Times are a-changing. Temptations to get all scared. Let’s resist that! Take appropriate action but not to panic, ... As Douglas Adams said. Smiles and hugs, Ellen
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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 Wednesday 21 November 2007
Neil Anderson, Mary Biehn, Elaine Ignatius, Vlasta Molak, Spencer Konicov, Santa, Shari Able, Gwen Marshal, Ginger Lee Frank, Bob Witanowski, Dallas Fish, Ellen Bierhorst, Bill Limbacher, Seth Warncke , Chris Metzger. (Welcome Elaine and Seth!)
Neil: Why don’t we take Dennis Kucinich seriously? Attention span... A slip of the tongue can bring your campaign crashing to the ground. Why can’t we focus on issues that matter, instead being distracted by Hillary’s cleavage?
Vlasta Albert Einstein said, There are few who think with their own heads, and feel with their own hearts. ... It takes maturity and knowledge to evaluate on your own... Media controlled by corporations. Even the NY Times is biased. Bend over backwards to try and avoid the ire of the Right Wing.
Ginger: being an atheist I blame religion. Religion discourages thinking for yourself...
Vlasta Complexity is difficult. So we go by whomever we feel trust. ... On Mon. I talked with Peter Bronson, editorial page writer for Enquirer. I told him he was out of touch. ... Conference. Steve Sunderland was there. Bronson was on a panel, also a black law student, also Chris Smitherman... Bronson was talking about crime ... “Studies show there is no race bias in our policing...” It was bull shit. The Rand Corp. did the study.
Shari Its all a matter of image. Dennis is too short.
Seth People will never listen to what they want to listen to. The physical form ... Eventually destruction... (laugh) I feel Kucinich could make some great improvements ... Veganism ...
Gwen No one is allowed to take Dennis seriously because he is too much a threat to the corporate model...same group of power. ... That is whom I plan to vote for. The message he's trying to send. He is also trying to dissuade Greens from voting green... Says the Dems are better than the Republicans, so vote for the Dems.
Incidentally my impeach bush bumper sticker was stolen.
Ginger: ... I am teaching this graduate course in fine arts at U.C. All U.S. Except one French and one Taiwanese. The Frenchman says in art studies you also have to study philosophy. None of the US students have studied philos. They are a much more ed. Bunch of people. When they have political discussions they know the issues.
Ellen We vote for charisma.
Many people: ever since Kennedy
Vlasta so being an actor is the best qualification for president
Santa: Dennis believes in UFOs. How many find that offensive.
Ginger It’s better than believing in Armageddon.
Santa I believe it is true that there are aliens who abduct humans and implant things and return them ... Roswell. Larry King had a program on aliens... Had governors on, who said it is true. From Arizona. ... 15 yrs ago I was on Larry King live ... Got ambushed on UFO topic. ... I reminded King that he had broken the 1973 abduction of two Mississippi men...
Dennis Kucinich knows it will get our attention... But Ron Paul has captured my attention. Republican.
RON PAUL
I have met Ron Paul in Phoenix years ago. We share a grand passion . Congressmen from TX. This country is founded on Declaration of Indep., Constitution, Articles of Confederation of the 13 colonies. Once you form a foundation of a belief system, and if y ou act outside that foundation, you should change it. The constitution is not being taught in the schools. It contains many profound statements of immense power. If people were taught that, things would be different. ... He raised more money than anyone in one day ... Grass roots. Wants to abolish Fed. Reserve; eliminate the income tax; out of Iraq tomorrow!; has grassroots support of millions of people.
Gwen If we get rid of the income tax, how will we fund the government.?
Santa: underlying issue...all of us are equal in creation. ..have been brainwashed, manipulated and controlled all our lives. Either see ourselves as one unit all connected, or see ourselves as separate. Gov’t would like to keep you as separate. They seek to control and manipulate us. At this moment, an incredible dance. ... Last April when I came here I said it would become evident that the system will collapse and today I see it is coming to pass. IN six months the banks will be closed, the credit cards won’t work... No gas at the stations. We should move to a safer gas. I have bought 500 lbs of oatmeal and I am planning on leaving.
12th planet, Nibiru. Discovered since the 80’s. Zetatalk website ( http://www.zetatalk.com/ ) tells about it. (check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_(hypothetical_planet) Ellen) (Also: http://www.skepticalmind.com/zetatalk.html)
Ellen sounds like a load of horse shit.
Santa: people on that planet .. Aliens ... This planet is going to clean our clock. There is no reprieve. Every institution will fail.
I am moving to a farm .
Ginger I agree with your generalities... To me this is a superstition...
Santa: you can get credit card companies to forgive your debt... In the uniform commercial code there is a stipulation... Holder in due course. The people you pay the mortgage money to are not the holders in due course, not the ones who hold the note. ... ... People went in on foreclosures hearings and demands to see the original note. One judge threw out 23 foreclosures because they didn’t have the notes. Last week on the NY Times front page, an article that says the same things... It was decided by a Fed. Judge that if you d o not have the note you have no legal standing to collect on the debt.
The money in the U.S. Has collapsed. China is now dumping US dollars. The opec nations are going to refuse dollars for oil. This is ... Probably 3 months before everything slides ....
December, April, or August the magnetic poles are going to shift.
Ginger this has happened many times,
Santa every 3657 years it happens.
Ginger we are able to know it is coming. The magnetic shield disappears for some years. Plants die off. Last time was at the time of the Exodus. IamAmerica site. Nostradamus. Will see a world entirely different.
Permafrost...warming up. Huge amount of carbon to be released... Skyrocketing global warming... Much faster than the movie said.
The magnetic pole shift entails a period when we don’t have poles.
Gwen the economy is based on trust. If you take away trust you have a problem. If you stopped paying your debts, it would be self fulfilling prophecy.
There is no excuse for US to have given up its industrial lead.
No excuse for importing agriculture produce from Mexico.
We spend a lot of energy transporting stuff that should be made locally.
When you reach the edge of disaster, turn around and walk forward. Local economy... Stop commute. Barrie’s bleak world could be better.
If everyone stops paying their agreed upon debts, that’s a breakdown of trust.
Seth China appreciates our business; it is the reason for their success.
Chris Yes, it is a dance.
I’ve been thinking about the economics thing a lot. ...we US people think in terms of quarters. The Chinese think about another time scale. They own a lot of our paper. They don’t want those bonds to lose value. But they have been living in mud huts thousands of years...if these bonds don’t work out, they can wait. 2 billion dollars a day bought of our debt. They don’t care if they lose 30% of the value. They can buy Euros. We buy oil at the well head, short term commodity. The Chinese will go into a country and buy ALL the oil, regardless of the price at the well head. They have a completely different notion of economics.
We play the corporate game.
Bill About trust underlying the economy. Valid. My mom always told me to buy stocks. I said, “Why should I believe what they say about themselves?” The trust is gone. Corporations have had to restate their reports again and again.
Ginger nowadays the price of a corp. stock has nothing to do with the soundness of the company. ... My old aunt suddenly wants to talk about change, about WWII. Wars are opportunities, change agents. Crisis can force us into situation where we have to be better.
Chris WWI was terrible in Europe. Unbearable. Then there was WWII.
Ginger America said we can be both many and one. One of the things special about the American experiment.
Chris re. China thing. It is too bad that people can’t deal locally. But it is going to be hard to turn this experiment back to the past. ... Our sec’y treas. Has been in China saying, “Spend more!” They are saving, not spending enough. The ave. American spends 10% more than they make. The only solution we see for consumerism is to get the rest of the world to spend like us. It’s terrible.
Your dream, Gwen, of people doing local stuff, is history. We want strawberries 12 months a year.... Getting it cheaper from Home Depot....
Ginger but it is changing. A confederation of ex-tobacco farmers in Appalachia changing to organic vegetables. Getting twice a much from org. veg. as they used to get from tobacco. Very hopeful.
Ellen David Korten last week... Very helpful. I have ordered his DVD on the Great Turning.
Gwen I like Korten...
Ginger he was prescient, predicted things that have happened since he spoke two years ago.
Spencer they do have the original mortgage documents.... There are bundlers who buy up mortgages and sell the income in bonds. Now there is a suspicion that they have been scraping off profits more than what they had for sale. In the NY Times.
Chris last year Wall street paid sales men end of year bonuses amounting to 52.8 billion dollars. As of this week the wall street firms, the bundlers, Citibank have not written off 52 billion yet. (Written off, i.e. Default business) All this crisis has not equaled the bonuses they paid themselves last year! That’s amazing.
times said the ave. salary on Wall St. was over 16,000 dollars a week! Up 25% from last year. So there is a disparity. Average money manager got 435,000 / year a few years ago.
Gwen faith in the future determines what people do. If you think tomorrow is going to be good, you trade. If not, you buy oatmeal (ref. To Santa’s point.) Lots of generations in the past have thought they were going to be the generation of the Last Days, how arrogant to think it is your generation.
Spencer security of a society depends on interdependence ...
Ellen don’t like fear mongering. Can be comforting to say, “It’s going to be awful and I know what it is.” We will sink or swim together.
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
Mike Murphy invites everyone: Come to Sharing Circle Community Farm’s
‘Farm-Warming!’
Sunday [Following Thanksgiving], Nov. 25, 2007
Visit Anytime From 8 am to 8 pm
Tour at 1pm; Buffet Meal Served from 2-4pm.
Catered by “Nomad Caterers,” Our Friends Aigyul & Lena, of Columbus, OH
Tossed Salad
Two Central Asian Breads,
Georgian Cheese Bread "Hachapooree"
& Fried Kazakh Bread
Fried Turkey
Veggie Rice Pilaf
Steamed Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Chinese Stir Fry with Chicken.
A Russian Borsht.
Tea
Milk & Honey
Baked Sweets, Brownies, and Nutty Round Pastries.
Wine
1pm: Take “Land Steward’s Walk” Around Our 10-Acre Farm; See Our Vision
We aim to create a sustainable, farm-based community. We plan to use:
John Jeavons-style double-dug raised beds for greater yields;
Eliot Coleman-style high-low tunnels for extended-season harvests;
Ruth Stout/Patricia Lanza-style no-till, heavy-mulch beds, suppressing weeds, retaining moisture;
Ana Edey-style chicken-heated greenhouse;
John-Hait-style Passive Annual Heat Storage in the earth; also ‘Coolth’ Storage;
We Plan to Grow Much of Our Own Food, & Market A Lot of Fresh Produce.
Long-Term, A Farm-Based Community, w/ Energy-Efficient Housing, Maybe Straw Bale. Or Cob.
Permaculture of Fruit & Nut Trees, Flowers,Ponds [To Be Designed by Andy Schewe of Indiana];
A “Land Steward’s Path” Will Wander Through the Several-Acre Permaculture Area;
Bulk Food Storage:
Solar Energy Transportation, Including Bikes; ZAP, SEV, Howe- or Heckeroth-Style Vehicles;
Solar PV Electricity.
We Envision a Community Where We Share Some Meals w/ Residents & Neighbors & Visitors
And Where We Host Future Seminars
Make Decisions by Consensus, Create a Home Safe for Children & Elders
Have Celebrations of Life, Honoring Nature & Spiritual Connections
Sharing Circle Community Farm, 4187 E. Slack Pike, Maysville, KY 41056
Please RSVP: Mike Murphy & Birdie Fetterhoff, 513-542-7097; 859-409-0048; mmurphy10@fuse.net
Directions: From Cincinnati: Take ‘Big Mac Bridge’ [I-471] south to Rt. 27, to AA Hiway south (to 4 miles inside Mason County); take a right on Slack Pike (opp. the black water tower) to # 4187.
From New Richmond: Take US 52 to Aberdeen Bridge; cross over to AA Hiway; turn right, then left on Barry Rd, then right on E. Slack Pike to #4187.
From Columbus: Take !-71 south to 62; to 68; to Aberdeen Bridge; cross to AA Hiway, go right to Barry Rd, turn left on Barry, then right on Slack, to #4187. (See Mapquest.)
Angela Pancella to present at Salon Wed. 28 Nov.: “Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen”
Our Daily Bread
Hi Salon!
I haven't been to the table in a while, but Ellen has been gracious enough to say I could come and chat with you about Our Daily Bread (a soup kitchen in OTR where I now work) and what it has taught me about hunger, homelessness, and Cincinnati's forgotten poor. I'll be there Wednesday, November 28th. Below is the blurb I sent to Ellen. See you there!—Angela
Hi Ellen,
Angela here, the writer from CityBeat who came to Lloyd House a couple of times last year when putting together a short piece about the salon. Thank you for continuing to send me the Salon Weekly—I appreciate being able to stay in the loop.
I still do an occasional piece for CityBeat, but my current full-time employer is Our Daily Bread, the soup kitchen and hospitality center in Over-the-Rhine. I came on in February of this year as their director of development. It's a job with a steep learning curve, but the people I meet and have gotten to know make it more than worthwhile--I don't know if I have ever had a job I have been so moved by.
I would be happy to come speak to the salon about my experience if you are ever looking for someone to talk about hunger/poverty issues. I can also recommend the Homeless Coalition, they have guest speakers who are homeless/have been homeless who can give an insider's view. ( www.cincihomeless.org <http://www.cincihomeless.org/> )
Just thought I'd put that out there. It would be a pleasure to take part in a discussion with thoughtful people about an often misunderstood topic.
Take care,
Angela
Join us in celebrating our Camerata's 15th annual Marian Concert, Timeless music, spanning the centureis, by Ockeghem, Byrd, Biebl as well as new works by Campbelle, Pennycuff and Stephens. Music, acapella and accompanied will resonate in the glorious setting of Mother of God Cathedreal.
Sunday, Dec. 2, 7 pm
Mother of God Catholic Church, Covington KY
For more info Christian Miller 8594912362 or www.cincinnaticamerata.com <http://www.cincinnaticamerata.com>
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
Joanna Macy FREE LECTURE
THE GREAT TURNING
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
TAKING HEART IN TROUBLED TIMES
Brueggeman Center for Dialogue
513 745-3922
cummins@xavier.edu
For directions to Conaton Boardroom go to
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Dec. 7,
7:30 p.m.
Conaton Board Room
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Anna Ferguson of Gratitude yoga etc. studio has lots of cool events and programs and classes coming up, some special for th holidays. See: http://www.gratitudeinmotion.com
“Green” Sing-A-Long
with Ginny Frazier & Friends
House Concert Fundraiser
for the
Green Schools as Learning Tools
Curriculum Guide & Music CD Project
Saturday, December 1, 2007
7:00pm -10:00pm
Maisons Lafayette Clubhouse, 879 Rue de la Paix, Clifton
Just off Ludlow in Clifton, about a mile to the west of the ‘Ludlow strip’ and
across the street from Cincinnati State. Clubhouse is on the Right. Look for ML Initials on front of building
Yoga Free at the Lloyd House
Weekly yoga practice session Wednesday mornings.
9:15 meditation
9:30-10:30 yoga exercises with Nina Tolley. However, Caveat! Nina insists I tell you that she is not a yoga teacher, only a student (though one with long experience) and cannot correct your postures or prevent injuring yourself.
In the third floor meditation room, “the Zendo”. Bring yoga mat; cushion or whatever for meditating.
Starting this Sunday there will be an open weekly Tai Chi practice session at the Lloyd House in the third floor zendo at 10:15 am. Everyone welcome.
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Ellen,
Here is the URL of an excellent, absolutely excellent, Folk radio station on the Internet, WUMB in Boston:
http://www.wumb.org/home/index.php <http://www.wumb.org/home/index.php>
I hope you like it enough to share, Howard Konicov
(See Tri-State Treasures, the compilation of cultural events by Jim Kesner, at the bottom of the entire weekly. It’s juicy! E.)
Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Interesting Alternative Energy technology
This seems like a promising idea. Thought the Weekly readers might enjoy reading and commenting on this… David Rosenberg
updated 8:10 p.m. EST, Tue November 13, 2007
All About: CSP
Story Highlights
A 92 mile by 92 mile area of desert filled with CSP plants could power the U.S
Around 0.3% of Sahara could power Europe, Middle East and North Africa
CSP can combat water shortages, avoid future humanitarian disasters
U.S. solar industry threatened by upcoming Energy Bill
Next Article in World »
By Rachel Oliver
For CNN
(CNN) -- What if you could provide the world with an endless supply of virtually carbon-free electricity; ensure a constant source of drinkable water to the world's most vulnerable areas; avert some of the world's future humanitarian crises; and save billions of dollars in the process? Certain concentrated solar power (CSP) proponents say there is no "could" about it -- it's more a case of "can."
CSP provider Stirling's dish assemblies soak up the sun at an air force base in New Mexico.
Like photovoltaic systems (PV), CSP relies on the sun to work. But where PV relies on mirrors to directly translate the sun's rays into energy, CSP uses the sun to heat water, or other liquids, to high temperatures, whose resulting steam is then used to drive turbines that create electricity.
CSP is generally accepted to be more cost effective than PV, and more practical, as it can power on throughout the night, without the aid of the sun, thanks to its thermal storage capabilities. (The excess heat is stored as hot liquid, or is transferred to other materials such as molten salt, or graphite, where it can be used throughout the night, or on cloudy days.)
Whereas PV can work on cloudy days, CSP needs direct sunlight -- and a lot of it, which means the only practical places on earth CSP plants can really work are in deserts. Deserts typically attract three times as much sunlight as northern Europe, according to The Guardian. It's why California's Mojave Desert has traditionally been the world centre for CSP, home to the world's biggest CSP plants, and is attracting companies from Australia, Germany, Israel and Spain to set up there, according to Business 2.0.
Proponents of CSP say you don't need to use up much of the desert space to make CSP effective. A solar farm taking up 92 by 92 miles of desert could power the entire U.S., for example, according to Green Wombat, referring to a calculation made by the chairman of solar company Ausra, David Mills.
Over in Europe, however, a group of scientists, politicians and renewable energy experts who call themselves The Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) have made claims on a much bigger scale and with far bigger ramifications.
TREC is backing an ambitious project straddling Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EU-MENA), which is based on the calculation that an area less than 0.3% of the Sahara Desert filled with CSP plants could power the entire region -- and could slash the EU's electricity-generated greenhouse gas emissions by 70% in the process.
The CSP-generated electricity would be transmitted around the region via a "supergrid" of high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines. The CSP plants, TREC says, would "generate enough electricity and desalinated seawater to supply current demands in EU-MENA, and anticipated increases in those demands in the future."
One of the byproducts of CSP, waste heat, can be used to desalinate seawater (conversely, it can produce thermal cooling, otherwise known as air conditioning). And this is what TREC believes will make it more appealing for the MENA region, as its CSP project will effectively enable the countries there to avert the kind of crises in the future that people now commonly refer to as the Water Wars.
As the years progress, water supplies will become more of a pressing issue for MENA states in particular. According to Dr Franz Trieb, a scientist with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) (TREC's projections are largely based on DLR research), out of 20 countries analyzed in MENA, just four of them "are well above the threshold ... that is commonly considered as a demarcation line of water poverty".
By 2050, Trieb points out, in addition to suffering economically ruinous oil shortages, the entire MENA region will be facing "a serious water crisis."
One square kilometer in MENA attracts the equivalent amount of energy from the sun as 1.5 million barrels of oil, says Trieb. It is also enough to desalinate 60 million cubic meters of water a year, he says. By providing the EU and "sunbelt countries" with a source of clean energy, MENA gets a guaranteed source of non-oil related energy income in the future -- as well as drinking water.
And this, TREC says, is what will make CSP such a big money saver over time.
Serving the Yemeni city of Sana'a for example, "which is facing the exhaustion of its ground water reserves in about 15 years", CSP-treated water will save the international community billions of dollars in the future, when millions leave their homes for lack of water, it argues. Moving 2 million of Sana'a's citizens to new homes will cost around $44 billion. But it would cost $7 billion to build the CSP plants, which would prevent them leaving in the first place, TREC argues.
According to a speech given by Gerhard Knies, a scientist with DLR, it is not just EU-MENA which could benefit from this type of project, either. CSP could serve 90 percent of the world's population, he says, as 90 percent of us live within 2,500 km of desert (living further away than 2,500 km would result in higher transmission losses and higher costs).
CSP is attracting a list of high profile champions in the field of commerce, including venture capitalist Vinod Khosla. Khosla was one of the early backers of Google, Amazon and AOL and his latest venture is to invest in CSP, according to The Toronto Star. He favors CSP over "clean coal," or Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) produced coal, arguing that CSP plants are cheaper and quicker to build.
He recently told the newspaper: "[Solar thermal is] a great technology, and about one-fourth the cost of PV with the kind of reliability that utilities actually like. We can be cheaper than IGCC coal, even for our first (solar thermal) plants. I'll beat them any day of the week on price, and I'll build them more quickly. I'll challenge anybody with this."
He is not the only one who believes CSP can be as cost effective as fossil fuels. Ausra's Mills also calculates that with 16 hours of storage capacity, CSP could supply "92 percent of [Texas and California's] power at about 8 cents a kilowatt hour -- roughly the current cost of fossil fuel-generated electricity," reports Green Wombat.
The founder of Greenpeace Lebanon, Fouad Hamdan, also argues it makes economic sense when compared with many world politicians' favored solution to climate change -- nuclear energy. Writing in Lebanon's Daily Star, he argues that when comparing nuclear energy and CSP like-for-like on a cost basis, nuclear becomes "economically insane."
"Investing in nuclear is a huge waste of money," Hamdan writes. "Plans to build a CSP in Egypt are estimated at $140 million for 140 MW, or about $1 million per MW. In comparison, the cost to build a nuclear power plant is estimated to be at least at $1.5 billion for 1,000 MW - about $1.5 million per MW."
But despite CSP's obvious selling points, it has many obstacles to get past before it becomes reality. And in what would be the ultimate twist of irony, some of CSP's biggest opponents in the future could in fact be environmentalists.
Earlier this year, CSP industry leader Stirling Energy Systems' contract to supply CSP-generated energy to San Diego Gas & Electric came under attack in the U.S. by local green groups -- because the planned transmission line will plough through a state park and "other environmentally sensitive lands," according to Green Wombat.
But while environmentalists can make things unpleasant, politicians can make things impossible. A small number of media sources have been reporting recently that there is a growing possibility that U.S. Democrats will allow solar and wind energy tax credits and a renewable portfolio standard (which obliges utilities companies to produce a certain amount of their energy from renewable sources) to be stripped from the forthcoming U.S. Congressional Energy Bill. It has the U.S renewable energy industry in a state of panic.
Such a move, The New Republic writes, "would throttle the U.S. renewable industry," with Grist adding it would be "imperiling probably billions of dollars in solar and wind contracts that have been written with the expectation that the production tax credits will lower costs to investors and consumers."
The Solar Energy Industries Association is currently spearheading a campaign to urge as many people as possible to ask their representatives to lobby two key Democrats -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- to keep the Solar Investment Tax Credit extension in the Bill. E-mail to a friend
(Sources: The Guardian; Business 2.0; Green Wombat; Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation; "Clean Power from Deserts: Does CSP offer a solution to global warming and climate change?" by Gerhard Knies, German Aerospace Center; "Concentrating Solar Power for Seawater Desalination" by Dr Franz Trieb, German Aerospace Center; Daily Star; Toronto Star; The New Republic; Grist; Solar Energy Industries Association
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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I am eager to see the movie “I’m not there” about Bob Dylan. Have been reading Dylan interviews, biography, autobiography ever since falling hard for the album “Oh Mercy” last year. Amazing poetry! A few other songs...tambourine man...lay lady lay... Knockin at heaven’s door...blowing in the wind, of course... Also grab me. Would love to hear somebody’s review of the new movie. Ellen
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STIR [2nd & 4th Wednesdays of Each Month @ 6-9 PM]: Stir is a social gathering of internationally-minded people at Tink's Café in the heart of Clifton's Gaslight District. They meet for drinks, appetizers provided by Tink's, conversations, & live music. STIR is co-sponsored by the Xavier University Intercultural Communication Group & the Global Center YPs (Young Professionals). Free. At Tink's Café, 3410 Telford Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220 (around the corner from the Esquire Theatre). More info from Anne Golden @ 513.745.2019 & golden@xavier.edu, & www.tinkscafe.com.
Urban Legend - Christmas Cards to Recovering Soldiers: Tri-State Treasures recently shared this idea of sending holiday cards to recovering soldiers. As civil as the idea seems, it is bogus. For security reasons, cards from strangers to unnamed soldiers must be discarded. I had checked the item for authenticity before I sent it out on 7 November, but I either missed the warning, or the warning was posted thereafter. See www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp.
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Winterfair 2007 [Friday-Saturday 23-24 December @ 10 AM – 5 PM & Sunday 25 December @ 11 AM - 4 PM]: An annual tradition; a holiday artists’ market where fairgoers will find unique & beautiful handcrafted items for the home, office, & gift giving. This juried sale of fine crafts boasts more than 200 artists. Winterfair is presented by Ohio Designer Craftsmen, a non-profit org of artists, educators, students, & craft enthusiasts. ODC's mission is to promote the fine craft aesthetic, establish a standard of excellence in fine craft, provide professional support to craft artists, & build awareness, appreciation, & collection of fine craft. Proceeds from Winterfair benefit artists & the programs & exhibitions of the Ohio Craft Museum. Admission is $7, free return; children under 13 are free. At Northern Kentucky Convention Center, 1 West Rivercenter Blvd, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 614.486.7119, info@ohiocraft.org, & www.winterfair.org/cincy.html.
The Cats of Mirikitani & Director Linda Hattendorf [Tuesday-Thursday 27-29 November @ 7 PM]: Winner of 30+ festival awards for Best Documentary & Audience Favorite, The Cats of Mirikitani was directed by Cincinnati native Linda Hattendorf, now living in NY, who returns to speak about her film. This is the story of Jimmy Mirikitani, a Japanese-American born in California, who survived the World War II U.S. internment camps & ended up on the streets of NY drawing beautiful cats & scenes from the camps. Though sobering, the film also entertains thru the colorful personality of this opinionated, stubborn, & occasionally irascible octogenarian painter who is passionate about his art. A serious documentary with a happy ending, the film is notable due to Ms. Hattendorf's personal efforts to help Jimmy transform his life & move from anger & mistrust to healing & reconnection with family & society. Ms. Hattendorf will discuss her film after all 3 screenings. Presented by Cincinnati World Cinema. $9 general public; $7 for students & Art Museum members. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & pre-film dinner specials @ 859.781.8151, worldcinema@fuse.net, & www.CincyWorldCinema.org.
A Christmas Carol discount tix [Friday 30 November @ 7 PM]: Playhouse In The Park will present Dickens' Christmas classic for ages ranging from grade schoolers through senior citizens; "one of the 100 things to do before you die" ~ Cincinnati Enquirer. Tickets are $42 ($22 is tax deductible); a 15-20% savings for you; a fund-raiser to rehab 2 houses. On sale now; first come-first serve. At College Hill Presbyterian Church, 5742 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45224. More info & tix @ 513.541.5676, www.chpc.org.
Jubilant Singers presents Handel's Messiah [Friday 30 November @ 7:30 PM]: Messiah excerpts with soloists: Dawn Stone (Soprano), Laura Hoevenaar (Alto), Eric DeForest (Tenor), & Tom Sherwood (Bass). Organist, Joe Galyon, with Chorus & Chamber Orchestra. Free admission. At Sycamore Presbyterian Church, 11800 Mason Road (near Montgomery & Mason-Montgomery Roads), Cincinnati, OH 45249. More info @ 513.677.2140 & www.jubilantsingers.com.
Endangered Cincinnati: Can These Buildings Be Saved? [Friday 30 November]: This exhibit by Cincinnati Preservation Association & Betts House Research Center opens at Park + Vine on Final Friday, & runs thru 19 January. The exhibit focuses on endangered landmarks, their importance, & what can be done to save them. Margo Warminski of Cincinnati Preservation will discuss the exhibit @ 7 PM. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ (513) 721-7275, dan@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.
Young Professionals Happy Hour [Friday 30 November @ 5-7 PM]: Come & enjoy networking & mingling with other internationally-minded future leaders in the Tri-State area. An evening of fun & good conversations that celebrates the international diversity of Cincinnati’s young business community. Free hors d'oeuvres & cash bar. A relaxing after-work drink & bite at one of the most popular hot spots for young professionals in Cincinnati. Presented by the YP Committee of the European-American Chamber of Commerce. Free admission with YP registration by 28 Nov; $10 at the door. At Sully’s Sports Bar & Grille, The Jamieson Room, corner of 7th & Race Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.852.6510, eacc@europe-cincinnati.com, & www.europe-cincinnati.com.
Redtree Gallery Handcrafted Holiday Show [Friday 30 November @ 6-9PM & Saturday 1 December @ 9AM-5PM]: A night featuring local artists selling their handcrafted gift items in the gallery: knitted hats & scarves, ornaments, notecards, pottery, & more. Wine & cheese. At Redtree Art Gallery & Coffee Shop, 4409 Brazee Street, Oakley, OH 45209. More info @ 513.321.8733, mbusch@redtreegallery.net, & www.redtreegallery.net.
Natasha Kinnari Solo Exhibit [Friday 30 November @ 6-10 PM & Saturday 1 December @ 10 AM - 2 PM]: Russian born artist Natasha Kinnari will present her largest exhibition since coming to the US at the next Final Friday & Second-Look Saturday at Pendleton Art Center. This retrospective show will consist mostly of representational realistic oil paintings done in the last 15 years. Natasha is specializing in portraits. She will be sketching pencil portraits from life in the new gallery of the Woman's Art Club "Grotto" on the 1st floor. Sketches are $25 per person. Saturday is perfect for children. Commissioned portraits in oil or other media are available from photographs. At Pendleton Art Center, 1310 Pendleton Street, Over-The-Rhine Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.259.8610 (Natasha), 513.421.9791 (Pendleton), nat_fine_art@yahoo.com, & www.natashakinnari.com.
Revered Buddhist Teacher Visits Local Monasteries [Friday 30 November - Sunday 16 December]: Experience the dharma festival during the Tsongkhapa day month with teachings from Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche, a revered Gaden lineage teacher. All teachings are free; donations are appreciated. Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche was born in Tibet in 1948 & is recognized as the 4th reincarnation of Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche. He has studied the 5 major sciences (Buddhist philosophical studies) & received his Geshe Lharampa degree (doctorate of divinity). Rinpoche has completed all his tantric studies, retreats, & is a living treasure vase of the wisdom of the Ganden Oral Transmission Lineage. He has shared his teachings around the world. Teachings: Dependant Origination by Je Tsongkhapa [Fri 30 Nov @ 7 PM @ Cincinnati GSL]; Vajrasattva Empowerment [Sat 1 Dec @ 2 PM @ Cincinnati GSL]; Teachings on Vajrasattva Meditation Practice [Sun 2 Dec @ 10 AM - 4:30 PM @ Cincinnati GSL]; Tsongkhapa Day (Tsog & Offering of Light) [Tue 4 Dec @ 7 PM @ Bloomington DGTL]; Mind Training in 7 Points [Fri 7 Dec @ 7 PM @ Bloomington DGTL]; Grand Initiation of Secret Hayagriva: Actual Initiation [Sun 9 Dec @ 2 PM @ Bloomington DGTL]; Longlife Offering (Tenshug) to Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche [Sun 16 Dec @ 9 AM @ Bloomington DGTL]. At GSL Buddhist Monastery, 3046 Pavlova Drive, Cincinnati OH 45251 & DGTL Buddhist Monastery, 102 Clubhouse Drive, Bloomington IN 47404. More info @ 513.385.7116, 812.339.0857, gsl@ganden.org, www.ganden.org, & www.gadenusa.org.
Northside Holiday Art Sale [Saturday 1 December @ 11 AM - 5 PM]: Featuring work from Cincinnati area artists. One of these artists, Leslie Alexandria, known for her exquisite quilts, will be showing & selling beautifully unique Fiberware bowls she created. A great way to buy locally & find lovely gifts & art objects. At Off the Avenue Studios, 1546 Knowlton Street (behind National City Bank, directly off Hamilton Avenue), Northside, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info @ 513.379.9071 & rachel@northsidearts.org.
Hope & Strength Through Art: Talking About Mental Wellness [opens Saturday 1 December]: This art exhibit offers guests the opportunity to experience the intense energy of real-life recovery from mental illness, experienced by adults & children. The exhibit delivers a message of hope, strength, & mental wellness. The exhibit will also include a selection of paintings by artists from The Recovery Center of Hamilton County. The exhibit runs thru January 12. On the Third Floor, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
World AIDS Day Concert [Saturday 1 December @ 4 PM]: The Voices of Freedom Choir, co-directed by Dr. Catherine Roma & Bishop Todd O'Neal, will perform as part of the World AIDS Day concert. Free. In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Northside Art Sale [Saturday 1 December @ 11 AM - 5 PM]: Art forms include fibers, prints, pottery, holiday & non-holiday cards, framed & unframed photographic prints, cat drawings, magnets, knitted goods, fabric purses, cat toys, jewelry, beaded jewelry & flowers, paintings & sculpture. At Off the Avenue Studios, 1546 Knowlton Avenue, Northside, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info @ 513.375.9071, rachel@northsidearts.org, & www.northsidearts.org.
Holiday Jubilee [Saturdays 1, 8, 15 December @ 11AM-3:30PM & Sundays 2 & 16 December @ Noon-4PM]: Holiday Jubilee returns with holiday music by school choirs, church choirs, orchestras, jazz bands, dance troupes, & ensembles from all over the Greater Cincinnati area. Presented by Pampers. In the Grand Hall, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
Miami University Italian Cinema Series [Tuesdays thru 4 December @ 7:30 PM]: Curated & presented by Professor Sante Matteo. Movies are in Italian with English subtitles, unless otherwise noted. Free & open to the public. In 46 Culler Hall (north side of Spring Street, 2 buildings west of Route 27 (Patterson Street), Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. More info @ matteos@muohio.edu & www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/campusmap/.
Dec 4: La meglio gioventù, II (The Best of Youth, Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie [thru December 31]: This is the 1st major traveling exhibit devoted to the transatlantic slave trade, focusing on the Henrietta Marie, the most complete slave ship ever discovered in the western hemisphere & the only one to be fully identified, recorded, archeologically examined & preserved. This exhibit examines the economic & social forces that drove the slave trade & provides insight into its impact on the material life & culture of Europe, Africa & the Americas. This exhibit uses artifacts & the ship’s records as touchstones for the entering the daily lives of the Africans on board, the seamen who manned the ship, & the traders who ran this notorious enterprise. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Pure Movement Dance Class: All In One [Mondays @ 6:30-8 PM & Wednesdays @ 9:30-11 AM thru December]: “Motion is Life. Taste It. Feel It. Honor It.” Offering cardio aerobic based movement class supported by personal attention to individual alignment & exploration of authentic expression. All classes have a stretching & strengthening warm up that expands your range of motion. The class achieves a balance between dynamic arousal & meditative peace. Four consecutive classes @ $12 per class. Individual classes @ $20. Free introductory class with Fanchon Shur, Growth In Motion Inc. master teacher. At 4019 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info @ 513.221.3222, fanchon@growthinmotion.org, & www.growthinmotion.org.
Documentary WORKS: Social Activist Documentaries of Barbara Wolf [Monday-Saturdays thru Thursday 24 January]: Films by local documentary filmmaker Barbara Wolf are screening during normal business hours as part of the film@mediabridges series. The films: "The Earth Covenant" describes a covenant being made between the peoples of the earth to take responsibility for the environment in the absence of comprehensive governmental action. "Peace March 2004" presents the Cincinnati protest as part of a larger national demonstration on the 1st anniversary of the US initiating bombing of Iraq. "Degrees Of Shame" examines the situation of adjunct (part-time) faculty teaching in America’s institutions of higher learning, suggesting they are the information economy’s migrant farm workers. "Know Theatre Corpus Christi Protests" documents protests outside the theatre during the play's entire run. "These Old Buildings Raised Our Many Children" was made in 1995 for & with long-term residents of Over-The-Rhine, looking at the effects of massive community redevelopment on their lives. "This Is My House" highlights transitional housing associated with the Drop Inn Center which was threatened by the proposed new SCPA. These films are presented by Media Bridges. Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8AM-9PM, Friday: 8AM-6PM, Saturday: 9AM-5PM. Free. In the At Media Bridges front lobby, 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.651.4171 & sara@mediabridges.org.
Julian's Stanczak Exhibition [thru 3 February 2008]: 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." At Contemporary Art Center, 44 East 6th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.345.8400, pr@cacmail.org, & www.contemporaryartscenter.org.
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption Concert Series [Intermittent Sundays thru 9 March 2008 @ 3 PM]: The Series presents instrumental & choral music from the rich traditions of western liturgy & inspired classical music, presented in a suitable visual & acoustic environment. Donations support all series expenses & costs to preserve the Historic Matthias Schwab Organ (1859). In other words, the Cathedral Concert Series combines music of extraordinary range & quality in arguably the region's most magnificent space. Concerts include Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra, Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols, An Epiphany Epilogue, Concert in Memory of Dr. Louis Schwab, & JS Bach's 323rd Birthday. At St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1140 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859-431-2060, timbrel@fuse.net, & www.cathedralconcertseries.org.
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