The Lloyd House Virtual Salon: Weekly 1/17/08

FLASH! There will be a vacancy at the Lloyd House come February. See Announcements section (maroon) below for details of 2 room suite.
DOUBLE FLASH! Save the date. Lloyd House party Saturday 2/2/08, 6 pm. See below for details.

Salon Weekly

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Table Notes
Events & Opportunities
Articles, Letters
Books, Reviews, Films, Magazines
Tri-State Treasures: events compiled by Jim Kesner

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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 1/16/07
Steve Sunderland, Vlasta Molak, Ginger Lee Frank, Mary Biehn, Neil Anderson, Badger Johnson, Derek Lester, Duane Shaw, Mary Schuch
Spencer Konicov, Mr. G., Carolyn Aufderhaar, Bill Limbacher, Elaine Bradford, Ellen Bierhorst, Mira Rodwan, bob Witanowski, Chris Metzger
(Welcome Mary!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS AT TABLE
Ellen: Lloyd House Party 2/2/08

Yvonne Van Eijden painting opening at Phyllis weston Gallery in O’Briaville, Fri. 8 Feb.
Women’s silent retreat Feb. 22-24 at Hope Springs Center. Led by Mary Manera. Call 937 587 2605.
Bliss in Abundance Level I Workshop Feb 8 and 9, 2008, Lifepath Center, Crescent Springs KY.   Call 474 6608

Mary S.: This Sat. 2:30 at 5th and Main, Food Not Bombs will serve free meal. Also flowers.
Duane new restaurant Kismet near Dillonvale shop. Cntr. Middle Eastern, kosher, dairy style. I liked it.
Spencer on Jan 27, Sun Noon at Wise Temple, Chicken Soup cook-off. 30 different soups. Fee: $4.
Derek you should go to the Food not Bombs event; it is the “terrorist organization” the FBI spends most money looking after.
Badger: Food not bombs; we don’t terrify ordinary people; just the government because what we do demonstrates that you don’t need a reaons to be nice to other people. If everyone did that we wouldn’t need a giant military... Instead we share.
We just started at Enright Ecovillage a Forest Gardening in the green space around there. Plant elderberries, persimmons, ets. BFD. In Price Hill on Enright Ave.
Neil: the Mercury Messenger space craft arrived at Mercury yesterday. NASA website.
ginger: lots of good movies. Juno is wonderful, terrific actress. Funny. Savages is terrific! Written by a woman, also directed. About a family name of Savage. A drama, with funny moments. Kite Runner, well worth seeing. At esquire.
Dateline, yesterday. Showed a case in Cincinnati, a custody case in which the wife was advised by a psychologist to abduct the child because the husb. Was molesting the child. The judges wouldn’t listen to the child’s complaints. Spent 13 yrs in hiding.

Vlasta We have resched. The Sustainable Cincinnati workshop Feb 7 –9. Also offering a short version Thurs. Feb 7. Gaia Center.
806 Plum St.
Incidentally, Mallory beat Judge Burlew by 55 votes.

Bob had lasic surgery.
Mira flyers on Films that Matter sponsored by Imago. Film festival. Feb 13, March 12, April 9, May 20... Www.imagoearth.org
Steve: Jan 29 at Freedom Cntr tues night, dinner and discussion of Community and Family Violence w/ a prof. from Harvard. Free.
Movie “Diving Bell and Butterfly” at Mariemont; remarkable, about a young man who had a stroke, paralyzed. True story.
Historic weekend in Cinti, 30 anniversary of Drop in Center. The city was going to close it. So this weekend there was a huge outporing of drama, music, marching ... Serves homeless people. The city gives a grant of 30k, which triggers 3 million from the fed. Gov’t. City wants to use that land. It was the most inspirational experience I’ve had in Cincinnati! On Monday we went to City finance committee meeting.
    At the meeting they also discussed $.50 fare increase for Metro. Council members not sensitive to the impact on the poor. 5::1 in favor of fare increase.
    then the Drop In Center was discussed. Every council person was in favor of continued support for the Drop In Center. Extraordinary young people running the Drop In Center: Pat Clifford, B Newmeyer, ... They admit any and everyone. They serve 3,200 people a year. Felt great to be a Cincinnatian. 2/3 of the people who are homeless are women and children. Many veterans as well. Many Iraq war vets. Are homeless.

Chris: I had a hip replacement at the VA hospital; excellent care there. I learned there are many Iraq War vets. And they have spoken harshly against the administration and as a result there are many homeland security people haging out at the VA ER. Many vets upset with the fact that Jan 2003 President striped a lot of the vet reservists of the right to use the VA system.
    In my radio Show WAI Wed. 3-4 88.3 FM I talked about this all the time... Iraq. “In case you want to know” is the show. Have decided to sell this shirt, says “bring them on home”, US flag upside down, I can sell the shirt if I don’t put the upside down flag. People won’t buy it. So I have decided to take it off.

Ginger: UC power plant, on Vine and ML King. We have been fighting with them about using best available technology to clean the air pollution. They have been fined twice by Ohio and Fed EPA, for nitrogen ozide, for carbon monoxide, for particulates pollution. Uses nat. gas to run turbines to make steam. ECO has sued them. Two months ago CityBeat ran an article announcing UC environmental green policies. I wrote CityBeat a letter explaining about the pollution. ... The problem is that UC is running the plant in a stop start way, which pollutes much more; has not monitored accurately. Three months ago the Feds sent them an inquiry. Now, this Sat. they have shut down the plant for the rest of the year. It is cheaper for them to buy electricity from Duke. So they have built this huge white elephant.

Vlasta Mark Mallory will give State of City at Playhouse in Park 4 Feb, Monday. 5:30 doors open. Free, open to public.

Mira disillusioned with Gov. Strickland. Not working on nuclear thing, death penalty thing...
Derek my dad designed nuclear plants ... Says it is not economical at all because of the cost of cleaning up. The purpose is to produce defense applications. Weapons. Nuc. Bombs go bad every 35 years and have to make more.
Ginger we also use uranium to coat bullets to pierce armor.

Spencer France has more than 93 nuclear reactors, for power. They take care of their own waste. 95% of their power...
I question your argument.

Vlasta my brother is a nuclear engineer ... He wold close all the power plants in the world because it is a ticking bomb. France has a standard design; all their plants are the same, and more manageable than ours. Heavy gov’t control in France. Standardized safety measures. And the rail system in France “glows” with low level radiation.

Derek: the bosses at Zimmer claimed the plant was the best ... In actuality they were cheating. Not at all the best.

Spencer the Brooklyn Bridge, cable company, cable didn’t meet the specs, had to go back to add better cables. Not conspiracy, just selfish. Most people here seem to think there is a gov’t conspiracy. I don’t.
Chris Ashcroft was given a non bid contract to monitor (set fines for corporations in violation) ... I think the company he is monitoring is Zimmer.
Ginger Now Zimmer is coal fired.

Mr. G A Duke energy question. I found out that Duke has been charging me for 10 years for gas; I don’t use gas. It was for reading the meter. Found out that there is a meter outside.
Vlasta Last Feb. they disconnected my gas when I was sick ... Now I asked them to disconnect my gas. They said they would still charge me for the meter. I am going to take them on. PUCO, public utilities ... Ohio
Mr. G. ... The bill is for zero gas usage. Duke reimbursed me for one year, but I want the other 9 years.
To the Readers:
Has anyone been charged by Duke/CG&E for gas usage they have never used? Place phone call 513 702 1883, Mr. G.

Derek: the protocol for shutting down a nuclear plant is to encase it in a concrete case 80 ft. thick and guard it for 10k years. For this reason it is not economically feasible.
Duane: there is a lot of flat desert area in US. Enough in Arizona to install solar power generators to power the whole country. The big problem is power transmission.

Spencer they are developing a cheap, paper thin photovoltaic material. You’ll be able to wrap your house in it...

~ End of Table Notes~

Hugs to everyone,
Ellen

Section Two: Events & Opportunities

Cincinnati NVC community potluck

Thursday January 17 @ 6:30pm

Cincinnati NVC was founded as a connection point for people in and around Cincinnati who are interested in learning and practicing Nonviolent Communication, the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. Our goal is to create community surrounding NVC, bring trainers certified with the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) for workshops, create practice groups for individuals interested in practicing NVC, and let others know about NVC. We meet quarterly for potlucks to further these goals. There will be an Introduction to NVC for people who are new to the work, and the chance to connect with others.
Bring a dish to share, please label dishes with nuts.
Potluck takes place at 821 Delta Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226. 513-321-3317. No need to rsvp.

You can join the local yahoo group by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CincinnatiNVC/ <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CincinnatiNVC/>
or visiting www.cnvc.org <http://www.cnvc.org/> to learn more. We look forward to connecting with you.

Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape <http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489> in the new year.

Ohio Primary Campaign for Hillary Clinton
this Sat. in Columbus. Consider going. Clinton is simply the best qualified of the three excellent front runners, ... And she is a woman. I am waking up from the media-generated nonsense that she is “unlikable” and believe that is a load of misogynist claptrap. I like her. And if it is OK to like Obabma in part because he is Black, why not like Hillary in part because she is a woman? ellen

Hillary for President Statewide Organizational Meeting Please join Gov. Ted Strickland, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones for a Hillary Clinton for President Organizational Meeting. . . . and let's get Southwest Ohio organized to deliver a Hillary Clinton victory on March 4th!
When: Saturday, January 19

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Ohio-wide meeting led by Gov. Strickland
5:00 - 5:30 p.m. SW Ohio organizational meeting with Catherine Barrett, David Pepper, Roxanne Qualls, John Cranley and other Clinton delegates and supporters

Where: United Steelworkers Local #2173

1135 Cleveland Ave.
Columbus, OH 43201

Attendance is important, so please forward this information on to anyone you feel would be interested in getting involved with the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign. If you are from the Cincinnati area, are unable to attend but would like to become involved, please contact Anne Sesler (513) 386-7260 or SWOhio4Hillary@gmail.com Congratulations to Clinton delegates from the 1st and 2nd Districts: Alta Beasley, Roxanne Qualls, Sekar Jayaraman, James Smith, Betty Thomas, Oliver Baker, Catherine Barrett, and Derry Hooks; Susan Taylor, Walter Edwards (alternates). ___________________________________________________
Directions to Steelworkers Local #2173
courtesy of Mapquest.com (map shown below) Drive time: 1.5 - 2 hours

1. Take I-71 N toward COLUMBUS. 98.2 miles 2. Keep LEFT to take OH-315 N toward DAYTON. 1.4 miles 3. Merge onto I-670 E. 1.8 miles 4. Take the CLEVELAND AVE / OH-3 exit- EXIT 4C. 0.2 miles 5. Turn LEFT onto CLEVELAND AVE / OH-3. 1.1 miles

The City-Wide Celebration on Martin Luther King Day

Will be Monday 21 January
12 noon at Music Hall.
Attendance is free; a collection will be taken.

Want to really do it right? Go to the Freedom Center for the Traditional Civil Rights March starting at 10:45.
From there to Fountain Square on foot for the Interfaith Prayer Service at 11:15. From there, march will continue to Music Hall where the program will feature the Voices of Freedom Choir under Cathy Roma and Todd O’Neal.

This is a stirring, joyful, spirit-filled event. Don’t miss it. Ellen

Food not bombs serves a free meal every Saturday down town at Maine and 5th at 2:30.

Please circulate to your lists:

Vacancy at the historic Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Avenue, Clifton Gaslight.

3rd floor suite of two rooms plus private bath adjoining sitting room. Suite lets onto the large, beautiful Zendo meditation room which is common space for the housemates. Off street parking, shared kitchen on third floor, laundry in basement (we hang dry our clothes but if need be, you can use gas dryer for $1 donation), Shared spacious dining room, common room with wood burning fireplace, great veranda, gym with weights, bench, treadmill, etc. in basement. Sauna.
Multicultural atmosphere, terrific vibes, pot luck + discussion salon every Wednesday at 5:45 to 8 pm (your presence desired but not required).
Must have:
Rock solid good vibes 24-7. Rock solid ability to pay housing contribution (450, all utilities plus hi-speed internet included) without reminding each month.
No pets, no smoking.
Willingness to contribute 2 hours / month on house maintenance chores.
Ellen Bierhorst 513 221 1289

The Lloyd House is having another of it’s wonderful parties. Come! All ages.

Lloyd House Hosts: Ellen Bierhorst, Debra Martin, Carolyn Aufderhaar, Kati Krome, Derek Lester

FABLOUS LLOYD HOUSE IMBOLC/BRIGID/CANDLEMAS PARTY~

Saturday 2 February 2008
6:00 pm – 10 pm
Pot luck. Main course, vegetable dish, salad, starch, wine, beverage, desert, crackers/chips, ... Bring just enough so that if you and your party only ate that for the meal you’d have just a tad left over.

Live Band: “the Dial Tones” with Mike and Karen Radeke, Jelly Roll and the band
$5 – 10 band donation requested Tip bucket will be circulated
DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING .....

Park on Lafayette Avenue, unless physically handicapped. We have space in driveway for one handicap vehicle. Please remove shoes in the foyer (we have a number of pairs of slippers in the back hallway. Feel free.)

In celebration of the goddess Brigid (pagan holiday of Imbolc, high winter) we will sweep away our old encumbrances from the previous year (and life?) and burn them up in the fire, making way for new things to arrive and grow. It’s Candlemas (Groundhog Day), in dark of winter when soulfire burns brightest. Perhaps we’ll have a bonfire, weather permitting. You might reflect on what you want to “sweep away” in order to make way for the new... Habits or patterns that are holding you back from realizing your goals and dreams? Hurt, resentment or trauma that is darkening your spirit? Fears of people or of economic insecurity? It is neat to write them down on little scraps of paper and at the right moment, toss them into the flames, burning up the old, making way for new energies to come into your life. You don’t have to be a pagan to get off on this.

Anyone interested in sauna before the party? We have a roomy 7 person wood fired sauna downstairs, and hot and cold shower. If you would like to have a sweat to purify before the party, let Ellen know, 221 1289, and we’ll divide up the chores (chop wood, sweep out sauna, build fire, etc.) Sauna could be at 4:30. Fire must be started 2:30.

Lloyd House parties are characterized by extremely diverse guest list, jolly silliness, joviality, and fun. Did I mention dancing?
“There’s never been anything but fabulous parties at the Lloyd House!” The ghosts love a party.

3901 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati 45220

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Dr. Vlasta Molak offers 2 day workshop, Feb. 7, 8, 9 *
(On the evening of Thurs 2/7 will be a 3 hour overview for only $60. Contact her to get more info: mailto:DrMolak@email.com )

Sustainable Cincinnati:

Aiming for a TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE (Economic Development, Environmental Protection and Solving Social Problems)

By Dr. Vlasta Molak, staff, and invited national experts in sustainable development and re-development, GAIA FOUNDATION, Inc.,
Web: http://www.GaiaFoundation.net <http://www.gaiafoundation.net/> E-mail: DrMolak@gmail.com <mailto:DrMolak@email.com> or tel. 513/521-9321

This is a 2- days workshop, starting on a Thursday evening, and ending on Saturday afternoon is designed to enable the participants maximal interaction and problem solving for creating sustainable Cincinnati

PLACE: Gaia Feast and Sustainable Living Center, 806 Plum Street, Cincinnati 45202 across from Cincinnati City Hall

DATE: Feb 7-9, 2008.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Our workshop is particularly designed for the City Council (and staff), Hamilton County Commissioners (and staff), and members of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County business community, developers and other VIPs, and Northern Kentucky equivalents, since they are the citizens with the most power to affect positive (and/or negative) changes in our community of Greater Cincinnati. Other citizens involved in development and redevelopment and/or who are concerned about environment and future of our community may also find our seminar very useful.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this condensed workshop is to teach a new paradigm in dealing with urban and suburban environmental, occupational, and social problems, by integrating science and technology with the social sciences and applying them to sustainable development of the Greater Cincinnati Community. Sustainable development is defined as “integrated strategies that would halt and reverse the negative impact of human behavior on the physical environment and allow for a livable environment for future generations on Earth.” Sustainable Cincinnati is linked to our work in Over-the-Rhine, in which we are starting to apply a systemic approach, in contrast to a “business as usual” band-aid approach, to solve multiple urban problems of Cincinnati (poverty, homelessness, racial tensions, drug dealing, crime, etc.).

We are connecting sustainable development of Greater Cincinnati with the sustainable redevelopment of the urban blight areas in Cincinnati, according to the vision stated in our SEARCH (Sustainable Development and Advanced Renewal of Cincinnati Heart) in addition to Sky Gardens, our vision of the Banks, which will house a totally sustainable Rainbow Town and will not require ANY tax money from the citizens to built and maintain, see our Web site. According to our calculations, when we complete those two major projects, the tax-paying population of the city will increase and the social ills will decrease.   Indeed, both of these projects will increase the wealth and the tax-base of our city and restore its glamour of the past as the QUEEN CITY.

This type of approach has not yet been used anywhere else! Why not start with Cincinnati? Perhaps we can finally dispense with Mark Twain's assertion that everything in Cincinnati comes 10 years after it arrives anywhere else!

PERSONAL RETREAT AND HEALTHY LIVING STYLE: It turns out that sustainable living is also good for personal health.   “Walking lightly on your mother Earth” also involves eating lower from the food chain, i.e. decreasing a consumption of foods derived from animals (meat and meat products and milk and milk products). It also involves avoiding the most inefficient mode of transportation -a single driver car, which is 60 fold less efficient than bicycle. Walking, biking, and other body movements not only decrease our personal CO2 emissions, but also improve our personal health. Therefore, what is good for the Earth is also good for our personal health. In our workshop we will also include healthy nutrition.

PRICE:

$ 360 if registered and paid before January 9, 2008. Price includes meals, desserts, and drinks, a manual, and a high-quality tea-shirt with the Gaia Foundation logo. $ 410 after January 9, 2008

Gaia Foundation, Inc., which is sponsoring this course and is developing the SEARCH and Gaia Oasis project, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promotion of sustainable development of communities and environments for improved quality of life. Results are achieved through multiple means, such as educational programs, demonstrations of sustainable technologies, providing consulting to non governmental and governmental organizations, developing policies on local, state, national and international levels, and/or getting involved with practical projects within communities. Guidance and support is provided to volunteers and professionals who are dedicated to the improvement of local, national, or international living conditions and environments. The headquarters of the GAIA FOUNDATION are at 8987 Cotillion Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45231

Dr. Vlasta Molak is an international expert in sustainable development and had taught courses in this and similar topics in many venues. In 1993, she has taught a one-day course on Use of Risk Analysis in Sustainable Development at then newly formed Division for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York. She had also taught the old City Council (1990) on Fundamentals of Environmental and Occupational Risk Analysis and Management. Roxanne Qualls was one of the lecturers.   In addition, Dr. Molak has taught numerous environmental risk analysis courses in Brazil, Russia, Check Republic, Croatia and others.   Her book on Fundamentals of Risk Analysis and Risk Management (see amazon.com) is used as a reference book and text book in graduate courses on risk analysis.

In 1999, Dr. Molak served as a Congressional Fellow in the Office of the Ohio Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, working primarily on all aspects of sustainability under the Kyoto Protocol. All other environmental issues were also under her domain.

REGISTRATION FORM
register and pay on the Web site with Pay Pal.

For all us commie-pinko-freaks who love folk singing!

Come to a Celebration of:

Labor Music & Song, Sat. January 19th, 7-10 pm, featuring Dave Hawkins & Allen Schwartz

The evening is to support the Cincinnati Interfaith Worker’s Center. The event is free, a light meal will be served, & CIWC will ask for your support. All donations – large and small are gratefully accepted.

We will gather at Dave and Wendy’s home, 1 Tanglewood Ln in College Hill. Parking requires directions so please RSVP to portoall@yahoo.com or call 621-5991.

Dave is a national recording artist & Chairman of AFM Local 1000 Solidarity Committee. Allen is a performer, songwriter and artist originally from Chicago. For more information on Dave see www.davehawkins.com

Announcement sent out by Steve Schoemacher and Ginny Frazier (our civic treasures!)

Richard Blumberg to teach two classes for community at UC* :

One of the classes will be a repeat of his successful fall course on The Teachings of the Buddha; in eight weeks, we'll cover several of the foundational discourses that the Buddha delivered in the course of a long teaching career, and we'll look at how the Buddha's teachings speak to our human condition and how we might respond to that condition purposefully, with sanity and calm. The support website for that course is at http://olli-buddhism.com

Now, for something completely different, the second class will be on How to Use Your Internet Connection for Fun, Profit and Productivity. We'll cover the basics, email and web browsing, but we'll also look at how to use the Internet as a research tool, how to find stuff you're looking for and how to sell your own stuff, how to use free Internet services to keep your calendar, your contacts list, to do word processing, maintain databases, and create complicated interactive spreadsheets; and a whole lot more. We'll wind up with demonstrations of how to start a blog and get your own Internet domain. It should be fun. This second course also has a support site at http://olli-internet.com

Both classes are taught on Tuesdays at Tangeman Center on UC's Clifton Campus. The Buddhism class is at 9:00 AM and the Internet class is at 1:00 PM. Classes are an hour and a half long, and the course runs for eight weeks.

The OLLI Catalog is online at http://www.uc.edu/ace/olli/courses.htm
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*This is what used to be called “learning in retirement” now renamed something lifelong learning something. Richard is an inspired and inspiring teacher. (ellen)

There is now every Sunday morning an open weekly Tai Chi practice session at the Lloyd House in the third floor zendo at 10:15 am. Everyone welcome. Group is led by Jackie Millay (sp?) and I finally made a class last week. It was excellent! Only three of us. Come join us. Raise the chi, warm yourself up this winter. ellen

From Fanchon:

Pure Movement: Dancing With Gods and Goddesses [Four week Monday night series Jan. 28 - Feb. 18, 2008 at 6:30- 8pm]
Heat up, recharge, and awaken your spirit by dancing from eternal energies, archetypes, gods and goddesses. Fanchon Shur a dancer/ choreographer, Dr. Susan Crew a psychologist/ diviner , and Bonia Shur a composer will join together to allow an ancient sacred myth to come alive in us. Classes will be fueled by live music (piano, guitar and drums) performed by Bonia Shur and additional musicians. $240 for all four classes, you can pay what is right for you.
Where: 4019 Red Bud Ave. Cinti, OH 45229. More info: click here to go to website! <http://www.growthinmotion.org/images/uploaded/gods&goddessflier2.gif> To register email fanchon@ growthinmotion.org or 513-221-3222.

Thank you
Fanchon Shur

on 1/15/08 7:28 AM, Leslie Keller at lgkeller@cinci.rr.com wrote:

I went to a Ohio Democratic Party's Women's Organizing Convention in Columbus over the weekend. It was their first. What incredible women were there. Lee Fisher dropped in. His wife as well as Mrs. Strickland spoke. She is a hoot. What real people. Jennifer Brunner talked about the voting system. Makes me proud to be an Ohio Democratic Woman.

Big push to recruit the unmarried/single/unattached woman.

With a room of 225 strong women, they definitely had their own opinions and agendas.

...

Best,
Leslie.

the Lloyd House Salon yahoo group has many particularly tasty entries
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(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:

Dr. King: Why (and how) should we love our enemies?
Learn about the Homegrown Terrorism Act now in Senate
Noam Chomsky on Adam Smith and Capitalism

Loving Your Enemies.

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The following sermon was delivered at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, at Christmas, 1957. Martin Luther King wrote it whi1e in jail far committing nonviolent civil disobedience during the Montgomery bus boycott. Let us be practical and ask the question. How do we love our enemies?
First, we must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. It is impossible even to begin the act of loving one's enemies without the prior acceptance of the necessity, over and over again, of forgiving those who inflict evil and injury upon us. It is also necessary to realize that the forgiving act must always be initiated by the person who has been wronged, the victim of some great hurt, the recipient of some tortuous injustice, the absorber of some terrible act of oppression. The wrongdoer may request forgiveness. He may come to himself, and, like the prodigal son, move up some dusty road, his heart palpitating with the desire for forgiveness. But only the injured neighbor, the loving father back home, can really pour out the warm waters of forgiveness.

Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning. It is the lifting of a burden or the canceling of a debt. The words "I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done" never explain the real nature of forgiveness. Certainly one can never forget, if that means erasing it totally from his mind. But when we forgive, we forget in the sense that the evil deed is no longer a mental block impeding a new relationship. Likewise, we can never say, "I will forgive you, but I won't have anything further to do with you." Forgiveness means reconciliation, a coming together again.

Without this, no man can love his enemies. The degree to which we are able to forgive determines the degree to which we are able to love our enemies.

Second, we must recognize that the evil deed of the enemy-neighbor, the thing that hurts, never quite expresses all that he is. An element of goodness may be found even in our worst enemy. Each of us has something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves. A persistent civil war rages within all of our lives. Something within us causes us to lament with Ovid, the Latin poet, "I see and approve the better things, but follow worse," or to agree with Plato that human personality is like a charioteer having two headstrong horses, each wanting to go in a different direction, or to repeat with the Apostle Paul, "The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do."

This simply means that there is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. When we look beneath the surface, beneath. the impulsive evil deed, we see within our enemy-neighbor a measure of goodness and know that the viciousness and evilness of his acts are not quite representative of all that he is. We see him in a new light. We recognize that his hate grows out of fear, pride, ignorance, prejudice, and misunderstanding, but in spite of this, we know God's image is ineffably etched in being. Then we love our enemies by realizing that they are not totally bad and that they are not beyond the reach of God's redemptive love.

Third, we must not seek to defeat or humiliate the enemy but to win his friendship and understanding. At times we are able to humiliate our worst enemy. Inevitably, his weak moments come and we are able to thrust in his side the spear of defeat. But this we must not do. Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been blocked by impenetrable walls of hate.

Let us move now from the practical how to the theoretical why: Why should we love our enemies? The first reason is fairly obvious. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multi# plies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.

So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition. Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies-or else? The chain reaction of evil-hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars-must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality. Mindful that hate is an evil and dangerous force, we too often think of what it does to the person hated. This is understandable, for hate brings irreparable damage to its victims. We have seen its ugly consequences in the ignominious deaths brought to six million Jews by hate-obsessed madman named Hitler, in the unspeakable violence inflicted upon Negroes by bloodthirsty mobs, in the dark horrors of war, and in the terrible indignities and injustices perpetrated against millions of God's children by unconscionable oppressors.

But there is another side which we must never overlook. Hate is just as injurious to the person who hates. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.

A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate with hate; we get rid of an enemy by getting rid of enmity. By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up. Love transforms with redemptive power.

The relevance of what I have said to the crisis in race relations should be readily apparent. There will be no permanent solution to the, race problem until oppressed men develop the capacity to love their enemies. The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love. For more than three centuries American Negroes have been battered by the iron rod of oppression, frustrated by day and bewildered by night by unbearable injustice and burdened with the ugly weight of discrimination. Forced to live with these shameful conditions, we are tempted to become bitter and to retaliate with a corresponding hate. But if this happens, the new order we seek will be little more than a duplicate of the old order. We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

My friends, we have followed the so-called practical way for too long a time now, and it has led inexorably to deeper confusion and chaos. Time is cluttered with the wreckage of communities which surrendered to hatred and violence. For the salvation of our nation and the salvation of mankind, we must follow another way.

While abhorring segregation, we shall love the segregationist. This is the only way to create the beloved community.

To our most bitter opponents we say: "We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We shall meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you. We cannot in all good conscience obey your unjust laws because noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. Throw us in jail and we shall still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and we shall still love you. Send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our community at the midnight hour and beat us and leave us half dead, and we shall still love you. But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we shall win freedom but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process and our victory will be a double victory."

FROM SALONISTA CAELI: GOOD INFO ON TERRORISM ACT NOW IN SENATE. WE DON’T WANT THIS.

Wed Jan 9, 2008 4:14 am (PST)

This is a very good video on the explanation of the "Homegrown Terrorism Prevention act" that was passed by the House of Representatives and is now it's way to the Senate.

Please contact your Senators and tell them NOT to pass this bill. Pass this around to all your friends. It is very disturbing where we are heading in this country. Our Civil Rights are being seriously eroded, many times without our consent but also with our fearful consent.

This is McArthyism all over again. It kind of creeps up on you but it is very real. This bill is not merely being directed at Radical Muslims.. but anyone who seeks to potentially speak out against this government. Never say "well this has nothing to do with me, I am not a radical Muslim...."...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJsovPRTEM

Salonista Alan Bern sends this: Chomsky on Adam Smith...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19001.htm <http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19001.htm>

Education is Ignorance

By Noam Chomsky

Excerpted from Class Warfare, 1995, pp. 19-23, 27-31

04 January 2008

DAVID BARSAMIAN: One of the heroes of the current right-wing revival... is Adam Smith. You've done some pretty impressive research on Smith that has excavated... a lot of information that's not coming out. You've often quoted him describing the "vile maxim of the masters of mankind: all for ourselves and nothing for other people."

NOAM CHOMSKY: I didn't do any research at all on Smith. I just read him. There's no research. Just read it. He's pre-capitalist, a figure of the Enlightenment. What we would call capitalism he despised. People read snippets of Adam Smith, the few phrases they teach in school. Everybody reads the first paragraph of The Wealth of Nations where he talks about how wonderful the division of labor is. But not many people get to the point hundreds of pages later, where he says that division of labor will destroy human beings and turn people into creatures as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human being to be. And therefore in any civilized society the government is going to have to take some measures to prevent division of labor from proceeding to its limits.

He did give an argument for markets, but the argument was that under conditions of perfect liberty, markets will lead to perfect equality. That's the argument for them, because he thought that equality of condition (not just opportunity) is what you should be aiming at. It goes on and on. He gave a devastating critique of what we would call North-South policies. He was talking about England and India. He bitterly condemned the British experiments they were carrying out which were devastating India.

He also made remarks which ought to be truisms about the way states work. He pointed out that its totally senseless to talk about a nation and what we would nowadays call "national interests." He simply observed in passing, because it's so obvious, that in England, which is what he's discussing -- and it was the most democratic society of the day -- the principal architects of policy are the "merchants and manufacturers," and they make certain that their own interests are, in his words, "most peculiarly attended to," no matter what the effect on others, including the people of England who, he argued, suffered from their policies. He didn't have the data to prove it at the time, but he was probably right.

This truism was, a century later, called class analysis, but you don't have to go to Marx to find it. It's very explicit in Adam Smith. It's so obvious that any ten-year-old can see it. So he didn't make a big point of it. He just mentioned it. But that's correct. If you read through his work, he's intelligent. He's a person who was from the Enlightenment. His driving motives were the assumption that people were guided by sympathy and feelings of solidarity and the need for control of their own work, much like other Enlightenment and early Romantic thinkers. He's part of that period, the Scottish Enlightenment.

The version of him that's given today is just ridiculous. But I didn't have to any research to find this out. All you have to do is read. If you're literate, you'll find it out. I did do a little research in the way it's treated, and that's interesting. For example, the University of Chicago, the great bastion of free market economics, etc., etc., published a bicentennial edition of the hero, a scholarly edition with all the footnotes and the introduction by a Nobel Prize winner, George Stigler, a huge index, a real scholarly edition. That's the one I used. It's the best edition. The scholarly framework was very interesting, including Stigler's introduction. It's likely he never opened The Wealth of Nations. Just about everything he said about the book was completely false. I went through a bunch of examples in writing about it, in Year 501 and elsewhere.

But even more interesting in some ways was the index. Adam Smith is very well known for his advocacy of division of labor. Take a look at "division of labor" in the index and there are lots and lots of things listed. But there's one missing, namely his denunciation of division of labor, the one I just cited. That's somehow missing from the index. It goes on like this. I wouldn't call this research because it's ten minutes' work, but if you look at the scholarship, then it's interesting.

I want to be clear about this. There is good Smith scholarship. If you look at the serious Smith scholarship, nothing I'm saying is any surprise to anyone. How could it be? You open the book and you read it and it's staring you right in the face. On the other hand if you look at the myth of Adam Smith, which is the only one we get, the discrepancy between that and the reality is enormous.

This is true of classical liberalism in general. The founders of classical liberalism, people like Adam Smith and Wilhelm von Humboldt, who is one of the great exponents of classical liberalism, and who inspired John Stuart Mill -- they were what we would call libertarian socialists, at least that ïs the way I read them. For example, Humboldt, like Smith, says, Consider a craftsman who builds some beautiful thing. Humboldt says if he does it under external coercion, like pay, for wages, we may admire what he does but we despise what he is. On the other hand, if he does it out of his own free, creative expression of himself, under free will, not under external coercion of wage labor, then we also admire what he is because he's a human being. He said any decent socioeconomic system will be based on the assumption that people have the freedom to inquire and create -- since that's the fundamental nature of humans -- in free association with others, but certainly not under the kinds of external constraints that came to be called capitalism.

It's the same when you read Jefferson. He lived a half century later, so he saw state capitalism developing, and he despised it, of course. He said it's going to lead to a form of absolutism worse than the one we defended ourselves against. In fact, if you run through this whole period you see a very clear, sharp critique of what we would later call capitalism and certainly of the twentieth century version of it, which is designed to destroy individual, even entrepreneurial capitalism.

There's a side current here which is rarely looked at but which is also quite fascinating. That's the working class literature of the nineteenth century. They didn't read Adam Smith and Wilhelm von Humboldt, but they're saying the same things. Read journals put out by the people called the "factory girls of Lowell," young women in the factories, mechanics, and other working people who were running their own newspapers. It's the same kind of critique. There was a real battle fought by working people in England and the U.S. to defend themselves against what they called the degradation and oppression and violence of the industrial capitalist system, which was not only dehumanizing them but was even radically reducing their intellectual level. So, you go back to the mid-nineteenth century and these so-called "factory girls," young girls working in the Lowell [Massachusetts] mills, were reading serious contemporary literature. They recognized that the point of the system was to turn them into tools who would be manipulated, degraded, kicked around, and so on. And they fought against it bitterly for a long period. That's the history of the rise of capitalism.

The other part of the story is the development of corporations, which is an interesting story in itself. Adam Smith didn't say much about them, but he did criticize the early stages of them. Jefferson lived long enough to see the beginnings, and he was very strongly opposed to them. But the development of corporations really took place in the early twentieth century and very late in the nineteenth century. Originally, corporations existed as a public service. People would get together to build a bridge and they would be incorporated for that purpose by the state. They built the bridge and that's it. They were supposed to have a public interest function. Well into the 1870s, states were removing corporate charters. They were granted by the state. They didn't have any other authority. They were fictions. They were removing corporate charters because they weren't serving a public function. But then you get into the period of the trusts and various efforts to consolidate power that were beginning to be made in the late nineteenth century. It's interesting to look at the literature. The courts didn't really accept it. There were some hints about it. It wasn't until the early twentieth century that courts and lawyers designed a new socioeconomic system. It was never done by legislation. It was done mostly by courts and lawyers and the power they could exercise over individual states. New Jersey was the first state to offer corporations any right they wanted. Of course, all the capital in the country suddenly started to flow to New Jersey, for obvious reasons. Then the other states had to do the same thing just to defend themselves or be wiped out. It's kind of a small-scale globalization. Then the courts and the corporate lawyers came along and created a whole new body of doctrine which gave corporations authority and power that they never had before. If you look at the background of it, it's the same background that led to fascism and Bolshevism. A lot of it was supported by people called progressives, for these reasons: They said, individual rights are gone. We are in a period of corporatization of power, consolidation of power, centralization. That's supposed to be good if you're a progressive, like a Marxist-Leninist. Out of that same background came three major things: fascism, Bolshevism, and corporate tyranny. They all grew out of the same more or less Hegelian roots. It's fairly recent. We think of corporations as immutable, but they were designed. It was a conscious design which worked as Adam Smith said: the principal architects of policy consolidate state power and use it for their interests. It was certainly not popular will. It's basically court decisions and lawyers' decisions, which created a form of private tyranny which is now more massive in many ways than even state tyranny was. These are major parts of modern twentieth century history. The classical liberals would be horrified. They didn't even imagine this. But the smaller things that they saw, they were already horrified about. This would have totally scandalized Adam Smith or Jefferson or anyone like that....

BARSAMIAN: ....You're very patient with people, particularly people who ask the most inane kinds of questions. Is this something you've cultivated?

CHOMSKY: First of all, I'm usually fuming inside, so what you see on the outside isn't necessarily what's inside. But as far as questions, the only thing I ever get irritated about is elite intellectuals, the stuff they do I do find irritating. I shouldn't. I should expect it. But I do find it irritating. But on the other hand, what you're describing as inane questions usually strike me as perfectly honest questions. People have no reason to believe anything other than what they're saying. If you think about where the questioner is coming from, what the person has been exposed to, that's a very rational and intelligent question. It may sound inane from some other point of view, but it's not at all inane from within the framework in which it's being raised. It's usually quite reasonable. So there's nothing to be irritated about.

You may be sorry about the conditions in which the questions arise. The thing to do is to try to help them get out of their intellectual confinement, which is not just accidental, as I mentioned. There are huge efforts that do go into making people, to borrow Adam Smith's phrase, "as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human being to be." A lot of the educational system is designed for that, if you think about it, it's designed for obedience and passivity. From childhood, a lot of it is designed to prevent people from being independent and creative. If you're independent-minded in school, you're probably going to get into trouble very early on. That's not the trait that's being preferred or cultivated. When people live through all this stuff, plus corporate propaganda, plus television, plus the press and the whole mass, the deluge of ideological distortion that goes on, they ask questions that from another point of view are completely reasonable....

BARSAMIAN: At the Mellon lecture that you gave in Chicago... you focused primarily on the ideas of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell [regarding education]...

CHOMSKY: ... These were highly libertarian ideas. Dewey himself comes straight from the American mainstream. People who read what he actually said would now consider him some far-out anti-American lunatic or something. He was expressing mainstream thinking before the ideological system had so grotesquely distorted the tradition. By now, it's unrecognizable. For example, not only did he agree with the whole Enlightenment tradition that, as he put it, "the goal of production is to produce free people," -- "free men," he said, but that's many years ago. That's the goal of production, not to produce commodities. He was a major theorist of democracy. There were many different, conflicting strands of democratic theory, but the one I'm talking about held that democracy requires dissolution of private power. He said as long as there is private control over the economic system, talk about democracy is a joke. Repeating basically Adam Smith, Dewey said, Politics is the shadow that big business casts over society. He said attenuating the shadow doesn't do much. Reforms are still going to leave it tyrannical. Basically, a classical liberal view. His main point was that you can't even talk about democracy until you have democratic control of industry, commerce, banking, everything. That means control by the people who work in the institutions, and the communities.

These are standard libertarian socialist and anarchist ideas which go straight back to the Enlightenment, an outgrowth of the views of the kind that we were talking about before from classical liberalism. Dewey represented these in the modern period, as did Bertrand Russell, from another tradition, but again with roots in the Enlightenment. These were two of the major, if not the two major thinkers, of the twentieth century, whose ideas are about as well known as the real Adam Smith. Which is a sign of how efficient the educational system has been, and the propaganda system, in simply destroying even our awareness of our own immediate intellectual background.

BARSAMIAN: In that same Mellon lecture, you paraphrased Russell on education. You said that he promoted the idea that education is not to be viewed as something like filling a vessel with water, but rather assisting a flower to grow in its own way...

CHOMSKY: That's an eighteenth century idea. I don't know if Russell knew about it or reinvented it, but you read that as standard in early Enlightenment literature. That's the image that was used... Humboldt, the founder of classical liberalism, his view was that education is a matter of laying out a string along which the child will develop, but in its own way. You may do some guiding. That's what serious education would be from kindergarten up through graduate school. You do get it in advanced science, because there's no other way to do it.

But most of the educational system is quite different. Mass education was designed to turn independent farmers into docile, passive tools of production. That was its primary purpose. And don't think people didn't know it. They knew it and they fought against it. There was a lot of resistance to mass education for exactly that reason. It was also understood by the elites. Emerson once said something about how we're educating them to keep them from our throats. If you don't educate them, what we call "education," they're going to take control -- "they" being what Alexander Hamilton called the "great beast," namely the people. The anti-democratic thrust of opinion in what are called democratic societies is really ferocious. And for good reason. Because the freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful to cage it somehow.

On the other hand, there are exceptions, and Dewey and Russell are among those exceptions. But they are completely marginalized and unknown, although everybody sings praises to them, as they do to Adam Smith. What they actually said would be considered intolerable in the autocratic climate of dominant opinion. The totalitarian element of it is quite striking. The very fact that the concept "anti-American" can exist -- forget the way it's used -- exhibits a totalitarian streak that's pretty dramatic. That concept, anti-Americanism -- the only real counterpart to it in the modern world is anti-Sovietism. In the Soviet Union, the worst crime was to be anti-Soviet. That's the hallmark of a totalitarian society, to have concepts like anti-Sovietism or anti-Americanism. Here it's considered quite natural. Books on anti-Americanism, by people who are basically Stalinist clones, are highly respected. That's true of Anglo-American societies, which are strikingly the more democratic societies. I think there's a correlation there...As freedom grows, the need to coerce and control opinion also grows if you want to prevent the great beast from doing something with its freedom....

... Sam Bowles and Herb Gintis, two economists, in their work on the American educational system some years back... pointed out that the educational system is divided into fragments. The part that's directed toward working people and the general population is indeed designed to impose obedience. But the education for elites can't quite do that. It has to allow creativity and independence. Otherwise they won't be able to do their job of making money. You find the same thing in the press. That's why I read the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times and Business Week. They just have to tell the truth. That's a contradiction in the mainstream press, too. Take, say, the New York Times or the Washington Post. They have dual functions and they're contradictory. One function is to subdue the great beast. But another function is to let their audience, which is an elite audience, gain a tolerably realistic picture of what's going on in the world. Otherwise, they won't be able to satisfy their own needs. That's a contradiction that runs right through the educational system as well. It's totally independent of another factor, namely just professional integrity, which a lot of people have: honesty, no matter what the external constraints are. That leads to various complexities. If you really look at the details of how the newspapers work, you find these contradictions and problems playing themselves out in complicated ways....

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I threatened to discontinue this section because so few folks were sending in the books they were enjoying or wanted to tell us about. However, I got two letters asking we continue it and promises to write in. Hey! So we’ll continue. ellen
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This past week I went with two friends to see the movie, "The Great
Debaters" with Denzil Washington acting and directing. This is a story
about a debate team from a small Black College from Texas that goes on
to debate the great Harvard Debate team. This is a history based film
and is very well done. It is both a celebration and very sad at what
the main characters had to endure.

We saw the move at the Esquire in Clifton so I called today to find out
how long the film will be there so I could tell people when I sent out
this email. I was told that the film is only booked until the 17th of
January (today!) and will likely be gone after that due to it
having the poorest attendance of all of the films they have. That is
sad. This is a great movie and I put it on the must see list. Hope
you can go see it before it is gone.
Gwen Marshall

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art4change: Redtree Gallery in Oakley announces the formation of a collaborative community organization, art4change, to catalyze city revitalization through art. One way to catalyze is to partner with schools & orgs to create relationships & inspire freedom through creative expression. For its initial project, Redtree Gallery & art4change ask the community to help collect art supplies for VLT Academy in Over-the-Rhine, with its students in grades K-10. These art supplies will give each child the chance to explore their own creativity. More info including a list of suggested supplies @ 513.321.8733 & www.redtreegallery.net/events.

Miami University Italian-American Film Festival [Wednesdays thru – 30 April @ 7:30 PM]: Curated & presented by Professor Sante Matteo. Free & open to the public. In 102 Benton Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. This venue is a newly refurbished auditorium with very comfortable seating & convenient adjacent parking. It is on the north side of High Street (Route 27 N from Cincinnati) at the intersection of Tallawanda Street. More info & map @ matteos@muohio.edu & www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/campusmap/.
    Jan 23: The Golden Door (Nuovomondo) (2006, Emanuele Crialese)
    Jan 30: Vendetta (1999, Nicholas Meyer)
    Feb 6: Christ in Concrete (1949, Edward Dmytryk)
    Feb 13: Moonstruck (1987, Norman Jewison)
    Feb 20: Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
    Feb 27: Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
    Mar 5: Rocky II (1979, Sylvester Stallone)
    Mar 12: The Son of the Sheik (1926) & “Short Subjects,” with Rudolph Valentino
    Mar 26: Robin & the Seven Hoods (1964, Gordon Douglas, with Frank Sinatra & the Rat Pack)
    Apr 2: Little Caesar (1930, Mervyn LeRoy)
    Apr 9: The Brotherhood (1968, Martin Ritt)
    Apr 16: The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
    Apr 23: Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese)
    Apr 30: The Sopranos (episodes from the TV series, David Chase)

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Free Dance Week [daily thru Monday 21 January]: The Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet announces its annual Free Dance Week. This event presents students in the Tri-state area an opportunity to participate in dance classes free of charge. A wide selection of complimentary (free) classes for all ages & levels of ability will be offered at convenient facilities in Downtown Cincinnati, Blue Ash, & Northern Kentucky. Age 3 thru adult. No prior registration is necessary to participate in Free Dance Week. All students must present a signed release form before taking class (see website). Check out their class selection & age guidelines at their website. Three locations: 1555 Central Parkway, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45214. 11444 Deerfield Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242. 80 Campbell Drive, NKU, Highland Heights, KY 41076. More info @ 513.621.5219 & www.cincinnatiballet.com/html/otto_academy.shtml.

Clean Energy Network Meeting: Sustainable Building Practices [Thursday 17 January @ 6:00-8:30 PM]: Professor of Interior Design, Krista Nutter, ASID, GEO, designed an energy conscious home that was highlighted in the 2007 Solar Tour. Approximately 200 people toured her home as she described the unique features she incorporated including solar PV panels, passive solar design, a rain water catchment system for gray water use, energy efficient appliances & lighting, open floor plan, & a rain garden in development. Come listen to Krista discuss regionally appropriate, sustainable features for residential design. Time will be provided for your specific questions. Free. At Cincinnati State Conference Center, Room HPB 02, 3520 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info & RSVP @ 513.293.3241, solarperiod@mac.com, & www.GreenEnergyOhio.org.

European-American Chamber of Commerce Networking Series [Thursday 17 January @ 5:30-7:30 PM]: Every 3rd Thursday of the month, the EACC invites Cincinnati's business community to visit one of our exciting member companies. Meet the monthly host, tour the facility, mingle & network in a relaxed after-work atmosphere. Drinks & finger food served. January's host is dunnhumbyUSA. The British-Headquartered Consumer Insights company opened its 1st US office in Cincinnati in 2003, & has been growing steadily ever since. Cincinnati is dunnhumbyUSA's headquarters with another office in Atlanta, & offices in NYC & Portland planned for 2008. In 2006 & 2007, Business Courier named dunnhumbyUSA one of the region's Best Places to Work & one of the fastest growing companies in the region. $15 EACC members; $25 non-members. For the 10 event series: $100 EACC members; $150 non-members. At dunnhumbyUSA, 302 West 3rd Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & registration @ 513.852.6510, eacc@europe-cincinnati.com, & www.europe-cincinnati.com.

Meet Mystery Author Sara Paretsky [Thursday 17 January @ 5:30 & 7 PM]: For over 20 years, Sara Paretsky has delighted millions of readers around the world with her mystery series featuring the tough-as-nails Chicago private detective, V.I. Warshawski. The Library offers Paretsky fans the chance to meet the best-selling writer followed by a book signing, starting at 7 PM. Tickets are $8.50 at the Aronoff Center or $10 @ 513.621.2787 & http://cincinnatiarts.org/event_detail.jsp?event_id=805. Receive a signed copy of Paretsky's latest book "Bleeding Kansas," an invitation to a meet & greet reception with the author, & VIP seating at the event; the reception begins at 5:30 PM; tickets are $50; limited number of tickets; reservations @ http://cincinnatiarts.org/event_detail.jsp?event_id=805; all proceeds benefit The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Foundation. Both events are at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.369.6945, phyllis.hegner@cincinnatilibrary.org, & www.cincinnatilibrary.org/news/2007/paretsky.html.

Sustainable Cincinnati Workshop [Thursday-Saturday 17-19 January]: The purpose is to teach a new paradigm in dealing with urban & suburban environmental, occupational, & social problems by integrating science & technology with the social sciences & applying them to sustainable development of the Greater Cincinnati Community. Aiming for a Triple Bottom Line: Economic Development, Environmental Protection, & Solving Social Problems. Dr. Vlasta Molak will lead this seminar-retreat to discuss sustainable development & re-development. Other faculty will include Tom Dunn (Design Architect with Dunn & Titus, PSC) & Mike Fremont (Founder of Rivers Unlimited; www.riversunlimited.org). The workshop begins with a dinner @ 6 PM on Thursday & ends after the final session @ 5 PM on Saturday. Designed for the Cincinnati City Council, Hamilton County Commissioners, members of the Cincinnati, Hamilton County, & Northern Kentucky business community & developers, & citizens interested in the relationship between development & the community’s environment. $360 registration before 9 January includes meals & drinks, manual, & t-shirt; $410 thereafter; limited to 25 participants. Sponsored by Gaia Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit org dedicated to promoting sustainable development of communities & environments to improve quality of life. Dr. Molak has taught environmental risk analysis in Brazil, Russia, Japan, Nepal, India, Czech Republic, & Croatia, & was editor & contributor to "Fundamentals of Risk Analysis & Risk Management" & "A Comprehensive Approach to Problems With Oil Spills in Marine Environments: The Alaska Story : Proceedings of the Alaska Story, a Workshop." At the Gaia Feast & Sustainable Living Center, 806 Plum Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.521.9321, DrMolak@gmail.com, & www.GaiaFoundation.net.

Man on the Train [Friday 18 January @ 7 PM]: In the 4th in the French Film Series, "notorious criminal Milan (Johnny Hallyday) is sent to a small French town to knock off the local bank. With plans to make & no place to stay, he accepts a retired school teacher's (Jean Rochefort) offer of shelter. By chance they glimpse how their lives might have turned out different if they were in one another's shoes." In French with English subtitles; 90 min; 2002. Co-sponsored by the NKU Department of Literature & Language, & the Alliance Française of Cincinnati. At NKU University Center Room 102 (Budig Auditorium), Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099. More info @ 513.389.9100, afpostmaster@france-cincinnati.com, & www.france-cincinnati.com.

Africa Culture Fest 2008 [Saturday-Monday 19-21 January @ 11 AM - 5 PM]: The 23rd annual African Culture Fest will reflect the diversity of African cultures. Featuring live performances by artists from South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, & Senegal. An African village highlighting Africa’s cultural diversity; purchase authentic goods from a bustling African marketplace; watch exciting performances by some of Cincinnati’s finest African drummers & dancers, wide selection of music & art; enjoy storytelling & activities for the kids. On the last day, Monday 21 January, the New York dance company, Wideman/Davis Dance, will perform a short sampling from The Bends of Life. A snapshot of American history as lived in the African-American community of Gees Bend, AL, noted for the artistry of their quilts, this production will be presented in its entirety by Cincinnati Contemporary Dance Theater the following weekend at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater. African Culture Fest is part of the Passport to the World Series featuring Latin American Culture Fest, Appalachian Culture Fest, Celtic Lands Culture Fest, & Asian Culture Fest. Passport to the World is sponsored by Cincinnati CityBeat & WVXU 91.7 FM. At Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203. More info @ 513.287.7000 & www.cincymuseum.org.

Homegrown Permaculture [Saturday 19 January @ 1-5 PM]: Grailville will present a workshop for homeowners & renters on Permaculture design; sure to cure cabin fever. Permaculture is a way of designing systems for sustainable living developed in Australia by Bill Mollison & David Holmgren based on their experience with traditional knowledge, science, & common sense, applied to living with & in ecological systems. It teaches people better care for themselves & each other by working with ecological cycles & energy flows. Led by trained Permaculture practitioners, the workshop is designed to provide: answers to design questions; simple & effective ideas & resource info to apply to your living situation; hands-on activities teaching Permaculture techniques. Reservations required; registration is $50; limited scholarships available. At Grailville, 932 O’Bannonville Road, Loveland OH 45140. More info @ 513.683.2340, ml.grailville@fuse.net, & www.grailville.org.

Watercolor for the Truly Terrified & Paint Avoidant [Saturday 19 January @ 9:30 am - Noon]: Marion Corbin-Mayer invites you to come play around with paint & paper. No experience required or expected. $25; supplies included. Reservations required. At Creative Catalysts, #231 Essex Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.

African Drum & Dance Classes [weekly on Saturdays starting 19 January @ Noon-2 PM]: ballet tech cincinnati will host new West Indian African Drum & Dance classes that will focus on rhythms from Nigerian & other West African traditions. The 1-hour African Drum class will present authentic rhythms, teach correct hand techniques, & provide cultural history behind the rhythms, exposing students to a wide variety of traditional Nigerian & African drums & playing styles. A 1-hour African Dance class will follow. Both classes are led by Adeleke Onanuga, a 16-year veteran of the National Troupe of Nigeria. Drum class is $10 per session; dance class is $10 per session; both classes are $15. At ballet tech cincinnati Kennedy Heights World Headquarters, 6543 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513.307.6365, marvel@ballettechcincinnati.org, www.ballettechcincinnati.org, & http://dugombas.com.

Sunday Jazz Jam Sessions [3rd Sunday of each month starting 20 January @ 6-9 PM]: ballet tech cincinnati will host monthly Jazz Jam Sessions, a unique opportunity for jazz musicians of all ages & skills to perform or observe skilled jazz musicians in action, & for music lovers to enjoy great jazz from a variety of performers in a relaxed, no smoking/no alcohol atmosphere. The House Band will provide keyboard, drum set, amplifiers, mikes, & a rhythm section for sit-in musicians. Admission is $5. Soft drinks, juices, & snacks available for purchase. At ballet tech cincinnati Kennedy Heights World Headquarters, 6543 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513.841.2822, marvel@ballettechcincinnati.org, & www.ballettechcincinnati.org.

Be Organized in 2008 [Tuesday 22 January & the 4th Tuesday of each month @ 6:30-8:30 PM]: Do you wish you were more organized in some area of your life? Whether you simply want to conquer your desk, a room in your home, or your life in general, investing in this monthly coaching circle can help you stay on target in 2008. Circle begins January 22, to occur on the Tuesday of each month, presented by Marion Corbin-Mayer & Polly Giblin. $30 per session, series of 6 for $150 (save $30); reservations & $15 deposit required. At Creative Catalysts, #231 Essex Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.

Using Documentary Film for Social Change [Wednesday 23 January @ 6 PM]: Documentary filmmaker Barbara Wolf will close her film exhibit at Media Bridges (see Ongoing Tri-State Treasures below) by sharing her experiences in using documentary film to foster social change in the community. Using examples from her works created with local & regional agencies, Barbara will discuss the strengths of using documentaries to reach your organization's goals. Barbara has edited 3 video pieces for the Sierra Club; each resulted in environmental improvements in the greater Cincinnati area. Free. Sponsored by Media Bridges. At Media Bridges, 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.651.4171 & sara@mediabridges.org.

Conscious Choice Cinema Premiers with "One: The Movie" [Wednesday 23 January @ 7 PM]: Conscious Choice Cinema is part of the new film series in the Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center. "In a divided post 9-11 world, first-time filmmaker Ward Powers asks life's ultimate questions of world renowned spiritual leaders and ordinary people. ONE: The Movie weaves the diverse answers, exploring topics of war and peace, fear and love, suffering, god, life after death, and the ultimate meaning of life. The answers reflect global diversity, while emphasizing the oneness of humanity." ~ IMDb. Tickets are $10. In the Otto M. Budig Theatre, the Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.7885, Silvorwing@aol.com, & www.ConsciousChoiceCinema.com.

Deathtrap [Thursday 24 January – Sunday 10 February @ 2 & 8 PM]: Sidney is a famous writer of murder-mystery thrillers suffers a string of failures & shortage of funds. Upon receiving a hit-script from his student, Sidney proposes to collaborate to perfect the play for 50% of the royalties. The young writer fails to realize his imminent mortality when he refuses the deal. Come & scream a little; it's good for you. Written by Ira Lewin. Tickets are $19 for seniors & students; $21 for adults. At Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue, West Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH 45238. More info, dates & times, & tix @ 513.241.6550, jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com, & www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.

Body of Work: The Human Form in Contemporary Art - Opening Reception [Friday 25 January @ 6-9 PM]: The human form has been central to artwork long before it was called "art." Artists have found infinite ways to provide forms of self-reflection to society. Body of Work invited artists to submit works in any medium or genre that investigate or incorporate the human form. Manifest received over 450 entries, from purely academic anatomical figure drawings, to conceptual & less-obvious interpretations. The exhibit includes 17 works by 12 artists from 8 states & the UK, expressed in painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, & printmaking. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit thru Friday 22 February. At 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.

Appetite & Consumption - Opening Reception [Friday 25 January @ 6-9 PM]: Manifest Gallery presents a solo exhibit of large-scale works on paper by Kelly Jo Asbury. An intimate drawing room experience of larger than life scale, this exhibit will present works which the artist states are intended to arouse & discomfort the viewer by means of subtly familiar imagery & suggestions of sensuality. The artist writes: "These paintings/drawings explore our primordial link to water & our relentless search for one another... The use of symbolic references to water, metamorphosis & adaptation are linked conceptually to... amphibians through various cultural views (especially Mayan) of fertility, growth & birth." Refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs thru Friday 22 February. At 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.

Day of Dialogue on Healthcare [Saturday 26 January @ 9 AM - Noon]: Begin with a panel sharing a variety of opinions & then move into facilitated groups of 6-8 people. The goal is to create an environment where people with different views can listen & be listened to, true learning & civil discourse. Panelists will facilitate discussion on experiences with the healthcare system & what can be done to make it better. Panelists: Peg Halpin (county employee with insurance experiencing financial hardship with healthcare costs); Dr. Molly Katz (active in American Medical Association, supports universal coverage, opposes Single Payer); Col Owens (member of Governor Strickland's health care task force); Bob Park (with Single Payer Action Network); & Matt Williams (VP of External Relations at Catholic Healthcare Partners). Health Care is the 1st dialogue in a 6-part series entitled Issues 2008: What's At Stake? Future dialogues include Economic Development (March 15), Education (May 17), Immigration (July 19), Campaign Finance Reform (September 27), & Foreign Policy (October 25). Sponsored by Intercommunity Justice & Peace Center. Reservations requested. At the First Unitarian Church, 536 Linton Road, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info & RSVP @ 513.579.8547, kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org, & www.ijpc-cincinnati.org.

Cinema Carnegie Premiers with "Rain Man" [Saturday & Wednesday 26 & 30 January @ 7:30 PM]: Cinema Carnegie is a new film series at The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center featuring the best in independent films, documentaries, short films, art house films, repertory classics, & films with local connections (filmed locally, filmmakers with community ties, etc.). Combining the majesty of America’s grand movie palaces with a surprising intimacy that enhances the detail & nuance of film, the beautifully restored Otto M. Budig Theatre at The Carnegie is Northern Kentucky’s premier venue for captivating cinematic experiences. Cinema Carnegie is on the final Saturday & following Wednesday of every month, with cocktails, movies, & conversations with filmmakers. Cinema Carnegie premiers with "Rain Man," featuring Tom Cruise & Dustin Hoffman as unlikely brothers traveling cross country. This 1988 classic won 4 Academy Awards including “Best Picture” & was partly filmed in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, including a scene at Newport’s Pompilio’s restaurant. $8 admission. At the Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.2030 & www.thecarnegie.com.

Reiki 1 & 2 [Saturday-Sunday 26-27 January @ 9 AM - 5 PM]: Marion Corbin-Mayer, MA/RMT, will help you learn this Japanese relaxation & stress reduction technique. 8.5 CNE per class. Lecture, attunement & lots of practice. Certificate awarded at the end of each day. Reiki 2 includes symbols & distance healing techniques. Reiki 1 = $127; Reiki 2 = $175. Reservations & $50 deposit required for each level; $275 for both if paid in full by 10 January. At Creative Catalysts, #231 Essex Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.

Seeking Refuge: German Jewish Refugees in South Africa, 1933-1945 [Sunday 27 January @ 2 PM]: In observance of the United Nations Day of Holocaust Remembrance, The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education (CHHE) will host a special lecture "Seeking Refuge: German Jewish Refugees in South Africa, 1933-1945," featuring CHHE Director of Education, Lotta Stone. Her presentation focuses on her dissertation research, which sheds new light into the lives & experiences of roughly 6,000 German & Austrian Jews who found asylum in South Africa during the Holocaust. Additionally, CHHE opens its newest, original exhibition, "The Tehran Children," highlighting the 1942 passage of nearly 900 Polish-Jewish children to Tehran, Iran. Local jeweler, Aaron Rubenstein, who was one of these lucky children, is featured in the exhibit & will be present as guest of honor to share his experiences. Free. At Mayerson Auditorium, Hebrew Union College, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ 513-487-3055, chhe@huc.edu, & www.holocaustandhumanity.org.

Dancing with Gods & Goddesses [Mondays 28 January - 18 February @ 6:30-8:00 PM]: Fanchon Shur (dancer/choreographer), Dr. Susan Crew (psychologist/diviner), & Bonia Shur (composer), will join together to allow an ancient sacred myth to come alive in participants. Explore "The Disobedience Of The Daughter Of The Sun: A Mayan Tale of Ecstasy, Time & Finding One's True Form" written by Martin Prechtel. This myth awakens creative powers & sheds brilliant light on relationships. Get your book & read about the myth (not the analysis) before the class begins. Each class will be fueled with live music (piano, guitar & drums) performed by Bonia Shur & additional musicians. Four sessions for $240 recommended; please pay what is right for you. At Growth In Motion, Inc., 4019 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info, registration, & copy of book @ 513.221.3222, fanchon@growthinmotion.org, & fanchon@growthinmotion.org.

French-US Relations Under New French President Nicolas Sarkozy [Tuesday 29 January @ 4:30-6:30 PM]: The French-American Chamber of Commerce presents a cocktail reception & two lectures on France under its new leadership. Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere (Consul General of France in Chicago) will present the official views of the French-US relations under France’s newly elected President, Nicolas Sarkozy. Gary M. Shubert (member of the Bars of New York & Paris & of the Board of Directors of the French American Chamber of Commerce) will share observations of the economic impact of the new government’s programs & projects on businesses. Cocktail meeting. $25 EACC member, $35 non-member, $50 at the door (space permitting); includes wine & light hors-d’oeuvres. At Twist, the new lounge by Jean-Robert, 127 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & registration @ 513-852-6510, eacc@europe-cincinnati.com, & www.europe-cincinnati.com.

Cycle of Violence Forum [Tuesday 29 January @ 6 PM]: Help to seek an end to the cycle of community & family violence & begin the Cycle of Peace. Keynote speaker Dr. Deborah Prothrow Stith, Dean of Harvard’s School of Public Health will present her strategies that have been implemented in Boston & Chicago to successfully reduce & prevent violence. Local community panelists will respond to her presentation & answer audience questions. Sponsored by the YWCA Family Violence Prevention Project & University of Cincinnati. Event is free; suggested $10 donation. At Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info & RSVP @ 513.361.2141, abetas@ywcacin.org, & www.embracehope.org.

Diva [Tuesday-Wednesday 29-30 January @ 7 PM]: "Young Parisian mail courier is content with his bohemian lifestyle, his circle of friends & listening to opera, particularly one exceptional American diva who refuses to be recorded. So enamored with her, he makes an illegal tape of her at a concert. But when the tape is confused with one implicating a police chief with the mob, he must use all his ingenuity to survive. Particularly notable for its stylish New-Wave production values & extended motorcycle chase scene." ~ Stewart M. Clamen. First released in 1981, enjoy this unique & exciting thriller, full of comedy, romance, opera & murder with a new 35mm print, sound track, translation & subtitles. Winner of 4 Césars: Best 1st Film, Best Cinematography, Best Music, & Best Sound. Discussion after film. Tickets are $7 & $9. Presented by Cincinnati World Cinema. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info & tix @ 859.781.8151, WorldCinema@fuse.net, http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19820101/REVIEWS/201010318/1023, & www.cincyworldcinema.org.

Ongoing Tri-State Treasures

Manifest Offers 4 Drawing Classes [winter months]: Classical Drawing in a Contemporary World instructed by Constance McClure; classes begin Monday 14 January & Saturday 19 January (2 sections open). About Face: Approaches to Portraiture is instructed by Tim Parsley; class begins Sunday 20 January. Open Figure Sessions; 3 sessions: Tuesday & Wednesday evenings & Saturday mornings; sessions begin Tuesday 8 January. Open Critique Sessions; Thursday evenings; sessions begin 10 January. More info about all classes @ 513.861.3638 & manifest@manifestgallery.org, & http://www.manifestgallery.org/studio.

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.

Art Opening at Redtree Gallery [thru Saturday 2 February]: An exhibition of "Beloved:" paintings & assemblages by local artists Jennifer Bortz Schneider & Janet Zack. Live music, wine, & cheese. At Redtree Art Gallery, 4409 Brazee Street, Oakley, OH 45209. More info @ 513-321-8733, mbusch@redtreegallery.net, & www.redtreegallery.net.

Julian's Stanczak Exhibition [thru 11 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.

Don Nesbitt Photo Exhibition Opening Reception [thru 15 February]: Creative photographs of Don Nesbitt, who prefers the old Black & White wet process for developing his photos. Special musical guests will provide entertainment. Free admission; donations to the Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House are appreciated. Sponsored by Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe. At the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, 2950 Gilbert Avenue @ Martin Luther King Drive, Walnut Hills, Cinicnnati, OH 45206. Off street parking available. More info @ 513.221.4586, 513.751.0651, & maloneap@att.net.

Endangered Cincinnati: Can These Buildings Be Saved? [thru Friday 22 February]: This exhibit by Cincinnati Preservation Association & Betts House Research Center focuses on endangered landmarks, their importance, & what can be done to save them. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.721.7275, dan@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.

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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