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As HUD struggles with dwindling budgets, a plan to use private investors to fix public housing has stoked concerns from residents

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or years, funding for America’s public housing — apartments available to some who don’t make enough money to afford market-rate dwellings — has been dwindling.

That lack of money has had a big impact on the quality and quantity of public housing available via housing authorities like the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, which faces $250 million in deferred maintenance.

Now, HUD is trying to fill some funding gaps with private investment via a controversial program called Rental Assistance Demonstration, which is opening public housing in Cincinnati and other cities up to private investors so that housing authorities like CMHA can use those investments to make repairs and build new housing.

Options under RAD run from basic remodeling of buildings retained by CMHA to complete demolition and construction of new housing run as affordable housing by private developers.

CMHA, for its part, has promised that no residents will be left without a home by the efforts. But some residents are wary that RAD will mean demolition of their buildings and that the replacements won’t have enough units for everyone.

“Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority is actively working to further preserve its current housing assets, while at the same time, helping with their long-term sustainability,” CMHA spokesperson Lesley Wardlow said in an email responding to questions about the program. “To address the local capital improvements needed, CMHA explored options over the last several years and is now taking action. This effort includes public/private partnerships as well as utilizing some new HUD tools to provide affordable housing for Hamilton County families, seniors and veterans.”

Roughly 650 units of housing owned

by CMHA are currently in some stage of the RAD process. Eventually, the housing authority would like to include all of its 5,000 units in the program.

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Pinecrest, a 190-unit housing complex in West Price Hill, Ella Adams and JoAnn Richardson hang back after a residents council meeting to talk about RAD. CMHA has already received approval from HUD to include The Pinecrest in the RAD program, though it has not yet submitted plans for what it will do with the building.

Adams, who recently visited Washington, D.C. to testify about RAD, has lived in Pinecrest for 10 years. She says she’d like to stay there.

“Even though they say we don’t have to move, we don’t know if that’s really true or not,” she says. “There’s a possibility that some people could lose their apartments, or at least that’s our fear. We have doubts — there are other times they’ve told people they wouldn’t have to move, and they end up having to leave.”

Sitting next to her at a table with a deep green felt mat for playing card games, Richardson agrees. Two decades ago, she lived in Laurel Homes.

That housing project and neighboring Lincoln Court, both constructed in the 1930s, had 2,000 units of public housing at their peak. They were down to roughly 1,100 units of old, deteriorated housing when they were demolished during the

Hope VI program in the early 2000s.

Eventually, 686 new units of mixedincome housing were created to replace the housing projects at the site, now called City West. Some residents who were promised housing in the neighborhood were never able to come back, groups like the Cincinnati NAACP say.

Some CMHA residents like Richardson and Adams fear that could happen again.

“First they told us that we would have to be relocated and that we’d have to go to another building, then they said we wouldn’t,” Richardson says. “And when you move, you’re never sure if it will be better or not. I don’t want to move somewhere worse than where I am now.

And moving is a job. It’s a lot of work.”

The latest plan from CMHA is to rehab the building while residents are still living there, moving most residents to vacant units while rehab work takes place gradually. Any residents who may have to move during renovations will have the right to come back, Wardlow says.

“CMHA recognizes the concerns,” a response to questions raised by the Pinecrest Residents Council earlier this year reads. “Although it is not the intent of CMHA to displace any resident, the funding sources may create an issue for a

low number of individuals and families…

In no case, through any transition, will CMHA cause an individual/family that is not homeless to become homeless.”

Some affordable housing advocates see RAD as a move to privatize public housing.

They point to cases at public housing converted to RAD in other cities, including Maryland and Virginia, in which some residents have had to contend with eviction or threats of eviction outside the usual HUD process from the private developers who redeveloped their housing.

In the Virginia case, residents eventually won a $337,000 settlement after a HUD investigation. A similar investigation is pending in the Maryland case.

Critics say that it is unclear what ownership structures at specific buildings and federal oversight will look like for the private entities that will be running oncepublic housing complexes.

“CMHA is in the process of reviewing the management agreements and we intend on having a part in all of the ownerships with our partners,” Wardlow said in response to questions about ownership structures of CMHA properties under RAD. “We know this is a big concern for residents CONTINUES ON PAGE 11

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Democratic Officials Oppose Jail Sentence for Former Judge Tracie Hunter

BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L

After Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Patrick Dinkelacker executed former Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter’s six-month jail sentence on a fourth-degree felony conviction, a number of Democratic elected leaders decried her incarceration.

Controversy continues over Hunter, who was in 2014 found guilty of a felony for using her position as a judge to seek confidential documents in an attempt to keep her brother, Steven Hunter, from being fired from his job with the juvenile courts. Steven was accused of punching a minor inmate, though he claimed he acted in self-defense.

Eight additional felony charges against Hunter related to backdating juvenile court documents, improperly using a court credit card and others were dismissed after a jury deadlocked on them. Shortly after the announcement of the single guilty verdict, three jurors said they wished to reverse their guilty votes, but a motion for a retrial by Hunter’s attorneys was denied.

After almost five years of appeals during which state and federal courts upheld Hunter’s 2014 trial, federal judge Timothy Black in May ruled that Hunter’s six-month sentence could move forward.

County court documents reveal Hunter owes roughly $34,000 in court costs she was ordered to pay when then-Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Norbert Nadel sentenced her in 2014.

After Dinkelacker executed Hunter’s sentence July 22, a deputy dragged Hunter

away by her arms after she went limp. Her supporters yelled and chanted in the court gallery. One woman was arrested after crossing a barrier between the gallery and courtroom.

Democrats say the spectacle was avoidable and Hunter’s jailing is unnecessary.

“Incarcerating Judge Hunter makes no sense given the nature of the offense involved,” reads a statement signed by Commission President Denise Driehaus, Vice President Stephanie Summerow Dumas and commission member Todd Portune — all Democrats. “Since her conviction by the court in 2014, Judge Hunter has caused no harm to society, has done extensive work benefiting local communities through her church and personal volunteer work, and worked tirelessly to care for her aging mother. Dragging her into a cell in the Hamilton County Justice Center when she is neither dangerous nor violent is unjust and serves as a further example of the need for criminal justice reform in our local courthouse.”

A number of other Democratic elected officials have also defended the former judge. Many weighed in asking that Hunter not be jailed, including Mayor John Cranley, State Rep. Cecil Thomas, Cincinnati City Council members Tamaya Dennard, Greg Landsman, Chris Seelbach, P.G. Sittenfeld and others.

Some officials such as Thomas maintain Hunter is not guilty of the crime for which she is convicted. Others, including the mayor and the three commission

members, do not take up the issue of guilt, but simply say Hunter’s sentence is disproportionate to her conviction.

Some Republicans vocally opposed Hunter during her trial, including Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters, who issued a news release blaming Hunter for a homicide involving a juvenile she had tried and declined to incarcerate.

Deters, however, Tracie Hunter in court earlier this month recently wrote a PH OTO: NIC K SWARTSELL letter to Dinkelacker asking him to delay Hunter’s sentence courthouse. until a psychological evaluation could Hunter ruffled feathers in the court with be performed on her. Hunter and her her reform-minded approach to juvenile attorneys rejected that suggestion. Deters justice, which included unshackling young has since asked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to defendants and imposing sentences that commute Hunter’s sentence. sought to avoid incarceration. But her critHunter’s case has always carried with it ics also charge she did not perform her job fraught politics. She won her seat in 2010 adequately, letting cases stack up and not only after suing the Hamilton County following court procedures.

Board of Elections, forcing it to recount Hunter’s supporters continue to protest votes and upending an announced victory her sentence. Roughly two dozen have by her Republican opponent. The victory demonstrated outside both Dinkelacker’s made Hunter the first African-American home and Nadel’s residence for two hours juvenile court judge and one of just a few last week.

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State Lawmakers Pass Controversial Nuclear Bailout Bill

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On July 23, the Ohio House of Representatives voted 51-38 to approve Senate amendments to a controversial bill that would prop up two nuclear plants and two coal plants while reducing mandates for renewable energy.

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Democrats in the House and environmental advocates pushed back against the legislation, called House Bill 6. But Republicans say it will save ratepayers millions and provides ample alternative means by which to promote renewable energy beyond mandates.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine quickly signed the legislation into law after the vote.

House Bill 6 will add an 85-cent charge to Ohio electric bills to raise roughly $150 million a year through 2027 to subsidize two nuclear plants near Cleveland and Toledo owned by FirstEnergy Solutions.

The charge would start January 2021.

FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy in 2018 and has indicated it would begin

decommissioning those plants in 2021 without state intervention.

The bill also allows utilities to charge as much as $1.50 a month through 2030 to prop up two coal plants in Madison, Indiana and Gallipolis, Ohio. Those plants are run by Piketon-based Ohio Valley Electric Corporation.

House Bill 6 also raises $20 million for solar energy, but would pay for the increases on customers’ bills by significantly reducing the amount of renewable energy power providers would be required to generate up to 2026, when the requirements would be eliminated entirely. The law would also eliminate energy efficiency mandates next year.

State Rep. Sedrick Denson, a Democrat representing Cincinnati, decried elimination of solar carve-outs and energy efficiency programs, saying the bill “effectively neutered” them. That will likely cost some of the 81,000 Ohioans who work in the renewable energy industry

their jobs, Denson said.

Denson also opposed the provision that would help prop up coal plants, including the Clifty Creek Power Plant in Indiana. That plant is about 55 miles from Cincinnati.

“We’re keeping pollution flowing into Cincinnati for the next 10 years,” Denson said regarding the power plant.

Sierra Club’s Neil Waggoner railed on the bill’s coal provision.

“Most of the elected officials at the statehouse are more concerned with making a bankrupt company happy and helping our public utility companies with their foolish investment in failing coal plants than taking care of their constituents,” he said at a news conference in Columbus before the vote. “Ohio should not be bailing out coal plants. It doesn’t make sense from an environmental or public health perspective.”

But State Rep. Bill Seitz, a Republican

representing Cincinnati, says the law will save Ohioans roughly $640 million.

“It cannot bare overemphasis enough — this is a bailout for the ratepayers,” Seitz said on the House floor. “Who benefits from this bill? Ratepayers. I can’t conceive of anyone who would vote against saving your constituents that amount of money.”

Seitz also took issue with the idea that the legislation guts environmental efforts, saying it simply incentivizes renewable energy differently by providing money for solar and wind plants.

“We’re simply choosing to incentivize renewables instead of mandating renewables,” Seitz said.

Democrats, however, see it differently.

“Ohio will have the dubious honor of being one of the only states in the nation that is reducing renewable energy standards,” state Rep. Casey Weinstein said during debate about the bill.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Sandmann ‘Washington Post’ Suit

BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the family of Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, who was at the middle of a controversy over a viral video filmed in January at a March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. Sandmann and his attorneys, L. Lin Wood and Todd McMurtry, claimed in the suit that early reports from the Washington Post and other outlets about the initial, short viral video suggested that a group of students from Northern Kentucky private school Covington Catholic, including Sandmann, had surrounded a small group of Native American marchers, including elder Nathan Phillips, on the National Mall and threatened or even physically harmed them.

Later, longer videos showed a more complicated scenario in which the Native American marchers and students converged after the former walked in between the students and another group called the Black Hebrew Israelites. After that video came to light, many news outlets ran corrections or retractions to their original stories.

Sandmann’s attorneys claim in the lawsuit that the assertions in the Post article were false and defamed Sandmann.

However, Eastern District of Kentucky Judge William Bertelsman ruled that the Post’s article “states none of those things.”

Bertelsman acknowledged Sandmann’s claim that he simply stood still as Phillips drummed.

Phillips was quoted in the The viral encounter between Indigenous marchers and Covington Catholic Post article and students elsewhere saying P H O T O : A U T U M N R A I N / I N S TA G R A M he felt blocked in

by Sandmann and of explanation or innuendo that cannot other students, some of whom were chantenlarge or add to the sense or affect of the ing and making “tomahawk chop” motions. words charged to be libelous.”

But, Bertelsman wrote, that was PhilSandmann and his attorneys have also lips’ opinion, and, correct or incorrect, it filed similar $250 million suits against is protected by the First Amendment and CNN and NBC for their initial stories about the Post and other outlets should be able to the events. Those cases are ongoing. print it without penalty.

Wood and McMurtry have indicated Bertelsman also wrote that Sandthey will appeal Bertelsman’s decision. mann’s suit contained “precisely the type

Cincinnati Could Get Rapid Response Network to Address Threat of Deportations

BY N I C K SWA R T S EL L As the Trump administration continues to promise stepped-up deportation efforts, members of Cincinnati City Council want to help create a network to provide aid to migrant families who may get caught up in the president’s zero-tolerance immigration policies.

“It’s not to say there haven’t been efforts within the

“If you pay our taxes, if you raise your family here, if you are adding to the diversity and vitality of our neighborhoods — and all of our local immigrants and refugees are doing those things — then you are absolutely a member of this community,” Sittenfeld said. “The specter of federal raids now looms at all times.

If and when this current federal administration executes those raids here in Cincinnati, we want to be ready,

In Cincinnati, members of the area’s various Central American and Mauritanian communities have been among those detained and in some cases deported, sometimes leaving behind dependent children or other family members. Some local immigrants may be more vulnerable to deportation after a recent policy change by the Trump administration that allows for expedited removal — without the usual judicial process — for immigrants who cannot prove they are documented in the United States or that they have been here for more than two years.

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and city council in January 2017 declared the city to be a sanctuary city, but that hasn’t always prevented the detention and deportation of some city residents.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters has an aggressive idea to address the spike in violence — but not everyone is onboard.

Deters told The Cincinnati Enquirer July 23 that he asked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to call out the National Guard to try to tamp down the shootings in Cincinnati.

“When you can’t have your little kid go out in your yard and play out of fear of a stray gunshot, that is bullshit,” Deters told The Enquirer.

“Why not put them out on street corners and say, ‘OK, they have their body armor on, they got their helmets on, they got their automatic weapons. You want to do this stuff?’ ” Deters specifically mentioned Price Hill. The three neighborhoods — East, West and Lower — had seen six of the city’s 32 murders as of earlier this month.

Despite a month-and-a-half stretch that saw 20 deadly shootings, gun violence is on pace to be roughly the same as 2018, a year that saw the lowest number of shootings in a decade.

Police Chief Eliot Isaac has said that the National Guard is not necessary. CPD and Cincinnati City Council have initiated a number of emergency efforts to try and reduce the violence, from keeping recreation centers open later to pulling officers from administrative duties onto patrols to hiring two new community engagement workers through the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence.

Elected officials, including members of Cincinnati City Council, balked at the suggestion, and the Ohio American Civil Liberties Union blasted the approach on Twitter.

“Let’s be clear: Cincinnati & surrounding communities are NOT ‘war zones’ and residents should not be treated like wartime adversaries,” the chapter tweeted July 24.

“Enhanced, aggressive, militarized policing will only erode public trust & safety in the City of Cincinnati.”

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City council included $50,000 in funding for the law center in the last budget. That money will go in part toward the response network. Other groups partnering in the effort include Cincinnati Compass, the League of United Latin American Citizens of Greater Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Police Department, the Jewish Community Relations Council, Heartfelt Tidbits and others.

The Trump administration has promised to deport millions of people in the United States without proper documentation as migrants fleeing famine and violence in Central America cross the southern border of the United States seeking asylum.

have a plan and have a rapid response network.”

While crime overall this year has been at its lowest levels in a decade, this summer has seen a particularly brutal spike in shootings, including the deadliest month in nearly two decades this June.

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That network would provide legal aid and immigration rights training, as well as help plan for the care of children and provide for immediate needs in cases where a

“We will all work together to keep our families and children safe and secure, and to ensure due process and legal rights,” law center director Julie LeMaster said at a news conference July 25 announcing the network. “I believe this is an important moment for the community to come together.”

community, it’s just that they haven’t been coordinated,” LeMaster says. “There hasn’t been that way that people can immediately just plug in.”

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A motion introduced by council member P.G. Sittenfeld and supported by the city’s five other Democratic council members would help the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center in Price Hill create a rapid response network with other community organizations already active in helping immigrants and refugees.

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and the community overall. This process keeps these units affordable for the next 100 years or more.”

CMHA has already tapped private developers for some properties undergoing RAD conversion.

Wisconsin-based Gorman & Company will work Winton Terrace and Findlater Gardens, sprawling complexes of lowslung redbrick townhouses with more than 600 units in northern Cincinnati.

Telesis Corp., based in Washington, D.C., will handle the West End’s Stanley Rowe Towers and Liberty Apartments. Wallick Communities, from New Albany, Ohio, will rehab The Beechwood and Maple Tower in Avondale. And New Jersey-based Michaels Development Co. will tackle Millvale, another large complex along Cincinnati’s Beekman Avenue corridor.

No one, especially residents at those buildings and others like The Pinecrest, is debating that many CMHA properties need work.

As CityBeat has reported in past stories, some of the city’s public housing developments — which house about 10,000 people and are an average of 74 years old — have seen the gamut of problems from leaking roofs to infestations to security issues.

Winton Terrace has been one of those places.

CMHA built Winton Terrace in 1941, just a few years after the advent of modern American public housing and the creation of the local housing authority through the 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act. Problems with plumbing and water mains were common and persistent last year. Ceilings leaked. An enveloping and mysterious swarm of insects had made a field between several of the buildings impassable. A herd of dozens of cats had overtaken another.

CMHA says it has addressed many concerns at Winton Terrace and is working hard to keep up with facilities’ needs, performing roughly 50,000 work orders a year.

But the money to do that kind of work is dwindling. And President Donald Trump and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson would like to eliminate it altogether.

Trump zeroed out funding for maintenance of public housing given by HUD to housing authorities like CMHA in his last budget proposal. While Congress didn’t take that suggestion up, it’s an example of the current administration’s approach to public housing.

According to Carson, the continued maintenance on existing public housing and the effort to build more are too expensive for the federal government to

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undertake. Instead, the administration says, it would like to further explore ways to leverage private investment to meet public housing’s maintenance needs.

“You can just throw more money at it, or you can say, ‘Why is that happening and why is it getting worse and is there anything that we can do about those factors?’ ” Carson told a U.S. House of Representatives committee earlier this year.

While the Trump administration’s budget proposals likely won’t come to pass, they are a window into the creaking ship that is American public housing: HUD’s budget has been significantly reduced, and its attempts to provide for the most immediate needs of the nation’s poorest citizens has fallen behind the need for lowincome housing.

HUD’s $42 billion budget authority is about half what the department got from Congress 40 years ago when adjusting for inflation. And in the past decade, cuts to public housing have been steep.

Between 2010 and 2016, Congress gave HUD $1.6 billion less for public housing — a 20 percent reduction, according to federal Office of Management and Budget data. Funding for repairs specifically, now about $2 billion to $3 billion a year, is half of what it was in 2000. Some estimates place the cost of fully repairing America’s

public housing stock as high as $50 billion.

Adams and Richardson say they’ve seen the decline at Pinecrest, embodied by troubles with plumbing, general cleanliness in the building’s hallways, security and swarms of pests.

“The plumbing is horrible in the building,” Richardson says. “I live on the sixth floor, and it seems like when you wash up there, there is always a flood. When you place a work order, it can take two or three weeks before they come out to do the maintenance.”

Critics of RAD say that instead of privatizing funding for repairs and construction of public housing, Congress should provide more robust funding to HUD so that it can better perform its mission.

In the meantime, residents debate the trade-offs between buildings that are crumbling and the uncertainty of privatizing elements of public housing.

“Pinecrest has been going down, slowly but surely,” Adams says. “We’ve had issues with mice, bed bugs, roaches. They seem like they’re working on those now, but the buildings do need to be remodeled.

“We hope that in the end, it’s going to better. But you just don’t know until it happens. We don’t know exactly how it’s going to be.”

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Vent Haven’s collection includes hundreds of unique dummies, like Rosita (see page 17) Photo: Hailey Bollinger

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he world has just one museum dedicated to the art and history of ventriloquism, and it’s right here in Greater Cincinnati. Fort Mitchell’s Vent Haven Museum is home to 900 (and counting) unique sidekicks, some dating back to the 19th century. They’re joined by an exhaustive collection of ephemera — photos, scripts, posters, recordings and more than 20,000 letters — and archives documenting the art form.

For the uninitiated, ventriloquists use misdirection to “create the impression a voice is coming from somewhere else,” according to the International Ventriloquist Society.

Today, that is generally via a puppetlike companion or “dummy.”

The word ventriloquism comes from the Latin “venter,” meaning belly, and “loqui,” meaning speak.

Ancient ventriloquists were viewed as religious practitioners who could interpret gastric sounds — assumed to the be the voices of the dead — to prophesize the future.

That thinking evolved in the Middle Ages as people began to incorporate the practice of “throwing” their voice with spiritualism. This led to associations with witchcraft, sorcery and evil before performance artists like stage magicians and circus mystics became a prominent form of entertainment in the 18th century. Traveling ventriloquists were frequently seen onstage during this period talking to invisible friends, creating the illusion of voices manifesting from near and far.

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Vent Haven’s collection includes more than 900 figures and counting | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

With the advent of vaudeville came the use of dummies to stage witty banter. Stars like Edgar Bergen and his companion, the top-hatwearing Charlie McCarthy, ushered in the golden age of comedic ventriloquists on radio and TV, paving the way for names like Señor Wences, Paul Winchell, Jimmy Nelson and Shari Lewis (with her pal Lamb Chop).

Modern ventriloquism is an endearing — or slightly unsettling — form of entertainment and you can see both takes in pop culture examples like the creepy Benson ventriloquist doll characters in Toy Story 4 and the Guinness World Record-holding success of comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham.

(His 2017 Spark of Insanity tour holds the record for the most tickets sold for a stand-up comedy tour; he also serves on Vent Haven’s board of advisors.)

But regardless of whether you think ventriloquism is an amazing art form or kind of freaky, walking into a room and seeing hundreds of blank faces gazing back isn’t always everyone’s cup of tea — at least not right away.

“People walk into the museum and think, ‘Oh my gosh!’ It’s 900 dummies and so many faces, which, for some people, can be initially off-putting,” says Vent Haven board member and media director Anne Roberts. “But when you hear the stories, you think, ‘Wow, there’s so much more here than I thought.’ ” J U LY 3 1 - A U G . 6 , 2 0 19

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Each ventriloquist figure has a tag with its info and history | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

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The Vent Haven Museum was founded in 1973

by Cincinnati native William Shakespeare “W.S.” Berger, who spent 40 years collecting dummies, recordings and notes related to ventriloquism.

Although not a ventriloquist himself, Berger was fascinated by it. He lived through what Roberts describes as the first wave of ventriloquism’s popularity “from 1878 to 1972 — essentially vaudeville through Ed Sullivan,” she says.

He bought his first figure, “Tommy Baloney,” in 1910, initially keeping his collection in his Fort Mitchell home. By 1947, he had to renovate a personal garage for additional storage. And in 1962, he built a second structure to help store an estimated 350 dummies.

In 1950, he took over as president of the International Brotherhood of Ventriloquism.

He also published a ventriloquism magazine called The Oracle and corresponded with ventriloquists around the world, writing as many as 50 letters per week. All of this contributed to the legacy, community and collection at Vent Haven.

When Berger, who died in 1972, outlived his wife, son and grandson and had no other heirs, he formed a charitable foundation upon the advice of an attorney to prevent his

collection from being split up and sold. Roberts was that attorney’s daughter.

“Berger was the first client for my father,” she says. “My dad helped (Berger) transition (Vent Haven) from a personal collection to a private museum, and then was president of the museum for the next 33 years after (Berger) passed away.”

Today, Vent Haven operates as a nonprofit organization on the grounds of Berger’s former residential property and is spread across four buildings, three of which are actively used as part of the museum tour.

Although the museum is open only by appointment May 1 through Sept. 30, Vent Haven sees hundreds of visitors each year.

“I give tours almost seven days a week,” says Lisa Sweasy, Vent Haven director and curator.

She notes a growing public curiosity in “the unusual,” that includes locals as much as road trippers and tourists.

“A lot of people come in from overseas, if they’re into puppetry at all, (since) this is the only museum for ventriloquism,” she says.

Vent Haven guests are greeted by a guide upon arrival and enjoy a tour through the buildings rife with colorful faces and memorabilia, usually alongside other

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One of Vent Haven’s four museum buildings | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

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created from molds of those used by Edgar Bergen. There’s Farfel the dog from the 1950s, who was used in Nestle commercials. And Rosita, a cabaret girl made of balsa wood that a U.S. Naval officer performed with when he was stationed in the Panama Canal during World War II. Aside from the dummies, ephemera is an important part of the museum.

“There are several sub-collections here,” Sweasy says. “Most of the time, when a dummy comes in, (it arrives) with photographs and a bio, usually it also comes in with a performance script, it comes in with backup costumes.

“We just got, for example, Darci Lynne Farmer’s puppet — she won America’s Got Talent in 2017. She sent us two of her puppets but, in addition to that, she sent us stage passes that she used at AGT, (and) she sent us the dress that she was wearing in the finals.”

Sweasy says adding elements like this make a display much more dynamic. And Farmer’s television appearances have brought a new audience to the world of ventriloquism.

“It’s helped our tourism so much, in regard to children visiting,” Sweasy says.

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... BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THE STORIES, YOU THINK , ‘ WOW, THERE’S SO MUCH MORE HERE THAN I THOUGHT.”

often-entranced visitors. Tours are free, but a $10 donation is suggested.

Many of those first-timers arrive with preconceived notions, which board member Roberts is quick to address.

“Before they get to know us, some visitors want to feel like it’s creepy,” she says. “We get that a lot. But for the performers, that’s not their intent at all. The goal of the ventriloquist is to bring the puppet to life. We spend a lot of time saying, ‘The intent is not creepy.’ These are entertainment pieces.

“Every dummy in the museum has a story. The museum is full of great stories of this art form that predates vaudeville, that’s associated with comedy.”

In some rooms at Vent Haven, dummies sit in rows of metal chairs, like in a classroom; in others they are arranged floor to ceiling in bleacher-style seating. Along one wall, there are disembodied heads on rows of shelving.

Some standing dummies are behind barriers.

Some are encased in glass. But each has a name tag and description telling you who they were used by or who made them, their unique features and their history.

There’s a replica of Charlie McCarthy

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Performers at the 2018 ConVENTion | Photo: Vent Haven

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Although ventriloquism isn’t as much a part of the American mainstream as it once was, the art form has still been riding waves of popularity since first finding success in the vaudeville days. After vaudeville theater came radio, film and TV, especially variety shows. “(But) when Ed Sullivan went off the air, it hurt variety acts of all types — not just ventriloquists,” Sweasy says. “There wasn’t a huge venue anymore where millions of people could see this type of entertainment.

Jugglers suffered; magicians suffered. Then, Jeff Dunham exploded. I think that was the beginning of another major wave for us, and it’s really borne out in our tourism and convention numbers for sure.”

Sweasy is talking about the ConVENTion, Vent Haven’s annual ventriloquism gathering that has drawn professional and aspiring ventriloquists from around the world since its inception in 1975. According to board member Roberts, the event draws 500 to 600 attendees annually — not counting the dummies.

“We typically have anything from 15 to 20 countries represented,” she says. “People come from Japan, Germany, England, Australia, South Africa, Israel, Brazil, France, Switzerland and India.”

While the fest draws plenty of seasoned performers, it’s not just for the pros — hobbyists like founder Berger himself to curious enthusiasts are more than welcome.

“We promote (the event) to people who are interested in puppetry, and ventriloquism, and even some of the allied arts, like magic,” Roberts says.

This year’s ConVENTion, which took place July 17-20, included workshops, lectures, open mics, round table conversations and shows.

It was headlined by 1991 Star Search winner Taylor Mason.

“Ventriloquism has been an integral part of the show business landscape in movies, television, theater and literature for a couple of centuries,” he says, and acknowledges that it’s become more popular and more requested over the past decade.

For example, ventriloquists won America’s Got Talent in 2007 (Terry Fator), 2015 (Paul Zerdin) and 2017 (Darci Lynne Farmer).

In Mason’s eyes, the ConVENTion has been essential to the survival of the craft.

“It’s propelled the art form through some lean times: you couldn’t give away a professional ventriloquist for kid’s parties, much less comedy specials, in the 1980s” he says. “(The ConVENTion) saved the genre from going into the abyss of show business.”

The ConVENTion has even been a part of four different films to date: I’m No Dummy, released in 2009; Dumbstruck, released in 2010; Her Master’s Voice, released in 2012; and The ConVENTion, released in 2012.

Attendees from the 2019 ConVENTion | Photo: Vent Haven

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A replica of Charlie McCarthy (top left) and Edgar Bergen ephemera | Photo: Hailey Bollinger

COMMUNIT Y BUILDING Good Morning America, in regional press, in Smithsonian Magazine and Sweasy says, “Vice Media was here was last year and they did a piece.”

While the collection, visitors and media attention continue to ramp up, growth is always on the agenda. Roberts says Vent Haven is currently in the middle of a capital campaign to raise money for a new building to host more educational programming.

“We’ve raised or have pledged about $545,000 of our $900,000 goal.

We’re really excited about that,” she says. “We’ve been raising money for about two years, and then we’ll build.”

The new structure will help house the ever-increasing collection.

“It’s nearly doubled since the last time we built anything,” Roberts says. “We’ve gone from 500 dummies to almost a thousand.”

Renderings of the new museum building are available on the Vent Haven website (venthaven.org/contribute) and include a gift shop, changing exhibits and lobby while maintaining classic display tactics including the classroom-like set-up featuring dummies in metal chairs and an arena-style two-story exhibit. Another goal of the new space is to maintain the “quiet charm of the museum in its current residential neighborhood,” reads the website Historical and culturally relevant artifacts are also frequently donated to Vent Haven, and they’re always looking for ways to share the growing collection with guests.

“I get (dummies and puppets donated) almost every week,” Sweasy says.

On tours, she enjoys pointing out new collection pieces to Vent Haven’s frequent guests, whether from Cincinnati or around the world.

“I never know who’s walking down the driveway (next),” she laughs. “I love that about this job.”

The Vent Haven Museum (33 W. Maple Ave., Fort Mitchell) is open May 1-Sept. 30. All tours are guided and by appointment only.

For more info, visit venthaven.org.

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Aside from the on-site tours and the ConVENTion, community and educational outreach is vital to the nonprofit’s mission.

“We go out into the community (with events like) ‘create your own puppet’ and just talk about puppetry as a communication medium. We continue to showcase the art of ventriloquism and the art of puppetmaking” Roberts says, noting that there is a difference between the two.

“In the last five or seven years, we’ve really focused on going out and doing things,” Sweasy adds. “One of the things we do every year is DreamFest at Northern Kentucky University, a daylong festival for elementary and middle school children in the gifted and talented program at their schools.”

Sessions include character development and puppetry, wherein the students make their own puppet.

“We talk about why people respond to puppets in a certain way, what makes a puppet look friendly, or sad,” she says. “They learn about how personality can be reflected in a puppet.”

Sweasy also provides off-site presentations at other schools, libraries, civic group gatherings and nursing homes with the nature of each presentation depending on each group’s familiarity with the art form.

The museum also enjoys a number of frequently returning guests and growing attendance numbers each season.

“As far as the ventriloquists who have been here — A floor-to-ceiling display of dummies | Photo: Hailey Bollinger Darci Lynne Farmer, Jeff Dunham, Terry Fator — all those people of course have been here multiple times, but then you get magicians, people like David Copperfield who have been here because it’s an allied art and he collects a lot of things that have to do with ventriloquism,” Sweasy says. “Candice Bergen has been here, her father was Edgar Bergen, and she was here as a correspondent when we were on 60 Minutes II. Joel Hodgson has been here a couple of times, the creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000.”

Other notable guests include Linda Bruckheimer, John Davidson and CBS Sunday Morning’s Bill Geist. Vent Haven has also been featured on

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ONSTAGE: Halo learns life in the MMA cage and outside of it are disturbingly similar in Know Theatre’s Girl in the Red Corner. See review on page 30.

GET INVOLVED: Bans Off My Body Angry about the 22 reproductive health restrictions Ohio has passed since 2011, including the “Heartbeat Bill” voted into law earlier this year? Then come to this teach-in to hear from reproductive rights leaders.

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EVENT: Delhi Skirt Game Started in 1978 as a fundraiser to help offset the medical expenses for a

local child hurt in a bicycle accident, the Delhi Skirt Game has become a West Side tradition. Men — from the Athletic Association, Fire Department and other local orgs — dress in drag and play ball in the name of the neighborhood’s less fortunate. Party a day before the big event on Thursday with a tailgating party in the old Remke parking lot in the 5000 block of Delhi Pike. Then come watch the team play the 42nd annual Skirt game Friday and enjoy LaRosas’s, burgers, brats, beer and ice cream, plus a fireworks display. Tailgate 6-10 p.m. Thursday; Delhi Skirt Game 5-10 p.m. Friday.

Free. Delhi Park, 5125 Foley Road, Delhi, delhiskirtgame. org. — ERIN GARDNER EVENT: World’s Longest Yard Sale The World’s Longest Yard Sale is an annual event that stretches almost 700 miles along State Route 127,

from Gadsden, Alabama to Addison, Michigan and straight through Greater Cincinnati. Locally, the 127 Yard Sale website has the Covered Bridge Antique Mall in Hamilton and the Northside Summer Market on Hoffner Street in Northside listed as “major vendor stops,” but expect plenty of people to be out throughout the weekend selling stuff in their yards. The aforementioned Northside Summer Market (northsidesummermarket.com) takes place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6-11 p.m. on Saturday and includes not only a community-wide yard sale, but also a Humble Monk beer garden, live music, public mural art and a cool-down station with a grill out, cold drinks and kids’ activities. World’s Longest Yard Sale Thursday-Sunday.

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COMEDY: Big Jay Oakerson “Right before I started doing comedy, I was in community college in Philadelphia,” says comedian Big Jay Oakerson. “I had my niche: some guys are great athletes; some are a lady’s man. I was the funny guy.”

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much thought until he ran into an old friend from high school. “We started talking and she said she was disappointed in me. She always thought I’d end up doing comedy. By chance I was with my buddy the next day, buying sneakers, and I saw a comedy club that was having an open mic. I fell in love with it immediately.” Onstage these days, he’s much more of a storyteller who lets the audience guide him. “That’s what I sometimes advise younger comics to do,” he says. “Learn how to relate something to a room full of people and make them laugh.” 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday; 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday. $17$47. Funny Bone Liberty, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township, liberty.funnybone. com. — P.F. WILSON

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pitch and more goetta than you could ever eat. Vendors cannot repeat what anyone else is making, so the variety of dishes includes everything from deep-fried goetta balls and goetta donut sandwiches to goetta nachos and goetta brownies. There’s also a novelty refrigerated goetta vending machine on-site in case you want to take goetta home. 5-11 p.m.

Thursday and Friday; noon11 p.m. Saturday; noon-9 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Festival Park, Newport on the Levee, Newport, goettafest.com. — SEAN M. PETERS

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EVENT: One Night One Craft: Sashiko Upcycling Inspired by Saya Woolfalk’s exhibition, A Cabinet of Anticipation — featuring a fictional race of futuristic women who can “alter their genetic make-up and merge with the natural world” — the Contemporary Arts Center is hosting a craft night featuring sashiko, a traditional Japanese way of decorating and reinforcing clothing. The technique is characterized by little stitches done only with a needle and thread.

The result resembles a quilted effect. No experience is necessary, and helpers will be there to assist you.

While upcycling your old clothes, enjoy a cocktail from the new Fausto café.

7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. $10 members; $20 nonmembers. Contemporary

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MUSIC: Cage the Elephant brings their coheadlining tour with Beck to Riverbend. See interview on page 39.

MUSIC: Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan at Memorial Hall Louisville, Kentucky-area native Joan Osborne made a huge splash in the mid ’90s with her major label debut, Relish, which produced one of the seminal hits of the era, “One of Us.” Osborne — whose varied musical output encompasses Rock, Blues, Soul and other Americana forms — hasn’t maintained as high of a mainstream profile in the years since her astronomical rise (which was preceded by years of DIY work and self-releases), but she has maintained a successful career that has included work with some cornerstone legends of popular music. She appeared in the criticallyacclaimed film Standing in the Shadows of Motown and then toured with session icons the Funk Brothers as a vocalist. She has also performed as a member of The Dead with Phil Lesh, and more recently did a coheadlining tour with Mavis Staples. She’s also proven herself to be a powerful and versatile song interpreter, releasing How Sweet It Is, an album of classic Soul and Rock covers, in 2002 and, over the years, tackling

tunes by Dolly Parton, The Beatles, Willie Dixon and many others. In 2017, Osborne released a collection of her versions of songs by Bob Dylan, aptly titled Songs of Bob Dylan. With her signature soulful and earthy style and a willingness to toy with the original arrangements, Osborne offers a retrospective of the legendary singer/songwriter’s career. 8 p.m. Friday. $28-$45. Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Over-theRhine, memorialhallotr. com. — MIKE BREEN

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MUSIC: Mac Sabbath pays tribute to Black Sabbath in fast food costumes at Woodward Theater. See Sound Advice on page 42.

EVENT: UB40 brings Reggae to Riverfront Live. See Sound Advice on page 43.

EVENT: Westside Market Eat, shop and support all things West Side. Located in the parking lot next to NYPD pizza, more than 90 vendors will set up their booths for you to peruse.

Vendors include Root + Leaf, Truckshop, Queen City Revolt, Daisy Jane’s Flower Truck, La Orangette and streetpops. There is a free Plank Pilates pop-up event at 10:30 a.m.; sign up if you want to get a workout in

EVENT: Ohio River Paddlefest If it floats your boat, come down to the nation’s largest paddling celebration. Now in its 18th year, the Ohio River Paddlefest is a nine-mile paddle on the Ohio River past downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

The river will be closed to other traffic during this time.

Paddlers can also sign up for the 4.2 mile Race to the Roebling. After the race, head to the Finish Line Festival and Conservation Expo with music, local beer, food trucks and info on protecting natural resources. All proceeds from the event will go toward Adventure Crew teens, an organization that helps connect city teens with nature. Rental boats may be available. 6 a.m. parking starts; 7 a.m. race; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Finish Line Festival.

Tickets start at $55 for adults and $25 ages 4-17. Schmidt Recreation Complex, 2944 Humbert Ave., Cincinnati, ohioriverpaddlefest.org.

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— ERIN GARDNER EVENT: CSO Look Around The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra embarks on its 125th season (it is one of only five orchestras in America to reach this milestone) with a collaborative

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SPORTS: FC Cincinnati Fan Fest Meet all your favorite Cincinnati soccer stars as FC Cincinnati hosts its first ever Fan Fest. The stadium-wide event has activities for all ages, not to mention concessions with family-friendly prices. Take a tour of the locker room, enjoy a game of FIFA on the video board, and watch a live broadcast of player interviews, among other activities. Does your kid have no soccer skills to speak of? Train him to be the little athlete you always wanted with the kid’s mini clinic, or just let him run around in a giant inflatable bubble soccer ball instead.

6- 8 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Nippert Stadium, 2700 Bearcats Way, Clifton, fccincinnati.com. — NICK SULLIVAN

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Washington Park will be divided into Red, Yellow and Blue zones with multiple performances from Triiibe, the May Festival Chorus, Bi-Okoto, MUSE, Pride of Cincinnati and others; more than 600 artists are participating.

The event is free and unticketed and there is no right or wrong way to experience it — the CSO invites you to choose your own adventure. Rain date is Sunday. 7 p.m. Saturday. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine; Ziegler Park, 1322 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, cincinnatisymphony. org/lookaround. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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EVENT: August Tea Dance Tea Dance Cincinnati hosts monthly Sunday afternoon dances created for the LGBTQ community and allies. August’s Tea Dance will take place in the Contemporary Arts Center, with music provided by DJ Thaddeus and cocktails for purchase. 4-7 p.m. Sunday.

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EVENT: Art on Vine This monthly maker market takes over Fountain Square with more than 70 local vendors selling handmade goods and fine art. Noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Free. Fountain Square, 520 Vine St., Downtown, artonvinecincy.com.

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EVENT: Cincy Summer Beerfest The 11th Cincy Summer Beerfest is moving from Great American Ball Park to Smale Riverfront Park. Over 90 breweries will contribute hundreds of craft beers to a single-day, two-session fest.

Whether coming for the first or second half, there should be plenty of drinks, food, live music and a silent disco, but be prepared for some beers to run out faster than others. Admission includes 25 samples and a souvenir mug.

Proceeds benefit the Big Joe Duskin Music Foundation, which helps music programs in underfunded elementary and junior high schools. Session One: 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Session Two: 8-11 p.m. Saturday. $40; $45 day of; $50 early admission; $55 day of early admission; $20 DD. Smale Riverfront Park, 166 W. Mehring Way, Downtown, cincybeerfest.com. — NICK SULLIVAN

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ARTS & CULTURE Haunted by Our Past Regional history books focus on what we’ve lost

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A few book titles that focus on what we have “lost” regionally and in Cincinnati.

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literal meaning — the 2009 book Ghosts of Cincinnati: The Dark Side of the Queen City tells reports of people that have seen a mysterious woman in a dark dress near Eden Park’s Spring House Gazebo, where Imogene was shot.

Randy McNutt’s 1996 book Ghosts: Ohio’s Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts and Forgotten Places was groundbreaking in using the word to signify a sometimesmelancholy exploration of small-town Ohio’s fading past. For the book, he drove around the state to find stories in its “dying towns, dead towns, forgotten people and places,” he says.

When he first wrote his manuscript, he had a different name for the book. But his editor — John Baskin of Wilmington, Ohio’s Orange Frazer Press — came up with Ghosts. (As an author, Baskin had written 1976’s classic New Burlington, about a “lost” Ohio town that was flooded to create Caesar Creek Lake Reservoir in southwestern Ohio, about 44 miles northeast of Cincinnati.)

The book proved so popular that McNutt has done two others for The Kent State University Press — Lost Ohio: More Travels into Haunted Landscapes, Ghost Towns and Forgotten Lives and Finding Utopia: Another Journey into Lost Ohio.

“I was surprised when (Baskin) showed me a copy of what the cover would look like and I said, ‘Do you think people are going to understand this?’ ” McNutt says. “He said, ‘Yes, it’s a metaphor.’ ”

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departed department stores — such as Columbus’ Lazarus or California’s Bullock’s — have been strong sellers, whether they specifically have “lost” in their titles or not.

“Department stores were a major shopping experience for people in the middle 20th-century to the 1980s or ’90s, and then were bought by Macy’s or another big company and fizzled over time,” he says.

“Baby boomers might remember going with their parents, and they had tea rooms and restaurants and big Christmas displays.”

Abbott’s Ghosts of Eden Park has a very colorful and exciting narrative, making it quite novelistic. While the bootlegger Remus was in jail, a federal agent began an affair with his wife, Imogene. Subsequently, she tried to divorce Remus upon his release, but in 1927 he shot her to death in Eden Park, after a car chase. A jury found him temporarily insane.

Abbott is trying to use “ghosts” as a buzzword to equate that sensational murder to a colorful time — Prohibition — in the city’s and nation’s history. In an interview, she said she does see parallels with the way she uses “ghosts” in her title and the way other books use terms like “lost” or “abandoned.”

“I think Remus is an over-the-top character, so outlandish and brazen and clearly one of a kind and larger than life,” she says.

“Therefore, the title has the kind of evocative idea of something that’s lost or gone.”

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regrets over the destruction of downtown movie palaces and the 1955 demolition of the beautiful 19th-century Old Main Library.

“I think part of the key to this interest in things lost and forgotten, or in ‘ghosts,’ is to learn from this and not repeat it,” Suess says. “When I was writing Lost Cincinnati, it was kind of saying, ‘Look at what we used to have. If we’re not careful, we’re going to lose the Terrace Plaza next.’ ” Suess’ publisher for Lost Cincinnati and Hidden History of Cincinnati is The History Press — part of South Carolina-based Arcadia Publishing, which nationally releases up to 500 regional books a year that try to include appropriate images with well-researched text by local authors.

Adam Ferrell, Arcadia’s publishing director, says it has published or currently distributes more than 250 books with the word “lost” or “abandoned” in their titles.

Among their subjects are local restaurants (an especially hot topic), circuses, tea rooms, amusement parks, hotels, asylums, industries, roads, farms, estates and waterfronts. It also publishes books about ghost towns, including one called Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County (Colorado).

“One of our more successful series is where the branding is ‘lost,’ ” Ferrell says.

“Lost eras resonate with people, probably because it’s somewhat nostalgic, but also people can see what a place used to look like.”

He also says that books about dearly

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t used to be that regional history books were about our accomplishments — the people, places and things that gave us ongoing civic pride.

Such books continue to be published, but increasingly our history seems to be about what haunts us — what we regret, or at least, have overlooked. You can’t scan a bookstore’s “local interest” section now and not notice how many titles use the words “lost,” “abandoned,” “forgotten,” “hidden” or “ghosts.” Those are not words that make you instantly proud to be a Cincinnatian or Ohioan.

There is, for instance, Karen Abbott’s brand-new The Ghosts of Eden Park — a true crime drama that brings the onceforgotten Prohibition-era Cincinnati gangster/bootlegger George Remus to the fore. Published by Crown Publishing and benefitting from a national push, Abbott appears at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Rookwood Pavilion at 7 p.m. on Aug. 6.

But there are also such choices as Lost Cincinnati, Lost Tea Rooms of Downtown Cincinnati, Hidden History of Cincinnati, Lost Northern Kentucky and Lost River Towns of Boone County (Kentucky). Moving beyond books exclusively about Cincinnati, you’ll find Lost Akron, Lost Dayton Ohio, Abandoned Ohio, Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio & Columbus, Lost Circuses of Ohio, Buried Beneath Cleveland: Lost Cemeteries of Cuyahoga County, Lost Youngstown, Lost Toledo and Lost Amusement Parks of Kentuckiana. You can find this trend happening everywhere else, too — one variation on the theme consists of Never Built Los Angeles, Never Built New York and Unbuilt Toronto.

Jeff Suess, the author of both Lost Cincinnati and Hidden History of Cincinnati (as well as Cincinnati: Then and Now), says his publisher wanted the “lost” and “hidden” titles for those two books.

“But it wasn’t too hard to find a number of lost things that resonated with current readers,” he says. “Technically, most of the city is long gone, but I chose things that, when you see a picture, you say, ‘Why in the world did we ever get rid of it?’ I think that’s indicative to where we are now — we find value in the architectural side of history, or in the parts of our history that long have been pushed aside.”

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‘Girl in the Red Corner’ Packs a Punch

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This was the first Saturday in a while that I the fighter that lends a necessary reprieve didn’t spend on the couch watching either from the “damaged girl” trope. That being a boxing or UFC match with my boyfriend. said, there are times when those layers Some Saturdays we get lucky and watch lean too strongly toward a stiff refusal to both! break down emotional barriers, making As a “theater person,” I’m not the moments feel somewhat disjointed. particularly prone to watching sporting Esmena’s Gina was the show’s events on television. But over the past clear breakout. Honest and pithy, her several months I’ve come to appreciate the performance was deeply sincere and brutality, skill and sheer excitement of a wonderfully personal. She delivered the good fight. natural aura necessary to portray a woman That’s exactly why Know Theatre’s Girl who has been to hell and back but is in the Red Corner was the perfect crossover constantly fighting to stay in the present. show for our weekend plans. Written by Stephen Spotswood, it hones in on heroine Halo (Tess Talbot), a tough but caring young woman stuck in the worst rut of her life.

Recently unemployed and fresh off an acrimonious, creditannihilating divorce, Halo finds an outlet for her frustrations in the form of mixed martial arts (MMA). Stuck living back in her mother’s home, the gym offers the gift of independence and selfsatisfaction for a dejected Halo. As her friendship Tess Talbot (left) and Abi Esmena in Girl in the Red Corner with trainer Gina (Abi PHOTO: DAN R. WINTERS Esmena) blossoms, so does the true fighter inside.

This production features some of the The set, designed by Andrew Hungerford, best, most realistic fight choreography I at first seemed simple, but felt very much have ever seen onstage, particularly when like an MMA ring. With a delightfully seen up close; Know’s team clearly put a lot springy floor, chain-link caging, and stools of time and energy into getting the fights as the only available seating on set, Know’s just right. space deftly transformed into clean MMA But Girl in the Red Corner is so much gym. more than a show about our own personal The production is performed on a thrust fights. Sure, Halo has to fight to stick stage, which adds to the complexity of around through the tough times both at the fight choreography and makes the home and in her professional life. And her combat scenes all the more impressive. sister Brinn (Mindy Heithaus) has to fight Fight Director k. Jenny Jones worked the for her marriage, while their mother Terry complicated angles that come with a (Jennifer Joplin) fights for her livelihood. show done in thrust — in which the stage But at its core, Girl in the Red Corner is a extends into the audience on three sides — show about America’s working class and to the production’s advantage. how each day and choice feels like a fight The choice of stage also adds more for survival. intimacy to an already incredibly intimate Director Tamara Winters drove this performance; it feels like the audience is theme home, particularly in her approach eavesdropping on this family’s personal to scenes regarding older sister Brinn’s business, which is a necessary element to volatile marriage. create a connection with the characters.

Few things can take a stable, loving Know’s current 2019-2020 season is home environment and flip into themed “The Fight,” and if Girl in the something erratic and capricious quite like Red Corner — which kicks things off — is economic instability. And though I wish any indication of the rest of the lineup’s Spotswood’s script allowed his characters approach to new and inventive fight to show — rather than tell — the audience choreography, it will prove to be an actionthese complexities, Winters solidly packed look at the art form. maneuvered this point when it came to Girl in the Red Corner runs through engineering tension onstage.

Aug. 17 at Know Theatre (1120 Jackson Talbot brings marred grit to heroine St., Over-the-Rhine). More info/tickets: Halo. With a deep resolve and hesitant knowtheatre.com. chagrin, there is a subtle complexity to

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Joseph Girandola: The AAC’s New President

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Originally from Baltimore, Girandola was Joseph Girandola is the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s new president. classically trained as a PHOTO: LUK AS K ALINOSKI AND CHELSEY HUGHES stone carver in Florence, Italy. Though he has administration at multiple institutions — since veered from the practice, he says including the University of Cincinnati’s his time spent there allowed him to hone College of Design, Architecture, Art and traditional skills.

Planning for seven years — he says he “Like the act of drawing, the act of puthas always regularly practiced his art. He ting pencil to paper, you have to be trained credits that to mentors throughout his in a way that allows you in the future to life who have done the same. In fact, he have the freedom to then start breaking considers the act of being a mentor to the rules,” he says. “And I think that is the students as part of his practice. strength of the Art Academy of Cincinnati.”

“To see students succeed in creative Though he’s now primarily known for endeavors in arts and design, and really his three-dimensional drawings that leading their lives forward to then become utilize an array of unique mediums, it was mentors themselves — that is the point,” stone carving that led him to experiment he says. “I believe I am here to mentor and with the classic DIY American treasure educate in a way where the students can duct tape. become those mentors for others.”

As Girandola tells it, he would ask his While working with graduate students parents to mail duct tape from the United at DAAP, that kind of mentorship is States to Italy so he could tape his hands something he says he often saw in former to create makeshift gloves. The stiffness Art Academy students. Since the Art of the tape would help him lock his wrists.

Academy is located in the heart of OTR, he (The hammer used in stone carving is 32 says its students “know completely how to to 48 ounces, he says, and easily damages engage in an urban environment and solve the wrist if you don’t use your shoulder and problems.” lock your wrist to hammer.)

“Sometimes in a large-scale university “At the end of the day, I’d cut those like the University of Cincinnati, it’s very makeshift gloves off,” he says. “I loved how tough to navigate and break down those the duct tape looked — from all the debris pathways to get to find the right person in the studio, the dust from the marble and to talk to,” he says. “So I relied on the Art how they caked those makeshift gloves. So Academy grads who came to UC to really I started making kind of drawings out of open those pathways up (for other grad tape.” students).”

His first duct tape drawing was of the When asked what he hopes to bring gilded-gold baptistry doors of the Duomo to the Art Academy as its new president, in Florence, crafted by Renaissance artist Girandola cites the importance of engagLorenzo Ghiberti. Other duct tape works ing with the surrounding community and

by Girandola include depictions of his first collaborating with other regional art insticar — a 1980 Ford F250 pickup truck — and tutions and organizations to position the a 1968 Mustang, which he restored with school as the “leading beacon” of creative his father. problem-solving in city. Inclusivity and Outside of the personal, one of his diversity are vital components of that goal. favorite pieces involves the Taj Mahal.

“To be bold, to be fearless is easy to say, When he went to India and saw the but it’s difficult to walk,” he says. “For me, building, he says he knew he wanted to that is much easier done when you do it investigate how to construct it out of tape together with like-minded individuals, in a highly detailed way. In the drawing, and like-minded individuals who are fearthe architectural icon is backdropped by less and bold can succeed in this world.” an emerging sunset in which orange-red For more on the Art Academy of strips meld with a mellow blue, both in the Cincinnati, visit artacademy.edu. sky and mirrored in the reflecting pool.

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‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2: A Fan Disservice?

BY JAC K ER N

Big Little Lies (Seasons 1-2 available on HBO GO and HBO NOW) was one of the top shows of 2017.

Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, the miniseries represented a true girl-power moment not just because of the powerhouse cast of actresses, including Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, but also because it was made possible

by Witherspoon’s and Kidman’s production The cast of Big Little Lies companies.

PHOTO: JENNIFER CL ASEN/HBO Originally pegged as a miniseries, Big Little Lies Bonnie is surrounded by wealthy people in had it all: a compelling murder mystery, power — not to mention Celeste, a lawyer Real Housewives-esque upper-crust — who could nearly guarantee she’d face bitchery and phenomenal acting. At its few consequences. core it was an examination of relationships Fortunately, there were some high — between women, spouses, exes, families. points. The financial downfall of Laura Unfortunately the recent second season Dern’s character, Renata, was the failed to capture that with a similar zest. perfect plot for a second season, fueling The problems with the second season another award-worthy performance by began at its inception. Simply put, there Dern. Because if there’s one thing better was no reason for it other than to appease than watching rich people live it up, it’s hungry fans. Lies was intended to be a watching rich people lose it all. Renata one-and-done, hence its categorization growling to her husband, “I will not not be as a miniseries. The finale revealed that it rich,” was iconic (if not a bit too on-thewas Perry (Alexander Skarsgård) who died nose, as if the showrunners knew this when Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) pushed him would be immortalized in gifs on the to break up a dangerous confrontation. internet). The elementary school scenes Intent on protecting Bonnie, the women probably should not be some of the most claimed he slipped on a step and fell to entertaining parts of a show about a his death. It was a satisfying reveal with murder coverup, but I just love to see the just enough dangling questions to keep different parenting styles on full display viewers thinking after the finale — that’s amid grade-school drama with these what good art and entertainment do. sophisticated second-graders.

So I was dubious about a second And then there’s the incomparable season, even with the addition of Meryl Meryl. Adding Streep to the already solid Streep as Perry’s mother, who moves to cast was a total power move — one the Monterey, California to help widowed show really leaned on. But a great cast daughter-in-law Celeste (Kidman) with her alone cannot save a story that isn’t worth demonic twin sons (sorry, they’re scary). telling. (Don’t get me started on Bonnie’s In actuality, she comes to look into the unfortunate storyline.) true circumstances of her son’s suspicious So how did this happen? Was it because death; Celeste’s ability to parent; and there wasn’t a solid source material this Jane’s (Shailene Woodley) assertion that time around (until Moriarty wrote a Perry is her son Ziggy’s father, the product novella to base the second season on)? of rape. All of that potential drama and Could it be because creative control was nuance boiled down to a court hearing wrestled away from incoming director in the finale. There were twists, to be sure, Andrea Arnold? Or is it because greedy but ultimately what should have been the studios are quick to cash in on anything crown jewel of storylines fell flat, like many that resonates with audiences? of the others.

Every bit of media has a fandom, and In the end, the plot wasn’t advanced at as viewers, we just can’t get enough. So all. In fact, this season made me question we get sequels and spinoffs, resulting in my love for the first one. The climax of perfectly good standalones expanding into Season 1 was used as a crutch, with full-blown series with multiple seasons. every episode replaying Perry’s death It’s actually fan disservice. Just because ad nauseam, which did nothing for me something is great doesn’t mean it can or besides had me question why these women should be replicated or expanded. If you would lie in the first place. Bonnie pushed love something, let it go.

Perry away from Celeste and Jane as he was attacking them — total self-defense.

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ppealing to residents on either side of the Ohio River, Fairfield Market brings coffee, cocktails, locally sourced snacks on pretty plates and a sun-dappled workspace to Bellevue’s main drag. Open since June, the décor blends Midcentury Modern with a Palm Desert vibe, mixing original terrazzo with contemporary furniture and plenty of outlets for charging electronics.

Fairfield Market is a millennial-founded and run business and it shows. Its current hours — 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday — accommodate coffee runs, lunch dates, weekend brunch and those in search of a nightcap. The four partners respect the non-stop nature of diners and drinkers today and aren’t tethered to a single business plan. What is set in stone, however, is their commitment to accommodating the early birds and night owls alike with a selection of drinks and a streamlined menu.

“We’ll have a nice small plates menu, bar snack menu, but not really a traditional sit-down dining experience,” says Brandon Moore, back-of-house manager. “That already exists here (in Bellevue).”

Fairfield operates around a fast-casual concept, offering bites, which are ordered at the bar, alongside drinks, starting with coffee service in the morning and lunch (served until 3 p.m.), followed by beer, wine, cocktails and snacks in the evening.

“We don’t know if people want to treat us like a coffee house. We don’t know if people want to treat us like a craft cocktail bar,” he says. “If they want to treat us like both, that’s awesome. If not, we’ll focus our efforts where we need to, but regardless, we want to be that spot.”

Moore’s love of cooking is deep-seated.

His father was a cook by trade and his mother was skilled in the kitchen as well.

“It’s always been a part of my life,” he says.

“But I think in the last few years it’s become a true passion.”

Before Fairfield Market, Moore was a bartender at the Crazy Fox Saloon, where he pioneered their infamous bloody mary program, creating new and adventurous toppings for the brunch cocktail each week.

Now, he’s applying his skills to breakfast, lunch and dinner service.

He met Katie Reeder at the Crazy Fox; she now heads up the bar program at Fairfield Market and is another of the four partners in the restaurant. Reeder left her

job as a designer to help get Fairfield off the ground. Her clipped cocktail menu is fiercely seasonal and puts fresh twists on classics; there are only four drink options at $9 each. Grab an old fashioned if you’re feeling traditional or a bright and peppery creation of hers while you snack on a buildyour-own charcuterie board.

Toby and Kate Moeves make up the rest of the Fairfield Market partnership. They bought an empty building on the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Van Voast Street that used to be a bank. Yes, the safe is still there and one of these days it may be filled with carry-out wine and beer.

Initially, the Moeveses had loose plans to lease the ground floor to a business and flip the second and third floors to turn them into apartments, but later decided to support Moore’s and Reeder’s dream of opening a restaurant. Kate Moeves has been cutting Moore’s hair for six years and she and Toby frequent the Crazy Fox. “We supported their vision and put our two cents in, too,” Kate Moeves says.

With a new baby and several other business ventures, the Moeveses had no interest in having their hands in the restaurant business, so the four Fairfield Market partners meet on Mondays when the restaurant is closed to touch base about what’s working and what isn’t. Fairfield Market’s first handful of weeks in business have been all about The Fairfield Market growing slowly, Toby says.

700 Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, The Moeveses met thefairfieldbellevue.com when Kate was opening her first salon and hired Toby for the contracting For now, work. Before long they Fairfield Market were a husband-and-wife is focusing on duo who owned and renovated several bringing sustainably sourced ingredients buildings in Northern Kentucky, flipping into their restaurant from local vendors them into Airbnbs, apartments and future and turning them into small plates, grabbusinesses. The corporate world has never and-go breakfast options and innovative been for them. takes on classic dishes. Moore works with “We’re doing things for our community Local Food Connection, a cooperative and making a living, but we also want it to that allows restaurants to order online and work for our lifestyle,” Toby says. have produce delivered to their door.

The future of Fairfield Market may “It’s a great way of supporting local farms include vertical expansion, transforming and farmers without taking time out of my the second and third floors to accomday and their day to create those personal modate larger parties and private catered connections,” he says. events. The rooftop is prime real estate for All bread products come from Allez Baka bar space, Toby says, mostly due to the ery; meats and cheeses from The Smoking breathtaking view.

Goose out of Indianapolis; coffee from La “There’s probably not a better view from Terza — you get the idea.

Fairfield (Avenue) of the entire city,” he From its inception, inclusion and supsays. porting small, minority-owned businesses

The snack menu at Fairfield Market offers meat, cheese, “dippin’ things” and “extra fancy accoutrements” PHOTO: HAILEY BOLLINGER

have been cornerstones for Fairfield Market. “We don’t necessarily wear it on our sleeve, but if we have the opportunity to support female business-owners, we’re going to,” Moore says.

Fairfield’s unofficial motto from the start has been, “This must be the place,” manifested by a small flag pinned next to the bar.

A small tribute to Talking Heads, sure, but their goal really is to make their cafe/bar/ restaurant/coworking space the place.

“We want people to come here and feel welcome,” Reeder says. “This is your place for friends and family and for just putting your feet up. This is your place for everything.”

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Cincy Summer Beerfest, Dog-Friendly Brewery Fun, Music Fests, New Brews and More

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We’re in the Dog Days of Summer — literally. Several breweries are hosting dog-themed events for humans and their furry friends.

On Aug. 4, Grainworks gets into the lazy days of summer with Pools, Pooches & Pints. Bring your pup to splash in a doggie pool and enter them into a dog swimsuit contest. Snow cones and food trucks will also be on hand. On Aug. 10, Municipal Brew Works hosts the third-annual Ales for Tales. There will be a pet parade, a pet talent contest, a pet photo contest (cats are welcome), food trucks, live music, beers, vendors and adoptable animals. Proceeds benefit the Animal Friends Humane Society. Once a month, 3 Points Urban Brewery goes dog-friendly during Pups & Pints. On Aug. 25, bring your dog to the brewery for treats and a special photo booth from the upcoming Cindependent Film Festival.

Cincy Summer Beerfest is back Saturday, Aug. 3 with a change of venue. The 11th annual summertime event is moving from Great American Ball Park to Smale Riverfront Park for a single-day, two-session party. The fest promises hundreds of craft beers hailing from over 90 breweries, plus views of the city, sips from distilleries and wineries, live music and a silent disco.

The event is split into a day session and a night session. Admission includes 25 samples and a souvenir mug. Get info and tickets at cincybeerfest.com.

New Beers • Brink recently released Brink Rash, a Cincinnati Rollergirls-inspired beer containing blackberries and blueberries (black and blue like a bruise, get it?). Try it on tap.

• Christian Moerlein has released a Glier’s Goetta beer, brewed with subtle spices and Glier’s oats, not actual meat. Get it in cans throughout the city and on draft at the OTR taproom.

• July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of when Ohioan Neil Armstrong and some other guys landed on the moon. To commemorate the occasion, Fibonacci has

teamed up with Northside’s Higher Gravity to brew sour ale Lower Gravity, made with local blueberries and starfruit. Find it on tap at Fibonacci and Higher Gravity.

Rivertown also brewed an Apollo 11 beer — Far Side of the Brew — with notes of blood orange, watermelon and blackberry.

Find it on draft at their taproom.

• Is it too early for Oktoberfest beers?

West Side Brewing doesn’t think so. Last week they released West Side Oktoberfest on tap and in cans. The amber lager is made with German malt, German hops and a German lager yeast, so it’s very German-y.

• MadTree recently collaborated with Dayton, Ohio’s D20: A Bar with Characters to brew Shenlong, which translates to “god dragon.” It’s a juicy pale ale brewed with Strata and Denali hops and Szechuan peppercorns. Get it on tap at D20 and MadTree.

• Fifty West’s Tastee Whip Ice Cream Ale can be found on nitro at their taproom.

It evokes the feeling of visiting creamy whips around town, except in adult beverage form.

• On Aug. 3, Listermann will release two new canned beers. Bad Decisions is a NE IPA brewed with several kinds of hops, and Mama Needs a Milkshake is a NE Milkshake beer brewed with El Dorado and Centennial hops, blackberries, raspberries and vanilla.

Events • Krohn Conservatory hosts Botany and Brews on Aug. 2 featuring Woodburn Brewery’s new Yoshino cherry beer. Tickets are $30 and include one drink, a short lecture, a tour and the chance to wander around the conservatory in a buzzed state.

• On Aug. 9, Braxton hosts the second annual Covington Beer Mile. Runners get to drink one Braxton Buzz Honey Peach Kolsch per quarter mile. They will also receive a medal, a slice of pizza and an extra pint of beer for their effort. Prizes will be awarded to the best male and female runners. Registration is $30.

• Do you like to bake pies? Enter Brink’s

Cincy Summer Beerfest takes place Aug. 3 at Smale Riverfront Park PHOTO: CHRIS BOWMAN PHOTOGRAPHY

homemade pie baking competition on Aug. 10. No entry fee is required, but the contest is limited to 60 pies. The pies and crusts must be homemade and winners will receive crowler fills, an apron and a Brink glass. Brink will brew a few pie-inspired beers to go along with the tasting, which is open to the public.

• Hops in the Hangar takes place at Middletown Airport on Aug. 10. Hosted

by Rivertown Brewery, you can sample 15 beers from 30 different breweries. Check out some aircrafts, dine on food truck dishes and watch skydivers and an aerobatic flight team risk their lives. Just don’t drink and fly. Tickets cost $20-$65.

• On Aug. 17, Swine City Brewing hosts its second annual Swinefest. They say it’s “a love letter to those who keep us going.”

They’ll have fun activities, food and beer.

• You know that 1987 movie Over the Top in which Sly Stallone plays a truck driver who enters arm-wrestling competitions?

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More than 35 musical acts — including national acts Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Screaming Females and local acts Moonbeau, Lung and Tweens — will perform on multiple stages throughout the brewery. They will also have artisan vendors, kids’ activities, comedy acts and beer infusions.

• The same weekend, head south for Farmula Fest, taking place at A.J. Jolly Park in Alexandria, Kentucky. They’ll have kayaking, slip ‘n slides, camping, beers from Braxton and Alexandria Brewing, local food, a farmers market, volleyball, fireworks and 18 live music acts, including ’90s Alt Rockers Stroke 9, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Pink Droyd.

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When it comes to the appreciation of unique foods that other regions just don’t seem to “get,” the Queen City has a culinary reputation all its own.

But that distinction goes beyond Cincinnati-style chili. History Press has just published Cincinnati Goetta: A Delectable History, a tell-all diving into everything you wanted to know about goetta, a meat and grain sausage with German roots. Tackling the subject is Cincinnati John Stehlin and his wife, Eleanora, in 1920 resident and food etymoloP H OTO : C O U R T ESY O F S T E H L I N ’ S , R E PR I N T E D BY C I N C I N N AT I gist Dann Woellert.

G O E T TA B Y D A N N W O E L L E R T ( A R C A D I A P U B L I S H I N G , 2 0 19 ) Cincinnati has its share of goetta enthusiasts, cooking methods, and how to dress goetta,” goetta festivals and you’d be hard-pressed he says. Modifications include switching to find a greasy spoon in Greater Cincinout ingredients to make the final product a nati without it on the menu. But there’s bit more healthy or adding a host of spices more than flavor behind the dish; there’s a to significantly raise the heat. He notes that whole lot of heritage. aside from the core ingredients, goetta can “Our culinary history has strong be prepared in an almost “unfathomable” Central European Germanic influences number of ways. He includes a chapter — goetta, sauerkraut balls, schnitzel, called “Goetta Recipe Redux.” sauerbraten,” Woellert says.

That recipe experimentation continues The book covers regional complements, today. Camp Washington Chili recently the dish’s newfound resurgence and its introduced a “513 Way,” incorporating historic roots, including goetta’s arrival Queen City Sausage goetta as the base of in Porkopolis. Woellert discloses that a 5-way. at one point a large section of Over-the“Johnny Johnson of Camp (Washington Rhine was known as “goetta alley.” Sander Chili) and Elmer Hensler of Queen City Packing is mentioned as the first com(Sausage) are old buddies from long ago mercial goetta producer on record. And school days,” Woellert says. “It’s a great other chapters focus on family histories fusion of Greek meets German.” of household-name goetta producers like Woellert has become something of a Glier’s Goetta and Queen City Sausage, as local authority on food history. His previwell as butchers like Colerain’s Stehlin’s ous books include Historic Restaurants of Meat Market (seen in the photo above), the Cincinnati, The Authentic History of Cincininventor of pinhead oatmeal (a necessary nati Chili and Cincinnati Candy: A Sweet goetta ingredient), Goettafest and close History. He also writes a blog that serves up goetta cousins. bite-sized takes on food trends and discovYes, we’re not the only area to enjoy eries; recent posts include topics like “Why this breakfast treat, and hints of goetta’s There’s Red Pop at Juneteenth” and “The genetic code pop up beyond our immediSauerkraut Ball Dilemma.” ate region. Woellert mentions gritwurst in With all of this to-do about goetta, one the upper Midwest, livermush in the Carocan’t help but ask Woellert if it’s destined linas, scrapple in the Northeast, jitrnice in for greater popularity in other major cities. south Texas, balkenbrij in western central “It remains to be seen. Both Glier’s and Michigan and boudin in Louisiana.

Queen City Sausage, our region’s largest “In my book, I talk about creating the (goetta) producers, say Dayton, Ohio Ohio Goetta-Grits-Prettles Trail,” Woeldoesn’t ‘get’ goetta,” he says. lert says. “Goetta has two close siblings in But he thinks the new book might help. two Ohio counties that follow the path of “It’s my goal to have national food writers the old Erie Canal: grits (meat grits, not begin to describe scrapple as goetta with cornmeal grits) are native to Auglaize cornmeal, (rather than referring to) goetta County, the area around Minster, Ohio, as scrapple with pinhead oats,” he says. and prettles (pork, spices and oats) are Lofty aspirations for sure. native to Henry County in the area around And Woellert is a long way from Napoleon, Ohio. Both areas were settled by running out of unique dishes to champion.

German immigrants from Northwestern Whatever the next book is about, it’s bound Germany, where goetta’s ancestors hail.” to be uniquely Cincinnati.

In researching the new book, Woellert Cincinnati Goetta: A Delectable History also sought out the oldest goetta recipe he is available at arcadiapublishing.com. could find and was surprised to discover “almost limitless variations on spice,

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“For whatever reason, Beck’s name popped into my mind,” Brad says about approaching him when they hit a creative wall in the process of writing “Night Running.” “We sent him the track on a whim.

We had no idea whether he was going to respond. Literally our second interaction ever with Beck was sending him this track.

Within a couple days he sent the two verses that he has on the track. He said he had four more verses that we didn’t even listen to because we were so excited about the first two verses. It just seems like it was one of those meant-to-be things.”

The co-headlining tour — the bill also includes Indie stalwarts Spoon and, on the Cincy date, Wild Belle — was a natural extension of their burgeoning friendship with Beck. Brad says audiences should expect an out-of-the-ordinary live experience.

“We revamped our entire production and started working with a new company called Trask House, who has done Kanye West’s productions for the last 10 or 12 years,” he says.

It’s all a bit surreal for hardscrabble guys who grew up listening to Beck’s classic ’90s records as teenagers in Bowling Green.

“It’s been a pretty special thing for us to see this actually come to fruition.” Brad says of the 30-date tour, which kicked off in early July. “I’m super excited.”

Cage the Elephant plays Riverbend Music Center Friday, Aug. 2 in a co-headlining show with Beck. Tickets/more info: riverbend.org.

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microscope and for the parts that we put into those songs to be very intentional. So we go the exact opposite of the way we first started writing the song and begin to manipulate the different parts to very much invoke a certain emotion or feeling to support a very specific lyric in each song.”

The band used the studio as an instrument to a much larger extent than ever before, recording Social Cues in multiple locations over a longer period of time than was typical in the past.

“It was a tactic to be a bit more thoughtful,” Brad says. “We were pushing on every record since (2013’s) Melophobia to work this way and dig deeper into this kind of area. With taking a long period of time, you can go down this deep hole and run the risk of losing the initial spirit of the track, but we knew that going into it. It was a challenge, and I think when you challenge yourself, you are forced to grow. Whatever that growth is, it’s going to be heard within the record.

“It’s all just experimentation. We got the results that we wanted, but that’s not to say that it’s the way that we will make the next record.”

But first things first: There will be extended touring behind Social Cues before a new Cage the Elephant record is even discussed. That includes the band’s current co-headlining tour with Beck, which is dubbed the “Night Running Tour” in reference to the aforementioned song collaboration.

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the band members lost in recent years or maybe both. Perhaps most curious of all is “Night Running,” a jaunty, Dub-driven collaboration with Beck that sounds like something Jimmy Cliff might conjure after a night of especially potent intoxicants.

(Side note: Beck’s dad, esteemed composer David Campbell, also contributed string arrangements to multiple songs.)

The band enlisted producer John Hill, who’s worked with everyone from M.I.A and Tune-Yards to Charli XCX and Imagine Dragons, to add a sleek sonic veneer to the Post-Post Punk vibe that permeates Social Cues’ 13 songs.

“It just felt right,” Brad Shultz says by phone when asked about the band’s current sonic direction. “It supported the lyrical content musically. It was what we were into as well. We try to let the things that happen in life previous to making a record guide us a bit. I know that sounds a little cliché or whatever, but it is very much true. There were a lot of dark things going on in our lives, so I think that shaped what we were feeling musically.”

Cage the Elephant’s approach to writing and recording has evolved significantly since 2008’s self-titled debut, which now sounds downright primitive compared to the band’s recent efforts.

“For the last few records we’ve been kind of on this kick where we want to write songs in a free spirit and let the song do the writing, per se,” Brad says. “On this record we really wanted to, after the song was written, put the song underneath the

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age the Elephant is a band in flux.

Led by brothers and Bowling Green, Kentucky natives Brad and Matt Shultz (on guitar and vocals, respectively), the six-piece outfit seemed to reach its commercial and creative zenith after years of feverish touring behind music that revels in the otherwise culturally receding genre of guitar-driven Rock & Roll. The group’s fourth full-length, 2015’s Tell Me I’m Pretty, even won a Grammy for Best Rock Album, a surreal turn of events for guys who could barely scrape together rent less than a decade earlier.

But the four years since Tell Me I’m Pretty have been tumultuous, and not just because the band — which also currently includes drummer Jared Champion, keyboardist Matthan Minster, bassist Daniel Tichenor and guitarist Nick Bockrath — is learning to grapple with the typical ups and downs of fame and fortune. Several of the brothers’ close friends and family passed away over that period. Then there was the demise of Matt’s marriage to French singer/actress/model Juliette Buchs, which left the singer in a hardcore funk for months. To cope, he immersed himself in horror movie soundtracks and documentaries about serial killers and other nefarious characters.

“I hate things coming across as melodrama, but there are times I think it’s a miracle I’m alive,” Matt said about that period in a recent interview with The Independent.

That personal turmoil is the lyrical lifeblood of Cage the Elephant’s latest effort, Social Cues, which is as dynamic and sonically diverse as anything they’ve done. The album opens with some ominous ambient noise before kicking into the drum-andbass banger “Broken Boy,” which finds Matt delivering the following with his Bowie/Jagger panache: “I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks/I was raised with the strap across my back/Lay me on my side or hold me up to the light, yeah!”

On the other end of the spectrum is album-closer “Goodbye,” a somber, pianobased ode to Matt’s ex-wife, the people

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Long-running rockers Black Tractor have the same track, there’s also a callback to returned to spread some new gospel to the some other dark-hued musical mythology, masses. Since the early ’00s, the Cincinnati with some one-upmanship in play: “I’ll band has been thrilling regional audiences steal Robert Johnson’s cursed soul/Back with an over-the-top live show and a hard from the Devil’s cold fiery hold.” Black ’n’ heavy Rock & Roll sound that’s spiked Tractor, you see, isn’t Satanic — they’re with enough kitschy, outlandish humor more evil than the Devil himself. to put them in the wheelhouse of fans of like-minded acts like GWAR and Green Jellÿ.

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By Black Tractor, which they say was “a concept album so local critics thought it was arty but local drunk metal guys in battle vests thought it was just another pretty cool Black Tractor record.”

The band’s bio reveals that, in 2017, they received their first-ever negative review, from someone who saw them open for Jackyl in Dayton. The potential fan sent them a grammatically-mystifying message calling them “soul crushing trash.”

The cutting critique caused Black Tractor to step back and Black Tractor’s The Wonders of The Invisible World reflect, ultimately devising what PHOTO: PROVIDED they call their “masterstroke,” an overt attempt to please that displeased Dayton listener’s “lofty musical palette.” The Wonders of Musically, the bulk of the tracks grind The Invisible World, the resulting album away on thunderous grooves, lightningproject, is the group’s most ambitious — strike Hard Rock/Metal riffing (think and, dare we say, “arty” — yet.

Pantera late-night sword-fighting Rob The Wonders of The Invisible World is a Zombie in a truckstop bathroom) and a theatrical, multimedia affair that includes chest-puffed Punk swagger, but there are an accompanying comic book created to also pleasantly surprising curveballs, like look like those religious pamphlets left the dusky, dusty “Hosanna,” an acousticin public bathrooms to convert lost souls, based slow-burner that seethes menace as well as eye-popping packaging (for and sounds like the soundtrack for a scene both the vinyl and CD versions) designed from a Post-Apocalyptic Horror/Spaghetti to look like an’80s VHS horror movie Western film. tape. The pseudonymous band members Despite the jokey nature of Black Tractor, star in the comic, which unspools a tale the musicianship is seriously good — as involving Black Tractor solving their cashmuch as they want to play up their “drunk flow problems by signing up to become lunkhead” image, the writing is sharp and traveling missionary troubadours. The smart and the playing is tight and impecBlack Tractor New Judgment Ministries set cable. And even as cartoony as it all is, the out to rake in as much money as possible, overall concept functions as shrewd and by any means necessary, which is the basis timely satire, a clever takedown of reliof the band’s current fire-and-brimstone gious phonies who use faith to bamboozle live show in support of The Wonders of The for profit and power. Sound like a certain Invisible World. presidential administration you may have The album is like a real-time musical heard about in the news lately? reaction to Black Tractor’s scheme, with Fans can catch Black Tractor’s revival lyrics that mix wool-pulling evangelization show on Saturday, Aug. 3 as they celebrate with blunt confessionals that boast of the the release of the vinyl and CD versions debauchery and money-grubbing behind of Wonders (it’s available to stream/ the proselyting. “What God Made Pockets download at blacktractor.bandcamp.com) For” best represents that duality. “Put your at the Southgate House Revival (111 E. handle on the Bible, son/And tell the good Sixth St., Newport, southgatehouse.com).

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There is a fine line between parody and novelty, and bands choosing this path must walk it with tightrope balance and precision. Make no mistake, Mac Sabbath is definitely balanced and precise as an erstwhile tribute to Ozzy and company, but there is nothing nuanced or subtle about their message or the insane method of their delivery. Imagine a better-thanaverage Metal/Hard Rock band obsessed with the music of Black Sabbath and the GWAR/Slipknot ideology of costuming and character development, and yet somehow equally (and perhaps chemically) focused on McDonald’s, their vast array of near-food objects and the characters that promote them.

If that all sounds highly unlikely, it’s nothing compared to the reality of Mac Sabbath in the flesh. Tony Iommi gets mashed up with Mayor McCheese, who sports Viking horns as tusks and peels off familiar Sabbath riffs with ear-bleeding ease and facility. Geezer Butler and Grimace channel each other’s spirit animals and provide thunderous bass runs, while Bill Ward’s drum wizardry is represented by the Hamburgler as a Halloween refugee dressed up for trick or treating as Peter Criss’s cosmic cat. And topping it all off is Ronald Osbourne, a tweaker’s nightmare where Ronald McD is possessed by the scorched big-top malevolence of Pennywise, singing familiar Sabbath melodies to lyrics that rhapsodize about various and sundry fast food delights in their selfdescribed Drive Thru Metal stylings. It’s horrifyingly irresistible.

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video of their “Iron Man” parody, “Frying Pan,” went viral at year’s end, with print and online publications agreeing that Mac Sabbath was not merely a great tribute band but a tight and brilliantly themed act. Over the past five years, the band has toured relentlessly here and abroad and amassed a solid fan base; Ozzy Osbourne himself has given Mac Sabbath his blessing. To this point, the only actual recording Mac has done is “Pair-A-Buns,” their parody of “Paranoid, which they released on a flexi-disc and as a video. They released their sophomore video last year, “Sweet Beef,” their spin on “Sweet Leaf.”

Expect a full bore, multimedia experience, with inflatable chesseburgers, laser eyed clown heads, giant condiment dispensers and video projections that make Alice Cooper seem tame and un-dosed by comparison. And if you somehow needed another level surrealism — the Mac is touring with Okilly Dokilly, a Metal band themed around uptight, fatherly Simpsons nerd Ned Flanders, down to the lyrics and dress code. (Brian Baker)

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People who doubt that music has the ability to transport you to a different place have clearly never spent time with Jamestown Revival’s three near-perfect albums.

The first time I heard Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance’s “California (Cast Iron Soul)” filter through my car radio, I was taken back to my time in the Golden State. The warm guitars and harmonies align with every hour I’ve ever spent squinting into the sun on Interstate 5. Their entire freshman album, Utah, kept minds and spirits thoroughly grounded in the West. Their newest project, San Isabel, is no different.

The duo recorded their latest batch of radio-worthy Americana at Ward Lodge Studios, overlooking Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest. Songs like “This Too Shall Pass” and “Harder Way” make it obvious that the pair, known for their outdoorsy nature, spent some songwriting time in the hills and mountains of SINF. When you spend enough time soaking up the solitude, you start to think about all that life has to offer… and all it can strip away. The give and take of life, along with the idea of taking time to acknowledge it, plays a major role in the themes of San Isabel.

Just as the duo set out to Colorado to disconnect from social media and connect with nature, a night with Jamestown Revival requires the same so-called sacrifice. Calling on inspiration from the likes of Willie Nelson and Louis L’Amour, Jamestown Revival offers an immersive experience. Seeing Chance and Clay live is best done without the filter of your phone’s camera. Like your favorite pair of brokenin jeans, Jamestown Revival deserves your utmost appreciation before the crotch rips and the music fades. (Deirdre Glassford)

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Though one of the most successful Reggae acts of all time, UB40 doesn’t always seem to get the appropriate credit deserved for carrying the music to broader audiences.

Perhaps it’s due to the bulk of their success coming from cover songs, even though that in itself is a part of Reggae’s storied tradition — early Jamaican artists often reworked versions of R&B and Pop hits in the style.

Founded in the same year and town as The English Beat — 1978; Birmingham, England — the multiracial UB40 named itself after the government unemployment forms filled out by those going on the dole, a nod to their working class roots.

With songs that incorporated social and political commentary, the group found success in their homeland fairly quickly; their 1980 debut album, Signing Off, went to No. 2 on the U.K. album charts.

Follow-up albums experienced similar success, but in the U.S., airplay was mostly limited to college radio.

That all changed with 1983’s Labour of Love, UB40’s first all-covers album. The song list is all Reggae-based — even the tunes with American Pop and R&B origins were discovered by the musicians via Reggae versions. Their mammoth breakthrough hit, “Red Red Wine,” was written

by Neil Diamond but UB40 originally only knew the song through the version done

by Jamaican singer Tony Tribe. The band had clearly struck a nerve and a successful formula, something they repeated with subsequent hits, including versions of “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love with You” and “I Got You Babe” (with Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders). Though they did continue writing original music, there were three Labour of Love “sequels” full of mostly Reggae covers. On 2013’s Getting Over the Storm the group turned to Country music and rewired songs by Buck Owens, George Jones and Vince Gill.

After 29 years with the same lineup, singer Ali Campbell and keyboardist Mickey Virtue left in 2008; in 2013, toaster/trumpeter Astro also left and joined Campbell and Virtue in a “new” UB40. The ensuing legal wrangling resulted in the trio touring as “UB40 featuring Ali, Astro and Mickey”; last year they released, ahem, A Real Labour of Love (Virtue left the project last year).

The band coming to Cincinnati this week is legally UB40 and features original members Brian Travers, Jimmy Brown, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan and Robin Campbell, Ali’s brother. Another Campbell sibling, Duncan, is singing with the group. Earlier this year, UB40 released its first album of alloriginal music with Duncan, For the Many.

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NORTHSIDE TAVERN Little Lawnmowers and Willow Tree Carolers. 9 p.m.

Americana. Free.

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MOTR PUB - Spacer with The Molice. 10 p.m. Alt/ Indie/Rock. Free.

NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE - Summer Music on the Levee with Diamond Empire Band. 7 p.m. Pop/Rock/ Dance/Various. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB - Maritime Law. 9 p.m. Acoustic/Jam. Free.

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TAFT THEATRE - The Mowgli’s with Petal and Arms Akimbo. 7:30 p.m.

Rock. $17, $20 day of show.

URBAN ARTIFACT Garbage Greek, Fast Eddy and BARK. 9 p.m. Garage Rock. Free.

VINOKLET WINERY AND RESTAURANT - Bluegrass Wednesdays with Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. 6:30 p.m. Bluegrass.

Free.

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MOERLEIN LAGER HOUSE - Rockin’ the Roebling with Bad Habit. 6:30 p.m. Rock. Free (at Schmidlapp Event Lawn).

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KNOTTY PINE - Mitch Greve. 9 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

MOTR PUB - Hibou with Dark Colour and Culture Queer. 10 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

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THE GREENWICH - Mambo Combo. 8:30 p.m. Latin Jazz. $5,

FOUNTAIN SQUARE Reggae Wednesday with The Flex Crew. 7 p.m.

Reggae. Free.

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FRETBOARD BREWING COMPANY - Rick Reed. 6 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL - Philip Paul Trio.

7:30 p.m. Jazz. Free.

BLIND LEMON - Billy Otten.

8 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

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Cover.

COMMON ROOTS - Open Mic. 8 p.m. Various. Free.

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FOUNTAIN SQUARE - Salsa on the Square with Amador Sisters with Reveal Your Love. 7 p.m.

Latin/Salsa/Dance. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN - Flesh Mother, Skuz, Uncle Slammy and the Warlords and Slutbomb. 9 p.m.

Punk. Free.

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NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB - Downhaul, House & Home, Old Pictures/New Pictures and Kid ESP. 8 p.m. Indie Rock. Free.

RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER - Florida Georgia Line with Dan + Shay, Morgan Wallen and Hardy. 7 p.m.

Country/Pop. Sold out.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - The Legendary Shack Shakers with J.D. Pinkus. 8 p.m. $18, $20 day of show.

STANLEY’S PUB Blueprint, Jacob Resch Band and Chad Applegate.

9 p.m. Rock. Cover.

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WASHINGTON PARK - Roots Revival with Buffalo Wabs & the Price Hill Hustle. 7 p.m. Folk. Free.

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Free.

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Trio. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

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FOUNTAIN SQUARE Cloud Nothings. 7 p.m.

Indie Rock. Free.

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Free.

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Country. Free.

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MEMORIAL HALL Joan Osborne Sings The Songs of Bob Dylan.

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RICK’S TAVERN - Naked Karate Girls. 10 p.m. Pop/ Rock/Dance. Cover.

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STANLEY’S PUB - Tweed, Ras Akkurate and Melodk Eye. 9 p.m. Jam/Prog/Reggae. Cover.

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URBAN ARTIFACT - Dynamite Thunderpunch with Go Go Buffalo and Spacer. 8 p.m. Rock.

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

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Jazz. Cover.

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BOGART’S - Def Leggend.

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KNOTTY PINE - 90 Proof Twang. 10 p.m. Country.

Cover.

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MOTR PUB - Near Earth Objects with Founding Fathers and Zuma.

10 p.m. Indie/Alt Rock. Free.

THE REDMOOR Remember. 8:30 p.m. R&B/ Jazz/Soul. $10.

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Reggae/Pop. $25.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) Judge & Jury with Steven Mast and The Dummy Ups. 9:30 p.m. Rock. Free.

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NORTHSIDE TAVERN Camp Counselor, Roof Rabbit and Anonymous Club.

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20TH CENTURY THEATER - Max Frost with Swells. 8 p.m. AltPop. $15, $17 day of show.

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MEMORIAL HALL Jazz at the Memo presents Dan Radank. 7 p.m.

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STANLEY’S PUB Traveling Jam with Abby Vice, Sarah Jordan and Kaycie Satterfield. 9 p.m.

Bluegrass/Folk/Rock/Various. Cover.

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BLIND LEMON - Nick Tuttle.

8:30 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE - Lynne Scott, Lee Stolar and Lou Lausche. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Mike Darrah Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz.

Free.

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MADISON LIVE - The Regrettes with Hot Flash Heat Wave. 8 p.m.

Pop/Rock. $15, $17 day of show.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) Bonehart Flannigan, Moonshine & Wine and Randy Steffen. 9 p.m.

Americana. Free.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) - The Menzingers with The Sidekicks and Queen of Jeans. 8 p.m. Rock. $17, $20 day of show.

STANLEY’S PUB Trashgrass Tuesday with The Knotty Gs. 9 p.m.

Bluegrass. Cover.

THOMPSON HOUSE - First in Flight with Forts Like Vana. 8 p.m. AltRock. $8.

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RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER - Beck and Cage The Elephant with Spoon and Wild Belle. 6 p.m.

AltRock. $29.50-$200.50.

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

MCCAULY’S PUB - Open Jam with Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues/Various. Free.

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

Jazz. Cover.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT - Peter Gemus Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz.

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