On December 20th, I headed downtown to the CET building, located on Central Parkway across from the back of Music Hall, home to the WVXU 91.7 FM radio station.
Jim Stump made me feel very comfortable as he interviewed me about the process of writing and the contents of Lost Tea Rooms of Downtown Cincinnati. As happens after publication, he shared some of his own memories which I could have added if I’d known to talk with him beforehand!
The 10-minute taped interview will air on the Around Cincinnati program between 7:00 and 8:00 PM on Sunday, January 1st.
WVXU Press Release:
This Week on Around Cincinnati, hosted by Lee Hay
Sundays at 7 pm
Contact Lee at lhay@wvxu.org.
Ohio poet Rochelle Hurt recently released her latest collection, In Which I Play the Runaway, which received the Barrow Street Book Prize. The poet joins our Kelly Blewett to talk about this collection and to read one of her poems.
A new collaboration between classical music presenter concert:nova and Activities Beyond the Classroom, which helps fund music lessons for students, is being supported by the local Benjamin Carlson-Berne Scholarship Fund. Joining Elaine Diehl with details on this unique partnership are Ixi Chen from concert:nova, Brian Leshner from Activities Beyond the Classroom, and Susan Carlson from the Benjamin Carlson-Berne Scholarship Fund.
Longtime Cincinnatians will remember the tea rooms that were permanent fixtures in many downtown department stores like Shillito’s, Pogue’s, McAlpin’s and others. Author Cynthia Kuhn Beischel has researched and written about these bygone establishments – and discovered some of these classic recipes – for her book Lost Tea Rooms of Downtown Cincinnati: Reflections & Recipes, and she talks about it all with our Jim Stump.
Edible flowers have been part of cultural cuisines for centuries, offering unique flavors like saffron and rose. Co-author Mary Newman is with Barbara Gray to discuss her new book Edible Flowers: A Global History.
The Carnegie in Covington is currently displaying two unique art installations featuring local artists. Curator Matt Distel is with Jane Durrell to discuss Tony Dotson: An American Outsider and E is for Edie: An Edith McKee Harper Retrospective.
Poetry Reading: Susan Glassmeyer reads her poem, “Ice Storm.”