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Iconic Style
September 2010 Issue
Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies, discusses the charisma of Katharine Hepburn in this podcast. |
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Woman of Substance
September 2010 Issue
Linda Feagler
The Kent State University Museum unveils its newest acquisition: The couture of Katharine Hepburn. |
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Mysteries of the Deep
August 2010 Issue
A video tour of COSI’s “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” in Columbus. |
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Pathway to the Past
July 2010 Issue
The Cleveland Museum of Art's Caroline Goeser takes Senior Editor Linda Feagler on a behind the scenes tour of spectacular new galleries. |
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Modern-Day Michelangelo
May 2010 issue
Amy Weirick
Columbus artist Michael Boudreault creates beautiful murals and other decorative embellishments for homeowners, and pays it forward with work for worthy causes. |
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Story Line
May 2010 issue
Jennifer Rogers
Cleveland Heights author Dan Chaon shares his latest work at the fourth-annual Ohioana Book Festival. |
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Heartfelt Homage
April 2010 Issue
Linda Feagler
The Cleveland Play House celebrates an Ohio success story by bringing the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous to the stage. |
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Jolly Good Fellowship
December 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
Tis the season to have a Dickens of a time. It’s December, so that means the celebrated British author’s redemptive holiday fable, A Christmas Carol , is everywhere: Ebenezer Scrooge is taking center stage in community theater productions across the country. Classic adaptations starring Reginald Owen, Alastair Sim, George C. Scott, Bill Murray and Mr. Magoo fill cable television screens. And a new animated 3-D movie, featuring the voice of Jim Carrey, recently opened at the neighborho... |
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Piano Man
December 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
When it came time to come up with a title for his new CD, Jim Brickman knew exactly what he wanted to give his listeners: An antidote for these difficult times. So he called it “Beautiful World.” “Hopefully, the recording provides an escape, a relief, a journey, a fantasy — all those positive [messages] we need right now,” the 47-year-old pianist/composer says by phone from Los Angeles, prior to embarking on a concert tour that will take him to Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwa... |
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Classic Composition
October 2009 Issue
By Linda Feagler
In a 19th-century art world that was replete with the palatial landscapes of Monet, Pissarro and Sisley, Paul Gauguin was a breath of fresh air. For while the exquisite pastels of the impressionists depicted the familiar, Gauguin offered a taste of the exotic: Tahiti, Martinique, Brittany and Arles were favorite ports of call — which he captured vividly in brilliant hues of green, blue, crimson and yellow. “Gauguin painted,” explains Heather Lemonedes, associate curator of drawing... |
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Page Turners
October 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
Who says you can’t judge a book by its cover? When it’s an Ohioana selection, you know it’s a winner before you even get to the title page. Since 1942, The Ohioana Library Association has made it its mission to collect, preserve, protect and promote the written works of writers, musicians and artists who live in or write about the Buckeye State. And that includes the select group of authors who will be honored during the 2009 Ohioana Award luncheon on October 17 at the Ohio Statehouse.... |
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The Greenhouse Tavern
October 2009 Issue
Jessica Esemplare
There’s no better place for Ohio’s first certified green restaurant than the revitalized East Fourth District in Cleveland. Although chef and restaurateur Jonathon Sawyer’s farm-to-table practices at The Greenhouse Tavern would have been embraced elsewhere, the historic block of mixed-used redevelopment that contains some of Cleveland’s trendiest dining, entertainment and housing is the perfect location for this eco-friendly establishment. On any given night, Chef Sawyer can be s... |
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Prison Break
September 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
A mighty fortress for more than a century, the Ohio State Reformatory looms large over the Mansfield countryside, exuding an aura that’s simultaneously thrilling and chilling. Built by Levi T. Scofield, a Cleveland architect famous for his Romanesque detailing and Gothic overtones, the building is an intimidating mix that’s part cathedral, part castle Dracula. And although it’s been 19 years since anyone was incarcerated there, the ominous ambiance — replete with shadows and secr... |
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Restaurant Pullout: The Caroline
September 2009 Issue
Ron Rollins
The contrast between inside and outside is immediate, and nice. Outside, you’re in the pleasingly old-timey square of downtown Troy, with its fountain, traffic rotary and ornate 19th-century storefronts. Once you step inside the front door of The Caroline, however, you’re greeted by cool, sleekly modern decor that is sophisticated and inviting: jagged stone walls, blond wood tables, eye-catching abstract paintings and a comfy-looking lounge that seems to say, “Step in, have a seat.R... |
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Soul Searching
September 2009 Issue
Wendy Pramik
Patrons of the arts come in all ages and sizes. While she was attending the University of Cincinnati in the early ’80s, Annie Ruth Napier honed her artistic skills under the wide-eyed companionship of her 4-year-old nephew, Allen. Napier would push aside the living-room furniture at her mother’s house in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati to create a makeshift art studio. She loved to use pencils and charcoal to sketch images of African-American children while Allen eagerly looked o... |
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Barrio Restaurant
August 2009 Issue
Jenny Pavlasek
Adam Welly, owner of the Wayward Seed Farm in Marysville, considers himself as much a professional eater as a farmer. So it was a shock for his progressive tastebuds when a few months back he dined with a group of restaurant traditionalists. “They ordered an appetizer, salad and entrée, in that order,” he says. “That’s not how I eat — it’s no fun.” Diners at Barrio, Columbus’ newest tapas venue, would agree. Opened in May and housed in the shel... |
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Creatively Canton
August 2009 Issue
Jill Sell
Yes, Canton is home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But it is also the nurturing nest of fiber artists, potters, photographers, oil painters, ballet dancers, jugglers, weavers, watercolorists, drummers, jewelry makers, actors, jazz singers, stilt walkers, playwrights, opera singers, furniture designers, filmmakers, sculptors, folk musicians, poets, digital artists, woodworkers and more. The creative explosion that has occurred in Canton and surrounding Stark County over the past several years is nothi... |
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Mysteries of Egypt
April 2009 Issue
Jeri Moore
A 6,000-square-foot space is bursting with the excitement of kids running from one display to another. The source of all this energy? A remarkable collection of antiquities and related hands-on activities at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus. Through Sept. 7, “Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science” gives history buffs of all ages the experience of traveling back in time. “Lost Egypt” includes art and artifacts from the daily life and funerary culture of ... |
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Homage to Home
July 2009 Issue
Damaine Vonada
For Columbus Museum of Art executive director Nannette Maciejunes, “The Architecture of Painting: Charles Burchfield, 1920” has turned into what she calls, “the little exhibit that could.” Comprised of 40 watercolors depicting eastern Ohio houses and landscapes, the exhibit is the first to feature small-scale paintings Burchfield created between 1918 and 1920 while living in Salem. As a result, the show has garnered widespread media attention, ranging from a New York Times featur... |
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Sea of Glass
July 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
The colorful spheres floating among the koi darting to and fro in Franklin Park Conservatory’s Pacific Island Garden could easily be mistaken for giant beach balls. But these multihued globes in shades of neon yellow, red, green and blue are not water toys: Each of them weighs approximately 80 pounds and is worth, on average, $24,500 apiece. The distinctive orbs are the handiwork of glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose crystalline creations are a focal point in the 114–year-old Columbus botanica... |
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High-Flying Honors
June 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
Oh, the stories those oil-stained coveralls could tell: Their owner was the first pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean and the first woman to fly solo nonstop coast to coast. Between 1930 and 1935, she set seven women’s speed and distance aviation records in a variety of aircraft. Through September 13, The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) at Cleveland’s Burke Lakefront Airport is honoring aviatrix Amelia Earhart with an exhibit celebrating her accomplishments and ... |
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Historic Preservation
June 2009 Issue
Ilona Westfall
If he had been caught sneaking into the Lincoln Theatre, Columbus jazz legend Gene Walker may have never picked up a saxophone. The allure of the theater, located on Columbus’ east side, was hard to resist during the Golden Age of Jazz. Since the city was a cultural mecca, musicians traveling between New York and Chicago — and some who made their home in LA — made it a point to include the Lincoln as a tour stop. Walker made it his mission to see them. As kids, we used to ... |
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Author! Author!
May 2009 Issue
Jennifer Rogers
It’s immediately apparent that R.L. Stine was born to write. His conversation is peppered with pun-riddled anecdotes, and the enthusiasm he exudes for his craft is contagious. Since age 9, the Ohio State University graduate behind the best-selling “Fear Street” and “Goosebumps” children’s series has been penning tales of humor and horror at breakneck speed. “Writing is the only thing in life that’s easy for me — just ask my wife!” Stine jokes. ... |
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Basilico Organic, Cincinnati
May 2009 Issue
Betsa Marsh
Antonella and Silvio Miranda devoted 30 months to preparing Ohio’s first 100 percent USDA-certified organic restaurant. In Jan-uary, they opened Basilico Organic in Mason with their son Carmine. To earn their seals of approval, the Mirandas had to prove to the USDA and the California Certified Organic Farmers that every element of operation — not to mention every ingredient — was free of growth hormones, pesticides and preservatives. That’s a clean sweep, from wheat for the bread... |
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Timeless Classics
May 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
For Amelia Jeffers, every day is like Christmas. Jeffers, vice president of Garth’s Auctions, never knows what treasures will find their way to her Delaware company, which specializes in appraising and selling antiques from around the world. There was that day last spring, for instance, when a client stopped by with a bronze Buddha she had stumbled upon while cleaning her basement. It had belonged to her husband, and she wondered if it was worth something. Indeed it was: The 400-year-old pi... |
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All That Jazz
April 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
As he celebrates his 14th season with the Columbus dance troupe BalletMet, the choreographer is putting the finishing touches on what he deems to be the most challenging assignment he’s ever received: transforming F. Scott Fitzgerald’s epic Jazz Age novel, The Great Gatsby into a 90-minute ballet. Published in 1925, the story was lauded by critics as epitomizing the decade in which it was penned: It’s the tragic tale of a self-made millionaire who learns too late that money can’t... |
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Path to Glory
April 2009 Issue
Linda Feagler
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE. ECONOMIC DEPRESSION. Although these plotlines seem like fodder from today’s headlines, Thornton Wilder penned them 75 years ago for his novel, Heaven’s My Destination . And this month, playwright Lee Blessing will breathe new life into Wilder’s words when his world premiere adaptation of the book takes center stage at the Cleveland Play House. “I think people will think we’ve made up the name of the central character, George Brush,” says ... |
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Bending Nature
March 2009 Issue
Jennifer Rogers
Karen McCoyKaren McCoy marvels at the earth’s constant state of transformation ––especially when it comes to plant materials. “When I work with a hard substance like brick or metal, my beginning project is basically my finished project,” she says. “That’s not the case with plant materials.” The trick in working with natural elements, she adds, is learning to adapt and embrace the changes that occur in them. The Columbus-based landscape architect and urban ... |
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Cleveland Rocks
March 2009 Issue
Detroit is known for the Motown sound, and Memphis sings the blues. But when it comes to the music that moved a generation, Cleveland’s claim is indisputable: The heart of rock ’n’ roll is here. It began beating in the summer of 1951, when disc jockey Alan Freed burst upon the Cleveland airwaves with his Saturday night “Moondog” show. Assuming the persona of a crazed hipster who howled and banged on a cowbell, the DJ urged his listeners to embrace the music he loved. Freed ... |
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Movie Mania
March 2009 Issue
Ashley Harrington
Bill Guenztler remembers the first time he was hooked by a reel: It happened a decade or so ago, when his father introduced him to what was a new genre for him: foreign films, which included the German classic, “Das Boot.” “I just loved the subtitles,” recalls Guentzler, who’s been an avid moviegoer for as long as he can remember. “That was my favorite part of the movie: not what was going on, but how I was able to read what was going on.” Today, as artistic dir... |
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Rockwell's
March 2009 Issue
One hundred and fifty years ago, a visit to Toledo’s newly opened Oliver House would have been an exclusive experience. The premier hotel with a swank reputation is said to have attracted the likes of presidents Lincoln, Grant and Garfield as guests. The inn also briefly acted as an infirmary in the late 1800s, housing wounded soldiers during the Spanish-American War. Visit the Oliver House today and you will find that, while the purpose of the building has changed, hospitalities of years past ech... |
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An Artist at Heart
February 2009 Issue
Lori B. Murray
On the last Friday in December, Gail Morrison, 65, tidies up her sixth-floor artist studio at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati. Dressed in black pants and a sweater, with a bright-yellow scarf draped around her neck, she greets visitors with a warm, broad smile. Dozens of oil paintings hang on the walls above the pine floors, and in the background, 8-foot-high, arched windows showcase the city lights. Visitors have been coming to the Pendleton Street artist studios on the final Friday of each mont... |
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Marietta Sings the Blues
February 2009 Issue
Wendy Pramik
For a typical journey from Cleveland to Memphis takes travelers through Columbus, then Cincinnati and then southwest toward Tennessee. Austin “Walkin’ Cane” Charanghat, the trip requires a detour through Marietta, the picturesque town tucked in the southeast corner of Ohio. That’s where Charanghat, a serious blues musician, tries to punch his ticket to perform on the big stage of Memphis’ Beale Street. The 38-year-old singer and slide guitarist has twice earned a berth... |
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Aces on Ice
January 2009 Issue
Jill Sell
The blade is a mirror for tears of joy and disappointment, creating a final spray of sheared ice when a competitive skater comes to a dramatic stop. More than 250 skaters will vie for fame and personal satisfaction at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland Jan. 18–25. The event is conducted each year by U.S. Figure Skating, the sport’s sanctioning body. Skaters compete for national titles in a variety of divisions. What’s on the line? Sometimes a chance to solidify a p... |
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Roots Music Revival
January 2009 Issue
Jenny Pavlasek
It was only mid-November, and Ohio’s dreary gray side was already rearing its ugly head. The forecast said 40 degrees, but the freezing rain that pelted our faces as we ducked into the Blue Bell Diner in downtown McConnelsville was an unpleasant reminder that our insurgent winter weather doesn’t play by the rules. We had come to this population-1,700 town in search of dinner and a show — the kind born out of a “simpler time” that, if you’re too young to remember Sputn... |
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The Artist's Way
January 2009 Issue
Wendy Pramik
It’s opening night at Keny Galleries in Columbus, and Stephen Pentak is slowly pacing the room. One by one, sophisticated-looking arts patrons pull up in luxury automobiles that waver unsteadily along the hard, cobblestone streets of the city’s German Village neighborhood. Pentak admits to feeling jittery as he prepares for his first art exhibition in Columbus since retiring as associate dean of Ohio State University’s College of the Arts in 2006. While speaking, he’s surrounded ... |
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Rue Dumaine
December 2008 Issue
Ron Rollins
It’s safe to say that few restaurants that have opened in the Dayton area in recent years have gotten the kind of buzz that attended Rue Dumaine. And once diners started making hard-to-get reservations, they discovered what all the anticipation was for: This is a restaurant that definitely has the goods. The wife-husband team of Anne Kearney-Sand and Thomas Sand Jr. seem unruffled by all the attention; after all, Peristyle, the New Orleans restaurant they owned before moving back home to the Dayto... |
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Get In The Picture
December 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
For six decades, Norman Rockwell used his artistic talent to leave indelible images of the 20th century in our hearts and minds: an American GI joyously being welcomed home by a neighborhood of friends and family, a trio of umpires deliberating about whether or not to call the game because of rain, a poignant homage to Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech. No matter the subject, says Connie Bodner, director of education and interpretation services for the Ohio Historical Society, every facet ... |
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Wooden Wonder
December 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
Mother Nature’s wrath can be a thing of beauty. That’s what Darren Baker, curator of the Southern Ohio Museum, discovered one afternoon last fall as he wandered the banks of the Ohio River in Portsmouth following a flood. The receding waters had left a magnificent find behind: a rectangular patch of maple that reminded Baker — a furniture maker — of a pergola. There was also a generous assortment of stumps that resembled the heads of bulls, birds and goats, and a tangled rootball... |
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Battle of the Bling
November 2008 Issue
Jennifer Haliburton
It’d be easy to lapse into hyperbole: to say that the rivalry that existed between artisans Peter Carl Fabergé, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Rene Lalique was comparable to a three-way, battle royal between Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson and George Foreman. (You can practically see the esteemed designers in a boxing ring, striking blows with luxury goods instead of knockout punches.) The truth is, while the trio’s competition for praise and wealthy patrons in the early 19th century was real, it n... |
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Blue Olive Jazz Club
November 2008 Issue
Jennifer Haliburton
As dining experiences go, sharing great food with loved ones is as good as it gets. That is, until you offer a jazz aficionado the opportunity to wine and dine with the likes of Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Suddenly, those dear friends and relatives don’t stand a chance. But patrons at the Blue Olive Jazz Club in downtown Canton get to revel in both familiar company and musical legends ― not to mention a hip atmosphere where cool tunes and upscale cuisine are always on the ... |
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Kicking off the Holidays
November 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
Toy soldiers on parade. A living nativity. Waltzing teddy bears. And the most famous kick line in the world. It’s Christmastime in the city near you, as the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring The Rockettes” takes center stage in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton. For 75 years, the dance troupe has stepped lively in New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall, and the lavish holiday show has become as much a part of winter in Manhattan as horse-and-carriage rides t... |
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Child's Play
October 2008 Issue
Jennifer Haliburton
Children should be seen and not heard. It’s a well-worn expression that –– even when said by an adult in a teasing tone –– is bound to elicit eye rolls and disdainful looks from youngsters. But some youth in Dayton have definitely gotten their revenge. Granted, visitors won’t actually hear a word spoken by the kids depicted in 50 paintings at the Dayton Art Institute’s “Children in American Art” exhibit, running through January 4. But from the cultur... |
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Focus on Rock
October 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
The fledgling photographer, fresh from four years of honing his craft in the United States Air Force (Air National Guard), was accustomed to more traditional assignments –– developing industrial films for Standard Oil, or shooting weddings. So, when a representative from a local radio station walked into his Cleveland studio in 1964 and asked if he could take pictures of beetles, Shuba was skeptical. “Why did we agree to photograph bugs?” he asked his business partner Don Brill, ... |
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Short Story Brasserie
October 2008 Issue
Jenny Pavlasek
You can’t visit Granville without becoming at least a little smitten. Home to Ohio landmarks such as the Granville and Buxton inns and the prestigious Denison University, this town of 3,200 houses more charm per square mile than a Dickens holiday village. So it’s not surprising that a smart dining concept like the Short Story Brasserie would turn up here. The restaurant is cozy, clever and creative and the kind of place you plan to return to — much like the town. The nightly menu reads... |
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Another Opening, Another Show
September 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
Look again. You just might catch a glimpse of them waiting in the wings: Katharine Hepburn listening for her cue to enter in “The Philadelphia Story”; Bela Lugosi preparing to make his mark in “Dracula”; Humphrey Bogart breathing deeply before taking a comedic turn for “Saturday’s Children.” These star-studded moments in Cleveland history belong to the Hanna Theatre, renowned for the shows that have graced its stage over the past 87 years. This month, another ch... |
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mesh
September 2008 Issue
Ron Rollins
One of the most talked-about, best-reviewed restaurants to open recently in Southwest Ohio is nestled in the ever-developing terrain of Warren County along Interstate 75. It’s mesh — they prefer the lower-case spelling — and when I mentioned an upcoming visit to two different friends, they both said nearly the same thing: “Oh, it’s very good. It’s expensive, but it’s very, very good.” They were right: mesh invites higher-than-average expectations on the st... |
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A Stitch in Time
August 2008 Issue
Jennifer Haliburton
The quilt as love. It’s an easy metaphor for Carolyn Mazloomi. Comfort, safety, security –– whether offered as solace or celebration, few things so aptly symbolize fond feelings the way that a handmade quilt does, capturing heartfelt sentiments with every stitch and literally blanketing someone with affection. “There’s a reason why people are drawn to quilts: The first thing we’re swathed in from birth is a piece of fabric,” says Mazloomi, a West Chester residen... |
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Eye on the '60s
August 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
While his older brother Paul was co-writing the music that would help put the Beatles at the forefront of rock ’n’ roll, Mike McCartney was making a lasting impression of his own. His compositions, however, were photographic ones, giving glimpses of life in his native Liverpool, England, during the 1960s. Through September 21, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is presenting “Mike McCartney’s Liverpool Life,” an exhibition comprising 65 black-and-white images he shot... |
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Faces of the Sculpture
August 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
Sculptor George Carruth wants to make you smile. For more than two decades, the Waterville stone carver has fashioned quirky cats, fanciful suns and moons and other funny faces in his Northwest Ohio studio. “Everything I do is lighthearted,” he says. “They are feel-good stones.” Carruth first became captivated with his craft in 1983, while he was a sculptor working at American Greetings and charged with bringing the company’s Care Bears to life for use on figurines. During ... |
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La Chatelaine
August 2008 Issue
Elizabeth Weinstein
Every year, as a treat, my high school French teacher, Mrs. Baker, would plan a field trip to La Chatelaine French Bakery and Bistro, a popular lunch spot that, while nearby, seemed a world away from the confines of our little school in Upper Arlington. One by one, we’d line up, cafeteria style, and nervously place our orders with French-speaking servers. Not much has changed about La Chatelaine (French for “lady of the castle”) since I graduated from high school. It’s grown in s... |
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Cookbook Q&A - Rick Lopez
Elizabeth Weinstein
When husband and wife duo Rick and Krista Lopez decided to open a new restaurant, Trattoria LaTavola, in July 1999, coming up with a name was the easy part. “We gave it the name LaTavola, or ‘family table,’ because it indeed was a family affair, with both our sisters and brother-in-law working here,” Rick explains. “We wanted LaTavola to be a small neighborhood trattoria liked you'd find in Italy, where everything is made by hand.” The restaurant’s first locatio... |
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A Splendid Selection
July 2008 Issue
Ashley Harrington
Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Giuliano da Sangallo journeyed to the Holy See after receiving word that Pope Julius II requested they assess a marble sculpture uncovered at a vineyard in Rome. When the artists inspected the relic, they were not only astonished by its portrayal of the mythical Trojan priest Laocoön and his two sons being strangled by sea serpents, but also were intrigued by the work’s ties to ancient Rome. Soon after, the pope displayed the artifact at the... |
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Batter Up
July 2008 Issue
Steve Herrick
Timothy Shutt, a professor of Humane Studies at Kenyon College, grew up with a passion for baseball. The game was a major part of his life as a youngster, whether it was playing the game with his brothers, Mike and Robin, and friend (and future brother-in-law) Patrick Trahan in their back yard in Bay City, Michigan; listening to stories his father told about the sport; or gazing at his collection of baseball cards (“I can still see them today,” the 58-year-old says). Not a day went by during... |
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Downtown 140
July 2008 Issue
Sarah Nusinow
With airfares climbing, traveling to London or Paris for a romantic getaway may not be in your immediate future. Instead, you can head to Downtown 140: A Restaurant & Wine Bar in Hudson and you’ll feel like you’ve dashed off to foreign country for the evening. The restaurant is small, and the low ceilings, dim lighting, brick walls and plush booths enhance the cozy ambiance. This eclectic eatery was the perfect setting for celebrating my best friend’s new job and big move to New York C... |
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Cookbook Q&A - James Major
Elizabeth Weinstein
Chef James Major is as quick with a joke as he is with a spatula. Making his way up the tiered, sunlit stairs of the Terrace Club, he cracks one zinger after another (“Come on, does Brad Pitt have this physique?”), as his coworkers’ laughter follows behind him. Major is all business, however, when it comes his life’s passion — food. In January, he was promoted from Terrace Club chef to executive chef for the ballpark, where he oversees menu planning and food preparations fo... |
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Maca
June 2008 Issue
Jenny Pavlasek
If you remember Powell when its main attractions were a shooting range and Pendleton’s auto repair, the downtown streets today will seem as familiar to you as half the aunts you invited to your wedding. What was once a fitting home for the country mouse is now an upscale bedroom community, with the cute shops, restaurants and $3 coffees to prove it. Possibly the cutest of them all is Maca (the name means “cute” in Catalan), a Spanish tapas café that opened last May, and whose firs... |
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Beautiful Ohio
June 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
The phrase “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” was clearly created to describe Ohio. One glance at the following pages proves that our good looks are widespread — from a field of flowers to a farmer working the land, from a cascading waterfall to the breath-taking beauty of ice on Lake Erie.Here, nine photographers share their personal scrapbook of memories. No, Cleveland Heights photographer Jerry Mann says with a laugh: His image is not one of the Arctic Circle. It’s... |
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Rooted in Ohio
June 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
There is, muses Lisa Watts, something about Ohio. The 48-year-old Cleveland native moved to Atlanta with her family when she was 3 and lived up and down the East Coast before settling in Wooster for nine years. Now she’s in North Carolina, where her husband teaches. But through all the packing and unpacking, Watts has stayed true to the Buckeye State and many of the people she’s met who are from here. “There’s a sense of pride and self-esteem, along with a sense of being grounded... |
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Summer Soundtrack
June 2008 Issue
Bob Greene
On a summer night in the landlocked town of Blue Ash, 10 miles or so northeast of Cincinnati — hundreds of miles from even the hint of an ocean — we sang of towering waves and golden surfers. Surf City, here we come ... From the open-air Blue Ash stage, I looked out at the sea of faces in the audience. There is something magical about a summer night in Ohio, something that people who grew up in Florida or California or coastal Carolina will never be lucky enough to fully understand. In those... |
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Blues Bonanza
May 2008 Issue
Steve Herrick
Canton is known for attracting a legendary lineup of players every year to the town’s Pro Football Hall of Fame. Seven seasons ago, a different sort of player also began taking center stage when the city gave birth to a summer Blues Festival. What began as a group of local musicians getting together for a daylong jam session has blossomed into a two-day fete featuring performances by nationally renowned artists that attracts 15,000 blues lovers from around the country. This year, the event ... |
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Mother's day
May 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
When she needs a good cry, author D.G. Fulford heads to the place that’s become a bastion of calm in a turbulent sea: her neighborhood Starbucks. The soothing cup of comfort always at hand, the words of encouragement delivered by the staff –– Fulford credits the coffeehouse with helping her face the uncertainty that’s become a constant companion as she cares for her 88-year-old mother, Phyllis Greene, who suffers from congestive heart failure. “They are so nice to me there,... |
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Riverbank Café
May 2008 Issue
Ron Rollins
There are neighborhood joints, and then there are neighborhood joints. Say, for instance, that you might be lucky enough to stumble across an eatery that had the intimate scale, small-town friendliness and homey charm of the tavern down the block, combined with the sophisticated snap and whip-smart service of a fine restaurant? Well, you’d be exactly that lucky if you’d already discovered the Riverbank Cafe, which has quickly become the place to dine in Hamilton, the Butler County seat that ... |
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VegiTerranean
April 2008 Issue
Elizabeth Weinstein
As a longtime vegetarian, I can truthfully say that I have never missed meat, nor do I know what it’s like to crave a big, juicy steak or burger. But I have long dreamed of a magical place — a restaurant where I could go and order anything off the menu, with no questions, no limitations and no meat. Most important, it would be a place so hip, innovative and tasty that my friends and family— meat eaters and vegetarians alike — would actually want to come with me. That dream came t... |
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Shades of May
April 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
For two decades, May, GLTF’s associate artistic director, has used his versatility to bring an eclectic cast of characters to the stage, ranging from tormented composer Antonio Salieri, Mozart’s archrival in “Amadeus,” to Angelo, a political zealot who lets desire get the better of him in Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”; to neurotic Mortimer Brewster, who must contend with his aunts’ penchant for murder via elderberry wine in the darkly funny “Ar... |
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The Little Festival That Could
April 2008 Issue
Elizabeth Weinstein
At first glance, Athens, Ohio, might not seem to have much in common with the likes of Cannes, Berlin, Venice or Park City, Utah. Tucked away in the scenic Appalachian foothills of southeast Ohio, it’s best known as the home of Ohio University. But every spring, thousands of film buffs congregate there for the town’s annual celebration of cinema from around the world. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Athens International Film & Video Festival, which takes place April ... |
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Coco's Bistro
March 2008 Issue
Ron Rollins
Harvest grilled pork chop and horseradish crab cakes Here’s a little gastronomic quiz: If you saw broiled peaches on a menu — “peach halves stuffed with walnut bleu cheese stuffing, then oven broiled and drizzled with zinfandel reduction” — would you consider it an appetizer or a dessert? At Coco’s Bistro, it’s the former — a slightly topsy-turvy choice that ought to suggest the zest and creativity at work in this relatively new addition to fine-dining opt... |
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Help! is Here
March 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
Lennon's guitar is on exhibit at the Rock Hall George Harrison's ski boots The "Help!" exhibit includes photographs shot on location. Teens scream at the movie's 1965 premiere and theater posters The Beatles’ second motion picture, “Help!” is known for its zany comedy filled with James Bond-like costumes and capers, memorable songs and big-screen close-ups of the most famous pop combo the world has ever known. But beneath all the silliness lay a sobering reality, as described by J... |
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Man of Letters
March 2008 Issue
Jennifer Haliburton
If only there was a demand for all the art projects we were assigned back in high school. Those pencil sketches of people that wound up looking like glorified stick figures, those lopsided clay sculptures that a kindergartner could have shaped from Play-Doh –– we could make a very comfortable living churning out inadequate work. Fortunately, artists like Justin Schaefer are around to provide a reality check, and to prove that there is, in fact, a market for art inspired by the right assignme... |
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Michaelangelo's
February 2008 Issue
Jessica Esemplare
Michaelangelo's, located in Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood, may not be my grandmother's kitchen, but the aromas wafting from executive chef and co-owner Michael Annandono's kitchen on the night I visited were similar enough that I instantly felt at ease. Rustic meat dishes, such as osso buco, and hearty pastas ruled the menu, perfect for a blustery winter night. And, like my grandma's house, the restaurant is warm and inviting, right down to its sunny, contemporary ambiance. Selecting appetizers ... |
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Draw Me a Story
February 2008 Issue
Henry J. Czekalinkski
From Washington Irving’s Knickerbocker Tales through Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio , and Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon, small-town America has long been grist for the artistic mill. Painters, too, have found inspiration in the towns and villages that dot the American landscape. Andrew Wyeth and Norman Rockwell have celebrated the small town as the mythic source for good and ill of all things quintessentially American. For Robert Tubbesing, it’s the Wadsworth, Ohio, of the... |
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Letter Perfect
February 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
At first glance, they look like relics from the Romantic Age: a bundle of handwritten letters lovingly tied with red ribbon and surrounded by the scent of honeysuckle; a faded yellow rose; a cigar band; and a stone worn smooth by water’s ebb and flow. But appearances can be deceiving. Together, these 100 letters represent a novel way to enjoy fiction. Dearest , the enchanting tale they tell, is the love story of James Cavell, a wealthy engineer from Pittsburgh, and Marietta milliner Anne Levitt, w... |
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Brotherly Love
January 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
It just wasn’t working. Each evening, as twin brothers James and Timothy Keny burned the midnight oil at the Ohio State University Libraries in 1978, they’d ruminate about the careers they’d chosen, and whether they were indeed the right ones. James, a law student, bored by talk of torts, was “becoming sort of terrified” at the thought of his future profession. Meanwhile, Timothy, well on his way to earning an M.B.A., wasn’t sure where the degree would lead. As doubt ... |
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Noteworthy Achevement
January 2008 Issue
Linda Feagler
As she settled into the seat next to her parents at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last February for the 49th annual Grammy Awards, Chang pinched herself in disbelief. The Cleveland State University associate professor of music had spent the weekend hobnobbing with recording artists ranging from soul-music legend Ike Turner to alternative-rock star Imogen Heap. Now, the moment she hadn’t been able to stop thinking about for two months had arrived: the announcement of the Grammy for Best ... |
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BOMA
January 2008 Issue
Joane DeMartin
Sauteed Scallops with sprouts Elegantly presented tiramisu. Arched windows light the Great Room The First Baptist Church on Broad Street in Columbus hasn’t seen parishioners in a few years, but since fall 2006, it has welcomed diners and art to its 23,000 square feet. Co-owners Tom Starker and Pam Theodotou directed 16 months of rehab on the 130-year-old stone structure, but preserved the integrity of the architecture. You still feel like you’ve walked into a church — until you see the... |
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