Have you ever been to the Emery Theater? It turns 100 years old this year. Fortunately for all of us, the Emery is getting some much-needed attention and restoration. A non-profit group called the Requiem Project is restoring the old theater and plans to turn the surrounding space into an arts center. They kick off …
Category Archive: Cincinnati Specialty
BIG Indian Sign
Big Indian Sign Podcast You know you’re an old timer in Cincinnati if you remember the television commercial slogan “Where Paddock meets Vine at the Indian Sign!” This is the home of the old Cherokee motors on Vine Street in Hartwell. The big Indian has been gracing the intersection of Paddock and Vine for 60 …
Farewell to Uncle Al
Those of you in your late forties to early sixties probably have a glossy 8 x 10 black and white group photograph which includes you sitting in front of the barn on the set of the long-running local children’s show “The Uncle Al Show.” It was one of the major rites of childhood for children …
