December 2018
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Features
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Best of the City: Shopping
Niche Market: Flaggs USA You know someone just moved into their Oakley home when they have a new flag out front. That’s because a trip to Flaggs USA, a Madison Road storefront since 1986, is a homeowner rite of passage in the neighborhood. The shop is crammed with dozens of varieties of American flags alone, […]
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Best of the City: Entertainment
Alternative Cinema: Mini Microcinema You won’t find the latest summer blockbuster playing at the Mini anytime soon, and that’s OK. The Mini Microcinema is a very small (folding chairs as seats small) theater on Main Street in OTR that fills a void in our independent and experimental film scene. Owner and director C. Jacqueline Wood […]
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Best of the City: Service
Wedding Photographer: Jonathan Gibson Photography Jonathan Gibson’s talent goes well beyond taking beautiful photographs. He’s a painter and designer (a graduate of the Pratt Art Institute in New York), and an art teacher at Xavier. And now he’s become one of the city’s most in-demand wedding photogs, because of his ability to capture killer images […]
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Best of the City: Booze
Christmas Beer: Dad, Rhinegeist This holiday red ale with notes of malty caramel and a touch of piney hoppiness makes us want to bust out our matching plaid pj onesies and raise a toast to the season by the warm glow of the fireplace. Available in cans or on draft at the Rhinegeist taproom through […]
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Best of the City: City Life
Mile Marker: 20th Annual Flying Pig Marathon Executive Director Iris Simpson Bush and her crew, plus hundreds of volunteer “Grunts,” make every event on Flying Pig weekend a joy, and this anniversary year was no exception. When female winner Caitlin Keen crossed the finish line (in 2:46:41) and sobbed, “This is the first marathon I […]
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Growing Up Poor in Cincinnati
In a prosperous modern city, half our children under age 5 live in poverty. Lots of people and programs are fighting to change that reality, with some encouraging early results—but we still have a long way to go.
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Steve Driehaus Finds His True North
The former politician leads Cincinnati Compass, the region’s “Welcome Wagon” for immigrants, after years of Peace Corps service in Africa.
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Frontlines
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Claus Con
Here are a few tips to help you survive Santacon on Saturday, December 8, without being added to the naughty list.
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When Queen City Music Was King
A Playhouse world premiere celebrates King Records.
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Personal Transit Options Explode in Cincinnati
Fast, cheap, and out of control—app-activated and undeniably fun electric scooters hit Cincinnati streets this summer.
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Camp Washington’s Resident Airstream Archives Books That Inspire Creatives
UC prof Lacey Haslam began the collection by asking her mentors from the San Francisco Art Institute, where she earned a master’s degree in studio art, to donate a book integral to their creative process.
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Radar
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How Norwood’s First New Build in 40 Years Came To Be
Norwood’s got a lot going for it—historic homes on Floral Avenue, the Rookwood Shopping Center—but single family residential construction hasn’t been one of those things. Until now.
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The Nonprofit Sew Valley Grows Our Fashion Community
“There are a lot of barriers to overcome if you’re trying to start a clothing line. We’re trying to eliminate some of those.”
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Change Up Your Christmas Decorations by Adding these Locally Made Ornaments on the Tree
Deck the halls and support local makers at the same time.
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Columns
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Editor’s Letter, December 2018: Thank You
I thank you for supporting Cincinnati Magazine by reading the print issue and website, interacting with our social media, subscribing to our e-mail newsletters, attending one of our events, or picking up our stand-alone wedding or baby guides.
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Cincy Obscura: The Oesper Collection
“It would not be possible to assemble this museum today.”
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My Al Schottelkotte Dream Come True
Legendary TV Newsman Al Schottelkotte once did me a favor.
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Dine
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The Prettiest Punch Ever, Featuring a Colonial-Era Ingredient
A love of shrub—a vinegar-based syrup popular with colonial Americans for making water potable—and a dissatisfaction with other mixers on the market led Justin Frazer, then the banquet chef at Orchids, to tinker with concocting the stuff himself.
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Bombay Brazier Goes Beyond the Buffet
The Montgomery eatery sticks with tradition to set its Indian food apart.
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Candy Land Is Real, and It’s in Hamilton
The Farquis family officially opened their little piece of the candy city in July 2017. The store was an instant success.
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Try This: Mussels in Vodka Sauce at Eighth & English
Eighth & English’s mussels in vodka sauce is a dish of wonderful contradictions.
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Millie’s Place is Madisonville’s Unofficial Community Center
I hate to call the Sunday buffet at Millie’s Place a “buffet.” It’s more of a fellowship dinner.
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