In case you missed the last 12 months with us, we present our favorite CM feature stories of 2014:
The Evans Family is Living in This World
The death of Cosmic Pizza owner Rich Evans threw the lives of his wife and children into chaos. It also landed them in the arms of an extraordinary group of strangers.
Illustration by Victo Ngai
Our Nimble Lass
Back in March, a few of us here at the magazine got e-mails from friends who had seen an intriguing item listed on eBay. “1930s stripper/dancer scrapbook—Cincinnati,” the posting announced, “Jean Harlow’s double.” So we bought it. But who was she?
Photographs by Anna Jones/OMS
Screeeeeeam!
An oral history of The Beast
He’s So Dope
Before he was DJ Clockwork, spinning discs for rapper Mac Miller and lighting up the airwaves and MTV, he was Garrett Uddin, spinning discs at UC parties and sparking up in his off-campus apartment. A modern-day Horatio Alger story. With weed.
Why Isn’t This Man Smiling?
Senior Editor RJ Smith goes behind the scenes at City Hall to see what life with Mayor John Cranley is really like.
Photograph by Jonathan Willis
Wussy: Battle Cries & ButterfliesWhat keeps Cincinnati’s greatest band 630 miles from Saturday Night Live starts with their piss-take name, alt-country tinge, and uncool passion for bad romance.
Man of Letters
Chuck Keiger painted signs that sprawled across billboards, covered towering brick walls, and marked cop cars, batting helmets,and porn shops. A son remembers his brush with fame.
The Increasingly Complicated Trials of Tracie Hunter
God, politics, race, and the judge everybody talks about but nobody knows.
Illustration by Matthew Green
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