Best of Cincinnati

Thanks to CityBeat magazine! They named us Cincinnati’s Best Lit Mag in their annual round-up of the staff’s favorite arts and nightlife in the Best of Cincinnati edition. We’re honored to be in such good company: Some of the other categories included Best Way to Score Free Alcohol Without Unwanted Sexual Advances (Mayday’s monthly whiskey-soaked spelling bee), Best Way to Pretend You’re in a Band Without Having to Learn an Instrument (Sexy Time Live Band Karaoke at Northside Tavern) and Best Wall of Cheese Curls (that one went to Jerry’s Jug House in Newport. So close.)

We’re also glad to be part of such a vibrant literary community; in addition to the cheese-curl walls and karaoke, Cincinnati boasts the fantastic and innovative Forklift, Ohio (whose editor, Matt Hart, is headlining our Word Without End event next weekend) and staff members of Smartish Pace, as well as the fabulous literacy nonprofit WordPlay, which operates in the spirit of Dave Eggers and Nínive Calegari’s 826 National tutoring centers.

Thanks, CityBeat! (You can read what they said about us here.)