Virtual Salon 8/9/12

The Virtual Salon is a publication of Ellen Bierhorst at the Lloyd House, usually out on Thursday afternoons, weekly.  For how to submit material, & to unsubscribe see the very end of this email. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. LLOYD HOUSE  VIRTUAL SALON want just text version?  see bottom of this email. want mobile device version? also at bottom of this email   FIVE SECTIONS: ~ From Ellen ~ Activities and Oportunities ~ Articles, Letters ~ Reviews ~ Tri-State Treasures 8 August 2012 from Ellen ~     We're excited to unveil Business Class, a brand-new product line made especially for Generitech's enterprise customers. Large companies will enjoy the luxury communication and support features that Business Class offers. Four powerful Business Class products are now available in the Generitech store.    ~ ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES ~ Obama Campaign Update From Dawn Stohr:   Right now we are getting a bunch of new field organizers, so we are really excited to bring them on board.  So that means there will be new faces in neighborhoods, and lots of new activities going on.  By Next Week I should be able to have a list of field organizers and phone numbers but in the meantime, if  you want to participate in the campaign, contact me, Dawn Stohr  513 370 4308. This Friday Aug 10 at 6:30-8:30 in Burnet Woods by the Band Stand we are having a gathering:  bring snacks (chips?), or drinks or a desert.  Meat and buns will be provided.  Please bring condiments.  Paper plates etc. will be provided.  Purpose is to meet each other and bring supporters together, to brainstorm ideas for future events.   The campaign focus now is changing from canvasing for volunteers, to VOTER REGISTRATION!  We are absolutely convinced that if we can get our supporters all registered and to the polls on Nov. 6, we will carry the county!   PLEASE ATTEND BOARD OF ELECTIONS MEETING:  WE NEED EXTENDED EARLY VOTING HOURS - WEEKENDS, EVENINGS! Most of the other Ohio Boards of Elections have voted concerning the possibility of extending the hours for early voting;  unfortunately they have decided to NOT extend them beyond regular business hours.  We hope that our Board will decide on Aug 16, 9:00 AM to extend early voting hours to evenings and weekends in order to facilitate voting by working people.  If you can attend this meeting, by all means do.   Board of Elections824 Broadway Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-632-7000   OFA has a goal to register 60 persons every week!  (Ellen asks, "How many people have to be contacted to get those 60?")  It depends on the way you contact them.  We can canvass because we have data of where unregistered voters have recently moved [through the Post Office].  The very best way to get a lot of people registered is through voter registration drives.  That's where I need help.  I get a lot of people registered just by walking the street.  So I need to know about festivals and other gatherings, sports events, etc. where people will be coming together.  If you know about a gathering coming up, please let me know!  dstohr@ofaoh.com See you Friday evening!    Dawn ********************** AND local Cincinnati Jews supporting Obama (including me, Ellen) bought full page ad in American Israelite newspaper... "Dear Fellow Supporter of President Obama, We are pleased to announce that we have reached our goal and beyond with 97 lines of names and $2016 collected to buy a full page of the American Israelite. As you might recall the page will cost $1950...." Stuart Fink Art Show Opening Friday 8/10 Stuart Fink, famous 'grand old man' of Cincinnati's thriving art scene is having a show at the Brazlee St. Gallery, in Oakley, opening this Friday, August 10, 6 - 9.  http://www.brazeestreetstudios.com/home/gallery_one_one.html   Brazee Street Studios features a newly remodeled exhibition space. gallery One One exhibits professional artists of all kinds throughout the year in solo exhibitions and group shows with artists local and national, as well as  two call-for-entry exhibitions per year featuring our current studio artists. Enjoy gallery openings on the second Friday of the month, April–December.  View and shop our gallery during normal business hours. - CURRENT EXHIBITION -  shape to shape | Stuart Fink   Shape to Shape Stuart Fink August 10 – September 21, 2012 gallery One One at Brazee Street Studios Opening Reception | Friday, August 10 | 6-9pm    ChiKung/TaiChi classes, Hi Ellen, Please repost the event below. Want to thank you for posting the 2 ChiKung events previously.  The workshop was a great experience on Saturday.  The surge here is to establish a regular group of students for an ongoing ChiKung class.  Quite exciting to me!   BTW ~~  My next ChiKung workshop will be at Cincinnati Nature Center's retreat House on Sept. 9!  That feels wonderful to me. Blessings for a beautiful day & LOL, Jackie Beginning/Intermediate level ChiKung/TaiChi classes, Friday evenings from 6:30 to 8PM ~~ August 10/September 7.  $40.00 if you preregister before Tuesday, August 7. (Minimum of 5 students.  Walk-ins   $15.00/class) Event Location:  Grace Episcopal Church - College Hill, 5501 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH  45224.   Instructor:  Jackie Millay, 513-405-1514/513-541-4900 Shakespeare, open air, at Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Clifton Ave at McAlpin   Sat. Aug 11.     The Tempest is directed by Billy Chase and features Cincinnati Shakespeare’s Touring Company: Charlie Cromer, Travis Emery, Jessie Wray Goodman, Sam Rabinovitz, Maggie Lou Rader and Zach Schute. Join CSC on a desert island to explore this tale of magic, monsters, sorcerers and sprites! Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been banished and shipwrecked for 12 years. To gain revenge on his evil brother Antonio, Prospero uses his book of magic to infiltrate the mortal world while a newcomer on the island steals the heart of his beautiful and innocent daughter.We need your input...to make our rivers and streams cleaner and healthier.   Wonderful Room Available at the Lloyd House Second Floor, furnished, private bathroom, all ammenities included $525.  Call Ellen 513 221 1289 See photos here:  http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/roo/3180047717.html Young LGBT Professionals Reception with Jerry Springer Aug 15, Wed. at Know Theater.  6:30-8:30 Host: Councilmember Chris Seelbach $35 ... first drink included For more info and to get ticket:  email to  conor@OhioDems.org The board of election is holding a meeting on Thursday, August 16, 2012 @ 9:00am. Regarding two important issues: early voting hours (if extended hours will be allowed) and tea party submitted voter challenges. Challenges are focused in Cincinnati African American neighborhoods. These issues are just the tip of the iceberg. Please see if we can get folks to this meeting this is so very important to us getting out our voter’s for this election and all elections going forward. Thanks in advance for the sharing this with your folks we should pack the room.   Public meeting on Sewer Overflows spilling into Mill Creek MSD, our Metropolitan Sewer District is required by law to do some clean up.  The public input is sought as to how.   Please join the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) on the evening of hursday, August 16 or Thursday, August 23, 2012 to learn about and provide input on potential solutions for eliminating up to 2 billion gallons of combined sewer overflows (CSO) into the Mill Creek by 2018 (during Phase 1 of MSD’s Consent Decree).  The meetings are open to the community. South Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.  MSD Administration Building 1081 Woodrow St. (Lower Price Hill) Cincinnati, OH 45204   North Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  MSD Wastewater Collection Division  225 W. Galbraith Rd. (Hartwell) Cincinnati, OH 45215   An invitation (with map) is attached.   What are the Potential Solutions? One solution is a traditional “grey” approach that includes a deep underground storage tunnel and enhanced high-rate treatment facility to capture and treat overflows before they reach the Mill Creek. Another solution is a sustainable/hybrid approach that primarily seeks to control overflows by reducing the amount of stormwater entering combined sewers during heavy rains.  This approach includes constructing new storm sewers, installing stormwater detention or retention basins and restoring existing or defunct streams.  The proposed Lick Run Alternative (www.projectgroundwork.org/lickrun) is an example. The solutions are detailed and compared in the Lower Mill Creek Partial Remedy “Alternatives Evaluation Preliminary Findings Report,” which is available for public review and feedback at www.projectgroundwork.org/lowermillcreek.    The preferred remedy, once selected, must be submitted to federal and state regulators by December 31, 2012.   Public Feedback MSD will be taking public comment on the solutions through September 3, 3012.  Comments can be submitted in the following ways: •            At the Community Town Hall meetings – either verbally or by comment card  •            By email at MSD.Communications@cincinnati-oh.gov  •            By phone at MSD’s Engineering Customer Service Line, (513) 557-3594.   All comments will be submitted to Cincinnati City Council and the Hamilton County Commissioners.   For More Information For more information about the Lower Mill Creek Partial Remedy, please visit www.projectgroundwork.org/lowermillcreek.  You can also contact MSD Engineering Customer Service at (513) 557-3594 or MSD.Communications@cincinnati-oh.gov.  Laurel and Hardy Fan Club: showing + It's that time again...  And now, to pay tribute to the oh mighty Sun God, who showers us with such heat at the moment, "The Chimp Tent" proudly announces a film evening dedicated to Laurel & Hardy in some adventures that describe the duo‘s desert disasters! Please see the attachments for the 'official' poster and programme for this fun-filled film evening (and please feel free to share the attachments with others).   WHEN: SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 18 AT 6:45PM WHERE: Seasons Retirement Community main auditorium, 7300 Dearwester Drive (Kenwood), Cincinnati 45236 COST: $5 adults; free to ‘official’ Chimp Tent members and all kids 12 & younger WHAT TO BRING: Snacks, nibbles, soft-drinks, water, food, etc. to share with others in attendance and - importantly - sunblock, pith helmet, a full canteen of water, and your funny bone   WHAT’S PLAYING: * Porky Pig in a WB cartoon with one wacked-out camel in “Porky in Egypt”  (1938) * Charley Chase has to sample the French Foreign Legion in “Arabian Tights” (1933) * Laurel and Hardy also give the French Foreign Legion a try in “Beau Hunks” (1931) * Our Gang must put on a play starring a magic lamp in “Aladdin’s Lantern” (1938) * Stan and Ollie are back in that Foreign Legion – again – in “Flying Deuces” (1939) * PLUS* the usual film surprises, ingratiating company (?!) and the “fabulous raffle”! Sponsored by “The Chimp Tent”, Cincinnati and the Tri-State’s local chapter of THE SONS OF THE DESERT (The Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society).  More info: chimptent@live.com or http://www.thechimptent.com . We hope to see you there!   “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!” Gene Sorkin Sons of the Desert Alexander Technique:  free open practice session, Sundays 3:45-4:30, LLOYD HOUSE Every Sunday we have an open Alexander Technique jamboree for teachers, students, and the general public.  Best deal in town!  Usually 1-3 students, 1-3 teachers, but sometimes more.  3901 Clifton Ave.  Just show up.   Little Pocket Poetry is thrilled to begin a new class series titled ONE POET AT A TIME.   ONE POET AT A TIME August 15 & 22 (two Wednesday evenings) 7-9:00 PM Retired Professor Jane (Jenny) Stanton will offer a two-part interactive class on the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson.  Cost: $30 includes both evenings. Class limited to 10 students. RSVP to Susan Glassmeyer at susannaglass@yahoo.com to reserve 1 of 10 places in class. Holistic Health Center / 800 Compton Road / Cincinnati / 45231   Susan Glassmeyer for Little Pocket Poetry ————————————————— http://www.LittlePocketPoetry.com     Fundraiser for Children's Art Project Please join me next Wednesday (Aug 15) at Bogarts for a unique and fun happy hour happening experience you won't soon forget.   See the Evite RSVP request below!   $10 donation gets you in cash bar (pays our host, the new-and-improved Bogarts) interactive artistic madness   WHY? Proceeds of Happy Hour Happening will benefit Art Machine, a local non-profit children's art education organization, for their work facilitating our regional level Scholastics Art & Writing Awards.  Each year thousands of local 7th - 12th grade students submit their work in this national visual arts and writing juried competition.  Gold Key winners go to New York, NY for national-level recognition and scholarships.   HERE is this year's list of gold key, silver key and hororable mentions - this massive list represents just the top 10% of the submissions received just in our region!   Hope to see you next Wednesday! Zoe   ________________We adore chaos because we love to produce order.  ~MC Escher Zoe Hardy, AIA 513-257-4445 zhardy@gmail.com     Photography Show at Iris Bookshop on Maincurator: William Messer   Iris exhibition reveals dark stories of survival as it plumbs the transformational and healing power of clothing and costume through photography.   Another Me: Transformations from Pain to Power Photographs by Achinto Bhadra July 23 - October 12, 2012    Iris BookCafe and Gallery's first of two exhibition contributions to Cincinnati's initial FOTOFOCUS 2012 biennale is Another Me: Transformations from Pain to Power, by Kolkata photographer Achinto Bhardra.   Clothing and costuming, the bedposts of fashion, have long been connected to protection, identity, status, even power. Another Me reveals deeper connections to survival and regeneration. In this moving, five-year project, women and girls – most survivors of kidnapping or sale into sexual slavery – reassert personal identity before the camera. Bhadra (with counselor Harleen Walla) silently guided women at the Sanlaap shelter in Kolkata, India through a journey of psychological healing, recording their imaginative re-invisionings of themselves as human, animistic and divine beings of power, anger, love, revenge, protection and freedom. Through this visual metamorphosis, facilitated by the simultaneous concealment and revelation of make-up and masks, the young women (most in their teens, one as young as eight) find new ways to project themselves and, in the process, rediscover their voices. Many of their stories accompany their chosen photographic identities.   The installation at Iris arises from a 2008 meeting in the south of France between Bhardra and Iris curator William Messer, introduced by François Hébel, director of the Rencontres d'Arles. Messer promised to try to help get the work seen in the US, and made several years' fruitless proposals to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center before deciding to present the work at Iris within FOTOFOCUS, as something of a counterpoint to the exhibitions being offered at the city's local museums (Edward Steichen's fashion photographs at the Taft Museum and fashion photographer Herb Ritts at the Cincinnati Art Museum). The exhibition is made possible by the Terre des Hommes Foundation of Lausanne, Switzerland, its office in Katmandu, and the Save the Children Fund, and comes to Iris courtesy of the photographer and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Special thanks also to FOTOFOCUS for assistance with the exhibition and program.   Final Friday exhibition reception, September 28, 7 - 10 PM. FotoFocus reception and Artist's Talk, Sunday, September 30, 2 - 5 PM   Another Me: Transformations from Pain to Power, Photographs by Achinto Bhadra runs from July 23 through October 12, 2012 at Iris BookCafe and Gallery, 1331 Main Street, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati. For more information call 381-BOOK (2665) or Julie Fay at (513) 260-8434. High-resolution picture files available upon request.   Iris hours: Monday thru Thursday 8am - 9pm. Friday 8am - 7pm, Saturday 10am - 7pm, Sunday 11am - 9pm. Western & Southern, W&S, Continues to Harass the Anna Louise Inn Visit this website and join the resistance.  http://www.southernwestern.net/ A group of us have come together to hire an airplane to fly a banner over the W&S sponsored big Tennis Tournament here later this month... "W&S Bullying the Anna Louise Inn! "   Ellen     Position Opening at IJPC INTERCOMMUNITY JUSTICE AND PEACE CENTER PART-TIME POSITION OPENING Position Description: The primary focus of this 20 hour per week position is the IJPC Immigration Program.  The Youth Educating Society (YES), a committee of young adult immigrants and their friends working for comprehensive immigration reform is a major focus. This includes facilitation of regular meetings, recruitment, planning training sessions, updating membership about legislation and action possibilities, and collaborating with national organizations. The immigration program does educational programs, witnesses to injustice of the present system, works with the media, maintains a current website, and occasionally works with individuals.  Non-immigration related responsibilities are assigned based on time and skills.   Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center was founded in 1985.  The office is in Over-the-Rhine Cincinnati. IJPC educates and advocates for peace, challenges unjust local, national and global systems, and promotes the creation of a non- violent society. IJPC is a 501©3 nonprofit organization. For more information about the activities of IJPC go to ijpc-cincinnati.org.   E-mail Resumes to:  info@ijpc-cincinnati.org    Donate to IJPC! NEW TRAFFIC LAW - 2010 If a patrol car is pulled over to the side of the road, you have to change to the next lane (away from the stopped vehicle) OR slow down to at least 20 mph under the posted speed limit.  Every state exceptHawaii and Maryland and the D.C. has this law. In California , the Move-over law became operative on January 1, 2010 ..  Fines are REALLY heavy for violations, and most drivers don't know about this.  http://www.moveoveramerica.com/ support local fashion designer Toby Tyler I am launching a new conscious clothing line! ChÄK FASHION!     The look of the line is yoga meets hip-hop.. We have created a t-shirt line. The proceeds will fund the eco friendly fashions (to be launched by winter). The shirts are organic hemp and cotton and embedded with a new healing ChAK technology. (kind of like the ion products, but better!) they filter electro magnetic radiation ( from high tension wires , micro waves, technology etc) as well a balance and heal your body's natural energy systems. Fung shui for the body. The "peaces" are made of titanium and are imbedded in our logo tag.  Support us on our developing website: WWW.CHAKFASHIONS.COM And "like" us on Facebook for our newest updates: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ChÄK/248424561880374?ref=hl  Thank you all so much! Toby Tyler  Creative Director and Owner ChÄK Fashion I am building my NEW WEBSITE at http://74.220.207.182/~lloydhou/    Check it out! (later it will load when you go to my regular address url: lloydhouse.com) using WordPress software at Hostmonster.  Check it out!  Easy to learn and fun to build.  If you go via this link, I'll get a bonus...http://www.hostmonster.com/track/ellenbierhorst Next VEGAN EARTH gathering:Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:30pm Potluck   3:30pm Program Clifton United Methodist Church 3416 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati 45220        ~ ARTICLES LETTERS ~ ********* ********   ARE GMOs MORE THREATENING THAN NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, THAN CLIMATE CHANGE? by Ellen Bierhorst   Yes, says Jeffrey Smith.     Wikipedia article on GMO:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_controversies   Jeffrey Smith's organization Institute for Responsible Technology: http://www.responsibletechnology.org/about   " A review published in 2009 by Dona and Arvanitoyannis concluded that "results of most studies with GM foods indicate that they may cause some common toxic effects such as hepatic, pancreatic, renal, or reproductive effects and may alter the hematological, biochemical, and immunologic parameters".[13][14] However responses to this review in 2009 and 2010 note that the Dona and Arvanitoyannis concentrated on articles with an anti-GM bias that have been refuted by scientists in peer-reviewed articles elsewhere - for example the 35S promoter, stability of transgenes, antibiotic marker genes and the claims for toxic effects of GM foods.[15][16][17] In 2007, a review by Domingo of the toxicity by searching in the Publimed database using 12 search terms, cited 68 references, found that the "number of references" on the safety of GM/transgenic crops was "surprisingly limited" and questioned whether the safety of genetically modified food has been demonstrated;..."  (Wikipedia article  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_controversies   I found Jeffrey smith's video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Ag_w-vAJI&feature=plcp (about 12 minutes) to be compelling and alarming.  Jeffrey speaks rapidly, clearly, intelligently and with a remarkable grasp of his material.  I was impressed.  Maybe he is not a PhD scientist (or maybe he is) but he is convincing to me, and cited many scientific studies. The pile of money behind Monsanto and others' promotion of GMOs is huge... more than big enough to co-opt the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, whose directors of food safety have rotated in and out of Monsanto's executive suites) and to suppress evidence showing potential dangers of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) aka GE crops (Genetically Engineered).   Smith thinks that since the pollen from GE crops blows over into non-GE fields, corrupting them as well, this is a disaster that cannot be recalled as you would a nuclear missile gone towards the wrong target. What got me the most were the claims that this epidemic of GI tract disease, notably celiac/Sprue/gluten intollerance, and autism (!) is because of the dominance in the American diet of GMO wheat and corn.  Arrgh!  I KNOW autism is epidemic.  I KNOW that allergies and "gluten intollerance" disease is rampant.  I know from my reading about Cancer (See Suzanne Sommers' books, like Knock Out) (See the movie about Dr. Burzinski: http://www.burzynskimovie.com/) that the FDA is not on our side.  They are totally the pawns of the Big Pharma corporations ... and now I learn about Monsanto, Dow, et al.   Then there is the outrage of farmers in India being sold GMO cotton seed which turns out to not be suited to their conditions leading to crop failure and total bankruptcy of the farmers... have you heard about Indian farmers committing suicide?  I have.  Guess what.  Bad on Monsanto.   So look: I am now believing that the GMO threat really IS the worst danger facing us as a planet.  Yet another evidence that our system of regulation over corporate power is broken.  Please watch the video with Jeffrey Smith and let me know what you think:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Ag_w-vAJI&feature=plcp and trust me enough to spend the 12 minutes watching it.       SUPER PACs:  COULD CHINA CONTROL OUR GOVERNMENT? by Ellen Super Political Action Committees, (super pacs) mean that anyone can contribute as much as they want to a political campaign.  Anyone?  Does that include foreign powers?  How about Martians?  I am sick about it.  Just got a well written memo from Robert Weissman, the head of (Ralph Nader founded) Public Citizen (http://www.citizen.org)  :  "All told, spending on the 2012 (presidential) election may hit $8 billion..." And this: "The flood of secret money will carve a path of destruction and corruption on a scale unlike anything since Watergate."   I urge you to visit www.citizen.org and SIGN THE PETITION, then click on "support us" and join, get their email alerts... Our political system is broken!  The huge number of working folks who support the tea party candidates and Republicans like John Kasich demonstrates resoundingly that money can buy elections.  Those people to me are like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving!  We must wake up and fix the system;  repealing Citizens United -- that open-the-sluice-gates Supreme Court decision -- is a good start.  Citizen.org is the best organization in my opinion to work for that end.  Then we must have election financing reform.  What we need, in the end, is for the citizenry to rise up and take back control; get interested in our government; shake off that feeling of powerlessness--who is paying to promulgate that notion? -- and reactivate Democracy.  Come on!  Ellen   Cincinnati Bans Injection Wells Dear Supporter,    Today is a day to celebrate. Last week, Cincinnati City Council unanimously passed a city ordinance which bans fracking injection wells within our city limits. We are one step closer towards keeping toxic, radioactive drilling waste out of our city, and safer from injection wells which could cause water contamination or earthquakes. Cincinnati is the first council in the state to ban injection wells, and have carved out a very strategic legal method for other communities across Ohio to ban fracking waste disposal injection wells. Since Ohio is one of the only states where fracking waste injection wells are allowed, the push towards blocking Ohio from allowing out of state waste has taken a significant first step towards hopefully banning the practice statewide, and causing major problems for frackers across the entire country.    A very special thanks to council member Laure Quinlivan and the City Solicitor's office for heeding our call and taking strong action! Way to go, Cincinnati!   Will you THANK them?  (I did...ellen)   Email to: citycouncil@cincinnati-oh.gov Sample language (feel free to use it): "My name is _________, and I'm just writing today because I'm extremely pleased to hear that Cincinnati has banned injection wells. Not only does this show council's commitment to the health, safety, and welfare of our residents - it sends a message to dangerous industries that Cincinnati is not a dumping ground, literally or politically. Thank you for continuing to make Cincinnati a great place to live."   Media Clip highlights, for your enjoyment! Note: this story was picked up up by many other sources as well.    Fox 19 News - "Cincinnati City Council Passes Ordinance to Ban Injection Wells" (with live news video coverage) EcoWatch - "Cincinnati Becomes First Ohio City to Ban Fracking Injection Wells" Grist - "Cincinnati Bans Fracking Injection Wells" CityBeat - "Cincinnati Moves to Ban Fracking Injection Wells" NPR - "Cincinnati Council to Vote on Injection Wells Ban" Akron Beacon Journal -  "Cincinnati Bans Injection Wells, an Ohio First" Energy Korea - "Cincinnati Becomes First Ohio City to Ban Injection Wells"   -- LETTERS -- Please send me your thoughts, reactions...   From: Jane Auer     On Fri 3 Aug 2012, at 9:56 AM, Jane Auer wrote: Love the new look!!!!!!!!  Jane.     ~ REVIEWS ~ Books, Movies, Restaurants, Concerts, Cool Things... I know you are doing stuff.  Tell us what  you like, and don't.  I print everything!  Ellen Synergy Solutions Available Now Our Synergy solutions will change the way you do business. Whether you do corporate partnerships on a large scale, small scale or medium scale, Synergy will streamline your communications and take your brand's success to the next level. Check them out in the Generitech store.   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 at nuvox.net.     Tri-State Treasures will be exploring other locales for the next few weeks.  Enjoy the treasures that surround you.   Information about Tri-State Treasures and how to submit them, and an explanation of my convention for expressing email addresses and websites 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     ~~~~~~~~~~~~   Calendar of Treasures:   Canning Classes [Saturdays 21 July, 4 August & 1 September @ 9am]: Betsy DeMatteo of Ohio State University Extension, Hamilton County, leads the way with 3 separate classes: water bath canning (July 21), pressure canning (Aug 4), & pickling & fermenting (Sep 1). More classes may be added. $10 per class in advance. At Park + Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & payment at 513.721.7275 & the Park + Vine store.    6th Annual Manifest Master Pieces Exhibition [thru Friday 10 August]: Building on the philosophy of the Rites of Passage exhibits for undergrads, each year Manifest offers a similar opportunity to graduate students & recent MFA/MA graduates for exhibiting at Manifest - Master Pieces. The exhibit reveals the intensity & professionalism of these students in art or design. The exhibit features 24 works by 18 artists: sculpture, prints, diminutive metalworking, photography, assemblage, painting, collage, & drawing. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info at 513.861.3638 & manifestgallery.org.   4th Annual Cincinnati Veteran's BBQ Fest [Saturday 11 August @ 11am-11pm]: The Veteran's BBQ Fest held in the Garden District will feature a BBQ cook-off & plenty of food including vegetarian, music (Modulators, Honky Tonk Band, The Night Owls), & several artists exhibiting their work. The First Veterans Parade will start at 8 am, with a WWII Combat Vet serving as Grand Marshal & the American Legion at Lunken performing the Honors at the Garden's Flag pole. At the East End Veterans Memorial Gardens, 256 Strader Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45226. More info at 513.330.3342 & capt_lu at yahoo.com.   Tackle Trade Days at Lake Isabella [Saturday 11 August @ 8am-6pm]: Reel in a deal at the Lake Isabella Tackle Trade Days. A variety of new & used vintage lures, rods, reels & more for the experienced & amateur angler, showcasing local fishing equipment vendors in a flea-market style setting; large selection of bargain gear. Free. At Lake Isabella, 10,174 Loveland-Madeira Road, Loveland, OH 45140. Valid Hamilton County Park District Vehicle Permit ($10 annual; $3 daily) needed to enter the park. More info at 513.521.7275 & GreatParks.org.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Ongoing Treasures:     Women: Italy, India, Ecuador, South Africa - photo exhibit [thru Friday 31 August]: This expanded exhibit of photographs by Ben & Harriet Kaufman range from women as beasts of burden in India & Ecuador to a nun at confession in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to visitors sunning themselves on the ferry to Cape Town’s notorious Robben Island former prison. All photos are for sale in varying sizes. Follow the Guest Services sign to the Grailville Store. Photos hang in the dining room with its north wall of glass & natural light. Free show & parking. At Grailville, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH 45140. More info at 513.683.2340 & grailville.org.   Queen City Of Song Exhibit [thru Sunday 2 September]: Experience Cincinnati’s choral music history thru a dynamic exhibit. The exhibit spotlights Saengerfest dating back to 1838 & its ties to the Cincinnati May Festival & Music Hall; 100 years of church & school choirs; & Cincinnati’s African American choral traditions. Also, view early choral music & hymnals published in Cincinnati. Free. Presented by & at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at 513.369.6900 & cincinnatilibrary.org.   Bookworks 13 Exhibit [thru Sunday 2 September]: Visit the 13th annual Cincinnati Book Arts Society exhibit of unique & small edition artists' books from local, regional & national artists. Bookworks 13 is a showcase of the thriving & talented book arts community in our region. Free. At the Atrium, Main Library of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at cincinnatilibrary.org/programs/exhibits.html &cbasturnsthepage.blogspot.com/.   International Choral Exhibits @ the Library [thru September]: Two exhibits reflect the spirit of the World Choir Games. (1) In the art exhibit “What Children Believe,” local & international students share artistic visions of “what’s wonderful in their world” after reading & seeing a performance based on the Caldecott Medal-winning book, “What A Wonderful World,” based on the lyrics from Louis Armstrong’s legendary song. This exhibit was inspired by a partnership between the nonprofit org Learning Through Art in Cincinnati & little Art of Munich, Germany, home to the World Choir Games headquarters. On display in the Main Library’s atrium thru Sunday 30 Sep. (2) “The Queen City of Song” features artifacts of Cincinnati’s choral music history dating back to 1838. Items from Saengerfest, Cincinnati May Festival, Music Hall, 100 years of church, school & local choirs, & Cincinnati’s African American choral tradition. The Cincinnati Room also houses the “Cincinnati Panorama of 1848,” the oldest wide-view photograph of an American city; a masterpiece known worldwide as one of the finest examples of daguerreian photography. On display in the Cincinnati Room thru Tuesday 4 Sep. At the Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at 513.369.6900 & cincinnatilibrary.org/main/exhibits.asp.   Creating Self-Regenerating Balance [Mondays @ 6:30-8pm & Wednesdays @ 9:30-11am]: Fanchon Shur describes her classes as defining the forces that organize all of our life movement. She teaches that process & believes that access to the mind of the body's fluids, systems, intention, spatial harmonics, laws of exertion & expression create a Self-Regenerating Balance necessary to navigate & grasp life. Class participants are immersed in this stress-releasing & strength-producing exploration. At 4019 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info at 513.221.3222, fanchon at growthinmotion.org & growthinmotion.org/classes&previewCSS=true.   Yoga in the Park [Every Sunday @ 10-11am, weather permitting]: Experience yoga in the grass, gazing at the sky & listening to the birds. With full views of the river, could there be a better place to practice? Free. Sponsored by Covington Yoga. At George Rogers Clark Park, Riverside Drive & Garrard Street, Covington, KY 41011. More Info at  859-307-3435, covington.yoga at yahoo.com & covingtonyoga.com.   ~~~~~~~~~~~   Tri-State Treasures is compiled by Jim Kesner Tri-State Treasures are typically transmitted on Wednesdays; send submissions as soon as possible for best probability of being included. Event descriptions are typically published for 2 weeks leading up to the event. Submit Tri-State Treasures or request addresses to be added or removed from the list by emailing jkesner@nuvox.net; specify "Tri-State Treasures." Email addresses are posted in BlindCopy to protect your identity. Email addresses are not shared, given or sold without explicit permission. Please submit your Tri-State Treasures in the following format. This will greatly help me & enhance the probability your item will be included: Brief Title of the Treasure [date @ time]: Brief description of the treasure; what is it; why is it wonderful & unique. Cost. Sponsor. Location including address & zip code. More info at telephone, email, & website. An Example: Fabulous Film Festival [Friday 3 May @ 8-10pm]: The first & best film festival in Cincinnati will present live-action, documentary, & short films... Presented by Flicks Я Us. Tickets are $8. At The Movie Theatre, 111 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45200. More info at 513.111.2222, info at filmfestival.com & filmfestival.com. 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