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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 5/21//08
Mary Biehn, Bob Witanowski, Ginger Lee Frank, Mr. G., Derek Lester, Jeanne , Paul V , Ellen Bierhorst, Mira Rodwan,
Preamble read by: Paul
Reading around the table, Bill Moyers on Democracy; http://current.com/items/88963684_moyers_democracy_in_america_is_a_series_of_narrow_escapes_and_we_may_be_running_out_of_luck
... We believe in Democracy publically, but not privately. We don’t think government can control corporate power...
There is a class war and ordinary people are loosing it... Constitution dangerously close to the valley of death... Assault on nature of coal mining tearing off the tops of mountains ... Stock market speculative bubbles ... Government are the puppets of the speculators. Only the rich can run for office... Real wages lag behind prices ... Exporting jobs .. Shrinking middle class ... Huge inheritances go untouched ... The rich get richer ... Democracy cannot survive when the gulf between rich and poor is too large ... Government become the enabler of privilege. ... Radical idea that people could govern themselves wisely. ... Journalists are not free; news organizations are owned by corp. power. “News” has become entertainment; more emphasis on scandal...
Announcements:
Mira: new book “Plan B 3.0” by Lester Brown. Spokesperson for saving the planet. Provides a map for saving the planet and civilization. $16.95.
Bob: McCain is coming out for control of Corporate power. ... Laws of Incentives to help non-petro energy companies are not being passed. ... Small group of controllers are making huge profit, as in the “gasahol” subsidy. Turns out the pollution and the use of water add up to gasahol being bad for the environment.
Mira: the farm bill; Bush threatening to veto. The old rules pay farmers to not produce.
Derek when the Dec. of Independence was signed 55% of Americans were farmers. ... The money the sec’y of agriculture has to spend is more money than the entire Pentagon. The Farm Bill is larger in dollars than any other.
Bob: the Dept of Ag. Also controls the forest management.
Ginger: “Public Citizen” ... A pollution control bill has been so pork barreled and messed up it should be scrapped.
Bob: 160 billion spent by military on gas. Wall St. Journal today. Now making jet fuel out of coal; a highly polluting process. ... China is stockpiling oil.
Derek bush announced we have stopped stockpiling oil...
Bob there is plenty of oil under the North Pole ice cap.
Mary ... Methane balls.
Bob China and India are the second and third larges oil users in the world now.
Ginger our fuel economy standards in proposed laws are lower than any others in the world. 35 mpg by 2015. In Europe it has to be 47-52 mpg by 2020.
Ellen What about the primary yesterday?
... Looks like she is not going to be the nominee. ... Many Democrat feminists saying they would vote for McCain over Obama.
Paul Reason?
Jeanne There are also Obama supporters who say they won’t vote for Hillary.
Derek Clinton and McCain both seem similar; centrists.
Mira both younger and older feminists women point to many times Hilary has been excoriated for being a woman. Like the Hillary doll nut cracker. The way press and interviewers have treated her. They are impressed with her handling it.
Ginger a reason the women are saying they won’t vote for Obama has to do with this; angry at the misogyny.
Ellen Do we believe that Clinton’s win in KY is because of racism?
Derek most of the people I have met in KY are proud to be racist. (Controversy over this at the table!)
... The illegal immigration controversy ....
...Ginger: When the waterworks publishes data on pollutants in our water they never mention radiation levels. I have written and asked, but never gotten a reply.
... Was adopted ... Finding my biological mother. (Moving story.) It was not an Opra Moment.
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
Chance on a Free Dinner
Mechanism to Donate for Burma Relief
From Jim Kesner, our Tri-State Treasures publisher and a great guy. Ellen.
Dear Friends,
Cyclone Nargis swept across Myanmar/Burma on May 2 and 3, triggering a huge tidal wave that left up to 100,000 people dead or missing. The area's hardest hit are the Delta and Rangoon/Yangon regions. The devastation and death that was caused by nature nearly 2 weeks ago continues to be exacerbated by the government's policies that make it difficult or impossible for emergency rescue organizations to get food, goods and funds to the people who are the victims. Food is scarce and the cost of food has increasing more than 100-fold. The few relief supplies accepted by the Myanmar government are being kept or sold by military to the people. There is great risk that disease will spread widely.
One of our friends and coworkers in Cincinnati is from Burma. Marida Gingras' parents live in Rangoon and her relatives live in the most heavily decimated region of the Delta. Her parents own one of the few water pumps and sources of potable water in their neighborhood, but must buy gasoline (now extremely expensive) to work the water pump for themselves and their neighborhood. Marida's sisters stood in line to buy nails to fix their house; rations are 15 nails per household; the nails sold out before her sisters could get any. Marida's relatives are humble rice farmers in the Delta. They own one of the few rice mills, which was handmade. The mill and their homes were undoubtedly destroyed.
We have the opportunity to donate funds through Marida, who will forward the funds directly to her family in Rangoon thru a legal bank account. The family will use and distribute these funds for the benefit of the family and the families living around them in Rangoon and the Delta. This is an opportunity to help Marida's family and many more Burmese people, by circumventing the political barriers.
Please make out checks to "CIFCU" (Cincinnati Interagency Federal Credit Union). Write "Burma Fund" and the account number "9377" on the check. Mail checks as soon as possible to:
CIFCU
26 West M.L. King Drive, G4
Cincinnati, OH 45220
More info from Jim Kesner @ jkesner@nuvox.net, CIFCU @ 513.569.7878 and many websites such as www.alertnet.org, www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK134146.htm & www.usaid.gov/locations/asia/countries/burma/cyclone_nargis/.
Thank you for your consideration of our request.
Jim Kesner
SHATTERED MYTHS... THE REAL COST OF WAR
AN Exhibit by local artists, some of international renown
At Kennedy Heights Community Center on Montgomery Rd.
21 Artists contemplate the actual cost of war. Kennedy Heights Arts Center, N of Ridge on Montgomery Rd. Reception Sat 5/24 6 – 9 pm. Artists’ talk at 7. Gallery open Tuesdays, Thurs, and Saturdays, Through June. Exhibitors include Gregory Thorp, Sr. Alice Gerdeman, ... 631 4278.
Amputated limbs grim reminders of losses from war
The far reaching devastation and suffering caused by the horrors of war will be illustrated in a museum exhibit scheduled to run from Saturday, May 24, through Saturday, June 14, at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center in Cincinnati.
On display will be a representation of the many hands, arms, legs, and feet rendered useless for American service men and women who have participated in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since our country became involved in the hostilities in other Middle-Eastern countries.
The exhibit is the brainchild of a consortium of artists led by veteran photographer Gordon Baer, 67, Cincinnati. "I have brought together 12 of the region's finest artists who are each interpreting the enormous human and financial cost of the current war in their own way. All of the art will come together in the Kennedy Heights Arts Center exhibition," Baer said.
Gershon Gurin-Podlish, of Florence, Mass., a sculptor and one-time employee of a prosthetic lab, is putting the main exhibit together. It is made up of a mass of "severed limbs". Baer, Gurin-Podlish and others involved with the project envision this as a means of speaking both to and on-behalf of war veterans in much the same way as the Vietnam Wall in the Vietnam War. They note, however, that while those whose names are on the Wall never got to view their memorial, those who have lost limbs in the present conflict can actually take in the exhibit themselves.
Baer notes that the idea for the project grew out of a conversation he had with a friend. Dr. Saad Ghosn, director of pathology at Cincinnati's Veterans Hospital, in Bear's home. Baer was quick to voice his feeling that he would like to use the project to end the war. "We're both interested in peace and justice and were alarmed by the ongoing was which is destroying so many lives," Ghosen said. The idea of spotlighting the amputations helps to put a face on the war and its horrors, he said.
Soon many additional people became involved as the project grew. Baer and a small group of interested friends, some artists, met several times at restaurants to work out a concept of what they desired to do.
Once it was decided to create the museum exhibit certain costs arose, R.J. Rosenberg, an orthotics maker, made a number of needed tools available at extremely affordable prices, and made available over 2,000 rolls of plaster cast tape that is being used in creating the exhibit. A number of supporters donated to the Kennedy Heights Center, a non-profit agency, through which donations to offset costs of the exhibit costs were funneled.
One donor, Michael Bolin, an electric engineer, said, "I feel honored to be able to give to this project. I feel the war has gone on too long. I think the world changes at the grass roots anyway."
Other photographer such as Michael Kearns and Melvin Grier will have their work in the exhibit and Julius Friedman, Louisville, the world-renowned graphic designer, will design his own poster for the exhibit. Friedman has also been contracted by Baer to create a poster that will display the theme of the exhibit. The work of editorial cartoonist James Borgman will be on display as well.
Gurin-Podlish began putting the exhibit together in his Massachusetts apartment, but soon found the size of the project too big for the space available. He loaded all the limbs, mannequins, and gauze into a U-haul truck and brought it to downtown Cincinnati. Where Harvey Camins, the owner of the studio, furnished us with enough additional space to one day soon bring the project to completion.
A family from Nepal, who recently fled to Ohio from their native land to get away from oppression, is helping get the exhibit ready. Seroj Tamrakar, his wife and two young daughters are pitching in and refusing pay because they believe in what the artists are doing. "I believe the war is wrong, and one way to fight for peace is by doing what I'm doing right now. When I'm putting these casts together, I really feel good about it," said nine-year-old Sunanda Tamrakar. A second family that just arrived from Nepal has also decided to help on this project.
Ellen Muse-Lindeman, Executive director of the Kennedy Heights Arts Center, notes that the building that houses the Art Center was originally the mansion of the community's first mayor, Louis Kennedy, and later served as a funeral home. It sat empty for several years, but was bought by community citizens and turned into the arts center to save historic buildings from becoming the site for a self-storage facility. Baer said that high school students will be available to take exhibit visitors through the exhibit in wheels chairs, if they so desire, so as to give them the feel of being handicapped. One room will look like a living room with a television playing scenes from the Middle Eastern war in the same manner that scenes from Vietnam horrified Americans.
"Every time I make one of these casts I consider it a memorial to someone who lost a limb to war," said Gurin-Podlish. "I had an uncle who stepped on a mine and lost a leg in Italy in World War II. So, I feel we're making a memorial to those who lost limbs in all wars."
THE IJPC (ALICE GERDEMAN) HOSTS PEACE DIALOGUE
OPPORTUNITY TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE, ACTIVE LISTENING, PEACE, & RESPECT IN GREATER CINCINNATI and NORTHERN KENTUCKY
Join us for an interactive, experiential dialogue facilitator training on Saturday, May 24th from 9am-12:30pm at Northern Kentucky University in Room 211 in Founders Hall . It will be a great experience for enhancing facilitation skills, active listening skills, and constructive inquiry skills that can be used in the classroom, in the home, and in the community.
WHAT IS A DAY OF DIALOGUE?
The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) began offering Days of Dialogue as a way to bring together people with different points of view and model how respectful dialogue can and must take place on polarizing issues in order for us to move forward as a country. IJPC began offering the days in February of 2006 and has offered six large public dialogues since. Each has been well received. We are currently working on a Day of Dialogue on Immigration.
MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE DAY OF DIALOGUE PROJECT IS:
*To create, offer, and facilitate experiences of learning about how
to really listen to others whose opinions differ on significant social
issues. We are here to promote civil discourse, to stimulate critical
thinking, to create an opportunity where people can talk with others who
differ, feel safe, and comfortable doing so, and learn from them.
STRUCTURE OF DIALOGUES:
Each dialogue has a large group component as well as a small group
process where people break into groups of 6-8 people for a facilitated
dialogue. A hallmark of the small group experience is that participants
are asked to first paraphrase or capture the essence of another
participant's viewpoint before sharing their own perspective. The
process promotes active listening, respect, and understanding. Over
the course of a year of dialogues the small group process has evolved to
include offering models and ways that people can inquire about
perspectives they may disagree with in a constructive fashion that
maintains a spirit of openness and curiosity.
FACILITATOR TRAINING:
The success of any small group dialogue relies on the presence of
skilled facilitators. To that end we are offering a *Day of Dialogue
Facilitator Training on Saturday, May 24th from 9am to 12:30
p.m at NKU in 211 in Founders Hall. There is free parking.
The training will be very interactive and experiential. It will
cover the small group process in its entirety and also answer any
questions/ concerns you may have. It will be a great experience for
enhancing facilitation skills, active listening skills, and constructive inquiry skills.
Space is limited! RSVP to Kristen at 513-579-8547 or email kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE MONDAY 5/26, CLIFTON
Cliftonites (and all salon Weekly readers) : (this is just the sweetest family parade! Band, with yours truly on piccolo. Ellen)
It is time once again for the unofficial start of summer in Clifton: The Annual Memorial Day Parade sponsored by Clifton Town Meeting.
The Parade takes place on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2008, at 11:00 A.M. Assembly begins at 10:30. Parade starts at the intersection of Middleton and McAlpin Aves; and proceeds north on Middleton and west on Lafayette to Mt. Storm Park, where a ceremony and band concert will take place. (I recommend you park on Middleton Court or Lafayette before 10:45 and stand near the corner of Middleton and Lafayette.Ellen)
Food and drinks will be sold to benefit the Clifton Beautification Fund, and there will be more music at Mt. Storm Park.
The event is free and open to everyone. For more information call Jack Brand 513-325-2027; or visit the Clifton Town Meeting website at www.cliftoncommunity.org <http://www.cliftoncommunity.org/> .
This is a great opportunity to get reacquainted with your Clifton friends and neighbors after a long and dreary winter.
Please pass the word to other members of the Clifton community.
This News is brought to you by the Clifton Town Meeting, your neighborhood community council. Please visit us at www.cliftoncommunity.org.
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Vipassana Meditation Instruction
Sunday June 1
on 4/6/08 9:37 PM, CLAUDIA BERNARD at peace9549@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Dear Friends,Claudia Bernard
We had our 4th lovely day of meditation here today, including a delicious lunch and warm, sunny weather!
Our next meditation day is Sunday, June 1, 9:30-3:30 at Claudia's in Bainbridge, Ohio, about 1 1/2 hours east of Cincinnati. All are welcome! Please let me know by Thursday, May 29, that you will be joining us, so I have plenty of food and space.
Joan Staubach will continue as our teacher, continuing with her lighthearted guidance, and information about skillful meditation. Our day is appropriate for meditators of any experience, as we are all beginners.
There is no charge for our day of meditation because the teachings are priceless. Traditionally, we offer our teacher a financial gift to support her continued study and teaching expenses. Whatever amount is right for you, is the right amount.
May we all be happy and healthy! Claudia
Your body knows...let's listen!
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Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com> wrote:
Interesting! Who is Joan Staubach? I know a Steve Staubach. E.
Dear Ellen,
Joan is our local Vipassana meditation teacher, and has been active and President of TriState Dharma for several years. She is an excellent teacher, teaches several retreats every year. She is from a large family locally. I haven't heard her brothers' names. Would you like to contact her? Claudia
Mark your calendars for June 6th & 7th Choreographers Festival at the Aronoff Center Growth In Motion Director, Fanchon Shur and Karen Wissel (co- choreographers) will be performing Primordial Round, an original dance work. Primordial Round is a kinesthetic and instrumental fusion of extreme passion. The spiraling vine meets the breaking branch. Kol Nidrei, as arranged by Bonia Shur for solo viola,the ancient melody sung on the Day of Atonement is filled with tensions and releases mirroring our encounter with our destiny. For more information about this event click here <http://cdt-dance.org/choreofest08> .
Thank you,
Fanchon Shur
JUNE 28-29
Taking Torture to TASSC
Following UN Torture Abolition Day there will be a 24 hour vigil sponsored by Torture Abolition Survivor Support Coalition opposite the White House, on Saturday 28 to Sunday, June 29; Washington, D.C.
As our nation struggles with the realization of our complicity in the use of torture for political purposes, sisters of the Ursuline Society are inviting friends and concerned citizens to join us in peaceful public protest.
Inspired by the experience of Ursuline Sister Dianna Ortiz, who founded a Center for receiving other torture survivors, we choose to witness to the injustice of these practices, to state our moral outrage, and to demand a change of national policy.
Sister Dianna, founder of TASSC, in her book, The Blindfold's Eye, recounts her experience of torture as well as her effort to work with the US government in identifying the details of her case.
Google TASSC for information on this ministry.
Contact Sr. Pat Brockman for details on this venture at 513.541.4559,or pcbrockman@gmail.com.
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Areas of particular interest: 12 Step Program support; Family and Relationship issues; Young Adult Issues; Senior Adult Issues; Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered Issues, Holistic Wellness (body/mind/spirit approach), Clinical Hypnosis, EMDR,
Pure Movement Classes at Growth In Motion
When: Mondays at 6:30pm and Wednesdays at 9:30am
Where: Growth In Motion Studios 4019 Red Bud Ave, Cinti OH 45229
Cost: $20 per class or $48 for 4 classes FIRST CLASS IS FREE FOR NEW STUDENTS!!
Spring is finally here! Refresh, renew and reenergize your body and mind from the grey and bleak winter that we have endured. Come to Spring Pure Movement classes with master teacher Fanchon Shur!
Fanchon, guides students to a sense of freedom, strength, flexibility and expression. Classes offer personal attention to individual alignment for authentic creativity.
More Info: (513)221-3222 or fanchon@growthinmotion.org, www.growthinmotion.org <http://www.growthinmotion.org>
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 She is excellent! Only three of us. Come join us. Raise the chi, warm yourself up. Come summer, will relocate back to Burnet Woods. ellen
DOROTEA VISMARA HOFFMAN (Weekly lurker, fabulous Clifton musician) again organizes summer all-ages music program:
Summer music program Accent 08
announces stellar faculty
Now in its 7th year and following an exciting 8-city tour of Italy last summer, Accent 08 will run from June 15 – 21. An intensive week of master classes, coaching, and performances for students as young as 12 through the undergraduate and graduate levels at college, Accent 08 is under the direction of Dorotea Vismara Hoffman. Guest faculty this year will include
Neal Gittleman, conductor (Dayton Philharmonic)
Timothy Munro, flute (eighth blackbird)
Mark Ostoich, oboe (CCM)
Michael Maccaferri, clarinet (eighth blackbird)
Karen Schneider, horn (CBO)
Philip Collins, trumpet (CSO)
James Culley, percussion (CCM)
Matthew Duvall, percussion (eighth blackbird)
Michael Chertock, piano (CCM)
Lisa Kaplan, piano (eighth blackbird)
Frances Karp, piano (concert artist)
Howard Karp, piano (University of Wisconsin)
Rodney Stucky, guitar (CCM)
Alison Acord, voice (MU)
Duccio Ceccanti, violin ContempoArtEnsemble
Timothy Lees, violin (CSO concertmaster)
Kypros Markou violin, conductor (Wayne State University)
Jennifer Roig-Francoli violin (Apollo's Fire)
Matt Albert, violin and viola (eighth blackbird)
Dorotea Vismara Hoffman, viola (CCO)
Deborah Price viola (The Chamber Music Connection)
Vittorio Ceccanti cello (ContempoArtEnsemble)
Parry Karp cello (university of Wisconsin)
Nicholas Photinos cello (eighth blackbird)
Jack Body, composer
Joel Hoffman, composer
Michael Ippolito, composer
Jennifer Jolley, composer
Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer
Steve Reich, composer
Frederic Rzewski, composer
Wenhui Xie, composer
Leah Branstetter musicologist.
Applications are now being accepted, but space is limited. For more information on Accent 08, please visit the web site at ccm.uc.edu/musicx/accent <http://ccm.uc.edu/musicx/accent>
YOGA at Lloyd House. Wednesdays 9:15 – 10:30 am. Open, free practice group led by Nina Tolley.
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- Ginger Lee Frank researches Einstein’s spirituality
GINGER LEE FRANK does research on Einstein’s spirituality:
Ellen, after I received the following emailed sentence -- For Einstein, religion was "an incarnation of the most childish superstitions" -- It set me to digging into Einstein's thoughts about religion, etc. My favorite encountered quote is the following:
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.
Below is most of what I sent back.
Einstein's parents were secular Jews ("irreligious" he called them) who cared so little about Judaism they put him in the school that was most convenient, a Catholic one. He actually dug it, but Einstein's home rebellion was to effectively become an Orthodox Jew, keeping kosher, etc. (he must have been a huge pain in the ass). There were a couple cultural Jewish observances his parents kept, in modified ways. One was the custom of inviting a needy religious scholar for Sabbath dinner, which they altered by inviting a medical student (named Talmud). He was the one who brought science books (and one geometry book) into the Einstein household, and set Albert on his eventual path. At 12, just before his Bar Mitzvah, recognizing the Bible to be filled with impossible fairy tales, Einstein renounced religious belief. But later in life he redefined his own beliefs, settling into something I'd call determinist deism (or vice versa). Although rejecting any anthropomorphic or personal God, he held a God concept and considered himself religious, by his definition. Also, he did not believe the universe happened haphazardly, that God would "play dice;" he held the Spinozan belief that human beings actions were determined, just as are the actions of a billiard ball or a planet; there was something causal. It was his belief in this all encompassing harmony in nature that drove his unending search for a unified theory that covered everything. But, although he did not accept it, he chose to look upon free will as something that was useful, indeed necessary, because it caused people to take responsibility for their own actions. "I am compelled to act as if free will existed," he explained, "because if I wish to live in a civilized society I must act responsibly."
Here's a bit more from the remarkable Albert E. New Man:
When considering the actual living conditions of present day civilised humanity from the standpoint of even the most elementary religious commands, one is bound to experience a feeling of deep and painful disappointment at what one sees. For while religion prescribes brotherly love in the relations among the individuals and groups, the actual spectacle more resembles a battlefield than an orchestra. Everywhere, in economic as well as in political life, the guiding principle is one of ruthless striving for success at the expense of one's fellow men. This competitive spirit prevails even in the school and, destroying all feelings of human fraternity and cooperation, conceives of achievement not as derived from the love for productive and thoughtful work, but as springing from personal ambition and fear of rejection.
I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.
If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it... A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man.
The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.
The mystical trend of our time, which shows itself particularly in the rampant growth of the so-called Theosophy and Spiritualism, is for me no more than a symptom of weakness and confusion. Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning.
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description; if there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.
It is very difficult to elucidate this [cosmic religious] feeling to anyone who is entirely without it. . . The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image; so that there can be no church whose central teachings are based on it ... In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this religious feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it.
What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the cosmos... In the view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognise, there are yet people who say there is no God. . . They are creatures who can't hear the music of the spheres.... Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is the same as that of the religious fanatics, and it springs from the same source... But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support for such views.
Science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion. To this there also belongs the faith in the possibility that the regulations valid for the world of existence are rational, that is, comprehensible to reason. I cannot conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image: science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Though I have asserted above that in truth a legitimate conflict between religion and science cannot exist, I must nevertheless qualify this assertion once again on an essential point, with reference to the actual content of historical religions. This qualification has to do with the concept of God. During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate to influence, the phenomenal world. Man sought to alter the disposition of these gods in his own favour by means of magic and prayer. The idea of God in the religions taught at present is a sublimation of that old concept of the gods. Its anthropomorphic character is shown, for instance, by the fact that men appeal to the Divine Being in prayers and plead for the fulfillment of their wishes.
Nobody, certainly, will deny that the idea of the existence of an omnipotent, just, and omni beneficent personal God is able to accord man solace, help, and guidance; also, by virtue of its simplicity it is accessible to the most undeveloped mind. But, on the other hand, there are decisive weaknesses attached to this idea in itself, which have been painfully felt since the beginning of history.
It is [the] mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this religious stock of ideas contains dogmatically fixed statements on subjects which belong in the domain of science.
It seems to me that science not only purifies the religious impulse of the dross of its anthropomorphism but also contributes to a religious spiritualization of our understanding of life. The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
BYRON MOODY Forwards this fascinating Gas Economy piece:
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline..... but in California
we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is in
petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of
your money's worth for every gallon:
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver
about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day is
diesel the next da y is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium
grades. We
have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground
temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their
storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense
the
gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon
or in the evening.....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the
petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the
gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays
an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the
service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast
mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low,
middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing
the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump
have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the
liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked
up and back into
the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF
FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less
air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can
imagine.
Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating ro of. This roof serves as
zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the
evaporation.
Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is
temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage
tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline
is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up
some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers.
It's really simple to do.
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at
least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten
more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the
sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to
ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
If i t goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION
PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would it
take?
Hello Everyone,
Here are some sites to help with the price of gas. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/ The “local prices” box will let you click on a map that gives you several options for your zip code.
Yours,
Shirley Reischman
Recommended by Lanie Farnsworth
Books,Movies, Reviews
It’s up to you folks to send me blurbs. I know you are reading. What? Is it good? Ellen
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Iranian woman’s memoires
Hi Ellen,
Remember me? Lanie. I still read your weeklies. They are great!!!
I'd like to recommend a book and a couple of websites to you.
The book is "Diary of a Tree". It is written by Goli Khalatbary. Goli is from Tehran, Iran. She is a poet, artist and photographer, born in 1944. She and I became pen pals two years ago and I've been learning so much about Persian culture and how life is in Iran for the people there.
Goli's father was a well-known diplomat (Abbas Khalatbary) and while growing up, she lived and traveled all over the world with him, her mother and her 3 siblings. She is fluent in French and English along with her native tongue, Farsi. The last country she lived in was India. There, she stayed for 12 years until she had to return to Iran to care for her mother who is near 90 now.
For the past six years, Goli has been struggling making a living as an artist in Tehran, Iran. She has had some successful exhibitions but over the last two years, she has hit a dry spell. Someone commissioned her to make some large sculptures (made of iron) that were to be exhibited in Dubai, one piece was even going to be set aside for Christie's auction, but two weeks before her pieces were to be shipped, the gallery where her pieces were to be shown was shut down. Now, she has an exhibit but no place to show it. The person who commissioned her has disappeared.
Goli's book, "Diary of a Tree" was published by Mage Publishers here in Washington, DC. (www.mage.com <http://www.mage.com/> ). The book is an autobiography, the only way she knew how to write one living in a place where freedom of expression has to be cloaked in metaphors and imagery. I have several copies of her book on sale for 15 dollars. I use the money to try to send her things she needs. U.S. sanctions has caused food there to triple in price, rents have doubled, all of the materials she uses to create her art she can't afford anymore.
Also, Mage Publishers refused to publish her last two volumes of "Diary of a Tree". They gave her no explanation for their refusal yet they still sell her first two volumes at their site. They also sell her book on www.amazon.com <http://www.amazon.com> . Only 500 copies were printed. She has made no money from her books through mage, only through the copies I have sold for her. She says if her book were made available in Iran, she would be arrested.
With Goli's permission, I have published her last two volumes at www.dotbooks3and4.blogspot.com <http://www.dotbooks3and4.blogspot.com/> . They are free for anyone to read. Goli welcomes people to write to her at golibary@gmail.com as well.
Here is her website of some pieces she created. The site has not been updated in a long while. She has no way to do it at the moment. Her Internet access is limited. Many sites she tries to see are "access denied" by the government. http://goli.k.online.fr/index.html
I'm not writing this to try to sell Goli's book for her more than I just want to give a little recognition to an extraordinary person, an Iranian, a woman, an artist who is struggling to just make ends meet in an environment that is not open to expression the way we are accustomed to it here. Yet, she has devoted her whole life to her art facing what some might consider as unbeatable odds. Since she is in her 60s now and still single with no children, her odds have only increased but she is still determined. For her, creating art is the only way to live.
Goli and I pray for peace daily. She and her mother fear our country will declare war with them soon. I told her many of us do not want that to happen. Goli has shared with me some of her war experiences living through the Iran-Iraq war. Many generations of Iranians are still not healed from that battle. They certainly don't want to face a new one.
Thank you for your time and attention,
Lanie Farnsworth
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Donate to Burma Relief: Help our friend's family & neighbors in cyclone-devastated Burma. Circumvent the Burmese military government's hindrance. The people need money to buy food, water, clothes, mosquito nets, everything. A $5 donation will help a family buy food for 1 meal; $25 would help a family buy food for a week; $50 would buy gas (at $10/gallon) to power a pump to get drinking water for 10 families for a week. Write a check to "CIFCU" & mail it to Cincinnati Interagency Federal Credit Union, 26 West M.L. King Drive, G4, Cincinnati, OH 45220. Write "Burma Fund - Acct #9377" on the check. Donations will be sent directly to people in Burma. Not a dollar will be spent on overhead or administrative costs.
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StoryCorps Comes to Cincinnati [thru Saturday 7 June]: StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor & celebrate one another’s lives through listening. In partnership with Cincinnati Public Radio, the East MobileBooth will be in Cincinnati parked in front of the Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203. By recording stories of our lives with people we care about, we experience our history, hopes & humanity. Since 2003, tens of thousands of people have interviewed family & friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home & share, & is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to these award-winning broadcasts on public radio & the Internet. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, creating a growing portrait of who we are as Americans. Make a reservation @ 800.850.4406 or online. The MobileBooth is fully wheelchair accessible. More info @ www.storycorps.net.
Last Stop For Paul - film [thru Friday 23 May @ 7 PM]: 30-somethings Cliff & Charlie take their friend, Paul, around the world. The rub: Paul is dead. They put Paul's ashes in a thermos to distribute in as many exotic locations as possible, with his "last stop" at the famous Full Moon Party in Thailand. A fast-paced, funny & engaging road film with adventure, excitement, sex-&-romance, & incredible scenery from around the world. Journey with director Neil Mandt to Jamaica, St. Lucia, Chile, Brazil, Easter Island, Egypt, Greece, Germany, England, Russia, Japan, Vietnam & Thailand. Winner of 45 film festival awards. 80 minutes, rated PG-13. Bonus: before the feature will be shown the U.S. premiere of local filmmaker Steve Maisch's 14 minute short thriller "A Conversation With Mr. D." Post-film discussions led by filmmakers Greg Newberry, Chris Strobel & Steve Maisch. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & tix @ 859.781.8151, WorldCinema@fuse.net & www.cincyworldcinema.org.
Systems Biology of Cell-Signaling Systems [Friday 23 May @ 9:15 AM]: Roger Brent from the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, CA, will present a free lecture on "Systems Biology of Cell-Signaling Systems: It's All About the Information" as this year's D.L. Kline Neuroscience Fund Lecture. Dr. Brent's research focuses on combining genomic experimentation with computer modeling to predict the behavior of cells & organisms in response to defined genetic or environmental changes. The result is a better understanding of biological systems & disease, revolutionary approaches to the treatment of human disease, & improvements in agriculture & environmental management. Open to the public. The lecture is part of Systems Biology & Physiology Retreat 2008. At Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Building S, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info @ 513.558.2536, bette.young@uc.edu & http://mcp.uc.edu/index.php?level2=1091. Learn about Dr. Daniel Kline @ http://neuroscience.uc.edu/NewsEvents/klineseries.cfm.
2008 Cincinnati Salsa Congress [Friday-Monday 23-26 May]: Four days of pure salsa with the best dance teachers & best salsa performers in the Midwest. Dance performances by Salsa Rhythms, Club Tropical, Shayne Carter, Rob & Susanne, Duveneck Rueda de Casino & more. They'll also have a Zumba class, so bring comfortable clothes, athletic shoes, & be prepared to sweat. Fri 23 May @ 10PM-2AM: Kick-off Party with Son del Caribe & live performances @ ballet tech cincinnati. Sat 24 May @ 8PM-2PM: Workshops, Salsa Party with DJ Dolce, & live performances @ Step-N-Out Studio; Sun 25 May @ 8PM-2PM: Workshops, Salsa Party with DJ Dolce @ Step-N-Out Studio; Mon 26 May @ 10PM-2AM: Salsa Party with Tropicoso @ Mad Frog. At Step-N-Out Dance Studio, 721 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011, ballet tech cincinnati, 6543 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213, & Mad Frog, 1 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info about teachers, dancers & events @ www.midwestlatino.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1233.
Americans Who Tell the Truth - Exhibit Opening [Saturday 24 May]: This remarkable non-partisan collection of portraits of Americans past & present helps remind people of the dignity, courage & importance of some of America's truth tellers & to create dialogue that will help each of us figure out which truths we value most as citizens in a democracy. Thru Sunday 31 August. In the Third Floor Changing Gallery, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org & www.freedomcenter.org.
Shattered Myths: Art Exhibit Opening [Saturday 24 May @ 6-9 PM]: War & all its many faces - death & honor, greed & patriotism, suffering & devotion - will be illustrated in an exhibit to open Memorial Day weekend. The exhibit entitled Shattered Myths - Twenty-One Visions Contemplating the Actual Cost of War was conceived by a group of artists led by veteran Cincinnati photographer Gordon Baer, to bring “...together some the region’s finest artists who are each interpreting the enormous human & financial cost of the current war in their own way.” Displays include an installation depicting the 748 limbs amputated from US soldiers in the Afghan & Iraqi wars, & a “living room” showing TV interviews with veterans & news reports from the 2 wars. Photography, sculpture, woodcuts & graphic art by 20 artists including work of editorial cartoonist Jim Borgman. At 7 PM, artists will talk about their work. Exhibit runs thru Saturday 14 June. Gallery hours: Tue & Thu 3-7PM & Sat 10am–4pm. At Kennedy Heights Arts Center, 6546 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ www.KennedyArts.org.
Strawbale Cobbing Workshop [Saturday-Sunday 24-25 May @ 9:30 AM - 5 PM]: Come learn about Earthen plaster. The basics of earth plastering will be taught & plaster will be applied to a strawbale house. Dress for the work of plastering mud. Bring a water bottle & work gloves if you have them. Lunch, drinks & teaching are included for both days. Donations of $40 for both days are requested to cover costs. Space is limited, RSVP by Sunday 18 May. At 534 Enright Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45205. More info & RSVP @ 513.403.4613 & kegrover@gmail.com.
Cincinnati Community Band Festival [Sunday 25 May @ 2 PM]: Come & hear 300 of Cincinnati’s finest band musicians, representing 15 Cincinnati community bands, unite to play a free patriotic concert on the riverfront during the week-end of The Taste of Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Brass Band is featured at 3:15 PM. Hosted by the Queen City Concert Band. Free. At P&G Pavilion, Sawyer Point, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.476.8741, cincybandroom@fuse.net & http://ccbf.cincyarts.org.
The Climate Project [Sunday 25 May @ Noon - 1 PM]: Get the inside perspective on the climate crisis from Brent Quebman of energyQue.com. Quebman follows the well-known "Climate Project" presentation featured in the Academy Award-winning film "An Inconvenient Truth." At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP @ 513.721.7275, info@parkandvine.com & www.parkandvine.com.
FreestoreFoodbank, Hunger Walk & 5K Run [Memorial Day Monday 26 May; registration @ 7 AM; race @ 9 AM]: The Hunger Walk raises funds to help 450 non-profit member agencies provide food & services to people in crisis in our 20 county service area. Sponsors: Local 12, BEAM, Jackson Hewitt, GKN AEROSPACE. In-Kind Sponsors: Sara Lee, Chiquita, T.G.I Fridays, Taste of Cinti, Panera Bread, CincyUpdate.com, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? & Bob Roncker’s Running Spot. At Lytle Park @ Pike & East 4th Streets, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & registration @ 513-482-3663, awaver@freestorefoodbank.org & www.freestorefoodbank.org.
Dalai Lama Renaissance ~ Documentary [Wednesday 28 May @ 7 PM]: As the curtain fell on the 20th Century, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, invited thinkers to his secluded home for lengthy brainstorming sessions. Fortunately, documentarian Khashyar Darvich captured it on film. "Darvich's fascinating, ravishingly beautiful & sonically soothing documentary concerns a journey made by 40 innovative Western thinkers to the Dalai Lama's home in the Indian Himalayas just before the new millennium. Their mission was nothing less than synthesizing new ways to fix the world. What unfolds isn't what they expected, but what His Holiness had figured all along. Ego. Intercut with the New Age-y speech & cat fights are genuine unassuming pearls of wisdom delivered by the chuckling, child-like Dalai Lama, & some accounts of events that led him into exile after the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1951. Together, they make a provocative, even enlightening, film." ~ The (Montreal) Gazette. In 80 minutes, the film preserves the most insightful, illuminative & engaging dialogues. Narrated by Harrison Ford. Winner of 9 film festivals awards around the world; official selection of over 30 international film festivals. Tibetan Monks will begin the evening with chanting & prayer. Rob Dorsey & the Tibetan Monks will host a discussion after the film. Tickets are $10. Presented by Conscious Choice Cinema at The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.7885, silvorwing@aol.com & www.ConsciousChoiceCinema.com.
Opera Rap: Florencia Magic [Thursday 29 May @ 7 PM]: Cincinnati Opera welcomes Mexican composer Daniel Catán to share his thoughts on his critically acclaimed 1996 opera, Florencia en el Amazonas. The opera follows the life of the heroine, Florencia, an opera singer who embarks on a mystical journey down the Amazon River. The Opera presents the regional premiere of Florencia in July. Opera Rap is free, but reservations are requested. At CCM, Werner Recital Hall, W. Corry Street at Jefferson Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45221. More info @ 513.241.2742 & www.cincinnatiopera.org.
Energy & the Security of the Nation [Thursday 29 May @ 6:00-8:30 PM]: Share an evening of cocktails, dinner & discussion with Sharon Burke & the Foreign Policy Leadership Council. Ms Burke is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C. Her focus is energy security, climate change & US Middle Eastern policy. CNAS develops national security & defense policies to promote & protect American interests & values. CNAS is an independent, nonpartisan research institution, that informs national security leaders of today & tomorrow. $35 per person; space is limited. At Schiff Conference Center at Cintas Center, Xavier University, 1624 Herald Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45207. More info & reservations @ 513.651.6166 & kstrunk@fbtlaw.com.
O'Bryonville Animal Rescue Housewarming Party [Friday 30 May @ 6-9 PM]: Celebrate the opening of the new O'Bryonville Animal Rescue (OAR). Visit the cats, play games & win prizes, while enjoying snacks & drinks. Wondering what's the purrfect gift to bring to a housewarming party? Well, the cats have registered at Target at www.target.com/lists/1UJ9EURR6GUNU. If or go to www.target.com, click "TargetLists," then enter the first name "cats" & last name "OAR" to "Find a List." As always, they need Tidy Cat non-scoopable litter, IAMs Hairball cat food, paper towels, dish soap, laundry detergent, heavy duty trash bags, & other dry cat food. If you can't join the party but want to send a gift, contact Liz at 513.871.7297 or lizjohnson0@gmail.com. The new rescue is at 5619 Orlando Place, Cincinnati, OH 45227. More info @ 513.232.7178 & www.theanimalrescue.com.
War & Trauma [Friday 30 May @ 7 PM]: Fourth in a 4-part film & book discussion series examines the psychological effects of war. This installment is an overview of the types of trauma following WWII, the Vietnam War & the Iraq War. Discussion by Peter Kocher, MD, Psychoanalyst & Director of the Veterans Administration Mental Health Care Line. Moderator, Jacob D. Lindy, MD, Psychoanalyst, Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute faculty member & clinical professor of psychiatry at UC College of Medicine. Presented by the Association for Psychoanalytic Thought. Wine & cheese reception @ 6:30 PM. Free for members, $5 for non-members. At the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute, 3001 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info & reservations @ 513.531.0415 & assnpsathought@aol.com.
Swan Lake [Friday-Saturday 30-31 May @ 8 PM (Fri & Sat) & 2:30 PM (Sat)]: CCM dancers soar in this fully-staged, full-length presentation of one of the most popular ballets of all time, with the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's iconic score. Presented by UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. Admission $10, $5 non-UC students, UC students free. At Corbett Auditorium, UC-CCM, Cincinnati, OH 45221. More info & tix @ 513.556.4183 & www.ccm.uc.edu.
Rappaccini’s Daughter - Opera [Friday-Saturday 30-31 May @ 8 PM & Sunday 1 June @ 2:30 PM]: UC’s College-Conservatory of Music & Cincinnati Opera partner to present the local premiere of this contemporary opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán. Set in medieval Italy, a young woman, raised among her botanist-father’s poisonous plants, develops a curious & tragic condition that causes her touch to be poisonous to all other creatures. The multilayered story deals with the scientific struggle of good & evil, & the blurred lines created as good & evil merge. Catán’s lush & melodic score is presented in a new orchestration. The UC CCM Spring Studio production is presented in collaboration with Cincinnati Opera as part of the Corbett Opera Fusion Program. Admission free, reservations required & accepted beginning Tuesday 27 May @ noon. At Cohen Family Studio Theater, UC-CCM, Cincinnati, OH 45221. Reservations @ 513.556.4183. More info @ www.ccm.uc.edu & www.cincinnatiopera.org.
In Joy We Live, Ananda Cincinnati Spiritual Renewal Weekend. [Friday 30 May - Sunday 1 June]: Pranaba Hansen, Ananda Minister & long-time devotee, will be the featured guest for this Spiritual Renewal Weekend. Step out of your day-to-day life for perspective on the journey & rejuvenation. Attend the whole weekend or only the events that fit your needs & schedule. Fri 30 May: Kirtan from 7-9 PM (donation basis, no registration). Sat 31 May: Workshops (registration required): morning - Meditation for Life: How to Get Started & How to Go Deeper ($20 early registration); lunch @ 12:30-2 ($7); afternoon - Revelations of Christ: Yogic Teachings in the Bible ($20 early registration). Sun 1 Jun: Sunday Service with Purification Ceremony (donation basis, no registration). At Grailville Oratory, 932 O’Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH 45140. Reserve rooms at Grailville @ 513.683.2340. More info & registration @ 513.235.3958, quintoc72@yahoo.com & www.anandacincinnati.org/pdf/Pranaba%202008%20Registration%20PDF.pdf.
Yard Sale [Saturday 31 May @ 8 AM - 4 PM]: Turn your old stuff into a new monastery. GSL Monastery is holding a huge yard sale & you’re invited to find some new treasures or share some of yours with all proceeds from the event going to the construction of a traditional Buddhist monastery & Tibetan Buddhist cultural center in Cincinnati. Keep them in mind as you clean your closets, basement, & storage locker. At GSL Buddhist Monastery, 3046 Pavlova Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45251. More info @ 513.385.7116, gsl@ganden.org, & www.gadenusa.org.
High School Exchange Program Seeks Host Families [Deadline is Saturday 31 May]: AFS, the leading intercultural high school exchange program for 60 years, is now interviewing caring, flexible host families for the 2008/9 school year. You'll choose from well-screened 15-18 year-old boys or girls from around the world who become part of your family as they attend high school. Local AFS support is ongoing throughout the year. More info @ 513.961.2592, damoores3@fuse.net & www.afs.org/usa.
Cincinnati Men’s Chorus Performance [Saturday 31 May @ 8 PM]: Enjoy the Cincinnati Men's Chorus as they perform songs celebrating heroes & world-changers. The annual Pride concert will benefit the PFLAG Scholarship Fund. Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & tix @ 513.542.2626 & www.cincinnatimenschorus.org.
Opera Rap: Opera in the Amazon [Wednesday 4 June @ 7 PM]: Join the Opera in the Cincinnati Zoo’s inspiring new education center for a fun Opera Rap about opera settings, including the Amazon Rainforest, where Florencia is set. Cincinnati Opera’s Marketing Director, Christopher Milligan, will discuss the great variety of opera locales, from European capitols to the Orient to the Amazon. Thane Maynard, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, will introduce some of the feathery & leathery inhabitants of the Amazon Rainforest. Free, but reservations required for tickets to enter the Zoo. At the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Harold C. Schott Education Center, 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ RSVP @ 513.241.2742 & www.cincinnatiopera.org.
Go-Go Beach [Wednesday-Sunday 4-22 June @ 8 PM (Wed-Sat); 2 & 7 PM (most Sun)]: It's the biggest weekend of the summer with surf racing, dance contest & annual luau. Surfer Woody's carefree California life is set: he’s with the cutest beach girl, a great bunch of moon-dogging friends & he's never wiped out. But when his old surfing pal returns from the “flower power” scene in San Francisco, Woody begins to question his beach blanket bingo world. Can Woody keep surfing & discover the meaning of life? Fluffy & funny with great songs; wholesome as a glass of milk. By John Wimbs, Michael Shaieb & Brent Lord. $17 (adults) & $16 (seniors & students). At Showboat Majestic, Cincinnati’s floating National Historic Landmark, Cincinnati Public Landing, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & tix @ 513.241.6550, jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com & www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
What's Your Point Honey? - film [Friday 6 June @ 6 & 8:30 PM]: An exclusive film premiere of Amy Sewell's newest film "What's Your Point Honey?" which explores the perceptions that women & girls have of politics & the pursuit of political careers. Ms Sewell was the creator/writer/producer of last year's award-winning film "Mad Hot Ballroom." Q&A with Ms Sewell after each screening. The screenings benefit the Women's Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Tickets ($37.50) include the screening, discounted parking, & a ticket voucher (valid thru 14 Sep) for the Freedom's Sisters exhibit. At Reikert Auditorium, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203. More info & tix @ 513.287.7021, thewomensfund@greatercincinnatifdn.org & www.greatercincinnatifdn.org.
2008 Rivertown Breakdown Music Festival [Saturday 7 June @ 8 PM - 2 AM]: The finest & funniest musicians in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky perform on 3 stages: 16 bands perform 15 genres, showcasing Bluegrass, Newgrass, Gospel, Cajun, Zydeco, Rockabilly, Folk Rock, Folk & Delta Blues, Cuban, Boogie Woogie, Western Swing, Gypsy Jazz & Brass Band. This annual concert is a benefit for Riversweep, a riverbank cleanup of the entire Ohio River, from its origin in Pittsburgh to its end in Cairo, IL, including 1,962 miles of shoreline & many tributaries. The Rivertown Breakdown - organized by Cincinnati music legend Jake Speed - raises money & awareness, while showcasing terrific music. Tickets are $12 (adults) & $15 (18-20 year olds). At Historic Southgate House, 24 East 3rd Street, Newport, KY 41071. More info @ 859.431.2201, triordan@cinci.rr.com & www.RivertownBreakdown.com.
Roeblingfest 2008 [Sunday 8 June @ Noon - 4 PM]: A celebration of art, architecture, history & engineering. There will be 3 historical tours, period dancing, singing & costumes, & food & beverages. Suspension Bridge tours @ 1, 2 & 3 PM. Riverfront Mural tour @ 1 & 3 PM. Riverwalk Statue & Daniel Beard House tour @ 2 PM. Tours are $2 each; $5 each for families. Sponsored by the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee, dedicated to maintaining the decorative lights & flags flying on each pier. At the foot of Greenup Street in Covington, KY, under the south end of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge on the banks of the Ohio River. More info @ 513.561.1661 & WWW.roeblingbridge.com.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
Protest The Iraq War [Every Saturday @ 2-3 PM]: Bring a sign & stand with a small, dedicated group of concerned citizens protesting the war in Iraq. Rain or shine. No need to RSVP, just show up. On Mariemont Square, 6900 Wooster Pike, Mariemont, Cincinnati, OH 45227.
"A Course in Miracles" Study Group [2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month @ 6-7:30 PM]: A healing circle & discussion about this profound book & its spiritual philosophy based on healing & forgiveness with practical application in everyday life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles]. Co-facilitated by Mary Claybon & Jeanne Uhl. $5 offering. At the Jade Center for the Healing Arts, 9122 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242. More info & registration @ 513.309.8377 & maryfree@cinci.rr.com.
Spring Pure Movement Classes of Growth In Motion [Mondays @ 6:30 PM & Wednesdays @ 9:30 AM]: Spring is here. Refresh, renew & reenergize your body & mind. Master teacher Fanchon Shur guides students to a sense of freedom, strength, flexibility & expression. Classes offer personal attention to individual alignment for authentic creativity. $20 per class; $48 for 4 classes. First class is free for new students. At Growth In Motion Studios, 4019 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More Info @ 513.221.3222, fanchon@growthinmotion.org & www.growthinmotion.org.
Manifest's 4th Annual Rites of Passage Exhibit Opening [thru 23 May]: Featuring 22 works by 11 emerging artists representing 8 national college undergraduate programs. Conceived & initiated in 2005, The Rites of Passage exhibits were developed to support student excellence by offering a public venue for the display of advanced creative research; to promote young artists as they transition into their professional careers; & to bring the positive creative energies of academic institutions together in one place. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, manifest@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
Footnotes: Guennadi Maslov Photography [thru Friday 30 May]: "Maslov’s work belongs to a different realm of photojournalism. By combining pairs of images, his Footnotes are more psychological insight than document. Deeply rooted in reality they are strangely enigmatic. The artist is concerned with social themes & the mysteries of growing up. Political undertones can be discovered in some images. But these themes are neither dominant nor critical. A smaller image in each pair is noticed & examined just a second after the mental absorption of the larger one. In most cases this footnote photo redirects the first impression considerably, enhancing it with an important layer, forming a new unity." ~ paraphrased excerpts from Tatjana Pavlova, Kharkiv Museum of Photography. Maslov, originally from Ukraine, lives & works in West Chester, OH. This exhibit is a sample of a large project that has been exhibited in several countries. At Blue Ash Public Library, 4911 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242. More info @ 513.369.6051 & www.maslovphotography.com.
Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum [thru Sunday 1 June]: Forty of the finest examples of 18th-20th century American quilts from the Shelburne Museum’s permanent collection are on exhibit. The Shelburne is a unique museum, located in Vermont, & founded by Electra Havemeyer Webb, heiress to the Domino Sugar fortune & a pioneering collector of American folk art. The exhibit also includes several dazzling art quilts by Terrie Hancock Mangat who, along with her sister, Becky Hancock, founded St. Theresa Textile Trove in 1994 in Over-the-Rhine (now located on Hamilton Avenue in College Hill). Also featured is a special gift shop connected to the exhibit featuring work of art quilter Leslie Alexandria, who also has 3 contemporary pieces on display in the Art Museum Library. At the Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.639.2995 & www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org (go to 'Exhibitions').
Redtree Gallery Group Exhibition Opening [thru Saturday 7 June]: Refresh, Rebirth, Renew. Artists Cynthia Gregory, Annette Eberhardt, Uta Rietman & Billy Holodnak. Live music by Scott Metcalf. At Redtree Gallery, 4409 Brazee Street, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH 45209. More info @ 513.321.8733, mbusch@redtreegallery.net & www.redtreegallery.net.
We Make the World Art Exhibit [thru Sunday 29 June]: Be inspired by this message of hope & action created by local & international elementary students as they use art to state “I make the world a better place when I…” Sponsored by YMCA Cincy After School. On 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.
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Fabulous Film Festival [Friday 3 May @ 8 PM]: The first & best fabulous film festival in the city of Cincinnati will present live-action, documentary, & short films. Blah, blah, blah. Presented by Flicks R Us. Tickets are $8. At The Theatre, 111 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45200. More info @ 513.111.2222, info@filmfestival.com, & www.filmfestival.com.
The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 12 people) Meets on WEDNESDAYS at 5:45,
EVERY Wednesday, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.
We of the Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.
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Our Salon blog is a promising interactive site: http:lloydhouse.blogspot.com
Also, we have an Interactive Yahoo Salon group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon
For Pot Luck procedures including food suggestions, mission and history visit
http://home.fuse.net/ellenbierhorst/Potluck.html .
You are invited also to visit the Lloyd House website: http://www.lloydhouse.com
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