Unless I’m missing something (and let’s be fair, when am I not missing something?), Cincinnati isn’t especially well-known for its St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Of course, it doesn’t take an awful lot to celebrate the day–on what used to be a legitimate religious holiday is now a chance for people to try their hand at being what amounts to a stage Irishman and then calling that a “Celebration of Irish Heritage.”
Not to sound bitter.
Seriously, though, as an Irish person myself, I could use a drink. What’s happening in Cincinnati on this fine St. Paddy’s Day?… Read the rest
The Nutcracker opened at Cincinnati Ballet this week. Yesterday, to be exact. The Nutcracker, of course, marks the actual beginning to the Christmas holiday, unlike the music you’ve been hearing inside Walgreen’s stores city-wide since November 1. Puke.
Pros:
The Cincinnati Ballet is seriously great. It’s something you should go to see at least once a year. IT’S CALLED CULTURING YOURSELF WITH FINE ART. Do it.
Good date night: your lady will like you a little bit extra.
Dancers are pretty. Get me?
Cons:
Maybe you can’t afford it? I bet you can find a ticket somehow. It probably won’t require befriending a rich benefactor and doing his bidding for some time in order to get yourself a seat at the ballet.
If you’re an uncultured rube, you might not want to go. Which makes you more of an uncultured rube, which means that you’re ripping open an uncultured rube echo chamber. Whoa.
Watch This is a project/event/thing to do in Cincinnati where its organizers set up screenings of AFI’s top 100 films in the space of a year. The year’s almost over, and they’re showing The Wizard of Oz TONIGHT at 20th Century Theatre.
Pros:
Good times, good movies.
Somebody’s actually doing something inventive and original. Come the hell on.
YOU’RE GONNA GET TO SEE A SCREENING OF CITIZEN KANE.
Cons:
Um, I don’t like to go outside, and I hate movies. Derp.
