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The Lloyd House Virtual Salon Newsletter
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SECTION ONE: TABLE NOTES

Hi Everyone!

Wow, Cincinnati is starting to cook! I am referring to the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread all over. See Judy Cirillo's letter from Portland (in Articles , below in blue). See Jim Kesner's announcement in Activities section. Makes me excited... remember the Kent State shootings demonstration ... '69? '70? when thousands of us pinko wierdo commie freaks and hippies walked about 10,000 strong in silence down Vine St from U.C. to Fountain Square? I think I'll turn out for the demonstration tomorrow. I love that it is non-partisan.

Warm hugs to all,

Ellen

SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES

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sizzling piano concert by Lloyd House Friend Shiau-uen Ding tonight

Shiau-uen Ding, who got her DMA in piano at CCM several years ago, will play a concert of works inpired by Liszt on Fri, Oct 7 at 8pm in Werner Hall. On the program are works by faculty composers at CCM.

Mara Helmuth

P O E T R Y Readings
Aquarius Star/Om Cafe in Clifton Friday, October 7 A reading by Gerry Grubbs
Gather at 7:30, and the reading will begin at 8:00 and last about an hour.

Gerry Grubbs has two books out, Girls in Bright Dresses Dancing from Dos Madres Press and Palaces of the Night published by WordTech Press. He has also published in numerous small magazines including Poet Lore,The Cream City Review and Mudfish.

On November 4, local poets Pauletta Hansel and Dale Marie Prenatt.

For information on location or directions, please see:  http://www.aquariusstar.com

Occupy Cincinnati

Meeting location: LYTLE PARK

Downtown, 4th st and B'way

Saturday 8 October @ 11 AM at Lytle Park

More info at http://occupycincy.org/

Spread the word!!!

See blurb under Tri-State Treasures at the bottom of this newsletter.

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LLOYD HOUSE VACANCY

Our Sara Ernst is moving (Second floor, NW room) so as of Oct 1 we will have a vacancy. Can't wait to meet the next denizen of the Lloyd House. Tell your friends. One lovely room, 3 windows, private bath, double bed loft if you like. Shared kitchen (with 3 other people) on third floor, off street parking, wonderful environment, in Clifton gaslight, just 2 mi. North of UC, 1/2 mile from expressway I-75. High speed internet. $485, head, electricity included. Laundry facilities provided free. One adult only, no smoking, no pets, no kids.

And we have had advance notice from Kristen that she will be moving her Pilates studio to her home in December, so that means that the 2 room suite on the third floor will also be available then.

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Election Forum

Arranged by Clifton and Northside Community Councils along with Mt. Auburn
and Corryville community councils.

When:

Wednesday, October 19th Starting at 7pm

Location:

Clifton Cultural Arts Center (CCAC)

3711 Clifton Avenue,
Cincinnati, OH, 45220

Format:

The issues will be first with both sides of each issue getting 3 minutes.
And then, after all the issues' reps have spoken, there will be a few
minutes for questions from the floor.

Then we'll have a few minutes for a break before starting the candidates.

Candidates will get an initial 2 minutes to speak on anything. Then they
get one minute to respond to 1 of 2 questions (see below). After all
candidates have finished, and if there is still time depending on how many
candidates and issues representatives have attended, there will be a few
minutes for questions from the floor to any candidate. The candidate will
get 1 minute to respond to the floor questions?

City Council Questions

1. So, given that this year's approved budget amount for Non-Public
Safety staffing was almost 40% less than existed eleven years ago, and the
public's fear related to crime and safety (which is probably why the
staffing budget for police and fire increased 5.5% over the same time
frame), and that the city is facing another projected budget deficit of
$33M, or more; what departments/services will you cut.and/or what revenue
sources will you increase?

2. Knowing the frustration and fear the public goes through after the
proposed budget comes out during these recent years of deficits, what will
you do to increase real public input into the decision process. beyond just
allowing two minutes to yell at council during a budget "hearing" or council
session?

Cincinnati Public School Board Questions

1. Considering these hard economic times and tough budget choices,
what are your two top budget priority programs or initiatives?

2. What are your plans to attract more students to CPS v. outlying
areas and private schools?

Municipal Court Questions

1. With jail overcrowding and the costs of incarceration in a time
when governments have less and less money, what can you do to either deter
criminal activity or more successfully rehabilitate and avoid recidivism?

2. Judges seem to have an overwhelming case load that exists because
society is increasingly dependent on the justice system for conflict
resolution. What can you do from the bench to help address this issue?

Heather Sturgill

Northside Community Council

DRUMMING CIRCLE HERE (Lloyd House) Every month,

Lloyd House Monthly Drumming Circle the last Tuesday of the month

It's true...

the fantastic fun of the last tuesday of the month drumming is here again...so, see you on

Tuesday, October 25

at the Lloyd House

3901 Clifton Ave.

6:45 to 8:45 PM

no prior experience necessary. bring snacks if you care to.

please park on Lafayette Ave. (after drum, etc. dropoff)

Call with any questions/concerns at 541-4900.

Looking forward to seeing you,

Jackie Millay

AND, get this. BAba Charles Miller, a local drum guru for many years, offers a weekly Samba instruction at the Peaslee Center down town. details:

$10 every Friday at Peaslee Center ( across from old SCPA building) at 6:30 , Baba Charles Miller teaches Samba.

215 East 14th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-7308
(513) 621-5514

Anyone who was at the MLK Day celebration at Music Hall would have seen the Samba group parading down the left aisle, across the stage, and up the right aisle while playing drums. Way fun! ellen

AND, LLOYD HOUSE DRUMMER LES teaches drumming most Sunday nights... follow this link: http://www.meetup.com/drumcircle-41/events/16985902/?a=md1o_grp&rv=md1o

PLEASE NOTE: The weekly practice session on Sundays meets every week. ellen

A.T. Sunday Practice ~

FREE Alexander Technique Practice session every Sunday 3:45 - 4:30 at the Lloyd House. Open to all (students, teachers, the general public)

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Ellen Bierhorst Ph.D. ~ Alexander Technique ~ http://www.lloydhouse.com ~ 513 221 1289 ~ Cincinnati

    Fantastic introductory fee deal : First lesson free; second through 4th lessons only $10. After that, only $50/lesson if you buy a package of 4 at a time, prepaid. *   The real fee is $78 per lesson. I am interested in "turning on" as many people as possible to this wonderful learning. Good for pain, for performance improvement in the arts, athletics, ... And finally, good for personal development. It has definite geriatric benefit as well.

    You can read about my own experiences and find links to other sites here:
http://www.lloydhouse.com

    Call and make an appointment or to discuss it with me. 513 221 1289.
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* However, it is my commitment to adjust fees for anyone truly wanting lessons who cannot afford even this modest fee. Try it and see. Ellen

watch?v=vCSNajqC8rg

And here is another fabulous short video on posture for health and power:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRw6lpkBjSc

Oh and P.S.: I've started posting videos on YouTube on a variety of subjects. You can search by my name. Fun.

Ellen Bierhorst

Very Cool Car for sale: Mini

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Poetry

Third Sunday Poetry Series at Grailville
October 16, 2-5:00 pm Co-sponsored by Cincinnati Writers Project, Dos Madres Press, Greater Cincinnati Writers League, Little Pocket Poetry and Grailville . Open to women and men. Programs Fee: $15

Developing Your Poetic Voice Using poems as examples and inspiration, this craft workshop led by poet, educator and editorMarianne Worthington focuses on generating, writing, and revising poems. Specifically, we'll pay attention to musical arrangement, description, and voice in poems and practice refining what poet Ellen Bryant Voigt calls our "stylistic fingerprints" as poets. Award winning poet Marianne Worthington (Larger Bodies Than Mine Finishing Line Press, 2006) is the cofounder of Still: The Journal ( www.stilljournal.net) and editor of three Motif anthologies published by MotesBooks. Her workshop will be followed at 4 pm by a free poetry reading by contributors of the forthcoming anthology, Motif v3: Work, including Amber Whitley, Donna D. Vitucci,
Jay McCoy, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Landra Lewis, Leatha Kendrick, Matthew Haughton, Mary Anne Reese, Pauletta Hansel, Roberta Schultz, Sherry Chandler, Sherry Stanforth and Marianne Worthington. Help us welcome all these fabulous out of town (and local) writers!

Developing Your Poetic Voice is offered on Sunday, October 16th, from 2 - 5 pm at Grailville (St Brigid Building, 932O'Bannonville Road , Loveland , OH . Contact (513) 683-2340 or visit us at www.grailville.org to register.

Reading October 25th at Joseph-Beth

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Gerry Grubbs, Pauletta Hansel & Jean Syed to read at Joseph-Beth
Dos Madres Press and Joseph-Beth Booksellers partner to bring you a poetry reading featuring three local Dos Madres Authors -Gerry Grubbs, Pauletta Hansel & Jean Syed.
Please come join us..... this reading is FREE and open to the public!
"To have great poets, there must be great audiences." - Walt Whitman
Tuesday, October 25 at 7 PM
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
2692 Madison Road - Rookwood Pavilion
Cincinnati, OH 45208
(513) 396-8960
About The Girls in Bright Dresses Dancing  by Gerry Grubbs:
"Grubbs' poems expose the gossamer, ephemeral, intangible, and intolerable aspects of existence. Like exquisite delicacies, they melt with the heat of reading." – Annie Pedret
Grubbs writes about family, about nature, about love. But his deepest subject is the ineffable, which casts its shadow upon his words, "Leaving us wondering / What has been lost / And how its absence / Effects everything that follows." – Norman Finkelstein
Gerry Grubbs has been publishing poems in small press magazines for a number of years. He lives in Cincinnati where he has practiced law since 1989.
About What I Did There by Pauletta Hansel:
"This work is Pauletta Hansel's poetic record of a journey, one of discovery and reflection about her origins, family, work, children, love. Her road is sometimes jagged, rarely certain, and because of this, is courageous and honest in its quest for meaning, purpose and peace." – Joseph Enzweiler author of A Winter on Earth
Pauletta Hansel's poetry has been featured recently in journals including Wind, ABZ Journal, Southern Women's Review, Still: The Journal, The Mom Egg, Penwood Review and Appalachian Journal, and anthologized in Motif: Come What May and Boomtown: the Queens MFA Tenth Anniversary Celebratory Anthology. Collections include Divining, (WovenWord Press, 2001) First Person (Dos Madres Press, 2007) What I Did There (Dos Madres 2011)and The Lives We Live in Houses(Forthcoming, Wind Publications, Fall 2011). She is a current editor of Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, the literary publication of Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative. Pauletta received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Owen Cramer.
About Sonnets: by Jean Syed:
"Jean Syed is an elegant poet who also blesses us with a fresh sense of humor. A poem of hers is impeccably crafted and always brings the reader a sense of surprise and discovery. A book by Jean Syed will become a treasured possession." –Jerry Judge
Jean Syed was born in the North West of England she attended Nelson Grammar School (a high school) and Birmingham University. On graduation, she became a social worker in Portsmouth, England. On marriage she went to live in Derby where she studied law, but America intervened. She has lived in Loveland, Ohio in the same house for twenty-nine years. She has a husband, Asif, and one son.
Please visit us at www.dosmadres.com to purchase books or to learn more about our authors.
Dos Madres News
NEW DOS MADRES PRESS BOOKS - COMING SOON:    Adventures of Pi by Tyrone Williams;  A Wandering Aramaean: Passover Poems and Translations by Henry Weinfield; & The Way We Live by Burt Kimmelman.
You may order books directly from Dos Madres Press inc. at www.dosmadres.com - for quantity or reseller discounts call513-677-0504 or email editor@dosmadres.com
Founded in 2004 by Robert J. Murphy, Dos Madres Press is dedicated to the belief that the small press is essential to the vitality of contemporary literature as a carrier of the new voice and new works by established poets, as well as the older, sometimes forgotten voices of the past. And in an ever more virtual world, to the creation of fine books pleasing to the eye and hand.
If you are interested in donating to Dos Madres Press, please click here. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Dos Madres Press, Inc, is an Ohio Not for Profit Corporation and a 501(c)(3) qualified public charity. Contributions are tax deductible.
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Cincinnati, OH 45208
(513) 396-8960
About The Girls in Bright Dresses Dancing  by Gerry Grubbs:
"Grubbs' poems expose the gossamer, ephemeral, intangible, and intolerable aspects of existence. Like exquisite delicacies, they melt with the heat of reading." – Annie Pedret
Grubbs writes about family, about nature, about love. But his deepest subject is the ineffable, which casts its shadow upon his words, "Leaving us wondering / What has been lost / And how its absence / Effects everything that follows." – Norman Finkelstein
Gerry Grubbs has been publishing poems in small press magazines for a number of years. He lives in Cincinnati where he has practiced law since 1989.
About What I Did There by Pauletta Hansel:
"This work is Pauletta Hansel's poetic record of a journey, one of discovery and reflection about her origins, family, work, children, love. Her road is sometimes jagged, rarely certain, and because of this, is courageous and honest in its quest for meaning, purpose and peace." – Joseph Enzweiler author of A Winter on Earth
Pauletta Hansel's poetry has been featured recently in journals including Wind, ABZ Journal, Southern Women's Review, Still: The Journal, The Mom Egg, Penwood Review and Appalachian Journal, and anthologized in Motif: Come What May and Boomtown: the Queens MFA Tenth Anniversary Celebratory Anthology. Collections include Divining, (WovenWord Press, 2001) First Person (Dos Madres Press, 2007) What I Did There (Dos Madres 2011)and The Lives We Live in Houses (Forthcoming, Wind Publications, Fall 2011). She is a current editor of Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, the literary publication of Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative. Pauletta received her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Owen Cramer.
About Sonnets: by Jean Syed:
"Jean Syed is an elegant poet who also blesses us with a fresh sense of humor. A poem of hers is impeccably crafted and always brings the reader a sense of surprise and discovery. A book by Jean Syed will become a treasured possession." –Jerry Judge
Jean Syed was born in the North West of England she attended Nelson Grammar School (a high school) and Birmingham University. On graduation, she became a social worker in Portsmouth, England. On marriage she went to live in Derby where she studied law, but America intervened. She has lived in Loveland, Ohio in the same house for twenty-nine years. She has a husband, Asif, and one son.
Please visit us at www.dosmadres.com to purchase books or to learn more about our authors.
Dos Madres Press, Inc, is an Ohio Not for Profit Corporation and a 501(c)(3) qualified public charity. Contributions are tax deductible.
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ZUMBA® Fitness Class at the Clifton Community Arts Center (old Clifton School) (#3)
(Zumba is a cross between Jazzercise and Salsa dancing. I went Saturday to Ellen Sorkin's class and it was a blast! Ellen is a vivacious young woman (18? 19?) with a radiant, beautiful and friendly face and, best of all, (for many of us) a robust physicality. It is so depressing to work out with a leader who has an insect body. Ellen's expert leadership and obvious relish sweeps the class along for an exhuberant work out. Every Saturday 12:30-1:30. About $10 per class, less if you buy a group of classes.

The Zumba® workout program fuses Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind FUN fitness program! The goal is simple: for people to wantto work out and to enjoy every minute of it. Zumba® participants achieve long-term benefits by attending the one exciting hour of calorie-burning and body-energizing movements. The routines feature interval-training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Zumba® classes are special in that they add Latin flavor and international zest into an ordinary dance workout class, and anyone can participate – there is no RIGHT way to do the moves. Come join the party!

Ellen Sorkin
My name is Ellen Sorkin, and I have been dancing for as long as I can remember. I began with British tap dancing when I was young, then switched to Irish dancing, and for two years was involved in a Peruvian dance troupe. I had been attending Zumba® classes for two years before deciding to become an instructor, and I became officially certified in November 2009. I love dancing, and find Zumba® particularly fulfilling because I have a blast while teaching and dancing my heart out. I live in Clifton. Ellen Sorkin's profile on the Zumba® website:48524.zumba.com.

Following is a list of upcoming events involving Park + Vine,
including our one-year anniversary on Main Street Sept. 30. A separate
advisory regarding the mural dedication Sept. 30 will follow soon. If
you have any questions, let us know

Thanks!

FRIDAY NIGHTS AT PARK + VINE

Fab Ferments Kombucha Keg Party: Oct. 21
For $5, enjoy kombucha on tap, listen to music and grub on some vegan
appetizers at monthly Fab Ferments Kombucha Keg Party 6 to 9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 16 at Park + Vine, 1202 Main Street. New flavor
introduced each month. Co-sponsored by CincyVeg.com

OTHER FUN STUFF

Cloth Diapering Cuteness: Oct. 9
Park + Vine hosts an informal class on all aspects of cloth diapering
1 p.m. second Sunday of each month. One of our in-house mamas tailors
each discussion to the specific questions of present parents.
Afterward, browse the best selection of cloth diapers in Cincinnati
and take advantage of Park + Vine's package discounts.

Greening Cincinnati: Candidates' Forum: Oct. 12
Put Wednesday, Oct. 12 in your calendar for Greening Cincinnati:
Candidates' Forum 5 to 8 p.m. at Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton
Avenue. An hour of networking begins at 5 p.m. before discussion with
candidates for Cincinnati City Council. Bring your questions and wear
green to show your support for greening Cincinnati!

--
Danny Korman
Park + Vine
1202 Main Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-721-7275
parkandvine.com

SAFETY INFORMATION (#2)

112, dialed on your cell phone (or other phone?) will give y ou State Trooper connection in any state. Don't pull over for an unmarked car, even one with a flashing red light on the roof. It could be a mugging.

Also, don't stop if you see a child's car seat by the road . Could be same thing.

(Shae is being joined in th is new business by Derek Lester, my former housemate, now graduated from UC, geology. A highly competent young man. He can do anything he says he can do, safely and well. Ellen)

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Dear Ellen,

In June, We Are Ohio delivered more than 1.3 million voter's signatures to the Secretary of State in the People's Parade. Watching Ohio workers unload 1,502 boxes from the back of a semi-truck was awe-inspiring and a symbol of our unity against Gov. Kasich's unsafe and unfair Senate Bill 5, now Issue 2 on the November ballot.

Now, in just 34 days, the voters of Ohio will vote NO on Issue 2 and take the final step towards overturning this unfair, unsafe, and harmful piece of anti-worker legislation.

We Are Ohio takes our obligation to our more than 1.3 million supporters very seriously and we will not back down from this attack on teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses and other hard-working Ohioans. The people of our state signed their names for the right to vote on Senate Bill 5 and we will do everything in our power to let their voices be heard.

Help us veto SB 5 – click here to pledge to vote NO on Issue 2 in November – and spread the word to your friends and co-workers!

Sincerely,

A.J. Stokes
Campaign Manager, We Are Ohio

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LETTERS

Hi Ellen,
Are there any protests in the works in Cinci??(Yes, Judy, tomorrow on Lytle Square downtown. See announcements above. ellen) I went to the Portland one yesterday. About 5000 showed up, which is pretty good considering the size of the city and that is was held on a Thursday afternoon.
If there are none planned in Cincy, I'm hoping you and the Salon will get one going. It was a breath of fresh air to these old bones.
Read the attached article, if you haven't already.
I'm fine and happy in Portland, getting involved in lots of stuff. Give my best to the Salon. Hope you're all well, too.
Love, Judy Cirillo

To: jcirillo.1@juno.com

At least a Nobel winner is taking it seriously. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/krugman-confronting-the-malefactors.html?hp
Hope you're having a great day!
Mike

Bill Messer re. the Dialtones party here at the Lloyd House 9/24:
... enjoyed the heck out of myself. I'd been in a basement screening room in the dark from 2:30 to 7:30 PM, emerging into darkness (which I'm doing three out of these current four days as a documentary films juror for the Cincinnati Film Festival). Really needed to do something active, participatory, expressive. Thanks to the Dialtones for letting me horn in some, and also the group afterwards, and to you for throwing a swell party. – Ginger.
And also from Bill:
I think a Virtual Salon is a great idea, but not just as interviews, but also as an interactive discussion, with participants limited to just three contributions per week (violators more than once become ex-salonistas). This could allow for the dialogue/conversation mode of a salon, with contemplative responses, and even the "meek" voices achieving some parity.

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