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Battling An Old Demon

by classicgrrl August 1, 2010

I was 8 when I saw my first opera on PBS  in our tiny living room.  I don’t remember the name but I do remember the finery of the costumes, the majesty of the set and those soaring voices in a language I didn’t understand.  I asked my mom if we would ever see it live.  She [...]

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Handing Cincinnati A Megaphone : A Clarification

by Loki July 26, 2010

As you may have noticed our tagline is “Handing Cincinnati a Megaphone.”  During an exchange with a local podcaster on twitter earlier it was drawn to my attention that some clarification is needed. This blog exists to give a platform to voices in the Cincy area that I believe deserve one. For example, our ongoing [...]

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A Land Line Only Poll? How Quaint!

by Loki May 23, 2010

This morning on Twitter I saw a lot of conversation about a streetcar poll done by the Cincinnati Enquirer. In it they kick off with the following statement [Poll: Most Oppose Streetcars]: Residents of Cincinnati overwhelmingly oppose the proposed $128 million streetcar project, objecting 2-to-1 to City Hall’s plan to borrow tens of millions of [...]

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Fairey Gate

by classicgrrl May 20, 2010

First, big thanks to @DonMooneyJr on twitter for the title!  For those who were asleep this afternoon, Shepard Fairey’s mural on Pike Street in Covington, KY was painted over with white paint.  Lauren Bishop wrote the story at Cincinnati.com and the image is present alongside the article.  The mural was across the street from John G. Carlisle [...]

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CincyVoices Follow Friday

by Loki May 14, 2010

It you use Twitter you’re familiar with the concept of Follow Friday. People shine a light on those Twitter users they follow by tweeting about them and using the the #FF or #FollowFriday hashtags. There is just one problem with this- 140 characters is not much to work with. In response to that shortfall I [...]

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