The Year in Film and Music: Real Life vs. Reel Life
Movies this year told the 'truth' ... and history was made
"The truth," a character quips in Oscar Wilde's timeless comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest, "is rarely pure and never simple." That the speaker is a liar and the character spoken to has invented his own history only adds to the deliciousness of the irony. Both the situation and the epigram serve as apt metaphors for the depiction of history in film this year. And Wilde, who could have easily been a movie critic in today's world, would, I think, approve.

Dream Girls - Pre-Raphaelite art comes to the Cincinnati Art Museum

Dolls, Dolls, Dolls - ArtWorks' latest exhibition delves into artifice

Sign of the Times - American Sign Museum prepares for a move to Camp Washington

- Music Blog - Yule Love This Holiday Music Stream

Splendor in the 'Grass - Rumpke Mountain Boys turn a homespun, jammy Bluegrass vibe into big local success

Sounds Like Christmas - Need a last-second soundtrack for your holiday festivities?

Locals Only: Fetal Position - Eatafetus Trio are neither baby-eaters nor a trio -- discuss

Dynamic Duo - Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar team up for the stellar Volver

Men at Work - A subtle Matt Damon guides The Good Shepherd, while The History Boys opens up a successful stage play

Motown Redux - Entertaining Dreamgirls hits the right notes

Destination: Dinner - Dayton's Meadowlark sparks memories of Mullane's

The Dish - The Right Ingredients

- Porkopolis News Blog - Budget Showdown Could Prompt Veto

Clinical Decision - Heath department at center of city's budget clash

A Creek Runs Through It - Mill Creek meanders from natural to nasty

Sun Dance - The solstice is the reason for the season

Savage Love - New columns, archives and feedback

The Straight Dope - Fighting ignorance since 1973

Jake Speed - Speedy Delivery - Footprints in the Snow

Sports - Where Do UC's and Xavier's Seasons Go After the Shootout?

Editorial - In My 'Expert' Opinion...

The Alternative - White Lies, Black Celebrations

Living Out Loud: His Bic Pen & the Future - More conversation with the award-winning novelist Richard Ford

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