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Clooney at home filming 'Ides' in Cincy (0) George Clooney attends the premiere of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo CINCINNATI, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- George Clooney says he had been looking forward to working in his hometown when he directed his new political movie "The Ides of March" in Cincinnati. The 1979 graduate of Augusta High in Cincinnati rewrote the original play "Farragut North," changing the location from Iowa to the Queen City and the Ohio primary. Advertisement "Ohio has always been the key state,"...

Cincinnati Magazine May 6, 2021 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1923 U.S. tour was devoted entirely to promoting spiritualism and communication with the dead. Cincinnatians sold out the Emery Theatre to hear the famous author. Cincinnati loved Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, even though the great author left Sherlock Holmes behind on his only two visits here. On his first, in 1894, Doyle arrived not quite a year after he killed off Holmes and Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. He told The Cincinnati Post [October 17, 1894]: “Yes, it was a case of cold-blooded murder, and when I killed Sherlock Holmes I...

As we near the end of the school year, we thought it would be fun to test your knowledge of local history. So, try out the first Our History quiz based on the historical stories that have appeared in The Enquirer over the past few years. As with all good educational tools, if don’t know the answer now, then you can learn something. Good luck! Questions (Scroll after the questions for the answers) 1. In 1924, DeHart Hubbard of Avondale was the first Black athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal. What event did he win? 2. When Mayor Edward N. Waldvogel died in office in 1954, who was the vice m...

Jay Hanselman / WVXU So how did Cincinnati end up with the council-manager form of government, where a professional city manager runs the day-to-day operations and a nine-member council sets policy? It was a case of political bossism gone haywire in the 1920s that pushed Cincinnati into this relatively new, clean and efficient form of government – one that had little hint of scandal or corruption until 2020, when no less than three council members were indicted on federal corruption charges. There was a period for over 40 years in the late 19th century and early 20th century when many ...

Cincinnati Magazine April 14, 2021 Spend a few hours poring over the old city directories, and you will quickly conclude that Cincinnatians changed addresses frequently. It’s rare to find the same person in the same building from directory to directory. You may be amazed to learn that most of Cincinnati not only moved from year to year, but most households moved on exactly the same day. The Cincinnati Post April 22, 1924 Image extracted from microfilm by Greg Hand From from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, April 1 was known as Moving Day in Cincinnati. Here is The Cincinnati Enquirer [Mar...