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- Events and Opportunities
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SECTION ONE: TABLE NOTES
SECTION ONE: Table Notes
Viddle, Vlasat, Alan, Julia, Dennis, Mr. G (hiding), Judy, Mira
At the table Wednesday 3/24/10:
Viddle, Vlasta Molak, Julia Yarden, Mira Rodwan, Mr. G., Dennis Kinsley, Judy Cirillo, Ellen Bierhorst, Alan Weiner,
Read preamble (ellen)
Ellen Read her spring poem written 1981.
For Patsy's 40th Birthday
We'll have to be in heaven, Babes,
Before we sit and say it all and how it's been;
How hard, how great, how dark, how deep.
Can't talk about the match, still serving this game.
But can I hum this for you now?
...lovely lacy maples' pale and feathery flowers
before the leaves...
There is a moment, this moment now,
Before the spring becomes a budding summer,
Before the leaves tip out.
The first blush of colors, pale transparent green, wispy russet,
this Other moment, when sings a strange brief melody:
The trees are shyly blooming their tender flowers.
Later, leaves will bud and come with thicker songs
Of deep Ohio clay and limestone bedrock,
Our sturdy Mother all summer long.
But now is a moment apart;
These sloping ridges and fertile beds forget their serious pregnancy,
Spring mists its early colors on the trees.
Oh sure, in lawns and gardens showy fruit trees astound the eye,
Imported ruffles on the scene.
But sweet and best are the silver harps of Maples, Oaks and Elms,
...here and there a trill of Redbud.
This time, this early solo before the overture,
With its separate fairy feeling,
This moment apart reminds me, Babes, of you.
...lovely lacy maples' pale and feathery flowers
before the leaves
April 15, 1981
Announcements:
Judy was at the meeting last night on Clean Energy.
A group of vets are traveling the country in a bus. Let people know it is a military necessity to protect our country that we develop green energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Dependency on the middle east is dangerous.
See Http://www.operationfree.net
Julia we are not food sovereign since 1996. We import grain, soy, fruit, veg.
... When the seas rise, 35% of the world's population will be refugees. Threatening chaos.
"Global Warning", excellent documentary.
Free download at : http://www.freshwap.net/tag/a-global-warning-documentary
Played Mira's Audio recording of Granny D interview
At age of 1989 walked across the country for campaign finance reform.
This is an interview at age 94 when she ran for US senate.
Issue: public financing for political campaign.
... She was tough, passionate. "...because I know I am changing the world... If I can get enough people to register to vote and to get public campaign financing,... Change the world!"
... "...Whether we become at last a real democracy!."
A person running for office has either to sell his soul or be a multi millionaire... That's not democracy!
"I know I am making a difference!"
Judy: Why is it that the media stations can set the price for advertising?
HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL PASSAGE
Mira: I am determined to not feel angry like the opponents... I am disappointed. I hope it can lead to Single Payer in the future.
Viddle The health insurance industry is so wealth, so pernicious even this bill will not put them in their place. This bill does not address...
(Ellen read the article by Lawrence Lessig on the bill... A call to campaign finance reform. Read the article below under "Articles". )
Vlasta Obama is a genius; he beat the dragons at their own game.
....
Netanyahu... In 1948 there was an opportunity to make Jerusalem an international city; the Arabs refused because they thought they would throw the Jews into the sea. ... (recites history of Israel conflict with Arabs... The Israeli version.)
...
Viddle: I was in Jerusalem...walk down the street and see Palestinians doing labor on the street wearing prison garb. It is an apartheid system.
... Recently, walking near the Kotel (Western Wall), I felt palpable hatred towards me (an obvious Jew) from a man in an Arab head garb. ... And also some Israeli Jews who wish we had shot all the Arabs when there was a chance.
Vlasta: if the US and Russia and the UK... Would all butt out of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, it would be best.
Viddle: my nephew Dr. Andrew Cort has a blog ... He interviews people in Israel. Israel could lift the whole region economically if they will all cooperate.
(see his website at: http://www.andrewcort.com/ )(and his blog at: http://www.andrewcort.blogspot.com/ ) (David says the interview is on the blog. I couldn't find it. Ellen) or his blog archive at
http://andrewcort.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=24
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to all,
Ellen
SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES
Invitation to – Art Show - Saturday / SOS Sow our Seed for our Harvest of Reconciliation…/ Help Promote Native American Heritage Month / & The World's Longest Native Line Dance
Hey Friends,
The Art Show I am in at Rohs Street Cafe in Clifton Heights, is having an anniversary open house this Saturday, March 27th.
Music begins maybe, they think at about 7 p.m.
Last year I set out to do a piece of art for this show, and finished in time for this year.
It was a medium and technique, for me, I've first taken this far. I used plenty of acrylics in art school and at other live model study, but would probably prefer oils and working bigger also on such a design. Doing something newish, there's always those awkward stages that look unlike what you have in mind... and what it may look like when finished, and you're running on faith, or the greater fear of a pressing deadline.
So maybe I shouldn't be apologizing for my work in this ad / promo letter but I like people that sometimes say things like "y'now, and I'n't It? Especially those who can be meek to the Greater Whole, I Am, ID etc., rather than being all pumped in the eggo.
This piece was inspired on a road trip to Bloomington, IN, with Julie, when some kids threw something at my car (which was actually my gas cap left on top). Getting off track to find it and honor a dead opossum, we also had a rather amazing celestial experience.
The piece is called A Long Cold Winter, Third World Falls.
The show I entered, which joins the concurrent anniversary opening. The show is a traditional Lent Show for Rohs Street, for which I chose the station "Christ Falls for The Third Time". Now - I know some of you have grown adverse to some of our current "religious" culture, so stay with me a minute.
In this painting, Mother Earth as our Creator falls under the cross of our consumer culture growing to a climax of dissociative disintegration, at the end of one of our worlds, and returns to reconcile and restoration, (as you might expect from me) -
so our meek rise again with our Life.
SOME REFLECTION ON NATIVE / CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
(If not in the mood – skip to WHERE IS THE SHOW, THIS SATURDAY)
All our religions have Native roots, still at their core; all culture too.
Empire is what we've done for protection – survivalism -
a misplaced and misdirected survival technique.
Please re-member 'religion' in its more native context was and is more about what it translates to – 'connection'. In Judeo-Christianity, if we look closely for the native mind, heart and soul we can find it, here, too.
I believe our Native life here has a contribution to make to this journey; as this newer culture has to it - however those who brought it, brought empire and genocide as well. Some day we may see all of this together, our reconciliation may be about this. The Methodist Church is repenting to Native Peoples world Wide in 2012, with our local ARCHE adviser Fred Shaw, a Shawnee on this national committee. Canada and the Pope expressed desires for reconciliation recently, and around the Olympics - while leaving Native Peoples wanting for conversation.
We, in Cincinnati, set up two years beginning March 9th to discern what reconciliation means together. We are inviting those in many sectors to reconcile and restore our life, promoting our identity of place.
If one looks at the first commandment in Christianity - Love God with your whole heart, mind and souls (then your neighbor as yourself) how would this be perceived from a Native viewpoint?
The Creator would be integral in all Creation - the body of the Creator, and the Queendom (in Christ's words - in Aramaic) as one. We are responsible to that we may sustain, steward, restore... about us. Given desires for individual survival, in our limited sense of I Am, we need place the Whole, Oneness... first. How could we miss this?
What is this conceptual cultural loss doing to our given integral life – mass extinction?
We need to get mass extinction on the radar folks – in our Transition, Greening, etc.
In the parable of The Prodigal Son, who would be the first son, and the one who left? Which would most aptly represent the Native Cultures, and the consumer culture - squandering our inheritance, forgetting to be meek to it all together, and be stewards as our primal role. Which do we most identify with? Some have been exiled, kidnapped and displaced involuntarily - yet here we are. Like Ruth some of these moved in with those native to their place, and took on their ways, as adopted.
Not going native, in care for the life harmonized in a place, could be seen as Ruthless?
For the Native, how well would we be received in the afterlife if we've destroyed this wondrous paradise given so graciously to us...while we write it off, degraded, has 'worldly'. If we are not Native here, would we be in heaven?
In DreamKeeper, a great medley of Native story, Sky Woman's world includes all Life. Her face is integrally made of all Life. How long has it been for most of us, and our cultures, to include all in our image of heaven, or the afterlife? What is our heritage here, culturally? Why, as we grow thin in such life on our living planet, is it growing popular again? We have been growing more Native again, realizing where the enemy is, within.
If you watch this, please watch the makings of if you can to see how Native peoples feel about this film being made.
Christ was hung on the cross of empire. Easter, equinox... call us to contemplate death and rebirth again. The Celtic Cross is sometimes referred to as The Tree of Life, as is our own Medicine Wheel. Could the long missing meaning in this be to restore the Tree of Life, from the Tree of Judgment (Knowledge of Good and Evil), which has grown more and more bare bones - stripped of life. Why do we place this feast at this time of year?
So, anti-Christian could mean degrading rather than restoring the Tree of Life – dichotomously judging the other as less worthy in dualities, omitting Life, until left as one in a tin can afloat above our dying planet?
The most western islands of Europe hung tight to their Native ways. When our trees were being cut down and prairies turned under, Bison massacred, and native peoples exiled if not extinguished from their lands, here, similar genocidal and colonial processes of empire were occurring in Ireland, including deforestation for nowhere to hide...
Our concept of lawn comes from the defensible perimeter, to shoot Natives at several hundred paces on the estates, should they return for their land - as it was here. The 'calmer' pastoral landscape was sold patronning artists and pastors on the estates. These gathered plants and animals from the hinterlands to show off what they might eat at their table – bearing us the fruit of zoological society and conservation, holding off the Native poacher on ancestral homelands. These menageries held no candle to our watersheds as they were - abuzz with native life in integral harmonies, with water held holy and pure to drink for countless generations, like in our Maketewah, or Mill Creek - today.
Hi populations of servants, poorly fed, on estates were valued for cannon fodder and industrial uses, until they spilled off the continent overseas. During Ireland's famine, nine times what her population needed to survive, was exported for profit, by those controlling the flow of capital. These mocked the poor in early political cartoons as apes.
Reconciliation calls us to realign the creativity our cultural ethnosphere back with our given, integral ecosphere as we all once and longest lived. This is why we know what community means within, and hold so many values and lessons long worked out, as to be emulated in our play. Bring back the ease of ecology - through re-creativity, restoring our co-creation re-creatively. Our Native elders have long inherited the Earth well. So, we may learn from them, as they learned from their ecologically communal homelands, in each place becoming long-harmonized native cultures. These are our gatekeepers.
Our arts and rituals can help restore us and the communal body of our greater I Am again... of Great Good spirit in Great Good Place - just as advertising has promoted blatant consumerism. We most know and celebrate our jingles and logos of chains, more than we do our cultural wisdom, in sayings and taglines, and native life as symbols of a healthy community of place to planet.
We diminish the Nativity, not noticing these are more native animals to this watershed and region, standing in meekness with meek humanity; that this man grew to spend his times for worship and reflection in what we call "wilderness" today, where he could know his Father best; was baptized in a holy river and it's land for those native to this place; settled upon by a native dove; which was understood as such an omen by his cousin who had nurtured his own native life before him, in "wilderness".
Was Isaiah living a remnant Native life when he warned Solomon, building the first temple – knowing there was a cultural separation about to begin? Isaiah 66 / Acts 7:49
When He sent the animals from the temple, were they not also temples of the Holy Spirit – setting the captives free, as prophesied? Where the "wise men" not native to the skies and this wisdom? Were wise men and women not wise among their holy waters and sacred lands, all as given? Would the dove want to be sold over seas, like other species who would bring diseases to decimate others, while part of a balance long established elsewhere – for fashion…fun?
Okay, I know you will be on me for giving you a homily in an email, againnn… but I hope this helps more of us take on sharing our wisdom, each and all reawakening our inner to outer Native Life.
In the documentary 500 Nations, the narrator begins with how the Native Peoples were in the garden here, before Columbus came and returned home to account for crimes against humanity.
This is why Columbus Day is becoming a Native American Heritage Day, and places like South Dakota, Berkeley, CA, and Portland Oregon who have called our years and centuries now those of Reconciliation. Hawaiians like Mr. Obama, grew up with Discover's Day, celebrating Polynesian Heritage.
Are we not called to restore our Garden, our Queendom, Come – in the Queen City?
Are we Native to – born of - our Creator / Creation / Life?
We already lead in restoring green space.
We have been growing more native again to our place.
We can get intentional about this.
I will attach a couple more native prayers here, too, to contemplate - from our Vigil 4 Native Life.
WHERE IS THE SHOW, THIS SATURDAY:
Rohs Street Cafe is behind the church across (McMillan) from Hughes High School, where Clifton Avenue (at the top of the hill - Clifton Heights) meets McMillan Ave.
If you can't make the show, I hope you will enjoy the art at another time.
245 W. McMillan Street
Cincinnati, OH 45219
513-381-7647
Thanks,
George
PS Email PBS soon -
Please remember to call or email our PBS and other stations to ask for We Shall Remain and other Native shows, like DreamKeeper, during Native American Heritage Month, to help bring on reconciliation and end the subtly (to some) pervasive apartheid in our lands.
Feasts like St. Pat's Day here restored Celtic Peoples and their healing native cultures to their lands, as we celebrated them. We have had the second largest celebration in our country on this day. On Oktoberfest, we have hosted the worlds longest line dance", the Chicken Dance, according to Ireland's Guinness Book of Records. (There are native such line dances we can host, too.) Now we are proud again of Germanic culture, after it and German Peoples being discriminated against in WWI & WWII. Our African American Heritage Month is well celebrated, and Juneteenth, restoring pride and freedom. Those who gave us responsible freedom, mutual society and a multi-state union need us to restore all their and our given heritage – in Thanksgiving.
Anyone up for the longest Native Line Dance? Where should we have it? When?
SOS - Sow Our Seed, for Harvest of Reconciliation
Let's follow Squanto's lead. He reconciled his adopted people to Cape Cod Natives by growing a feast for these on the outer banks - who had their graves desecrated, and food stolen as the Pilgrims first set foot on these shores. Seven generations since such transgressions occurred here, we begin our reconciliation, in feasts and conversations.
March 9th, 2010, marks The Nati Going Native by our most Honorable Mayor Mallory, This gives us two years for discerning reconciliation with Native Peoples and others.
Ohio's largest (I'm told) Pow Wow occurs at Fort Ancient on June 12th and 14th.
Please call, fax or visit office of Steve Driehaus, representative Ohio 1, and thank him for voting for the Health Insurance Reform Bill.
Steve Driehaus First Congressional District
441 Vine St. 3003 Carew Twr., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone Cincinnati 513 684 2723 Fax: (513) 421-8722
An invitation to a free workshop!!
Please register yourself and/or forward to anyone who may be interested…
Creating Work You Love: Fulfilling on What Matters
offered and delivered by Brenda Newberry
Time and place:
Part 1, Tuesday, March 30, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Part 2, Tuesday, April 6, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
William Howard Taft NHS meeting room (across the street from Christ Hospital)
2038 Auburn Ave (convenient free parking in the lot behind the building )
Cincinnati, OH 45219
This FREE 2 part workshop is inspired by the highly regarded book Creating Work You Love: Courage, Commitment and Career by Rick Jarow, p. 99: "Perhaps in the near future, like-minded groups will develop where people can support one another's efforts to manifest the work they love…as a sounding board…reinforcing the reality of abundance as opposed to the fear of scarcity."
You are invited to participate in fun exercises and stimulating discussions that will support you in discovering your answers to some of your career and life questions. This workshop will empower you to be in action, coming from a place of deeply caring, seeking meaning and contribution, and fulfilling on what really matters to you.
Please register by email at bnewtoday@yahoo.com or call me, Brenda Newberry, at 513-200-9848 if you have questions. Limit of 20 people, deadline to register is March 29 at 11am.
From previous participants:
"It's mostly about the successful vision I hold of myself and not so much the analytical steps to getting there. Also, I learned about asking for what I need and checking with myself more often about my progress."
"I recognized that everything I do forms who I am as a person. I value the diverse group assembled for the workshop. I will continue to work on creating the work I love."
"Was reminded it is OK to dream big instead of settling for what others tell me is practical/realistic. Will include job-search activities that pursue the out-of-the-box anti-job."
If you cannot attend these dates and times, but are interested in future workshops, please let me know. I will be scheduling more opportunities in the near future. Feel free to forward to others who may be interested. Limited to first 20 to register.
Abundantly yours,
Brenda Newberry
Expansion Coach
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Upcoming Vacancy at the Lloyd House
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Interesting... Todd Portune is supporting Hubert Brown for County Commissioner (also running in the primary is Jim Tarbell andWayne Coates) Rally for Brownie on March 31. See
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brownie-for-the-County-Hubert-E-Brown-for-Hamilton-County-Commissioner/307158109575
EFT Training Workshop offered here Sat-Sun March 27-8
Till Schilling, who made a presentation at the Salon this month, will give a 14 hour training in the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), aka "Meridian Tapping" here at the Lloyd House for an amazingly low $150. Contact me directly if you are interested. We need a $30 non-refundable deposit, as Till will be coming from Washington, IN for this event. Phone me: Ellen – 513 221 1289. (If you let me know immediately, you can still squeeze into this workshop.)
An amazing and fast way to lift your mood and address your psychological and physical issues. I've been using it with myself and my clients for a month and I am impressed. Till is an engaging and fun presenter, has given workshops internationally for thousands over the last six years.
Ellen
Check this, one of scores of websites about EFT: http://www.tappingworldsummit.com/index_n2.html
Single Payer Conference in Columbus: I'll be going. Driving up. Join me!
Only $35, includes lunch.
7th Annual State Conference
SPAN Ohio
Healthcare for All Ohioans
Sat. April 17 10 – 5.
Ramada Plaza Hotel
4900 Sinclair Rd.
Cols., OH 43229
www.spanohio.org
ARTICLES AND LETTERS
- Bentley Davis' political update
- Wonderful article on politics of the Health Care Bill by Lawrence Lessig
- Allen Feibelman on water ionizer
Bentley Davis' POLITICAL NOTES, update of the week:
Political Notes:
Health Care Reform passed! This is huge. While the full bill will be phased in over several years, there will be immediate benefits. This year:
· The Medicare Part D doughnut hole will start to shrink.
· Small businesses will get tax credits to insure their employees.
· Young adults can stay on their parents' plans until they are 26.
· No more insurance companies dropping people because they become sick.
· No more lifetime caps.
· More funding for community health centers.
· Starting January 1, 2011, insurers in the individual and small group market will be required to spend 80 percent of their premium dollars on medical services. Insurers in the large group market will be required to spend 85 percent of their premium dollars on medical services. Any insurers who don't meet those thresholds will be required to provide rebates to their policyholders.
Driehaus came through in the end and voted in favor of health care reform. He is now taking a great deal of heat from the far right – including death threats. If you haven't done so already, please contact his office and thank him. (His campaign office is accepting donations.)(
Phone Driehaus Cincinnati 513 684 2723 Fax: (513) 421-8722 )
Speaking of campaigns and donations, I am sure you saw how horribly Rep. Boehner acted. He had said that if Driehaus voted for the bill, he would be "a dead man". He encouraged the hatred of the fringe on the right and his floor speech before the vote on Sunday was classic. In his speech, he yelled "Hell no, we can't!" as his refrain. (Think of the contrast between this and "Yes, we can") Well, Boehner has an opponent. His name is Justin Coussoule. This young man is facing an uphill battle against the most powerful Republican in the House. I'm sure he could use any help you can offer him. His website can be found here: http://www.coussouleforcongress.com/
More than 200,000 people went to DC to march for immigration reform on Sunday. Now that they are home, they are asking people to call their senators (Voinovich and Brown) to ask for immigration reform. They are seeking a bill that will:
Provide a path to full legal status and eventual citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants
Crack down on bad employers who exploit immigrants and drive down everyone's wages
Create a new legal path for workers filling needed jobs in the low-skilled sectors of our economy
On the state level, there is a bill (SB 242) in the Ohio senate that will make it even harder for young women to obtain an abortion without parental consent. As it stands now, a minor must go before a juvenile judge to get permission. This bill will require her to provide clear and convincing evidence that (a) she is mature and informed enough to make her own choices and (b) that an abortion is in her best interest.
There is also a bill in the state senate (SB 239) that will allow people with concealed carry permits to bring guns into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. It will also eliminate the requirements that a gun be stored while being transported in a vehicle. If either of these state issues are important to you, please let your state senator know.
Questions? Ask me – bentleysdavis at gmail.com
I thought this piece by Lawrence Lessig is a brilliant summation of what we've just been through; his main message, that this has been, however brilliantly it was played, the game of politics as usual, is one that we can't allow ourselves to be distracted from by the brilliance of the play. It's still a dirty game, and it needs desperately to be changed.
With regard,
Richard Blumberg
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lawrence Lessig <info@change-congress.org>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Subject: The moment
To: Richard Blumberg <richard@rnet.org>
Richard --
After last night's historic health care vote in Congress, I wrote some thoughts about this long-awaited accomplishment -- and the lessons it offers for our efforts to change Congress.
This piece is published on the Huffington Post, and I've pasted it below. Please forward this email to your friends and colleagues and share it on Twitter, so we can show our fellow Americans that this health care saga is a clear example of why our electoral system is broken -- and why we must fix it.
-- Lawrence Lessig
The Moment
President Obama will savor, and rightly so, his extraordinary achievement in enacting fundamental health care reform. He has done something few thought possible. And he may well have revived the enormous faith his election gave millions. But we should not miss the lesson in this fight. Nor the opportunity to rally this rebounded presidency to its real potential for reform.
However good, however essential, however transformative this health care bill may be, we should not mistake success here as a sign that Washington has been cured. Indeed, as Glenn Greenwald reminded us over the weekend -- in an essay that should be every reformer's required reading -- success on this bill is no justification for:
claiming that it represents a change in the way Washington works and a fulfillment of Obama's campaign pledges. The way this bill has been shaped is the ultimate expression -- and bolstering -- of how Washington has long worked. One can find reasonable excuses for why it had to be done that way, but one cannot reasonably deny that it was.
Obama's victory was achieved because his team played the old game brilliantly. Staffed with the very best from the league of conventional politics, his team bought off PhRMA (with the promise not to use market forces to force market prices for prescription drugs) and the insurance industry (with the promise -- and in this moment of celebration, let's ignore the duplicity in this -- that they would face no new competition from a public option), so that by the end, as Greenwald puts it, the administration succeeded in "bribing and accommodating them to such an extreme degree that they ended up affirmatively supporting a bill that lavishes them with massive benefits." Obama didn't "push back on the undue influence of special interests," as he said today. He bought them off. And the price he paid should make us all wonder: how much reform can this administration -- and this Nation -- afford?
Let us not forget -- for a president overwhelmingly elected just a year ago, with a super majority in both the House and Senate -- this has been a bizarrely difficult fight. This wasn't a third string issue for Obama. It was the premier issue on the President's agenda. And regardless of the foxmyths that spin with public opinion polls, it wasn't as if America didn't vote with a clear demand for health care reform. Yet the fight for this first major battle of this administration practically killed the administration. And this near death experience should finally waken this President from his conventional-politics stupor.
For it was just about two years ago precisely that candidate Obama finally tuned perfectly the frame which he claimed hung around his campaign -- and which distinguished him from the Democrats' presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton. As he said on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, echoing a theme that had been growing over the prior 16 months:
For far too long, through both Democratic and Republican administrations, the system has been rigged against everyday Americans by the lobbyists that Wall Street uses to get its way.
Think about it. The top mortgage lenders spend $185 million lobbying Congress, and we wonder why Washington looked the other way when they were tricking families into buying homes they couldn't afford. Drug and insurance companies spend $1 billion on lobbying, and we're surprised that our health care premiums, and co-pays, and the cost of prescription drugs goes up year after year after year. The big oil companies play the same game, and we wonder how they're making record profits at a time when you're paying close to $4 a gallon for gas.
The system is broken....
I know there's been some talk about Rocky Balboa over the last couple days. And we all love Rocky. But Rocky was fiction. And so is the idea that someone can fight for working people and at the same time, embrace the broken system in Washington, where corporate lobbyists use their clout to shape laws to their liking.
We need to challenge the system on behalf of America's workers. And if we're not willing to take up that fight, then real change -- change that will make a lasting difference in the lives of ordinary Americans -- will keep getting blocked by the defenders of the status quo.
This is an administration with high hopes. They are the hopes of America. Obama ran, as an angry email from inside the campaign told me, "on a platform of universal health care, ending the iraq war, a massive cap and trade system, 18 billion in new money for education, a revamping of the tax code to make it more progressive, a restoration of our civil liberties and enforcement of our anti-discrimination laws, a doubling of foreign aid, a huge expansion of national service tied to making college more affordable, tightening regulation in the financial markets, an unprecedented set of ethics and transparency rules governing the white house." But how much, at this pace, will we get?
The lesson of the health care struggle is not that Republicans are evil. The lesson is the one candidate Obama taught us again and again. That "unless we're willing to challenge the broken system in Washington, and stop letting lobbyists use their clout to get their way, nothing else is going to change." Republicans were just the sock-puppets for that clout this time around, aided by key swing Democrats. And a campaign waged against these sock-puppets will be a useless campaign waged against 1/2 of America.
Rather than waging that partisan fight, this is the moment to challenge that "broken system." Americans are disgusted by the story of this reform, however much they will come to love it. They don't need to be convinced that the "clout" in DC over this past year came not from votes in an election, but from dollars these lobbyists will deliver to a Congress still addicted to campaign cash.
Remind us again, Mr. President, about that clout. Focus us again on the "fight" that we must "take up." And then take up that fight. That was "the reason," you told us, that you were "running for President [ -- ] to challenge that system." So challenge it now. And give us all the reason to fight to make sure you have seven more years to deliver on the promises that you made.
Allen Feibleman to present at salon soon
Hi Ellen.
How's it going?
I'm distributing a water ionizer, and I'm wondering if you'd be interested in a show and tell on a Wednesday? I've been drinking it for a couple months and I'm feeling much better on it. It is a certified Japanese medical device, has been in Japanese hospitals and clinics since the 80's, and is in 250 Japanese clinics and hospitals today.
I'd basically bring plenty of water to drink and share. Another idea is that if you have a way of sending people notice in advance, or to include a mention in your weekly newsletter, that people can bring water containers and carry away as much of the water as they like. People could also bring what they like to drink, and I would bring my meters, etc.. to analyze it for pH and antioxidant value from which we can draw conclusions about how healthy their beverage choices are. I can bring some Dasani and Aquafina and gatorade, etc, to test against the Kangen water too, so either way this would basically be a water and health clinic where we discuss the educational principles behind hydration and evaluate people's personal hydration practices from a health standpoint.
A word or two about the scientific principles behind this product: This water ionizer makes water which is different from that made by any other water ionizer because its electrolysis plates are larger and are made with pure metals which create a higher pH, more antioxidant value and one other electronic feature that other products don't have. All of us are drinking acidic, oxidizing water and other beverages that are structured at the molecular level in such a way that they do not cross the cell membrane very well and do not hydrate us at the cellular level very well. Because this water ionizer changes all three of these electronic features of water, it progressively, through drinking over time, changes the basic metabolic environment of the body to one that is alkaline, highly antioxidant and hydrated and it does it in a highly convenient way. Because this water works at the most basic level of our body chemistry - we are 75 or so percent water - the body can often respond in seemingly miraculous ways. Below are a variety of testimonies from people regarding different conditions. What is really cool is that often people get very quick results, and I can bring up to twenty or so gallons of water that people can take home. Digestive and joint issues often respond very quickly, to the first gallons or so of water, and I'm convinced, based upon all I've read, that anyone who sticks with the water for, if necessary, a matter of weeks is going to feel significantly different.
I've included a variety of links below. If you're interested to see what the demo would look like, you may enjoy the ORP, pH and chlorine videos (they are all from 3 to 8 minutes each) at waternurtureslife.us.
Wishing you a great day.
See ya',
Allen.
REVIEWS: BOOKS, MUSIC, CONCERTS, RESTAURANTS, WEBSITES ...
Please send me your tips...love to hear what you are reading etc. ellen
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Transition Northside - a conversation [Thursday 18 March 1@ 7-9 PM]: Join the conversation around the idea of a "Transition Northside." Learn about the Transition Movement. Discuss how this might become a reality for Northside. Share how your skills & interests might help make this work. The Transition Movement is a national & international movement taking an integrated & inclusive approach to reduce our carbon footprint & increase our ability to withstand the fundamental shift that will accompany climate change, economic instability & a decrease in oil supply. In exchange for the use of the Off the Avenue Studios space, you are asked to bring a roll of toilet paper or stay a few minutes after the meeting to help take out the recycling. At Off the Avenue Studios, 1546 Knowlton Street, Northside, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info @ transitiongreatercincinnati@gmail.com.
The Vintage Keys Project [Thursday 18 March @ 7:30 PM]: The Vintage Keys Project is a group performing music featuring the Wurlitzer & Fender Rhodes electric pianos. The band performs classic arrangements from such artists as Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis & Cannonball Adderley. While much of their repertoire is from the 60's & 70's, music by current artists such as Dave Douglas & Chris Potter are also featured. The group is led by Jim Connerley on electric pianos, with John Zappa on trumpet, Brent Gallaher on sax, Bill Jackson on electric & acoustic bass, Tony Franklin on drums. Cover is $5; Jazz Club Members, CCM & SCPA students enter free. At The Redmoor, 3187 Linwood Avenue, Mt Lookout Square, Cincinnati, OH 45208. More info @ 513.871.6789,waltb31@gmail.com & www.theredmoor.com.
Introduction to Energy & Simple Muscle Testing [Thursday 18 March @ 7-9 PM]: This class will cover an intro to what energy is & why it is important to know. You will learn the steps to 3 types of effective muscle testing, how to prepare yourself for checking & how to ask the right questions to give you the ability to check yours & other's energy fields. Learn to effectively check for appropriate supplements, food, drinks, the clearness of your working & living space & other choices. No experience required. $25. Facilitated by JoAnn Utley. If you have taken this with JoAnn before, you may review for $15. Registration required. At Synergy Holistic Health, 7413 Hwy 42, # 3, Florence, KY 41042. More info & register @ 502.777.3865 & jutley5122@bellsouth.net.
Xavier University Spring Dance Performance [Friday 19 March @ 7 PM]: Sasha Hart will present her dance classes, performing along with 3 advanced piano students who will perform solos; a lovely taste of dance & music (image at right). Free. At the Gallagher Theater, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207. More info @ 513-861-0666 & sashahartdance@aol.com.
Disturbing Reality - opening reception [Friday 19 March @ 6-9 PM]: This show, with free admission, is a group exhibition that explores quirky & disquieting images, psychological dramas & off-kilter environments. Participating artists include Allison Grant (Chicago, IL), Allyson Klutenkamper (Portsmouth, OH); Nate Larson (Baltimore, MD); Nicholas Sistler (Chicago, IL); Mark Slankard (Cleveland, OH) & Cincinnati artists Christopher Hoeting, Guennadi Maslov (see his photo at right), Emily Momohara & David Rosenthal. Opening reception includes refreshments. Gallery talk is Saturday 20 March @ 2 PM - free. The exhibit runs thru Sunday 6 June. At Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.977.4165, westonartgallery@cincinnatiarts.org& www.westonartgallery.com.
Midwest Crystal & Healing Energy Event 2010 [Friday-Sunday 19-21 March @ 10AM-7PM (Fri-Sat) & 10AM-5PM)]: Speakers, workshops (classes), crystal & stone vendors, readers, healing sessions & Friday evening Equinox Ceremony. Weekend pass is $15; 1-day pass is $10; kids under 12 are free; single keynote is $65; single workshop is $20; full package is $198. At Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Cincinnati, OH 45246. More info & registration @ 513.542.4400, info@midwestcrystal.com, www.midcrystal.com & www.4windsacademy.org.
Trap/Neuter/Return for Beginners [Saturday 20 March @ 11 AM - 1 PM]: Find out how you can help solve the stray & feral cat problem in our community. Kathy Collins & Kathleen Nicholson, volunteers from the United Coalition for Animals, will explain the basics of trap/neuter/return (TNR) & how it can be used to help control stray & feral cat colonies in your neighborhood. Workshop includes overview of services & resources available at the UCAN Nonprofit Spay/Neuter Clinic. Space is limited to 25. $5 suggested donation benefits UCAN. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP before March 19 @ 513-721-7275, info@parkandvine.com & www.parkandvine.com.
Concert by the Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra [Sunday 21 March @ 4 PM]: Helmut J. Roehrig will conduct the chorus & orchestra as they perform Requiem in C Minor by Luigi Cherubini & selected motets by Anton Bruckner. No charge for admission. At St. Francis De Sales Church, 1600 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.385.5583 &www.musica-sacra.org.
Cincinnati Metropolitan Orchestra Winter Concert - "Roman Carnival" [Sunday 21 March @ 3 PM]: An assortment of music with an Italian flavor including Parade of the Charioteers from Ben Hur; Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz; Concerto for oboe & trumpet by Antonio Vivaldi; Overture to The Thieving Magpie by G. Rossini; music from Gladiator. Concert is free, donations accepted. At Seton Performance Hall, 3901 Glenway Avenue, Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH 45205. Convenient parking in Seton's lot or garage. More info @ 513.941.8956 or www.gocmo.org.
Sustainable Sunday [Sunday 21 March @ 11 AM]: Join Slow Food Cincinnati, the Miami Group of the Sierra Club & other local foodies. Plan on a leisurely 3-5 mile stroll with a stop at Coffee Emporium before heading up the steps of Mt. Adams to The Rookwood Bar & Restaurant for lunch. The walk finishes at about 2 PM at Park + Vine. Vegan options abound. Space is limited to 25. Pay as you go. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP before March 20 @ 513.721.7275, info@parkandvine.com & www.parkandvine.com.
Nuclear Winter [thru Sunday 21 March]: Local artist Jeff Stout exhibits paintings & drawings illustrating this idea as theorized by noted astrophysicist & author Carl Sagan. This exhibition is supported by a suggested reading list, for which the books will be available at NVISION, where visitors can enjoy a free cup of coffee while perusing the show & the Nuclear Winter library. At NVISION, 4577 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info @ 513.542.4577, contact@nvisionshop.com &http://nvisionshop.com.
Healing on the Spiritual Path [Wednesday 24 March @ 7 PM]: An introduction to learning thru the teachings of Bruno Groening. Free. At the Center for Spiritual Living Greater Cincinnati, 5701 Murray Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45227. More info @ 513.544.2163, ltbarbara@yahoo.com & www.bruno-groening.org/english.
An Evening with Elie Wiesel [Thursday 25 March @ 7:30 PM]: A lecture will be presented by Professor Weisel: writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate & Holocaust survivor. He has authored 57 books; the best known is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust & his imprisonment in several concentration camps. His diverse range of other writings offer powerful & poetic contributions to literature, theology & his own articulation of Jewish spirituality today. When Weisel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, the Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a "messenger to mankind," noting that thru his struggle to come to terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation & of utter contempt for the humanity shown in Hitler's death camps," plus his "practical work in the cause of peace," Weisel had delivered a powerful message "of peace, atonement & human dignity" to humanity. $15-20 for general tickets; $5 for K-12 students with their teachers, chaperones or parents. Presented by the University of Dayton Diversity Lecture Series & Victoria Theatre Association. At the Schuster Performing Arts Center's Mead Theatre, One West Second Street, Dayton, OH 45402. Call 937.228.3630 for individual tix; 937.228.7591x3074 for group tix. More info @ http://events.udayton.edu/?contentId=25021.
Singin' In The Rain [Thu-Sun 25 March – 11 April @ 8 PM (Thu-Sat) & 2 PM (Sun)*]: Hollywood in the 1920s is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy about the early days of sound film when many movie studios found themselves scrambling to salvage the career of its chipmunk-voiced silent picture star. Great songs include "Good Morning," "Make 'Em Laugh," "All I Do Is Dream of You" & "Singin' In The Rain." Based on the 1952 MGM film screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; songs by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed. Directors/choreographers are Dee Anne Bryll & Ed Cohen; musical director is Steve Goers. *Two shows Sat 3 Apr @ 2 & 8pm; 1 show Wed 7 Apr @ 8pm; no show Sun 4 Apr. Tickets are $21 for adults, $19 for seniors & students. At the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue, 45238. More info & tix @ 513 241 6550 www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
Cosmetic Surgery & the Star Culture [Friday 26 March @ 6:30 PM]: The 2nd in a series of 3 discussions on how changing the body affects the psyche. Dr. Virginia Blum, (Professor of English @ University of Kentucky & research candidate at CPI) is author of Hide & Seek: The Child between Psychoanalysis & Fiction, & Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Blum's talk will address why, in recent years, the surgical intervention in one's appearance has seemed like an increasingly reasonable solution to a host of emotional & professional challenges. She will look 1st at the co-emergence of cosmetic surgery & star culture & then reflect on the significance of cosmetic surgery makeover programming. Discussions facilitated by Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute faculty members Joanne Lindy, PhD, Ann Wierwille, MD, & Karl Stukenberg, PhD. Wine & cheese reception @ 6:30 followed by presentation & discussion @ 7 PM. Presented by the Association for Psychoanalytic Thought (APT). Free for APT members; $5 for non-members. Register for 1, 2 or 3 events. At Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute, 3001 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info & register @ 513.531.0415, ASSnPsaThought@aol.com or send check payable to APT to Janet Wiehe, APT Treasurer, 5770 Pandora Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45213.
Positively Ninety - Interviews with Lively Nonagenarians [thru Friday 26 March]: An inspiring exhibit of photographs & writings about the amazing vitality of 28 nonagenarians by Connie Springer, writer & photographer (image at right). At Clifton Cultural Arts Center, 3711 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45220. More info @ 513.497.2860 & larkspur@fuse.net & http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100042&sid=161186.
Meet Rick Steves [Saturday 27 March @ 2 PM]: Get the latest in smart European travel in person with acclaimed travel expert Rick Steves. His 90 minute seminar is packed with tips to help you get the most out of every mile, minute & dollar of your next trip. Since 1973, Rick has spent 120 days a year exploring new places & revisiting familiar favorites across the continent. Spending 1/3 of his adult life living out of a suitcase abroad has shaped his thinking. He advocates smart, affordable, perspective-broadening travel & encourages Americans to travel as "temporary locals." Rick informs travelers how to experience Europe more intimately, authentically & inexpensively thru his travel books, "Rick Steves Europe" on PBS, his weekly NPR show & a weekly column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune. After the lecture, meet Rick, buy his books & have him sign them. Sponsored by the Library Programs Fund, CET & 91.7 WVXU. At the Cincinnati Main Library Reading Garden, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.369.3121 & www.cincinnatilibrary.org.
Building Ability Product Brainstorm [Saturday 27 March @ 9 AM]: Love the environment? Looking for fun, quality items for your toddler? Building Ability, a job-training program of Easter Seals Work Resource Center, is seeking parents of young children to help with a new product launch. Join Building Ability staff for a fun brainstorming discussion on product design & pricing. All items are handcrafted from recycled & reclaimed materials & built by individuals with disabilities receiving paid work experience. Space is limited to 25 people. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP before March 26 @ 513.721.7275, info@parkandvine.com & www.parkandvine.com.
Signing Safari Sampler [Saturday 27 March @ 11:30 AM]: Imagine if your toddler could tell you when he or she were ready for a nap, or where something hurt. Learn how easy it is to incorporate signs into everyday communications & reap the many benefits as early as 9 months. Attending families will receive discount coupons for classes at the Cincinnati Family Enrichment Center & a free gift. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP before March 26 @ 513.721.7275, info@parkandvine.com & www.parkandvine.com.
Transition Green Township Film Series [Saturday 27 March @ 2 PM]: Featuring Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food & his newest book, Food Rules. The film is not about diets or the latest fad way to eat; rather, Pollan's thought-provoking & lively presentation simplifies & takes the mystery out of the often confusing topic of food. The free film showing is co-sponsored by Transition Green Township & the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County. Discussion will follow the film. Transition Green Township is part of a grassroots movement that began in the UK & is spreading globally. At Monfort Heights Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Road, Cincinnati, OH 45247. More info @513) 481-1914, transitiongreatercincinnati@gmail.com,www.transitiongreatercincinnati.org & www.transitionus.org.
Usui Reiki Levels I & II Training [Saturday-Sunday 27- 28 March @ 10 AM - 6 PM]: Easily & quickly learn how to use this gentle yet powerful energy to heal yourself & facilitate healing with others. No experience required for Level I. Attend one or both days. Nurses: 8 contact hours per day. Massage Therapists: 7 contact hours per day. Level I - $135, Level II - $185. $50 deposit per level due by March 20. If you have taken these levels before & have your certificates, you may review for $50 per level plus $20 for new manual if needed. Facilitated by JoAnn Utley. At Synergy Holistic Health, 7413 Hwy 42, # 3, Florence, KY 41042. More info & register @ 502.777.3865, jutley5122@bellsouth.net & www.joannutley.byregion.net.
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Ongoing Tri-State Treasures:
The Art of Food [thru Friday 2 April]: Ornate edible creations & sculpture were created for celebrations in cities & courts of early modern Europe. The Art of Food (image at right) exhibits ephemeral art created out of food to pay homage to this past, & features food as more than a necessity, but as a taste experience. The exhibit explores ways that food is a complete sensory experience with creative interpretations from artists who use food as the inspiration for the art. Participating artists are Eric Brass, Bruce Frank, Matt Kotlarczyk, Pam Kravetz, Suzanne Proulx, Alex Reed, The Carnegie Kids, & Sculpture Students from Art Academy of Cincinnati. Free admission. At The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.2030 & www.thecarnegie.com.
Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America [thru Monday 31 May]: An exhibition on the history of lynching in America from the 1870s to the 1960s, entitled Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America comes to Cincinnati from remarkable showings in New York City, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Jackson MS & Atlanta. The exhibition's centerpiece is a collection of photographs, postcards & memorabilia that were taken at various lynching events in the U.S. in the early decades of the 20th Century. These images, many of which were made into postcards & sent thru the mail, often depicted crowds of onlookers who appear to be celebrating the brutal spectacle. Although the killings were not confined to a period, place or race, an estimated 5,000 African-Americans died by lynching between 1882 & 1968. Related educational materials & programs are available online. An extensive series of programs are scheduled to coincide with the exhibition. At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Jack H. Skirball Changing Exhibit Gallery, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500 & www.freedomcenter.org.
Tai Chi Classes with Ralph Dehner [Thursdays @ 10-11 AM or Tuesdays 7-8 PM]: His students write that Ralph Dehner, Tai Chi for Health Master/Trainer, is Cincinnati's premier Tai Chi teacher & an outstanding human being who'll lead you thru the journey of Tai Chi, a slow Chinese martial art now celebrated worldwide as a way to balance energies within. Ralph introduces Tue PM & Thu AM Tai Chi classes at his Fairfield studio. Standardized Yang 24 Forms @ 10-11 AM: the most popular Tai Chi forms; great for beginners thru advanced students; easy to learn, but with great depth the 24 Forms are the fundamentals to a life time practice or a route toward advanced/competition forms; $96 for 8-weeks. At 5927 Embassy Drive, Fairfield, OH 45014. Ralph also leads Tai Chi classes at Clifton locations Mondays @ 6 or 7:45 PM & Thursdays at 6 PM. More info & registration @ 513.519.0559 & ralph.dehner@juno.com.
ballet tech cincinnati's Jazz Jam Session [3rd Sunday of each month]: The Jam Sessions are open to the public & offer a unique opportunity for jazz musicians of all ages & skill levels. Musicians participate as performers or simply observe skilled jazz musicians in action. The audience enjoys great jazz music from a variety of performers in a relaxed atmosphere & offers professional artists, college & high school musicians a venue to perform together. The House Band provides keyboard, drum set, amplifiers, mikes & a rhythm section for sit-in musicians. Admission is $5; refreshments available to buy. More info @ 513.841.2822,info@ballettechcincinnati.org & www.ballettechcincinnati.org.
Argentine Tango year around: Tango del Barrio, Cincinnati's Argentine Tango social club, inhabits a lively corner of eclectic Northside, the city's most vibrant & diverse neighborhood. More than a dance studio, Tango del Barrio is a gathering place, a welcoming community of dancers & friends devoted to sharing the spirit & intrigues of Argentine Tango. Check out their schedule of classes, practices, milongas (social dances) & special events. Tango del Barrio is at 4046 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info @ 513.591.0019, 513.591.1948, lopezonr@fuse.net,mwizer@earthlink.net & www.tangodelbarrio.com.
Blessingways: Mindy Mossman is pleased to announce her partnership with the Cincinnati Family Enrichment Center to offer Blessingway Ceremonies for pregnant & adoptive mothers. The Blessingway is a mother-centered ceremony including friends & family that honors a woman as she transitions thru pregnancy & birth into motherhood. Each ceremony is custom designed to provide a deeply meaningful, delightful & transformational experience for the mother-to-be while honoring her personal belief system. $200 includes consult, invites & facilitation. More info from Mindy @ 513.319.6612, mindyblessing@me.com & www.theplaceforfamilies.com/programs/for-parents.
FarmYourYard: Grow your own food in your own yard using sustainable/organic farming techniques. Linda Kreidler of Kreidler Design, a local award winning landscape designer, can save you time & money, by giving you the direction to plan your garden now & be ready to plant this Spring. To help you make the most of your properties potential, Linda will visit your home & give a 2-3 hour consultation. She can also provide detailed drawings for you to work from on a long term plan. More info & rates @ 513.624.0333, linda@kreidlerdesign.com & www.kreidlerdesign.com.
Miami University Legacies of the French New Wave - French Film Series [Mondays thru 26 April @ 5:30 PM]: The Department of French & Italian at Miami U. offers this film series associated with its French/Film Studies 460/560. The class convenes Mondays & Wednesdays @ 2:15-3:30 PM. The Monday evening screenings are accompanied by discussion, led by Professor Elisabeth Hodges. The spoken language is French, with English subtitles. Free & open to the public. In 40 Irvin Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. Map @ www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/campusmap/. More info @ hodgesed@muohio.edu.
Mar 22: J.-L. Godard "Band of Outsiders" (1964)
Mar 29: A. Varda "Cléo from 5 to 7" (1965)
Apr 05: J.-L. Godard "Pierrot le fou" (1965)
Apr 12: A. Varda "Happiness" (1965)
Apr 19: J.-L. Godard "Our Music" (2007)
Apr 26: Agnès Varda "Agnès' Beaches" (2008)
Miami University Italian American Film Series [Wednesdays thru 28 April @ 7:30 PM]: The Department of French & Italian at Miami U. offers this American Italian film series led by Professor Predrag Kovacevic, who presents the series in conjunction with the Italian cinema course he teaches at Miami University. The spoken language is English. Free & open to the public. In 102 Benton Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. Map @ www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/campusmap/. More info @ kovacep@muohio.edu.
Mar 24: Saturday Night Fever (1977) John Badham
Mar 31: Donnie Brasco (1997) Mike Newell
Apr 07: The Godfather (1972), Francis Ford Coppola
Apr 14: Goodfellas (1990), Martin Scorsese
Apr 21: The Freshman (1990) Andrew Bergman
Apr 28: The Sopranos, episodes from the TV series, David Chase
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