Around Cincinnati

Cincinnati native and filmmaker Steve Gebhardt joins our contributor Ron Esposito to talk about his newest directorial effort, a biography of Marcello Baraghini, founder of the militant Italian publishing house, Stampa Alternativa, and various socialist newspapers.

Barbara Gray welcomes in two local poets who have combined to publish one book, Versus, that contains a full book of new poems from each. Nick Barrows book is The Rabbit Punch Defense, and Mark Flanigan’s is Journeyman’s Lament.

Longtime gallery director of The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington, Bill Seitz, recently announced his retirement. Before he goes, he joins our contributor Judith Turner-Yamamoto to discuss the upcoming exhibition calendar, including the popular Art of Food; three special exhibitions coming in 2014; and the open call for artists for the 2014 gallery season.

The Know Theatre’s upcoming production is When the Rain Stops Falling by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell. Named “Best New Play of 2010” by Time Out Magazine, Brian Isaac Phillips of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will direct this generational/time shifting play. Jim Stump talks with Brian about this unique drama and the all-star cast of Cincinnati actors he has assembled.

Mary Remler is an expert on the various cemeteries in Hamilton County, and she joins Lee Hay to talk about some of the fascinating stories regarding Dunham Cemetery (aka Price Hill Potter's Field), Spring Grove and even Washington Park.