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FIVE SECTIONS, including:
- Table Notes of the discussion at this Wednesday night's Salon, as recorded by Ellen
- Events and Opportunities
- Articles and Letters
- Book, Film, Theater, TV, Music, Website Reviews
- Tri-State Treasures, compiled by Jim Kesner
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The Wednesday Night Salon has been meeting each week of the year (no break for holidays, weather) since July 2001 in pursuit of good talk. Bring a dish at 5:45 pm and join us. We are usually about 10 people of varied erudition and age. We like to talk politics, environmentalism, social issues, literature, the arts, ad any blamed thing we want. Sometimes we have a special presenter. We emphasize good fellowship and civility always. Way fun! Everyone welcome. 3901 Clifton Avenue 45220.
SECTION ONE: TABLE NOTES
SECTION ONE: Table Notes
In the photo:Sara, Viddle, Carolyn, Mira, Vlasta, Dennis, John, Marilyn
Dennis Kinsley,.,Carolyn Clark, Vlasta Molak, Marilyn Gale, Ellen Bierhorst, Sara Ernst, John Kelly, Mira Rodwan (Julia Yarden came just for a minute.)
Sara: being Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador, teaching environmental practices in rural village.
Ellen: the holocaust
Carolyn: the boat of Jewish refugees turned back by FDR...
Marilyn: in Uganda, the terrible purge against homosexuals. ...
May 4 election
Ellen: Bruner for Dem. Senator; Brown for County Commissioner (because Todd Portune endorsed him. Jim Tarbell would also be good. Cecil Thomas is better on the city council). Two constitutional amendments. One to move the Columbus casino to a different site. The other to continue a program with bi-partisan support, "the third frontier" to fund research to help Ohio industry.
Table: yes on the casino because that's what the Columbus people want. Third Frontier program: yes. Http://thirdfrontier.com
Mira: Proponents of the Third Frontier amendment say: 1- promotes economic growth in Ohio. 2- continued investment in technology and innovation that has created new jobs in Ohio. 3- good processes for screening programs. 4- independent evaluations done have supported the program.
Opponents:
- the state has a debt limit in the constitution, but the new bonds are not subject to this limit.
- the new debt will have to be repaid from future state budget. Other needs may be more urgent.
- allows the state to pick and chose which industries to fund; not fair.
Vlasta: fake "green" programs like LEED and Energy Star appliances. Many bogus programs.
Ellen: new book by Pat Murphy of the Community Solution institute in Yellow Springs panning LEED as not contributing to energy savings.
SARA'S EXPERIENCE IN THE PEACE CORPS
Sara: difficulties of teaching environmental practices in El Salvador in the Peace Corps. Deforestation for cooking fires. But there aren't readily available, well accepted, and cheap alternatives. ... It took me about six Months to be able to be sufficiently fluent in Spanish. Had no Spanish; had a little in high school, a little in college, but by no means could "speak". At times it was very difficult.
I could see what I was trying to teach wasn't taking root. I had to adapt. I made it about my personal experience. The real goal of the Peace Corps is about diplomacy. Extending a hand from the US to developing countries.
It has changed me as a US citizen here. I have a world view. Am much more patient. Have opinions, e.g. Immigration reform.
Ellen What should we do about immigration reform?
Sara: the rally I went to today. Immigrants pay taxes. By denying their existence we are denying a tax base. There was a nun...a professor... A national spokesman. Illegal immigrants could not be there because they feel harassed. The sheriff in Butler county. It is disturbing...people dying in the desert every day; families being separated.
John: politics in El Salvador?
Sara: now there is a new progressive gov't. (?) I had electricity , running water an hour in the morning. Outhouse. I drank tap water... Some kids were getting sick a lot. I put plastic bottles in the sun, but it didn't work very well. I got sick. Diarrhea; gas, bloating. Propane for cooking.
Rice, beans, tortillas.
Medical care in the capitol 8 hours away.
They have a better rate of infant mortality than the US.
CINCINNATI CHURCHES CARE FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES
Viddle: just had interesting experience with homelessness. Unitarian Church, first Church on Reading Rd. There were two families, about 8 children, nice accommodations. Fatherless families. Interfaith Hospitality Network ... Have a website. http://www.ihncincinnati.org/
Judy Cirillo (via cell phone): the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) places homeless families in churches for 2 weeks at a time. In the morning they go to the IHN office and use computers to find work, housing. Have a lunch there. Then in evening go back to the church where they have supper and activity; sleep; in morning have breakfast at the church, then back to the IHN office.
A number of local churches participate, and one synagogue. Very successful program. They screen the families very carefully. http://www.ihncincinnati.org/
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to all,
Ellen
SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES
Single Payer Conference in Columbus: I'll be going. 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
http://www.spanohio.org
The Conference is (April 17)
Thank you for your support of single-payer healthcare
Barbara Walden, Treasurer
SPAN Ohio
EarthSave Cincinnati presents
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
The Secrets of Their Healing Diets: Two impressive healing stories
What Exactly Do They Eat?
Speakers: Suzy Hoseus and Mike Fremont
Suzy Hoseus provides a story of hope and encouragement after having had bipolar disorder for 20 years. After 10 years on a raw vegan diet, she is symptom-free and has not had so much as an aspirin since 2000! She is certified in naturopathy, massage therapy, and the author of Healing Bipolar and Depression. Suzy and her husband, Mike are homeschoolers of their two younger daughters and have a son who is graduating from high school this year. For more information checkoutlifelearningministries.org.
Mike Fremont addressed cancer with a vegan/macrobiotic diet. An engineer, business man and exporter for 40 years, now retired, he has been a river protection and restoration specialist for 44 years. He works now to bring national diet change to the attention of Congress as a prime means to reduce our global climate change contribution. At age 88 he is a national champion marathon canoe racer and marathon runner. (I don't know suzy but Mike is very impressive; come meet a real 88 year old athlete! Ellen)
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
3-4pm: vegan potluck dinner
4-6pm: program
Clifton United Methodist Church
3416 Clifton Avenue
Please bring a vegan dish to share –
vegetables, fruits, grains, beans, seeds, nuts
(No animal derived ingredients: no dairy, eggs, casein, honey, etc.)
And please bring your own plates, cups, personal and serving utensils
Remember to take home everything you brought that is not compostable
EarthSave educates people about the powerful effects our food
choices have on the environment, our health and all life on Earth,
and encourages a shift toward a healthy plant-based diet.
513-929-2500 http://cincinnati.earthsave.org cincinnati@earthsave.org
Absolutely Everybody Welcome!
From Salon Presenter George Hardebeck:
Are we native yet? Is the native within you seeking to share with others for the integral life of all at the deep ecology, natural-community level, to restore our human-nature. Boost your ecological emotional quotient – EEQ – with us in a six week Deep Ecology discussion course hosted at McKie by OPAN – Our Plants are Native; the Maketewah Arts Konsortium; ARCHE – Arts Restoring Culture for Healing Earth; and The Cincinnati Permaculture Guild. Cincinnati Earth Institute discussion courses are also compliments of Imago. For deeper information ahead, also about other CEI courses, call Imago Earth Center or see the North West Earth Institute website: NWEI.org
Deep Ecology –
Reconnecting With Earth
Mondays, April 19th to May 31, 2010 from 6 – 8 p.m.
CEI course books are $20.00 each. McKie CRC (Cincinnati Recreation Commission) membership is $25 per annum.
(If you wish not to join CRC, a surcharge can be arranged for the program.)
Register soon. We order book one week ahead at latest – April 12th.
Classes require about two hours of reading per week, to prepare for class.
McKie Community Center is @ 1655 Chase Avenue, Northside, OH 45223
Register by phone with Don Brannen 513-681-8247; or by email with George Hardebeck ARCHE –geomhardebeck@excite.com
Join ahead of class to prepare MAKarts during class, or plan OPAN work.
far out electronic modern classical music at CCM! Fascinating.
Sonic Explorations April 20, 2010
Please join us for a concert featuring CCM alumni composers Michael Barnhart, Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz and Margaret Schedel, with a surprise visit from Ico Bukvic's L2Ork Linux Laptop orchestra. Events start at 7:30 pm. You'll hear great clarinet and flute performances, Korean Buddhist bells, automated organ, improvisation and hemispherical speakers, with a new version of the wireless sensor system. -- Mara Helmuth (Salonista)
Sonic Explorations Concert
with Alumni Visiting Composers Michael Barnhart (Shawnee State University), Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz (Otterbein College), and Margaret Schedel (Stony Brook University)
Mara Helmuth, director
April 20, 2010
Cohen Family Studio Theater
CCM, University of Cincinnati
info: 513-556-0807
-- Special pre-concert event! --
7:30pm Ico Bukvic and the L2Ork - Linux Laptop Orchestra from Virginia Tech
--Concert 8:00 pm --
Program:
Awake Sangbong Nam
Sounds From the Gray Goo II Jennifer Jolley
Rebecca Danard, bass clarinet
David McDonnell Shapes
intermission
improvisation 1 for clarinet and sensor system Mara Helmuth
Rebecca Danard, clarinet and bass clarinet
Talmai Oliveira, Jung Hyun Jun, Vaibhav Pandit and Dharma Agrawal, wireless sensor system
Down the Tubes: for automated organ Michael Barnhart
Phyllotaxis Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz
Kimberlee Goodman, flute
The Beautiful Don't Lack the Wound Margaret Schedel
Rebecca Danard, clarinet
Stop Violence against Women
National Conference, Sat April 24 8:30 – 4:30
Seton High School 3901 Glenway Ave 45205
Muse choir will perform at 4:00.
Many fascinating workshops, e.g. "rape crisis" by Women Helping Women. ON sexual assault, etc.
Women and homelessness.
Women Responding to Fundamentalism with Shakila Ahmad and Louise Akers.
Child care provided.
Building the Citizen Budget
For the past several months, CCR (Citizens for Civic Renewal) has been convening the Citizen Budget Coalition to develop a way to work with the City of Cincinnati Mayor, Council and Administration to include citizen input in the policy budget for 2011-2012.
The Mayor, Council and Administration have agreed that hearing from citizens would be useful. The Coalition has designed a process where citizens will deliberate in small groups and suggest how the City of Cincinnati should balance a $50 million budget deficit. To have your voice heard, sign-up for one of the three neighborhood meetings and/or the all-city meeting. Space is limited, so please RSVP today. Please pass this invitation along to your fellow citizens to assure diverse views are included. If you have questions, contact Steve Johns, Executive Director, Citizens for Civic Renewal at 458-6736 or ccrcinn@juno.com.
East Cincinnati - Monday, April 26th, 6:00 to 8:45 p.m. - Madisonville Rec Center
Central Cincinnati -Wednesday, April 28th, 6:00 to 8:45 p.m. - Avondale Pride Center
West Cincinnati - Wednesday, May 5th, 6:00 to 8:45 p.m. - Midway School
All Cincinnati - Saturday, June 5th, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Cintas Center
Cover The Uninsured Month - April 2010
UNINSURED? UNDERINSURED?
You may qualify for free health coverage
Medicaid offers free health coverage to working families with children.
Example: Children in a family of 4 can have household income up to $45,000/year and quality.
Find out if you qualify--Come to specified Kroger locations from 9 AM to noon
• Proof of income
Bring the • Proof of any other health insurance
Following: • Proof of pregnancy (if applicable)
• Picture I.D.
• Birth certificate
Kroger Gift Cards—While they last for those who apply
For more info: call 2-1-1 or go to www.covercincy.org
Guide to the May 4 Primary, offered by League of Women Voters:
http://www.lwvca.org/news/2010PrimaryGuide.pdf
(When I clicked on it, it arrived as an Adobe download...I had to go looking for it in my downloads folder.Ellen)
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Salonista Steve Sunderland: Peace Village Mother's Day Event
A CALL FOR PEACE
Dear Friends:
I have learned that Mother's Day was started as a peace day by Julia Ward Howe. Here is a section of her history: "Distressed by her experience of the realities of war, determined that peace was one of the most important causes of the world and seeing war arise again in the world in the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870 she called for women to...
"Rise up and oppose war in all its forms, to come together across national lines, to recognize what we hold in common above what divides us, and commit to finding peaceful resolutions to conflicts."
This Mother's Day Proclamation was issued to gather together women in a congress of action."
This year on Mother's Day April 11, 2010, at 1pm at Findlay Market, a group of us will be meeting to read the Howe Proclamation and other relevant works of poetry, prose and song. The Rev. Frank Carpenter and a coordinating group are organizing the event. Won't you and members of your networks join us for a call for peace? All citizens for peace are welcome.
In peace,
Steve
Steve Sunderland, Peace Village
919.2538
Upcoming Vacancy at the Lloyd House
Third floor two room suite, has own bathroom. Monthly house dues: $460 includes all utilities plus high speed wireless internet. Kitchen shared with two others. Wonderful space! Please call Ellen: (513) 221 1289 Available June 1
Must be rock solid financially, over 25, non smoker, homo sapiens only.
Very jolly, juicy multicultural household in Victorian Castle. See www.lloydhouse.com
Also, We also have a vacancy now at the Lloyd House
Third floor single room + bathroom. $360/month house dues, all utilities included, high speed wireless internet included. Share kitchen. Many perks. Ellen: 221 1289 No smoking, nobody under age 25.
The campaign to elect Jim Tarbell is under way and we need your help to make sure Jim gets his message out to every voter in Hamilton County. You know Jim is not just another typical politician. He is a candidate who will work to find common ground and has the vision to lead. That is why were are instituting The Jim Tarbell Three for Three Challenge. Over the next three days, we want to raise $3,000.00 to add to the growing momentum of Jim's campaign for County Commissioner. You can donate here and make the difference in Hamilton County's future.
The ultimate goal is victory in November, but remember that Jim Tarbell faces a very serious primary challenge on Tuesday, May the 4th and we need volunteers. I encourage you to visit our volunteer sign up page and/or contribute today. There are many options, from distributing literature to making phone calls, for you to help out Jim's campaign.
As we move forward with assembling our campaign office, we are accepting donations of office supplies. Our needs include a refrigerator, desks, chairs, a quality printer and a desktop computer. Please contact us if you are able to help with stocking our office.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Jonathon Vogt
Campaign Coordinator
Jim Tarbell for Hamilton County Commissioner
ARTICLES AND LETTERS
- Bentley Davis' political update
- Dr. King called for Peace
Bentley Davis' POLITICAL NOTES, update of the week:
(in response to my question about John Boehner (pronounced BAY-ner):
Hi Ellen,
Yes, John Boehner is a Congress who represents Butler County and his office is in West Chester. He is the minority leader in Congress (the head Republican who would be Speaker if the Republicans were to gain a majority in the House). He has been the leader of the "no on everything" campaign the Republicans have been having -- no on health care reform, no on student loan reform, no on jobs bills, no on environmental bills, etc. For a great YouTube video featuring Boehner, seehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpOUctySD68
Best,
Bentley
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967
April 3, 2010
OP-ED COLUMNIST
We Still Don't Hear Him
By BOB HERBERT
The great man was moving with what seemed like great reluctance. He knew as he climbed from the car in Upper Manhattan that he was stepping into the maelstrom, that there were powerful people who would not react kindly to what he had to say.
"I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight," said the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "because my conscience leaves me no other choice."
This was on the evening of April 4, 1967, almost exactly 43 years ago. Dr. King told the more than 3,000 people who had crowded into Riverside Church that silence in the face of the horror that was taking place in Vietnam amounted to a "betrayal."
He spoke of both the carnage in the war zone and the toll the war was taking here in the United States. The speech comes to mind now for two reasons: A Tavis Smiley documentary currently airing on PBS revisits the controversy set off by Dr. King's indictment of "the madness of Vietnam." And recent news reports show ever-increasing evidence that we have ensnared ourselves in a mad and tragic venture in Afghanistan.
Dr. King spoke of how, in Vietnam, the United States increased its commitment of troops "in support of governments which were singularly corrupt, inept, and without popular support."
It's strange, indeed, to read those words more than four decades later as we are increasing our commitment of troops in Afghanistan to fight in support of Hamid Karzai, who remains in power after an election that the world knows was riddled with fraud and whose government is one of the most corrupt and inept on the planet.
If Mr. Karzai is at all grateful for this support, he has a very peculiar way of showing it. He has ignored pleas from President Obama and others to take meaningful steps to rein in the rampant corruption. His brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, the kingpin in southern Afghanistan, is believed by top American officials to be engaged in all manner of nefarious activities, including money-laundering and involvement in the flourishing opium trade.
Hamid Karzai himself pulled off a calculated insult to the U.S. by inviting Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidential palace in Kabul, where Ahmadinejad promptly delivered a fiery anti-American speech. As Dexter Filkins and Mark Landler reported in The Times this week: "Even as Mr. Obama pours tens of thousands of additional American troops into the country to help defend Mr. Karzai's government, Mr. Karzai now often voices the view that his interests and the United States' no longer coincide."
Is this what American service members are dying for in Afghanistan? Can you imagine giving up your life, or your child's life, for that crowd?
In his speech, Dr. King spoke about the damage the Vietnam War was doing to America's war on poverty, and the way it was undermining other important domestic initiatives. What he wanted from the U.S. was not warfare overseas but a renewed commitment to economic and social justice at home. As he put it: "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
The speech set loose a hurricane of criticism. Even the N.A.A.C.P. complained that Dr. King should stick to what it perceived as his area of expertise, civil rights. The New York Times headlined its editorial on the speech, "Dr. King's Error."
Mr. Smiley, in his documentary, noted that "the already strained relationship between President Johnson and Dr. King became fractured beyond repair." And donations to Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference "began to dry up."
So it took great courage for Dr. King to speak out as he did.
His bold stand seems all the more striking in today's atmosphere, in which moral courage among the very prominent — the kind of courage that carries real risk — seems mostly to have disappeared.
More than 4,000 Americans have died in Iraq and more than 1,000 in Afghanistan, where the Obama administration has chosen to escalate rather than to begin a careful withdrawal. Those two wars, as the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and his colleague Linda Bilmes have told us, will ultimately cost us more than $3 trillion.
And yet the voices in search of peace, in search of an end to the "madness," in search of the nation-building so desperately needed here in the United States, are feeble indeed.
Dr. King would be assassinated exactly one year (almost to the hour) after his great speech at Riverside Church. It's the same terrible fate that awaits some of the American forces, most of them very young, that we continue to send into the quagmire in Afghanistan.
REVIEWS: BOOKS, MUSIC, CONCERTS, RESTAURANTS, WEBSITES ...
Please send me your tips...love to hear what you are reading etc. ellen
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Tri-State Treasures
Tri-State Treasures is a chronological compilation of unique local people, places, and events that may enrich your lives. These treasures have been submitted by you and others who value supporting quality community offerings. Please consider supporting these treasures, and distributing the information for others to enjoy. And please continue forwarding your Tri-State Treasures ideas to jkesner@nuvox.net.
Information about Tri-State Treasures and how to submit them is at the bottom of this email. Please help me by providing all basic information, and formatting your submissions as described below. Thank you.
Sincerely, Jim
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Faux French @ Allyn's every Monday @ 6:30-9 PM & @ Sitwell's every Wednesday @ 7-9:30 PM: This terrific ensemble will be bringing their "gypsy swing thing" to Clifton & Cincy's east side on a regular basis. At Allyn's, 3538 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226 & Sitwell's, 324 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ www.fauxfrenchmen.com.
Stained Glass Constructions - art exhibit [thru Sunday 9 May]: Venezuelan-born, Northern Kentucky-based artist Ybette Inojosa makes original art pieces by mixing stained glass with found objects & any other materials that can give to the piece the emotion she's looking to express. At NVISION, 4577 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223. More info @ 513.542.4577 &http://nvisionshop.com.
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The Dan Karlsberg Trio & SCPA Young Jazz Messengers [Thursday 15 April @ 6 PM (SCPA) & 7:30 PM (Trio)]: The Dan Karlsberg Group is a jazz trio with an inimitable sound that's based in collective improvisation. Pianist Dan Karlsberg, with NY bassist & drummer Steve Whipple & Anthony "T" Lee, have been performing & recording together for 7 years. Karlsberg's urbane piano, Whipple's Zen-like bass, & Lee's dynamic, occasionally explosive drums keep the audience on the edge of its seat, always guessing what will come next. Opening up for Trio @ 6 PM will be The Young Jazz Messengers, talented young musicians from The School of Creative & Performing Arts, play with a verve & sophistication that belies their years & have received rave reviews. 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.
Festival Of New French Films: The Tournées Festival of New French Films is showing at Northern Kentucky University. Sponsored by the Cinema Studies program along with the departments of English & World Languages & Literatures, the films will be shown on consecutive Thursdays thru April 22 at 3:30 & 7 p.m. in the Otto Budig Theatre in the University Center. Admission is free to students & those with an NKU ID card; general admission is $5. The Tournées is a program sponsored by the French American Cultural Exchange that provides grant money for colleges & universities to host film festivals showcasing some of the best of recent French cinema. NKU will be the 1st school in the area to host the Tournées, which features 5 critically acclaimed films making their regional theatrical premieres. Each screening will be followed by a discussion led by an NKU faculty member. More info @ 859.572.5578 & alberti@nku.edu. Here is the film festival schedule (sorry; 3 of the 5 films have already screened):
Thursday 15 April: Un Conte de noel (A Christmas Tale)
Thursday 22 April: Un Secret (A Secret)
O'Bryonville's Third Thursday Wine Walk [Thursday 15 April @ 4-8 PM]: Kick Off O'Bryonville's 3rd Thursday Wine Walk with a Walk on the Wild Side, a benefit for the Cincinnati Feral Cat Initiative. Sample wine & refreshments while browsing the unique shops of the Eclectic Mile during extended business hours. A portion of every purchase benefits CincyFeral. More info @ knicholson@ucancincinnati.org & www.obryonville.com.
Walk on Woodburn [Friday 16 April @ 6-9 PM]: Come & enjoy a fun evening of art, food & a variety of music at different venues in this historic Cincinnati neighborhood that is a gem of the city. Walk among the 1880's architecture & gaslight lamps & explore a variety of art exhibits, galleries, shops & restaurants located in the heart of East Walnut Hills DeSales District. Start at The Shop @ 2801 Woodburn Ave. (Cincinnati 45206) for complimentary food & wine while looking at handcrafts like pottery, jewelry, textiles & wood crafts made by local artisans. Have dinner at the highly acclaimed Suzie Wong's Restaurant (BYOB). Finish with a cup of coffee at MoCA or a yummy dessert at Lucky John's Slow Market. More info @ 513.961.2728.
Tax Relief Party [Friday 16 April @ 6-9 PM]: Celebrate the end of tax season while supporting Know Theatre at the "Falling Wall." Enjoy music by Mr. Rhythm Man, an open bar & food from local restaurants in a beautiful place with a gorgeous view on rooftop outdoor deck. $15 suggested donation. At the "Falling Wall" condos at 1417-1421 Main Street. More Info @ 513.300.KNOW.
Cincinnati Men's Chorus [Saturday 17 April @ 8 PM]: Dr. Patrick Coyle directs this local phenomenon - powerful men's voices singing moving music. The Chorus is in its 19th season. 2009-2010 St. John's Music Series Final Concert. $15 (1 student free/adult). St. John's UU Church, 320 Resor Ave (Clifton), Cincinnati, 45220. More info @ 513-961-1938, music@stjohnsuu.org & www.stjohnsuu.org.
Healthy Eating 101 [Saturday 17 April @ 12:30 PM]: Find out what foods are good for your body, & which are not. Learn how to eat healthy on a budget, eating locally, & what eating healthy can do for you. At Gateways to Healing, 3239 Jefferson Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info @ 513.321.3317 &www.gatewaystohealing.com.
"Contraceili" Irish Ceili & Contra Dance - Fund Raiser for the new Irish Heritage Center [Saturday 17 April @ 7:30-10:30 PM]: Live dance music by Riley School ceili band. Snacks, drinks, opportunity to see the renovations to former McKinley Elementary which is now the home base for all things Irish/Celtic in town. Admission is $5. At 3905 Eastern Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45226 (plenty of free parking). More info @ 513.262.9932 & www.irishcenterofcincinnati.com.
Butterflies of Japan: the 15th year Butterfly Show @ Krohn Conservatory [Saturday 17 April to Sunday 20 June]: This year's display features beautiful florals, traditional Japanese gardens & special insect guests to celebrate the seasons of cherry trees, bamboo & the moon. Special scrolls for the Tea House have been hand painted by Frank Satogata for each of the seasons. At City of Cincinnati: Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ website or call 513-421-5707 & www.butterflyshow.com.
Without Sanctuary: Lynching as Popular Culture [Sunday 18 April @ 4-6 PM]: John E. Douglass, PhD, University of Cincinnati- Raymond Walters College, will present this lecture that coincides with the current exhibition of the same name at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which runs thru 31 May. Dr. Douglass's lecture will feature selected images from Without Sanctuary Lynching Photography in America, the book that accompanies the Freedom Center exhibition. A brief Q&A period will follow the lecture. Light refreshments will be served. Adults, teachers & students of history are encouraged to attend. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Group tours of the house can be arranged. The Stowe House new second floor gallery is available for new artist displays. At Harriet Beecher Stowe House, 2950 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.751.0651 & stowehouse@zoomtown.com.
Giving Your Poems Roots & Wings; followed by Poetry Craft Workshop [Sunday 18 April @ 2 PM]: Get tips on getting your poetry out into the world. Panelists include Richard Hague, widely published poet & essayist; Leah Maines, poet & Senior Editor of Finishing Line Press; Robert & Elizabeth Murphy, co-founders & poet/Executive Editor & artist/Designer (respectively) of Dos Madres Press; Lynn Robbins, has helped many women bring their words to press, including poet & panelist Valerie Chronis Bickett. A Grailville 3rd Sunday Poetry Series event co-sponsored by Cincinnati Writers Project, Dos Madres Press, Greater Cincinnati Writers League & InkTank. Program fee is $15. Optional poetry craft workshop (donation). At Grailville, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH. More info & reservations @ 513.683.2340 & www.grailville.org.
the four seasons:earth day 2010 - Music by concert:nova [Sunday-Monday 18-19 April - times & venues below]: concert:nova celebrates Earth Day by meshing music with the art of cooking. The Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazolla, & Aaron Jay Kernis is collected in a menu that will tantalize your ears & tastebuds. concert:nova partners with a Cincinnati celebrity chef who will offer local & organic food inspired by the music. The performance will feature the 18th century classic Le Quattro Staggioni [The Four Seasons] by Vivaldi, Le Quattro Stagioni della Cucina Futurismo [The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine] by modern composer Kernis who draws on satiric texts of FT Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto (1909) & The Futurist Cookbook (1932) & narration by Naomi Lewin to poke fun at the Italian art movement of Futurism, etc., & a final course of the Cuatro estaciones porteñas [The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires] by Piazolla to add a tango-inspired work that intertwines easily recognizable elements from Vivaldi's concerti to combine exciting & dance-like rhythms with luscious melodies. concert:nova is comprised of Cincinnati Symphony & Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra musicians who present world class chamber music in diverse & unusual venues using interdisciplinary collaboration to illuminate the music. Tickets are $50 in advance; $75 at the door. Sun 18 Apr 18 @ 6 PM @ Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State, 3520 Central Parkway, Cincinnati OH 45220. Post concert dinner inspired by the music by the MCI Team, led by Chef Ed Smain. Mon 19 Apr @ 7 PM @ Via Vite Restaurant on Fountain Square, 520 Vine Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. Post concert dinner by Chef Cristian Pietoso. More info @concertnova@mac.com & www.concertnova.com.
Sonic Explorations [Tuesday 20 April @ 7:30 PM]: Electronic Music featuring CCM alumni composers Michael Barnhart, Jennifer Bernard Merkowitz & Margaret Schedel, with a surprise visit from Ico Bukvic's L2Ork Linux Laptop orchestra. Mara Helmuth, director; Rebecca Danard, clarinet; Kimberlee Goodman, flute; Korean Buddhist, bells, automated organ, improvisation & hemispherical speakers; with a new version of our wireless sensor system. Free Admission. Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM, Corry Drive, Univ of Cincinnati 45221. More info @ mara.helmuth@uc.edu.
Influence of American Jazz on French Society & Jazz in France [Wednesday 21 April @ 7 PM]: Attend a lecture in French & English by Eric Bachelet & Anne-Marie Mazzega-Bachelet, Ph.D. Jazz arrived in France with the American soldiers of the First World War & since then France has been a 2nd home for the American jazzmen. The lecture will analyze the extraordinary influence of the American Jazz on the French Society from dance to songs, from classical music to graphic arts, painting & literature. French Jazz has become an original strand & is still popular in the country. Co-sponsored by The Alliance Française & the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at the University of Cincinnati. Free; $3 to park in the adjoining parking. At Valentine House, 2629 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info @ annemarie.mazzega@fuse.net.
Players for the Planet E-Waste Collection Drive [Thursday & Saturday 22 & 24 April]: Players for the Planet was founded by Cincinnati Reds Chris Dickerson & former Major League Baseball player Jack Cassel to bring pro athletes together to work with & inspire individuals across the US to be aware of their power to reverse the environmental crisis. Players for the Planet joins forces with Global Environmental Services & Cincinnati's leading corporations to bring attention to this community wide effort. The public is encouraged to bring their electronic waste items for recycling: TVs, radios, computer monitors, hard drives & all other electronic items. Volunteers & environmental orgs will join Chris & other Reds players to collect items from the public, sign autographs & provide info on how people can make their environmental changes at home, work & school. Suggested donation of $5 per car supports Players for the Planet. Donors can enter a raffle to win lunch for 2 with Chris & a fellow Reds teammate at the Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse. Bring electronics to Krogers: Thur 22 Apr @ 7 AM - 5 PM @ Kroger Western Hills, 6150 Glenway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH or Sat 24 Apr @ 10 AM - 7 PM @ Kroger Hyde Park, 3760 Paxton Avenue, Cincinnati. More info @ 859.494.4264 & www.playersfortheplanet.org.
Granny's Garden School [thru Friday 23 April]: Granny's is seeking donations of small & large baskets, wicker or plastic, & weather-proof trinkets & game pieces. We'll even recycle your used plastic gardening pots. Children will transform your donated goods into miniature container gardens when they stop by Granny's Garden School exhibit at this year's Cincinnati Flower Show during Small Wonders Weekend Saturday-Sunday 24-25 April. Bring donated goods to 20 Miamiview Drive, Loveland, OH 45140. More info @ 513.324.2873, schoolgarden@fuse.net &www.grannysgardenschool.com.
Cultures of Dance [see dates, times & venues below]: ballet tech cincinnati & Cincinnati Ballet Company showcase their new collaboration to create more interest, develop new dance audience, expand community outreach & promote diversity. This unique collaboration features contemporary ballet, hip hop, musical theater & Chinese & Indian dance. This interactive, educational performance demonstrates the diversity of different dance styles while celebrating movement in common across cultures & histories. It features performances by ballet tech cincinnati, Cincinnati Ballet, Greater Cincinnati Chinese School Children Arts Troupe, Krucial Hip Hop Crew, & Nalanda India Dance Academy. More info @ 513.841.2822, info@ballettechcincinnati.org & www.ballettechcincinnati.org.
Saturday 24 April @ 7:30 PM @ Fitton Center in Hamilton, OH
Sunday 25 April @ 7PM @ Oxford Community Arts Center
Friday 30 April @ 7:30 PM @ Cincinnati Ballet Center Kaplan Theater
Sunday 23 May @ 3 PM @ Mayerson JCC in Amberly Village
Garden Volunteer Days [4th Saturday of each month (except August) @ 9 AM - Noon; see schedule]: Monthly opportunity to volunteer in Grailville's organic gardens & learn techniques you can apply in your own yard. Free. At Grailville, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH. More info & reservations @ 513.683.2340 & www.grailville.org.
April 24: Planting & transplanting annual Spring garden in raised beds; planting herbs & other perennials for biodiversity in orchard
May 22: Planting & transplanting summer crops, using companion planting & intercropping
June 26: Harvesting & curing garlic & planting succession of Winter squash; creating a swale for harvesting rainwater
July 24: Planting Fall crops; cleaning garlic & making garlic powder
September 25: Harvesting Winter squash & potatoes & planting succession of garlic; setting up season extension
October 23: Working on soil fertility with compost & cover crops; weeding & mulching garlic; planting perennials
34th Season of the Cathedral Concert Series [Sunday 25 April @ 3 PM]: Gala Choral Concert Honoring Landmark Anniversaries of 2 Area Church Music Directors & Composers. Eugene Englert: 50 Years ~ Church of the Assumption, Mt. Healthy, OH. Robert Schaffer: 60 Years ~ Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. This is the 6th of 6 concerts thru April 2010. The Series endeavors to present instrumental & choral music from the rich tradition of Western Liturgy & inspired classical music in a suitable visual & acoustic environment. Series Music Director, Dr. Robert J. Schaffer. No admission charge; freewill offering accepted. At St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Madison Avenue @ 12th Street, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.431.2060,cathedralconcertseries@fuse.net & www.cathedralconcertseries.org.
Pedigree Interiors' Spring Boutique [Sunday 25 April @ 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM]: Ladies buffet luncheon & shopping event with 20 vendors & artisans presenting costume, fine & estate jewelry, ladies accessories, children's toys, pottery, weaving, paintings, home & garden accessories, & unusual personalized gift items. Gift basket raffle & silent auction. Proceeds benefit the United Coalition for Animals Spay/Neuter Clinic serving low income pet owners in the tri-state area. Tickets are $35. At Kenwood Country Club, 6501 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH 45243. More info & RSVP @ 513.793.7387.
Play It Forward Goes Country [Sunday 25 April @ 2-7 PM]: This concert features several regional country music greats including the Danny Frazier Band, the Dallas Moore Band, guitar virtuoso Scotty Anderson, Western Swing favorite Laura Hazelbaker & the BuckeyeRoos, singer/songwriter Jenn Harris, bluegrass legend Terry Johnson & the Coal Train Band, & an appearance by Gary Burbank. Mr Burbank, former 700 WLW personality & comedian, is the founder of Play It Forward, a non-profit org dedicated to helping career musicians in times of critical need. All proceeds benefitPlay It Forward. $12 in advance/$15 day of show. At Bobby Mackey's Music World, 44 Licking Pike, Wilder, KY 41071. More info @ 513.339.1390, tom@4tecservices.com & www.pifcincy.org.
The Eyes of Oedipus [7:00 PM performances: April 28, May 2, 5 @ 7 PM; May 13-15 @ 8 PM]: This new adaptation of Oedipus Rex written by Alison Vodnoy, produced by Darnell Benjamin & directed by Eric Vosmeier is a contemporary re-imagining of the ancient Oedipus story that lives in a world of jagged, spoken-word poetry & smooth, classical text. With Darnell Benjamin playing Oedipus & Alison Vodnoy shape-shifting in & out of all the other characters, Oedipus begins to put together the pieces of his past & comes apart in the present. At Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.300.5669 & www.knowtheatre.com.
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Ongoing Tri-State Treasures:
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.
Disturbing Reality [thru Sunday 6 June]: 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. 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.
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 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.
Apr 21: The Freshman (1990) Andrew Bergman
Apr 28: The Sopranos, episodes from the TV series, David Chase
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