10 years of his historic MLB career. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1956 and led the Reds to a pennant in 1961. He had the most home runs of any Red except Johnny Bench and is still the team’s reigning champ in hitting percentage. "Frank Robinson's résumé in our game is without parallel, a trailblazer in every sense, whose impact spanned generations," Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a notice posted to MLB.com. “He was one of the greatest players in the history of our game, but that was just the beginning of a multifaceted baseball career.” In 1975, Robinson became the first black manager in MLB history. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, and his uniform number 20 was retired by the Reds in 1998. Upon the legend’s passing, Hall of Famer Hank Aaron tweeted, “Frank Robinson and I were more than baseball buddies. We were friends. Frank was a hard-nosed baseball player who did things on the field that people said could never be done. I’m so glad I had the chance to know him all of those years. Baseball will miss a tremendous human being.”

Sept. 1, 1967: The longest game in Reds history takes place against the San Francisco Giants, lasting 21 innings. The Reds lose 1-0.

June 30, 1970: The Reds play the first game at their new state-of-the-art Riverfront Stadium, which they’ll share with the upstart Cincinnati Bengals franchise. In Riverfront Stadium’s first year, the Reds would host the All-Star Game and a pair of World Series games.

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June 24, 1970: The final game is played at Crosley Field.

April 4, 1974: On Opening Day of 1974, the Reds introduce its new radio broadcasting voice, an up-and-comer from Virginia named Marty Brennaman. In his first Reds game, Brennaman calls the Hank Aaron dinger that ties him with Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record.

July 14, 1970: Riverfront hosts the All-Star Game and welcomes the dawn of the Big Red Machine: Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey, Sr.

Oct. 22, 1975: The Reds win their first World Series in 35 years. According to sports fans, it is one of the most exciting series in baseball history with five one-run games, five comefrom-behind victories and Carlton Fisk’s 12thinning home run in Game 6 to tie the series.

Great American Ball Park PHOTO: THE CINCINNATI REDS

NO SKIMPING ON THE EXTRAS Lots of tireless folks behind the scenes at Great American Ball Park have been busy setting the stage for a great 2019 as well. If your memory is short (or you’re not yet out of high school), the park officially opened for the Reds’ 2003 season and this will be its 17th season welcoming fans. If you’re one of those fans, you’ll want to check out the expanded displays at the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, which some consider to be the best team museum in all of baseball. Nearly 6,000 rare and unique team artifacts will be presented in about a hundred displays this year, with a coordinating 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion replacing the south-side Rose Garden. The Pavilion is set for a May 4 dedication ceremony.

December 21, 1984: Marge Schott purchases a controlling interest in the team for a reported $11 million, becoming the first woman to buy an MLB team.

Opening Day 1988: Chris Sabo debuts his rec specs.

Aug. 24, 1989: Pete Rose is given a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling.

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Oct. 21, 1976: Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine wins its second straight World Series title.

Audio/visual upgrades are on deck, too, including a much-heralded 360-degree video screen offering customized information on the legends who built the team. An archive with 2,000 baseball cards will even offer a digitized component, allowing visitors to create their own card on-site. "Creating a museum experience worthy of 150 years of Reds history is a formidable challenge," the museum’s executive director Rick Walls said in an announcement about the upgrade. "Combining some of the latest technology with over 6,000 artifacts, gripping video highlights, captivating photographs and an extensive audio collection, we'll immerse visitors into this rich history like never before.”

Sept. 11, 1985: Pete Rose becomes the game’s all-time hits leader when he breaks Ty Cobb’s record and hits baseball 4,192. Rose finished his career with 4,256 hits.

Sept. 16, 1988: Tom Browning throws a perfect game against the Dodgers, becoming the first pitcher in Reds history to do so.

1990: Reds infielder Billy Bates wins a 100-yard-dash against an unleashed cheetah from the Cincinnati Zoo at Riverfront Stadium. The same year he also scored the winning run in Game 2 of the World Series.

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July 31, 1978: Pete Rose extends his hitting streak to 44 consecutive games.

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In addition to the museum, the organization as a whole has some exciting things lined up for the 150th-anniversary celebrations. Throughout the season, the Reds will be wearing 15 different vintage “throwback” uniforms spanning from 1902 to 1999 during select home games. The first, from 1902, will make an appearance on the field in a May game against the San Francisco Giants and is the uniform the team wore in their Greco-Roman “Palace of the Fans” ballpark. In August, the team will don the uniforms from 1976’s Big Red Machine days in a game against the Saint Louis Cardinals. There will also be a 150th-anniversay Bobblehead series featuring six Reds legends: Ernie Lombardi, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey Jr. And there’s more: Inspired by those weird-butpopular mustache benches from the 2015 All-Star Game, the team has created a series of sculptural benches featuring a seated Mr. Redlegs wearing the 15 throwback Reds uniforms. The photo-op seats will be popping up at 20 different locations around the city. “Think about it,” says DJ Sharpe. “No baseball team has ever celebrated a 150th anniversary. The Reds’ fan experience in 2019 will be like none other.” For many around town, the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade is the undisputed (if unofficial) Cincinnati summer salutation. It’s without a doubt one of the region’s most “uniquely Cincinnati” parties. Beginning at noon on March 28, the kick-off to the local unsanctioned holiday celebrates its own anniversary this year — it was 100 years ago that Findlay Market began its association with the parade. This year’s parade grand marshal is MLB Commissioner Manfred, who will reportedly be joined by eternal Reds hero Johnny Bench. Special guests in the long-standing celebratory parade will include

contemporary Reds players, Governor Mike DeWine, iconic Queen City DJ Jim Scott and members of the Cincinnati Beard Barons, which is exactly what it sounds like — a group of local “facial hair enthusiasts” who raise money for various charities. Others in the parade reflect our region’s cultural legacy and diversity. This year’s opening day parade will share a direct link to Cincinnati’s much-heralded and influential King Records, which pioneered cultural and racial breakthroughs in staffing and artists, producing earth-shaking works for R&B, Country and Funk audiences that helped shape contemporary music. Otis Williams (whose Otis Williams and the Charms has been cited by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys for helping to coach his brethren in the ways of harmonizing), King session drummer Philip Paul (who kept time on such classic tracks as “Fever” and “The Twist”) and Funk icon Bootsy Collins (former James Brown and ParliamentFunkadelic player, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and Cincinnati’s premier lord of funkiness) will preside in the Opening Day Parade festivities together to honor the label’s huge contributions to American culture. Other parade guests this year include former Bengal and NFL Hall of Famer Anthony Muñoz; Kentucky Country/Folk music phenom Tyler Childers (who is promoting Washington Park’s summertime Roots Revival music series); Dayton native and Country singer Ashley Martin; the Budweiser Clydesdales; and even Grave Digger, the monster truck. From the game on the field to the nods to team history to the overall fan experience, 2019 is shaping up to be a highlight year for America’s first professional baseball team.

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For the 2019 Cincinnati Reds schedule, tickets and more, visit reds.com.

July 7, 1993: Reds pitcher Tom Browning snuck out of Wrigley Field during a game against the Cubs to watch with fans from a nearby rooftop — still in his uniform, feet dangling over the edge. Cameras caught him waving at his teammates, but new Reds’ manager Davey Johnson had the last laugh, fining Browning $1,000.

May 5, 1996: During an ESPN interview, Reds owner Marge Schott says of Adolf Hitler, “Everybody knows he was good at the beginning, but he just went too far.” It’s actually the second time she’s made such comments; she said similar things to The New York Times in 1992 in a story that also revealed she had a Nazi armband in her collection.

April 1, 1996: Long-time NL umpire John McSherry collapses behind home plate after seven pitches into Opening Day. He is rushed to University Hospital, where he later dies due to a massive heart attack.

Sept. 22, 1996: Barry Larkin becomes the first shortstop to get 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in the same season.

Sept. 6, 1996: Riverfront Stadium becomes Cinergy Field.

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Sept. 11, 2001: All games are postponed due to terrorist attacks. The regular-season won’t resume for six days.

Mar. 31, 2003: The Reds debut Great American Ball Park, losing to the Pirates in front of a sell-out crowd of 42,343.

Dec. 31, 2002: 25,000 spectators head downtown to see Cinergy Field implode at 8 a.m.

July 21, 2006: Adam Dunn prankcalls Marty Brennaman on the banana phone. Marty would take calls on the banana phone — an actual bananashaped phone — on 700 WLW during rain delays.

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Feb. 10, 2000: Cincinnati’s greatest homegrown player since Pete Rose is introduced as the newest member of the Reds. Ken Griffey Jr. joins the team after a trade with the Seattle Mariners that Reds General Manager Jim Bowden describes during Griffey’s press conference as “one of the biggest trades in our sport…when the Michael Jordan of baseball came home to Cincinnati.”

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THE CINCINNATI REDS’ MAIN MUSIC MAN, AARON SHARPE, CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH THE TEAM IN 2019

June 9, 2008: Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 600th home run.

Sept. 24, 2010: Aroldis Chapman throws a 105.1 mile-per-hour fastball in a game against the San Diego Padres. It is credited as the fastest pitch ever recorded in Major League Baseball.

April 8, 2014: Joey Votto’s offbeat sense of humor is on glorious display as he does a live interview with MLB Network dressed in a full Canadian Mountie uniform. The Toronto native leans heavy into his Canadian accent and is deadpan hilarious throughout the interview, even shouting out his beloved horse, “Nibbles.”

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or some behind-the-scenes perspective, we spoke with the Cincinnati Reds’ game day DJ and fill-in PA announcer Aaron Sharpe. The man about town has worn many hats — many will recognize Sharpe from his days as general manager and drive-time host at longtime local radio station WNKU, which shut down two years back. Or maybe you know him from his most recent venture — as co-owner of the new Lucius Q barbecue spot in Pendleton. This will be Sharpe’s 20th season with the team. When you hear that stirring walk-up music pumping through the park as a Reds player approaches the plate to bat, he’s the one making that happen. “My job is to entertain the fans, pump up the players and keep the energy high in the park,” Sharpe says. Sharpe’s seen a lot of changes in his time with the team, particularly related to the voiced content and dialed-in accompaniment he takes care of at the soundboard. And his arsenal of equipment has come a long way over the past two decades.

Jan. 16, 2009: Former Reds Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan help Ellen Degeneres get George Clooney on her show.

2015: The Reds finish the season in last place for the first time since 1983.

July 14, 2015: Cincinnati hosts the All-Star Game and Reds player Todd Frazier wins the Home Run Derby.

Aaron Sharpe PHOTO: HAILEY BOLLINGER

When Sharpe started, he used a mini-disc player and an old laptop “held together with duct tape.” He now has two top-of-the line desktop computers with massive hard drives running a state-of-the-art program. “It’s more or less the gold-standard in stadiums, ballparks and arenas across the country,” he says of his current gear setup. “I also have a MacBook Pro running Spotify, iTunes and Adobe Audition, to acquire and edit audio on the fly. If that’s not enough, I also work off of two iPads for a variety of purposes, including sampling.” Walk-up music has vastly evolved over the past 20 years, as well. Sharpe says that when he started, the concept of playing a player-selected track as he came up to bat was a new thing. Today, it’s commonplace. “These days, most every player takes their walk-up music selections pretty seriously,” Sharpe says, “to the point of specifying cue points for their songs and often requesting a different song for each at-bat.” It’s a lot to keep track of, but Sharpe is a seasoned pro. “Music, in general, is much more a part of the game than when I first started,” he says. “From the time the gates open up until the final out, I’ll play well over a hundred different clips of music in the ballpark.” But it’s all part of the fan experience. “I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of it,” he says.

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January 2019: Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman announces his retirement.

March 28, 2019: The Reds open their 150th season at home with a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates; the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade celebrates 100 years. On the same day, thankfully.

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2017: Joey Votto has the best season of his decade-long career. According to the Reds, “Votto was only player in the Major Leagues to produce at least 26 homers and 100 RBIs while hitting at least .300 with an OBP of .400 and a slugging percentage of .500.”

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Ongoing Shows ONSTAGE: Two Trains Running Playhouse in the Park, Mount Adams (through March 30) ONSTAGE: The Winter’s Tale Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, OTR (through March 23)

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EVENT: March Moon Madness The Cincinnati Observatory invites people of all ages to watch the full moon rise over Cincinnati on March 20 — the day of the 2019 Spring Equinox, aka the first day of spring. Tours of the observatory buildings and telescope viewings of the evening and night sky will be included. Guests are asked to bring lawn chairs or picnic blankets to watch the moon rise outside. Watching the full moon with family, friends or a partner might be the perfect way to welcome back the spring season. 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday. $5; free for observatory members. Cincinnati Observatory, 3489 Observatory Place, Mount Lookout, cincinnatiobservatory.org. — BEN REES

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DANCE: Director’s Cut: Firebird + Rite of Spring Iconic instrumentation and haunting choreography intersect with the Cincinnati Ballet’s ephemeral double feature of The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. Both performances are choreographed by the ballet’s acclaimed resident choreographer, Adam Hougland, and scored by preeminent 20th-century Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Rite of Spring’s unorthodox arrangements infamously debuted in Paris in 1913 and elicited a raucously mixed response from the audience. It soon became canonized in 1940 when it scored the beautifully animated sequence from Disney’s Fantasia, which depicted the Earth’s creation through the time of the dinosaur’s extinction. Firebird is considered Stravinsky’s

breakthrough composition and Hougland’s original choreography for it cerebrally expresses the interwoven story of a hunter and a mythical Russian bird. See an interview with Houghland on page 30. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 6:30 p.m. Sunday. $15-125. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cballet.org. — TOMMY MCDONALD

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FILM: The Room at The Esquire Get ready to unleash all the stupid comments from your pocket at the Esquire’s two screenings of 2003’s immortal cult classic The Room. Enter Tommy Wiseau’s, um, off-kilter vision of San Francisco by boning up on your pigskin tossing skills, slipping into your best ill-fitting tux and pre-gaming with a

stiff scotchka (not actually recommended). What we do recommend is that you bring a plethora of safe-tothrow spoons; if you don’t know why, just trust us. Because of the encouraged audience participation and the film’s less-thanprofessional sound quality, it is recommended that you’ve previously seen The Room in order to get the best cinematic experience. 7 and 10 p.m. Friday. $10.25 adult; $7.75 senior/child. Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, esquiretheatre.com. — TOMMY MCDONALD MUSIC: Avishai Cohen Quartet Trumpeter and composer Avishai Cohen is among the most critically-acclaimed musicians in modern Jazz, earning high praise from all over the world, including from esteemed U.S. outlets like The New York Times (which wrote, “Like (Miles) Davis, (Cohen) can make

the trumpet a vehicle for uttering the most poignant human cries”) and the U.K.’s The Guardian, which also name-checked Davis in its commendation, writing that “every generation of Jazz trumpeters revisits the legacy of Miles Davis in their own ways, but … Cohen’s version of the journey has been particularly skillful.” While comparing a Jazz trumpeter favorably to the greatest of all time might suggest heavy hyperbole and certainly comes with a ton of pressure and expectations, the Israeliborn musician certainly fits the mold and seems up to the task. Cohen shares a similar creative curiosity, ambition and versatility with Davis that has found him gracefully blending elements from Rock, Classical, World Music and Klezmer music into a spectrum of Jazz motifs (from Be Bop to CONTINUES ON PAGE 26

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to celebrate perhaps its most personal holiday: Opening Day. This year marks 150 years of the Cincinnati Reds playing baseball in the major league. The Mercantile Library is celebrating a century and a half of Queen City baseball with a book signing and discussion of Cincinnati’s 150-Year Opening Day History: The Hoopla Started with a Parade with the author, Randy Freking. This book has the whole scoop on 150 years of Opening Day traditions in Cincinnati including information on the Opening Day Parade, stories about local fans and more. The reception and book signing are free, but registration is required. 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. Free. The Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., #1100, Downtown, mercantilelibrary. com. — BEN REES

EVENT: Opening Day History at The Mercantile It’s almost time for Cincinnati

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EVENT: One Night One Craft: Macramé Head to the Contemporary Arts Center to learn the art of macramé — a textile tradition that involves tying a series of ornamental knots in rope or other fibers to create everything from wall hangings to plant holders. In this class, you’ll learn basics to create macramé works at home. Class includes tools, a teacher and supplies. 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. $15 nonmembers; $10 members. Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. Sixth St., Downtown, contemporaryartscenter.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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Fusion to more avant-garde styles), while also exploring different lineup and compositional approaches. Cohen’s latest album is 2017’s Cross My Palm with Silver, his second for legendary Jazz label ECM, which includes the profound and evocative “Theme for Jimmy Greene,” a tribute to the saxophonist who lost his daughter in 2012’s Sandy Hook school shooting. The album was presented in a quartet format, which is how it (and other material) will be performed when Cohen comes to Cincinnati to play the penultimate concert in Xavier University’s 20182019 Jazz series. Cohen’s current touring band features bassist Barak Mori (who played on Cross My Palm), pianist Fabian Almazan and drummer Marcus Gilmore. 8 p.m. Friday. $25-$35. Gallagher Student Center Theater, 3800 Victory Parkway, Evanston, xavier. edu/musicseries. — MIKE BREEN

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COMEDY: Lewis Black “It’s just great; everything is just great,” Lewis Black grumbles into his cellphone. “It’s the same thing all over again but badly done. No facts, no reporting, no sense of what the truth is, no one stepping up. The level of madness has not changed.” For his The Joke’s on Us tour, Black is taking a slightly different approach to his social and political commentary. “It’s things

SPORTS: Cincinnati Rollergirls Home Opener The Cincinnati Rollergirls have an upcoming doubleheader for their season home opener. The Cincinnati Black Sheep play Brandywine Roller Derby at 6 p.m. followed by an 8 p.m. match between the Cincinnati Violent Lambs and the Brandywine B team. Doors open at 5 p.m. and make sure to go early as the first 50 fans in the doors will receive Cincinnati Rollergirls fanny packs for Fan Appreciation Night. Beer and food from Hungry Bros. and Delicio Coal Fired Pizza will be available for purchase. Single game and season tickets are available for pre-sale online and single game tickets are also available at the door. 5-9 p.m. Saturday. $12 adults; $5 kids. Schmidt Memorial Fieldhouse, 3900 Winding Way, Evanston, cincinnatirollergirls.com. — BEN REES

I’ve found while traveling the country,” he says. “Like the difference between a chicken nugget and a buffalo chicken tender.” It sounds silly, but he elaborates: “I think that demonstrates some of the underlying problems we have as a nation. I’m finding ways to talk about what’s going on without talking about what’s going on.” 8 p.m. Saturday. $40-$65.50, Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org. — P.F. WILSON EVENT: Macaron Day Every day is a good day to eat macarons, but the French confection is so beloved that 13 local bakeries have coordinated to celebrate macarons across the city on Saturday. Macaron Day Cincinnati is not only about devouring an assortment of the delicious meringue cookie sandwiches (even though that’s what we’re really most excited about), as a portion of all proceeds

will benefit the Freestore Foodbank. Participating bakeries include The BonBonerie, Buona Terra, Gigi’s Cupcakes of Kenwood, Macaron Bar locations (naturally), Nordstrom’s Ebar, Sweet Petit Desserts, a handful of Taste of Belgium locations and Tres Belle Cakes. Save some room for dinner, it’d set a dangerous precedent if you eat nothing but macarons all day. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. Prices and locations vary, macaron-day.com. — SEAN M. PETERS EVENT: Mutt Madness at Washington Park So now that spring has melted away your frozen winter heart, it’s time to think about how much better your life would be with a (or another) dog. Sure, they come with a lot of responsibility, but that’s exactly what you need to thrive in this crazy human world: our own problems seem insignificant while we’re taking care of puppy

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EVENT: Northside Meltdown: Dojo Geleato Season 3 Opening Day Scorching summer days are steadily approaching, and one surefire sign of seasonal change is the return of Dojo Gelato’s Northside creamy whip. To celebrate its opening day, local Trash Pop and Punk bands Tweens and the Raging Nathans, respectively, will be performing and Dojo’s Northside neighbor, Urban Artifact, will be donating beer as flavorful as that silky handcrafted gelato. Gobble up classic flavors like sea salt caramel and Vietnamese coffee or indulge in the Cardi B: rum gelato with cardamom brownies. The Park diner will also be serving eats. All proceeds from beer sales at this fabulously frigid event benefit Northside nonprofit Visionaries + Voices, which provides opportunities for artists with disabilities. 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Free admission. Dojo Gelato, 1735 Blue Rock St., Northside, facebook.com/ dojogelatonorthside. — TOMMY MCDONALD

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EVENT: A Conversation with Karamo Brown at UC Karamo Brown, from Netflix’s hit series Queer Eye, heads to the University of Cincinnati campus for a conversation and free question and answer session. Brown will discuss his life and career — and his new book, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing and Hope — and then the audience will have a chance to ask him anything. 7 p.m. Monday. Free. Tangeman University Center, University of Cincinnati, Clifton Heights, facebook.com/ucincyPAC. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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is no exception. Our annual bash to fête our favorite people, places and things is taking over all three floors of The Phoenix with a plethora of local food and drink samples. Try bites from the likes of The BonBonerie, Eli’s BBQ, Camp Washington, Dewey’s, Holtman’s Donuts, Taste of Belgium, Skyline and more while you sip on spirits from New Riff, Tito’s, Basil Hayden, El Tesoro, Roku Gin and George Remus, plus local beer from Braxton and Fifty West. Tickets include a tote bag with Edie Harper’s “Pigs are Big” artwork, filled with coupons and a chance to discover a Golden Ticket with prizes like access to the Bunbury Music Festival, Forecastle, Bonnaroo and more. 5 p.m. Presidential ticket entry; 5:30 p.m. general admission Wednesday. $42 general admission; $100 Presidential. The Phoenix, 812 Race St., Over-theRhine, bestofcincinnati.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO

EVENT: Market Bleu Head to the Contemporary Arts Center to peruse fine arts and crafts at this quarterly night market. Market Bleu features a hand-selected collection of local and regional artisans from cities including Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Philadelphia and Virginia. Grab a drink from the CAC bar while you shop.

6-10 p.m. Saturday. Free admission. Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. Sixth St., Downtown, marketbleu.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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problems. Mutt Madness will be held at Washington Park this afternoon to enable you to adopt a doggo from local shelters like Racing to Retirement Greyhound Adoption, Clermont Animal CARE Humane Society, League for Animal Welfare, Adore-A-Bull Rescue and Furgotten Dog Rescue. Bring the family dog along if you’d like to treat them to a run in the park; there will also be pet vendors at the event so every good dog can get a bone. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St, Overthe-Rhine, facebook.com/ washingtonparkotr. — SEAN M. PETERS

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This jukebox musical showcases talent from Latin America as it tells the story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine BY R I C K PEN D ER

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launch a project to combine Broadway music with Puerto Rican instruments such as the cuatro, a kind of guitar, and maracas. Touring has inspired Noel in several ways. Of meeting and working with other Latin American performers, he says that in the process of chasing their dreams — which is motivated by their mutual love of the art form — they’ve formed a family. And he takes genuine pride in his role in On Your Feet! — “a musical about chasing your artistic vision.” At a time when some denigrate and show disdain for “immigrants” — even those who are U.S. citizens born in Puerto Rico — the showstopper in On Your Feet! happens when Emilio is told that his musicians should adopt Anglo names and lose their identity. Pointing to his own face, he says forcefully: “This is what America looks like.” Noel relishes performing that moment every evening. At the same time, he’s quick to add that anyone can relate to the Estefans’ story, whether they’re Latinx or not. On Your Feet!, presented by Broadway in Cincinnati at the Aronoff Center, continues through March 24. More info/tickets: cincinnatiarts.org.

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Like them, his persistence and commitment paid off. A second audition brought him onto the tour a year ago, understudying the role of Emilio. Earlier this year he had a conversation with the real Emilio, who keeps a close eye on performers. (In fact, five musicians from the Miami Sound Machine are performing in On Your Feet!.) The day before Noel was offered the leading role for the balance of the tour, Emilio hinted that good news was coming: “Get ready. You’re going to finish this tour.” The next day, Noel’s agent called to confirm the news. Noel related the advice Emilio gave him: “You have to keep it real, eight times a week. Remind yourself that you change lives every night, and you must bring that to the stage.” Noel praises the show’s script, which was written by Alexander Dinelaris Jr. (a 2014 Academy Award winner for his original screenplay for Birdman). He’s also working alongside other top-notch talent: Director Jerry Mitchell has staged and choreographed hits that include Hairspray, Legally Blonde and Kinky Boots. When Noel first moved to New York City, he came with a plan to sing, act “and spread my culture from Puerto Rico,” he says. “It’s so rich in so many ways. I’m very proud of that culture.” Inspired by the Estefans, he hopes to

and culture. Finding audiences for their fusion of traditional instruments, Latin rhythms and American Pop themes was uphill at first — and that push for airtime is part of the musical’s story. After intermission, On Your Feet! digs into a 1990 bus accident in which Gloria was left seriously injured. In fact, news reports initially indicated that she had died. But after multiple spinal surgeries and a yearlong recovery, she came back; her song “Coming Out of the Dark” reflects her return and serves as the anthem to the show’s second half. It’s an inspiring tale of optimism and tenacity. Eddie Noel plays Emilio on this tour, opposite Christie Prades as Gloria — the role she understudied during the show’s two-year Broadway run from 2015 to 2017. Noel first joined the tour in February 2018. But he auditioned the year prior, shortly after arriving in New York City from his native Puerto Rico where he had an extensive dance career. (He spent 15 years in Puerto Rico with Gíbaro De Puerto Rico, a national folk-dance company.) “It was a hard decision to move,” he told me recently. “But I had to do that to succeed in what I wanted. Emilio and Gloria made a similar decision. I compare myself to them; that’s why I’m doing this. They say, ‘If you have a dream — make it happen.’ ”

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generation or so ago when I listened to Pop music on the radio (don’t judge me, that was the norm), my attention was caught by a new, infectious presence: the Miami Sound Machine, featuring Gloria Estefan as its lead singer. The band’s 1985 hit, “Conga,” turned a lot of heads with its unapologetic throbbing Latin pulse. A few years later when she sang “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” well, she already had me. I bought a cassette with some of her songs and just about wore it out in my car. (I repeat: This was a long time ago.) She appeared at Riverbend in the mid-’90s and I was dazzled by her stage presence and her interaction with adoring fans. Over the years I collected seven or eight CDs of the Cuban-American star’s charismatic singing, both in English and in Spanish. Music platforms have continued to evolve, but the output of Gloria and her husband Emilio Estefan still has a contagious appeal, now captured in the stage musical On Your Feet!, which they had a hand in creating. The show’s tour is at the Aronoff Center this week. On Your Feet! is definitely a “jukebox” musical — two dozen of the Estefans’ hits are performed, culminating in a spirited “mega-mix” — but like the best shows in that category (think Jersey Boys, about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, or Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), it tells a story worth hearing via a soundtrack that will leave you with earworms for weeks to come. Gloria is the talent everyone knows, but Emilio has been her musical partner from the beginning. Seeking a woman’s voice to join his early group, the Miami Latin Boys, Emilio found not only a star but also his wife. They both emigrated from Cuba to Miami to escape communist rule but remained devoted to the country’s music

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In Cincinnati Ballet’s upcoming Director’s Cut — which features Stravinsky’s famed The Firebird and The Rite of Spring — something, in particular, stands out. And it’s not just the fact that it’s the first time these two works have been performed on the same bill by the company or that Adam Hougland has choreographed both. No, it’s the role of the lead female characters in each ballet. “They’re very opposing in spite of all their similarities,” says Melissa Gelfin, a principal dancer, who will dance the titular role of the Firebird. A past production of The Rite of Spring In 1910, Stravinsky first PHOTO: PROVIDED composed and conceived Firebird; then the riotous Rite of Spring followed with a 1913 premiere. The two in a disconnected subterranean world, ballets — which come to Music Hall devoid of anything “human or natural or March 21 through 24 — share some of earthly.” Stravinsky’s patented ominous strings “They find something that is perfect and strident woodwinds, but their stories and beautiful and innocent and fragile, diverge. The Firebird tells a slightly longer and they just kind of trample it to death,” story of a magical firebird and a hunter, Hougland says. “(The Chosen One is) just Prince Ivan, whom she eventually saves; kind of destroyed for being the last breath he later meets princesses under the spell of anything real.” of an evil villain. The Rite of Spring features By contrast, though not precisely a the “Chosen One” being selected for a brighter work, he says Firebird has more ritualistic sacrifice. Both ballets owe their sparkle, punch and sass — though you lineage to Russian folk tales. shouldn’t compare the ballets all evening. “It’s very fun and exhausting at the same “You don’t choreograph things like that time because the Chosen One is the one with the intention of them living together,” different than everybody else,” says Sirui Hougland says. Liu, the principal dancer taking on the role. Marion Williams is set and costume In spite of her character’s inevitable designer for both ballets. Rite of Spring ending, Liu says she performs the role is harsher, darker, more blue-toned and believing that the Chosen One retains features the Chosen One in a creamsome agency — she makes the choice to colored slip; Firebird is brighter and more give up at the end — and that even with the colorful and the Firebird dons a plaid shorter run time, there’s a “certain amount tutu and magenta makeup. The contrasts of growth in the character.” may continue, but choreographically, But Firebird’s character arc has a definiHougland’s style remains consistent. tive beginning, middle and end; because “There are a million and one moments she’s met with so many challenges, Gelfin where you have to feel weight in your arms, says she becomes more mature by the end. weight in your legs, and use the whole “She’s very fierce,” Gelfin says. “She’s very breadth of the movement, which is very much her own strong feminist self in her Adam,” Gelfin says. “That water quality; Punk Rock tutu with her mohawk. She’s he has those long limbs and weighted going to go save the day, she saves the day movements from floor to ceiling. It’s very and then she’s going to go fly and save prevalent still in Firebird.” another day.” And Liu agrees, adding that Hougland Among the most recorded compositions says to be wild. “He keeps talking about in the Classical canon, a number of gravity,” she says. “My hair is down, too, choreographers have taken on The Rite so I need to deal with how to keep my of Spring. Hougland’s choreographic hair in the back and be able to dance the inspiration comes from contemporary crazy movement but still find the details figures like Pina Bausch and Jiří Kylián. By like timing, quality, for the movement...it necessity, to take on this work is to bring is very close to human. That’s part of the something new to it, and Hougland says acting, too. Instead of acting, sometimes I he definitely felt the pressure when he just have to be myself, not a dancer. Just a first choreographed the work in 2001 for normal person.” Louisville Ballet. Cincinnati Ballet presents Director’s As envisioned by Hougland, Rite of Cut: The Firebird + Rite of Spring, with Spring is a refracted take on the surfaceperformances March 21-24 at Music Hall. level viewing of the ballet as a story of Tickets/more info: cballet.org. reverence for the earth; his tale takes place

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As a clothing designer, Sky Cubacub has and prosthetics. They first began making style on the mind but conversely has no sleeves for prosthetic limbs when a friend, interest in being fashionable. In fact, that Michelle Zacarias, revealed that the word suggests the opposite of Cubacub’s burrs and sharp edges on her prosthetic vision, which is to develop gender nonleg were ruining her clothing. To prevent conforming clothes and accessories for it, Zacarias would wear multiple pairs of people on the full spectrum of identity, panty hose. Cubacub wanted to make an size and ability. all-in-one item to assist Zacarias while also “Fashionable is all about being able to be making her feel empowered. fashioned and I reject that,” says Cubacub, “Most clothing for folks with disabilities who is gender fluid and has non-apparent or trans folks are boring and very medidisabilities. Through Rebirth Garments, calizing and pathologizing and look like their clothing and accessory line, Cubacub scrubs or bandaids,” they say. “That’s not creates wearables specialized to meet the celebratory of people. So I wanted to make needs of transgender, genderqueer and disabled individuals. “Fashion in itself is inherently exclusive and that’s why I also don’t necessarily identify as a fashion designer,” Cubacub says. “That’s why I call it Rebirth Garments. I am a garment maker, even though I’m making clothing and all clothing is seen under the realm of fashion, but I am trying to do a thing that is opposite of what fashion has been doing for centuries.” The Carnegie in Covington is currently exhibiting Radical VisModels for Sky Cubacub’s Radical Visibility collection ibility, a project featuring Rebirth Garments. It loudly opposes — if PHOTO: HAILEY BOLLINGER not defies — today’s runway and commercial trends. Radical Visibility opened March 15 with stuff that looks really cute and sexy or a show featuring 25 models, including comfortable, and through that it helps with Cubacub, dancing down the runway in your emotions when you are wearing it.” approximately 50 handmade pieces. Gender-affirming pieces such as chest “I always model because I never want to binders and tucking underwear are among have anybody feel objectified,” Cubacub Rebirth’s most popular items. They honor says. “So many fashion designers don’t the opportunity to make something beauwear their own clothes and I think tiful, but also useful, with bright, neon that’s what leads to clothing not being colors and geometric shapes and patterns. comfortable.” Rebirth’s Etsy page features tiles of The garments will be display at The shining options, including unisex boxers Carnegie through May as part of its Open with an insulin pump pocket, mermaidSource 1.3 multi-artist gallery installment, tail thigh-high stockings for wheelchair along with a video of the runway event. users, “free the armpit” crop tops and an The collection for Radical Visibility assortment of rainbow undergarments was directly inspired by Cubacub’s late that double as swimwear. Intricate fabrics father, Arturo. A painter, Arturo often and dizzying patterns are among the manipulated geometric designs into sleek customizable choices. patterns of color and symmetry. Using his For Cubacub, every day is a paintings from the 1970s along with his performance. Making art and making music, Lindsey Whittle — a local artist clothes are interchangeable and wearing and longtime friend of Cubacub — created their designs is more than a statement. prints that Cubacub then incorporated They refer to their clothing and accessories into their collection. as “emotional armor” that facilitates social Every Rebirth Garment is custom made interactions and validates confidence. and tailored to the individual model — Rebirth Garments works to create and not just on the runway. The majority communities that refuse to assimilate or of sales come from Cubacub’s Etsy page, accept “sizeist, ableist and transphobic” where an average of one piece is sold per beauty standards through the activation of day, they say. There are no standard sizes, their art and unapologetic presence. no tags and Cubacub also caters to people Radical Visibility is currently on display at with sensory sensitivities by offering The Carnegie in Covington. For more info garments with seams on the outside. visit thecarnegie.com or Cubacub also makes spandex items rebirthgarments.com. that act as protectors and covers for braces

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A Regional ‘American Factory’ Rises Again BY T T S T ER N - EN ZI

It is not often that the subject of a documentary feature demands a sequel, which is part of what makes American Factory — a new award-winning film from renowned documentarians Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert — such a stunning narrative achievement. Winner of the U.S. Documentary Directing Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, American Factory A scene from American Factory follows up on the story of a closed General Motors PHOTO: SUNDANCE INSTITUTE plant in Dayton, Ohio, which reopened under Chinese ownership in 2014. Columbia, Missouri. It’s next major stop But first came Bognar and Reichert’s The will be at the 22nd Annual Full Frame DocLast Truck: Closing of a GM Plant. In 2009, umentary Film Festival in Durham, North the documentary feature presented what Carolina, where Bognar and Reichert will seemed like, at the time, the last gasp of a be honored as 2019 Tribute Recipients and regional American institution. That film have several of their films screened alongdebuted at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival, side American Factory. Back in 2010, they secured the backing of HBO and was evencurated Full Frame’s Thematic Program, tually nominated for an Academy Award. “Chair-Making, Ship-Breaking, Pole-DancConsidering how American Factory ing, Coal-Mining, Thread-Cutting, Cartnearly picks up immediately where The Pushing, Cane-Cutting, Chain-Forging: Last Truck left off, audiences can certainly Films on Work & Labor,” which, as the title be forgiven for assuming that the plant implies, celebrated “the labor movement, itself is the main character. Instead, it globalization and the connection between takes on the workers’ collective identity, work and identity.” whose individual stories could merge To my mind, that is exactly what, in into an inspired tale rooted in the can-do one film, Bognar and Reichert have mythology of the American spirit. Yet, achieved with American Factory. With something far more subtle happens epic intimacy, the movie walks among during the course of the filmmakers’ deep American workers eager for a second immersion. While so much of the focus of chance at gainful employment and the American Factory zeroes in on the cultural enrichment that comes from sustained and economic clashes between the livelihood as Chinese workers seek to American workers and the new Chinese maintain their own cultural traditions and owner and his management team — which work ethics while meaningfully engaging initially attempts to include American with their American compatriots in (and representation — the film never panders outside) the workplace. At the same time, by choosing one side over the other. it also captures the familiar situation As filmmakers, Bognar and Reichert — of the new Chinese owner, a self-made who are based in Yellow Springs, Ohio — patriarch with a huge ego but an innate have maintained a fierce loyalty to capturability to make canny choices capable of ing movements. Prior to The Last Truck, endearing himself to his employees. There Reichert earned Academy Award nomiis no mistaking that he should be seen as nations for Union Maids and Seeing Red: global representation of the Carnegies, Stories of American Communists; her very Rockefellers and Fords of our past. first film, Growing Up Female, delved into The filmmakers had the opportunity to the early Women’s Liberation Movement. journey with the American management Bognar, choosing a more intimate team to China. This glimpse behind the byway, explored his family, particularly his cultural curtain sheds light on the perfather, in the PBS documentary Personal spective of Chinese workers and exposed Belongings, and then trained his lens on some of the glaring differences that conthe final days of 35mm celluloid film protinue to challenge this joint effort. jection at the Little Art Theatre in Yellow What it also illustrated is a far bigger Springs in the 2014 short Last Reel. threat than culture. By the film’s end, the The miraculous current festival run owner had to face the inevitability of of American Factory offers proof that the technology. We should fear how the rise pair are opening the eyes and hearts of of American Factory sets the stage for The audiences everywhere. After the film took Matrix, looming on the horizon. Sundance by storm, I was able to catch Contact tt stern-enzi: letters@citybeat.com up to it at the True/False Film Festival in

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Were you ever a member of the PEN15 pretty much forever been designated as a club? Did you prefer Gelly Roll or Milky boy’s topic in media or otherwise. pens? Are you tired of people assuming When Maya discovers the joys of you love avocado toast and hate self-pleasure (then becomes a little too homeownership? At the risk of evoking Jeff obsessed with it), she hides it out of shame. Foxworthy, you might be a millennial. And When she finally reveals her would-be you might love PEN15 (Hulu). transgressions, Anna admits that she also Co-creators (along with Sam Zvibleman) does it. “How gross can I feel if you do it, Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle too?” Anna asks Maya, in a really sweet star as fictionalized versions of their moment. younger selves as they embark on the But just when it seems like their misadventures of middle school in the friendship is pure and perfect, the year 2000. Erskine and Konkle are both complexities of that too-close-for-comfort actually 31 (though they make pretty convincing seventh graders thanks to subtly spot-on costumes, plus braces and retainers), but their classmates are played by appropriatelyaged actors, which offers an initial punch of humor out the gate. Of course, you don’t have to be an ’80s/’90s baby to enjoy the show, but that audience will no doubt appreciate the dedicated details that make this comedy almost unbearably relatable — which include pop Maya Erskine (left) and Anna Konkle in PEN15 culture nods that many millennial ladies can PHOTO: ALEX LOMBARDI // HULU recall, like making up dances to Spice Girls songs and fighting over who gets to be Posh; connection between BFFs kicks in, procuring (and possibly even sharing, ew) repelling them from one another when a secret thong; the excruciating sound of they need each other the most. dial-up internet interrupting an important There’s a lot of raunchy humor and phone conversation on your bedroom unapologetic rawness in PEN15 that’s landline (Anna has the clear plastic phone usually reserved for dudes. When one with neon innards that we all wanted à of the girls gets her first period, her la Clarissa Explains It All); or the stress experience is captured without the typical and excitement of creating the perfect sensationalism while still acknowledging AIM screen name, chatting with boys and the awkwardness and emotion of the analyzing every response. I would guess milestone. And let’s face it, you didn’t have the latter still persists nearly 20 years later to be a straight guy to have your world thanks to texting and Tinder. rocked the first time you watched Wild All the specific illustrations of Y2K life Things. Oh, and the title of the show looks beg the question: Is PEN15 just a mad grab like PENIS. at nostalgia? Maybe. If that were the case, Every time the show ventures into overI’m an easy target: Anna and Maya are the the-top silliness — in one scene, a shortexact age I was in 2000, and all the earlylived hunger strike to end racism results aughts references — from butterfly clips in Anna hallucinating Maya as a walking to girl group B*Witched — are thoroughly ham — the writing reels it back in with authentic. Hell, Maya’s dad is played by heartfelt emotion. Konkle and Erskine pull Richard Karn, better known as Al from from real-life experiences to make their Home Improvement, a crucial component performances believable, and the teenage of turn-of-the-century culture (I’m still cast is seriously talented. holding out for JTT). Millennial or not, viewers can come to But it’s the serious side of this gutPEN15 for the nostalgia of terrible haircuts, busting comedy that cements my praise intricate note-passing and mix CDs and of it. PEN15 expertly tackles real comingstay for the sweet story of two friends who of-age issues many of us have dealt — to paraphrase Britney Spears — are not with; Anna navigates her parents’ rocky girls, not yet women. relationship while Maya struggles with Contact Jac Kern: @jackern her Asian-American identity. One episode is dedicated to masturbation, which has

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— fruit season, in particular, has them excited for strawberry and rhubarb to make new seasonal variants of their core menu. When it comes to staff culture, Willocks wanted to avoid any of the stereotypes of unhealthy or imbalanced habits the restaurant industry invokes, instead focusing on the ideals that should govern a great workplace. “We want to stand for growth, family and respect; we talk about these things when we hire people,” he says. “The Crispy potatoes with aioli from the brunch menu big picture here is about creating an ideal of what PHOTO: HAILEY BOLLINGER a balanced, sustainable diet looks like; farm-totable is how most people have eaten for thousands where we can support each other’s ideas to of years, and we want it to be incredibly grow them into great ideas that work really approachable.” well. We’re both passionate and animated Braun emphasizes how much the people, and we are really excited that we restaurant has been a family affair. Beyond are making something we’re proud of.” her design and marketing work and The Baker’s Table is located at 1004 Willocks’ cooking, the restaurant has been Monmouth St., Newport. More info or a labor of love for their families, including reservations at bakerstablenewport.com. their parents. Even their baby daughter spends time in the restaurant nearly every day. Braun affirms how much they’ve FIND MORE RESTAURANT NEWS learned in the process. AND REVIEWS AT CITYBEAT.COM/ “I think we’ve learned to say ‘yes’ to each FOOD-DRINK other more,” she says. “We have learned

he cooked vegetarian cuisine. “I focused on ‘California cuisine,’ which is inspired by French and Italian cuisine through the lens of local, seasonal food,” he says. “The fruits and vegetables were the point.” He also cooked throughout the Bay Area before coming to Cincinnati, where he worked at various restaurants and bakeries before opening the Baker’s Table with Braun. Just like in California, Willocks found his inspiration for the Baker’s Table and its menu by figuring out where he could get the best quality local ingredients. “I wanted to understand the rhythm of farming in this new place; I needed to understand seasons here,” he says. He was energized by a visit to Dark Wood Farms in Petersburg, Kentucky, which he went to after trying their produce at Findlay Market. “Annie (of Dark Wood) invited me out,” he says. “The produce was beautiful, so I went to the farm, we’d pick food and then make food and eat lunch. That was one of the reasons for the restaurant: I wanted to capture that excitement where you walk around, see what’s growing, and that is what inspires you to cook. That was a motivation of this whole thing.” The result is a menu that prizes simple, highest-quality farm-to-table cuisine that changes with each new season’s bounty. When Willocks gets great ingredients, they form the core of the day’s special or a new seasonal menu. “I bought a case of Brussels sprouts, and I looked at them and said, ‘Well, what do you want to become?’ ” he says. “I want to represent the ingredients to the customers in ways they get excited about.” The restaurant launched in winter, but the entire staff cannot wait for spring

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cozy new brunch spot has cropped up on Monmouth Street in Newport, nestled behind the bright windows of a garage-door-style front: The Baker’s Table has been serving local, seasonal cuisine to the masses since December 2018. “I wanted to make everything from scratch — and make the bread to serve it on,” says chef and co-owner David Willocks. “The bread is the canvas our food appears on. This is what makes food unique and personal and inspiring.” As such, the menu reads like a love song to biscuits and brioche and sourdough sandwiches. Options run the gamut from breakfast pastries, like cinnamon buns and cornmeal-cherry scones, to biscuits and gravy with Eckerlin pork sausage and a veggie sandwich with roasted beets, feta and hummus on a house focaccia. Willocks runs the Baker’s Table with his wife, Wendy Braun, a designer who created the look of the restaurant. “Everything down to the soft chairs is meant to make people feel cozy and welcomed,” she says. She designed the space to be like an open-floor-plan home, with designated areas that come together as a whole. “One of the things I like about these older buildings in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati are the historic spaces with high ceilings, natural light and big windows,” she says. “We realized that we are tapping into the tradition and craftsmanship of food on one hand, and we wanted to get to the heart of artistry and craftsmanship with the décor.” There’s a bar at the entrance with a hardwood mantelpiece behind it; nearby, a bright yellow velvet couch and vintage chairs serve as a café-like spot or a waiting area during a busy brunch rush. The main seating area extends almost back to the kitchen, but right in the back is the namesake of the eatery: a 25-year-old table that seats 16 and still bears the scars and marks of its life in the kitchen of Jean Paul’s Paradiso bakery in Anderson Township. Before moving to Cincinnati, Willocks worked in restaurant kitchens in New York and then relocated to California to learn more about the origin of his food. He lived on a farm for a year before becoming the head chef at a meditation center where

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Money Chicken is the most recent addition to the proliferation of fast-casual chickencentric restaurants in Cincinnati. We may, in fact, be edging toward critical mass. But luckily, the brainchild from the team behind Pleasantry OTR occupies its own space in the local Venn diagram of chicken, fast-casual and heat factor. “It’s confirmation of demand, if you want to call it that,” says Daniel Souder, one of Money Chicken’s owners (along with Joanna Kirkendall and Evan Hartman). “People enjoy chicken; it’s familiar to a lot of people, but now it’s who separates themselves, who brings a product that is unique and flavorful, at a value.” Separating Money Chicken from the easy assignation of “hot chicken” joint is their signature spice rub they employ on all of their chicken dishes, which include The Money Chicken sandwich, tenders and wings. “(It has) a little bit of heat, a little bit of sweetness, but then there’s Szechuan peppercorns, so you get a little bit of a mouthnumbing characteristic to it,” Souder says. It’s definitely a surprising feature. I stopped by the large, airy and minimalistic space on Seventh Street one afternoon to give it a go, and ordered the Money Chicken sandwich — you can select either the regular, full-size portion of chicken, which the very helpful cashier described as being larger than the bun (which I went with), or the small, which fits neatly in the bun — the fries (either regular size or basket) and a side of the cabbage slaw. The sandwich is served with large, crisp pickle rounds (Souder says these are made in house, as is the brine in which they are pickled) and a dollop of mayo hiding underneath a sturdy potato bun. I found myself wishing for more of the spicy honey on the sandwich, and was grateful the cashier slipped me a cup of the good stuff on the side. It pleasantly enhanced all elements of the sandwich — spice factor, texture — and I recommend getting it every time. I also want to applaud the sturdy potato bun choice

(from Klosterman) that didn’t disintegrate halfway through the meal. The crisp cabbage slaw keeps the Asian inspiration train moving. “We make the coleslaw to order, (so) it still has that crunchiness, as opposed to sitting,” Souder says. It nixes mayonnaise and instead uses a springy, housemade miso vinaigrette with honey, salt and pepper so it has a “tangy umami” bite, Souder says. Crushed peanuts and chopped scallions round out the refreshing flavor equation. Finding the sweet spot of pricing their fast-casual products was something that took the team a little bit of work; I’d heard from a few different sources that prices had previously been fairly higher, and noticed posts on Money Chicken’s Facebook page touting a tweaked menu. “When we first opened, we priced our menu like we do any menu we’ve ever done and released that, and some feedback we were getting was it was more expensive than what (customers) are used to in the fast-casual setting,” Souder says. “So we had to readjust, reassess and take feedback, as we always do.” They scaled back some pricing, offered some different sizing, and when I went in, I didn’t find myself appalled by the cost: $7.99 for the regular (larger) sandwich (the smaller is only $5.99, which is a comparative steal); $2.49 for the regular (smaller) fries; and $2.49 for the slaw. “For better or worse, people have a set mindset for what a price (should be),” Souder says. “Even $11 for lunch, I don’t think is a lot of money, I think it’s just what they’re used to getting within a chicken sandwich (is different). Chicken varies in price from super-commodity Tyson chicken, to the chicken we get being fourtimes more than that.” Their chicken comes from Joyce Farms in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is hormone, steroid and antibiotic-free, and definitely tasted juicier than any fastchicken I’ve had to date. Also available on the menu are two salads, a vegetarian

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sandwich and two kids’ meals. Money Chicken just introduced a Lenten Friday fish sandwich, beer and wine is coming soon, and starting April 1, they’ll be inviting guest chefs to design a sandwich every quarter, with 10 percent of sale proceeds going to a charity of the chef’s choice; up first is Jose Salazar. On the horizon are continued catering opportunities and pop-ups at local breweries, including West Side Brewing and Brink Brewing Co. in College Hill, and potentially at Over-the-Rhine bar Longfellow on a future Monday night and “hopefully” Fountain Square, Souder says. Money Chicken is located at 300 E. Seventh St., Downtown. More info: moneychicken.co.

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Wine + Cheese at Oakley Wines — The Rhined’s Stephanie Webster leads this event pairing five cheeses and five wines, with Un Jin Saffles of Vintner Select. Learn inside tips on how to pair your own at home. 6:30-8 p.m. $50. Oakley Wines, 4011 Allston St., Oakley, facebook.com/ freedrinkinglessons.

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Brews and Baseball — Celebrate the upcoming 100th Opening Day Parade and 150th season of the Cincinnati Reds with nine innings of craft beer tastings and dinner by the bite from The Phoenix, Skyline Chili, Quatman Café, Findlay Market, Jean-Robert and Spoon Fulla Suga. There will also be live music, a photobooth, fireworks, Reds mascots, a silent auction and more. Benefits the Educational Success of the Reds Community Fund. 7-11 p.m. $50; $150 VIP. Reds Urban Youth Academy, 2026 E. Seymour Ave., Roselawn, brewsandbaseball.com. ESSEN Spring Six — Chef Yasel Lopez will prepare a six-course tasting menu to pair with wines from Skeleton Root. The evening will take advantage of and highlight spring’s “fresh colors, blossoming scents and dynamic flavor profiles.” All dishes are locally sourced and 100 percent plant based. 7 p.m. $100. Skeleton Root, 38 W. McMicken Ave., Overthe-Rhine, essenspringsix. eventbrite.com.

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No Tacos Dinner — Join Dave Hart of Collective Espresso and Melissa Mileto of Take the Cake for this Latin American pop-up. The three-course meal will feature entrée options, a starter and dessert, plus special cocktails for a suggested donation, and none of them will be tacos. 7 p.m. $25. Blue Jay Restaurant, 4154 Hamilton Ave., Northside, facebook. com/takethecakecafe. Northside Meltdown Dojo Gelato Opening Day — Dojo Gelato hosts an opening day for its seasonal Northside location with live music from Tweens, The Raging Nathans and John Hays; food from Park Diner; and beer from Urban Artifact. Proceeds from the beer benefit Visionaries + Voices. 6-9 p.m. Free admission. Dojo Gelato, 1735 Blue Rock St., Northside, facebook.com/ dojogelatonorthside. Macaron Day — Thirteen bakeries across Cincinnati will come together to celebrate Macaron Day. Mention Macaron Day at any participating spot — Macaron Bar, the BonBonerie, Buona Terra and more — and receive a free macaron. A portion of proceeds benefits the Freestore Foodbank. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Prices/locations vary. macaron-day.com.

Secret Society of Spirits — This spring-themed cocktail session features drinks made with Watershed Distillery alcohol. Each gathering includes four cocktails, with instructions and methods. The Rhined will present cheese and charcuterie to complement the booze. 4 p.m. $40. Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, memorialhallotr.com.

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Findlay Market Opening Day Parade Party — Get prepped for the Opening Day Parade on March 28 with this party, featuring parade performers, arts and crafts, proclamations, toasts, 1,000 free cupcakes, 1,000 free servings of Freddy’s frozen custard, a costume contest (for the best 100th Findlay Market Parade or Party costume), beverages for sale from Moerlein, food for sale from Findlay Market vendors and more. 5-10 p.m. Free but register for a ticket on Eventbrite.com. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., 1621 Moore St., Overthe-Rhine, facebook.com/ findlaymarketparade.

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working hard. Some (songs) will be different for each concert, some will be the same. The concert is about the record but it’s also some of the other songs that people are interested to hear. It’s for variety’s sake and it gives the orchestra a break while I do some songs by myself.” Beam’s back-up singers are among the best in the business: Bloodshot recording artists Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor and renowned singer/songwriter Eliza Hardy Jones. All three have sung with Iron & Wine previously and Beam is excited to have them backing him in this new context. “We’ve worked together before. They’re wonderful,” he says. “I send them the songs we’re doing, what key and what melody they’ll be singing. They’re good about their homework and they’re so quick.” Perhaps the hardest part of this whole process for Beam has been simply processing the necessity of revisiting his early career and the reality of just how long Iron & Wine has been in the spotlight. “I’m still getting used to the idea that that much time has passed,” he says. “I just have to get my head wrapped around the fact that it’s actually happening. I don’t know where the time goes.” Iron & Wine performs 8 p.m. Friday at the Taft Theatre. Tickets/more info: tafttheatre.org.

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in a way most people don’t. You have high school photos and stuff, but to have a recording of your voice and your work from 20 years ago, it’s a kick in the head to hear how you’ve changed and what you were interested in at the time and how it’s either changed or stayed the same. “I’ve been playing these songs and changing them, sometimes subtly, sometimes drastically over the years — it just happens. David heard different versions of the same songs and it was interesting to see which ones he picked. Some are spacious, some are ambient and some are directly drawn from the record.” The concert will be split into the orchestral set and a subsequent acoustic set, and the entirety of Our Endless Numbered Days will be presented across those two formats. The acoustic set will also include a number of additional songs drawn from Iron & Wine’s voluminous album/EP/archive discography. There may be slight variations in the selections for the acoustic set between the three concerts — the other two take place with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles two days after the Cincinnati performance and at the end of April with the National Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. — but nothing drastic. “They’ll probably be pretty similar, now that I think of it,” Beam says. “I have back-up singers coming that have been

behind working with the CSO. “David had nothing but great things to say about (the CSO), to the point that he said it was Sam Beam is Iron & Wine one of the better companies in PHOTO: KIM BL ACK the country, and that’s exciting to hear,” Beam says. “David is super excited about it.” In spite of Beam’s orchestrating daydreams, Campbell composed the score for Our Endless Numbered Days with very little input from him. That may have been Beam’s plan all along. “David’s a lone wolf, man — he has a process,” Beam says. “I sent him a bunch of material to listen to, different versions of the songs, and he started filling things in, and then I visited. He was definitely eager for feedback but I didn’t have a whole lot to add. My whole approach to this project is to see what happens. “I don’t have a grand vision of what it should be; I’m just interested to see what it could be. I trusted his instincts and everything he played for me was wonderful, surprising and interesting, lush, beautiful, lots of contrast.” The songs from Our Endless Numbered Days have evolved over the 15 years since their release, so between Beam’s tinkering in various iterations of Iron & Wine and Campbell’s interpretations to achieve his accompanying score, this concert promises to be a dynamic reimagining of a classic Indie Folk masterpiece. Beam had already discovered some unexpected wrinkles when revisiting the album for the upcoming reissue, but Campbell’s score revealed even more. “Anytime you go back and listen to old material, there’s always the threat of being surprised,” Beam says. “It’s a funny thing having a recording be part of your career. It means you can go back and revisit yourself,

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am Beam may well be the closest anyone has come to being America’s Nick Drake, a comparison he accepts as a great compliment. Luckily, the comparison doesn’t extend to Drake’s frustration and depression due to his complete obscurity at the time of his three brilliant releases. Beam, in his performing guise as Iron & Wine, was a critical success with his 2002 Sub Pop debut, The Creek Drank the Cradle; commercial success followed with his sophomore release, 2004’s Our Endless Numbered Days, which has sold nearly a quarter of a million copies to date. That tally will likely increase when Our Endless Numbered Days is reissued in a 15th anniversary deluxe edition Friday (March 22), which coincides with a unique Cincinnati appearance by Beam. The expanded version of Our Endless Numbered Days is being supported with a three-concert run of dates that will revisit the second Iron & Wine album in its entirety with an orchestral score written by renowned composer/conductor David Campbell. Beam will be accompanied by members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for the first of the concerts Friday at the Taft Theatre, with Campbell conducting the CSO. (The other concerts are in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.) Beam has been mulling over the idea of orchestrating an album for years. “You know, it’s kind of going around,” he says with a laugh from his North Carolina home. “I’ve always liked the idea, I just never had the project to do it with, so this seemed serendipitous. We had this promoter who was interested in doing it and also the anniversary for this record, so it all just kind of made sense.” Campbell became involved with the project through his association with the tour’s promoter. Besides being a major figure as a performer (his viola appears on albums by Carole King, Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye), Campbell is a go-to composer/arranger for the likes of Adele, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé and hundreds of others and an in-demand film scorer and orchestrator. He may be just as well known in Alternative Rock circles for being Beck’s father and arranger. Campbell was also the driving force

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Last April at The National’s two-day Homecoming music festival along the riverfront, Cincinnati Indie Rock band A Delicate Motor was the only local act in the lineup, performing alongside up-andcomers and heavyweights like Julien Baker, Father John Misty, Future Islands and Big Thief. ADM’s drummer, Ben Sloan, was the festival’s Artist in Residence and he also performed during Homecoming — and later on the road — onstage with The National. For the festival, the group — based around the compelling, textural compositions of pianist Adam Petersen — didn’t merely play a normal ADM set, drawing on material from its mesmerizing debut album, Fellover My Own. Instead, ADM wrote an entirely new piece of music just for Homecoming. And now the band — which also features guitarist/bassist Stephen Patota, singer Libby Landis, singer/guitarist Brianna Kelly and singer/ A Delicate Motor pianist Rachel Mousie — has recorded that material PHOTO: MICHAEL for a new EP project called Any Moment. The four-song recording — which features contributions from The National’s Bryan Devendorf — will be released next Friday, March 30, on most major digital platforms. On the night of March 30, ADM will host a release-party concert at the Woodward Theater (1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, woodwardtheater.com). Local artists Turtledoves and Brooklynn Rae will also perform at the 9 p.m. show. Tickets are available in advance for $8 via cincyticket.com. Admission on the night of the show is $10. For more on A Delicate Motor, visit adelicatemotor.net and adelicatemotor. bandcamp.com.

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While people seem to be more emboldened in their bigotry and hatred in the late 2010s, the members of the Westboro Baptist Church — known for protesting funerals and holding signs with slogans like “God hates fags” — have been publicly showcasing their ignorance and hate for years now. A couple of hundred metalheads in Virginia recently found a clever way to fight back. When the “church” planned a protest against Danica Roem, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the first openly transgender person to serve in any U.S. state legislature, Randy Blythe of Richmond, Virginia Metal band Lamb of God asked fans to show up for a “counterparty.” But instead of countering with more hate, Blythe asked that his followers drown out the “church” with colorful and outrageous costumes and an army of kazoos (playing, among other things, the theme from Sanford and Son). The action seemed to have its intended effect, as the Westboro crew reportedly cut its protest short.

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Earlier this month (which is March, not December… or even November), a man in Pennsylvania was arrested after taking out his frustration over unseasonal Christmas music in a most violent manner. The driver of the minivan that was taking the man to a halfway house was reportedly filled with the holiday spirit and singing Christmas songs during the trip. The passenger allegedly became enraged and began hitting and choking the driver, who, according to Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV, nearly passed out. Police arrested the man and charged him with aggravated assault.

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The shop has been hosting special free in-store performances all month to celebrate turning the big 2-0. The live music continues this Friday, March 22, with an appearance by Cincinnati rockers Frontier Folk Nebraska at 7 p.m. FFN is fresh off of a tour that included dates at the annual South By Southwest music showcase/conference in Austin, Texas. On Saturday (March 23), Shake It will host artists from the roster of SofaBurn Records, the Northern Kentucky-based label that has issued acclaimed albums by The Tillers, Lung, the aforementioned A Delicate Motor and many others local and out-of-town acts. Saturday’s in-store showcase will feature Country singer/ songwriter Jeremy Pinnell, Folk artist and former Sub Pop recording artist Daniel Martin Moore and R. Ring, the duo project that features Mike Montgomery (Ampline) and Kelley Deal (The Breeders). Shake It’s 20th-anniversary performances wrap up with a pair of local Roots acts. The Country crew Joe’s Truck Stop (led by Tillers fiddler Joe Macheret) plays March 29, while singer/songwriter Maria Carrelli — whose new album Strings On My Guitar will be released on April 12 — performs at Shake It on March 30. For more on Shake It Records, visit shakeitrecords.com.

If you are a musician who uploaded songs to Myspace and didn’t back it up elsewhere… well, you’ve likely been recently unfrozen or just out of a decade-long coma. So welcome back, we have some bad news — your Myspace music files (and photos and videos) are likely gone forever. After some prodding by users in recent years, the pioneering social media site finally issued an apology in a statement that confirmed that anything uploaded “more than three years ago may no longer be available on or from Myspace.” It’s estimated that more 50 million Myspace songs uploaded between 2003-2015 are now lost for good.

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Northside institution Shake It Records, considered by many to be one of the best record stores in the country, has been celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Co-founded and co-owned by brothers Jim and Darren Blase, Shake It first opened its doors in Northside in 1999; two years later — on, of all dates, Sept. 11, 2001 — the store moved into its current location at 4156 Hamilton Ave. Shake It — which, along with used and new vinyl and CDs, also stocks an eclectic mix of books, magazines, T-shirts and various tchotchkes and other esoterica — began as a record label. Jess Hirbe and Daryl “Doc” Kalmus founded the Shake It label in the late ’70s to release music by

Cincinnati-area artists like The Customs. Darren Blase revived it (with the founders’ blessing) in 1993, releasing a 7-inch single by Cincy Garage Rock greats The Mortals. The Shake It label is still a thriving indie imprint, home to one of the area’s most acclaimed bands, Wussy, and also an outlet for ambitious re-issue projects for long out-of-print local classics. Shake It, the store, is also home to a permanent exhibit dedicated to the region’s music scene and carries a full compliment of releases by Greater Cincinnati musical acts.

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Wednesday • Torn Light Records Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi is a captivating New York-based artist who uses her instrument in incredibly imaginative and unexpected ways. Her music is “Jazz” in spirit and tone — with a heavy streak of Indian music running throughout — but there is little conventional in the way she brings sounds together in her various projects, bending old-world traditions to her will and creating new colors and shapes in the process. Kidambi’s current focus in on Elder Ones, her band with fellow accomplished musicians Matt Nelson (saxophone), Nick Dunston (bass) and drummer Max Jaffe. The group — which marks Kidambi’s debut as a bandleader — released its debut album, Holy Science, in 2016, drawing praise from The New York Times and a range of Jazz press outlets, among others. On March 29, Elder Ones’ sophomore album, From Untruth, will be released by Northern Spy Records. Based on Kidambi’s compositions but seemingly enlivened by the spontaneity of improvisation, Elder Ones’ material alternately entrances and provokes. There’s a natural, earthy musicality but also a spiritual dimension akin to two of Kidambi’s biggest influences: John and Alice Coltrane. The last beat of the new album’s “Dance of the Subaltern” is a vocal gasp, which is appropriate because the entire track feels like a manic breathing exercise. Starting out as a measured and even-paced drone, it then escalates into a kind of aural hyperventilation, with scatter-shoot drumming, harmonium and electronic noises painting the corners around Kidambi’s whirling vocal phrasing, which rotates between precise enunciations like “We will

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rise” and wordless abstractions that come off like angular, avant-garde scat singing. It’s an exhilarating listen with a sense of internal profundity and an external urgency that’s reflective of the ideals of social justice behind much of it. Holy Science included a track dedicated to Eric Garner, the New York man whose death after a police officer put him in a chokehold was a flashpoint in the current protest movement against police brutality. According to the album description at amirthakidambi.bandcamp.com, From Untruth’s four tracks “(grapple) with issues of power, oppression, capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, violence and the shifting nature of truth.” Elder Ones’ local tour stop marks the first live performance at Torn Light Records’ new location. The shop — which carries new and used vinyl, cassettes, CDs and more — moved from Bellevue, Kentucky to Ludlow Avenue in Clifton’s Gaslight District earlier this winter. There is a requested donation of $10 for the 7 p.m. show; visit facebook.com/torn.light for more info. (Mike Breen)

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Even with a seven-year gap in their existence, it’s extraordinary that Swingin’ Utters are still throwing down some of the best SoCal Punk an incredible 32 years after their formation in Santa Cruz, California. They were originally known as Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin’ Utters, fronted by the inimitable Johnny Bonnel; the name survived a move to San Francisco and the recording of their 1992 debut EP, Scared, but two years later, they eliminated Bonnel’s stage name and carried on as Swingin’ Utters. The band’s first true full-length, 1995’s The Streets of San Francisco, was produced by Rancid guitarist Lars Frederiksen. The album earned Swingin’ Utters a slot on the first Warped Tour and the band signed with Fat Wreck Chords the following year. Subsequently, the Utters released an album every two to three years, starting with their Fat Wreck Chords debut, 1996’s A Juvenile Product of the Working Class (a title lifted from Elton John’s “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”). The band’s 2003 album, Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones, marked a shift from the Clash/Sham 69/Stiff Little Fingers rocking to a Celtic Folk/Punk style. After the album, the band was largely inactive, with the musicians working on outside projects. The band’s revival was sparked by a tribute album, 2010’s Untitled 21: A Juvenile Tribute to Swingin’ Utters, featuring the Dropkick Murphys, Cobra Skulls and Jonny Two Bags, among many others. Later that year, Swingin’ Utters returned with the Brand New Lungs EP, followed by 2011’s, Here, Under Protest. Since then, the band has released three more albums, including its latest, last year’s intensely political Peace and Love. (Brian Baker)

With his most recent studio album, 2017’s Sturgill Simpsonproduced Purgatory, Country/ Folk singer/songwriter Tyler Childers has become a darling of critics and the Americana set. But Greater Cincinnati fans have been greeting him like a superstar for a few years now. Thanks to consistent visits over the years, his relative proximity to the area (he’s from Eastern Kentucky) and some of the finest songwriting being done by anyone in music today, Childers has built up enough of a local following to sell out shows regularly, including a two-night stand at The Southgate House Revival in 2017. And when Childers opened for the legendary John Prine at Taft Theatre last year (where, in a sign of mutual respect, he joined Prine during his headlining set on a few songs), the singer/songwriter’s fans helped create an intensely electric atmosphere, one rarely felt during a support act’s performance. Rootsy, intimate and whisper-in-your-ear or smack-you-upsidethe-head honest, Childers’ songs have a magical quality that allows him to connect with listeners immediately. Perhaps that magic comes from a higher power. Or, in Childers case, maybe it’s higher powers. Before his sold-out Newport, Kentucky shows in 2017, Childers talked to CityBeat about his unconventional spiritual/philosophical journey, which was informed by ’60s spiritual mystic Ram Dass, offering a good example of his unique worldview and artistic outlook. “East Kentucky, Baptist good ol’ boy, eighth grade and I was reading these books by this guy who was raised Catholic but created his own personal belief system with Catholicism meshed together with Buddhism,” Childers said of his discovery of Dass. “(It) turned me on early to the idea of taking an honest assessment of your heart and if it doesn’t jive with the culture around you, then maybe the culture could be wrong.” Childers’ latest local shows begin March 25, when he’ll be joined by a pair of Cincinnati acts he’s gotten to know on the touring circuit — Arlo McKinley & the Lonesome Sound and Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle. The show kicks off an unprecedented three-night stand at Madison Theater (he’ll also play March 27 and 28), but you’re going to have to search the secondary resale market for tickets (carefully — beware of scammers). Unsurprisingly, all three shows sold out weeks ago. Childers might have to play at U.S. Bank Arena next time to accommodate his legion of area fans. (MB)

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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Todd Hepburn. 7 p.m. Piano/Various. Free. BLIND LEMON - Tom Roll. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

BLUE NOTE HARRISON Buckcherry. 6 p.m. Rock. $28.

BOGART’S - Last In Line. 8 p.m. Metal. $20. CAFFÈ VIVACE - Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $10. HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Brad Myers Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free. KNOTTY PINE - Dallas Moore and Lucky Chucky. 10 p.m. Country. Free. THE LISTING LOON Ricky Nye. 8:30 p.m. Blues/ Boogie Woogie. Free. THE MAD FROG - Hip Hop Open Mic. 9 p.m. Hip Hop MANSION HILL TAVERN Losing Lucky. 8 p.m. Roots. Free. MARTY’S HOPS & VINES - Mike Biere and Rick Boyer. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

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MEMORIAL HALL - Take 6. 8 p.m. Jazz/ R&B/Pop/Gospel. $35-$48.

MOTR PUB - Jerry Paper with Vireo. 10 p.m. Indie Pop. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN Shiny Old Soul. 9 p.m. Roots/Jazz/Rock/Various. Free.

$10. URBAN ARTIFACT - Drop the Sun with VXCE and Hot Diggity Daffodil. 8 p.m. Rock/Alt/Various. VINOKLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT - Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 6:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Mark Macomber. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Mean Mary with Frank James and twig&leaf. 8 p.m. Folk/Roots. $10, $12 day of show.

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

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Jordan Pollard Trio. 8 p.m. Jazz.

THE COMET - Valley of the Sun with Casino Warrior. 10 p.m. Hard Rock. Free.

COMMON ROOTS - Open Mic. 8 p.m. Various. Free. THE GREENWICH - Eric Wurzelbacher Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $5. HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Brian Cashwell Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free. KNOTTY PINE - Kenny Cowden. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free. THE MAD FROG - Breaks March: Lady Bandit, Todd Alan, Craig V, D Menace and more. 9 a.m. Electronic/ Dance. Cover. MOLLY MALONE’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Missy Werner Band. 7:30 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - Open Mic. 7 p.m. Various. Free.

THE REDMOOR - “When Cannonball Adderley Met Oliver

THOMPSON HOUSE Subtronics with Blunts & Blondes. 9 p.m. Dance/ Electronic. $25-$65.

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COMMON ROOTS - Bill Robinson & Rockne Riddlebarger. 8 p.m. Roots/ Various. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Dayo Gold with Eb&Flow, Joness and Devin Burgess. 9 p.m. Hip Hop

WOODWARD THEATER - Big Business with Lung. 9 p.m. Rock. $12, $15 day of show.

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THE COMET - Kerchief. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - Kevin McCoy Band. 8 p.m. Country.

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Maria Carrelli Band. 8 p.m. Americana. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Donna Frost. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Greater Cincinnati Band Challenge with Absent Soul, Chaos Ritual, Held In Place, Patient Zero, Poundsalt, Reid Telando, Sick Serenity and The Johnson Brothers. 7 p.m. Rock/Various. $10. BOGART’S - Whiskey Myers with Bones Owens. 8 p.m. Country/Rock. $38-$40. BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE - Mike Darrah Trio featuring Eric Lechliter. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free. CAFFÈ VIVACE - John Fedchock Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

GALLAGHER STUDENT CENTER THEATRE - Avishai Cohen Quartet. 8 p.m. Jazz

THE GREENWICH Charlie Young and the Phil DeGreg Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10. HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Palm Court Serenaders. 9 p.m. Jazz/Swing. Free. JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - 3 Piece Revival. 9 p.m. Rock/ Various. $5. JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER - Nick Netherton. 9 p.m. Country. Free. KNOTTY PINE - 13:30. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover. THE MAD FROG - Moselle. 9 p.m. Rock. $5. MANSION HILL TAVERN Jeff Bonta & the Tuckers. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES - Just Two Howlers. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.

Upright Man and Kyle Duke and the Brown Bag Boys. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.

MOTR PUB - The Cliftones. 10 p.m. Reggae. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Oso Bear, The Perfect Children and Kid ESP. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - Joe Rollin Porter. 7:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free. THE REDMOOR - 2nd Wind. 9 p.m. R&B/Jazz. $20. RICK’S TAVERN - Road Trip. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover. SCHWARTZ’S POINT Ron Enyard Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SHAKE IT RECORDS Frontier Folk Nebraska. 7 p.m. Rock. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) Ross Cooper with Austin Stambaugh. 9:30 p.m. Country. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Parker Millsap. 8:30 p.m. Americana. $18, $20 day of show.

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TAFT THEATRE - Iron & Wine. 8 p.m. Indie Folk. $32-$58.

THOMPSON HOUSE Black Coffee. 9 p.m. Rock. Cover. TIN ROOF CINCINNATI - Hudson Moore. 7 p.m. Country. $10. TOP CATS - Doctor Ocular with Strange Mechanics and Subterranean. 9 p.m. Rock/Jam/Various. $10.

URBAN ARTIFACT Big Atomic and Spherical Agenda. 9 p.m. Funk/ Jazz. $5.

U.S. BANK ARENA - B2K with Mario, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Bobby V, Ying Yang Twins and Chingy. 8 p.m. Pop/R&B/Hip Hop. $42.50-$162.50. WASHINGTON PLATFORM - On A Limb. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Chelsea Ford and the Trouble. 8 p.m. Bluegrass/Americana. Free.

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NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Swingin’ Utters with Lost In Society, Newport Secret Six and The Tillers. 9 p.m. Celtic/ Punk/Ska/Folk/Various. $13, $15 day of show.

MOTR PUB - Sun Delay. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB Rookwood, The Traveling Jam and Mace Hathaway. 10 p.m. Blues/Bluegrass/ Jam. Cover.

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TORN LIGHT RECORDS Elder Ones. 7:30 p.m. Experimental/Jazz/Various.

RIVERFRONT LIVE Bonerama. 8:30 p.m. Brass/Funk/Led Zeppelin tribute. $15, $20 day of show.

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NORTHSIDE TAVERN Karaoke Fantastic. 9 p.m. Various. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB - Freel. 9 p.m. Acoustic/Rock. Free.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT Emily Grace Jordan. 8 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Ky Myle with Harlan Strings, Ricky Sagraves and Andrew Jenson. 9 p.m. Roots/Various. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - The Dollyrots with The Perfect Children. 8 p.m. Rock/Pop. $12, $15 day of show.

Nelson” featuring Charlie Young and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. 7 p.m. Jazz. $20.

ROOM) - FliT, Mister Mason, The Greada Treaty and Jockey Onassis. 7:30 p.m. Rock/Punk/Various STANLEY’S PUB - Calabash with Scott Jackson. 10 p.m. Rock/Jam. Cover.

TOP CATS - Vandalia (EP release party) with Cousin Simple, Horse Divorce and Creamboy. 8 p.m. Rock/Alt/Various. $5.

URBAN ARTIFACT Automaton, Verment, Go Go Buffalo and Scarangella. 9 p.m. Rock/Metal/ Various. U.S. BANK ARENA - Kelly Clarkson with Kelsea Ballerini and Brynn Cartelli. 7 p.m. Pop. $39-$89.

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BLIND LEMON - Jake Walz. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free. BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Greater Cincinnati Band Challenge with Ghost Train, Pipeline Central, Reign Over Me, Saints Among Us, Social Chemist, Tastefull, The Kiwis and Whiskey River. 7 p.m. Rock/Various. $10. BOGART’S - Live Dead ’69. 7 p.m. Grateful Dead tribute. $15.

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BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE - Dixie Karas with The Steve Schmidt Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

8 p.m. Blues/Rock. THE GREENWICH - Alter Egoz. 8:30 p.m. R&B. $10. HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Gary Gorell-Jim Connerley Quartet. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free. JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - Gee Your Band Smells Terrific. 9 p.m. ’70s Pop/Rock/Dance. $5. JIM AND JACK’S ON THE RIVER - Derek Alan Band. 9 p.m. Country. Free. KNOTTY PINE - Under the Sun. 10 a.m. Alt/Rock. Cover.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Limehouse Ramblers. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. $10.

LUDLOW GARAGE ABBARAMA. 8:30 p.m. ABBA tribute. $20-$35.

THE COMET - Sandy Ewen, Blake Conley, Pete Fosco, Fitz Pape, Rachel Thode Trio and more. 10 p.m. Experimental. Free.

COMMON ROOTS - Well Seasoned. 8 p.m. Rock/ Roots/R&B

MANSION HILL TAVERN Fred Gillespie & the Swamp Bees. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

FITTON CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS - Original Farm League Big Band. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. $35.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - Johnny Fink & Dudley Taft.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Kris Keith. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

MADISON THEATER - Melvin Seals and the Jerry Garcia Band. 9 p.m. Rock/Jam/Various. $22, $25 day of show.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES - Kirk and Joe Duo. 9 p.m. Classic Rock/Pop. Free.

MOTR PUB - FLOCKS with Curio Key Club. 10 p.m. Electronic/ Experimental. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - The Harlequins with Mahwah and Wavelette. 10 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Deals Gone Slack featuring Glen Pine (The Slackers) and Todd Hembrock (Deals Gone Bad). 9 p.m. Rock/Various. $8, $10 day of show.

20TH CENTURY THEATER - Benefit For Danny Brierly with IconX and SpearPoint. 1 p.m. Rock/Various. $10. BLIND LEMON - Jeff Henry. 8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

BOGART’S - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony with Triiibe. 9 p.m. Hip Hop. $30.

PLAIN FOLK CAFE - My Brother’s Keeper. 7:30 p.m. Americana. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Ricky Nye & Chris Douglas. 7:30 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie.

THE REDMOOR - Smoooth. 8 p.m. R&B/Pop. $15.

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

RICK’S TAVERN - Prizoner. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover. SCHWARTZ’S POINT Ryan Jones Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

SHAKE IT RECORDS - SofaBurn Records Showcase with Jeremy Pinnell, R. Ring and Daniel Martin Moore. 7 p.m. Country/Folk/Indie/Various. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) ‘For {You’re} Courage’ (book release) with Nick Barrows, Jack Burton Overdrive, Breaking Glass and more. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free. SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL

FOLK SCHOOL COFFEE PARLOR Lula Wiles. 6 p.m. Folk. $18.

THE GREENWICH - Radio Black. 7 p.m. R&B/Soul/ Various. $10. HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Mike Darrah. 10:30 a.m. Jazz. Free.

THE IRISH HERITAGE CENTER OF CINCINNATI - Switchback. 6 p.m. Celtic/Americana. $20, $25 day of show KNOTTY PINE - Randy

Peak. 10 p.m. Acoustic/ Various. Free.

Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/Various. Free.

LATITUDES BAR & BISTRO - BlueBirds. 8 p.m. Rock/R&B. Free.

MOLLY MALONE’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Open Bluegrass Jam. 8 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

MANSION HILL TAVERN - Open Jam with Deb Ohlinger. 6 p.m. Blues. MOTR PUB - Shawnthony Calypso. 8 p.m. Rock. Free. NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Flatfoot 56 with Tommy Grit and The Pricks and Undertipper. 9 p.m. Punk. $10, $12 day of show.

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