Sunday, December 31, 2000
2000: The Year in Review
The Cincinnati Enquirer
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• LOCAL NEWS:
From the the moment the Peace Bell in Newport rang in the new year to the last frigid days of December, it was a year to remember in the Tristate.
Notable Greater Cincinnatians who died
• NATION & WORLD:
2000 was a year that counted. And recounted. And miscounted.
• SPORTS:
Ten years ago, Sports Illustrated proclaimed Cincinnati as the sporting city of the year. Y2K in the Tristate may not be similarly recognized, but there was just as much going on here this year as any other.
• BUSINESS:
Cincinnatian Norm Miller likes to describe business in 2000 in two words: Reality check.
• TV & RADIO:
The new millennium brought a new reality to TV — very popular and inexpensive reality and game shows like Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Survivor.
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MOVIES:
When re-issues threaten to overrun the annual Top 10 list, the weakness of the 2000 movie menu is obvious. Few titles from this year's crop are likely to hold their value as reliably as The Exorcist, This Is Spinal Tap, A Hard Day's Night or Blood Simple.
• POPULAR MUSIC:
It wasn't a bad year. Sure, there were vapid teen acts and Madonna's maternal and matrimonial goings on, but there was plenty of great music, even if we had to dig to find it.
• THEATER:
I can list without blinking the most memorable productions of 2000, those that will stay with me for years to come: Wit at Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Opera's Pelleas and Melisande and the University of College-Conservatory of Music drama department's Marisol. They shared provocative subject matter brought to life on stage with luminous theatricality.
• DANCE :
Women continue to dominate the professional direction dance takes in Greater Cincinnati.
• CLASSICAL MUSIC:
New leadership at three of Cincinnati's top musical institutions made the biggest headlines in 2000.
• VISUAL ART:
In China it was the year of the Dragon, but in Cincinnati it was the year of the Pig.
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