Down Town News

"We've got music, food, shopping - it's just a great season and a time to celebrate," said Ken Watts at a kickoff event in October for Merry Meridian 2009.

Section: FEATURES Originally published: 10/15/09 at 1:26 AM EST Last update: 10/15/09 at 1:26 AM EST The alternative, funk rock musicians in Bump, an up-and-coming band from Detroit, will be performing live at Doc's Music Hall at 9:30 p.m. After touring all the way from Florida to Michigan, the band's brief escapade into Indiana marks the end of ...

Jean-Robert de Cavel says he will soon be back in the restaurant business - and back Downtown.

There's no workplace like home. Especially for Downtown employers coping with the G-20 next week.

See a wide variety of art and heat the Relics perform during the Arts Alive! Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lawrenceburg High School, 100 Tiger Blvd., Lawrenceburg.

Bring your cell phone to Nature Calls Geology and Fossil Tour, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Cincinnati Nature Center at Rowe Woods, 4949 Tealtown Road, Union Township.

Lovetrain, a crowd-pleasing, multi-talented band performs from 9:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. Aug.

Lovetrain, a crowd-pleasing, multi-talented band performs from 9:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. Aug.

Lovetrain, a crowd-pleasing, multi-talented band performs from 9:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. Aug.

Spike Lee's "Passing Strange," a film version of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, will be the opening-night film when the 2009 Downtown Film Festival-Los Angeles kicks off Aug.

Black Moth Super Rainbow plays experimental pop rock tonight at Club 828 , at 38 N. French Broad Ave.

The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership continues its 2009 Nightfall Concert Series Friday on the BlueCross Stage in Miller Plaza with legendary harmonica wizard Howard Levy.

The Pittsburgh region's economy continued a downward trend in June compared with a year ago, with fewer jobs, more unemployed workers and a rising jobless rate that hit the highest level in almost 23 years, the state said.

Independence Day weekend will start off with a bang in Downtown Farmington, as The Singles take the Riley Park stage at 7 p.m., Friday, July 3 as part of downtown Farmington's Rhythmz in Riley Park free outdoor concert series.

Patriotic tribute: Keith Brion -- shown leading the Columbus Symphony -- and his New Sousa Band will perform a patriotic "pre-fireworks" concert at 7 p.m. Friday in Weigel Hall, 1866 College Rd., on the Ohio State University campus.

Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St Info: Indie-mambo, the combination of traditional Cuban rhythms with the swing of American jazz and big band.

DOWNTOWN TUNES: The first of the free Thursday night concerts at Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton arrives Thursday.

Patrons at the Contented Cow listen to music from one of the 13 local bands that played during last year's Junebug Festival of Music.

There are monster guitarists and then there's Dick Dale , the proto-monster, a guy who plays so hard and so loud he had to have extra thick guitar strings manufactured to account for his aggressive style.

Mos Def, "The Ecstatic" In 2006, MC-cum-actor Mos Def released the titularly misleading "True Magic," an uninspired last gasp with Geffen Records.