AWESOME stuff in the Articles section. Obama link, Lessig, Kristoff op-ed piece, media coverage of the peace demo. etc.
Vacancy at Lloyd House, residential space, as of May 1! Check it out, in “announcements”.
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................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the table Wednesday 3/19/08
Linda Gruber, Mary Biehn, Bob Witanowski, Carolyn Aufderhaar, Ginger Lee Frank, Mira Rodwan, Gerry Kraus, Suellyn Shupe, Marvin Kraus, Ellen Bierhorst, Megan Crawford mcrawford@warren-wilson.edu
Lori Findsen, Dallas Fish, Bud Kostic, Judy Cirillo, Badger Johnson
Preamble: read by Mary
Song: Come follow follow follow... Round
(Ellen read op ed piece from Times on women’s leadership...)
Announcements at table:
Linda: want to discuss Barack‘s speech in Philly.
Mary: want to talk about Rev. Wright’s speech.
Carolyn cat needs home. 2 yr old neutered male... Judy Gout 859 240 1005
Lori we did the t shirt demonstration today.
Dallas: racism
Mira want to discuss Obama’s speech
Gerry ...in Cinti. We have a strong political leader in Roxanne Qualls...
Spencer: I just got back from Caribbean; cruise.
Marvin If you believe communication is everything, we saw “Pirates of Penzantz” ... There is a nurse all about mis communication.
badger I was reading the Tajikistan Times today. Much of the pollution in our west comes from SE Asia.
TOPIC: OBAMA’S SPEECH ON RACISM
(?) Judy Rev. Wright spoke of the black men’s anger at America. 9/11 was pay back for ... Had it coming to him. Hillary Clinton has no idea what it is to be Black.
Suellyn (quoted Obama’s speech referring to Wright’s sermon.) ..expressed a profoundly distorted view...white racism endemic... Perverse ideology of radical Islam...
Spencer ... I would not go to a synagogue where the Rabbi made outrageous statements.
Ginger the interview at Nightline, ABC right afterwards was also very important.
Linda I thought it was so straight forward. ... Talking about the Black church, the dichotomy in the church and in the Black community, the good and the bad. ...still fresh memories of prejudice. He accepts that as real.
Suellyn That’s why it is so much more sophisticated than the kind of speech we have been hearing from Geo Bush. Not black/white thinking.
Mira When I lived in Atlanta in the 60’s, the Black Power movement was starting. Whites were hut and astonished at the anger expressed by SNCC and Black Power people. I grew up Detroit, had many kinds of friends. I spoke out about prejudice and the effects , anger. ... The effects of prejudice continue.
Too many White people can say, “I didn’t do bad things to Black people...” It is not enough to say that. ... Just like there are Jews today who are still bearing the holocaust.
Gerry the part about Obama’s grandmother. I couldn’t disown the angry part of the Black community any more than I could disown my white grandmother who loved me...but who occasionally said racist things.
Judy just as there are whites who complain about affirmative action...
Ginger he remembered another moment that split the races... The O.J. Simpson trial. It embarrassed him that Blacks believed O.J. Should have been acquitted.
Gerry most important thing he said, Are we now ready to go beyond racial divisiveness, and address problems that we all face...war, poverty, economy. ... Apparently Wright said these things over a year ago.
Spencer We are looking for competency in a president. Obama is certainly very capable in representing his life.
ellen experience vs. charisma
Suellyn Obama’s life experience, as expressed in his autobiography, highly valuable.
Ginger the line that Hillary is more experienced may not be fair or accurate. Obama has impressive experience.
Judy I think his experience organizing the S side of Chicago. Was the first Black ed. Of Harvard Law Review.
Mira I am worried that the people in the Republican machine can cook up such defaming stories without conscience, like the Swift Boat thing. I think Hillary has not always acted as ethically as I would have wanted, and Barack seems to have higher ethics. I liked Kucinich and Edwards better than either Obama or Clinton. ... When I heard the speech I was floored! So impressed. ... This congress has been more shy of doing bold work... This bringing up of reality that Obama did in the speech was tremendously important. There are other important issues... But Obama has the youth going in his direction.
Dallas I feel Obama...I like both. Obama is unspoiled, doesn’t have as much to hide. There is freshness Also there is a masculine and a feminine quality. I feel a different energy when he talks. When I heard Bill Clinton talk I was mesmerized, but Hillary is different. Men and women are different energies.
Ginger what Ellen read. The Goldberg paradigm, speeches judged more harshly if the speaker is woman than if from a man.
It seems to e that Obama can talk both the feminine and the masculine slant.
Marvin We do have a black problem in this country. We have black and whites living here, but not together. ...the public schools have just about been given up on by white people. What we know about here in Cinti. Local urban governments are becoming predominantly black. ...What Obama offers to me is a leadership that nobody has offered before, to address the problem of race. Oh sure we have civil rights laws, we have Brown vs. Bd of Education. But has not solved the problem. As a national leader, Obama could bring us together. Why not.
(people who haven’t spoken.)
Bud: my wife has read quite a bit of rhetoric, and Barack’s speeches have been patterned right after Kennedy’s. I agree his leadership, his basic truthfulness, a spiritual quality makes me look twice at Obama. Further, I see more feminine energy from him than from Hillary.
Megan I feel Hillary is at a disadvantage being a woman. “Oh she isn’t strong enough” and she has to act big and tough. I think she is doing a good job.
Lori I would vote for either one of them.
Gerry I want to re emphasize that it wasn’t the messenger so much as the message I found so important. There’s race...now let’s go beyond it. Make our union more perfect.
Spencer: ... You can’t resolve racism or anti Semitism. You can teach civilized behavior.
Ginger I’ve been watching the Ferraro thing... The Spitzer thing... How hypersensitive and incapable we are of dealing with race. Which is what makes Obama’s speech so extraordinary. What Ferraro said was true. We can’t deal with race. What Bill Clinton said about Jesse Jackson winning S. Carolina, but that he still won... But the press went wild. We are so screwed up we can’t talk rationally about race. But Obama’s speech does speak about it.
Spencer it is a very stirring speech. This speech has not been given before because there was no one in the position to give it. ... Inspiring speech. Go back to JFK... He did not get much done in his administration. It wasn’t until LBJ came in to accomplish the programs of the New Frontier.
Gerry space program... Peace Corps... Morale of Americans.
Specer he took Kennedy’s agenda and brought it through.
Dallas we are a different society than forty years ago. ...
Linda Read one paragraph from Obama’s speech. ‘We have a choice.. We can accept divisiveness about race...
... Distractions? Vs. substance in the campaign.’
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
VACANCY AT LLOYD HOUSE..............Please circulate.
As of 1 May the two room suite on third floor will be available for our next housemate. You? Private bathroom adjoining living room. Kitchen shared with 3 other housemates (share refrig. with one other person only). Off street parking. High Speed Internet wy-fi. Fabulous multicultural ambiance in historic gaslight Clifton Victorian, historic register (John Uri Lloyd). Many perqs. 2 miles from U.C. $450, heat, elect. included. Photo at http://www.lloydhouse.com Ellen: 513 221 1289
Dharma Discussion at Rohs Street Café
Zen teacher and Xavier Professor (and salonista!) David Loy will lead a discussion on how the three poisons of Greed, Ill Will, and Delusion have been institutionalized and are at the root of the pervasive suffering in our world. We will consider how each individual can eliminate those poisons in his or her own life, and work with others to reduce their social effects.
Everyone is welcome to participate.
This presentation is sponsored by the Cincinnati Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. For more information, contact Richard Blumberg (513) 608-4652.
Where and When
Tuesday, April 1, 7:00–9:00 PM
Rohs Street Café, 245 W. McMillan Street
(just west of Hughes Corner. in Clifton)
After the discussion, David will be available to sign copies of his most recent book, Money Sex War Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
“If you are interested in personal or societal change, you need to read this book.”
Noah Levine, author of Against the Stream
“David Loy is subversive, undermining our cherished opinions and revealing a revolutionary world of human possibility. He describes an emerging Buddhism that speaks to the Western heart and mind and offers hope in a world that has too little. Long live this revolution!”
James Ishmael Ford, author of Zen Master Who?
David Loy received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Singapore and has taught in Singapore and Japan. In 2006, he accepted appointment to the Besl Family Chair of Ethics/Religion & Society; his current appointment lasts through the 2009/2010 school year. David has written many books and is acknowledged as a senior figure in the worldwide Engaged Buddhism movement. In addition to his writing and his academic work, he is an authorized teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism; he completed formal koan training under Zen Master Yamada Koun Roshi.
Muse “New Spirituals” Concert April 5,6 House of Joy, College Hill
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Holistic Health Fair
(If you are curious about this Alexander Technique I am spending three years learning how to teach, come to this event for a free demonstration, experience the technique yourself. Two senior trainees will be there from about 12:30 to 4. Ellen)
Convergence: a day of peace and beauty
Saturday, April 5, 2008
10:00-4:00
Grailville Retreat Center
932 O’Bannonville Rd
Loveland, Ohio 45140
683-2340
www.grailville.org
all ages welcome
Donations accepted- Leaves of Learning homeschool cooperative
receives any portions above expenses/ www.leavesoflearning.org
contact Debbie Lewis Westheimer, 348-4276 or debbie@westheimers.net
Leonard Orr Returns to Lloyd House
Wed, April 9, 1 hour talk 8 pm (immediately following the salon)
“Five Greatest Ideas of the Twenty-first Century”
$20
This is one of the great, the original New Age/Human Potential Movement American gurus from the 70’s on through now. We were fortunate to get him on his way home from his gig in Michigan last year, and I am thrilled he will be back. We are a little fueling station on his road trip. Leonard is the father of “rebirthing”, the breathing technique for spiritual purification and psychological healing. Leonard thinks out of the box. A real smart guy, unassuming, very pleasant. As Mohamed Ali (Cassius Clay) once told me on the TV screen, if someone is the world’s best of something, it doesn’t matter what that something is, that someone has got to be pretty terrific. Leonard is arguably the very greatest American guru. It’s super neat to have him. Well worth $20 just to know you’ve seen him. I mean, like if say Billy Graham were to talk at the Lloyd House, you’d want to be here, right?
Leonard has been thinking about all sorts of things, and this talk is the highlights... Like how to tackle the political issue, What is important to know about our currency and democracy, How to live healthy for a very long time, maybe forever, etc. etc.
OK, here it is, Leonard is a Mt. Rushmore in his field. Check him out. (See you here. Also, feel free to come for the salon pot luck at 5:45... Or not. Ellen
Leonard Orr on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Orr
(running this a second week...so useful! Ellen)
Great Research Tools Links on the Web: from Shirley Reischman~
Great resources!!!
Yours,
Shirley
Bartleby <http://www.bartleby.com/> -- Famous quotes and full poetry texts
<http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page> Citizendium <http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page> -- More “professional” Wikipedia, although usually not as detailed
Answers.com <http://answers.com/> -- Makes use of the information on Wikipedia and many other reference sites to become a one stop shop
<http://www.epodunk.com/> ePodunk <http://www.epodunk.com/> -- Information about cities and places
<http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page> Encyclopedia Britannica <http://www.britannica.com/> -- An excellent source of information, and much more authoritative than Wikipedia.
Scholarpedia <http://scholarpedia.org/> -- A step up from both Wikipedia and Citizendium in terms of scholarly respectability; the articles are all written by experts with peer review
JSTOR <http://www.jstor.org/> (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- All those stuffy journals around your professor’s office, and articles in your course packets
Oxford English Dictionary <http://www.oed.com/> (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- The definitive resource when it comes to the English language
Wikiseek <http://www.wikiseek.com/> -- Wikipedia with a better search engine
Online Education Database <http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google> -- Over 100 specific search and research tools, often relevant to specific subjects
MathWorld <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/> -- Everything mathematics from Geometry to Calculus is covered in great detail
GeoHive <http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx> and Fedstats <http://www.fedstats.gov/> -- Public access to public agency statistics
Theoi <http://www.theoi.com/> and Encyclopedia of Mythology <http://www.pantheon.org/> -- Excellent resources on the subject of mythology and ancient religions
Glossary of Poetic Forms <http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html> -- You too can know the difference between a Canto and a Cento
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy <http://plato.stanford.edu/> and Foldop <http://www.swif.it/foldop/> -- Excellent sources on just about anything philosophy related
Religion Online <http://www.religion-online.org/> -- An excellent, excellent resource filled with many primary texts
Save the date! April 26, Saturday, the DialTones band will again play for a Lloyd House all-ages, party! Dancing, pot luck, silliness. 5:30 – 9:30.
DANCING! Live Music!
There is now every Sunday morning an open weekly Tai Chi practice session at the Lloyd House in the third floor zendo at 10:15 am. Everyone welcome. Group is led by Jackie Millay She is excellent! Only three of us. Come join us. Raise the chi, warm yourself up this winter. ellen
YOGA at Lloyd House. Wednesdays9:15 – 10:30 am. Open, free practice group led by Nina Tolley.
Articles
Contents:
- Barack Obama’s speech (video and text) on race at
- “When Women Rule”, op ed piece by Nicholas Kristof from NY Times.
- LEAP video available
- Richard Blumberg... “support Lawrence Lessig...”
- Jenefer Ellingston on Obama and Clinton
- Peace Demonstration at Lloyd House, in Cincinnati...
February 10, 2008
OP-ED COLUMNIST
When Women Rule
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
While no woman has been president of the United States — yet — the world does have several thousand years’ worth of experience with female leaders. And I have to acknowledge it: Their historical record puts men’s to shame.
A notable share of the great leaders in history have been women: Queen Hatshepsut and Cleopatra of Egypt, Empress Wu Zetian of China, Isabella of Castile, Queen Elizabeth I of England, Catherine the Great of Russia, and Maria Theresa of Austria. Granted, I’m neglecting the likes of Bloody Mary, but it’s still true that those women who climbed to power in monarchies had an astonishingly high success rate.
Research by political psychologists points to possible explanations. Scholars find that women, compared with men, tend to excel in consensus-building and certain other skills useful in leadership. If so, why have female political leaders been so much less impressive in the democratic era? Margaret Thatcher was a transformative figure, but women have been mediocre prime ministers or presidents in countries like Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Often, they haven’t even addressed the urgent needs of women in those countries.
I have a pet theory about what’s going on.
In monarchies, women who rose to the top dealt mostly with a narrow elite, so they could prove themselves and get on with governing. But in democracies in the television age, female leaders also have to navigate public prejudices — and these make democratic politics far more challenging for a woman than for a man.
In one common experiment, the “Goldberg paradigm,” people are asked to evaluate a particular article or speech, supposedly by a man. Others are asked to evaluate the identical presentation, but from a woman. Typically, in countries all over the world, the very same words are rated higher coming from a man.
In particular, one lesson from this research is that promoting their own successes is a helpful strategy for ambitious men. But experiments have demonstrated that when women highlight their accomplishments, that’s a turn-off. And women seem even more offended by self-promoting females than men are.
This creates a huge challenge for ambitious women in politics or business: If they’re self-effacing, people find them unimpressive, but if they talk up their accomplishments, they come across as pushy braggarts.
The broader conundrum is that for women, but not for men, there is a tradeoff in qualities associated with top leadership. A woman can be perceived as competent or as likable, but not both.
“It’s an uphill struggle, to be judged both a good woman and a good leader,” said Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a Harvard Business School professor who is an expert on women in leadership. Professor Kanter added that a pioneer in a man’s world, like Hillary Rodham Clinton, also faces scrutiny on many more dimensions than a man — witness the public debate about Mrs. Clinton’s allegedly “thick ankles,” or the headlines last year about cleavage.
Clothing and appearance generally matter more for women than for men, research shows. Surprisingly, several studies have found that it’s actually a disadvantage for a woman to be physically attractive when applying for a managerial job. Beautiful applicants received lower ratings, apparently because they were subconsciously pegged as stereotypically female and therefore unsuited for a job as a boss.
Female leaders face these impossible judgments all over the world. An M.I.T. economist, Esther Duflo, looked at India, which has required female leaders in one-third of village councils since the mid-1990s. Professor Duflo and her colleagues found that by objective standards, the women ran the villages better than men. For example, women constructed and maintained wells better, and took fewer bribes.
Yet ordinary villagers themselves judged the women as having done a worse job, and so most women were not re-elected. That seemed to result from simple prejudice. Professor Duflo asked villagers to listen to a speech, identical except that it was given by a man in some cases and by a woman in others. Villagers gave the speech much lower marks when it was given by a woman.
Such prejudices can be overridden after voters actually see female leaders in action. While the first ones received dismal evaluations, the second round of female leaders in the villages were rated the same as men. “Exposure reduces prejudice,” Professor Duflo suggested.
Women have often quipped that they have to be twice as good as men to get anywhere — but that, fortunately, is not difficult. In fact, it appears that it may be difficult after all. Modern democracies may empower deep prejudices and thus constrain female leaders in ways that ancient monarchies did not.
I invite you to comment on this column on my blog, www.nytimes.com/ontheground. On the blog, you can also see readers setting me straight about previous columns and read posts from guest bloggers, including a Chicago teacher, Will Okun, and an aid worker in Bangladesh, Nicki Bennett.
This is the organization, LEAP, behind James Gierach who presented at our salon. I am all for this concept! ellen
Law Enforcement Against Prohibiton: Stop the Drug War, home page:
http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php includes downloadable 12 minute very good video.
wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Against_Prohibition
Lawrence Lessig is one of the most original thinkers around; he has the ability to see the root of a problem and where to attack that root with the best hope of destroying the problem. I urge you to check out his Change Congress initiative and hope that you can find a way to support it.
Richard Blumberg
(to the above, I responded to Richard:)
Hi Richard,
Tell me more about Lessig. A local guy? Where did you encounter him? Why doesn't he mention "campaign finance reform"? ..........................................
(And Richard responded to me:)
Ellen,
Lessig is a leader of those who would preserve ours as an open culture. Read about him <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig> . Listen on Wednesday to the speech he will make <http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/lessig_event> introducing the Change Congress initiative. Keep your ears open. Don't assume that mantras whispered to you by the wise (e.g. "campaign finance reform") have any meaning at all or any purpose except to preserve the authority of the wise.
Richard
From: Lawrence Lessig <info@lessig08.org>
Dear Friend,
Colorado Congressman Wayne Allard has taken over $45,900 from ConAgra
Food Corporation and over $405,000 from the oil and gas industry. His
campaign is fueled by over $3.6 million in PAC contributions. He is
just one example of a problem that affects members of both parties.
And just one example of why the system in Washington D.C. puts
special interests before the American people.
That system will not change on its own. It will only change if people
like you and me stand up and fight for it.
A month ago I considered running for Congress to help bring about
this change from the inside. Many of you supported the idea and urged
me to run. After thinking very hard about whether such a campaign
could win, I decided against it. And instead I am asking you to join
me in a new grassroots effort to Change Congress.
We will be kicking off the Change Congress effort at the National
Press Club on Thursday at 1:30 PM EST at a speech I'll be giving
sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. If you can't get to the event
in Washington D.C. I hope you will join me online for a live webcast
by going to the link below:
http://lessig08.org/lists/lt.php?id=YxoDVlQLTQweVgMK
You can also view the event details on the Sunlight Foundation's
website:
http://lessig08.org/lists/lt.php?id=YxoDVlQKTQweVgMK
This new effort is one that cannot be sustained without your help. It
will require change from the bottom up, starting with your own local
districts. Change Congress will run on the backs of thousands of
concerned citizens like you and me, who are tired of the politics as
usual that put the interests of corporate America before those of the
American people.
Please forward this email on to others who you think would like to
know about it and help spread the news about Change Congress. And if
you haven't done so already, please sign up for the Change Congress
email list at:
http://lessig08.org/lists/lt.php?id=YxoDVlQNTQweVgMK
Thank you all for your support and we'll be in touch!
Lawrence Lessig
Founder and President
Change Congress
http://lessig08.org/lists/lt.php?id=YxoDVlQNTQweVgMK
Jenefer Ellingston (Green Party D.C. founder), Weekly lurker, writes on Obama and Clinton:
on 3/3/08 12:04 PM, Jenefer Ellingston at jellingston@earthlink.net wrote:
Dear Ellen,(in front of the Lloyd House, Chris Metzger, Ellen, Mary Biehn, Ginger Lee Frank, Mira Rodwan stood with peace signs and t-shirts on clothes lines to protest the war, joining more than 700 other protesters for an action designed by the Intercommunity Justic and Peace Center—Alice Gerdeman and company. Ellen)
I am 3-states away from OH, so it's alright for me to air an opinion.
Very brief: IMO - Obama is an empty vessel - airy speeches; few specifics. Sadly he declared willingness to invade (bomb
Iran or Pakistan or other "military incursions). He has not declared against nuclear energy, or the imperative to reduce (and abolish) our nuclear arsenal and not to develop new nuclear weapons (RRW). I am grateful that he has spoken out against NAFTA ... but what about CAFTA? And what about land mines and cluster bombs and depleted Urnanium...etc.?
Everything above about Obama, applies more or less to Hillary - except that Hillary is far more specific, more analytical and therefore more knowable and trustworthy. However, I dislike her ... and fear she is a snake in the grass. Certainly she doesn't intend to keep corporate hands off Iraqi oil. (we just had a demonstration in favor of Iraqi Oil Union members - we rolled
two oil drums down 16th st. to Lafayette Park. No arrests)
Well, I'm still Green, so I vote Green. I despair for our Constitution (Fascism is here) and for Planet Earth.
wish you well,
Jenefer
PEACE MOVEMENT ALIVE IN CINCINNATI
From IJPC about the Peace Demonstration Yesterday:
This is a message of Thanks!!
I am feeling so encouraged about the peace movement in Greater Cincinnati! As we've said, wars don't end by themselves. Yesterday we saw the type of commitment,the persistence, & the visible, creative action that keeps the pressure on the politicians to do the right thing and end war.
Thanks to all who helped mark the tragic 5th anniversary of war in Iraq yesterday.
An especially big thanks to the more than 700 people who lined Clifton Ave. from McMillan to Ludlow (with a small break in the Burnet Woods Section and people doubled up in other areas) in spite of heavy cold rain!!! What a powerful witness!!! What a turnout!!! What a response from the media ( Channels 5,9,12,19, 700WLW, AP, Enquirer, New York Times...see below!)
Thanks to those of you who honked! Thanks to those of you who attended the interfaith prayer service, to those of you who vigilled with MOVEon!
Thanks to all who prayed or made phone calls to legislators. Thanks to those who wrote letters to the editor, etc! A sincere thanks for all you do to end this war and bring more peace to our world.
Please send this message to your friends! We weren't able to get emails for all who participated yesterday due to adverse weather conditions. Please send this along to thank them!
If people are looking for ways to stay involved and get connected to the peace events taking place in our area, subscribe to the IJPC Peace listserve at www.ijpc-cincinnati.org
MEDIA COVERAGE FROM MARCH 19TH
Cincinnati Enquirer; Rallies, Vigils Marm Grim Anniversary
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803200402
Channel 19; Rallies, Vigils Across Ohio Mark 5- y Anniversary of War in Iraq
http://www.fox19.com/global/story.asp?s=8039046
Channel 5; Ohio Protests Mark Anniversary of Iraq War's Start
http://www.wlwt.com/news/15642427/detail.html
Channel 12: Rally in Clifton Will Mark Five Year Anniversary of Iraq War
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=4f2e779a-a448-420f-98b6-e55f5496d8fd
Prayer Service Marks Fifth Anniversary of War - 700 WLW
http://www.700wlw.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119585&article=3428126
AP; War Protests Hault Traffic, Recall Dead
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_WAR_PROTESTS?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-03-19-07-11-59
NBC Columbus 4: Rallies, Vigils Mark Anniversary of Iraq War
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2008-03-19-0025.html
The Tucson Citizen; Marches, Memorials Mark 5th Anniversary of Iraq War
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/nationworld/80177.php
The Daily Texan: Marches, Memorials natiowide mark the 5th anniversary of Iraq War
http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/03/20/WorldNation/Marches.Memorials.Nationwide.Mark.5th.Anniversary.Of.Iraq.War-3276430.shtml
Ny Times: War Protestors Hault Traffic, Recall Dead
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Iraq-War-Protests.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=anniversary+of+war+in+Iraq&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Books,Movies, Reviews
It’s up to you folks to send me blurbs. I know you are reading. What? Is it good? Ellen
Barbara Liphardt on Kingsolver book:
ellen,
braden's permaculture talk seemed pretty interesting.
do you often know ahead of time who will be at the
potlucks...i think i missed a great one. by the way,
the latest good book i read was barbara kingslover's
animal, vegetable miracle. it is a gentle,
non-brutally activists way of helping the general
public become aware of how they eat, where their food
comes from, and how food is raised and manufactured.
michael pollan's book the omnivores dilemma, is also a
great book.
hope all is well, barb
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Learn to Speak French: Spring Session of the Alliance Institute begins March 31st. The French Institute of the Alliance Française of Cincinnati is now accepting registrations for the Spring 2008 classes. In person registration will be on Saturday 29 March @ 11AM - 1PM. At the Junior League Building, 3500 Delta Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45226. More info @ 513.293.2948, afschool@france-cincinnati.com, & www.france-cincinnati.com:80/af/menu_2_1_en.htm.
STIR International Happy Hour [2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month]: Different from other happy hours, STIR is smaller, more intimate, & Anne makes sure newcomers are introduced to the group. Sponsored by Xavier University's Intercultural Communication Group. At The Wine Cellar, 1101 Gregory Street, Mt Adams, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info from Anne Golden @ golden@xavier.edu.
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Women’s Art: Women’s Vision [Thursday-Wednesday 20-26 March @ 8 AM - 4 PM]: Celebrate National Women’s History Month at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site. The theme this year is Women’s Art: Women’s Vision. For one week, the Gallery is enriched with highlights of National Park Service sites that commemorate the lives of progressive, talented, & outstanding women in American History, plus past & present nationally known women that are recognized for their achievements & artistic talents. Brilliant works of art by talented Cincinnati women will be on display in oil & watercolor paintings, pottery, needlework, photography, jewelry, quilting, & much more. Cincinnati artists displaying their work are Carol Abbott, Pat Statzer, Amy Wallace, Jancy Jaslow, Meg Robinson, Margaret Rhein, & Julie Hucke. Tours of the Boyhood home of the 27th President & 10th Chief Justice of the US are available. Free admission. At William Howard Taft National Historic Site, 2038 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info @ 513.684.3262 & www.nps.gov/wiho.
Short Film Program [Friday 21 March @ 7:30 PM]: "Kill John Wayne" is an animated film by Vivian Wong (2007) in which John Wayne engages in a series of tribulations that involve demonstrations of masculinity, autoeroticism, seduction, castration, & necrophilia. (6 min 32 sec). "Dhrupick" is an animated film by Adam Stoves (2006) that explores the untamed imagination & sensory perception in relation to youth; what commences can be viewed as a sort of dream sequence. The remainder of Friday's screening will consist of hand-picked Internet film shorts & video art. Approx 45 min. Free, limited seating, donations & memberships encouraged. At Manifest Gallery, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, manifest@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org/adf.
Ohio River Art Show [Saturday 22 March 22 @ 6 PM]: An exhibit of 15 paintings variously portraying the Ohio River, rendered by notable Cincinnati artists, & featuring 10 paintings by Richard J. Luschek II (http://richardluschek.blogspot.com/ & www.richardluschek.com). The show is free. An hour later, step next door for the music (see next item). At Baker-Hunt Art Center, 620 Greenup Street, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.431.0020, info@bakerhunt.com, & www.bakerhunt.com/home.html.
Carolann Ames & Silverlake Concert [Saturday 22 March @ 7 PM]: After enjoying the artistic renderings of the Ohio River (preceding item), enjoy a fabulous concert by Carolann Ames & Silverlake, winners of the Americana Artist Award for their CD "So Long Abilene." Tickets are $15 at door (CD included); limited seating. In Cooperation with WNKU. At Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center Scudder House, 620 Greenup Street, Covington, KY 41011. More info from Cindy Briggs @ 513.476.7588 & www.bakerhunt.com/home.html, & www.carolannames.com & www.myspace.com/carolannames.
Polish Easter Basket Blessing - "Wielkanocna Swieconka" [Saturday 22 March @ 1:30-4:00 PM]: Swieconka (sh-vee-en-soon-kah) or "Blessing of the Baskets" is an enduring, beloved Polish traditions. Baskets containing Easter foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday. Poles take pride in preparing a decorative basket lined with a white lace napkin, decorated with sprigs of boxwood (the typical Easter evergreen), & a ribbon thru the handle. Observing other's foods & creations is one of the joys of the event. While priests visit homes in older or rural communities to bless the foods, most Poles & Polish Americans visit the church on Holy Saturday, praying at the Tomb of the Lord. Bring your Easter baskets. Father Jacek Hubicki will provide the Blessing. A procession will be led by the Knights of Columbus & Father Jacek. Bring a dessert or Polish food to share for the reception. Sponsored by the Polish Art Society of Cincinnati & the Polish American Society of Greater Cincinnati. At Annunciation Church, 3547 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ 513.793.0393.
Xavier University: History, Mission & Community since 1831 [Tuesday 25 March @ 7:30 PM]: Presented by Fr. Michael Graham, President of Xavier University. $10 general admission; $5 for students & Observatory members. At Cincinnati Observatory, 3489 Observatory Place, Cincinnati, OH 45208. More info @ 513.321.5186, Observatory@fuse.net, & www.cincinnatiobservatory.org/humanities/index.html.
Naking - CWC film [Tuesday-Wednesday 25-26 March @ 7 PM]: The true story of a few brave souls saving 250,000 Chinese, this film from the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Film documents the 1937 Japanese conquest of Nanking & the atrocities of the subsequent occupation known as the "Rape of Nanking." Oscar-winning directors Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman present the story of a few Americans & Europeans who remained in the doomed city to protect those remaining, by creating a "safety zone" from annihilation. The film interweaves archival newsreel footage, photos, & 16mm film with the words of survivors through interviews & their diaries & letters, brought to life by actors, to reveal the emotions witnessed during this hell-on-earth. Post film discussion. Presented by Cincinnati World Cinema. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info & tix @ 859.781.8151, WorldCinema@fuse.net, & www.cincyworldcinema.org.
Beauty Matters Art Show Opening @ United Way [Thursday 27 March @ 5:30-7:00 PM]: United Way invites you to its 2008 Beauty Matters art show. Curated by Danny Brown, the show features the work of 22 acclaimed area artists, working in several media. Many of the artists represented in the show will be attending. The exhibit continues thru Friday 25 April. A portion of all sales benefits this year's United Way Campaign, courtesy of the artists. At United Way, 2400 Reading Road, Uptown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info from Deby Davis @ 513.762.7225.
War & Trauma [Friday 28 March @ 7 PM]: Second in a 4-part film & book discussion series examines the psychological effects of war. This installment is “Coal Black Horse," a novel by Robert Olmstead, discussed by Mary Fredrickson, PhD, Professor of American History at Miami University. This program is an “On the Same Page” event co-sponsored by Cincinnati Public Library. Moderator, Jacob D. Lindy, MD, Psychoanalyst, past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies & clinical professor of psychiatry at UC College of Medicine. Presented by the Association for Psychoanalytic Thought. Wine & cheese reception @ 6:30 PM. Free for members, $5 for non-members. At the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute, 3001 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info & reservations @ 513.531.0415 & assnpsathought@aol.com.
ALACE Doula Training [Friday-Sunday 28-30 March @ Friday 1-9PM (Fri) & 9AM-6PM (Sat & Sun)]: Attend Labor Assistant/Birth Doula Training. Share your enthusiasm for birth & make a difference in women's lives. Help avoid medically unnecessary cesareans. Earn income; ALACE labor assistants typically earn $300-$1,000 per birth. Appropriate for all women with an interest in birth &/or women's health. Great for pregnant women or those planning to become pregnant, & for aspiring midwives, nurses, medical professionals, childbirth educators, yoga teachers & those involved in the healing arts. Register is $425. In Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 859.441.4220, mamamessa@yahoo.com, & www.alace.org.
A Musical Celebration of an Extraordinary Life: Patricia A. Corbett [Saturday 29 March @ 11 AM]: A free, public event dedicated to the memory of philanthropist Patricia Corbett. Mrs. Corbett & her late husband J. Ralph Corbett were champions for performing arts in Cincinnati & among the city’s most generous arts supporters. Mrs. Corbett died 28 January 2008. This free concert allows people to celebrate Patricia Corbett & to say farewell. WGUC’s Naomi Lewin will host the concert. The program will include performances by Cincinnati Opera soprano Jane Jennings & tenor Mark Panuccio, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the May Festival Chorus, UC CCM’s 2008 musical theater senior class, members of NKU’s Azmari Quartet, & 2 groups from the SCPA. Conductors include Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Music Director Paavo Järvi, opera impresario & former May Festival Music Director Julius Rudel, & Cincinnati Ballet Music Director Carmon DeLeone. The free concert is made possible through the contributions of time & resources donated by the participating organizations & individuals. Free; tickets are not required. Doors open at 10 AM. In Music Hall, 1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.621.2787 & www.CincinnatiArts.org.
Recycling 101 [Saturday 29 March @ 10-11 AM]: Learn all there is to know about recycling in Hamilton County from the Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP @ 513.721.7275 & info@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.
Introductory Training Seminar with Heinz Stark [Sunday 30 March & Friday 4 April @ 9 AM - 6 PM]: Powerful soul level work with family systems dynamics pioneered by Bert Hellinger. Sponsored by Soul Solutions. At the Vernon Manor, 400 Oak Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info @ 513.481.3080, enki@one.net, & www.soulsolutionshome.com.
Plein-Air Landscape Painting Class [10 Saturdays on 5 April - 7 June @ 10 AM - 1 PM]: Plein-Air is French for "in the open air.” Experience the pleasure of painting & seeing the world in a new way at various scenic parks around Cincinnati to learn to sketch & paint with oils. In case of rain, class will meet indoors or in parks with overhead cover. Details & directions to locations will be given in class. No experience necessary. Richard Luschek studied classical painting under Boston painter Paul Ingbretson for 3 years after earning his BFA degree with UC's DAAP program. In addition to working as an artist & maintaining his art studio, Richard has taught with the Art Academy of Cincinnati & teaches private classes in his studio. View his work @ www.richardluschek.com & http://richardluschek.blogspot.com/. Tuition is $199 for the 10-week class #3715-01; does not include supplies. List of supplies for the class @ www.uc.edu/ace/commu/PAINTING.mht. First class meets at artist's Eden Park studio, then at various parks. More info & register @ http://www.uc.edu/ace/noncreditreg/browseclasses.aspx?classid=_xx1, www.uc.edu/ace/noncreditreg/, richard_luschek@yahoo.com, & 513.479.3322.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
Tactile Treasures - Opening [thru 25 March]: The Show of fabric & jewelry will feature jewelry by Wendy Ferris & Bobby Ferris Merrill, Shibori hand-dyed scarves & shawls by Janet Uhl, handmade paper & fabric collage artwork & notecards by Margaret Rhein of Terrapin Paper Mill, handpainted & batik clothing & scarves by Kymber Henson, framed works of thread painting, machine & hand-stitched silk fiber collages & hand-stitched & felted wool pieces by Phyllis Sadler. The Fifth Street Gallery is a cooperative gallery of artists from around the tri-state area. This show is an invitational that includes some of the members & invited artists. Add you your outing with dinner or lunch at the Palm Court at the Omni Netherland. At Fifth Street Gallery, 55 West 5th Street @ Race Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. Park diagonally from the gallery for $1 for the 1st 2 hours. More info @ 513.579.9333, paperpeg@cinci.rr.com, & www.5thstgallery.com.
Introductory Course on Buddhism [Saturdays in March & April @ 2 PM]: Gaden Samdrup Ling Buddhist Monastery is offering a 9-week introductory course on Buddhist philosophy & meditation. It will cover a wide array of subjects including compassion & bodhicitta, interdependence, karma, understanding sufferings, rebirth, the 3 poisons, meditation, & the nature of mind. The course will be very engaging, & will include assignments, discussion & sharing experiences. It will focus on how to incorporate Buddhist teachings into everyday lives to achieve peace & happiness. No previous knowledge of Buddhism is required. This course is part of Joyful Path 2008, a series of events to raise funds for our new monastery project. For this course, a suggested donation of $75 is requested, but not required. All are welcome; registration required; limited space. At GSL Monastery Gaden Samdrup Ling Monastery, 3046 Pavlova Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45251. More info @ 513.385.7116, gsl@ganden.org, & www.ganden.org.
Redtree Art Gallery Opening [thru 3 April]: Evoke: A Group Exhibition. Works by talented local artists from the Cincinnati area evoke means to create anew, especially by means of the imagination. Artists Scott Stibich, Natalie PeGan, Joel Blazer, & Jim Crosser exhibit their expressive abstract paintings, drawings, & unique, modern furniture sculptures. At Redtree Gallery, 4409 Brazee Street, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH 45209. More info @ 513.321.8733, mbusch@redtreegallery.net, & www.redtreegallery.net.
Projections: A Survey of Wall-Based Sculpture - Opening [thru Friday 4 April]: Manifest wanted to know what happens in a gallery when sculpture is denied its traditional place on the floor or a pedestal. Artists were invited to submit sculptural art that was not floor or pedestal based, pushing the boundaries of the general expectation regarding the weightiness of sculptures, so often seen as being earth-bound & gravity defined. The final selection brings 11 works by 9 artists from 9 states to Cincinnati. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
Selections From the 2007 International Drawing Annual - Opening [thru Friday 4 April]: This is the 3rd annual presentation of this exhibit, featuring 10 handpicked works representing 8 of the 48 finalists for the Third Annual iNDA exhibit-in-print competition. The exhibit is a sampling of the iNDA publication which will be available in June. The International Drawing Annual publication was conceived as an extension of Manifest's Drawing Center mission to promote, feature, & explore drawing as a rich & culturally significant art form through the pursuit of scholarly activities. The goal of the International Drawing Annual is to support the recognition, documentation, & publication of excellent, current, & relevant works of drawing in the US & beyond. All works included in each annual were made within the 3 years leading up to its publication. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
Qigong Class [thru Saturday 12 April @ 10-11:30 AM]: Qigong is a moving meditation—forerunner of Tai Chi—that helps you: balance your energy, strengthen your immune system, increase your flexibility, cleanse your energy meridians, achieve a peaceful mind state, & relax. $20 per class or $125 for all seven classes. Please preregister. Sponsored by Earth Energies Center. At 538 North Revere Road, Cincinnati, OH 45255. More info & registration @ 513.543.6500, MBNicholson@fuse.net, & www.BarbandMortNicholson.byregion.net.
Cincinnati Modern Architecture: Retrospective [thru Saturday 19 April]: Cincinnati Form Follows Function, the Queen City's 1st group devoted to the awareness, education, & preservation of modern design, presents this look back at some of the city's outstanding 20th century architectural treasures. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.721.7275, info@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.
Miami University Italian-American Film Festival [Wednesdays thru – 30 April @ 7:30 PM]: Curated & presented by Professor Sante Matteo. Free & open to the public. In 102 Benton Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. This venue is a newly refurbished auditorium with very comfortable seating & convenient adjacent parking. It is on the north side of High Street (Route 27 N from Cincinnati) at the intersection of Tallawanda Street. More info & map @ matteos@muohio.edu & www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/campusmap/.
Mar 26: Robin & the Seven Hoods (1964, Gordon Douglas, with Frank Sinatra & the Rat Pack)
Apr 2: Little Caesar (1930, Mervyn LeRoy)
Apr 9: The Brotherhood (1968, Martin Ritt)
Apr 16: The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
Apr 23: Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese)
Apr 30: The Sopranos (episodes from the TV series, David Chase)
Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum [thru Sunday 1 June]: Forty of the finest examples of 18th-20th century American quilts from the Shelburne Museum’s permanent collection are on exhibit. The Shelburne is a unique museum, located in Vermont, & founded by Electra Havemeyer Webb, heiress to the Domino Sugar fortune & a pioneering collector of American folk art. The exhibit also includes several dazzling art quilts by Terrie Hancock Mangat who, along with her sister, Becky Hancock, founded St. Theresa Textile Trove in 1994 in Over-the-Rhine (now located on Hamilton Avenue in College Hill). Also featured is a special gift shop connected to the exhibit featuring work of art quilter Leslie Alexandria, who also has 3 contemporary pieces on display in the Art Museum Library. At the Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.639.2995 & www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org (go to 'Exhibitions').
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Fabulous Film Festival [Friday 3 May @ 8 PM]: The first & best fabulous film festival in the city of Cincinnati will present live-action, documentary, & short films. Blah, blah, blah. Presented by Flicks R Us. Tickets are $8. At The Theatre, 111 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45200. More info @ 513.111.2222, info@filmfestival.com, & www.filmfestival.com.
The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 12 people) Meets on WEDNESDAYS at 5:45,
EVERY Wednesday, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.
We of the Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.
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