November 2020
Features
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Meet 19 Authors With Local Ties
We introduce you to nineteen past and present authors with ties to the Queen City, who have created works that are definitely worth your time.
Seven Public Libraries Worth Checking Out
Public libraries provide incredible resources to our communities, from their digital offerings to their physical collections, which go far beyond books.
Six Stellar Independent Bookstores
These six local indie booksellers bring communities together over great reads in ways the big-box bookstores just can’t.
Behind Closed Doors at The Literary Club, One of the City’s Oldest and Most Secretive Societies
For more than 170 years, The Literary Club’s members have gathered on Monday nights. It’s a quintessential Cincinnati story of reading, fellowship, and male bonding.
Explore These Five Specialized Libraries
There’s something for every interest in the vast, intriguing, and educational collections of these five specialty libraries.
Three Out-of-Library Experiences
Looking for a more communal experience, or wanting to get out and explore? Here are three ways you can be bring the words into the world.
This Nationwide Program Provides Free Books for Kids
Now local kids can enroll in Imagination Library, Dolly Parton’s early childhood literacy program, which has expanded into the tri-state.
Using the Enneagram at Work
The meme-tastic personality typing system known as the Enneagram has found a foothold in the business world, helping to build productivity and empathy.
Three Organizations That Nurture Writers
Sometimes it takes a village to become a better writer. These organizations help improve individual skills and build community through group activities.
These Three Libraries Offer Nontraditional Items For Select Borrowers
From tools to board games to original Procter & Gamble product packaging, these three nontraditional libraries offer more than books.
The Book Doctor Is In at the Ohio Book Store
In the windowless basement of the Ohio Book Store, brothers Mike and Jim Fallon keep the family business of book restoration alive and well.
Steve Burns Wants Lordstown Motors to Build the World’s Best Electric Pickup Truck
Cincinnati idea guy and Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns has the support of President Trump, General Motors, and big-time investors, but can he deliver?
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Frontlines
Dani McClain Is Cincinnati’s Active Writer-in-Residence
The writer wraps up a year of programs at the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library promoting the power of the written word and activism within communities.
Brick Pop Up Shops Helps New Businesses Grow
Brick Pop Up Shops, a program from business launchpad MORTAR, shows entrepreneurs what holding down a storefront is like.
Freestore Foodbank Prepares for a Pandemic Holiday Season
In a season of extreme need and unprecedented restrictions, Freestore Foodbank counts on community support to feed our neighbors.
Dr. Know: Phone Numbers, Rooftop Decorations, and a Grumpy Enquirer Columnist
The good doctor explores troubling issues, including the local phone number that’s been in service longest, what’s on top of the Gwynne Building, and Bob Brumfield’s distaste for The Beatles.
Radar
Local Journalist Michael Monks Wants to Be Trusted, So He Dresses the Part
Michael Monks, the Editor and Publisher of River City News and host of Cincinnati Edition at WVXU, keeps his look professional, and he loves a cardigan.
This 19th Century Newport Mansion Sits at the Middle of an Old Scandal
An illegitimate wife, a contested estate, stained-glass windows sold away (and bought back!), and a full restoration bring this Newport beauty back to life.
Columns
My Little Free Library Helped Me Be a Better Neighbor
Creating connections and conversations around the books in her Little Free Library gave this writer a new point of view during the pandemic.
Editor’s Letter, November 2020: Sharing a Reading Experience
We’ve all done a lot of being alone together during the pandemic, staying apart physically while trying to stay connected as best we can. Reading can help.
A Hidden Pocket Park in Covington Celebrates Artist Henry Farny
Covington artist Henry Farny painted the American West, and this park, just across the street from his former studio, celebrates his legacy.
Dine
Bowman & Landes Raises Free-Range Turkeys
For more than 100 years, family-owned Bowman & Landes has been letting turkeys roam free, in a quest to bring you better birds.
Here’s Where You Can Get a Takeout Crawfish Boil
Tasty Pho & Crawfish in West Chester will serve you a mess of mudbugs along with more traditional Vietnamese fare.
Chef Sydney Fisher Leads the Kitchen at OTR’s New Copper & Flame
Copper & Flame, which opened in the old Rook space in Over-the-Rhine in October, serves up Latin American–Southeast Asian fusion street food.
Four Years After Closing, Enoteca Emilia Makes a Comeback in Loveland
Enoteca Emilia is doing lovely things in uncertain times. The Italian restaurant is a reboot worthy of its original O’Bryonville iteration.
Pastry Chef Megan Ketover Gets Creative in Her New Gig at Khora
Pastry Chef Megan Ketover shares her plans for new desserts at Khora, and gives us her recipe for a caramel pear streusel tart.