City: Cincinnati, OH

Category: Media

Telephone: (513) 665-4700

Address: 811 Race Street

Description: CityBeat reviews the arts, movies, records, bands, nightclubs, and events, but it also offers an alternative look at the major news issues around the city. It often tackles news stories not covered by the daily and suburban papers. Alternative lifestyles, arts, and entertainment, though, are its staple. Its movie and music reviewers are so popular they are also heard on various radio stations. And the paper frequently cosponsors entertainment events and puts its alternative spin on them. At one event it provided on-the-spot tattoo artists and body piercers. CityBeat publishes a once-a-year “Dining Guide” (in April), an annual “Best of Cincinnati” issue each March, and a year-end roundup. The urban weekly also sponsors the annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, the city’s local version of the Grammy Awards.This free weekly paper—named “Best Weekly in Ohio” in a recent statewide journalism contest—publishes every Wednesday and can be found in sidewalk racks around downtown, Clifton, and Over-the-Rhine. It’s also available at the entrance of many restaurants and bars throughout the city.