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................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the Table on Wednesday 25 July 2007:
Cindy Herrick, Sean Mulaney, Mary Biehn, Cheryl Hayden, Judy Cirillo, Mr. G., Mira Rodwan, Ginger Lee Frank, Janet Kalven, David Rosenberg, Ellen Bierhorst, Ware Carlton-Ford, Chad Benjamin Potter, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus, Chris Metzger (Welcome Cindy and Sean; come back often!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Grassroots Civic Tutor project (come hear about this next week at the Salon! Ellen)
Ginger: Bill Moyers last week. About impeachment. All reached consensus that Cheney and Bush should be impeached.
Mr. G.: on Truth Out .com there is a short thing on Moyers and impeachment.
David: Cindy Sheehan got arrested for refusing to leave her congressman’s office. Wants impeachment.
Mira: on CNN interviewing the “U Tube” debate of Dem. Candidates.
Mr. G in NY Times today, Obama and Hillary baiting each other. “Do you talk to the ‘bad’ nations or not?” Hillary calls Obama “naive”. Interesting article.
David Bush is now talking to Iran. Must be desperate.
Mr. G: some of the secularists are afraid he will support faith-based initiatives.
Ginger: they are going to point out that he went to an Islamic school in Indonesia.
Judy: last night I went to Schwartz’ point. Used to be a butcher shop, corner MCMicken and Vine (and Clifton). Ed Moss has a little jazz club. I went last night. Every Tues. night jazz. But closed in August for renovation. They were terrific. And has a big buffet. Donation $20. I parked on Vine. Starts about 8.
Mira: Kurt Vonnegut up and died, you know. Funny Times has a page of quotes.
Cheryl: biodegradable paper cups from new Gen’l Green Store on Vine and Central Parkway “Park & Vine”.
Chad: 6 – 11 downtown Fri eve. 27 July at Nicholas Gallery. Ware and I will be dancing/balancing.
Ginger: more Vonnegut quotes: “Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion…less clean up with laughing”.
CINDY HERRICK ON THE NEW CLIFTON CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
I asked Sean Mullaney to come; he has been involved from the beginning.
(PowerPoint presentation)
Five yrs ago my husband and I moved here from Loveland. I noticed the stone carriage house behind the then primary school. Learned that a new school was to be built there … CPS wants “Community Learning Centers” involving the community. They had community engagement meetings. “What do you want for your new school?” Discovered that the 1906 Elementary school was to be vacated, and learned that the primary school would be demolished as well as the carriage house. Community, and Fairview German Bilingual School interested in arts. First meetings Feb 2004.
Started working on a business plan. My background is business. Sound business principles.
Sean: two children six and nine… into theater, ballet… wanted to have cultural arts center here in Clifton. I am also into old buildings. The carriage house is four thou. Sq. ft. Mission: bring together all ages, groups in Cinti. Area to take classes and to learn.
June 2004: incorporated as non-profit.
Dec. 05: finalized leases with CPS ($1/yr for carriage house and for old Elem. School.) In original deed to the school property, “always to be used for boys and girls in the arts and sciences”.
Currently: In design stages.
Board: activists. Grassroots. No deep pockets.
Cindy: fundraising in Cinti. … It is helpful to have people with deep pockets.
Accomplished: developed a business plan. Strata-G, graphics arts firm that did this presentation pro bono.
Hired KZF Design as Architect/Engineer.
Approved by Cinti Rec. Commission, Cinti Planning commission and City Council.
Parking to be shared by rec. center.
Ken Faller, atty. Donated services.
Mira: permeable layer for parking lot…?
Cindy: insurance program. Grants f rom Fine Arts Fund (eleven thou), and Louise Taft Semple Found (25,000), $300,000 private donations. $50,000 grant from City of Cinti.
Ginger: Mayerson? Cinti. Found?
Cindy 57,000 ft sq…larger than Fitton Center. Will serve whole region.
Ginger does the center identify itself… Clifton is probably the most artsy community. Kennedy Heights took over an old Funeral Home… Does the Center see itself as – what level of art?
Cindy Smorgasbord of opportunities, bustling hive of activity, multi discipline. Three major program partners: Art Academy, CCM Prep Dept., the building is so accessible. Parking is there. Easier than campus. Will be an auditorium of the top floor of the 1906 building. First phase, elevator.
Marvin so you will be renting space.
Cindy Right. We won’t create our own programs, but will rent space for the many many arts orgs. In Cinti. Parking 160 spaces, two lots. Almost 9 acres campus.
Why a cultural arts center? Quality of life, vibrant community life. Recent study showed Cinti was 47th out of 50 cities studied in availability of programs. Why Clifton? Known as a creative community. A chance for adults to be involved in the life of the school.
The original carriage house part of the McDonald Mansion, designed by Sam. Hannaford in the 1880’s.
Clifton Palooza, wonderful gathering of bands, arts…building was open. (Meaning the carriage house )
Sean Multi purpose room in center. Studios on side. Good flow in and out of building. Main room 900 ft sq. Twice the size of the Lloyd House dining room.
Second floor… office, big open, unbelievable beautiful.
Renovation total cost seven hundred thou. Start next Jan. Finished fall of ’08. The New school will o pen same time. At the same time, we will take possession of the 1906 building.
Talked to the Nat’l Trust; also Heritage Ohio.
We might get a construction loan, but I hope to get it all in cash.
Clifton School 1806. 1904 property acquired by CPS from Resor Academy and Literary Institute of Clifton.
Three floors pus fourth . We could move in as is. But no A/C. Hardwood floors. Top floor is where there is auditorium.
Institute for Lifetime Education (former Learning in Retirement) another partner. Huge windows. Great light. Two Rookwood fountains. Three. Classrooms about 800 ft sq. Also a Gym on top floor, bead board ceiling. 2700 ft sq.
Sugjects: draw, paint, pottery, ceramics, photo, sculpture, fiber, batik, glass blowing.
Ginger film making. No where in town for training in that. Only a little at MediaBridges.
Ware: 48 hour film festival. Anyone interested in making films, gets a team. Two days to make a film. It is a nation wide event. Article in current CityBeat.
… We should have a film festival.
Cindy: musical arts quilting, performing of all sorts…Jewelry, Kite construction, music therapy, art therapy, culinary arts. Writers’ workshop.
School building is a much more ambitious project than the Carriage House: Phase 1: 2 million, by June 2009: compliance, elevator, great hall. Needs sprinklers in order to allow use of top floor, but first three floors can be used before that.
Phase two: four point two million. Building systems…electrical. Windows are all single pane. Thru June 2010.
Phase Three: two point eight million. Exterior and Interior improvements… thru Dec. 2010.
Sean: huge project. The carriage house is much smaller.
Cindy: volunteers needed: info@cliftonculturalarts.org
All skills and talents are needed. Money needed. Many ways to participate with the programming, the organization.
www.clifton <http://www.clifton> culturalarts.org Web site.
Ellen: how get a good team of volunteers to work on a project like this?
Cindy: There was the new school coming, architecture is important to Clifton. So I pulled together a group of architects and planners. Chris Cane lives my street. He recommended people. Sean was on board of “Happen” on Beachmont Ave… a family arts activities center.
Sean: they decided to start having home gatherings to talk about it. People started signing up, giving money. Had about twenty meetings like that.
Cindy We are hoping to have a street leader for each street.
CPS had community engagement meetings to discuss the new school.
David: in the private sector, theoretically speaking, there is a supply and demand about arts classes. You are discussing a huge project, double the potential for this sort of thing to happenl How do you see your customer base growing into such a huge opportunity.
Cindy: in oh six we did a survey that showed many local arts orgs. Need more space.
Ginger: Cincinnati is very difficult to make such a program happen; arts orgs. Tend to be territorial. Congratulations!
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
Chad Fanchon and Ware to perform Fri. Night 7/27
So here's the stitch...
This Final Friday Gallery Hop, I've joined forces with Ware Carlton-Ford, another member of The Thumbtack Gypsies and Fanchon Shur of Growth in Motion <http://www.growthinmotion.org> to bring you an installation movement work in the Nicholas Gallery <http://www.nicholasgallery.org/> .
This gallery, curated by Nick Paddock, is located at 23 E. Court St. in downtown Cincinnati ( map <http://www.google.com/maps?q=23+East+Court+St,+Cincinnati,+OH+45202,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image> ). It's a charming place with a delicious atmosphere. This Friday brings the opening of his new show, Candy presented in connection with Carteaux and Leslie <http://oh.local.yahoo.biz/carteauxleslie/index.html> just around the corner on Vine street.
Ware and I will perform a variety of partnering expressions to sweeten the two galleries throughout the night. Here's the premise: Two bodies, stuck to one another, dealing with that connection.
It's this Friday, July 27th, 2007 running continuously between 6p and 11p. So we may take a break every now and then...
Oh, I hear there will be free candy!
See you there,
Chad Benjamin Potter
FREE YOGA class at Burnet Woods every Saturday through September 1st:
11:15 am ˆ 12:15 pm
Bring a mat or towel, water & sunglasses
Adjoining the University of Cincinnati, Burnet Woods is located at Clifton Avenue between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Ludlow Avenue. The yoga class will meet at the historic bandstand located in the park. It is one of the oldest structures in the Cincinnati park system and a beautiful location for yoga. Surrounded by trees, blue skies and green grass, we will embrace the presence of nature in yoga. All levels welcome. Come anytime!
For more information contact:
Gratitude in Motion 268 Ludlow Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
info@gratitudeinmotion.com | 888-899-9642 | www.gratitudeinmotion.com
Come enjoy…
BACK YARD SINGING PARTY
…at the Nurre’s
5851 Wyatt Ave Cincinnati Ohio
Sat, JULY 28, 2007
6:30 POTLUCK
7:30 SINGING
From “Rise up Singing Song Book”.
Bring Folding chair, flashlight, potluck, instrument voice, or friend(s) and RUS songbook.
RSVP (513)731-3530
Hope to see you there,
David and Ally Nurre
p.s. call for directions (closest major intersection is Woodford and Kennedy) (sounds like Pleasant ridge or Kennedy Hgts. To me. Ellen)
Ellen Bierhorst, Ph.D. Is a holistic psychotherapist with over 35 years experience. Specialty area: Optimizing Mental Health ~ “Better than well”. Also: healing trauma, strengthening families and relationships, alcohol and other addictions including food, and weight management, EMDR, GLBT, chronic pain and physical illness. Clifton. 513 221 1289 www.lloydhouse.com
Thursday Night Drum Circle
What: Thursday Night Drum Circle
When: Thursday, July 26, 7:00 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Event Description: This Drum Circle Is Every Thursday Night.
No cost love offering is gladly accepted
Riverside Coffee Mill
177 S Riverside Drive
Batavia , OH 45103
513 732 BEAN
Learn more here:
http://drumcircle.meetup.com/41/calendar/6029745/
This message was sent by Bob Laake (laakeb@roadrunner.com) from Cincinnati Drum Circle Tribal Dance.
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Residential space available at the Lloyd House: third floor single room with bathroom ... Can be furnished; has double bed size sleeping loft; also queen size bed on floor, desk, rug. $350 monthly contribution. Call Ellen 513 221 1289
Also is available by the night for guests from out of town. Think “B & B” without the breakfast. $100 minimum, $55/night.
Beautiful and Charming, spacious first floor office space at the Lloyd House, fully furnished including bodywork table, chairs, love seat, rugs, armchairs, wood burning (gas ignited ) fireplace. Rookwood even. Available by the hour. Share waiting room. Powder room. Outside entry. Terms: contribute 20% of gross to the house. Call Ellen 221 1290
HAPPY FEET......Back by Popular demand!! The 33 Foot Form with Alan Hundley, Licensed Massage Therapist .Q. What has 26 bones, 33 joints, and 107 ligaments? A: Each of your two feet. It's not massage, not reflexology, but a series of manipulations, stretches, spirals, torsions, compressions, decompressions, extensions (with a little energy work thrown in), that will help your feet (and you) stay happier. The 33 Foot Form is a step by step approach that anyone can learn, It can serve as a do it yourself and/or do it for someone else foot therapy. No exotic lotions or creams are needed (but bring them if you like), you just need a willingness to explore. It would be a good idea to bring a towel and a couple of pillows. Clean feet would also be nice. Bring a friend or come alone. Hand outs will be given to diagram the sequenceOr call 513-533-9642
Note: You do NOT have to be a massage therapist to attend.
Sunday, July 29th
1 pm- 4pm
Shine Yoga Center˜3330 Erie Ave.
$33. in advance, $39 at the door
Register at Shine or online at shineyoga.com/events
Summer Camp at Homeadow Song Farm
July 30 - August 3
Dining Out
Multi-aged, age 6 through teens
8:30 am - :2:30 pm
$175
This fun camp culminates in a children-run outdoor restaurant. Campers will be harvesting and planting seasonal fruits and vegetables from our very own gardens. They will learn to prepare wholesome foods from scratch and bake them in our outdoor bread oven. They will plan a menu and serve customers on the last day of the camp. There will be lots of artistic activitiy as well. Children will be involved in designing serving pieces, flower arrangements and place settings to create the aesthetic ambiance of the restaurant. They will learn to warmly welcome and serve customers.
August 3
Children’s Restaurant – Come enjoy lunch! Each camper may invite two customers. For additional customers we suggest a $10 donation. All donations will be used to support Work & Play programs here at the farm. Reservations should be made with Vicki Mansoor by Wednesday, August 1.
Teachers: Vicki Mansoor, Nicholaus Haar and Susan Gilbert
For all campers: Children should bring a hearty lunch, water bottle, sun protection, (baithing suits) change of clothing, protective shoes, towel, and closed-toed shoes to summer camps.
Homeadow Song Farm is a homestead that actively promotes experiential learning through integration of practical work, artistic experience and celebration of community. We are currently working with Rudolf Steiner’s indications for bringing cultural renewal in the areas of land stewardship, animal husbandry, education, and social responsibility.
Our Programs...
In keeping with this approach our programs are designed to offer a comprehensive experience. Wherever possible participants harvest and prepare raw or locally found materials and move through to the completion and celebration of a project.
Camp sizes are limited, so please register early.
For more information or to enroll please contact:
Vicki Mansoor
513-542-1745, extension: # 2
victrolala@fuse.net
Homeadow Song Farm
5038 Gray Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45232
Please visit our web site for information on our annual cycle of classes for homeschool families, study groups and festivals:
www.homeadowsongfarm.com
Start thinking about going to D.C. For major peace march on Sept 15.
(peace people join forces with pro impeachment people for this important march.)
Bush must be impeached for this criminal war
Cindy Sheehan marches, soldiers speak out, and momentum builds for September 15th
Dear Ellen,
The response has been overwhelming to the September 15 March on Washington D.C. With the help of you and thousands of others we can make the call for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney resound throughout the land.
We need your help
How much will you give to impeach Bush? Please act now, as if the future of the country depends on it.
It is essential that we raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to organize buses, to take out newspaper ads, to print 500,000 flyers, stickers, and posters, to cover the cost of sound and stage, and more. We can succeed but only with the help of you and thousands of other people.
Please make a donation today by clicking this link -- you can make an online donation or send a check.
September 15 is the date that General David Petraus, representing the Bush Administration, must report to Congress on the Iraq war. The eyes of the world and national media will be on Washington, DC as Bush tries to spin this criminal endeavor in Iraq one more time. We are mobilizing with the anti-war movement to ensure that the demands of the people are heard loud and clear. Bush must be impeached for this criminal war which was based solely on bold-faced lies to Congress and to the people.
Between now and September 15 there will be a series of high visibility actions demanding: Impeach Bush and Cheney. Cindy Sheehan and others are in the middle of a dramatic march from Crawford, Texas that will arrive in Washington DC on July 23. Cindy will lead a march on July 23 from Arlington Cemetery in nearby Virginia to the House of Representatives. They are insisting that the elected officials initiate Articles of Impeachment. ImpeachBush.org is mobilizing support for this action. Cindy Sheehan is posting her blog for the Journey for Humanity at the ImpeachBush.org website.
Veterans for Peace and many Iraq war veterans will also be organizing through the summer and playing a major role in the September 15 March on Washington.
The war in Iraq stands as one of the great crimes of the modern era. We, the people, must act with all of our energy to end the war and to impeach Bush. This is not a partisan political act. It is a constitutional imperative.
As Ramsey Clark, in his appeal to the impeachment movement, wrote on July 2:
“-- US violence has brought death to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and physical injury to millions.
—Hundreds of billions of dollars in property destruction caused by U.S. aggression will take decades after peace to rebuild.
—2.2 million Iraqi’s, nearly one in ten, have fled their country to foreign exile, refugee camps and a doubtful future while at least 2 million more have fled their homes and communities to furtive lives of quiet desperation, to inadequate housing within Iraqi, without jobs or schools.
—3/4's of the people do not have safe drinking water.
—Iraqi’s internationally acclaimed and free health care system is a shambles.
—Since Shock and Awe began in March 2003 infant mortality in Iraq has increased radically to the highest death rate of all nations.
—Iraq is the most unstable country in the world.
—The sight and sound of violent death has created a pervasive state of constant devastating fear.
It must be clear to every informed and thinking person that President Bush has no concern for human suffering, truth, freedom, democracy, peace, justice, human rights, or the Constitution of the United States. His words and acts are designed only to increase his personal power and achieve his personal agenda and that of those who share his goals and hatred.” On September 15, 2007 Iraq war veterans and their families will be in the front ranks of the demonstration. It is no wonder that they have turned against Bush and Cheney.
The New York Times reported in a major front page story on Sunday July 15 that soldiers and marines and their families, even those who had earlier supported Bush, have turned decisively against the administration after having witnessed first hand what the war is really about.
“Among military members and their immediate families who responded to a national New York Times/CBS News poll in May, two-thirds said things were going badly, compared with just over half, about 53 percent, a year ago. Fewer than half of the families and military members said the United States did the right thing in invading Iraq. A year ago more than half held that view, according to the a similar poll taken last July.
"The New York Times For some, the Army's efforts have come too late. Penny Preszler, 46, a furniture refurbisher in Phoenix, said she had stopped wearing red on Fridays as she had done for the past year to honor the war effort. "It was when my son started saying he wished he could be injured so he could come home," Ms. Preszler said.
"There was no pride left in his voice, just this robotic sense of despair," she said, describing a telephone conversation with her son, Skyler, 24, an infantryman on his second tour of duty in Iraq. "Mom, we killed women on the street today. We killed kids on bikes. We had no choice," she recounted his saying.
The same week, she said, her son told her he thought he had seen the worst when he had to pick up the body parts of his dead buddy, but then he saw an Iraqi boy picking up what was left of his dead father.”
We are printing 500,000 leaflets, flyers, and stickers, and setting up outreach committees for the September 15th March in Washington all over the country. We are renting buses to bring people from around the country for the demonstration. We are planning newspaper ads. All of this costs money. The struggle for justice and for government accountability will not be funded by Corporate America. It depends on you and the commitment of thousands of people who understand the stakes. Please donate today by clicking this link.
We can organize, arouse public opinion and raise funds over the summer to bring a massive turnout on September 15 in Washington DC demanding Impeachment and an end to the war. If you want to be listed as an endorser and supporter of the September 15th demonstration, you can do so by clicking this link.
Marvin: anybody who owns their own property who is over 65 or disabled plus others… you are eligible for the homsestead tax exemption in Ohio. Apply for it before Oct 1. $400 reduction on RE tax every year. Get application online from Hamilton Co. Auditor website, or call the Auditor’s office Homestead.
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Mariemont Kiwanis Annual Arts & Crafts Fair: This year’s Arts & Crafts Fair on Sunday 9 September @ 11 AM - 5 PM promises to be one of the best ever. Artists interested in exhibiting their works should contact Al Nelson at 513.831.9220. On the Wooster Pike island, just west of the Village Square, Mariemont, OH 45227. More info @ 513.831.9220.
Support Photographer Friend With Cancer: A very good friend of ours, Darek, who lives in Poland, is fighting cancer. Darek is an outstanding photographer with passion & humor. You can help Darek & acquire beautiful art inexpensively by buying his photographs on eBay Poland: http://search.ebay.pl/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.pl%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=darek&saslc=1&floc=1. The exchange rate is about $1 = about 2.77 zł, so it appears the photos cost only about $10. More info about the photographer or guidance maneuvering through eBay Poland from Urszula @ urszula.matykiewicz@gmail.com.
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Anything Goes - a Benefit Performance for Cincinnati Costume Company [Thursday 26 July @ 8 PM]: The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts & Cincinnati Young People's Theatre present the classy, brassy, & sassy American musical classic; Cole Porter's show tunes include "Heaven Hop," "Take Me Back To Manhattan," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Blow Gabriel Blow," & "Anything Goes." All ticket income will be donated to The Cincinnati Costume Company to help recovery efforts from the devastating fire that destroyed the company on 10 July 2007. Set aboard an ocean liner in the 1930’s, the romantically daffy plot finds Billy in love with Hope – whose engaged to Sir Oakleigh - whose in love with Reno. Meanwhile, gamblers, gangsters, sailors & lovers criss-cross the deck like bowling balls on the Titanic. Tickets for this 1-night event are just $10. Additional shows on Saturday 28 July - Saturday 4 August @ 8 PM & Sunday 5 August @ 2 & 8 PM. Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre has provided 26 years of great summer experience for 1,900 teen performers & techies. Many of its members are now professional actors, singers, dancers, technicians, & musicians. Others are drama, opera, music theatre, voice, music & broadcasting majors at colleges across the country. CYPT has received the Post-Corbett Award for Outstanding Arts Organization, the National Recreation & Parks Arts & Humanities Award, & the Ohio Parks & Recreation Award for Best Student Program. At Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45238. More info & tix @ 513.241.6550, jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com, www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com, & www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
Music Fusion Weekend [Friday-Sunday 27-29 July]: Celebrate moments that groove as Cincinnati USA offers the chance to dance, sing-along, & create memories in one exciting musical weekend. The Macy's Music Festival features headline acts include Mary J. Blige, Brian McKnight, Frankie Beverly & Maze, & more in Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium. Experience the romantic tale of a captured Ethiopian princess, Aida, & her Egyptian captor’s love at the Cincinnati Opera. The Freedom Center’s free indoor/outdoor cultural festival featuring jazz & gospel concerts, contests, tours, & attractions. Relax & enjoy the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s renditions of revered Broadway classics, right by the river. The world premiere exhibit at the Museum Center featuring artifacts & treasures of the pirate ship, Whydah, which sank in 1717. Before the game, a Reds ticket will also get you in to see Tickled Pink on the 27th & Midnight Special on the 28th. More info @ www.cincinnatiusa.com/musicfusion.
Photo Exhibit & Summer Sale @ Park + Vine [Reception Friday 27 July @ 6-10 PM]: Food, art, organic wine, & stimulating conversation are on tap as part of the Final Friday gallery walk at Park + Vine. On exhibit will be Caroline Statkus' photo essay "Bhutan: A Glimpse into the Culture & People of the Last Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom." Statkus shows how Bhutan, a landlocked nation in the Himalaya Mountains, bases its policies on sustainability & has adopted a goal of "gross national happiness." To achieve that goal, they use the middle path strategy that addresses 4 pillars of gross national happiness: equitable & sustainable socioeconomic development, ecological preservation, cultural preservation, & good governance. The exhibit runs thru September 22. Park + Vine will be offering Sameunderneath's socially conscious bamboo & cotton apparel, Helen E. Riegle's eco-aware handbags, Blackpots' rough-&-ready sneakers & boots, & Vegetarian Shoes' animal-friendly shoes priced 30% off thru August 31. Park + Vine is among a wave of stores nationwide focusing on ecologically friendly & environmentally sustainable merchandise, ranging from home furnishings & personal care products to home improvement items, apparel, & footwear. They schedule creative programming such as art installations, lectures & film screenings on sustainable living. Shoppers earn "carbon credits" to offset the environmental impact of their trip to Park + Vine with a donation to Everybody Rides Metro Foundation. Customers are encouraged to ride their bike, walk, or take Metro to Park + Vine, which offers free indoor & outdoor bicycle parking. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.721.7275, dan@parkandvine.com, www.parkandvine.com, www.myspace.com/parkandvine, & http://cincinnatiarts.com/finalfri.
Fanchon Shur Dances for Final Friday [Friday 27 July @ 6-11 PM]: Fanchon Shur is collaborating with 2 beautiful dancers, Chad & Ware, who will perform all evening. The theme of the evening is "Candy." Chad Benjamin Potter & Ware Carlton-Ford of The Thumbtack Gypsies will perform a variety of partnering expression to sweeten 2 galleries throughout the night. Two bodies, stuck to one another, dealing with that connection. It gets a little sticky. This is just the 1st of a series of gallery pieces that Fanchon is planning for the next few months. At Nicholas Gallery, 23 East Court & Carteaux & Leslie Gallery, 921 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.621.0780, fanchon@growthinmotion.org, & www.nicholasgallery.org, & www.growthinmotion.org.
Under a Full Moon: A Summer Concert Series [Saturday 28 July @ 8-11 PM]: Celebrate the warm summer nights & moonlight. During each full moon, Imago will offer live local music for entertainment. Bring a blanket or chair, a bottle of wine, & some friends to share the evening. This Full Moon will feature Nathan Holscher. $5 for members; $7 for non-members. BYOB. At Imago, 700 Enright Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45205. More info @ 513.921.5124, imago@imagoearth.org, & www.imagoearth.org/fullmoon.html.
3rd Annual Cincinnati International Fiesta [Sunday 29 July @ 1-9 PM]: This international festival celebrates Cincinnati’s diversity with live music, dance, food, & multi-cultural activities from Africa, Asia, Europe, & the Americas. And it’s free. Building bridges between people, regardless of their race, religion, background, or education. Sharing cultures, exploring other’s heritage, music, dancing, arts, & cuisine. Presented by MidwestLatino, League of United Latin American Citizens, & Inter-Ethnic Council of Greater Cincinnati. On Fountain Square, Vine Street @ 5th Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513-861-5666, beck@midwestlatino.com, fiesta@cincyglobal.org, http://cincyglobal.org, www.midwestlatino.com, & www.lulac.org.
Buddhist Philosophy & Meditation:
Three Principle Aspects of the Path [Tuesday 31 July @ 7 PM]: Visiting teacher Venerable Lama Zasep Rinpoche explains the 3 essential elements of the path to enlightenment: renunciation, compassion, & Buddhist view of Emptiness.
White Tara Initiation [Wednesday 1 August @ 7 PM]: Visiting teacher Venerable Lama Zasep Rinpoche will complete his teachings in Cincinnati with a White Tara initiation. White Tara is a female enlightened being whose function is to bestow long life, wisdom, & good fortune. She offers protection from diseases, the dangers of fire & other disasters.
Introduction to Buddhism: Meditation Series [Every August Saturday @ 2-3 PM]: Monks & senior students will present the next in their ongoing introductory course on Buddhism:Buddhist meditation techniques. Practice meditation & ask questions. Pick & choose which classes you want to attend, it's not necessary go to every session.
Regular Weekly Teaching Schedule: Vajrasattva Practice on Fridays @ 7-7:45 PM; Dharma discourse (Lamrim) on Saturdays @ 10 AM - Noon.
All teachings are offered at no charge so everyone can participate & benefit. At GSL Monastery, 3046 Pavlova Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45251. More info @ 513.385.7116, gsl@ganden.org, & www.ganden.org.
Mark Warren Art Retrospective [opening Thursday 2 August @ 5-8 PM; lecture Saturday 4 August @ 1 PM]: Celebrating nearly half a century of paintings by Cincinnati artist Mark Warren. This exhibit contains a collection of nudes that may be suitable only to a mature audience. Parental discretion may be preferred. Exhibition thru 30 August. At Closson's Art Gallery, 10100 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242. More info @ 513.762.5510, info@clossons.com, & www.clossons.com.
Julian's Stanczak Exhibition [Opening Friday 3 August]: The exhibit of work by this internationally significant artist coincides with the unveiling of his design for Fifth Third Bank's 6th Street Façade facing the CAC. In addition to the models & preparatory drawings, a collection of Julian Stanczak's work from throughout his career provide a context for his newest monumental project. Polish-born Stanczak trained under Josef Albers & Conrad Marca-Relli at Yale University's School of Art & Architecture. He brought this background to the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he taught from 1957-1964. Stanczak's work is characterized by scientific precision & the illusion of pulsating motion. Using repeated line patterns, his work studies the optical behavior of colors in close proximity to each other. His work earned him the moniker "Father of Op Art." Exhibit runs thru 3 February 2008. At Contemporary Art Center, 44 East 6th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.345.8400, pr@cacmail.org, & www.contemporaryartscenter.org.
Triage with Eugene Goss & Billy Larkin @ Friday Jazz at the Hyatt [Friday 3 August @ 8:30-12 PM]: $10 cover; free for Jazz Club Members & under 18; $5 for CCM & NKU students. Sponsored by National City Bank. At the Sungarten Room, Hyatt Hotel Cincinnati, 151 West 5th Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.579.1234, waltb31@fuse.net, & www.jazzincincy.com.
Morning Glory Ride [Sunday 5 August @ 4:30 AM or 5:30 AM]: The 26th Annual Morning Glory Ride is an annual early morning bicycle ride that takes you on a sunrise tour of Cincinnati's beautiful neighborhoods & parks, then caps it off with breakfast by the Ohio River. Proceeds support the local activities of the Miami Group Sierra Club. Ride with over 2000 cyclists. Enjoy a hot breakfast & hotter Cajun music by Lagniappe members while enjoying the view of the Ohio River from Sawyer Point Park. Meet new friends, support a good cause, & enjoy a great family fun ride. Ride rain or moonshine. $35 for adults; $25 for youths under 15 years; $95 per family (up to 2 adults & 3 kids). Start at Sawyer Point Park, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info, course, directions, register @ info@morninggloryride.org & www.tobuta.com/mgr2006/FAQ00002.htm.
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal [Thursday 9 August @ 7:30 PM]: Watch an advanced screening of the film followed by Q&A session with John E. Dolbois, who served as Captain of Military Intelligence, interrogating Nazi war criminals. This documentary is a comprehensive look at the life & legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, the famed Nazi hunter & humanitarian. The film features interviews with longtime Wiesenthal associates, government leaders from around the world, friends, & family members, many of whom have never discussed Wiesenthal on camera to explore what the driving force behind his work was & what kept him going for years when the odds were against his efforts? Tickets are $25; proceeds will benefit Congregation Beth Adam & The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education. Presented by The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education & the Mariemont Theatre. At the Mariemont Theatre, 6906 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227. More info & tix @ 513.487.3055, chhe@huc.edu, www.holocaustandhumanity.org, & www.mariemonttheatre.com.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
Business As Unusual: Heroes of the Holocaust [thru August 12]: This exhibition tells the story of Oskar Schindler & his actions to protect Jews during the Holocaust which have earned him a special place among honored rescuers. Woven into this well-known story of courage is the story of a
Cincinnati family that followed this same difficult path & the positive role of corporate social responsibility in fighting injustice & social crisis today. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Studio 89 Free Concerts @ WNKU [Mondays thru 27 August @ 8:30 PM]: Was once Monday night's best kept secret, Studio 89 now requires advance reservations. This year's schedule: July 30 = Hobex; August 6 = Kim Taylor; August 13 = TBA; August 20 = Toby Myers & Moe Z; August 27 = Jayne Sachs Band. Seating is limited, make reservations up to a week in advance. Performances will be video taped for broadcast on WKET TV. At Studio 89, 301 Landrum Academic Center, Highland Heights, KY 41099. More info & reservations @ 859.572.6500, radio@nku.edu, & www.wnku.org/page_wnku.asp?p=0530720.
1st Bi-Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit & Indoor Art Gallery [thru September]: Explore the newest art at Historic Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. For centuries, the cemetery has showcased artisans' monuments, mausoleums, & stained glass. Now stroll the outdoor Garden Courtyard to see art from local artists tucked among the Arboretum's spectacular horticulture. Plus, several local artists contributed oil paintings, watercolors, photographs, & other art forms to the Indoor Art Gallery. Ten of the paintings are by local artist Richard Luschek. The artists used the beauty of Spring Grove as inspiration for their creations; each work of art representing a facet of the cemetery's grandeur. The Indoor Art Gallery is in the Historic Office Building, just inside the cemetery main entrance; a map of the sculpture exhibit is available at the Customer Service Center or the Indoor Art Gallery inside the Historic Office. Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5PM, Saturday 8:30AM-4PM, Sunday Noon-4PM. Co-sponsored by Spring Grove & Summerfair Foundation. At Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45232. More info @ 513.681.7526, richard_luschek@yahoo.com, & www.springgrove.org/SG/CALENDAR/EventCalendar/SculptureExhibit.shtm.
Highlights from the Cincinnati Opera Archives [thru Tuesday 2 October]: Cincinnati Opera Association began its life in 1920 as the 2nd oldest opera company in the U.S. The Opera performed at the Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion until 1972, when it moved to Music Hall. Over the years, singers who have graced the stage include Plácido Domingo, Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris, & Barbara Daniels, to name a few. The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County will now house the archives of the Cincinnati Opera, previously maintained by the Cincinnati Historical Society, exhibiting some of the Opera’s treasures as Highlights from the Cincinnati Opera Archives: photographs, programs, scrapbooks, posters, articles, publicity, & much more from 1883-1994. At Art & Music Department, Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.369.6959, Emily.Mueller@CincinnatiLibrary.org, & www.cincinnatilibrary.org.
Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Caeli Good sends in tout for Moyers’ impeachment program.
- Want Campaign Finance Reform? Support MAPLight.
- Ginger Attends OTR Revitalization ‘shop
Bill Moyers on Impeachment A MUST LISTEN TO show!!!....
Posted by: "Caeli" caelimg@fuse.net caelimg
Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:42 pm (PST)
I just finished listening to this excellent show on Impeachment and what purpose it serves in our Democracy and WHY we must not be afraid to use it. Nancy Pelosi's statement that Impeachment would be off the table is a bad call. Early on, when the Democrats took over Congress even I leaned away from Impeachment because I felt that Impeachment proceedings could be potentially damaging to our already damaged country. I felt that we needed to "move on" and fix the problems that needed to be fixed. But already I am seeing strongly that Impeachment must be put BACK on the table. I truly fear that our inaction as a citizenry is causing us to lose our Democracy.
Impeachment was created so we would not have to have a violent revolution in order to rid ourselves of tyrants that took over our country.
If the Republicans felt it was appropriate to initiate impeachment proceedings against Clinton for his lying about having sexual relations with an intern.. then we should really be holding up the same standards to Bush and Cheney for the overreaching crimes they have committed against this country.
The fear and apathy they have nurtured in this country since 9/11 is literally destroying this country. We, as citizens (hopefully INFORMED citizens) need to take the bull by the horns and take our country back!!!
I am not merely spouting dramatic rhetoric. Listen to this Bill Moyers show and get back to me...or better yet.. Write Nancy Pelosi .. no.. CALL her and tell her to start Impeachment proceedings!!!
Or we take to the streets and proclaim that this is what we want!!!
Peace
Caeli
Tough Talk on Impeachment
July 13, 2007
A public opinion poll from the American Research Group recently reported that more than four in ten Americans — 45% — favor impeachment hearings for President Bush and more than half — 54% — favored impeachment for Vice President Cheney.
Unhappiness about the war in Iraq isn't the only cause of the unsettled feelings of the electorate. Recent events like President Bush's pardoning of Scooter Libby, the refusal of Vice President Cheney's office to surrender emails under subpoena to Congress and the President's prohibition of testimony of former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers in front of the House Judiciary Committee have caused unease over claims of "executive privilege." In addition, many of the White House anti-terror initiatives and procedures — from the status of "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo to warrantless wiretapping — have come under legal scrutiny in Congress and the courts.
Bill Moyers gets perspective on the role of impeachment in American political life from Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION's John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT.
"The founding fathers expected an executive who tried to overreach and expected the executive would be hampered and curtailed by the legislative branch... They [Congress] have basically renounced — walked away from their responsibility to oversee and check." — Bruce Fein
"On January 20th, 2009, if George Bush and Dick Cheney are not appropriately held to account this Administration will hand off a toolbox with more powers than any President has ever had, more powers than the founders could have imagined. And that box may be handed to Hillary Clinton or it may be handed to Mitt Romney or Barack Obama or someone else. But whoever gets it, one of the things we know about power is that people don't give away the tools." — John Nichols
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html
Caeli M. Good
New Organization, “MAPLight” Counters Big Money Buying Elections
on 7/19/07 9:04 PM, Michele Mansfield at miche@micheleandtodd.org wrote:
Ellen - A note to pass along to Marvin (and the rest of the group!) who wrote:Thanks, Michele Mansfield for your comment. I am sure Marvin will be interested and I plan to print it in our next Weekly.
Marvin I wish somebody would connect all the money we are talking about, raised and spent on campaigns, and each individual who goes an votes. I don’t follow this connection. …an informed individual goes to vote. So what is the connection between campaign spending and voting… We should campaign for everyone to be well informed as voters.
A good friend of mine works for an organization called "MAPLight" that does just this - see note excerpt below....they have now expanded beyond CA to the US Congress. They won a contest to share in part of a $100,000 of funding (along with another of my favorite groups "Freecycle") in a recent web contest where they were in the top 3 vote getters of nonprofit organizations to be funded by a group called NetSquared.
Get Big Money Out of Politics
Dear Folks,
Some of you may know about the organization I work for. It combines legislative data with campaign finance data to provide compelling statistics about the impact special interest money has on politics - MAPLight.org
As you know, MAPLight.org illuminates the connection between money and politics. We provide unprecedented transparency for the California legislature and, starting next month, U.S. Congress.
Thanks,
Andrew
- Michele
Hope you will come to the table some time soon...any Wednesday at 5:45.
Want to hear more about Maplight.org. Ellen
Ginger Lee Frank attends Over The Rhine Revitalization ‘Shop
The event I attended last Wednesday, July 18, at Memorial Hall was
the OTR Community Revitalization Workshop conducted by the Heritage
Ohio Main Street program in partnership with the OTR Alliance (which
consists of representatives of Merchants of Main Street, the Central
Vine Street Business Association, the OTR Community Council, OTR
Chamber of Commerce, OTR Foundation, 3CDC, the Corporation for
Findlay Market, the Brewery District, Mercy Housing and other local
business and community interests). I was invited to attend as an arts
person who has worked in OTR, curating exhibitions and running a
gallery. The full-day workshop was designed to consider and discuss
factors relevant to the revitalization of the district and serve as
an introduction to the basic building blocks of a comprehensive
revitalization program based on locally implemented activities in
four areas: organization, promotion, design and physical improvements
and economic restructuring. This four point approach anchors the
National Main Street Center's program which has been implemented in
urban commercial districts in Baltimore, Boston, Detroit,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, D.C., as well as in cities and towns around
Ohio. Workshop facilitators included Jeff Siegler, Director of
Revitalization for Heritage Ohio, as well as representatives from
Cleveland (OH) Main Street, Main Street Kenton (OH) and Wright
Dunbar, the promotional company of Main Street Dayton (OH). Food was
provided by Kaldis and Venice on Vine. The workshops were preceded on
Tuesday by a Heritage Ohio DART visit (Downtown Assessment Resource
Team), who were put up at the new Symphony Hotel on W.14th St. across
from Music Hall. The event was instigated by Julie Fay, an OTR
activist, property owner and retailer (Urban Eden, on 1300 block of
Main Street). Ginger Lee Frank
Section Four: Books/Movies/Magazines/Reviews
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Come on... send me names of books and stuff you are enjoying. ellen
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From Ellen: I loved listening to books on tape while driving across the planes to Denver! Also learned there is Streaming audio feed “electronic resource” books available at the library. You do have to run Windows OS, however. Also, no good on highway trips because you get the book continuously through the internet and that isn’t consistently available. I listened to a charming thriller House of the Scorpion about opium farming in Mexico and clones being raised for “spare parts”...had a happy ending though. Finished the biog. Of Bob Dylan “Down the highway with Bob Dylan” and now reading his autobiographical “Chronicles Part I”...much more interesting. Also reading Leonard Orr’s book about giving up the death habit and living forever. Silly as it sounds, I like it. He’s got me bathing twice a day, sitting in front of fires, and feeling better.
The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 12 people) Meets on WEDNESDAYS at 5:45,
EVERY Wednesday, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.
We of the Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.
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Our Salon blog is a promising interactive site: http:lloydhouse.blogspot.com
Also, we have an Interactive Yahoo Salon group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon
For Pot Luck procedures including food suggestions, mission and history visit
http://home.fuse.net/ellenbierhorst/Potluck.html .
You are invited also to visit the Lloyd House website: http://www.lloydhouse.com
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