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FC Cincinnati, West End Residents Reach a Deal Residents will get to stay in their apartments longer as replacement affordable housing is secured.

The team, meanwhile, received city approvals necessary to continue stadium construction in the West End.

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he contentious battle over the fate of people living in two West End buildings purchased by FC Cincinnati earlier this year appears to have reached a resolution — just a day before residents were slated to be out of those buildings.

Attorneys for the team and for residents announced they had reached a deal May 30 after a frenzied round of talks. The details are confidential, but the broad strokes of the deal mean the residents will be able to stay in their apartments until early next year as efforts are made to replace their affordable units.

That agreement netted FC Cincinnati key zoning change approvals and sale of public land from Cincinnati City Council the same day.

About half of the roughly 14 residents living at 421 Wade St. and 1559 Central Ave. were still looking for housing leading up to the deal.

All the residents of those buildings received 70 days notice in February that they would need to vacate the properties because FC Cincinnati had purchased them the month prior.

Among those residents are 99-year-old Mary Frances Page, who has lived at 421 Wade St. for at least 15 years; Crystal Lane, who lives at 1559 Central Ave. with her four children; and Ken Rhodes, who also lives at 1559 Central.

“It’s been hell,” Rhodes said, explaining that he had been to the hospital recently due to health problems he believes stem from stress related to the situation.

Rhodes said he is confident he’ll be able to stay in the West End under the deal, though he also says he wishes he didn’t have to move from his current apartment.

Mary Frances Page (right) and her niece Kim Dillard PH OTO: NIC K SWARTSELL

Kim Dillard, Page’s niece and caretaker, said she and her aunt feel drained by the months-long process.

“I’m glad it’s over,” she said.

Does she think the end result is fair?

“It’s going to have to be,” Dillard said.

Sources familiar with the deal say residents will be allowed to stay in their buildings until Jan. 31 while the team and other partners, including the city, the Port and Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses work together on replacing their affordable housing.

Residents will also receive an unspecified sum for relocation, the amount of which will be contingent on the replacement housing.

Council members, residents and their attorney wouldn’t go into details about the agreement.

Residents have been living in fear of being kicked out of their housing, but that’s over now said their attorney, John Schrider of Legal Aid. “We have signed an agreement with FCC,” he told council. “In terms of the specifics, the team asked that the specifics not be disclosed. The deal includes more time before the residents have to move, substantial relocation assistance and

special moving costs covered.”

That last point is a reference to 99-yearold Page, who is bedridden.

The agreement was unanimous among the remaining residents of the buildings, Schrider said.

“What matters most is that the residents can breathe a bit easier knowing that they can stay where they are and that we’re all going to work together on safe and quality replacement housing,” said council member Greg Landsman, who helped convene meetings between residents and the team. “I’ve always believed that a whole host of things go into a resolution like this, but getting everyone to work together and keeping them working together makes a huge difference.”

Negotiations between residents and the team have been fitful. The team had offered to let residents stay through October and give them $2,500 in relocation expenses if they promised to move out after that date.

Residents, however, wanted another deal that would have had the team converting 1559 Central Ave. into affordable housing for all the residents of both buildings and transferring it to Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses to keep as

affordable housing.

Cincinnati City Council backed that deal with a motion, but it was a no-go, the team said.

The team hasn’t said why it needs the buildings, but it has purchased a large swath of land around them, including a neighboring Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall and other properties. Schrider, the residents’ attorney, says the team has plans for mixed-use development without affordable housing at the site. FC Cincinnati representatives say they don’t know yet what they will use the properties for and that former owner Fred Berger approached the team about buying them.

The team extended the original April 30 move out deadline for residents until May 31. As that date approached, no deal had been struck between the two parties, and the residents’ attorney said the team threatened evictions.

Eviction proceedings could have cost residents their Section 8 vouchers.

“Most of us are fortunate we’ve never had that gun held to our heads,” Council member P.G. Sittenfeld said during Cincinnati City Council’s May 30 meeting. “FC CONTINUES ON PAGE 08

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Lawsuit Alleges City, Mayor Used ‘Sham Legal Process’ in Clearing Downtown Tent Cities

BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L

Residents of downtown tent cities that were removed last summer will be allowed to go forward with a lawsuit alleging that the City of Cincinnati and Mayor John Cranley acted in bad faith in clearing those camps, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black decided May 29.

Cranley and the city, however, strongly dispute a central claim of the lawsuit — that the camps were removed using invalid legal maneuvers.

The camps popped up last summer as people experiencing homelessness pitched tents and other shelters on Third and Sixth Streets downtown and in Pendleton and Over-the-Rhine, among other locations.

The city and county removed the tent cities, and, after Cranley asked Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters to intervene, Hamilton County Judge Robert Ruehlman issued a widening set of restraining orders against the camps, saying they were unsanitary and dangerous. Residents left a final camp on private property in OTR under threat of arrest.

The removals sparked a lawsuit brought by tent city resident Joe Phillips and his attorney Bennett Allen claiming the actions violated tent city inhabitants’ constitutional rights. This is the third amendment to that lawsuit.

Judge Black struck down several claims in the requested amendments, including allegations of gross negligence and interference with civil rights. But the judge is allowing to move forward the allegations against the city and Cranley that the restraining orders issued by a county judge happened via a “sham legal process.”

The judge dismissed complaints against the county, but also ruled that Phillips and his attorney can add another tent city resident, Patrick Chin, and the Greater

Cincinnati Homeless Coalition to the suit as plaintiffs.

Phillips’ lawsuit alleges the actions removing the tent cities were not valid because Cranley asked Deters to intervene in the matter, which led to a lawsuit by the county against the city ordering the latter to enforce state laws. Black wrote in his order that, at this preliminary point, the plaintiffs could feasibly prevail on that claim provided the facts they state in their complaint are true.

“Here, the Court finds that Plaintiffs have adequately alleged facts, at this motion to dismiss stage, that demonstrate that the City and Hamilton County did not have adverse legal interests in the state court proceeding,” Black writes. “Because the parties were not adverse, there arguably was no justiciable matter before the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas...

Plaintiffs have also adequately pleaded (but not yet proven) that the [court order] deprived them of their constitutional rights and that it was intended to be used to make others believe it was lawfully issued. Therefore, the Court finds that Plaintiffs have stated a cognizable claim against Mayor Cranley for use of sham legal process.”

Cranley’s office says the mayor acted in the best interest of the city and the camp inhabitants.

“The Mayor acted only in good faith to protect the public health and wellbeing of the city, especially those staying in the homeless encampments,”Cranley spokesperson Holly Stutz Smith said via email.

Stutz Smith also pointed to the city’s filing rejecting Phillips’ claims.

“Plaintiff’s allegation that Mayor Cranley asked the County to sue the City is pure speculation and is flatly contradicted by

The last in a series of tent cities in Over-the-Rhine PH OTO: NIC K SWARTSELL

the very evidence Plaintiff provides,” the city’s response to the amendment request reads.

Phillips’ lawsuit at one point included The City of Cincinnati, Cranley, Cincinnati City Solicitor Paula Boggs Muething, Hamilton County, Deters and Ruehlman.

Complaints against all but the city and the mayor have been dismissed.

Ruehlman’s motion to dismiss complaints against him was granted last year.

Black wrote that there isn’t basis to sue Muething for a sham legal process and that Deters can’t be a defendant in the lawsuit due to prosecutorial immunity.

“The Court finds that Plaintiffs have plausibly pleaded that Prosecutor Deters used a sham legal process to deprive Plaintiffs of their constitutional rights,” Black wrote. “Moreover, Plaintiffs have even alleged facts that, if true, support the conclusion that Prosecutor Deters acted wrongfully and in bad faith in bringing the nuisance action, knowing that it was not a true adversarial proceeding. Nevertheless, bringing a nuisance action clearly falls within the scope of Prosecutor Deters’ prosecutorial duties. Therefore, Prosecutor Deters is entitled to the protections of absolute immunity.”

LGBTQ Events at Ohio Public Libraries Canceled After Controversies

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Two public libraries in central Ohio recently canceled LGBTQ-related events after public backlash.

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One in Delaware County aimed at teaching young people about the artistic elements of drag performance was canceled by the library late last month after it said it received threats related to the class.

Another in Newark was to offer a number of LGBTQ-themed activities, including a drag makeup tutorial. It was canceled after a powerful state lawmaker waded into the controversy, issuing a stern letter condemning the event.

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, a Republican who represents Newark and surrounding areas, got wind of that

library’s event and May 31 issued an open letter blasting the scheduled class.

“When I was first informed our public libraries were being used to teach teenage boys how to become drag queens, I thought it was a joke,” Householder wrote.

“But the joke is apparently on taxpayers, who fund our libraries. This is a stunningly bizarre breach of the public trust. And it must stop.”

That event put on by the Licking County Library System and called “A Universe of Stories — Galaxy of Diversity” was to be held after hours and was funded by a local pride group.

The system canceled the event after Householder’s letter, saying

misinformation about its intent and content had grown too hard to control.

“We have learned that several people felt this was some sort of Drag Queen training workshop,” the library said in a statement shared on social media. “This was not the case, but nevertheless, we have decided to cancel. We appreciate the discussion and comments we received and regret the enormous amount of misinformation that has occurred the last two days. Thank you.”

Ohio’s residents” and “take the time to gather accurate facts, prior to issuing a factually inaccurate response to a program hosted by and for our community.”

It’s not the only event to get canceled after controversy. An hour-long class for ages 12-17 called “Drag 101” was scheduled for June 5 at a branch of the aforementioned Delaware County District Library. The library says several teens had requested a class focused on the theatrical craft of drag performances.

The Newark Ohio Pride Coalition, which was funding the event, issued its own statement.

Selena T. West, a well-known drag queen from Columbus, was to be the instructor for the workshop.

The coalition challenged Householder to “respect the civil liberties of Newark,

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Cincinnati could send someone up to the microphone now to assure that eviction proceedings wouldn’t begin after tomorrow.”

At the meeting, FC Cincinnati attorney Tom Tepe responded that he wasn’t authorized to promise that.

Dozens of advocates for the residents flooded into council chambers urging council members to vote against zoning approvals and sale of a small portion of city land the team says it needs to move forward with construction of its stadium.

“Housing is a human right,” said Mona Jenkins, Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition’s director of development and operations. “Have you ever received an eviction notice on your door? Do you understand the anguish they are going through?”

Jenkins urged council to “get it together and do better.”

Council originally delayed considering three measures related to the team’s stadium in the West End, including approval of the sale of city-owned right-of-way at West 15th Street and Nome Alley.

After the residents and FC Cincinnati reached a deal, council unanimously approved those items.

The team says it needs that land sale and related zoning changes; without them, FC

Cincinnati representatives say, construction activities will halt within 30 days.

“We are excited about clearing another major hurdle in our historic privately funded stadium project to bring jobs, investment and excitement to our hometown,” FC Cincinnati President Jeff Berding said in a statement May 30. “I am pleased that we reached agreement with the tenants in the buildings FCC has purchased.”

“We were always sensitive to their fears and worked in good faith for over a month to address their concerns,” he continued.

“Today’s deal will give them more time and new resources to make a fresh start as they relocate. Councilman Landsman in particular deserves credit for his hard work and determination to get this done today to take care of the tenants and keep the project on schedule for all the construction jobs on site.”

Not everyone was thrilled with the confidential nature of the deal — especially some council members poised to vote on the city land sale and zoning changes.

“We were lied to,” council member Chris Seelbach said after revelation a deal was reached, referring to promises by FC Cincinnati leadership that the team would not displace any West End residents. “We were told nobody would be displaced. We have no idea what deal was struck.”

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West has rescheduled the event at a privately-owned bookstore nearby called Secret Identity Comics. It will take place June 5 at 2 p.m.

Needham said the event also received a lot of support after attention around it started growing late last month. The tough decision to cancel, however, was made due to concerns about safety.

Events involving drag performers at public libraries have inflamed controversy in other states as well.

“Our hearts overflowed with the stories people told us,” Needham said in a statement. “Stories that said they wished a program like this had been offered when they were a teen living in Delaware County.

Stories from parents and grandparents who said they were proud to live in a community with a library that supported them and their children. Stories from teens who would attend the program and are excited for the library’s offerings of inclusive and diverse programming.”

“However, there were also some hostile and angry messages,” the statement continues. “A small number of those messages appeared to threaten the safety of our staff, our patrons, Selena and the teens and caregivers for whom we strive to provide a safe space.”

West says the program isn’t about sex or sexuality, but about the history and theatrical aspects of drag from the literary

The American Library Association, the professional organization representing libraries and librarians, has in the past strongly defended public libraries’ rights to hold events like the ones scheduled in Licking and Delaware Counties.

Last year, the group came out in strong support of “Drag Storytime” events in which drag queens read children’s books at various public libraries in Louisiana, Alabama and other states.

“ALA, through its actions and those of its members, is instrumental in creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive society,” the group said in a post sharing resources for finding or starting the events.

“This includes a commitment to combating marginalization and underrepresentation within the communities served by libraries through increased understanding of the effects of historical exclusion.”

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Longfellow’s French Mai Tai | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

Yo-Ho-Ho and the Resurgence of Rum This much-maligned black-outable beach bar booze might be the next big spirit as bartenders celebrate its origins and versatility

BY JESSICA BALTZERSEN

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f you think bourbon is the original all-American spirit, think again. America was rum country long before bourbon appeared on the scene. The rum we know can be traced back to Christopher Columbus when he brought sugar cane to the West Indies. Its history spans centuries and is complex, diverse and, frankly, dark.

A brief synopsis: The distillation technique was introduced in the Caribbean islands in the 17th century when it was discovered that the syrupy molasses by-product of sugar cane could be fermented to produce alcohol and distilled into rum. And, unfortunately, most of those sugar cane plantations were run on slave labor. Rum is the most geographically spread spirit in the world and was popular with sailors and America’s founders. There’s even an argument that American independence is directly linked to it (seriously people, Googling rum is a spiraling rabbit hole).

While bourbon is king — especially around these parts — and has undoubtedly reigned over the past decade, rum is popularly reappearing again as the next rumored rising spirit. Though it’s unlikely it will ever dethrone whiskey, rum distillers are making a resurgence and bartenders are finding innovative ways to revive the spirit.

“I've never been into bourbon,” says Mike Stankovich, owner of Longfellow and its Other Room, a separate back bar tucked behind Longfellow that has 107 fluctuating rums — argued to be the largest rum collection in Ohio. “I like other whiskies, but herbaceous liquors, rum and gin have always impressed me. They aren't boring; they tell a story. Rum is a global spirit and everybody does it differently. I like that.”

The Other Room has the vibe of a 1950s basement bar “with the notion of a bar where Desi Arnez would perform but was managed by David Lynch,” Stankovich says. He was exposed to various kinds of rum while traveling (in life and in bands) and working as a bartender in Boston and New York City, giving him insight into the versatility of its cocktail potential.

Rum is usually stigma ridden with some frustration that mainly comes from bad drunken experiences, or its ties to sugary frozen beach drinks at tourist destinations like Señor Frogs. But Josh Miller, rum curator and bartender at Other Room, finds pleasure in debunking people’s misconceptions.

“Whenever someone comes in having sworn off rum because they threw up some fake flavored garbage in their dorm room 15 years ago — we all did — and we're able to find them a particular rum or style of rum that they end up loving, (it) keeps me a little bit more sane,” he says.

It’s difficult to predict the exact trajectory of rum in the future, but if there’s one thing people can agree on, it’s rum’s tropical association that makes it best for summer sipping. Despite being landlocked, Cincinnati has notable tiki bars and authentic cocktails proudly reintroducing drinkers to the joys and complexities of rum.

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Shiso Painkiller | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

Other Room

109 E. 13th St. and Brackett Alley, Over-the-Rhine, longfellowbar.com/other-room

Out Adrift

“A slight riff on a classic Negroni using two different rums instead of gin.

A complex but easy sipper; good over ice or up.”

Ingredients: • 1 oz. Plantation Xaymaca rum • 1 oz. Plantation pineapple rum (rum infused with pineapple skins) • ¾ oz. Campari or Martini & Rossi Bitter • ¼ oz. Batavia Arrack Instructions: Combine all ingredients, shake well and strain into a glass.

Shiso Painkiller

Stankovich originally created the Shiso Painkiller when working at a bar in NYC where he was asked to make drinks for a GQ Magazine article centered around cooking/drinking with marijuana. “ he original ainkiller is an old drink created at a ‘swim up’ bar call the Soggy Dollar in the British Virgin Islands,” he says. “I knew that pot edibles often used coconut fat to release THC so I chose the Painkiller. For a PG version we decided to substitute the weed for Shiso (a Japanese herb).”

Ingredients: • Pusser’s Navy-strength rum

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• Pineapple juice (fresh or canned but not from concentrate) • Coco Lopez cream of coconut

“An awesome sweet-savory delight based off of the classic marinade ‘agua negra.’ ”

• Shiso leaf (available at Asian markets) • Nutmeg

Ingredients:

Instructions: Use the traditional 4-1-1-1 ratio of four parts pineapple juice, one part orange juice, one part cream of coconut and one part Pusser’s Rum. Blend in shiso and grate nutmeg on top (crucial!)

• 2 oz. Appleton Estate rum • ¾ oz. Pineapple juice • ½ oz. Orgeat (almond syrup) • 1 teaspoon soy sauce (good quality) Instructions: Combine all ingredients, shake well and strain into a glass.

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Japp’s

1134 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/japps1879

app’s iki ight, held on the first Wednesday of every month, is a portal to a 1 0s beach getaway where you can find authentic exotic cocktails served in tiki mugs (sometimes on fire) an eclectic mix of Island, urf and International music; patrons dressed in Hawaiian shirts; and a couple of taxidermied reptiles.

“The inspiration for tiki night was to create an experience akin to going to a classic tiki bar like Don the Beachcomber or Trader Vic’s but in the limited scope of one night a month,” says Jeremy Harrison, the bar’s curator, who brings “the gospel of rum to bourbon country” through each month’s new menu of carefully concocted, modern takes on tiki classics.

Naga Sadhu

“This Indian-inspired cocktail is perfectly light and drinkable with just enough mystery to have you coming back for more.”

Ingredients: • 1oz Plantation pineapple rum

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• ½ oz. Rhum J.M blanc • 1 oz. Chai tea • ½ oz. Ginger simple syrup • ½ oz. Lemon juice Instructions: Measure and pour all ingredients into a mixing tin. Shake, pour and strain over pebble ice into glass. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

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The Northside Yacht Club has a playful cocktail program inspired by classics and tiki mainstays. They feature a traditional Painkiller with usser’s Rum in full tiki glassware as well as a uffering astard and group cocktails like a olcano owl lit on fire.

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“ his coc tail is a la on the classic Negroni but with a sweeter nish and tropical in overall character. All four ingredients contain alcohol, so boat with caution,” says co-owner Stuart MacKenzie.

Ingredients:

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• 3 drops of Elemakule Tiki Bitters Instructions: Build all ingredients into a mixing glass, stir and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a fresh pineapple slice, rind on!

Cabana On the River 7445 Forbes Road, Saylor Park, cabanaontheriver.com

Cabana on the River | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

A tropical getaway situated on the Ohio River, Cabana on the River has fro en and specialty rum cocktails, that maybe just maybe if you close your eyes long enough, you’ll forget you’re not next to an ocean.

Mango Carumba

“Our piña colada — the perfect combination of creamy coconut and pineapple juice — blended with white rum and swirled with mango purée gives this classic drink a tropical twist that will transport you to your favorite beach,” says owner/ manager Ni i enschen.

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Instructions: Put rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice and ice in a blender until it reaches a smooth consistency; add mango purée to a glass and pour the piña colada over top of it.

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Whip It

East Price Hill’s Bold Face Dairy Bar is an epicurean creamy whip that will elevate your taste buds and upgrade childhood nostalgia

BY JESSICA BALTZERSEN

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ith a mission “to continue sweetening life in urban Cincinnati” the Harkins family — Rhett, Jennifer and their two children — and the rear family — ndy, ait and their five children — united to open The Bold Face Dairy Bar, a whippy-dip-style walk-up window in East Price ill, situated in the building adjoining the newly relocated LO offee ompany and catty corner to the Incline Public House.

Rhett Harkins and Andy Grear, longtime friends and business owners of a remodeling company, wanted to open Bold Face for a straightforward reason.

“We were thinking we love ice cream and there’s no ice cream in the neighborhood, so we wanted to bring it in,” Harkins says.

Simple enough. But the thought behind the curation of their menu and intention behind every business decision — from their all local staff to the historic renovation of their 120-year-old building to their outdoor lawn seating that encourages community engagement — is far more thoughtful than just filling a geographic creamy whip void.

Before General Rees E. Price purchased and developed the area now known as Price Hill, it was Boldface Hill, named after Chief Boldface of the Miami tribe. The Bold Face Dairy Bar is both a historical nod to the region’s beginnings and an attempt to pay homage to the importance of the area’s Native American history, Harkins says.

As for the product, their creamy whip is also creamier than most (no, really, it is).

The creaminess of any ice cream or soft serve is determined by its percentage of fat content, a crucial element of the dessert’s ability to absorb and deliver other flavors.

For context, your average mom-and-pop creamy whip has about 6 to 7 percent fat content and fast food joints like c onald’s have about a to percent fat content in their soft serve. But Bold Face soft serve has 10 percent fat, making it extra rich and velvety.

As of now, they have only one piece of equipment on-site making chocolate, vanilla and swirl soft serve. For the rest of their whip menu, which includes elevated and epicurean flavors ranging from apple cinnamon and pistachio to cardamom, coffee and mint, they’ve partnered with regional Midwest distributors, like a flavor producing company in Illinois that makes all-natural additives and a beer syrup company in Louisville that helps make their bourbon barrel stout soft serve.

They’ve also invested in machinery that blends the natural flavors into the ice cream, which integrates the flavors all the way through, not just placing a coating at the top. Their strawberry soft serve is colored with beet juice extract and their lavender soft serve contains purple carrot extract.

“In soft serve, the tradition is so rich, but the bar for quality is somewhat low,” Harkins says. “It was an accessible product and fun and easy to figure out how to put an artisan spin on something that’s usually not.”

Their current seasonal special is a Dirty Martini “which is weirdly good,” Harkins says. They take vanilla soft serve and mix it with a gin reduction, a half ounce of olive brine and serve it in a martini glass with three olives on a toothpick.

For those looking for a more traditional ice cream pairing, The Bold Face Cone is quickly becoming a crowd favorite. erved in a wa e cone lined with caramel syrup, this indulgent treat is filled halfway with creamy whip, loaded with a pocket of chocolate sauce, then filled the rest of the way with creamy whip and topped with chocolate sprinkles, mini chocolate chips and draped in real 24k gold leaf. It costs $12.

In addition to soft serve, Bold Face also serves orange soda and root beer floats, shakes and malts, gourmet ice pops, smoothies and flurries — soft serve plus one mix-in, with options running the gamut from sprinkles and cookie dough to more gourmet options like coconut shavings and sea salt.

But Bold Face is about much more than ice cream; it’s about community.

“We very intentionally have a baby cone on the menu that’s one dollar, just so a kid in the neighborhood can walk up and say, ‘I have this many,’” Harkins says.

It hopefully makes old ace’s offerings accessible to everyone.

After moving to Price Hill in 2007, Harkins worked coffee retail for eight years as an operator at LO offee ompany from 00 to 015. e was drawn to living in Price Hill “for many reasons,” he says, but primarily for its unique and rich diversity, including its large Guatemalan and Appalachian populations. Partnering with their neighbors, LO offee ompany, old ace has created lawn seating to have a safe and clean space outside where neighbors and families in the community can gather.

“We wanted a business that could organically bring people together. I thought everybody loved coffee, which is why I initially got into coffee — to connect people — but I think people love ice cream more,” Harkins says.

The Bold Face Dairy Bar is located at 801 Mount Hope Ave., East Price Hill. More info: boldfacedairybar.com.

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(Hot) Dog Days of Summer

Nine laces to get our fran furter fi in incinnati

BY SEAN M. PETERS and CITYBEAT STAFF

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ot dogs are ubiquitous with summer. Whether they’re cooked on sticks over a campfire or grilled alongside burgers and corn on the cob, a plump and juicy frankfurter is just what the season ordered.

While hot dogs are not always an ambitious food — you can aim real low with a dish that can be served off a tabletop grill at a gas station — we’ve selected our favorite spots in the city to get a good dog; some are gourmet, some are from a walk-up window and one or two are from a cart. Look, hot dogs aren’t always that healthy (the World Health Organization considers processed meat as “probably carcinogenic”), but they sure are delicious, and we all deserve an indulgence now and then.

The Root Beer Stand

Putz’s Creamy Whip | Photo: Sean M. Peters

11566 Reading Road, Sharonville, therootbeerstand.com Opened in 1957, this slice of Americana is the first place you should eat a hot dog this summer (the stand is only open March through September). We recommend a footlong chili cheese dog (not a coney — the chili is not Cincinnati-style, though it is made fresh daily) and a frosty mug of their homemade root beer. The root beer is brewed with water drawn from a well on the property and with its particular minerality, the root beer is so incredibly unique and flavorful you won’t regret buying an extra gallon for the road.

Now, if you’re into a challenge, the menu offers something you’re not likely to eat anywhere else — if you even have the guts to try it. “The Timmy Dog” is named after one of The Root Beer Stand’s most loyal regulars, whose favorite entrée basically includes everything they have in the kitchen: a footlong hot dog with chili, onions, hot sauce, coleslaw, mustard, ketchup, relish and sauerkraut topped with cheddar cheese. Not for the faint of heart (or the queasy of stomach).

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If it’s your first time dining in, you’ll no doubt wonder why every available inch of the ceiling is decorated with baseball caps. Well, the legend goes that it all started when a trucker left his trucking company hat on the counter after he ate.

The staff displayed his hat by the door so he could retrieve it the next time he dined in, but a rival trucking company saw this as an act of advertising nepotism, demanding they be allowed to display their hat as well. Like a classic slippery slope, the hats began to pour in from all sorts of folks who just wanted to contribute to the fun.

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Putz’s Creamy Whip

2673 Putz Place, Westwood, putzscreamywhip.com This spot is a historical landmark right off I-74 in a cozy little grove shaded by tall maple trees. The business, which began in 1938, still dishes out ice cream, hot dogs, barbecue, beef and veggie burgers and more all summer long. Since it’s hot dog season, why not spice things up with a hot mett covered with sauerkraut to honor the dish’s German heritage? It costs less than $3, is served in a bag and, since there’s nowhere to dine-in at this walk-up window, you’ll have to make do at one of the outdoor picnic tables. Classic summertime nostalgia.

The creamy whip is made in-house by the same “Electro-Freeze” machines purchased in the mid 1950s, so do yourself a favor and cool down with a sundae or cone.

An interesting bit of history for you: Richard Nixon saved the business from the wrath of eminent domain during I-74’s construction thanks to a letter the family wrote him, begging they reroute the highway so it wouldn’t ruin their livelihood. Thanks, Tricky Dick! In 1987 Putz’s was honored by Cincinnati City Council when the section of Baltimore Avenue between Montana Avenue and West Fork Road was renamed Putz’s Place in honor of this embedded establishment. Note: Putz’s is cash only.

Eli’s BBQ

3313 Riverside Drive, East End, elisbarbeque.com Known for barbecue, and pulled pork in particular, you haven’t done Eli’s right until you’ve had the 2 All-Beef Dogs. You’ll still get a barbecue fix because the two smoked franks come in a bun with Eli’s famous sauce, however the flash fry preparation and pork crispins and coleslaw toppings will make you forget that Eli’s is known for anything else.

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Senate Blue Ash

1100 Summit Place Drive, Blue Ash, senateblueash.com

Vegan St.

Multiple locations, facebook. com/1veganst

Mr. Gene’s Dog House

3703 Beekman St., South Cumminsville, mrgenesdoghouse.com

Harley Dogs

230 Madison Ave., Covington, facebook. com/harleydogs2015

Multiple locations, freddysusa.com

Multiple locations, skylinechili.com Come on, people, this is Cincinnati. Did you think we’d neglect one of our city’s main culinary peculiarities? If you’re new here, a cheese coney is a hot dog with mustard and onion slathered with Cincinnati chili and topped by a mountain of finely shredded sharp cheddar. While there are plenty of local options for a cheese coney (we would never dare pick just one mom-and-pop parlor to highlight here), Skyline Chili is served inside Great American Ball Park, which makes it our official ambassador of cheese coneys to the world. Sure, there’s an obscure booth in Great American Ball Park that still serves $1 hot dogs (buy 10 and share with your neighbors in the nosebleed section), but to have a cheese coney in hand while cheering on the Reds, well, it doesn’t get more Cincinnati than that. The meaty, slightly sweet chili is soaked into the bun perfectly if properly portioned, and it’s easy to finish a coney in two bites if you’re hungry enough.

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Not everybody has heard of this chain, which has six locations within an hour’s drive of the city. First gaining recognition for their smashed steak burgers with trademark crispy edges, this fast food joint has a casual retro vibe that suits a hot dog’s lack of pretension. Freddy’s hot dogs are Vienna Beef brand sausages, very flavorful with a pleasant bite. Served on a buttery toasted bun, there is a chili cheese dog with onion and shredded cheese, or the “Freddy’s Style” Chicago dog, topped with mustard, relish, onion, sport peppers (think spicier pepperoncini), celery salt, tomato and pickle. With a side of their shoestring french fries, this is a heckuva way to get instant hot dog gratification out of a drive-thru window.

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The menu is crazy simple at Harley Dogs dog cart: a sandwich board listing six items — three hot dogs, nachos and cheese, chips and a soda/water. You can’t get lost, because it’s legitimately a stand on a street corner, and there’s only one name to remember: Harley Iles of Harley Dogs. Harley has been peddling dogs on the street corner for half a dozen years and has built up quite the fan base. Grab a dog and have a chat with Harley himself 10 a.m. until 2 or 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, weather permitting. For a true Harley Dogs experience, grab a Glier’s bratwurst smothered in nacho cheese.

Nacho cheese will change your entire worldview. Here we are slathering our dogs in mustard when we could be putting nacho cheese on those bad boys

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Out of their eight different styles on the menu, the Korean dog is a top recommendation. A bisected beef hotdog is filled with harissa aioli and topped with homemade kimchi, a healthy portion of tender braised beef short rib, delicate pickled cucumber and a sesame seed garnish, all atop a fluffy brioche bun. Paired with a cool lager from the bar and some crispy truffle fries, this is an indulgent lunch or dinner.

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Open since 1962, Mr. Gene’s Dog House is a white cinder block building with a fat orange stripe wrapped around the outside, tucked away in South Cumminsville.

They keep things simple with a handful of hot dog variations and some ice cream to wash it all down. The shop strives to employ folks from inside the neighborhood to keep the community close while serving the best damn slaw dog to anyone who walks up to the window. While options range from a cheese coney to a classic Chicago dog (pickles, onion, tomato, sport peppers, etc.) to an Italian sausage sandwich, the slaw dog is a go-to favorite — a hot dog topped with chili and coleslaw. Some might say that coleslaw and chili are an unconventional pair, unorthodox even, but that shouldn’t stop you from indulging.

If you've frequented the intersection of Vine and Liberty streets during lunchtime recently, you may have noticed a food cart on the corner. And there’s something special about this particular pop-up eatery, helmed by Lynette Houston: It's the only 100-percent vegan street food cart in the Tri-State. The options for vegan cuisine are limited in town, and the challenge to find, order and eat vegan was the inspiration behind starting Vegan St. "My goal not only was to alleviate the vegan burden by creating a space/platform for us to be in charge but secondly — and more importantly — to introduce and expose the vegan lifestyle Mr. Gene’s Dog House | Photo: Sami Stewart to as many people as possible.

Especially children," Houston says.

Vegan St. offers multiple hot dogs, from the Puppy Dog (half a Litelife Jumbo Smart Dog) to a Long dog (a full-size Litelife Jumbo Smart Dog). We say go big and opt for the Fat Dog, with a big ol’ Beyond Sausage. Make it a combo with a bag snack and a soda. Dogs come boiled or grilled on a whole grain bun with your choice of ketchup, mustard, mayo, relish and/or onions.

If you’ve enjoyed a fancy, dressed-up hot dog at Senate’s flagship location in Over-theRhine, then you’ll appreciate their location in Blue Ash’s Summit Park — there’s a whole lot more elbow room, which, if you’re eating a hot dog properly, is of the utmost importance. The menu offers a wide variety of dishes including fresh market oysters, poutine and crispy potstickers — all delicious and worthwhile — but we’re talking about hot dogs here. Their dogs are made

by Avril-Bleh Meat Market & Deli — all beef with a guarded recipe of spices and a great snappy texture.

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Summertime Blues (and Rock and Hip Hop and R&B…) Cincinnati’s summer music festivals offer something for everyone

BY MIKE BREEN

Triiibe | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

Adjust Your Eyes Music & Art Festival

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Locally based independent label Grasshopper Juice Records has been presenting the Adjust Your Eyes Music & Art Festival since 2006. The fest has grown from being a single-location event to its current status as an allneighborhood (Northside) showcase featuring multiple venues. Along with showcasing some of the city’s most creative original music makers, the event has raised thousands of dollars for organizations like the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen. The 2019 AYE fest will benefit the local nonprofit Women Helping Women.

AYE has long been notable for its eclectic lineup and this year is no different, featuring Hip Hop, EDM, Hard Rock, Indie Rock, Americana and various other styles. This year’s fest is also again heavy on local acts, including Wonky Tonk, Vusive, Black Signal, Sons of Silverton, Audley, Counterfeit Money Machine, BRWN BEAR, Black Tractor, Old City, Sleepy Drums, D-Eight, Firecat 451 and Jared Presley Experience. GRLwood and Eyenine & Farout are among the touring acts.

Participating venues for this year’s AYE include The Comet, Northside Yacht Club, Junkers Tavern and Taft’s Brewpourium. adjustyoureyes.com.

Bellwether Music Festival

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In Paste magazine’s roundup of the “Best American Music Festivals in 2019” it name-drops the Bellwether Music Festival, the Southwest Ohio event (founded by Bunbury and MidPoint Music Festival creator Bill Donabedian) that debuted last year in Waynesville with a lineup that included The Flaming Lips, Japanese Breakfast, Echo and the Bunnymen and more.

Hosted on three stages in and around Northside churchturned-brewery-and-music-venue Urban Artifact, beWILDerfest is described as a “wild culture music and beer festival.” The event returns this year with a lineup that includes several of Cincinnati's finest musical acts (like Tweens, Lung, Moonbeau, Us, Today, Soften, Common Center and In the Pines), as well as top-of-the-line national/ international touring artists like Surfer Blood, Screaming Females, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Zach Deputy and Green Jello.

Aug. 9-10 • Renaissance Park (Waynesville, Ohio)

The camper-friendly Bellwether’s second year lineup is equally packed with AltRock favorites, including Cold War Kids, Beach House, Twin Shadow, Real Estate, Pinback, Caroline Rose, Cake, Guided By Voices, STRFKR, Black Moth Super Rainbow and more. Bands with local ties performing at Bellwether this year include Young Heirlooms, Multimagic and R. Ring (Mike Montgomery of Ampline and Kelley Deal of The Breeders). bellwetherfest.com.

Aug. 23-24 • Urban Artifact

"It's been very fulfilling to see the festival grow like it has every year," says fest booker Jeremy Moore in a press release. "It's really great to get the opportunity to put local acts on the same bill as nationally recognized bands.

The amount of quality eclectic bands here in Cincinnati is almost staggering at times. I could fill out multiple beWILDerfests and still not scratch the surface of what gems lay beneath these hills." bewilderfest.com.

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Cincy Blues Fest

July 13 • Schmidlapp Event Lawn First held in 1993, the classic Cincy Blues Fest (believed to be the longest running volunteer-driven Blues fest in the U.S.) is on the move this year. But it’s not moving too far from its longtime Sawyer Point spot. Retaining the stripped-back, one-night approach the festival returned to in 2018, Cincy Blues Fest will be held this year at the Schmidlapp Event Lawn near Smale Riverfront Park.

The fest has also switched to a primarily localmusic-focused event. This year’s Blues Fest includes Greater Cincinnati favorites G. Miles & the Band of Helping Hands, the Ben Levin Band with special guest Philip Paul, Leroy Ellington’s Sacred Hearts and the TBA winners of this year’s Cincy Blues Challenge (who will also go on to compete early next year at Memphis, Tennessee’s International Blues Challenge). The only non-local act on the bill is The Blues Beatles, a globally-touring Brazilian band that — if you couldn’t guess from the name — performs Blues arrangements of Beatles songs. cincybluesfest.org.

Cincinnati Music Festival July 25-27 • Paul Brown Stadium

A recent article from Newsweek named the long-running Cincinnati Music Festival one of the "13 Best Music Festivals of Summer 2019."

The local R&B fest was included alongside heavyweight events like Coachella, Hangout Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Boston Calling, Outside Lands and Woodstock 50.

The Overcast Hip Hop Fest is returning for a second year of showcasing local and out-oftown underground Hip Hop musicians, DJs and dancers. The Scribble Jam-inspired event debuted in 2018 at Urban Artifact in Northside with headliners Mr. Dibbs and Blueprint. This year’s Overcast fest will take place at Top Cats in Corryville on the final weekend of the summer.

Overcast’s 2019 event features another strong lineup that includes Triiibe, the reigning Cincinnati Entertainment Award winners for Artist of the Year. Joining Triiibe as top-of-the-poster headliners are Vast Aire (half of the renowned duo Cannibal Ox) and Chicago twosome The Palmer Squares, who’ve amassed a huge online following since releasing their debut, Finna, in 2013.

The lineup also includes several returning champs, including Dope Knife, Eyenine and Spoken Nerd, as well as local favorites like Raised X Wolves, Audley, Sons of Silverton, Jaybee Lamahj, Devin Burgess, Ronin Halloway, Weirdose and Counterfeit Money Machine, whose Juan Cosby (and Grasshopper Juice Records) founded Overcast. The event will also see the return of Ill Poetic, the onetime Cincinnati-based MC and producer (and CityBeat columnist) who now resides in California. overcastfest.com.

Whispering Beard Folk Festival

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In January, the hugely popular Whispering Beard Folk Festival announced it was moving from its cozy confines in small-town Friendship, Indiana to Smale Riverfront Park (where The National hosted its huge Homecoming music fest in 2018). The 2019 WBFF lineup is in keeping with the event’s high-quality mix of local, regional and national artists.

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Taking advantage of the new locale, area artists like Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle, Joe's Truck Shop and the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars will play "exclusive riverboat shows” throughout the weekend. whisperingbeard.com.

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National acts performing at this summer’s WBFF include M. Ward, Ryan Bingham, The Felice Brothers, Peter Rowan, Lost Dog Street Band, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Charlie Parr, Chicago Farmer, Possessed by Paul James and The Wild Reeds. Greater Cincinnati acts like The Tillers, Frontier Folk Nebraska, Maria Carrelli, Slippery Creek, Krystal Peterson and Chalk Eye round out the bill.

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For CMF 2019's opening-night kick-off event on July 25, Hip Hop legends Slick Rick, EPMD and Kid Capri are scheduled to perform. The lineup for the weekend concerts showcases the event's familiar mix of contemporary R&B/ Soul favorites (like Mary J. Blige and Maxwell) and old-school heroes (like Earth Wind & Fire and Frankie Beverly & Maze). On July 26, the classic lineup of New Edition ("Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike") is booked to appear, but under the name RBRM, due to early member Ralph Tresvant owning the trademark on the New Edition name (Tresvant has been touring with another former member, Johnny Gill, but not as New Edition). cincymusicfestival.com.

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89 Days of Summer Calendar Something to do every day for the next three months

BY ELIZABETH DAVIS, ERIN GARDNER, EMMA STIEFEL AND NICK SULLIVAN

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

Cincy Fringe Festival — Kinda weird. Just like you. The 16th-annual Cincy Fringe Festival features 14 days of live theater, performance art and more across a dozen venues in Over-the-Rhine and downtown. More than 40 local, national and international groups have descended on the city to present more than 200 shows.

Individual show tickets and passes available. Through June 15. $15 single tickets; other prices vary.

Get tickets and more information at cincyfringe.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 6

Party on the Purple — Jam out on the city’s favorite pedestrian bridge.

The weekly party series features a shifting lineup of live performances and food trucks. This week’s music is provided by Robin Lacy and the theme is Mardi Gras, so be sure to deck yourself out with some beads.

6-10:30 p.m. Free admission.

Purple People Bridge, 1 Levee Way, Newport, purplepeoplebridge. com.

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Geek Out 6 — Geek out while camping out at the nation's only music festival and pop culture convention. This event features live music, video game performances, artists and vendors, a cosplay competition and more to bring out the geek in kids and adults alike.

Noon-8 p.m. June 7 and 8; noon-5 p.m. June 9. $40; free 12 and under. Hannon's Camp America, 8501 Camden College Corner Road, College Corner, geekouthca.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 8

Shandon Strawberry Festival — This old-fashioned strawberry festival has local vendors and artists, an antique tractor show, refreshments, produce, traditional Welsh harp and organ music and

a picnic-style supper. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Downtown Shandon, 4782 Cincinnati Brookville Road, Hamilton, gettothebc.com.

SummitFest — Country music superstar Lee Brice and Tyler Farr take the stage at Summit Park.

This family-friendly festival includes food vendors, a beer and whiskey garden and a night’s worth of fun for kids and adults. 2-11 p.m. Free admission. Summit Park, 4335 Glendale Milford Road, Blue Ash, blueashevents.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 9

Yoga with Cats — Elemental Om hosts a cat yoga session for 30 students, featuring adoptable cats from Ohio Alleycat Resource.

Led by instructor Trisha Durham, proceeds benefit OAR. 1:30-2 p.m. cat meet-and-greet; 2-3 p.m. class. $20; $1.99 processing fee.

Elemental Om, 9510 Montgomery Road, Montgomery, facebook.com/ ohioalleycatfans.

Concours d’Elegance — Since 1978, this car show has displayed classic and collector automobiles and motorcycles. Held in the garden at Ault Park, this year’s event will feature more than 200 vehicles with a special focus on Midcentury Modern American-style cars. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $30 adults; $15 student; free 12 and under. Ault Park, 3600 Observatory Ave., Hyde Park, ohioconcours.com.

Opera in the Park — Celebrate Cincinnati Opera’s summer season with the Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and stars from the 2019 season as they perform a selection of opera and musical theater. 7:30 p.m. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatiopera.org/opera-park.

MONDAY, JUNE 10

International Butterfly Show:

Butterflies of Ecuador — The Krohn Conservatory’s latest butterfly show features the flora and fauna of Ecuador, a country known for representing “four worlds in one:” the Amazon rainforest, Andes mountains, Pacific coast and the Galapagos Islands. Through June 16. $10 adults; $7 children; free 4 and under. Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, butterflyshow.com.

TUESDAY, JUNE 11

Napoleon Dynamite 15th Anniversary — Make room in your tot pocket and get ready to break out some freakin’ sweet dance moves: it’s the 15th anniversary of Napoleon Dynamite and The Video Archive is screening the film with WEBN. The first 40 attendees will get a Vote for Frog shirt and at 7 p.m. there will be a tether ball tournament. At 8 p.m., there will be a dance contest followed by the film at 9 p.m. 7-11 p.m. Free admission.

The Video Archive, 965 E. McMillan Ave., Walnut Hills, facebook.com/ videoarchivecincinnati.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12

Cats — Memories…. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony-award winning musical is back onstage at the Aronoff Center with its original score, original scenic and costume design and all new choreography telling the tale (tail) of a special night when a gang of cats gather at an annual ball to decide which cat will be reborn. Through June 16. Tickets start at $31. Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

Newport Italianfest — Featuring live music, authentic Italian cuisine and a golf outing, cooking contest and rides for the little ones, the 28th-annual Italianfest is a great way to celebrate Italian heritage and culture. 5-11 p.m. June 13; 5-11:30 p.m. June 14; 10 a.m.-11:30

p.m. June 15; noon-9 p.m. June 16.

Free admission. Riverboat Row, Newport, newportky.gov.

Cincinnati Opera: The Marriage Of Figaro — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s masterpiece is one of the best comic operas ever written thanks to its cat-and-mouse plot that features “disguises, dupes, desire, and disorder.” 7:30 p.m.

June 13 and June 15. Tickets start at $35. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatiopera. org.

For the Love of the Arts and Dogs — Take in a diverse collection of art while enjoying the company of adorable adoptable doggos. The event, sponsored by Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa, also features a silent auction and live performances from Blossom Hall, Audley, Brooklynn Rae Music and Tooth Lures a Fang.

6:30 p.m. $20. Urban Artifact, 1660 Blue Rock St., Northside, e.givesmart.com/events/diq.

House Party x Pride at he Taft Museum of Art — Celebrate Pride at the Taft. Take in stunning shows from aerial artists and drag performers, beats from DJ Bjorg and more.

Check out the art and get inspired to make your own. Enjoy cocktails, light bites and options from Caveman crepes. 5-8 p.m. Free admission. Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Downtown, taftmuseum.org.

Rockin' the Roebling with Marty Connor and Buffalo Wabs — Moerlein Lager House's summer concert series returns with a performance from the Marty Connor Band and Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle alongside drinks and concessions. 6-10 p.m. Free admission. Schmidlapp Event Lawn, Smale Riverfront Park, Downtown, facebook.com/rockintheroebling.

Raw Cincinnati Presents: Impact — Dozens of artists will present and sell their work at this show that celebrates independent talent. Exhibits

include photography, performance, visual art, makeup art and more.

7 p.m. Tickets start at $22.50.

Bogarts, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, rawartists.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

Jungle Jim’s International Craft Beer Fest — More than 100 breweries — including Fifty West, Ballast Point, Kona, Braxton, Jackie O’s and SweetWater — will be serving up more than 400 international, unique and rare brews during the 13th-annual International Beer Fest.

7:30-10:30 p.m. June 14 and June 15. $45-$55 per day; $25 designated driver. Jungle Jim’s, 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, junglejims. com.

Florence Freedom Star Wars Night — You don’t need to travel to a galaxy far, far away to snag that photo-op with C-3PO. Shift into hyperdrive en route to UC Health Stadium, where the Florence Freedom will don droid-themed jerseys as they take on the Lake Erie Crushers. Fireworks will light up the sky after the game. 7:05 p.m. Tickets start at $10. UC Health Stadium, 7950 Freedom Way, Florence, florencefreedom.com.

Big Bourbon Toast — New Riff hosts its second annual Big Bourbon Toast, inviting bourbon fans to gather across the span of the Purple People Bridge to toast with the distillery’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon. There will also be a tug of war between Kentucky and Ohio.

The winner will get a gilded bottle trophy and bragging rights. 5:308:30 p.m. Free admission. Purple People Bridge, 1 Levee Way, Newport, newriffdistilling.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

Juneteenth Festival — Commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, Cincinnati’s 32nd-annual Juneteenth Festival fills Eden Park with live music — R&B, Reggae, Latin, Blues and Gospel — food, shopping, living history and fun. The event kicks off with a parade celebrating the arts and cultures of the African diaspora and features a special Father’s Day concert on Sunday. Noon-9 p.m. June 15; 2:30-6 p.m. June 16.

Free admission. Eden Park, 950 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, juneteenthcincinnati.org.

Pride Night at the Cincinnati Zoo — The first ever Pride Night at the Cincinnati Zoo features a family-friendly after-hours party at the Africa Overlook Deck with hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert, an open bar, live music, yard games,

a photo booth, caricatures and canvas Pride Night tote bag filled with goodies. 4-9:30 p.m. $85; $65 no open bar; $45 child/student; $15 ages 2-12. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, cincinnatizoo.org.

Summer Solstice Lavender Festival — Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm is in full bloom during the Summer Solstice Lavender Festival.

Try lavender-infused foods, pick your own organic lavender fresh from the field, make your own wreaths and wands, practice gong meditation, listen to live music and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 15; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. June 16. Free admission. Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm, 2387 Martinsville Road, Martinsville, Ohio, peacefulacreslavenderfarm.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 16

Celtic Fest Ohio — It’s the final day to Erin Go Braugh at Celtic Fest Ohio, which features tons of live Celtic Rock bands, Irish dancers and other cultural entities. There will also be traditional Scottish, Irish and English fare (plus some American) and drinks including Guinness, Harp, Smithwicks, Woodchuck Hard Cider and more. 6-10 p.m. June 14; noon-11 p.m. June 15; noon-6 p.m.

June 16. $5 Friday; $12 Saturday or Sunday; $20 Saturday and Sunday; $24 three-day admission. Renaissance Park, 10542 E. State Route 73, Waynesville, celticfestohio.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 17

Bark in the Park 3 — Bring your furry friend to watch the Reds take on the Houston Astros. There will be a pre-game pet parade on the track around the field 40 minutes before the first pitch, plus a pet expo and dogs available for adoption from the SPCA. 5:40 p.m.; 7:10 p.m. first pitch. $50 single-game packages include one dog ticket and one human ticket; additional human tickets are $30 each; additional dog tickets are $20.

Great American Ball Park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown, reds.com/ bark.

The Cliftones at Wednesdays in the Woods — This week, The Cliftones will be in the Burnet Woods

Tim Allen Live — Tim the Toolman Taylor heads to the Aronoff Center for a live stage show (for mature audiences). 7 and 9:30 p.m. $49.50-$125. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20

Ault Park June Summer Music Festival — Features live music from Gen X, plus beer, wine and food available for purchase.

Christian Moerlein will be providing the beer, with food from Legasea East Coast Cafe and Marty’s Waffles. 6-10 p.m. Free admission. Ault Park, 5090 Observatory Circle, Hyde Park, facebook.com/ aultparkcincinnati.

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

Gov’t Mule — Rock band Gov’t Mule is kicking off the summer leg of its tour right here in Cincinnati.

5:30 p.m. doors; 7 p.m. show. $20$53.50. PNC Pavilion, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

Taps, Tastes and Tunes Festival — Miller Lite’s second annual weekend-long event is all about the senses. The smells and tastes of restaurants like BRAVO! and Fricker’s are complemented by the sounds of a “booming live music scene.” 5-11 p.m. June 21; noon-11 p.m. June 22; noon-9 p.m. June 23. Free admission. Streets of West Chester near TopGolf, 9448A Waterfront Drive, West Chester, facebook.com/tapstastesandtunes.

Paris is Burning at the Esquire Theatre — Celebrate Pride Week in Cincinnati with a screening of Paris is Burning, which chronicles New York’s ballroom and voguing drag scene in the 1980s. 7:30 p.m. $10.25 adults; $7.75 senior/child.

Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, esquiretheatre.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22

Brunched — Hosted by CityBeat, the best restaurants in town unite for a big-ass brunch celebration featuring bottomless bloody marys and mimosas, food samples from

Charm at the Farm — This vintage market takes place at a 56-acre farm in Lebanon, featuring rustic gifts, furniture and home décor with food trucks, DIY sessions, a photo booth and more. 4-8 p.m. June 21; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 22; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 23. $5; $15 VIP. 4953 Bunnell Hill Road, Lebanon, charmatthefarm.com.

Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival — Pride Week activities culminate with this large-scale parade and festival downtown, featuring food, drinks, vendors, live entertainment and more. Visit cincinnatipride.org for updates and parade routes. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Free admission. Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, cincinnatipride.org.

FC Cincinnati vs. LA Galaxy — Cheer on Cincinnati’s own MLS team as they take on the LA Galaxy.

7:30 p.m. $15-$45 single tickets.

Nippert Stadium, 2700 Bearcat Way, Clifton, fccincinnati.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 23

The Big Bounce America — The world’s largest bounce house is stopping in Cincinnati for the weekend, bringing with it a giant inflatable obstacle course, gigantic ball pits and lots of chaotic energy. 1-7 p.m. June 21; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. June 22; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June 23. $28 adults; $24 ages 7-15; $16 ages 3 and under. Heroes Sports Park, 2175 Springdale Road, Mt. Healthy, thebigbounceamerica.com.

The Peach Truck Tour — The Peach Truck is on tour with fresh Georgia peaches, stopping through Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Find a full list of tour stops at thepeachtruck.com. 3:30-5 p.m. Free admission. Bargains and Buyouts, 5150 Glencrossing Way, Western Hills, facebook.com/ thepeachtruck.

Dog Day of Summer at Spring Grove Cemetery — The 12thannual Dog Day of Summer at Spring Grove is the one day a year that dogs are allowed on the arboretum’s grounds. Responsible pet

MONDAY, JUNE 24

Yoga at Piatt Park — Each Monday evening in June, take a free yoga class with TriYoga with LQ. Classes are for all fitness levels.

Bring your own mat. 6-7 p.m. Free admission. Piatt Park, 100 Garfield Place, Downtown, facebook.com/ cincyparks.

TUESDAY, JUNE 25

Ensemble Theatre’s The Wolves — Sports and theater converge in this coming-of-age story. Following a high school girls’ soccer team, the play evaluates the complexities of adolescent friendships as teammates work together in the face of fierce competition on the soccer field and impending adulthood off of it. Through June 29. $55 adults; $31 students; $27 children. Ensemble Theatre, 1127 Vine St., Over-theRhine, ensemblecincinnati.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Free films return to Washington Park Wednesdays in summer. Here, a bunch of different Spider-Men from different dimensions come together to save New York from evil-doer Kingpin. 9-11 p.m. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 27

Adult Swim at Ziegler Pool — Head to Ziegler Pool at Ziegler Park after hours for an adults-only party.

The last Thursday of the month through August, things go 21-plus with a DJ and bar. 7:30-10 p.m. $10.

Ziegler Park, 1322 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, zpadultswim2019. eventbrite.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28

AYE Music & Art Festival — Locally based independent label Grasshopper Juice Records’ Adjust Your Eyes Music & Art Festival has an eclectic lineup featuring Hip Hop, EDM, Hard Rock, Indie Rock, Americana and various other styles. June 28 and June 29. Free admission. Participating venues for this year’s AYE include The Comet, Northside Yacht Club, Junkers and Taft’s Brewporium, adjustyoureyes. com.

Panegyri Greek Festival—Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church hosts their annual

celebration featuring authentic Greek cuisine, music, dancing, raffles, games, amusement rides and more. 5-11 p.m. June 28; 3-11 p.m. June 29; 1-8 p.m. June 30. $2 adults; free for children 12 and under. Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 7000 Winton Road, Finneytown, panegyri. com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 29

Cincinnati Opera: Romeo and Juliet — Everybody knows the story of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, but for the second and final night, audiences can watch and listen to Charles Gounod’s operatic adaptation. 7:30 p.m. $35-$190.

Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-theRhine, cincinnatiopera.org.

Head in the Clouds: Rhinegeist Sixth Anniversary — The brewery is inviting guests to hang out and celebrate its sixth anniversary with some activities and special beers to mark the occasion. They’ll be serving Hang 6, a special anniversary brew, plus ice cream, live bands, a DJ, a giant piñata and additional rare and limited brews. Noon-11 p.m. Free admission. Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com.

Hyde Park Blast — This race is a way to be active and raise money to fight cancer. A 4-mile run/walk starts at 7:30 a.m. and winds through Hyde Park. Cycling races start at 1 p.m., followed by a beer, wine and food festival at 3 p.m. The race benefits The Cure Starts Now. 6:30 a.m. registration and packet pick-up. $20-$75. Hyde Park Square, Hyde Park, facebook.com/ HPBlast.

Stanley’s Reggae Fest 9 — The ninth Reggae Fest features live music from The Cliftones, Elementree Livity Project, The Ark Band and Queen City Silver Stars, with food from Dreamz Jamaican Cuisine. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. $12 advance; $15 day of. Stanley’s Pub, 323 Stanley Ave., Columbia Tusculum, facebook.com/stanleys.pub.

SUNDAY, JUNE 30

Fibonacci Mulberry Harvest — Fibonacci needs you to harvest mulberries from your property to make their mulberry beer. Drop your berries off on or before June 30 and celebrate with a special cookout at the brewery. They’ll be weighing the mulberries and awarding a $25 gift card to the person who brings in the most. Noon-8 p.m. Free admission.

Fibonacci Brewing, 1445 Compton Road, Mount Healthy, facebook. com/fibonaccibrewing.

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The Devil Wears Prada — Free films take over Washington Park Wednesdays in summer. This week, it’s The Devil Wears Prada.

Anne Hathaway does a glow-up in this film as a mousy but principled journalist who kind of gives up her ethical ambitions to talk to hot men, wear haute couture and go to Paris Fashion Week while caught up in the world of Runway magazine.

The film is full of 2006 FASHUN so dress in your best to win prizes with Cincinnati Pride. 9-11 p.m. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.

owners and good dogs are invited to explore more than 45 miles of paved roads and 400 developed acres of park. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village, springgrove.org.

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Young The Giant and Fitz and the Tantrums — These two SoCal Indie Rock and Neo Soul bands are co-headlining a summer tour with a stop at PNC Pavilion. Each ticket includes a pre-show craft beer tasting. 7 p.m. show. $23.50-$59.50.

PNC Pavilion, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

breakfast and lunch favorites, screwdrivers, bellinis, Irish coffee, craft beer, live music, brunch swag and more. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $40. The Phoenix, 812 Race St., Downtown, brunchedcincy.com.

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bandstand with food from Cheese N Chong and streetpops and beer for purchase from Fifty West. 7-9 p.m.

Free admission. Burnet Woods bandstand, 3251 Brookline Ave., Clifton, tinyurl.com/2019witw!.

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MONDAY, JULY 1

Courtney Barnett — The Australian-born singer comes to Madison Theater with her second album Tell Me How You Really Feel. 8 p.m. $28 advance; $30 door. Madison Theatre, 730 Madison Ave., Covington, madisontheateronline.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 2

Dave Matthews Band — The Grammy Award-winning band will take the stage at Riverbend. 8 p.m. $45.59-$115. Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

Northside Rock N Roll Carnival — This Fourth of July spectacle is full of sideshow acts and live music.

The annual carnival features an urban beer garden and a diverse lineup of mostly local Rockers.

Northside’s must-see Fourth of July parade — one of the most colorful and unique in the city — begins promptly at noon on Thursday; expect elaborate costumes, impressive props, creative floats and plenty of surprises. Kegs and eggs start at the park at 10 a.m. July 4.

4 p.m.-1 a.m. July 3; 11 a.m.midnight July 4. Free admission.

Hoffner Park, 4101 Hamilton Ave., Northside, northsiderocks.com.

LaRosa’s Balloon Glow — Witness colors meld and sizzle in the sky at this annual celebration, which features glowing hot air balloons, illuminating the sky over Coney Island. The grand finale, Rozzi’s Famous Fireworks display, will unfurl at 10 p.m. over Lake Como. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Free admission. $10 parking until 2 p.m.; $15 parking after 2 p.m.; normal rates apply for Sunlite Pool and rides.

Coney Island, 6201 Kellogg Ave., California, coneyislandpark.com.

Red, White & Blue Ash — Kansas and Natalie Brady Music & The Nite Owls headline this Blue Ash Fourth of July fest, with a giant firework display by Arthur Rozzi Pyrotechnics. There will be food trucks, restaurants and concessions available on-site, with family-friendly games and carnival rides. 4-10:35 p.m. Free admission. Summit Park, 4335 Glendale Milford Road, Blue Ash, blueashevents.com.

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Stricker’s Grove Fourth of July Fireworks — Only open to the public four times a year, this privately-owned amusement park has an annual Fourth of July fireworks bash. Spend the day on their coasters and rides before taking in

colorful explosions in the nighttime sky. 3-11 p.m. Free admission; $16 rides; $5 parking before 6 p.m.; $8 after 6 p.m. Stricker’s Grove, 11490 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Hamilton, strickersgrove.com.

Red White and Boom — John Morris Russell conducts the Cincinnati Pops in a concert featuring patriotic and American classics.

Pack a picnic to enjoy on the lawn.

Free fireworks take place after the show. 8 p.m. $5-$50. Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, cincinnatisymphony.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 5

Doug Benson at Go Bananas — Doug Benson is a cannabis connoisseur. The mind behind the podcast Getting Doug With High and films like Chronic Con: Episode 420 and Comedy Central show The High Court heads to Go Bananas for two nights of marijuana-induced hilarity. 7:30 p.m. July 5; 7:30 and 10 p.m. July 6. $20. Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 6

Westside Market — Shop local in the heart of Cheviot. There will be over 100 local vendors, food trucks, including West Side Brewing and family fun activities. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Free. Downtown Cheviot, 3719 Harrison Ave., Cheviot, westsidemarketcincy.com.

Ice Cream 5K — Starting at Sawyer Point and racing along the riverfront, this event benefits Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Participants can cool down afterward with some much-needed ice cream. Run begins 8:45 a.m. $35-40 registration; $20 Kids’ Run; $5-10 Baby/ Toddler Crawl/Walk. Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, icecreamrun5k.com.

Fifth & Vine Live with The Tillers — Every Friday and Saturday through the summer, head to Fountain Square for free live performances from local bands.

This week, Cincinnati Folk favorite The Tillers ignite the square with support from Joseph Huber and more stringed instruments than you can count. 7-11 p.m. Free. Fountain Square, 520 Vine St., Downtown, myfountainsquare.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 7

Old West Festival — When we say “Yee,” you say “Haw.” Travel back in time to the days of daring cowboys, gun-slingin’ outlaws, corseted madams and big, big mustaches for a weekend of live music, horse rides, vendors, saloon eatin’ n’ drinkin’

and themed performances for the whole family. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $15.

1449 Greenbush Cobb Road, Williamsburg, oldwestfestival.com.

Art on Vine — More than 70 local artists take over Fountain square with fine art and handmade goods for sale. Noon-6 p.m. Free admission. Fountain Square, 520 Vine St., Downtown, artonvinecincy. com.

MONDAY, JULY 8

Monday Workout — Sweat away the Monday blues. Trained, licensed instructors guide the workouts, which take place on the lawn above the parking garage. If you can’t make it this Monday, don’t worry because they take place every Monday. 6-8; Zumba/cardio kickboxing starts at 6 p.m.; barre starts at 7 p.m. Free. Ziegler Park, 1322 Sycamore St, Over-the-Rhine, zieglerpark.org.

TUESDAY, JULY 9

Jumanji — Hosted by Liberty Center, both current flicks and classics will be shown in the park. Bring the kids, a blanket and snacks.

This week, it’s the original Jumanji.

8-11 p.m. Free admission. Liberty Center, 7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, liberty-center.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10

Party on the Purple — Join in on the party with food trucks and live music. Party on the Purple happens every Wednesday night all summer long. 6-11 p.m. Free. Purple People Bridge, 1 Levee Way, Newport, facebook.com/partyonthepurple.

THURSDAY, JULY 11

Bacon Bourbon and Brew Festival — This fest features copious pork products, bourbon and beer.

Munch on bacon, walk the streets of Newport and enjoy live music, games and activities while you’re at it. 5-11 p.m. July 11; 5-11 p.m. July 12; noon-11 p.m. July 13; noon- 9 p.m. July 14. Free. Festival Park, 100 Riverboat Row, Newport, cincinnatifestivalsandevents.com.

Cincinnati Opera: Ariadne Auf Naxos — A gentleman commissions two pieces of entertainment for his guests: a tragic opera and a group of clowns. But there’s a catch — the groups have to perform at the same time. 7:30 p.m. $40-$114.

School for Creative and Performing Arts, 108 W. Central Parkway, Downtown, cincinnatiopera.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 12

Peter Frampton Finale - The Farewell Tour — Legendary guitarist and vocalist Peter Frampton

confirmed that Cincinnati stop of the farewell tour will feature special guest Jason Bonham. Frampton just celebrated the 43rd anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the top-selling live records of all time. 7:30 p.m. $29.50-$350. Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

Covington Paradise — Bask in the peak of summer with this two-day music and beer festival. Braxton Brewing Company will serve local brews, food trucks and vendors will be on-site and musical acts will play throughout the two days. TBD July 12; TBD July 13. Free admission. Braxton Brewing Co., 27 W. Seventh St., Covington, paradisefest.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 13

1000 Lights Water Lantern Festival — Light up Mirror Lake in Eden Park with hand-decorated, glowing paper lanterns. Food trucks, music and stations to decorate the lanterns will be available. 6-10 p.m. $12-$65. Eden Park, 950 Eden Park Drive, Mt. Adams, waterlanternfestival.com/ cincinnati.

Welcome to Night Vale — The widely popular twice-monthly mystery podcast has a live show. 8 p.m. $28- $38. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.

Bastille Day Celebration! — What better way to celebrate French Revolutionaries’ historic unity than with the live music of the Mistics and the Naked Karate Girls and street café vendors in downtown Montgomery? Noon-11 p.m. Free admission. Downtown Montgomery, montgomeryohio.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 14

Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet — Professional Cincy Shakes actors will present three free Bard productions — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth — at parks, community centers and other venues. This afternoon, players will perform scenes from Romeo and Juliet. 1-3 p.m. Free admission. The Carnegie Center, 3738 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum, cincyshakes.com.

MONDAY, JULY 15

CityBeat Burger Week — A week dedicated to an American delicacy: the hamburger. Feast upon culinary artistry sculpted from sizzling patties and crafted by chefs across Greater Cincinnati, each armed with their own take on the burger.

July 15-21. Prices and venues vary,

cincinnatiburgerweek.com

TUESDAY, JULY 16

Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — Hosted by Liberty Center, both current flicks and classics will be shown in the park. This week, it’s Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.

8-11 p.m. Free admission. Liberty Center, 7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, liberty-center.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

Macy’s Kids, Cultures, Critters and Crafts Festival — Attend a special day at the zoo in support of Learning Through Art Childhood Literacy Programs. For today only, general admission to the zoo is $1.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. $1 general admission; $10 Zoo Adventure ticket.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, cincinnatizoo.org.

Third Eye Blind and Jimmy Eat World — “The most scintillating, inspiring collective moments of my life have been outdoors in the summer exploding with music,” says Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins, so don’t miss these bands’ 30-city Summer Gods Tour. 7 p.m. $23.50$59. PNC Pavilion, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 18

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band — Parrotheads of Cincinnati, Jimmy Buffett is performing at Riverbend once again as part of his Son of a Son of a Sailor Tour. Don’t miss your chance to fully emerge in the Margaritaville experience. 8 p.m. $36-$146. Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 19

RuPaul’s Drag Race Tour — The 11th season of Emmy Awardwinning RuPaul’s Drag Race has made her-story since it debued.

Cheer on as your favorite Season 11 queens work the stage with their fiercest looks. 8-11 p.m. $45-$125.

Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.

Schützenfest — Germans brought Schützenfest to Cincinnati in the 1860s with an event that includes the shooting of a hand-carved eagle, German food, live German music, rides, attractions and German and domestic beer (and wine).

6 p.m.-midnight July 19; 4 p.m.midnight July 20; 1-9 p.m. July 21.

Free admission. Kolping Society, 10235 Mill Road, Finneytown, schuetzenfestcincy.com.

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SATURDAY, JULY 20

Cincinnati Opera: Porgy and Bess — “Summertime / And the livin’ is easy.” Or so it seems. The Cincinnati Opera presents a powerful tale of love, loss and South Carolina hurricanes in George Gershwin’s classic American musical. 7:30 p.m.

July 20, 25 and 27; 3 p.m.

July 28. $35-$195. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-theRhine, cincinnatiopera.org.

The City Flea — Cincinnati’s original curated urban flea market returns to Washington Park with more than 160 vendors. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Overthe-Rhine, thecityflea.com.

Celestial Sips — Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. Celebrate this giant leap for mankind at the Cincinnati Observatory with star gazing and beer tasting.

8-11 p.m. $65-$75. Cincinnati Observatory, 3489 Observatory Place, Mount Lookout, cincinnatiobservatory.org.

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Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

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Culinary Fight Club: Blended Burger Battle — Rumor has it that the first burger was introduced in the ancient Roman Empire, but plenty of modern cooks would say their patty has a better claim to fame. In the fourth year, local chefs duke it out to win best burger. 6-9 p.m. $40. Location TBD, facebook.com/ culinaryfightclub.

TUESDAY, JULY 23

Cincinnati Opera: Blind Injustice — Rickey, Nancy, Clarence, Derrick, Laurese and Eugene all have two things in common. One: They’re incarcerated. Two: They’re innocent. In its world premiere, Blind Injustice tells the true tale of six people who were tried and

imprisoned for crimes they did not commit before being freed by the Ohio Innocence Project. 7:30 p.m. July 22, 23, 24 and 26; 3 p.m. July 27. $35. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatiopera.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24

The Fast and Furious — Free films return to Washington Park on Wednesdays. The original in the now eight-film series, The Fast and the Furious follows undercover cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker, RIP) as he tries to infiltrate the street racing underground in L.A. 9-11 p.m. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 25

Cincinnati Music Festival — After an opening night that features Slick Rick and EPMD, the fest presents the kind of performers that have become the event’s bread and butter, with legacy acts Mary J. Blige and Earth, Wind & Fire. July 25-27. $50-$150. Paul Brown Stadium, 1 Paul Brown Way, Downtown, cincymusicfestival.com.

Glier’s Goettafest — This fest features goetta on and in everything including sandwiches, pizza, cheese, brownies, chili and so much more — plus games, arts and crafts, live music and activities for kids. July 25-28 and Aug. 1-4. Free admission. Riverboat Row, Newport on the Levee, Newport, goettafest.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 26

Summer Sips at Ault Park — This vodka and tequila tasting fundraiser supports Ault Park. Sample up to seven of more than 40 clear and infused vodkas and tequilas, supplemented by mixers, snacks and plenty of food trucks. 6:30-10:30 p.m. $30 through July 25; $40 after. Ault Park, 5090 Observatory Ave., Hyde Park, aultparkac.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 27

Danger Wheel — Danger Wheel is back to transform Pendleton’s streets into a

crash course for another year of Big Wheel racing.

The first rule of the road?

No babies allowed. Bring your helmets and all of your padding and prepare to crash and burn your way to the finish line. Food trucks, burgers and brews will line the sidelines of the course in case you work up an appetite from all that trash-talking. Noon-9 p.m. $100 for a team of three.

Free viewing. Starting line at E. 12th St., Pendleton, dangerwheel.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 28

Miss Holmes — When a young newlywed suspects her husband — a high-ranking investigator at Scotland Yard — has murdered his previous two wives, she fears she may be next.

That is until Miss Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Dorothy Watson come to her aid.

Through Aug. 4. $60-$70 adults; $56-$67 senior; $32$43 student. Otto M. Budig Theater, 1195 Elm St., Overthe-Rhine, cincyshakes. com.

MONDAY, JULY 29 Ziegler Park Workout Series — Every Monday, break a sweat on Ziegler Park’s lawn with trained instructors. 6-8 p.m. Free admission. Ziegler Park.

1322 Sycamore St., Overthe-Rhine, zieglerpark.org.

TUESDAY, JULY 30

Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs — See artifacts, art, models and technological creations bringing ancient Egypt to life. More than 350 original artifacts dating back more than 4,500 are on display, many for the first time in America. Through Aug. 18. $19.50 adults; $17.50 seniors; $12.50 children.

Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate, cincymuseum.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

The Mowgli’s at Taft Theatre — Feel-good Pop group The Mowgli’s perform as part of their Summer Vacation Tour. 7:30 p.m. $17-$20. Taft Theatre. 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 The World’s Longest Yard Sale — The World’s Longest Yard Sale spans roadsides from Michigan to Alabama, with hundreds upon hundreds of vendors taking to the street to sell their wares. Locally, you can find a sale hub in MainStrasse Village. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 1-4. Free admission. MainStrasse Village, Covington, mainstrasse. org, 127sale.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2

Beck and Cage The Elephant — The alternative artists co-headline the Night Running Tour; Spoon and Wild Belle will guest perform. 6 p.m. $26-$159.50. Riverbend Music Center. 6296 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

John Cusack with Say Anything –– Actor John Cusack sits down for a screening of the 1989 boombox classic Say Anything. After the movie, Cusack talks about his career, and the audience can participate in a moderated discussion.

Some VIP seats include a photo-op post show. 7:30 p.m. $52.75-$153.

Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.

The Delhi Skirt Game — Get some dirt in your skirt at the 42nd-annual Delhi Skirt Game, which pits Delhi men of all shapes and sizes (including police and fire chiefs) against each other in a friendly softball match to raise funds for local families in need. The catch? The guys have to dress in drag. 5-10 p.m.

Free. Delhi Township Park Field #1, 5125 Foley Road, Delhi, delhiskirtgame.org.

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Ohio River Paddlefest — Ohio River Paddlefest not only features paddle sports, it is also designed to celebrate, promote and protect the Ohio River. The river will be closed to barge and power boat traffic so 2,000-plus paddlers can participate in a 9-mile trek from the Schmidt Recreation Complex to Riverside’s Gilday Riverside Park. The paddle finishes with a festival featuring live music, food trucks, refreshments and eco exhibits. Race starts at 7 a.m. Registration is $30-$75.

Schmidt Recreation Complex, 2944 Humbert Ave., East End, ohioriverpaddlefest.org.

Cincy Summer Beerfest — The 11th summertime Cincy Beerfest will move to Smale Riverfront Park for a single-day, two-session fest.

The fest promises hundreds of craft beers hailing from over 90 breweries, plus sips from distilleries and wineries, live music and a silent disco. Day session 12:30-4:30 p.m.;

night session 7-11 p.m. $40-$55.

Smale Riverfront Park, 166 W. Mehring Way, Downtown, cincybeerfest. com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4

Back to School Swap Meet — One man’s trash is another man’s treasure at this swap meet. The meet will be divided into “free to a good home” and “make an offer” piles. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission.

Green Man Park, 770 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills, facebook.com/ walnuthillsbusinessdistrict.

MONDAY, AUGUST 5

Creatures: When Species Meet at the Contemporary Arts Center — Animals exercise their agency in this art exhibit which views them as collaborators rather than subjects.

Through Aug. 18. Free admission.

Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. Sixth St., Downtown, contemporaryartscenter.org.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6

The Regrettes — The L.A.-based four-piece — Lydia Night, Genessa Gariano, Brooke Dickson and Drew Thomsen — perform with Hot Flash Heat Wave at Madison Live. 8 p.m. $15 advance; $18 door. Madison Live, 734 Madison, Ave., Covington, madisontheateronline.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7

Sugar Rush — CityBeat gets sweet with our annual smorgasbord of treats at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Explore a colorful candy extravaganza as several local sweeteries provide samples of their best cupcakes, ice cream, donuts, pies, pastries and more. 5:30-8:30 p.m. $20; $5 for 12 and under. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, sugarrushcincy. com.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8

Great Inland Seafood Festival — Join live lobsters and people, too, at this annual seafood festival.

Take a whole Maine lobster home for $10.95 or eat fresh and tasty seafood from local restaurants and national vendors right on Riverboat Row. 5-11 p.m. Aug. 8; 5-11 p.m. Aug 9; noon-11 p.m.

Aug 10; noon-9 p.m. Aug 11. Free admission. Newport Festival Park, Riverboat Row, Newport, cincinnatifestivalsandevents.com.

Wild About Wine — This event uncorks after-hours at the Cincinnati Zoo with wine tastings, food-by-thebite, live music and animal encounters held throughout the park.

6:30-9 p.m. $50; $45 members; $30 designated driver; $25 designated

driver member. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, cincinnatizoo.org.

Hamilton County Fair — The Hamilton County Fair is back, promising yet another week of family fun.

Watch a vintage baseball game, pet a barnyard animal or take a picture with a princess. Grandstands will cheer and engines will rumble as local celebrities, nobodies and law enforcement duke it out in multiple demolition derbies. 4-11 p.m. Aug. 8-9; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Aug. 10; noon10 p.m. Aug. 11. $7 admission; $5 parking. Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 7700 Vine St., Carthage, hamiltoncountyfair.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9

Thomas Rhett — The known country music hunk (sorry, he’s taken) is headlining his Very Hot Summer Tour with Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson and Rhett Akins.

7 p.m. $44-$103.75. Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

Pineapple Day Party — This party features DJs from diverse pop-up experience collective Meraki Haus inside and local entrepreneurs outside. Special deals like bottomless mimosas and food surprises are available for early birds. Noon-6 p.m. Free admission. Revel OTR Urban Winery, 111 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/ merakihaus.

Santana: Supernatural Now Tour — Carlos Santana and his bandmates are joined by The Doobie Brothers. 7 p.m. $32.75-$665.

Riverbend, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

The O.F.F. Market — The monthly neighborhood marketplace features artisans, makers, small businesses, farmers and specialty food and beverage vendors, all with items for sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Free admission. MadTree, 3301 Madison Road, Oakley, facebook.com/ theoffmarket.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11

Second Sunday on Main — This monthly street fair takes over Main Street in Over-the-Rhine with artisans and craft vendors, a beer garden, food trucks, live music and more. Held rain or shine. Noon-5 p.m. Free admission. Main Street, Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/ OTRSSOM.

MONDAY, AUGUST 12

Western & Southern Open — The top tennis players in the world return to Cincinnati for the W&S Open.

Both men and women compete for millions in prize money. Through Aug. 18. Tickets start at $10.

Lindner Family Tennis Center, 5460 Courseview Drive, Mason, wsopen. com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13

Jurassic Park — Hosted by Liberty Center, both current flicks and classics will be shown in the park.

This week, it’s Jurassic Park. Roar.

8-11 p.m. Free admission. Liberty Center, 7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, liberty-center.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Warsaw Federal Incline Theater — It’s a war between the sexes as seven frontier women take charge of their lives in 1850s Oregon in this romantic comedy.

Through Sept. 8. $29 adults; $26 seniors/students. Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, 801 Matson Place, East Price Hill, cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

Iron Maiden — The Heavy Metal band brings their Legacy Of The Beast Tour to North America. 7:30 p.m. $31.50-$425. Riverbend, 6296 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend. org.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16

Midwest Black Family Reunion — This three-day family festival celebrates its 31st anniversary in 2019.

The Midwest Black Family Reunion will bring families, nonprofits and businesses together to celebrate the strengths and values of black families. Aug. 16-18. Free admission. Multiple locations including Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, myblackfamilyreunion.org.

Cincinnati Celtic Festival — Celebrate Celtic heritage with food, music and more. The festivities begin with the Reds Irish heritage night game on Aug. 15. 5-11 p.m.

Aug. 16; noon-11 p.m. Aug. 17; noon-9 p.m. Aug. 18. Free admission. East Freedom Way, The Banks, Downtown, facebook.com/ cincinnaticelticfestival.

Birds of a Feather Music & Arts Festival — Bring a tent or an RV to camp all weekend and listen to music from bands including Rumpke Mountain Boys, Restless Leg String Band Center, The Aquaducks and more. Aug. 15-18. $50 pre-sale (camping included); $25 kids 13-16; $20 car camping; $50 RV parking; $40 dog passes.

Thornhill Dragstrip, 14200 Kenton

Station Road, Morning View, birdsofafeatherfest.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

An Afternoon with the Beer Barons — Spring Grove Cemetery celebrates the beer barons of Cincinnati’s past and present with the annual An Afternoon with the Beer Barons. Local brewers will be sampling their most popular and unique beers, with snacks from local food trucks and music from the Cincy River Rats. Tours of historic graves included. 4-7 p.m. $30. Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village, springgrove.org.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18

Burlington Antique Show — This antiques and vintage-only collectibles market features more than 200 dealers. It’s generally pretty crowded, so if you’re a real hunter, aim for early-bird admission ($6; 6-8 a.m.). 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. $4 starting at 8 a.m. Boone County Fairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road, Burlington, burlingtonantiqueshow. com.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19

Melissa Etheridge — Join the Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer/ songwriter for an evening of songs from her new album, The Medicine Show. 7 p.m. $29.50-$58.50. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20

Movies in the Park: E.T.— Hosted

by Liberty Center, both current flicks and classics will be shown in the park. This week, it’s E.T.: A tiny alien who looks like a melted Baby Ruth bar wants to go home in this Steven Spielberg film. 8-11 p.m. Free admission. Liberty Center, 7100 Foundry Row, Liberty Township, liberty-center.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21

10 Things I Hate About You — Free films return to the Washington Park Wednesdays in summer.

Loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, pretty and pleasant Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) can’t go to prom unless her uptight sister (Julia Stiles) does. Thankfully, bad boy Patrick (Heath Ledger, RIP) steps in. 9-11 p.m. Free admission.

Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark. org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22

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Ziegler Pool

Located in iegler ark, this renovated O R pool helmed by is a community hot spot and a hip place to see and be seen. Features include wheelchair-accessible entry, lap lanes, a diving board and a rock-climbing wall above the deep end. There is a concession stand with Popsicles, soda, etc., and guests are allowed to bring in their own food. 7-9 a.m. lap swim daily; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. public swim daily. $4 adults and $2 children/seniors (over 55) daily admission; season passes provided on a sliding fee scale. 216 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, zieglerpark.org.

Dunham “Otto Armleder Memorial Regional Aquatic Center” Pool

Boasting later hours than most Cincinnati Recreation Commission spots and daily operations, the Westwood pool also boasts big features. There’s a zero-depth entry, toddler area, sprayground, climbing features, two large water slides and lap lanes. And, Dunham is the only CRC pool with a concession stand. 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; noon-7 p.m. Sunday. $10 adults; $6 youth/seniors. 4356 Dunham Lane, Westwood, cincyrec.org.

McKie Pool

Remodeled in 01 , the R ’s c ie ool offers a deep pool, wading pool and diving board along with a sprayground and pool decks. Call 513-681-7669 for pool hours. $5 adults outh seniors. hase A e. Northside cinc rec.org.

Mount Adams Pool

Nestled in a greenspace by the Playhouse in the Park, the CRC’s Mount Adams Pool is a hidden gem. nd with a maximum depth of feet, it’s a waders’ paradise. Noon .m.

Monday-Thursday; noon-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday. $5 adults; $3 youth/seniors. 966 Mt. Adams Circle, Mount Adams, cincyrec.org.

Oakley Pool

The CRC’s Oakley Pool is the only one that has a deep-water slide. It also has a diving board, sprayground and lap lanes. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesday; noon-6 p.m. Friday, Sunday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. $5 adults; $3 youth/seniors.

3900 Paxton Ave., Oakley, cincyrec.org.

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he Otto rmleder emorial uatic ountain features spray jets and a gigantic Brutalist-style angular shower head, all in the shadow of concrete monoliths built by architect Louis Sauer in the 1970s. Free admission. 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, cincinnatiparks.com.

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he 7,000 s uare foot water feature in the center of the park has more than 1 0 pop up jets that can be synchroni ed to music and light (look nearby for instructions on how to select and play music). Open daily through October, this heat-buster also features waterfall steps and a Zen-like water boulder. Free admission. 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine washingtonpark.org.

summer’s WBFF include M. Ward, Ryan Bingham, The Felice Brothers, Peter Rowan, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Charlie Parr, Chicago Farmer and The Wild Reeds. Aug. 22-24. $25-$55 single day; $80$120 weekend; $225 VIP. Smale Riverfront Park, 166 W. Mehring Way, Downtown, whisperingbeard.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23

beWILDerfest — Hosted on three stages in and around Northside churchturned-brewery-and-musicvenue Urban Artifact, the fest returns with several of Cincinnati's finest musical acts, as well as top-of-theline national/international touring artists like Surfer Blood, Screaming Females, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Zach Deputy and Green Jello. Aug. 23-24. $30 single day; $50 weekend pass; $100 VIP weekend. Urban Artifact, 1660 Blue Rock St., Northside, bewilderfest.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

Cincy Brew Ha-Ha — It’s the second day of Cincy Brew Ha-Ha. The annual fest features more than 75 comedians on four stages and more than 100 beers, ciders and wine from local, national and international breweries. Headliners TBD. 5 p.m.-midnight Aug. 23; 4 p.m.-midnight Aug. 24.

Free admission; $5 beer wristbands; $1 per beer ticket. Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, cincybrewhaha.com.

Germania Society of Cincinnati Oktoberfest — The 48th-annual Germania Society Oktoberfest features German food, from sauerkraut balls to wursts and Oktoberfest chicken, German bier, German music, German dancing and family-friendly games.

6 p.m.-midnight Aug. 24; 2 p.m.-midnight Aug. 25; noon-8 p.m. Aug. 26. $5; free for 12 and under. Germania Society Park, 3529 W. Kemper Road, Colerain, germaniasociety.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

Drag Brunch at Metropole

— Your favorite local drag queens will be looking fresh as they slay and sashay from the window to the wall at Metropole. There will be signature cocktails and familystyle brunch. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $35. Metropole at 21c, 609 Walnut St., Downtown, 21cmuseumhotels.com.

MONDAY, AUGUST 26

Listermann Chickow! Fun Run — Head to Listermann to join this free weekly fun run. Everyone is welcome to join these 3-mile and 5-mile guided routes. Listermann Brewing Co., 1621 Dana Ave., Norwood, facebook. com/tristaterunning.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27

Nordic Drinks & Spirits at Nine Giant — The Scandinavian Society of Cincinnati hosts this event the last Tuesday of the month with food, drinks and Scandinavian beer. 6 p.m.

Free admission. Nine Giant Brewing, 6095 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge, facebook.com/scandinaviansoc.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28

Kimono: Refashioning Contemporary Style at the Cincinnati Art Museum — Discover the enduring influence of the Japanese kimono on Western fashion with creations from designers including Chanel, Galliano, McQueen, Iris van Herpen, Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo.

Through Sept. 15. Free admission. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, cincinnatiartmuseum.org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29

Cindependent Film Festival — The second annual Cindependent Film Festival presents multi-genre screenings and awards, parties, live entertainment, filmmakers Q&As, screenplay readings and more. Aug. 29-31.

Prices vary. Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, cindependentfilmfest.org.

KISS: End of the Road Tour — The larger-than-life Rock & Roll Hall of Famers

will be making their final stop in Cincinnati, ever — one last time to rock and roll all night for the Queen City KISS Army. 7:30 p.m. show. $25-$143. Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., California, riverbend.org.

Adult Swim at Ziegler Pool — Ziegler goes to the grownups for a season close-out pool party. The pool will be open for those 21-plus to hang out, swim, listen to a DJ and grab some beer (no outside alcohol allowed).

7:30-10 p.m. $10. Ziegler Park, 1322 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook. com/zieglerpark.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30

Cincinnati Tattoo Arts Convention — This tattoo tour hits Cincinnati where guests can get ink from some of the best local, national and international artists. 2 p.m.-midnight Aug. 30; 11 a.m.-midnight Aug. 31; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sept. 1. $20; $40 three-day pass.

Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown, villainarts.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

Ohio Renaissance Festival — The 30-acre festival grounds have been historically recreated to look like a 16th-century English village filled with entertainment ranging from sword-fighters, jugglers and storytellers to blacksmiths, battling knights and rides powered by humans. Through Oct. 27. $22.50 adults; $9.50 children; free 5 and under.

10542 E. State Route 73, Waynesville, Ohio, renfestival.com.

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Riverfest — This annual end-of-summer bash features one of the largest fireworks displays in the nation. Take in a full day of tailgating along the riverfront before the 9:05 p.m. Rozzi’s Famous Fireworks show, choreographed to tunes from WEBN. Noon-10 p.m. Free.

Sawyer Point/Yeatman’s Cove, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown, webn. iheart.com.

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ONSTAGE: The Cincinnati Fringe Festival is in full swing with plenty of kinda weird arts and theater. See some of our favorite Fringe excerpts on page 38.

MUSIC: Todd Rundgren brings his The Individualist tour to the Taft Theatre. See Sound Advice on page 50.

EVENT: Pup Arf Yappy Hour Make happy hour even more happy by bringing your pupper. The Secret Life of Pets is Washington Park’s Summer Cinema series movie of the week (9-11 p.m.), and the park is adding to the dog-themed fun with a free art station from Happen, Inc. where your doggo can unleash their inner “Pugcasso” by making paw print art (5-7 p.m.). The park’s bar will also be serving drink specials for the event. 5-11 p.m. Wednesday.

Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Overthe-Rhine, washingtonpark. org. — EMMA STIEFEL

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hails from Louisville and was an English major in college. “If you’ve never been an English major, just imagine joining a book club that costs $40,000 a year.

And then not reading any of the books.” Through Sunday. $8-$14. Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, gobananascomedy. com. — P.F. WILSON

MUSIC: Grammy-winning Reggae artist Stephen Marley goes acoustic at Madison Theater. See Sound Advice on page 50.

MUSIC: Former My Chemical Romance member Frank Iero heads to Bogart’s with his band, the Future Violents. See Sound Advice on page 51.

EVENT: Prince’s Birthday Party at Longfellow It’s been a little over three years since we lost musical icon Prince, but his legacy lives on. Longfellow and its Other Room are throwing a party to celebrate the purple one’s birthday and remember the magic he shared with the world. On Friday, the bar will host an evening filled with purple beer and music.

DJs Big Perm and Dearly Beloved will be spinning Prince and Prince-related music throughout the evening. The event kicks off at

9 p.m. and will continue until close. Make sure to stop by and pay your respects with some groovy moves and icecold purple suds. One can assume thematic clothing is encouraged. 9 p.m. Friday.

Free admission. Longfellow, 1233 Clay St., Overthe-Rhine, facebook.com/ longfellowcinti. — HAILEY BOLLINGER EVENT: Schwabenfest Party like a German with the Cincinnati Donauschwaben Society. Enjoy authentic bier, music and food while taking in traditional dance performances from the Donauschwaben groups. Oktoberfest-style chicken dinners will be available on Friday, and you can come back on Saturday to try some roasted ox as well. 6 p.m.-midnight Friday; 1 p.m.-midnight Saturday. $3 admission; free 12 and under. Donauschwaben Reception Hall, 4290 Dry Ridge Road, Colerain, cincydonau.com. — EMMA STIEFEL

EVENT: Blooms in the Taprooms Blooms and beer can’t succ.

Teachers from OTR plant shop Gia & the Blooms will be on hand to show guests the techniques of successful succulent potting and maintenance. The ticket price includes succulents, pebbles, soil, a glass terrarium and guidance through the process, plus a pint of Plum Saison, infused with lemon myrtle and butterfly pea flower. 5-8 p.m. Friday. $45-$65. Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com. — ERIN GARDNER

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EVENT: The Zinecinnati fest brings together artists, poets, zinesters, authors and other members of the small press/self-publishing community. See feature on page 37.

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EVENT: Beyond Black Rock Fire up your summer at the Beyond Black Rock fundraiser on the first day of the second phase of No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Get a first look at new room-sized art installations, mutant vehicles, creative costuming, films and jewelry made for or inspired by Black Rock City, Nevada — home of the annual Burning Man gathering. The fundraiser features music from DJ Dayna and Swampthang; performances from Pones, Forealism Tribe and Elevated Aerials, with

painted bodies by artist Aryn Fox; food from La Soupe, Forno Osteria+Bar, UDF and the Terrace Café; and beer from Fifty West and Platform Beer Company, with cocktails available.

The dress code is “radical self-expression.” Proceeds benefit the CAM. 7-11 p.m.

Friday. $75-$125. Cincinnati Art Museum. 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, cincinnatiartmuseum.org.

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FILM: Mamma Mia! Sing-Along Here we go again! Join the Mount Adams Civic Association for a Mamma Mia! singalong and free film screening in Eden Park. There will be pre-show music from Real Live Humans, so don’t be afraid to sing your heart out.

MamaBear’s Mac mac and cheese food truck, Graeter’s ice cream and raffle prizes will also be on-site. Music starts at 7 p.m.; movie starts at dusk Thursday. Free admission. Seasongood Pavilion, 950 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, mtadamscincy.org.

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COMEDY: Raanan Hershberg “My first paid gig was at a prison in Kentucky,” comedian Raanan Hershberg tells an audience. “It was for about 200 inmates.” It didn’t go as well as he hoped.

“There’s nothing more discouraging as a comedian than to be performing and watching a couple inmates walk out. Where are you going? You know in your heart they’re going back to their cell. There’s not another room with midnight bowling or a movie. Those inmates were watching me onstage and thinking, ‘You know what? I’d rather be in a cage right now.’ ” Hershberg

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Browse art, food, clothes, trinkets and more, all while supporting independent local creators. You can complement your local shopping with a local beer from MadTree Brewing, where the event is held. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday. Free admission.

Madtree Brewing Barrel Warehouse, 3301 Madison Road, Oakley, theoffmarket. org. — EMMA STIEFEL

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FILM: Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero In the early- to mid-’90s, Brainiac seemed to be on the verge of becoming Ohio’s next band to explode on a massive scale when things took a tragic turn. The innovative group’s albums on labels Grass and Touch and Go — as well as one of the most explosive live shows of any act from their generation — had already made them superstars in the Indie and underground music worlds. The documentary film project Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero tells the compelling story of the Dayton-spawned quartet, which was on the brink of wider major-label exposure when its brilliant and mesmerizing frontperson, Tim Taylor, died in a car accident in 1997. After a crowd-funding campaign that was boosted by Trent Reznor and Mark Hamill’s social media support, Transmissions After Zero (which

includes interviews with peers and fans like Steve Albini, Melissa Auf der Maur, Fred Armisen, The National’s Matt Berninger, Wayne Coyne, Jim O’Rourke, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and many others) premiered at South

By Southwest in Texas and has since screened at film fests and theaters across the country. Directed by filmmaker Eric Mahoney (a former Dayton musician who’s now based in Brooklyn), Transmissions After Zero gets a premiere this weekend in Cincinnati, where Brainiac played many shows, particularly early on in its career. Mahoney will be checking in at the local premiere via Skype for a Q&A session about the film. 7 p.m. Saturday. $15.

Esquire Theatre, 320 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, esquiretheatre. com. — MIKE BREEN ART: The Uncanny Valley at Wave Pool The “uncanny valley” is a term used to describe the unsettling feeling you get when looking at a robot or computer-generated image that resembles a human so closely that it grosses you out or scares you just a little. Like those computer games where you can’t tell if it’s an actual human on

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EVENT: Pineapple Day Party Millennials rejoice: This generation’s favorite tropical fruit (avocados out; pineapples in) is front and center at this breezy summer event. Aimed at “celebrating the waviness and free-spiritedness in all of us,” the party features DJs from diverse pop-up experience collective Meraki Haus inside and local entrepreneurs outside. Most importantly, there’s no dress code but pineapple and island attire is encouraged. Special deals like bottomless mimosas and food surprises are available for early birds. Noon-6 p.m.

Saturday. Free admission.

Revel OTR Urban Winery, 111 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/merakihaus.

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the screen for a split second.

Wave Pool’s The Uncanny Valley explores this feeling of unease with curator-inresidence David Corns, who has taken the work of artists, fabricators, musicians, designers and architects to ask: “Can (we) use the effect of uncanniness to address current issues of everyday life, whether they be social, political, or economic, to unveil something new that would otherwise go unnoticed or be unattainable by other means?” Instead of being repulsed or fetishizing otherness, can this valley reveal the “hybridity” and “ambiguity” of the world?

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EVENT: Second Sunday on Main Now in its 14th year, Second Sunday on Main continues to bring Main Street merchants, vendors, food trucks and more to the neighborhood for one of the city’s most eclectic street festivals. This month, SSOM kicks of Pride Month with a themed celebration. Watch as artist KC Hamant adorns Main Street with a chalk garden, enjoy Madcap Puppets’ performance of The Wizard of Oz and browse the food selections while listening to live music from local bands Blossom Hall, Jess Lamb and The Factory and Tracy Walker. There will also be “drag races” (featuring local drag queens), the Missed OTR Pageant, a Big Bike Race, Fringe Festival previews, a Pet Wants Water Bark for dogs (with a wading pool and hydrant sprayer) and a biergarten lounge curated by Queen City Vignette. In addition, check out Gone But Not Forgotten, a multi-panel display featuring candid photos, ephemera and a map of closed Cincinnati gay and lesbian bars. Noon- 5 p.m. Sunday.

Free. Main St., between 12th and Liberty, Over-the-Rhine, secondsundayonmain.org. — NICK SULLIVAN

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EVENT: Opera in the Park Celebrate the start of Cincinnati Opera’s 99th season with a little music in the park.

Bring a blanket, lawn chair and your opera glasses to enjoy the Cincinnati Opera Chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as they perform selections from the 2019 season including The Marriage of Figaro, Ariadne auf Naxos, Romeo and Juliet and Porgy and Bess plus Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story and more.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-theRhine, cincinnatiopera.org.

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ONSTAGE: Cats The record-breaking musical Cats is touring North America with an updated stage show. The feline musical tells the story of one magical night when an extraordinary tribe of cats gathers for an annual ball to decide which cat will be reborn. This tour includes an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber — including “Memories,” obviously — as well as the original costume design by John Napier, but with brand new choreography and lighting for a new generation. Through June 16. $30-$140. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.

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EVENT: NKY PRIDE The 10th-annual NKY Pride takes over Covington with a parade and festival. The parade leaves from Covington Landing at 1 p.m., winds around the neighborhood, stops in front of the judges’ table at Braxton Brewing Co., and ends in Goebel Park for the PrideFest party.

PrideFest will feature live music, vendors, beer from

EVENT: Concours d’Elegance With a theme of Midcentury Modern American style, this nationally recognized automobile event displays motorcycles and cars from the time period between 1948 to 1965. The 42nd annual Concours d’Elegance will feature displays of Asian tuner cars, the 100th anniversary of Bentley and 95 years of MG, bringing something to the table for car aficionados of all makes and models. In addition to autos, there will also be a craft beer garden and brunch (requires an additional ticket). 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. $30 adult; $15 student with ID; free 12

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Free admission. Wave Pool, 2940 Colerain Ave., Camp Washington, wavepoolgallery.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO

Braxton and Bircus, parade awards, a kids’ zone and more.

Continue the party at Hotel Covington afterwards with host Sarah Jessica Darker. 1 p.m. parade; 1-5 p.m. PrideFest; 6 p.m. after party Sunday. Free admission.

Covington, nkypride. org. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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SelfPublishing Party Helmed by a Bellevuebased couple, Cincinnati’s inaugural zine festival, Zinecinnati, will feature both local and out-oftown artists

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and the Punk pioneers that proceed them, contemporary zine creators are exemplifying the freedom of the craft in multitudes.

The Chicago Zine Fest draws hundreds of exhibitors, and it’s only a matter of time before the zine renaissance hits the mainstream in Cincinnati, especially considering the ease of access to the form. Anyone with paper, a pen and an idea (and maybe a stapler) can create a zine.

“It’s really blown up in the past couple years, even with people that you wouldn’t think would be making them,” Lee says.

“It’s not like the ’90s where it used to just be like, Xeroxing some stuff and anarchist poems. Now it can be really whatever you’re feeling.”

From zines with corresponding Spotify playlists to listen to while you read (like Lauren’s zine) to collections of art history buttons through the ages (like Nola Lee’s zine) and tales of the worst break-ups ever (everyone, probably), there will be plenty of ultra-niche content from over 30 exhibitors to peruse at Zinecinnati for zine newbies and connoisseurs alike.

“Everybody just needs to find the medium that they find expressive. Zines are great because there aren’t really any rules. There’s nobody telling you that it needs to be a certain way. It can be whatever you want it to be,” Tom says. “You have a voice. Use it.”

Zinecinnati takes place at the Mockbee June 8. More info: zinecinnati.com.

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leading up to the show. The get-togethers became a casual way to hang out with friends and spread the word about Zinecinnati across town.

Since everyone’s work is so different, there’s rarely any sense of competition here.

“Everybody wants to buy each other’s art.

At some point you’re just trading the same $5 bill around,” Lauren says.

The free-form nature of the craft allows for the creation of some deeply personal, incredibly intimate work. Sure, there are as many light-hearted, silly zines out there as there are serious ones, but sharing a zine is often like offering up a piece of oneself.

“People are kind of forced to be vulnerable because they have such a personal thing anyone can just pick up and read,” Lauren says. “I feel like that strips away the small talk. People are more apt to be like, ‘Oh hey, you’ve read my stuff, you know who I am when all the lights are off and I’m alone in my room in the dark.’ ” “It‘s fun to have a medium that’s so accessible because it enforces that community aspect,” she continues. “It lets you engage in a way where you can kind of see yourself in other people. It doesn’t matter what they’re doing or what they look like. I mean, they can look like the most badass tough person ever with the thigh-high buckle-up boots and then they wanna read your pink zine about all of your feelings. And you’re like, ‘They’re just like me.’ ” Like the original sci-fi fan-fic creators

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all three Bellevue residents.

“I didn’t even know they bought a house down the street,” she says. “And we’re just like, ‘Oh, we’re neighbors? Surprise!’ ” As they made their rounds on the zine circuit each spring and summer, they increasingly began hoping for the day a large, contemporary zine fest would find its way to their own city.

“We were at a point where we didn’t want to wait around for somebody else,” Lauren says. “We had talked about it so many times where we were like, ‘OK, let’s just do it.’ ” In February 2018, the Boeings committed to bringing a fest to Cincinnati. They bought the domain name for a website in March, and by April had put a deposit down on the historic Mockbee event space.

Now, Zinecinnati will become a reality on Saturday, June 8 from noon-6 p.m. The event is free to attend, but you can bring a non-perishable food item or hygiene or cleaning product for Community Matters and the Lower Price Hill Food Pantry to get an event poster and button. Zinecinnati joins similar regional events including Lexington’s Kentucky Fried Zine Fest and the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE) in Columbus, Ohio, which held its 20th fest this past April.

The Boeings wanted to create the same sense of community and connection that they’ve found at other fests, so they began by hosting drink and draw events and zine-making workshops in the months

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rom the first science fiction fanzines of the 1930s to the feminist riot grrrl zines of the 1990s, niche groups and underground movements have long ridden the wave of independence in the form of self-publishing. Now, even after the dawn of the internet and the polarizing debate over the death of the printing industry, the DIY scene is alive and well — and perhaps now more than ever in Cincinnati.

While Cincinnati is currently home to both a comic expo and an art book fair, there isn’t an event held solely to celebrate these humble little masterpieces. So Bellevue, Kentucky-based duo Tom and Lauren Boeing decided to fill the gap and host the Zinecinnati zine fest.

A zine is a broad description for any independent publication that’s usually made with the goal of artistic expression rather than for monetary profit. These freeform booklets — which are typically pretty small — are comprised of a variety of comics, illustration, poetry, prose, photography or collages. Some are made by hand while others are printed off en masse at home, at photocopy stores or through small, indie publishing companies.

In larger cities like Chicago — where Tom was first introduced to zines during his time at Columbia College — the zine community is “colossal,” he says, but he and Lauren had a difficult time finding other zine makers in Cincinnati.

When Tom first got into creating and selling his own comic-filled zines several years ago, the pair had to travel to other cities to discover the DIY community that was already blossoming in their own backyard. “We didn’t know anybody locally that did it,” Tom says. “But as we started going (to zine shows) we met people from Cincinnati, but we were at a show in Lexington, or in Chicago. We made friends basically by just talking to people from Cincinnati.”

That’s exactly how fellow artist and Greater Cincinnatian Nola Lee connected with the Boeings. After bonding at an outof-town fest, she later discovered they were

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Descent: A Murder Ballad — Descent is a moody, Gothic tale with seven songs performed by a cast of eight actors and musicians. The book, lyrics and music are by theater artist Hannah Gregory, who performs as the feisty singing narrator.

Annie (Tess Talbot) and Paul (Wes Carman) are a young couple happily expecting a child. They are new residents of a “pastoral town,” Shady Grove. Plagued by nightmares, Annie is anxious about the future; hard-working Paul is committed to loving her.

Staged by Cincinnati Shakespeare actor Caitlin McWethy, Descent features multiple time shifts designated by creative lighting.

When a scene is washed in warm light, we’re watching events prior to a passionate crime; a switch to pale blue pushes us to its aftermath. As the lighting cools, we see a hardened Annie on a lonesome train ride running from some tragic deed. Descent: A Murder Ballad is an accomplished, entertaining theatrical piece of storytelling.

— RICK PENDER This House Will Never Let Us Go — Horror drama This House Will Never Let Us Go is a sexy, subtle and startling exploration of apathy versus desire. Joan (Rebecca Comtois) is at loose ends. She’s finished with her boyfriend Griffin (playwright Mac Rogers) and essentially homeless. Since she is only minimally employed, she can easily work from anywhere there is Wi-Fi, and begins wheedling her way into housesitting gigs.

When she stumbles into a remarkable job — living rent free in a luxurious beach house for an entire summer— Joan is breathless at her own good fortune.

Until she meets her very weird roommate. Joan was not expecting Iris (Kristen Vaughan), to say the least, but ultimately decides that the eccentric and surely harmless Iris might — like Joan herself — be desperate for a port in one of life’s stormier seasons. When the summer draws to a close, Joan is forced to face facts and make a life-altering decision.

— HARPER LEE My Geriatric Uterus — As the war on a woman’s right to choose continues to divide the country, one woman is taking on the fight in a hilarious, yet soul-stirring performance. In a span of 60 minutes, Cincinnati artist and creator Lormarev Jones boldly challenges audiences to call out the hypocrisy of American society seeking to measure the worth of a woman if she hasn’t produced offspring by her mid-30s in My Geriatric Uterus.

Through her comedic SNL-like

performance, Jones creates a community where women in the audience feel seen and, more importantly, respected.

About midway through the performance, you are hit with a gut punch: Jones shares audience opinions on why they have delayed their trip to motherhood.

Some answers given include wanting the freedom to travel, climate change, general anxiety about keeping children safe and a theory that childhood innocence does not seem the same anymore. This last reason sparks a deep and very necessary introspective monologue from Jones about the intersectionality of being black and a woman in America. — JENIFER MOORE Let’s Prank Call Each Other — This is a digitally-manipulated puppet show that incorporates projections, audio tracks, cardboard cutouts, video games and storytelling all at once. Zach Dorn’s hand-drawn sets combine intricate paper cutouts with 3-D models and intense close-ups of the artist as he speaks to the audience directly into a digital camera that then projects the footage onstage. It’s the kind of performance that has to be experienced to truly comprehend. Told in a series of vignettes, Let’s Prank Call Each Other weaves each medium together to create a touching and truly unique performance that feels as if it’s magically unfolding for the very first time. — JACKIE MULAY Dave Maher Coma Show — A struggling Chicago comic has been a diabetic since childhood; he isn’t taking care of himself and lapses into a coma, which leads to his hospitalization. In critical condition, his health fails to the point that his friends and family say their goodbyes. But he awakens and begins a slow, painful recovery.

Eventually, he’s better for the experience and, for the first time in his life, is looking forward.

Sound funny? No, it doesn’t. But the remarkable thing about this one-man performance by Dave Maher is that it is, in fact, really funny. — ED COHEN Zoinks! — Queen City Flash’s Zoinks! is a hilarious romp of a parody that acts as an amalgamation of all the teen sleuth capers that came before it.

Enter 14-year-old Nolan Blackwell (Jordan Trovillion), teen sleuth detective, and her dog, Casper (Trey Tatum). At times, they weave through the crowd, flicking a flashlight to designate lines to be read aloud by audience members; it was as if we were all in on the telling of some wicked campfire tale. — MACKENZIE MANLEY The Cincinnati Fringe Festival runs through June 15. For additional and full reviews, visit citybeat.com/arts-and-culture/ fringe. More info/tickets: cincyfringe.com.

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Cedric Michael Cox’s latest exhibition, A then sublets the space to artists. Mason Collection of Paintings, is now on display at says OTOT has given him a place outside the West End’s OTOT Studio. of home or school to work on art, such as Those who follow the Cincinnati art painting. scene should know Cox’s name. A profesIt has also given him a space to curate sional artist for nearly 20 years, Cox’s public events which combine art and work has been featured in several local music, something he has done before at his institutions — the Taft Museum of Art, the home. During the June 1 opening of A ColWeston Art Gallery, The Carnegie and the lection of Paintings, ambition in visual and Contemporary Arts Center — as well as in auditory art converged: The event featured a current show at Chicago’s Gallery Guichlive music from “post-lo-fi” Hip Hop proard. He’s also an artist at downtown’s ducer Evan Brown, known as “SmokeFace,” Gallery 708, works as an art educator at in addition to Cox’s paintings. various schools and paints murals for schools, including an upcoming one at Seven Hills School.

Cox’s pieces can be identified by their vibrant colors and patterns. He’s taken inspiration from Cubism, Surrealism, landscape art and whimsical abstraction to develop his style.

A Collection of Paintings has 15 to 20 pieces, some of which are brand-new to the public and some of which have been showcased before. Cox looked for the juxtaposition of A previous event at OTOT Studio pieces to help give this PHOTO: PROVIDED BY OTOT STUDIO new exhibition its weight.

“I want to place everything basically in genres,” Cox said when Mason got to know Brown through discussing the layout of A Collection of Brown’s roommate, artist Charlie Goering.

Paintings before the opening. “That’s the Brown is also the drummer for local game plan, so when we actually put it Dream Pop band Multimagic and started together, it might come out to be somemaking beats as a teenager. Last year, he thing totally different.” released a new beat every single day. He For the exhibition — which can be says this kind of effort has helped him raise viewed by appointment through July 1 — his personal bar.

Cox wanted to make the most of the setting “My B and C game are what my A game and the audience. In addition to his paintused to be,” Brown says. ings in the gallery space, smaller pieces Artist Cox also has experience bringing will be placed throughout the studio. music and art together. He was previously “I feel like I want to utilize this space as a the project manager for Hypnotic Concepts, whole and (use this) opportunity as a way an urban marketing company that would to reach new audiences that have never host events featuring exhibitions including seen my work,” he said. live music, bringing in performers like Curator Nick Mason studies industrial Grandmaster Flash. design at the University of Cincinnati’s Just as Cox works to find which colors College of Design, Architecture, Art and will go well together and Brown finds Planning. He first came to personally know what chords will go well together, Mason’s Cox when he was originally majoring in curation of this opening reception came fine art at DAAP. partially from finding overlap between the “We exchanged numbers and then I met two artists’ styles. him at his studio one time and I did some “I thought it was a nice pairing because work for him out of his studio and he paid they’re both from Cincinnati, making me in paint,” Mason says. “We started work in Cincinnati, and I think their styles hanging out in his studio and I did some complement each other well,” He said. “It’s work and we’ve just kept in touch.” urban, pop, colorful and at the same time, Now minoring in fine art, Mason discovit’s laid-back and fun and friendly.” ered OTOT — named for its location at 1213 Cedric Michael Cox’s A Collection of (one two one three) York St. — through a Paintings can be viewed by appointment friend. The renovated warehouse is also through July 1. Contact nickmason721@ home to a gym and design shop. Taylor gmail.com for more information.

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Meet Cincinnati’s Long Furb Family

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Many of us are familiar with having an eccentric family.

Bobby Diddle, a Cincinnati native, is no exception. Her family consists of a spoiled princess, a drunk, a hippie, a black sheep and an idiot. But something sets her family apart from the rest of ours: they’re 3 feet tall, fuzzy and don’t blink.

They’re Furbies — aka small, fuzzy, owl-like robotic creatures that were all the rage when Tiger Electronics first released the toy in 1998. With their ability to pick Three of Bobby Diddle’s Long Furbs in a bed of tulips. up human language, they’ve PHOTO: PROVIDED BY BOBBY DIDDLE been mystifying us ever since.

But Diddle’s crew aren’t your with their own personality. run-of-the-mill Furbies.

The pink one is Fibonacci, described as A 25-year-old artist who now lives a spoiled, rich, Paris Hilton type. Dionysus, in Covington, Diddle is the mother of a green Long Furb, is a doctor, but also a “Long Furbs,” an amalgamation of ’90s drunk. Calypso loves all things water, is throwback culture and modern fabric an Aquarius, a pescatarian and, fittingly, art. Their day-to-day adventures are is blue. Frank, the village idiot, is orange. documented on Instagram via @longfurbs.

The newest member of the family is “It gives me an outlet to constantly create Ollie; shaped like a black circle, he loves something new,” she says. “Without them, NASCAR and Synth Pop. I’d never leave the house.”

On occasion, Diddle will make one to Scroll through the Long Furbs’ profile, sell. Most recently, a dalmatian Furby which has amassed over 16,800 followers, named Speck fetched more than $300 on and you’ll see them hanging out at several eBay. In total, Diddle has sold seven Long Greater Cincinnati destinations: WashFurbs. ington Park, Tokyo Kitty, the Newport When Diddle sells a Long Furb, she says Aquarium, Jungle Jim’s, Bakersfield OTR. it feels akin to sending a kid off to college.

After creating the account in September She asks the buyers to send her pictures.

2018, she gained 100 followers the first She mails them postcards. month. Then 1,000 the second month. Now “Once you buy a Furby from me,” Diddle she averages about 2,000 new followers says, “you’re joining a family.” monthly.

Coming soon are donut and centaur “I never expected it to be this popular,” Furbies. If you want to get into the Diddle says. “Nostalgia for the ’90s is such community yourself, Diddle is hosting a big thing right now.” a Long Furbs party at the Northside But why Furbies?

Distillery on July 21. There will be a T-shirt Diddle has loved Furbies since they release, limited-edition prints, stickers and were first released. As a kid, she took hers buttons, as well as an opportunity for fans everywhere she went. to snap selfies with her long bois (one of her “There’s a family picture from when I nicknames for her Long Furbs). was 7,” she says. “Everyone in the picture Diddle eventually wants to publish a is looking real serious and then there’s me book of her photos, hold pop-up shops holding my Furby in front of my face.” across the country and create videos.

These hometown celebrities are not the “I don’t have enough arms,” Diddle says. first of their kind. Long Furbs are part of “I need an assistant.” a larger Furby community, specifically a Thankfully, Diddle has her boyfriend, subgenre known as “Odd Body Furbies.”

Nate Edwards, to help out. The two met on Search the hashtag “customfurby” on Insthe dating app Bumble, where she told him tagram and you’ll come across thousands point blank: “You have to be OK with this. of results, such as Furby Fuzz (@original.

This Furby train ain’t stopping anytime long.furby) — the first person to make a soon.”

Long Furby — and one of Diddle’s personal Nate says he thought the Long Furbs favorites, Sexy Furby (@sexyfurb69), a lifewere “terrifying at first,” but later came to size doll with the face of a Furby that you love them. He now prides himself on being really just have to see for yourself. their chauffeur. In particular, he’s quite “The Furby community is the most loving partial to Ollie. Before leaving the house, and caring and weird community you Diddle will ask Edwards, “Do you have could ever find,” Diddle says. your son?”

It takes three days for Diddle to hand Just another addition to this odd, sew a Long Furb. She skins the Furbies blended, furry family. completely and uses only the original Follow the adventure of Bobby Diddle’s face — a process she calls “longifying.”

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The early festival coverage of Joanna or read — seeks to spark this degree of Hogg’s semi-autobiographical new release suspension, but somehow The Souvenir The Souvenir paints the film as the story presents a larger obstacle to overcome. of a budding young filmmaker caught I now realize why. Hogg wrote the up in a new romance, the kind of affair story and shot it with an uncluttered that leaves a lasting impression. Hogg, a approach that seems poetic and longtime friend of Tilda Swinton — who rooted in documentary. Julie largely has a remarkably low-key supporting role continues to live in her head and her in the film — had a difficult time finding infatuation with Anthony isn’t spoken of an actress to play Julie, her stand-in. in flowery language or captured in rosy Fortuitously, she stumbled upon her lead, sentimentality. So much is unspoken, as if Honor Swinton Byrne, when she joined she can’t find the words or is afraid to give her mother, Tilda, during an early prevoice to her feelings. It’s as if Anthony will production meeting. disappear or simply walk away from her Taking advantage of the casting of a and she will be lost and empty, with that mother-daughter duo playing similar roles faint artistic impulse torn from her. in the film seemingly freed Hogg by allowing her to build upon that pre-existing intimacy. Opening up her own experiences were no doubt quite the challenge — the kind that most people would shy away from exposing on film. The Souvenir is a starkly frank portrait of a film student as a quiet young woman who doesn’t know if she has what it takes to be an artist.

Julie takes pictures and has obviously thought about the story she wants Tom Burke and Honor Swinton Byrne in The Souvenir to tell. It centers on the P H O T O : A G AT H A A . N I T E C K A / / C O U R T E S Y A 2 4 relationship between a man and his mother, his connection to the larger community where he lives, and how we All of this makes The Souvenir a tough hold on, sometimes longer than needed, film to sit through. Lacking the arch to people and places. From the sound of witticisms of early Whit Stillman indies things, Julie has spent quite a bit of time like Metropolitan, Barcelona or The developing the idea, living with it in her Last Days of Disco, viewers might long head, but she stumbles and falters when for cackling exchanges and the subtly forced to speak of it with others. She’s implied class distinctions that positioned young and passionate, but not mature Stillman’s work as modern takes on Jane enough to trust herself or this passion.

Austen. On the other hand, Hogg never She’s seeking focus and grounding, surrenders to melodrama either, like maybe, when she spies Anthony (Tom Louis Malle’s deliciously juicy adaptation Burke) at a party. We see him, as she of Josephine Hart’s novel Damage with does, from behind; through her eyes, we Jeremy Irons and a young Juliette Binoche. appreciate his relaxed maturity. There The Souvenir is a fragile thing, and is an ease and arrogance to him that is a Anthony, at one point, makes a similar mystery to Julie and it exerts an irresistible connection and comment about Julie. She gravitational force over her. They talk sees herself as ordinary and unexceptional, briefly and later chat over coffee in a more but Anthony tells her that she’s fragile. It is formal setting. He presents himself as a what makes her distinct, and it is also the more worldly figure, totally captivating her. exact trait that he zeroes in on and uses It is curious to watch the film though, as to insinuate himself into her life and her an older viewer with years of experience, heart. because I found myself recognizing tells in Is someone this fragile capable of Anthony’s behavior, undeniable warning surviving the cruelties of the world? signs that would have sent me running in Perhaps more importantly, are we willing the opposite direction. I critically pushed to walk alongside and share these early myself to attempt to submit to Julie’s experiences with someone like Julie? In perspective — releasing myself from the The Souvenir, Hogg and Byrne reveal the differences in race, gender and maturity — raw and uncut gem in the making. (Opens so that I could live and walk in her shoes.

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zingy Italian chili.) I was as shocked as any anchovy-avoider that I enjoyed every bite.

The zip of the chili offset the saltiness of the fish, as did the tangy salsa verde.

There are eight other tinned fish varieties to try, as well as cheeses, cured meats, pastries from North South Baking in Covington, the “Dirty Nati” Egg Samich and more. Oh, and, to whom it may concern: They have a full liquor license with cocktails like a classic negroni and Manhattan, and a smart selection of beer in their cooler. Friday night wine flights are $5, and family-style Bistro Night dinners are on the horizon as well.

If you want to take a little of the Ferrari brothers’ spirit home with you — and by this point, you should — you can grab a bag of their special namesake-blend espresso, created in partnership with Deeper Roots Coffee. But it is best experienced in person. The parade of local construction workers and contractors and business people from Northside and downtown who popped by during my two separate visits only reinforced the neighborhood feel the brothers are working so hard to achieve — successfully, I believe.

“We like creating that vibe of creating this cool little bond where you feel welcome throughout the day,” Austin says.

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a little bit more on the business side, he’s a little more on the marketing and social media. You do your thing you’re good at, I’ll do mine, we’ll talk about it, but we kind of know. We know enough about the business, the aesthetic, how we want to make people feel, to where we just go for it.”

That aesthetic is refreshing in an era of stark restaurant rigidity. Mom ‘n ‘em eschews that austerity and replaces it instead with the brothers’ special blend of sparkling Italian vibrancy and straightforwardness. The layout of the house contributes to that warmth, too, with its open kitchen area and table-and-comfy-chairfilled living room and dining room spaces.

There’s a diverse offering of wines selected by certified sommelier Austin, and the idea, he says, is to be meaningful but playful (much like the brothers themselves.)

I tried a splash of the 2003 Philippe Foreau “Clos Naudin” Vouvray Demi Sec, which was buttery smooth and very nice, and the Franklin’s coconut cold brew coffee, which was not overly-sweet; I got it twice. (There’s a full offering of other coffee options, too.) The homemade rosemary and lemon-infused soda was refreshing, and in one of my braver food moments, I ordered the anchovy toastie.

Two thick slices of local Allez country loaf were generously swiped with homemade salsa verde, atop which rested silver strips of previously-tinned anchovies, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and doused with a sprinkling of aleppo (a

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gentrification always surfaces when new, white-owned outfits are being built in historically marginalized neighborhoods, but Mom ‘n ‘em seems to fit seamlessly into Camp Washington, and the Ferrari brothers are emphatically neighborhood guys.

“We care about Camp Washington as a community,” Tony says. “The area is amazing, the neighbors are incredible and we’re the kind of people that before we even think about something, we knock door-to-door like, ‘Hey, do you want us here, do you need us here, do you have a love for coffee, do you want this reassurance of a third place?’ ” The pair are adamant about Mom ‘n ‘em being a “third place” that’s not home and not work, reserved instead for talking shop, drinking wine or coffee and hanging loose for a handful of hours — something Tony says was lost when Camp Washington was dramatically reconfigured to accommodate I-75 in the 1960s.

Their hard-working, children-of-animmigrant attitude, friendly conversation and playful, entrepreneurial spirit go a long way to achieving that relaxing sense of a third place, too. It helps that their partnership — and brotherly bond — is so symbiotic.

“We both just attack it. We take care of business. We have very defined roles: I’m the back, he’s the front,” Tony says. “I’m

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erhaps more than any other business, the coffee shop is the purview of the freelance journalist, and as such, I have frequented many in our fair city. I believe I have enough data compiled to say that Mom ‘n ‘em Coffee in Camp Washington, created by brothers Tony and Austin Ferrari, is not only a true rarity, but something truly special.

Mom ‘n ‘em is a passion project four years in the making for the Ferrari brothers. Food is a family business for the pair; they also operate Provender Coffee and Hillside Supper Club in San Francisco, where they lived until this past February. Locally, they operate Ferrari Barber & Coffee Co., a barbershop formerly owned by their great-uncle on Garfield Place downtown, and the forthcoming Fausto Café in the Contemporary Arts Center. Fausto is named after their father, who immigrated from Italy in the early 1970s; Mom ‘n ‘em is a tribute to mom Theresa, the American girl next door.

“We always wanted to do a project here, no matter what it entailed,” says Austin, the younger of the pair. “We always wanted to be part of Cincinnati, ’cause it’s our roots. It’s where we’re from, people know us here. So we just sat down (and said), ‘Let’s just do a coffee shop. Let’s do something that we love.’”

According to coffee shop website, the name for Mom ‘n ‘em comes from the radio station 700 WLW. “One of the broadcasters would ask the other, ‘Hey, how is your mom ‘n ‘em doing?’ Eventually the saying started flowing through (our) family and so it became a reality at the coffee shop,” reads the explanation.

Originally, the concept for the shop entailed operating out of an Airstream trailer, but budgetary and zoning constraints led the pair to move the project indoors to the Camp Washington singlefamily home into which Tony was planning to move.

Built in 1893, the site of Mom ‘n ‘em is just over Hopple Street, a bit farther down that side of Colerain Avenue and into Camp Washington than the cluster of burgeoning arts-related operations taking up residence in the area. The question of

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Long gone are the days when hungry visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden were limited to cheese pizza and plain burgers. You can still get those good ol’ American favorites — along with popcorn, cotton candy and Dippin’ Dots — but the zoo has seriously stepped up its dining game to please visitors’ palates in the age of food trucks and Instagrammable delicacies, opening three new dining Taco Caja offers street food-style tacos at The Grove options to be followed P H O T O : H O L D E N M AT H I S by a beer garden in the fall. And on May 21, they mushroom and Swiss cheese fondue, a hosted a press preview day where we got to maple-goetta fondue and a blue cheese sample the new eats. and bacon fondue.

In March, the Cincinnati Zoo comAs stylish as they are, these new dining pletely made over The Grove, its hub for options are far from a gimmick. all tasty things situated between Manatee “We see over 1.5 million people come Springs and Lemur Lookout. The space through every year,” says Cincinnati Zoo feels less like a food court and more like executive chef John Bird. With all those what you’d expect from the new food truck people to feed, he says that the zoo wanted park in Cincinnati’s East End. The zoo’s to take a more varied approach to its food first addition here was a sophisticated offerings. “It can be trendy (to have food black-and-red food truck called The Coop. trucks), but it can also be accessible.”

The Coop offers crispy hand-breaded Of course, The Grove isn’t the only chicken tenders, chicken sandwiches and place to eat here. Cincinnati favorites like poutine. The sweet potato poutine is a LaRosa’s and Skyline are still available, complete meal in and of itself. Smothered and the Base Camp Café — which has been in a country-style maple gravy, The Coop a mainstay at the zoo since 2013 — updates takes just-thick-enough sweet potato fries its menu seasonally to keep it fresh. The and tops them with fresh cheese curds and spring salad mixes arugula with strawfried chicken. berries, fava beans, dry-aged cheddar An old shipping container at The Grove and a Champagne vinaigrette, and the is home to Taco Caja, which serves its fare herbaceous carved sandwich stacks sliced on soft, chewy flour tortillas. Taco Caja turkey and provolone with a tomato basil has four taco options: Both the chicken aioli between slices of rosemary focaccia. and barbacoa tacos come with salsa, sour In the fall, the zoo will open The Watercream, onion, cilantro and cotija cheese, ing Hole, a beer garden and restaurant and the fried fish taco is topped with an overlooking the new Roo Valley habitat, avocado slaw. But the spicy fried cauliwhich is currently under construction. flower is king of this taco stand.

(Slated to open in 2020, Roo Valley is If you’ve yet to jump on the caulifloweran Australian-themed exhibit that will everything bandwagon and are still a replace the current Wildlife Canyon.) little suspicious of the colorless vegThe beer garden will feature a large deck gie, eat it fried. On this taco, cauliflower that seats over 100 people, says Bird, and comes topped with all the garnishes of will fire up pizzas in a real Italian brick the chicken and barbacoa options and oven. Features on that menu will include a includes a smoky chipotle salsa. margherita flatbread with crushed tomaHere, you can also grab a churro donut. toes, fresh mozzarella and basil; Brussels These fluffy, cinnamon-sugar delicacies sprouts topped with béchamel sauce and are finished with a drizzle of caramel. fontina cheese; and roasted cauliflower in Wild Burger, a retro Airstream trailer a savory romesco sauce with almonds and that harkens back to the days of shiny parsley. roadside diners and soda fountains that If all goes according to plan, Bird says served milkshakes in a glass, is the third of that The Watering Hole will open between the zoo’s new stations at The Grove. Wild August and October, so visitors luckily Burger grills up four types of ground-beef won’t have to wait too long to enjoy the new burgers, all served with tomato and lettuce. space. In the meantime, digging in at The The classic Wild Burger is topped with Grove is the way to go.

American cheese and Wild Sauce, whereas The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden a few others offer up a little more variety. is located at 3400 Vine St., Avondale. More Their flavors come from a thick fondue info/tickets: cincinnatizoo.org. drizzled over the patty and include a

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Seoul Hot Thursdays — Chef Pedro Rangel of Seoul Hot Chicken brings his Southern/Asian style of cuisine to the Northside Yacht Club for a Korean fried chicken pop-up. Seoul Hot Thursdays feature a changing menu of options, always anchored by twice-fried chicken with your choice of “Seoul food” sides. 4-9 p.m. or until it sells out. Northside Yacht Club, 4231 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, northsideyachtclub.com.

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National Donut Day at Rivertown — National Donut Day is June 7 and Rivertown has collaborated with the Butler County Donut Trail on a special beer named SprinkAle, an imperial white ale. The first pint will be poured at 4 p.m. and a limited number of cans will go on sale then too. Holtman’s Donut Shop sprinkled donut holes will be served on the rim of SprinkAle pints, with a bonus savory donutthemed menu from Rivertown’s restaurant. 4-11 p.m.

Free admission. Rivertown Brewery and Barrel House, 6550 Hamilton Lebanon Road, Monroe, facebook. com/rivertownbrew.

Prince’s Birthday Party — It’s been a little over three years since we lost musical icon Prince, but his legacy lives on. On Friday, Overthe-Rhine’s Longfellow and Other Room will host an evening filled with purple beer and music to celebrate his birthday. DJs Big Perm and Dearly Beloved will be spinning Prince and Princerelated music throughout the evening. 9 p.m. Free admission. Longfellow, 1233 Clay St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/longfellowcinti.

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Most importantly, it features no dress code but pineapple and island attire is obviously encouraged. Special deals like bottomless mimosas and food surprises are available for early birds. Noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Free admission. Revel OTR Urban Winery, 111 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook. com/merakihaus.

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by Roebling Point Books & Coffee and a parade sign in. 9 a.m. Free. Lil’s Bagels, 308 Greenup St., Covington, facebook.com/lilsbagels.

The Sunday Fishbowl Prom Party — The Birdcage hosts this gathering of “women and queer folx” every second and fourth Sunday. This time, the theme is “prom,” so wear your best prom outfit, take a photo in front of a classic backdrop wall, vote for the prom king and queen and indulge in a 30-ounce fishbowl cocktail for just $12. 4 p.m. The Birdcage, 927 Race St., Downtown, facebook.com/ BirdcageCincy.

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Three Fest at 3 Points Urban Brewery — Pendleton’s 3 Points Urban Brewery celebrates one year in business. Dubbed Three Fest, the brewery plans to go all out with a community painted mural, a birthday double IPA version of their Origami brew, guest taps, limited-edition glassware, face painting and live art from local artists. 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Free admission. 3 Points Urban Brewery, 331 E. 13th St., Pendleton, facebook.com/3pointsbeer.

beer release. Head to the taproom on Saturday for a party in partnership with ChicOut, a female social group, for games, food, silk-screen T-shirts and more to benefit Women Helping Women.

Noon-5 p.m. Free admission. Listermann Brewing Company, 1621 Dana Ave., Norwood, facebook.com/ ListermannBrewing.

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Becoming Who You Are Ohio native and critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Erika Wennerstrom continues to trust her gut while exploring her solo identity away from Heartless Bastards

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Heartless Bastards. We built up a really nice thing in the world, but I don’t know if we’re full-on household names, so I’m sure there are people that haven’t heard of either project that might happen to be down there that day. So many people will probably be seeing this new project for the first time so the set itself will be special to them.”

Wennerstrom has added several deep Heartless Bastards tracks to her solo setlist for other specific reasons: They’re all her songs so no one is better equipped to do them. And she knows they’re crowdpleasers. That latter point may be the most important of all.

“I’m going forward on this path (under) my name, but I’m always going to pull out songs from my past,” she says. “I wrote them, I don’t have to ask permission from anybody and I think people want to hear those old songs.

“Ultimately, it makes me happy to make people happy.”

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Wennerstrom notes that the most important thing to translate with her solo songs was the vibe, the feeling that they gave her rather than a sonic blueprint. To that end, she recruited My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan and Heartless Bastards bassist Jesse Ebaugh, along with a rotating battery of guitarists, like Lauren Gurgiolo and session ace David Pulkingham. For the live translation, Wennerstrom assembled a band that includes Gurgiolo, a veteran of her recent solo touring (“She blows my mind on a daily basis…”), and Cincinnati’s Beth Harris on backing vocals.

At this point, Wennerstrom has no clear perspective on the future of Heartless Bastards, noting that everyone is busy working on other projects. She is neither closing the door on the band nor looking ahead to its return, she’s merely concentrating on supporting an album that she feels very strongly is among her best work. And she’s looking forward to her imminent return to Cincinnati this month for a very specific reason.

“I lived in Cincinnati for 10 years and we never played Fountain Square,” Wennerstrom says. “There are probably people in Cincinnati who aren’t familiar with

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After the release of Restless Ones, the subsequent tour and the band’s stated desire for a respite, Wennerstrom felt a wave of relief. Even more surprising was her reaction to it, which may well have had its roots in the Amazon.

“You know, I actually felt like a heavy weight had lifted. All of a sudden, I got extremely inspired and I was writing. This was probably the quickest I’ve ever written a record,” she says. “With ayahuasca, a lot of the experience slowly unfolds, it’s not an immediate change or epiphany. I began to look at situations and how I approach them; it’s almost like you step outside yourself and you’re looking at yourself and your behaviors. That informed a lot of the album.”

Wennerstrom asserts that she didn’t begin her solo work with the intention of differentiating herself from Heartless Bastards. She notes that most of the band’s albums are stylistic patchworks, which many of her cohorts have pointed out are tied together by the strength of her voice. Wennerstrom says she’s heard from some people that Sweet Unknown sounds different from Heartless Bastards, while others have said it’s not different enough.

But she has personally recognized the biggest difference in the reflective and even more intimate Sweet Unknown.

“A lot of Heartless Bastards songs have been about longing. I feel like I’ve always been searching for something,” she says. “I think with this album, I faced myself head on and it was kind of about finding the answers to the other five albums in my past, and finding that connection with myself.”

Wennerstrom points to the song “Be Good to Yourself” as an example of her newly minted songwriting perspective.

Typically, she would retreat into her own head and try to work out issues in the context of the song at hand, but she tried a different tack this time.

“In that song, I thought, ‘I want to write something encouraging to other people,’ ” she says. “The funny thing is I think I was projecting. When I sing that song every night, I get that message right back. It’s sort of an encouraging mantra. I realized that whether it’s something to myself from within or writing to other people directly, it’s the same result. There are a lot of messages like this on the album. It’s up to me to choose to make myself happy in the moment and not long for happiness.”

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fter a successful three and a half week solo acoustic tour of Europe opening for Patty Griffin, Ohio native and critically acclaimed singer/ songwriter Erika Wennerstrom is back home in Austin, Texas and experiencing a brutal case of jet lag. Her brain buffers as she considers questions posed and potential answers.

At one point, she laughs, acknowledging her fugue state, and says, “Just make me look smart.”

That’s not a difficult task. As the primary creative component of Heartless Bastards (which formed in Dayton, Ohio and was based in Cincinnati early on) for over a dozen years and now as a solo performer, Wennerstrom has been an intelligent and thoughtful lyricist, an emotive vocalist and a powerful guitarist. She readily admits she’s never been particularly deliberate in her approach to songwriting, performing or living, allowing her intuitive nature to guide her.

“I’m not really a calculated person,” Wennerstrom says. “I really just try to follow my heart creatively. I always just hope that people will respond to the songs.”

Wennerstrom’s instinctual side has served her well since her Heartless Bastards bandmates announced their need for a break after a six-month tour to promote 2015’s Restless Ones. For years, she’d been operating under the self-imposed idea that it was her responsibility to write songs, record albums and book tours to keep her band working. That internal pressure came to a head on Restless Ones.

“It was really difficult to write, because of this sense of having to finish it in order to keep everybody employed,” she says. “It started to take the joy out of it.”

Prior to the completion of Restless Ones, Wennerstrom booked a trip to a Shipibo healing center in the Amazon Jungle, the first step of her eventual solo journey that ultimately resulted in the release of her debut album under her own name, last year’s Sweet Unknown.

“I had read about (spiritual/medicinal/ ceremonial brew) ayahuasca and something compelled me to experience that. I booked the trip and did a sort of spiritual awakening,” Wennerstrom says. “It was very eye-opening and life-changing. It had me reassessing what’s important to me in this world. In a sense, it was sort of a midlife crisis, with me reevaluating my life.”

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Freekbass’ Funk Kaleidoscope

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No ‘Young Republicans’ on the Air?

Trump-bashing generally seems to be almost expected from musicians these days, but apparently there are limits to what some music biz professionals will tolerate in terms of political speech. AltPop act Lower Dens recently tested those limits with their single “Young Republicans,” which includes lines like “We never asked to be this way/Born without souls or blood or skin/We’re young Republicans.” The band’s label, Ribbon Music, released a statement claiming that some radio programmers refused to play the song because they considered it “too controversial.” Ribbon said that the programmers didn’t give the song a chance and blacklisted it “based solely on its subject matter and title.”

Animosity in the UK

Meanwhile, over in the UK, another band lost a big career opportunity for expressing anger over conservative politics in their music. After a newspaper columnist called out politically-charged “Rave Punk” duo Killdren for their 2018 song “Kill Tory Scum (Before They Kill You),” the act had their appearance at the huge Glastonbury music festival canceled because the festival “in no way condone(s) violence.” The Killdren controversy spawned numerous thought pieces in the UK, with some seeing their words as incitement and inappropriate.

The musicians themselves said the lyrics were meant to be “cartoonish” and had been intentionally stripped of the context of the “over-the-top nature of everything we do.” Unsurprisingly, the uproar has made the once obscure act not so obscure anymore.

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A recent study by Auto Express magazine and road safety group IAM Roadsmart found that Heavy Metal and Classical music can cause dangerous driving, though in very different ways.

The study purported that when the test driver listened to Metal, his driving was more erratic, while Classical music made him drive dangerously slow. Pop and Hip Hop were determined to be much safer listening choices, but loud volume was deemed to cause greater distraction regardless of genre. The scientific validity of the study is sketchy, though — the “test” involved just one driver doing a couple of laps around a racetrack for each style of music.

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Veteran Cincinnati Funk musician Freekbass is back with his first full-length since 2015’s Cincinnati.

Released May 31, All the Way This.

All the Way That. is the bassist/ singer/songwriter’s first to be released via Color Red, a Colorado studio/collective/label founded by Welsh musician Eddie Roberts.

Freekbass’ new album was tracked at Code Red’s in-house studio in Denver on an analog 8-track machine, which helps All the Way This. All the Way That. seethe with Freekbass’ immersive live energy.

The album features contributions from his current backing group, The Bump Assembly, and the material was further crafted with the help of, among others, a pair of former bandmates — guitarist Chris Donnelly (who played with Freekbass in Cincy Funk juggerFreekbass’ All the Way This. All the Way That. naut SHAG) and Itaal Shur, the PHOTO: CODE RED successful musician/songwriter/ producer who played keys alongbeguiling vocals and irresistibly melodic side Freek in the late ’80s/early ’90s band songwriting in the ’90s when he fronted Sleep Theater. the band Promenade. He debuted his WTB Freekbass has perfected his distinct guise in 2005 with debut album Woe Is brand of Funk over the course of two Meat, the first of three flawless LPs. Though decades, buoyed by the spirit of the genre’s he has played live in local venues over the architects (James Brown, Stevie Wonder, past decade, Burning is Cunningham’s Parliament-Funkadelic, Sly and the Family first album release since 2008’s Player Stone) and enlivened with contemporary Piano. And, as one might expect from such elements like Hip Hop, modern Electro a gifted craftsman whose been honing his Funk and Neo Soul (thanks to the vibrant talents for 15 years, it’s his best work yet. vocals of guest Sammi Garrett). The root Lo-fi but lush, Burning Through the influences are often front and center, but Wonder Years often has a whisper-inFreekbass updates the Funk foundation your-ear sense of intimacy that draws the with the same kind of forward-thinking listener close, its warm embrace not letting sensibilities heard in the music of current up until the final track. The heart-stirring torch-bearers like Anderson .Paak, sound creates a kind of ironic and playful Chromeo and Childish Gambino. counterpoint to the project’s name — Taken as a whole, the tight and dynamic while one would normally associate wakrhythms of the album are hypnotic, ing a bear with a violent attack, Burning putting the listener in an almost euphoric Through the Wonder Years is much more state by the end of the listening journey. A like a gentle and reassuring bear hug. funky sonic kaleidoscope, All the Way This.

The atmospheric swirl of strings, spare All the Way That. is a logical next step in the drums and percussion, keys and acoustic rich and influential canon of Ohio Funk, guitar beautifully match the ethereal aura the latest entry in the legacy anchored by of Cunningham’s tenderly soulful voice, Bootsy Collins and classic Dayton, Ohio as do the introspective lyrics, which are path-blazers like Zapp, Slave and The Ohio a reflective survey of the feelings expePlayers. rienced on the path to emotional matuFreekbass and The Bump Assembly rity — from wistful nostalgia to mindful will celebrate the new album’s release optimism to an in-the-moment sense of this Thursday, June 6 with a hometown contentment. show at Top Cats (2820 Vine St., Corryville, Wake the Bear (featuring Cunningham topcatscincy.com). Tickets for the 9 p.m. solo with programmed beats and backing performances are $10. tracks) celebrates the new album’s release Visit fre3kbass.com for the latest with an appearance Friday, June 7 at Freekbass updates.

MOTR Pub (1345 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, motrpub.com). The free show also features A ‘Burning’ Bear Hug Portland, Oregon’s Ages and Ages. Wake Indie Pop singer/songwriter Scott the Bear kicks off the night at 10 p.m.

Cunningham recently released Burning For more Wake the Bear info, visit Through the Wonder Years, the latest wakethebear.com. album from his long-running solo project Wake the Bear. Cincinnatians Contact Mike Breen: were first introduced to Cunningham’s mbreen@citybeat.com

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So it makes sense that, late last year, 27 Years of Live Stand-Up Rundgren would publish a memoir, The Comedy in Cincinnati!

Individualist, which shares its title with his 1995 album of the same name.

Rundgren’s career began in 1967 when he formed Psychedelic rock group Nazz in Philadelphia. Their first gig was an openWed / Thur / Sun 8:00 - 18+ ing spot for The Doors and they split up Friday 7:30 & 10:00 - 18+ three years later, later finding a fresh cult audience after inclusion on Lenny Kaye’s Saturday 7:30 & 10:00 - 21+ 1972 Nuggets compilation.

When Nazz split, Rundgren soldiered Just 15 minutes from downtown in Mongtomery! on as a solo artist. He’d explore everything from Pop Rock ballads to mind-bending Prog, becoming notorious for an evolving Raanan Hershberg Al Jackson style, prolific production and a few hits June 6 - 9 June 13 - 16 along the way. His first Top 40 single came in 1970 with “We Gotta Get You a Woman.”

Then “Hello It’s Me” and “I Saw the Light,” both from his 1972 double album Something/Anything?, really made waves.

Certified gold in just three years, he played almost all the instruments on the LP, Chris Charpentier Doug Benson foreshadowing a growing desire for greater June 20 - 23 July 5 - 6 artistic control.

After Something/Anything?, Rundgren largely abandoned Pop songwriting to explore the dark corners of psychedelia and Prog. With 1973’s A Wizard, a True Star, he influenced a future generation of lo-fi home recording hobbyists.

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The experiments and music would continue on his solo albums as well, but it wasn’t all demanding, complex work. In fact, his next Top 40 hit came with 1982’s “Bang the Drum All Day,” released as a single and now instantly recognizable as a sports stadium anthem.

Further, Rundgren has been an early adopter of technology’s role in a changing musical landscape, offering subscription services to his fans and utilizing stateof-the-art software and concepts. He’s worked to redefine what we think of a live music experience — with that in mind, consider his upcoming appearance a bit of a book tour/concert hybrid.

One thing’s for sure — Rundgren’s legacy to date is difficult to quickly summarize, with its unexpected twists and revelatory turns, leading fans to dizzying heights with sonic experiments, contemporary Rock anthems and reflective Pop. An individualist, indeed. (Bill Furbee)

Stephen Marley

Friday • Madison Theater

Reggae legend Bob Marley has now been deceased for longer than he was alive, but his hyper-talented DNA continues to send ripples through the musical universe. A fair number of Marley’s 11 acknowledged children have followed their iconic father

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into the family business, with son David — better known as Ziggy —having perhaps the highest professional profile among them.

But Stephen “Ragga” Marley has been on his musical journey nearly as long as his older brother, starting with his appearance at age 6 with Ziggy at 1978’s One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica, sitting in with their father and his renowned group, The Wailers, and continuing with his role as guitarist, drummer and vocalist in the earliest incarnation of the Melody Makers.

By the time of the Melody Makers’ debut album, 1984’s Play the Game Right, the band — then dubbed “Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers” — had established itself as a unique Pop/Reggae hybrid, and Stephen took more of a background position in the Grammy-winning, platinum-selling group, although he sang lead on a number of the band’s hits and gained a reputation for his Dancehall toasting skills.

In the mid-’90s, Stephen moved into the control room to produce albums by his younger brothers Damian and Julian.

He also worked the board for The Fugees, Erykah Badu, Krayzie Bone and Eve. Stephen finally launched his solo career a dozen years ago with 2007’s Mind Control, followed by 2011’s Revelation Part I: The Root of Life and 2016’s Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life. All three albums earned Grammys for Best Reggae Album, bringing Stephen’s win total to eight.

All of Stephen’s albums to date have been hailed as ambitious works that envision Reggae’s future by incorporating Hip Hop and Pop flourishes while remaining conscious of the genre’s roots as a vehicle for social protest and a cultural soundtrack for multiple generations. Bob Marley was surely one of the legendary pioneers that brought Reggae to the world, but Stephen Marley is one of the shining lights that has kept it relevant in the new millennium. (Brian Baker)

Frank Iero got his start playing guitar in Punk bands in his native New Jersey at a very young age. It was through that scene that he met the members of My Chemical Romance. It was a fruitful friendship — Iero joined the group in his early 20s while they were recording their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, which was released on Jerseybased indie label Eyeball, home to Iero’s pre-My Chemical Romance band Pencey Prep. The label was co-owned by Geoff Rickly of Thursday, another Jersey group important to Iero’s music career.

My Chemical Romance, of course, went on to become one of the biggest bands in the world, calling it quits in 2013 after releasing a string of influential albums, including the kaleidoscopic Emo masterpiece The Black Parade.

Iero had several side projects during his My Chemical Romance days, including Hardcore band Leathermouth and a stint in Reggie and the Full Effect. Post-My Chemical Romance, he formed the electronic Death Spells, then set out on a solo career, releasing his debut, Stomachaches, in 2014, on which he played everything but drums. He formed a band and hit the road with Taking Back Sunday and The Used.

Iero has always released his solo work under a “band” name — his debut is credited to frnkiero andthe cellabration and 2016’s Parachutes album was by Frank Iero and the Patience. Late last year he announced his latest solo work would use the moniker Frank Iero and the Future Violents. He debuted the new live band — featuring Thursday’s Tucker Rule — in Brooklyn earlier this year, opening for what was likely Thursday’s final show.

Want more Thursday connections?

Rickly has been opening dates on Iero and Co.’s current tour and Thursday’s Steve Pedulla directed the music video for recent single “Young and Doomed.” The track is taken from Iero’s just-released new album Barriers, his first for Australian-based label UNFD. Iero shows some musical diversity on Barriers, including notes of Soul and Blues, but fans of his past work will not be disappointed. There’s still that thick and resonate trademark guitar sound and Iero’s elastic, versatile voice sometimes sounds like The Cure’s Robert Smith if he grew up in the Post Hardcore scene.

Longtime My Chemical Romance fans who haven’t kept up with Iero should check in with Barriers (which was recorded with legend Steve Albini). There’s lots of sonic crossover and on “Young and Doomed” Iero even gives an overt, self-referential nod to his past, singing, “I promise that I’m not OK,” then offering the aside, “Oh, wait — that’s the other guy.” (Mike Breen)

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WEDNESDAY 05

Outlaw Country. $28-$35.

BLUE NOTE HARRISON - Caskey. 7 p.m. Rap. $17, $20 day of show.

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CAFFÈ VIVACE - Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $10.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - John Ford. 6 p.m. Blues/Roots. Free.

THE GREENWICH - El Ritmo De Mañana. 8 p.m.

Jazz. $5.

THE GREENWICH – Mambo Combo. 8:30 p.m.

Latin Jazz. $5.

LYDIA’S ON LUDLOW First Wednesday Folk Night.

7 p.m. Folk. Free.

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MANSION HILL TAVERN Losing Lucky. 8 p.m. Roots.

Free.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES - Dave Hawkins and Peg Buchanan. 7 p.m. Celtic/ Folk. Free.

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MOTR PUB - Choir Boy, Carriers and Fearing.

9:30 p.m. Indie/Pop/Rock.

Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) - Night Owl with Paige Beller. 9 p.m.

Acoustic/Various. Free.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters with Mike Oberst (of The Tillers). 8 p.m. Americana. $10, $12 day of show.

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STANLEY’S PUB Harlot, Twig & Leaf and Annie Bacon. 9 p.m. Folk/ Americana. Cover.

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TAFT THEATRE - Todd Rundgren. 8 p.m. Rock. $29.50-$75.

THOMPSON HOUSE Edward + Jane. 8 p.m. Indie Folk. $8.

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BLUE NOTE HARRISON - David Allan Coe. 7 p.m.

MOERLEIN LAGER HOUSE - Rockin’ the Roebling with Prizoner. 6 p.m.

Rock. Free.

MOTR PUB - The Admirables with Fourth Kind. 10 p.m. Funk/Soul/Jazz. Free.

NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE - Summer Music on the Levee with 3 Piece Revival.

7 p.m. Rock. Free.

THE PIKE BAR AND GRILL - Ricky Nye. 8 p.m. Blues

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RIVERFRONT LIVE - The Slackers. 9 p.m.

Ska. $17, $20 day of show.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Wayne Hancock with Joe’s Truck Stop. 8 p.m.

Country/Roots. $10, $12 day of show.

STANLEY’S PUB - Sovereign Being, Conrad Shock & the Noise and The Electric Indigo. 10 p.m. Funk/Psych/ Jam THOMPSON HOUSE Oceano with Angelmaker, Prison and Cambion. 7 p.m.

Deathcore/Metal. $16.

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TOP CATS - Freekbass & the Bump Assembly (album release party). 9 p.m.

Funk. $10.

FRIDAY 07

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Neon Swing X-perience. 8 p.m. Swing. Free.

BELTERRA PARK GAMING - Basic Truth. 8 p.m.

Funk/Soul/R&B. Free.

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CAFFÈ VIVACE - Brent Gallaher Quartet. 8:30 p.m.

Jazz. Cover.

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THE COMET - Ages and Ages with Wake the Bear and Turtledoves. 10 p.m. Indie Pop. Free.

THE GREENWICH – Rollins Davis Band. 9 p.m. R&B/ Jazz. $5.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Palm Court Serenaders. 9 p.m. Jazz/ Swing. Free.

KNOTTY PINE - Flatline. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.

MADISON LIVE - SoDown.

9 p.m. EDM. $10, $15 day of show.

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MADISON THEATER Stephen Marley. 8 p.m.

Acoustic/Reggae. $31, $33 day of show.

MANHATTAN HARBOUR MARINA - Shannon Gatliff.

8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

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MANSION HILL TAVERN Johnny Fink & the Intrusion.

9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES - Wild Mountain Berries. 9 p.m. Americana. Free.

PEECOX ERLANGER Saving Stimpy. 9:30 p.m.

Rock THE REDMOOR - Just Vince & The Fellas Presents MTV vs BET Vol2. 8:30 p.m.

Pop/R&B/Rock. $10, $15 day of show.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - The Pat Battstone Quartet. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) Ricky Nye Inc. 9:30 p.m.

Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) - Endive, Oh So Luminous and Whiskey Shambles Duo. 9 p.m. Rock/ Various. $5.

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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Philip Paul Trio.

7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.

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

Free.

BOGART’S - Frank Iero and The Future Violents.

8 p.m. AltRock. $20.

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HIGHTAIL MT. ADAMS - The Lowdown with Vaance. 10 p.m. DJ/EDM. Free.

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URBAN ARTIFACT - Cello Night with Kate Wakefield and Uncle Valentine. 9 p.m. Singer/ Songwriter/Cello. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Original Farm League Big Band. 7:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

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PUZZLE 7 p.m. Blues. $10, $15 day of show.

STANLEY’S PUB - Electric Son, Calabash and Scott Jackson of Hyryder. 10 p.m.

Funk/Jam. Cover.

THOMPSON HOUSE - 10 Years. 7 p.m. Alt/Metal. $20.

URBAN ARTIFACT - Desmond Jones with SolEcho. 9 p.m. Rock/Various WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Rob Parton Quartet. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

SATURDAY 08

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - The Hot Magnolias.

8 p.m. Jazz/Funk/Various.

Free.

BLIND LEMON - Jake Walz.

9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

BOGART’S - Panic! At The Disco vs. Fall Out Boy Night with Liberty Deep Down and Break Up Lines. 8 p.m.

AltRock. Cover.

CAFFĂˆ VIVACE - Mandy Gaines Quartet. 8:30 p.m.

Jazz. Cover.

FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - Ben Levin and Friends. 8 p.m. Blues. Free.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Bill Gemmer Quintet. 9 p.m. Jazz.

Free.

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MANSION HILL TAVERN - Mistermann & the Mojo Band. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

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MOTR PUB - Juan Cosby (album release show) with Haskell, Happy Tooth and Raised x Wolves.

10 p.m. Hip Hop. Free.

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CAFFĂˆ VIVACE - El Ritmo De La MaĂąana. 7:30 p.m.

Latin. Cover.

SILVERTON CAFÉ - Basic Truth. 9 p.m. Funk/Soul/R&B. Free.

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THE SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL Super Satan Fest with James Leg, Jake Logan, Whiskey Daredevils, Dead Man String Band, Mara Moon, and more. 8 p.m.

Rock/Metal/Various. $10, $13 day of show.

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SUMMIT PARK - Lee Brice with Tyler Farr.

6:30 p.m. Country. Free.

URBAN ARTIFACT - El Dios Malo, Titan and Chaos Ritual. 9 p.m. Metal. $10.

WOODWARD THEATER Donna Missal with Lauren Ruth Ward. 9 p.m. Pop/R&B/ Various. $10, $12 day of show.

MADISON THEATER Muck Sticky with ToyBox Killer and more. 7 p.m. Rap/ Rock. $15, $20 day of show.

MANHATTAN HARBOUR

TOP CATS - Ryan Snyder, Here Come Here, Motel Faces and Smoke N Mirrors.

8 p.m. Blues/Rock. $5.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT - Ron Enyard Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz.

Cover.

KNOTTY PINE - Flatline. 10 p.m. Rock. Cover.

MADISON LIVE - Matt Costa with JD & The Straight Shot. 8 p.m. Acoustic/Various. $15, $17 day of show.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - Robin Lacy & DeZydeco 30th-Anniversary Celebration. 2 p.m. Roots/ Zydeco/Various. $10, $12 (benefitting Play It Forward).

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WASHINGTON PLATFORM - Thiago Camargo Trio with Steve Hoskins. 9 p.m. Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

THE MAD FROG - Falsifier and VCTMS. 7 p.m. Metal. $10.

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NELSON SAYLER MEMORIAL PARK Sayler Park Sustains Fest with The Tillers, Triiibe, Wonky Tonk, Tweens, Urban Pioneers, Harlot and more.

12 p.m. Roots/Hip Hop/Rock/ Americana/Various. Free.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD - Airwave Band. 9:30 p.m. Dance/Pop/R&B/Various. $5.

THE LISTING LOON - Ma Crow & Co. 8 p.m. Bluegrass. Free.

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MARINA - The Menus. 8 a.m. Rock/Various. Free.

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

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MOTR PUB - Sweet Spirit with Strobobean.

10 p.m. Indie Pop/Rock.

Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN Sorry, Eric with Psychonaut and Spacer. 8 p.m. Rock/ Various. Free.

UAW LOCAL 863 Blues Party with Nellie Travis, Keith Little, Michelle Phillips, Sweet Alice Hoskins, Lavieena Campbell and more. 3 p.m. Blues. $35.

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MEMORIAL HALL Jazz at the Memo presents An Evening In Brazil with Braza Trio. 7 p.m.

Latin Jazz. $8.

MOTR PUB - Brooklyn Rae with Bershy. 9 p.m. Singer/ Songwriter. Free.

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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Ricky Nye. 7 p.m.

Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.

BREWRIVER CREOLE KITCHEN - The Twirlers. 7 p.m. R&B/Classic Pop/Standards. Free.

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NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Fruit LoOops, Matron and PoC. 9 p.m. Electronic/ Pop/Hip Hop/Various. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB - Trashgrass Troubadours with Fiddle Pat and Peaceful Sorrow. 8 p.m. Bluegrass.

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