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Upcoming Shows

Meshell Ndegeocello
Fri
Jan
24
Meshell Ndegeocello

Show Time: 7:30pm
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $40 - $70
Show Type: Adult Contemporary
Restrictions: All Ages
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Vincent Ingala
Sat
Jan
25
Vincent Ingala

Show Time: 7:30pm
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $35 - $50
Show Type: Contemporary Jazz
Restrictions: All Ages
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Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)
Wed
Jan
29
Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)

Show Time: 7:30pm
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $25 - $40
Show Type: Jazz
Restrictions: All Ages
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FAMILY TRADITION HANK WILLIAMS JR. TRIBUTE
Fri
Jan
31
FAMILY TRADITION HANK WILLIAMS JR. TRIBUTE

Show Time: 7:30pm
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $25 - $40
Show Type: Country
Restrictions: All Ages
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Karyn White
Sat
Feb
1
Karyn White

Show Time: 7:30pm
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $40 - $65
Show Type: R&B
Restrictions: All Ages
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Ludlow Garage in the News...

Cincinnati’s newest holiday favorite, John Waters, stars in a film festival at the Esquire in addition to his live Ludlow Garage performances.

Film Fans Will Be Merry About December’s Indie/Art Movies

Improbable as it may seem, John Waters has become a Cincinnati holiday tradition. A filmmaker, writer, artist, and sharp-witted comedian/social critic who delivers his often profane sarcasm with a warm smile, he began his seduction of Christmastime Cincinnati last year with a sold-out show at Clifton’s Ludlow Garage. He returns to the same venue for two shows this month, December 13 and 14. As of this story’s deadline, there still were some tickets left for the first show; the second is sold out.

The Esquire Theatre just down the street is tying in with Waters’ appearance by launching an ambitious film retrospective honoring him, beginning December 6 with Waters’ most notorious and legendary film, Pink Flamingos (1972). With its outré and sometimes shockingly raunchy humor, the movie isn’t for kids. It introduced the world—or at least the midnight-film crowd of the era—to the great Divine and her unusual snacking habits. I saw it at a midnight show in Boston at the time, and the crowd went blushingly wild.

I rewatched it upon a 1997 re-release—it was the first film I reviewed as movie critic for The Denver Post—and this time it seemed to be a parable of the Manson Family. I gave it a four-star rating (the top), leaving the paper’s entertainment editor to wonder if he chose the right person for the job. I’ll be interested to see if I still feel the same way now.

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John Sebastian Discusses Rare Life and Career Ahead of Cincinnati Appearance

CityBeat

John Sebastian and Jimmy Vivino play the Ludlow Garage on Aug. 3.

John Sebastian helped define an era at a turning point in popular music and culture in the ‘60s as a member of the rock and roll/folk-blended group The Lovin’ Spoonful. With the band, Sebastian put out a number of hits, like “Summer in the City,” “Do You Believe in Magic” and “You Didn’t Have to be So Nice” and also enjoyed a successful solo career in addition to historic session work.

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INTERVIEW: JERRY SHIRLEY PREPS “THE HUMBLE PIE LEGACY – 50 YEARS OF SMOKIN’” TOUR

Grateful Web

Music from Big Pink [by The Band] had just come out [in mid-1968], and we were all blown away by it,” Shirley recalled to us in our phone interview. “The first song we ran through was a cover arrangement of their song ‘We Can Talk’. First, we played it perfectly with guitars only (no keyboard at that first meeting), through tiny amps, but it sounded huge. And then, they sang just the vocals a cappella. I told my brother that night that I felt like I had just joined the greatest band in the world.”