February 2016
Features
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How Prince Sammons Came To America
It’s 5,800 miles from Lagos, Nigeria, to the Queen City. The path top college football prospect Prince Sammons took to get here was way longer, and anything but safe.
Hidden Cincy: 51 Secret Haunts, Insider Deals, and Private Places
Quirky museums! Friendly wolves! $1 concessions at Reds games! A sneak peek into 1968! We’ve scoped out 51 of this city’s best-kept secrets. Now they can be revealed.
One Man, One Obsession, 100 Typewriters
Xavier University Professor Richard Polt has a thing for typewriters—and he has the bonkers collection to prove it.
Junkie’s Big Adventure
When Julius Fleischmann Jr. took his family on a round-the-world cruise in 1931, he probably didn’t know that they would travel straight through the heart of South Seas exotica and into the annals of history. But the talismans he brought back tell the tale.
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Frontlines
Hot Ticket: Yellow Towel
When Dana Michel performs her award-winning Yellow Towel at the Contemporary Arts Center this month, expect anything but a low-impact evening. The choreographer-performance artist inhabits a persona that falls in and out of “normality,” a figure the audience will at times empathize with and at times fear.
Speak Easy: Leon Fleisher
More than 40 years ago, a neurological condition caused legendary pianist Leon Fleisher to lose the use of his right hand. Instead of giving up his skill, he championed works composed for the left hand—even after regaining use of his right more than a decade ago—including Sergei Prokofiev’s rarely conducted Concerto No. 4, which he […]
Hot Ticket: Cinderella at The Cincinnati Ballet
The Cincinnati Ballet brings the classic tale to life with the aid of brand new sets, updated costumes, elegant choreography, and a few humorous twists.
Hot Ticket: Serials! at Know Theatre
Serials!, which started at the Know Theatre in the summer of 2014, stages 15-minute installments of five brand new plays, all written, directed, and acted by local talent.
Artifact: J.B. Schroder Co. Keys
The business operated on Third Street before moving to 1117 Vine St. (now Ensemble Theatre’s annex), where it stayed through at least 1941.
Playhouse In The Park is Going Off Script
…and getting in touch with its feminine side.
Greek Afterlife
Last spring, the riches-filled tomb of a wealthy Bronze Age warrior was found in an olive grove in Pylos, Greece, by a University of Cincinnati archaeology team headed by Jack Davis and Sharon R. Stocker.
Radar
Style Counsel: Jane Decker
Occupation: Pop singer/songwriter; Her Style: Bold and confident
Neighborhood Spotlight: Lebanon
Founded in 1802, this hub of mom-and-pop shops, restaurants, and historic buildings has gone from quaint to au courant.
On The Market: A Renovated Mid-Century Modern in Kennedy Heights
A Kennedy Heights Mid-Century Modern—just down the block from a piece of neighborhood history—gets a forward-looking reno.
Long Weekend: A Snowbird’s Guide to the Galaxy
Florida in the wintertime is Queen City South—with notably bluer skies.
Men of Steel
Revved up or classic, MetalKraft CoachWerkes builds bodies that are made to last.
Columns
Letter from the Editor: February 2016
Our dog died about a year ago. Her name was Gillian. She was a proud mutt, a terrier-and-hound mix (we think) with a remarkable facility to amaze us with her doggy brilliance and confound us with her canine hardheadedness.
Cincy Obscura: Christ Church Gymnasium
Before there were Zumba classes and TRX Trainers, there was the Christ Church gymnasium.
Crime and Banishment
The science of rooting out crime where it lives.
Letter From Katie: Lost Highway
When you talk to your 90-year-old mother on the phone, much can be revealed.
Dr. Know: Moving Fountain Square’s Fountain, All of the Lights at Walnut Hills High School, and East Side Angles
“Hauling the fountain to Garfield Place even had the support of Henry Probasco, the moneybags who originally built it.”
Dine
Try This: Honey-Vinegar Pie from O Pie O
When the Great Depression hit, American bakers were at a loss. With the price of lemons on the rise, pie devotees searched for tangy substitutes to sweet pies, and the vinegar pie was born.
Fine Diving: Rima’s Diner
Leave room for dessert.
Pacific Kitchen Steps Up Cincinnati’s Asian Food Scene
Chef Michael Ly’s latest venture skillfully offers up the continent’s delights without drifting into culinary cover-band territory.
Taste Test: Poutine
Ontario native and Oakley resident Tim Brownlee has searched his adopted city high and low for standard issue poutine, and he has found us wanting.
Tableside With Shalini Latour of Chocolats Latour
“We named the store The Chocolate Bee, so we figured we needed to have chocolate bees.”
Try This: Drunken Broth at Huit Craft BBQ
Noodle soup just got real.