June 2021

ARTS & CULTURE | COMMUNITY | PHILANTHROPY

June 2021

FOCUS ON: HEALTH CARE  Eight

local innovators

 Equitas

welcomes LGBTQ+ community

A new face for ArtWorks

Colleen Houston picks up the brush

Summer reading with a local twist

Get out!

150+ things to do in June

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Publishers’ Letter 4 Arts/Culture 5 Fringe Festival returns outdoors and online 5 Ballet Bold(ly) Moves back to Arnoff 6 The A/C List: music, fairs & festivals, visual art and more 7 Summer reading with a local twist 9  COVER STORY: Colleen Houston picks up the brush for ArtWorks | By David Lyman 10 21c mural features life-size portraits of Black men 12

The Datebook 13 June fundraisers – virtual and in-person – include dinners and parties, golf outings and runs, plus a game show, a scavenger hunt, a garden tour and animal encounters at the zoo.

Focus on: health care innovation 17 Eight innovators offer their take on overcoming major health care challenges 17 Equitas Health offers ‘welcoming home’ LGBTQ+ community | By Shauna Steigerwald 20

In the News 21 Social Venture Partners launch ‘Project XLR8’ 21 Mercy Health offers mobile mammography screenings 21 Names in the News 22 Lady Bod Podcast on womens’ health wins Webby 24

Gifts/Grants 25 Faths pledge $1M for Purcell Marian sports complex 25 First Financial donates $500K to Playhouse renovation 25

Snapshots 27 Virtual event for DePaul Cristo Rey raises over $600K 27 Sycamore students raise funds for Dragonfly 27 McDonald’s CEO headlines Economics Center awards 28 JFC’s largest single-day event raises more than $100K 28 OTR mural commemorates UC alumni honorees 30 Cincinnati Rotary honors local police officers 31 First Step Home recognizes trio in broadcast 32 JDRF’s ‘at-home’ gala raises over $1 million 34 Volunteers plant 50 trees for Earth Day 34

On the cover: Colleen Houston, photo by Tina Gutierrez

Fine art photography portraiture – above or below the water.

Tina Gutierrez Arts Photography tinagutierrezartsphotography.com tinagutierrezarts.photoshelter.com/portfolio tango@fuse.net 513.446.1903

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 PUBLISHERS’ LETTER

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ealth and wellbeing have been front and center the past year, especially, given the challenges during the pandemic to our own safety.

And healthcare workers have been on the front lines throughout. We take some time in this June issue to share some faces of those working to improve health care on a local basis.

Our Cincinnati Cares colleague Katie Fiorelli worked with local health providers to identify and query healthcare innovators who are changing the way care and treatments are provided here in Greater Cincinnati. Meet these emerging medical professionals on Page 17.

Shauna Steigerwald profiles a new provider to our region, one that arrived just prior to the pandemic. Her profile of Equitas Health and what the organization brings to our market is on Page 20.

And speaking of those emerging (no, not cicadas), Colleen Houston (“HOWstn”) spent many years working within the ArtWorks organization before she was

tapped to take the reins from departing founder Tamara Harkavy. David Lyman caught up with Colleen as she and her team embark on their summer decorating our city and engaging young creatives in doing so. See Page 10.

As we look forward to an increasingly vibrant second half of 2021, we want to thank those of you who have supported our efforts to keep M&M afloat and relevant these past 14-plus months. And we’re grateful to our Cincinnati Cares partners for pitching in, especially as we have worked to bring this print magazine back into circulation.

Special appreciation to CEO Doug Bolton for rolling up his sleeves and putting on his well-worn editorial hat. A true warrior.

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Arts/Culture Fringe Festival is back – outdoors and online The Cincinnati Fringe Festival is one of our city’s first summer traditions to return to form as the world opens back up. This year, you can choose from a wide variety of outdoor in-person events and online streaming entertainment for your Fringe experience.

Last year, the necessary pivot to an all-online Fringe Festival turned the hometown event into a success across the nation and globe: Fringe shows were viewed in 36 states, plus Washington D.C., and in sixteen other countries across five continents. This year, Fringe hopes to keep that global community alive with a lineup of video-on-demand and live-streamed performances, connecting the core Cincinnati audience with a community of Fringe fans across the world.

But going all online last year meant Fringe had to forgo its vibrant in-person festival atmosphere.

So, for 2021, the 18th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival will run as a hybrid live and digital experience June 4-19.

This year, Fringe is moving its “Underground” – the subterranean lobby that acts as the hub of all things Fringe – above ground. An outdoor stage will host live performances, special events,

and nightly post-show programs while serving as the (COVID-safe) social gathering point for Fringe audiences.

There are 40 shows in the primary lineup, plus special events. An all-access pass can be purchased for $275. As a plus, proceeds will be split 50/50 with the performers to support these independent artists. Individual tickets can also be purchased for $11-16.

Fringe features: • Eight outdoor productions from local artists • 11 live-streamed productions, plus the “Channel Fringe Hard Hitting Action News Update” every night • 21 video-on-demand performances from local artists and artists from around the nation  www.cincyfringe.com

FRINGE AT A GLANCE What: 18th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival Where: Know Theatre, 1120 Jackson St., and online When: June 4-19 Tickets: Individual tickets, $11, with “Love Your Artists” option for $16.

Bundles and all-access passes also available.

Example of the quilting work of downtown Cincinnati resident Sally Lloyd

Contemporary quilt artists show work at The Barn June 6-14, The Barn, Mariemont The Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists, formerly known as the Grailville Quilters, will hold its annual show at The Barn (Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center) in Mariemont.

“Our contemporary work ranges from representational to abstract, and showcases a myriad of techniques for working with fabric and fiber,” said Sally Lloyd, event spokesperson.

More than 20 artists will present 35-40 pieces of work.

Barn hours: Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.2 p.m. and weekends, 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.  www.cqafa.com

Saturday, June 26, 2021 • Gardens open 9 am – 5 pm Join us for Cincinnati’s premier garden tour featuring 12 magnificent gardens, which incorporate native plants in unique and creative ways. After picking up your program booklet in the morning, visit as many of the gardens as you wish. Locations include Amberley, Columbia Tusculum, Loveland, Madeira, Madisonville, and Mason. Order your tickets by June 14 to receive your tour booklet in the mail!

Tickets: $40 per person www.CincyNature.org Presenting Sponsors: Green Living by Design, Anthology of Blue Ash, and Eads Fence Company

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ARTS/CULTURE

Charm at the Farm founders Amy Doyle and Jayme Kuenkel

An Eve Center peer counselor

Sifa Collective

Lebanon vintage market benefits two nonprofits with women focus Photo by A aron M. Conway

Maizylet Velázquez, Taylor Carrasco and Michael Mengden

Ballet Bold(ly) Moves back to Aronoff Center Cincinnati Ballet, Bold Moves Plus: Wednesday-Saturday, June 16-20, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center There’s a lot of excitement at Cincinnati Ballet these days, what with a prominent new headquarters taking shape (overlooking I-71 and downtown), a surreal season finally coming to an end and the promise of increased normalcy on the horizon.

The final production of this strange season, Bold Moves Plus, will take place at the Aronoff Center, downtown, in the spacious Procter & Gamble Hall, which has been all too lonely these last 14 months.

As with most Bold Moves programs, the emphasis is on “new,” with four fresh choreographic pieces set to a healthy mix of music ranging from Bach to Ray Charles.

A product of the 2020 pandemic, “kiss,” choreographed by Stephanie Martinez, incorporates original music by Darryl J. Hoffman and Noelle Kayser (Kayser also staged the production and designed the set), mixed with classical hits by Bach, Mozart and Schubert.

Popular local choreographer Heather Britt offers “Until Tomorrow,” which contrasts atmospheric music by Berlinbased Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm with funky Afropop from French singer Jain, and a French nod to Paul McCartney’s “Yesterday,” sung by Hughes Aufrayl.

Harking all the way back to 1999, “Silhouettes,” by the legendary Mark Morris, is set to solo piano music by Richard Cumming and will be rendered live by gifted CCM professor and Cincinnati Symphony pianist Michael Chertock.

The program closes with the half-Columbian/half-Belgian choreographer Anabelle Lopez Ochoa’s quirky and fun “Limoncello,” set to a bluesy, ’30s-sounding backdrop of music

by C.W. Stoneking, Paul Bley and Ray Charles. Lemons play a particularly important role here, positioned throughout in the hands of each dancer.

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June 11-13, August 20-22, October 15-17, Charm at the Farm, 4953 Bunnell Hill Rd., Lebanon The Charm at the Farm Vintage Market in Lebanon will celebrate its fifth anniversary this summer by showcasing two nonprofits that capture the mission of the open-air, summertime market focused on women-owned small businesses.

The two nonprofits are the Eve Center, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting healing and growth for women across the city through biblical, no-cost, safe and confidential peer counseling and training; and the Sifa Collective, a

faith-based, nonprofit with Cincinnati roots that runs training centers for marginalized women throughout Tanzania, focused on equipping them with the tools and skills they need to become successful small business owners in their local communities.

Sifa Collective will be on-site at Charm’s June Market selling their hand-made products crafted by Tanzanian women who have been through their Sifa Center training programs.

Admission is $6-$18 depending on the day. Parking is free.  www.charmatthefarm.com

New Lebanon gallery to feature Black artists of Warren County June 19-July 14, Martha Savage Art Gallery, Art Depot, 740 South U.S. Rte. 42, Lebanon A new space in Lebanon has opened to promote the arts in Warren County.

Artscape Lebanon, supported by ArtsWave, is a nonprofit whose mission is to unite and empower this small community via the arts. The organization is housed in the Art Depot, adjacent to the railroad tracks near downtown, and will serve as a hub for art classes, art openings, bands, artist studio spaces and more.

And a new art gallery has also opened in the Arts Depot. Kent Savage established the Martha Savage Gallery to honor his late wife’s legacy of encouraging artists. The first show in this new space is “Art in Color – Celebrating Black Artists,” set to open on Juneteenth (June 19). The wide-ranging exhibit features Black artists of Warren County, and is the first in a series dedicated

to the diverse cultural backgrounds within this mostly rural part of Ohio.

The show will be presented online and in-person by appointment, and will include work in two and three dimensions, poetry, photography, video and more.

ArtScape Lebanon presents the “Art In Color” exhibit in partnership with the MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon.  www.artscapelebanon.org

Kent Savage with his late wife, Martha

The A/C List Cultural Exhibits/Tours American Legacy Tours | 859-951-8560. americanlegacytours.com Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.

1919 Baseball Tour American Sign Museum | Camp Washington. 513-541-6366. americansignmuseum.org June 2, 2-4 p.m. Craft & Snack: “Neon” Signs, featuring a snack representing Mexico from chef Lety Sanchez of The Welcome Project (free, but registration required) ArtWorks Mural Tours | artworkscincinnati.org Thru October. Walking tours: Pendleton, Over-the-Rhine and Downtown Behringer-Crawford Museum | Devou Park, Covington.

859-491-4003. bcmuseum.org Permanent exhibit. “Mrs. White’s Kindergarten” Betts House | West End. 513-651-0734. thebettshouse.org Permanent exhibit. “History at Home: The Story of the Betts Family, the West End and Cincinnati” Brewing Heritage Trail Tour Center | ​Over-the-Rhine. brewingheritagetrail.com Thru June 27. Guided & outdoor tours: Built on Beer Tour • Brewers & Barons Tour Thru June 20. Brunch, Beer, and Breweries Tour (from the Moerlein Lager House) Cincinnati Fire Museum | Downtown. 513-621-5553. cincyfiremuseum.com Permanent collection Cincinnati Museum Center | Union Terminal, Queensgate.

513-287-7000. cincymuseum.org Current exhibits: “A Year on the Edge” • “An Unfinished Revolution: Women and the Vote” • “Inspired by Nature: The Art and Activism of Charley Harper”

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Friends of Music Hall | 513621-2787. friendsofmusichall.org Thursdays, 4 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. April thru November. Outdoor tours of Music Hall Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Walnut Hills. 513-751-0651.

Stowehousecincy.org Current exhibit. “The Cause Dearer to Me Than Any Other in the World”: Isabella Beecher Hooker and Suffrage • “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence” June 13, 1-4 p.m. Harriet’s Birthday Party

Explores history and continuing issues regarding struggle for freedom Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College, Clifton. 513-2211875. huc.edu/research/museums Ongoing. “Opening the Ark: Bringing a Lost Jewish Synagogue to Life”

Dance Cincinnati Ballet | Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center.

513-621-5219. cballet.org June 16-20. Bold Moves Plus

Heritage Village Museum | Sharonville. heritagevillagecincinnati.org Thru Aug. 15. Nancy Ford Cones Photography Exhibit Thru August. Transferware Exhibit

Planet Dance Cincinnati | Walnut Hills. planetdancecincinnati.com June 5, noon. Summer Showcase Revolution Dance Theatre | The Reliquary at Urban Artifact, Northside. revodance.com June 18-19. “shOUT,” world premiere dance work by artistic director David Choate. Inspired by true stories of growing up black and queer in the church Shen Yun | Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center. 877-8188029. shenyunperformingarts.org June 25-27. Classic Chinese dance and music

Fairs/Festivals/Markets The Arts Alliance | Sonder Brewing, Deerfield Township. 513309-8585. the-arts-alliance.org June 5, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Deerfield Handmade Market. Free.

Charm at the Farm Markets | Lebanon. charmatthefarm.com June 11-13. Eclectic market City Flea | Washington Park, Over-the-Rhine 45202. thecityflea.com June 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Eclectic arts and crafts fair

SUMMER AT SUMMIT • JULY 2021

Holocaust & Humanity Center | Cincinnati Museum Center, Union Terminal. 513-487-3055. holocaustandhumanity.org Current exhibit. “Dimensions in Testimony” Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati | West Chester. icgc.us First Saturday, 11 a.m.

“Know Your Neighbors” (KYN) Krohn Conservatory | Eden Park. 513-421-4086. cincinnatiparks.com/krohn Thru Sept. 6. “Butterflies of Bali” Lloyd Library and Museum | Downtown. 513-721-3707. lloydlibrary.org Permanent exhibit. George Rieveschl Jr.: History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Milford Historical Society | Milford. 513-248-0324. milfordhistory.net Permanent exhibit. Historical displays of art and artifacts National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | The Banks, Downtown.

513-333-7500. freedomcenter.org

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OPERA IS BACK!

GLORIOUS SINGING. INSPIRING STORYTELLING. ENCHANTING MUSIC. This summer, get swept away by the return of live opera. Join us for magical, must-see performances under the stars at our reimagined open-air festival at Summit Park in Blue Ash.

Tickets are limited. Prices start at $15.

Carmen

Tosca

The Barber of Seville

cincinnatiopera.org (513) 241-2742 Season Funders:

Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List Hyde Park Farmers’ Market | Hyde Park Square. hydeparkfarmersmarket.com Sundays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Spring-fall. Regional food and beverage market

Harriet Beecher Stowe House | 513-751-0651. stowehousecincy.org June 26, noon. Discussion: Semi-Colon Club “Calling Yankees to Florida” (virtual)

Second Sunday on Main | Main Street, Over-the-Rhine. facebook.com/OTRSSOM June 13, noon-5 p.m.

Eclectic street festival

Hebrew Union College | 513-221-1875. huc.edu/campus-life/cincinnati June 10, 7 p.m. “Not the Same as White: Latinx Students Talk About Jewish Schooling” June 15, 1 p.m. “A Jewish Grand Tour: Should ‘Travel’ Become the Jewish Practice of Our Age?” June 22, 1:30 p.m. “Jews, Whiteness, Power and Privilege”

Summerfair Cincinnati | Coney Island. 513-531-0050. summerfair.org June 4-6. Large festival of arts, crafts, food and music Taps Tastes & Tunes Festival | National Voice of America Museum, West Chester. cincinnatifestivalsandevents.com July 2-4. Celebration of local beer, food and music Westwood Second Saturdays | Westwood Town Hall District.

June 12, 4 p.m. Live music and more

Film Cincinnati World Cinema | Garfield Theatre, Downtown. 859957-3456. cincyworldcinema.org Art and independent film, in-person and virtual Cindependent Film Fest | 214-843-6781. cindependentfilmfest.org Reels of Wheels, 7 & 8 p.m.: June 5. Wyoming Art Center June 12. Bramble Park, Madisonville June 19. Campsite Sculpture Park, Camp Washington June 26. NEST Parking Lot, Northside Esquire Theatre | Clifton Gaslight. 513-281-8750. esquiretheatre.com Independent, foreign and classic film

Literary/Lectures Cincinnati Zoo | Clifton.

513-281-4700. cincinnatizoo.org June 2, 7 p.m. Olivia Carril “To Bee or Not To Bee: Documenting bee declines in dynamic landscapes” 8

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Joseph-Beth Booksellers | 513-396-8960. josephbeth.com June 16, 7 p.m. Discussion: Kim Harrison “Million Dollar Demon” (virtual)

Music Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony | Montgomery Park.

513-549-2197. bamso.org July 2, 7:30 p.m. Patriotic Concert. Michael Chertock, conductor Caffe Vivace | Walnut Hills.

513-601-9897. caffevivace.com Most evenings, live jazz performances Chamber Music Cincinnati | Virtual. 513-342-6870. cincychamber.org Online Concert Series: June 13, 4 p.m. Summer Evenings June 27, 4 p.m. Intimate Bach Cincinnati Men’s Chorus | Virtual. 513-542-2626. cincinnatimenschorus.org June 26, 7 p.m.. Pride Concert: Big Gay Broadway Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Burnet Woods Bandstand. 513497-2860. cliftonculturalarts.org Wednesdays in the Woods: June 2, 7 p.m. The Comet Bluegrass All-Stars June 9, 7 p.m. Lauren Eylise June 16, 7 p.m. The New Liberty Dance Orchestra June 23, 7 p.m. Kathy Wade June 30, 7 p.m. The Amador Sisters

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concert:nova | Virtual. concertnova.com June 14, 7:30 p.m. TBA Fountain Square | Downtown. 513-621-4400. myfountainsquare.com Wednesdays thru Sept. 1, 7-10 p.m. Reggae Wednesday Thursdays thru Sept. 30, 7-10 p.m. Salsa on the Square Jazz Alive | Campsite Sculpture Park, Camp Washington. 513-2808181. facebook.com/jazzalivecinci June 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jazz at the Campsite: Jazz Alive Quartet June 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jazz at the Campsite: Brian Lovely Quartet June 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jazz at the Campsite: Dixie Karas Quartet June 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jazz at the Campsite: LAS Underground presents Ron Jones Quartet June 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jazz Live at the Campsite: all-women We Create Jazz Ensemble Matinee Musicale | Memorial Hall, Over-the-Rhine. matineemusicalecincinnati.org June 4, 7:30 p.m. Pene Pati, tenor June 6, 3 p.m. Encore of previous Memorial Hall | Over-the-Rhine. 513-977-8838. memorialhallotr.com June 29, 7 p.m. LongworthAnderson Series: Neko Case Musicians for Health | Virtual. facebook.com June 5, 8 p.m. 5 for 5: Live Streamed Concert Series: Casey Abrams Newport on the Levee | Newport. newportonthelevee.com Thursdays, thru Sept. 2, 7-10 p.m. Summer Music on the Levee Riverbend Music Center | Coney Island. 513-232-6220. riverbend.org June 10, 7 p.m. Luke Bryan: Proud To Be Right Here Tour w/ Caylee Hammack RiversEdge | Marcum Park, Hamilton. riversedgelive.com

June 4, 7:30 p.m. The Nielsen Trust + Nick Perri June 11, 7:30 p.m. Scotty Bratcher + Brandon Niederauer June 18, 7:30 p.m. 90 Proof Twang June 25, 7:30 p.m. The Ghost of Paul Revere July 4, 7 p.m. That Arena Rock Show Sorg Opera House | Middletown. sorgoperahouse.org June 26, Blessid Union of Souls Sycamore Community Singers | Sycamore Presbyterian Church. sycamorecommunitysingers.com June 2-3. “All That Jazz” Warren County Historical Museum | Lebanon. wchsmuseums.org/music.html June 10, 7:30 p.m. Monika Herzig Washington Park | Over-theRhine. washingtonpark.org/events Jazz at the Park:, 6-9 p.m.

June 7. Five Little Bears June 14. Hall Pass June 21. The New Standard feat.

Noise Police June 28. Pat Kelly Quartet

Theater Commonwealth Artists Student Theater | The Carnegie, Covington.

859-474-2811. caststages.org July 1-11. “Indecent” East Side Players | Blue Ash. esptheater.org June 24-July 3. ESP Showcase Fringe Festival | Over-the-Rhine. cincyfringe.com June 4-19. Alterntive theater and performance art festival Lebanon Theatre Company | Lebanon. 513-932-8300. ltcplays.com June 5, 7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. “suburb IMPROV - ridiculous joy!”

Middletown Lyric Theatre | Finkelman Auditorium, Middletown. 513-425-7140. middletownlyric.org June 4-19. “Outside Mullingar” July 2-17. “All-American Cabaret”

Northern Kentucky University | Virtual. 859-572-5464 nku.edu/sota Thru June 30. “Falling and Loving” Sorg Opera House | Middletown. sorgoperahouse.org June 4-13. “Godspell”

Visual Art 21c Museum Hotel | Downtown. 513-578-6600.

21cmuseumhotels.com Thru August. “Queen City of the West” Thru October. Bisa Butler: “Dress Up, Speak Up: Resistance and Regalia” Art Design Consultants East | O’Bryonville. 513-723-1222. adcfineart.com Thru June 18. Jodi Reeb: solo show • Gil Given: solo show Art Design Consultants West | West End. adcfineart.com Thru June 25. BLINK Art Showcase ArtScape Lebanon | Lebanon. artscapelebanon.org June 19-July 14. Juneteenth celebration: “Art In Color – Celebrating Black Artists” ArtWorks | Walnut Hills.

513-333-0388. artworkscincinnati.org Thru July 31. “Student Power” The Barn | Mariemont.

513-272-3700. artatthebarn.org June 6-14. Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists June 18-20. The Barn Painters “Summer Takes Flight” Reception: June 18, 3-9 p.m.

Basketshop Gallery | Westwood. basketshopgallery.com June 11-12. “Transmission 2021” Carl Solway Gallery | West End. 513-621-0069. solwaygallery.com Thru Aug. 28. Survey of Jay Bolotin’s work

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Summer reading with a local twist Six new books with Cincinnati connections hitting shelves (and screens) ‘Hope Interrupted’ • Byron McCauley & Jennifer Mooney This new offering from Cincinnati Enquirer columnist McCauley and communications consultant Mooney is a cautionary tale of hope, fear, optimism, existential dread, and living. The authors bring diverse backgrounds to their first project together. A Black man who grew up in the South and a Jewish woman who grew up in the North, they wrote during six months of the pandemic, a failing economy, Black Lives Matter and political unrest.

Their work explores what it means to be an American and what the future holds for their offspring and the next generation. (Publisher: Orange Frazer Press) Byron McCauley and Jennifer Mooney

‘Fire in The Field and Other Stories’ • John Young This new book of short stories by former Cincinnati advertising executive John Young is meeting the high expectations that his first novel, “When the Coin Is in the Air,” created 18 months ago. According to author Patricia Averbach (“Resurrecting Rain”), the book is an “elegant, wry, wise, witty collection that deserves a place among the best work being produced today.” This new collection of stories strongly reflects the author’s time living with his family in Boston, but most return the reader to a small Midwestern town, with richlydrawn, empathetic characters struggling through life and the decisions we all face everyday.

(Publisher: Golden Antelope Press)

‘Cincinnati’s Germans before World War I’ • Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann

John Young

This new book describes how Cincinnati came to be a German heritage center.

Tolzmann has published numerous books on German-American history and culture, received many awards and serves as book review editor for German Life Magazine. This book provides a comprehensive history of German immigration, settlement, and influences in the Greater Cincinnati area, from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. (Publisher: Little Miami)

‘The Parting Present/Lo Que Se Irá’ • Manuel Iris Shaped by the birth of his daughter, becoming an immigrant father, the global pandemic, and his personal spirituality, this is the sixth book of poetry from this DePaul Cristo Rey teacher and Cincinnati Poet Laureate Emeritus. And it is his first to be published simultaneously in the United States and Mexico in English and Spanish. According to poet Tara Skutru, “If language is a vector of truth and transformation … the poems in this bilingual collection offer the magnitude and direction to do exactly what poetry aims to do: say in words what can never be expressed in words.” (Publisher: SPD Books) Manuel Iris

‘The Secret is You’ • Chris Cicchinelli The author charts his two-decade journey transforming Pure Romance into the world’s largest in-home/virtual party company of its kind, while also sharing his innovative approach for helping women become successful entrepreneurs themselves. As the CEO, his leadership swelled company revenues from $3 million in 2001 to more than $250 million today. Its workforce of independent consultants now approaches 40,000. Cicchinelli is also co-founder, with wife Jessica, of the Living With Change Foundation, dedicated to supporting transgender youth and their families. (Publisher: Simon & Schuster)

‘Historic Barns of Ohio’ • Robert Kroeger Dedicated with a quote from the author – “Barns represent the heart of America, and the old ones are bleeding. So many barns, so little time,” – this tribute to our rural past explores older barns from each of Ohio’s 88 counties. Every chapter covers a geographic region of the state, starting in the glacier-flattened Northwest and ending with the hills and curves of Washington County along the Ohio River east of Athens. A second-generation artist, Kroeger brings that sensibility to his appreciation of these once-majestic structures, shared lovingly via photos and dozens of his own graceful paintings. Dr. Robert Kroeger practiced general dentistry in Cincinnati from 1977 until retiring in 2010. (Publisher: History Press)

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PROFILE

By David Lyman

The new face of ArtWorks More murals, another BLINK, a new home and much more to come for region’s art powerhouse

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or many people, it came as a shock when, in April 2020, ArtWorks founder and artistic director Tamara Harkavy announced she was stepping down from a role she had held since the organization was founded in 1996. But a quarter of a century is a long time to lead a group as vibrant and as sprawling as ArtWorks had become.

There was another problem, too.

Harkavy had become the public face of ArtWorks. Her departure would leave a huge institutional gap in the organization’s profile. Who could possibly step in and replace the woman who had spent so much of her career covering Cincinnati’s urban walls with fanciful and sometimes politically charged murals, had employed tens of thousands of 14-21year old young people as summer apprentices, who had filled Cincinnati’s streets with a light-filled festival we called “Blink?”

For those who knew ArtWorks more deeply, the answer was easy – Colleen Houston.

Indeed, Harkavy had said many times before that Houston – pronounced “HOW stn,” like the New York City street – was born to do this job.

Now, that sort of description gets tossed around all the time by people enthusing about a new leader. But in Houston’s case, there was a profound ring of truth to it.

Talk to Houston for even a few minutes and it’s impossible not to get caught up in the enthusiasm she has for ArtWorks. Not the sort of enthusiasm you hear from a board member encouraging you to contribute. The way she talks about her work – and the work of ArtWorks – has 10

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an earnestness that is unusual in the world of arts administrators. You get the sense that ArtWorks is a legacy she is growing into.

Houston was 18 and had just graduated from Walnut Hills High School when her art teacher, Wylie Ferguson, nudged her in the direction of what was then a relatively new group called ArtWorks. Founded a year earlier, it was one of the few places a promising artist like Houston could earn a few bucks while working hand-in-hand with professional artists.

ArtWorks wasn’t working on many murals at that point. Indeed, Houston spent much of that first summer repairing and repainting pieces of furniture that an industrious lead artist had salvaged on garbagenight explorations. But that did nothing to dampen her enthusiasm.

“I loved everything about it,” says Houston. “I loved the work, of course. But I loved the relationships I built there. And I loved the whole idea of what ArtWorks was all about.”

So she never left.

True, she did spend her winters at Warren Wilson College, a small school hidden away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But even there, it seemed that the major she cobbled together for herself – social and public art – was merely a precursor for a life to be spent at ArtWorks.

By 2003, she was ArtWorks’ programs director, overseeing as many as 20 varied programs every year during ArtWorks’ pre-mural days. As she worked her way up the institutional ladder, she was careful not to stray too far from the hands-on elements of ArtWorks that had brought her there in the first place.

“It’s really important to me that I’m not just a CEO,” says Houston.

“I’m CEO and artistic director. That will never change. I may also do strategic planning and fundraising. But mostly, I’m here to work with artists of all ages. And to build relationships within our community.”

Colleen Houston Photographed in her home by Tina Gutierrez. The quilt hanging in background is by Denise Burge.

Building Relationships “Relationships” is a word that comes up a lot in conversations with Houston. Relationships with artists. Relationships with funders.

Relationships with “the community,” that impossible to define catchall phrase to describe those we wish to connect with. But most important, is to encourage relationships among all those different groups making sure they hear one another. And, in the case of ArtWorks’ murals, see one another.

That community involvement is part of what particularly intrigued Columbus artist April Sunami when Houston approached her about designing a “living wall” mural in collaboration with Urban Blooms.

“I have done a lot of residencies over the years,” says the 40-year-old Sunami, who grew up in Forest Park and attended Princeton High School before moving to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University. “But the fact that they have young people actually create the mural makes this

completely different from the rest. At the end of the project, they will walk away with a collective sense of being a part of something big. They’ll own a part of it – something that has visibility. That is a big deal for people.”

Changing the landscape At 41, Houston is more than twice the age of that wide-eyed kid who refurbished castoff furniture in 1997.

She’s left behind the beloved Ford F-150 in favor of a VW Tiguan SUV, a far more practical mode of transportation for a married mother with two small kids.

What hasn’t changed is her love of art. And the idea that art can change people’s lives. What isn’t often understood about ArtWorks is that its work is not merely about making Cincinnati a more scenic place. You’re as likely to hear Houston expounding on workforce development and economic impact as you are on the best way to prepare aging bricks to accommodate the weight of a mural.

That’s one of the reasons you’ll see

PROFILE involved with the recently completed “Switch On Avondale” project, which brought a series of Avondale-centric light sculptures to a new walk-andbike trail running behind the Hirsch Recreation Center on Reading Road.

“Any time that I can be involved with a project like this, where I get to meet people every day, that’s a good opportunity,” says Laney. There is no special requirement that an officer have an affinity for the arts. “But you have to be interested in the people you’re serving. And in the things that interest them.”

What’s next Photo by Tina G utierrez

Colleen Houston with her dog, Norman, an Australian Shepard/Poodle mix

the Cincinnati Police Department listed as a partner in some of ArtWorks projects. It’s not about the art so much as it is about the involvement – the relationships.

Officer LaDon Laney, a community liaison officer in District 4, was

Where do they go from here? More murals, of course. Many more. And we’ve already heard about another edition of “BLINK” scheduled for the fall. And they recently opened the ArtWorks V2 Gallery in the group’s new home in Walnut Hills.

There, they can exhibit more in-depth experiences with the artists, both professional and student, who work on other ArtWorks projects.

“I think there is huge potential to reimagine our employment model and have year-round employment,” says Houston, noting that a different approach would enable them to accept a higher percentage of student applicants than the 37 percent they can currently accommodate. Perhaps, she suggests, a solution would be to maintain art studios where artists can work on projects year-round.

“That would enable us to connect the emerging talent in our community into their next job placement,” says Houston. “And to help with employment postcollege, we might expand to skew a little older – up to 24, maybe.”

As she talks, though, you get the sense that there are very few “maybes” in Houston’s heartfelt exhortations. She is, after all, a strategic planner as well as an artist. And you wonder just how many of these pie-in-the-sky schemes are already in the works.

“You’ll just have to wait and see.” 

About ArtWorks ArtWorks was started on the lawn of the former School for Creative and Performing Arts under tents in Pendleton during the summer of 1996. Those first few years, ArtWorks was a program of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative and took a lot of inspiration from Chicago’s After School Matters (formerly known as Gallery 37). ArtWorks became an independent nonprofit as it launched the Big Pig Gig in 2000, where more than 400 fiberglass pigs were placed in downtown Cincinnati and in Covington and Newport, Kentucky. Since then, ArtWorks has launched and has been part of many more public art initiatives, including large-scale permanent outdoor murals, Hero Design Company, a revival of the Big Pig Gig, Ink Your Love, and BLINK. ArtWorks, a $2.6 million nonprofit, is now a leader in workforce development and public art in Cincinnati.  www.artworkscincinnati.org

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513-290-3127. cazasikes.com Thru July 31. Hiep van Nguyen: “From Saigon to Cincinnati,” over 50 works from Vietnamese American Cincinnati-based artist Cincinnati Art Galleries | Downtown. 513-381-2128. cincyart.com Thru June 11. E.T. Hurley (etchings) & Jens Jensen (paintings)

“Black Box” along Gano Alley on the north side of the 21c Muesum Hotel

Prominent Black artist, 12 others featured in mural A prominent Black artist, the 21c Museum Hotel, and Vibe Cincinnati – the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau’s diversity and inclusion engine – unveiled thirteen life-size portraits at the hotel.

The new public mural, called “Black Box,” consists of portraits of former 21c artist Michael Coppage and 12 other Black men who participated in a program at Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center.

The mural is the third of a five-part community impact project. The first part was the Black men’s micro-residency at the CAC and the second was a Spotify podcast by Coppage. The yet-to-be-announced fourth and fifth parts will be unveiled at the National Underground Freedom Center later this summer.

The goal of “Black Box” is to make Black men more accessible outside of the workspace and play space. The murals were wheat pasted to the walls and some of the men featured in the portraits helped to install the 6’x3’ prints.

Funding for the project came in large part from a “Truth & Reconciliation” project grant for Black and Brown artists from ArtsWave.

“Seeing myself and my collaborators in such a high traffic public area means more people come into the project intentionally and accidentally. More people leads to incremental change,” said Coppage, a Chicago native who has been living and working in Cincinnati since 2007.

“This platform amplifies the community impact and opens up a dialogue with folks who may be new to conversations about how language impacts race and racial categories and places thirteen Black men front and center.

I’m excited for my collaborators to see themselves in such a public space. I’m excited for people to see faces they recognize and for strangers to familiarize themselves with the gentlemen as they come to and fro on their daily routes.”

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Cincinnati Art Museum | Eden Park. 513-721-2787. cincinnatiartmuseum.org Thru Aug. 29. “Future Retrieval: Close Parallel” Thru July 11. “American Painting: The Eighties Revisited” Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Corryville. 513-497-2860. cliftonculturalarts.org Thru June 4. Silver Lining: An Outdoor Photography Show (Middleton and McAlpin avenues, Clifton) Thru June 18. “When Life Gives Me Lemons” Erika Nj Allen Contemporary Arts Center | Downtown. 513-345-8400. contemporaryartscenter.org Thru Aug. 8. “Flaw” Joan Tanner • “End Over End” Steffani Jemison Thru Sept. 19. “Wild Frictions: The Politics and Poetry of Interruption” Hellen Ascoli Dearborn Highlands Arts Council | Lawrenceburg.

812-539-4251. dearbornhighlandsarts.org Thru June 25. “Spring Into Art” Eisele Gallery of Fine Art | Mariemont. 513-791-7717. eiselefineart.com Traditional and contemporary art Fairfield Community Arts Center | Fairfield.

513-867-5348. fairfield-city.org Thru June 5. Queen City Art Club “Awakenings” Fitton Center | Hamilton.

513-863-8873. fittoncenter.org Thru June 4, 8 p.m.-midnight.

50th Hamilton Current 2021 Opening Event. Art projected on Fitton’s exterior walls.

Grail in the US | Loveland. grail-us.org June 12. Ingrid Farnham: Our Good Green Earth” Heritage Village Museum | Sharonville. 513-563-9484. heritagevillagecincinnati.org Thru Aug. 15. Nancy Ford Cones Photography Exhibit Thru August. Transferware Exhibit Indian Hill Gallery | Indian Hill. 513-984-6024. indianhillgallery.com Thru June 6. “Sound of Still” Tina Tammaro and Leslie Daly Kennedy Heights Arts Center | Kennedy Heights.

513-631-4278. kennedyarts.org June 12-Aug. 28. “Undermining Silence: The Language of Change” Manifest Gallery | East Walnut Hills. 513-861-3638. manifestgallery.com Thru June 25. “Rites of Passage” • “Magnitude 7” • Jiachen Liu textiles • Manifest Artist in Residence Showcase: Hannah Zimmerman • Manifest Scholars in Residence Showcase: Seth Cook and Ed Erdmann Northern Kentucky University | Virtual. 859-572-5148. nku.edu/gallery Thru July 30. Juried Student Exhibition Middletown Arts Center | Middletown. 513-424-2417. middletownartscenter.com June 7-July 1. 64th Annual Student Show June 1-July 29. Oil Paintings by Ben Frederick Pendleton Art Center | Pendleton, Over-the-Rhine.

513-421-4339. pendeltonartcenter.com

June 25, 6-10 p.m., open studios Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum | Hamilton.

513-868-1234. pyramidhill.org June 14-Aug. 20. “A Preliminary Presentation of the 7th Hole Religion Craftowner” Save Our Souls Art | Price Hill Branch Public Library. sosartcincinnati.com June 1-July 3. “InsideOut: An Affirming Epiphany” Taft Museum of Art | Lytle Park, Downtown.

513-241-0343. taftmuseum.org Thru June 6. “Built to Last: The Taft Historic House at 200” • “Walk This Way” Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes July 3-Jan. 2. “In a New Light | Treasures from the Taft” Visionaries & Voices | Pyramid Hill, Hamilton. 513-861-4333. visionariesandvoices.com June 25, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

Double Vision Art Auction Warren County Historical Museum | Lebanon. wchsmuseum.org June 18-July 23. Drawings and Paintings: Sylvia Thompson Outland Wave Pool Gallery | Camp Washington. wavepoolgallery.org Thru June 26. Three exhibits

by WP artist-in-residence Yoshi Nakamura, (at The Welcome Project, Visionaries & Voices and Wave Pool) Weston Art Gallery | Aronoff Center, Downtown.

513-977-4165. cincinnatiarts.org/weston-art-gallery Thru June 26. “Material Message: Photographs of Fabric” 

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Crayons to Computers hosts virtual game show for annual fundraiser Thursday, June 10, virtual, Happy Hour 6:30 p.m., Game Show 7 p.m.

Crayons to Computers annual fundraiser will start with a virtual happy hour, then lead to ‘Are You Smarter than a 5th Grade Teacher?’ game show. Participants can test their knowledge against 5th grade teachers virtually.

FoxTails mixologist, Erin Fox, will host the virtual happy hour. John Lomax (Local12 anchor of Good Morning Cincinnati) will emcee the

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event, with Kathrine Nero (Family Forward Reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer) moderating the game show.

Auctions and raffles of unique field trip experiences, rare bourbons, and more will run throughout the week.

Proceeds from this event directly support the Crayons to Computers teacher resource center and other programs that help to fulfill their vision for ensuring that all local school-aged children in need have the tools to be successful in school.  www.crayons2computers.org

COVID ALERT: PLEASE VERIFY ALL DATES AND LOCATIONS WITH EVENT ORGANIZERS. THINGS CHANGE. JUNE 2-3, WEDS.-THURS. Taft Museum of Art, Tables of the Taft | 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m. DETAILS: Two-hour seating featuring imaginative tablescapes created by local designers and artists, light bites at your private table, viewing of “Walk This Way” exhibition. Virtual tour and take-away light bites available for those who do not wish to join in person. Tickets start at $125. ¼www.taftmuseum.org

JUNE 3, THURSDAY Goodwill, Golf Outing | Glenview Golf Club. DETAILS: Celebrity Host: Former Cincinnati Bengal Joe Walter. ¼www.cincinnatigoodwill.org

click About Us > Events Pro Bono Partnership, Battle of the Barristers Trivia Night | Virtual. 5-6:30 p.m. DETAILS: Friendly virtual trivia competition with a team of up to seven, or sign up individually.

Winning team(s) receive trophy. $25/ person or $150/team. ¼www.pbpohio.org/upcoming-events

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Giving USA briefing online again Tuesday, June 15, 10:00-11:30 a.m., online For the second consecutive year, a briefing for the Greater Cincinnati community on the results of Americans’ charitable giving will be held online.

“A Turn of the Wheel: Reemerging from Covid-19” is the title of the webinar, which will be headlined for the 18th year in Cincinnati by Melissa Brown, philanthropic research professional and former editor of Giving USA. Advancing research, education and public understanding of philanthropy is the mission of the Giving USA Foundation, founded in 1985 by the Giving Institute. The Chicago-based foundation publishes data and trends

about charitable giving through its influential annual publication, Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy. Published since 1956, Giving USA is the longest running, most comprehensive report on philanthropy in America.

The local event is coordinated by fundraising counselors Yunker Group, with sponsorships provided

by Fifth Third Bank Foundation, Graydon, Clark Schaefer Hackett & Co., the BBB Center for Ethics, Three Corners Capital, Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

Movers & Makers is media sponsor.  Register: jenny@theyunkergroup.com

Summerfair Cincinnati | Friday: noon to 7 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m.7 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Coney Island. DETAILS: Large, outdoor arts and crafts fair draws creatives from across the country. Celebrating its 54th year.

Tickets: $10 (cash only at the gate), with children 12 and under admitted free.

Advance tickets available online. ¼www.summerfair.org

JUNE 4, FRIDAY Redwood Rehabilitation Center, Redwood Express Event: Evening of Celebration | 6-11 p.m. DCCH Festival Area, 75 Orphanage Rd., Ft. Mitchell, KY. DETAILS: Valet parking available. Live entertainment, performance by The Sly Band, food stations, live and silent auctions, raffles and more. All CDC safety guidelines will be followed to ensure guests safety. ¼www.redwoodnky.org

JUNE 5, SATURDAY Dragonfly Foundation, Grand Gala Summer Nights | 5:30-11 p.m.

Renaissance Hotel, 36 E 4th St, Cincinnati.

DETAILS: Join the Dragonfly Foundation in celebrating our brave Dragonfly Families.

Guest capacity is limited to ensure social distancing to protect guests. All CDC guidelines will be followed as well to ensure guest safety. ¼https://bit.ly/2XRNaIo

Musicians for Health, 5 for 5: Live Streamed Concert Series | 8 p.m.

YouTube. DETAILS: On the 5th of each month. Christian DeMarco will be hosting free live streamed concerts. ¼www.youtube.com

UpSpring, Benefit Bash & Dash to the Bash | 7 p.m. Virtual. DETAILS: Socially distanced scavenger hunt in OTR (June 3-5); silent auction, raffle, and paddle raiser all via a free live stream (June 5). $25/person or $100/Team of 4. ¼www.upspring.org/benefitbash

JUNE 7, MONDAY Stepping Stones, Golf Classic | 8 a.m.-6 p.m. O’Bannon Creek Golf Club (6842 Oakland Rd., Loveland). DETAILS: Event chair Steve Mennen. Food, drinks, hole challenges, raffle prizes. Tickets: $200/Single; $800/Foursome ¼www.steppingstonesohio.org

Tender Mercies, Annual Tee Up for Tender Mercies | 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Wetherington Golf & Country Club, 7337 Country Club Ln., West Chester, OH. DETAILS: Welcomes former voice of Cincinnati Reds, Marty Brennaman. Fourplayer scramble format. Lunch, dinner, and on-course refreshments. ¼www.tendermerciesinc.org

American Heart Association, Greater Cincinnati Heart Ball Digital Experience | 4-5 p.m. Virtual. DETAILS: This online version of the Heart Ball will celebrate the work of the American Heart Association. Hosted by Pro Football Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz, the event will feature a live auction, heartfelt messages, and opportunities to support the AHA. Presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare. ¼https://event.gives/cincyheartball

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Crayons to Computers, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grade Teacher? | 6:30 p.m.

Virtual happy hour.  See Spotlight, page 13.

JUNE 10-20, THUR.-SUN. Cincinnati Boychoir, Summer Scavenger Hunt | Downtown Cincinnati.  See Spotlight, page 15.

JUNE 12-13, SAT.-SUN. Cincinnati Concours D’Elegance, An Exhibition of Motorsports Excellence | Various times and locations.

DETAILS: classic car show benefiting juvenile diabetes. Advancepurchase discounted car show tickets available through May 31. ¼www.ohioconcours.com

JUNE 12, SATURDAY Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Virtual Yes You Can 5K | Virtual.  See Spotlight, page 14.

JUNE 13, SUNDAY Beech Acres Parenting Center, Jim Mason Retirement Dinner | 5-7 p.m. Taft Museum of Art Garden. DETAILS: See Spotlight, page 15.

Juneteenth Cincinnati, “Wade in the Water” | 3 p.m. Purple People Bridge. DETAILS: Everyone is invited to begin on the Newport side of the Purple People Bridge and cross to Ohio River Landing where you will be greeted with refreshments. Wear white with an accent of color of your choice.

Dance movements choreographed

by David Choate of Revolution Dance Theatre; practice video posted in advance. ¼www.juneteenthcincinnati.org

Munoz Foundation, Hall of Fame Dinner | DETAILS: Silent auction, and a program celebrating Scholarship Fund and Straight ‘A’ recipients. ¼www.munozfoundation.org

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Munoz Foundation, Hall of Fame Golf Classic | TPC River’s Bend. DETAILS: Features dozens of celebrity golfers paired with golf foursomes.

Complimentary spectator hole for military veterans. Tee prize packages, hole contests and a catered awards dinner. ¼www.munozfoundation.org

JUNE 15, TUESDAY Giving USA, 2021 Cincinnati Briefing | 10 a.m. Virtual.  See Spotlight, page 12.

JUNE 17, THURSDAY Horizon Community Funds, Give Where You Live NKY | 6-7 p.m. Union 42 Bourbon & Brews. DETAILS: A fun, casual way for community members to give back to nonprofits that serve Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties. Participating members nominate a nonprofit, and three names are randomly selected and briefly discussed. Members then vote on their favorite, and each member contributes $100 for the grant to the winning organization. ¼www.horizonfunds.org

JUNE 18, FRIDAY Cincinnati Art Museum, A Happening | 6-10 p.m. 953 Eden Park Dr. DETAILS: Music

by The Young Heirlooms and DJ Mowgli, live performances

by Pones, and food and drinks.

Held entirely outdoors and food will be served in individualized picnic style baskets. Guests must be 21+. Tickets: Members & YP (under age 40) $75, General Admission, $100, VIP $200 ¼www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org

JUNE 19, SATURDAY Huntington’s Disease Society of America, Race Across America | DETAILS: An eight man relay team riding. ¼www.ohiovalley.hdsa.org

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Pyramid Hill, Fishing Derby | 9:30 a.m.-noon. Pyramid Hill.

DETAILS: Kids ages 5-13 are invited to participate in a catch and release tourney. Parents and guardians are encouraged to bring their own gear to fish alongside their children. Prizes awarded for biggest fish caught and most fish caught. Free and open to the public. ¼www.pyramidhill.org/events

JUNE 20, SUNDAY Juneteenth Cincinnati, Virtual Concert | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

WXIX/Fox 19. DETAILS: Musical performances including ZAPP & Ms. Jazz. ¼www.juneteenthcincinnati.org

JUNE 23, WEDNESDAY Impact 100, Meet the Finalists | DETAILS: TBA ¼www.impact100.org

CABVI’s 5K a can-do event June 12 & 13, Saturday & Sunday, virtual Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired has expanded its traditional Yes You Can 5K to a two-day virtual run/ walk this year.

Participants are encouraged to walk, jog or run at their own pace, whether on a treadmill, trail or neighborhood street.

Proceeds from this event will support more than 4,500 individuals with vision loss who rely on CABVI services.

CABVI offers comprehensive vision rehabilitation services for people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired.

Registration includes a race t-shirt (while supplies last), Yes You Can 5K Guide and a surprise gift. To receive your race packet by June 12, registration deadline is June 4. Registration is still available after that date. T-shirt sizes are subject to availability.

Sponsors include OXO, Berry, Shurtape, HORAN and UPS.  513-487-4530, hanna.firestone@cincyblind.org

JUNE 25, FRIDAY Cincinnati Zoo, Zoo La La | 7:30 p.m.  See Spotlight, page 16.

Visionaries + Voices, Double Vision Art Auction | 6:3010:30 p.m. Pyramid Hill. DETAILS: In-person, outdoor and socially distanced live art auction. Silent auction, light bites, music and cash bar. Pam Kravetz on stage.

Free; registration required. ¼www.eventbrite.com

JUNE 26, SATURDAY Cincinnati Nature Center, Garden Tour: Noteworthy Natives | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.  See Spotlight, page 16.

JUNE 27, SUNDAY RAPTOR, Inc., Open House | 1-4 p.m. 961 Barg Salt Run Rd., Milford, OH. DETAILS: Events include opportunities to see birds of prey up close. Visitors can interact with educators to learn about these predators and their part in the ecosystem, and explore biofacts. Reservations: Free, needed only when there is a COVID mandate in place. ¼www.raptorinc.org

JUNE 28, MONDAY Wave Foundation, Putt for Penguins | 10:30 a.m.

Wetherington Golf & Country Club.

7337 Country Club Ln. DETAILS: Continental breakfast, golf with cart, drinks and food, awards celebration. Former Cincinnati Bengal, David Fulcher and other local celebrities. Each foursome joined by a celebrity for a five person scramble. $300 per golfer. ¼www.wavefoundation.org

JULY 5, MONDAY Musicians for Health, 5 for 5: Live Streamed Concert Series | 8 p.m. YouTube. DETAILS: On the 5th of each month. Casey Abrams will be hosting free live streamed concerts. ¼www.youtube.com

JULY 9, THURSDAY Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Braille Ale | 6-9 p.m. West Side Brewing. DETAILS: Small Silent Auction (West Side businesses) celebrity MC (TBD), Split the Pot, Blind Folded Beer Tasting Contest, light snacks. ¼www.cincyblind.org

Cincinnati Nature Center, Hoots & Hops | 6-10 p.m.

Krippendorf Lodge, Cincinnati Nature Center. DETAILS: Beer and dessert samples from local craft brewers and area restaurants and caterers, food trucks, live music, and nature education stations along the hiking trails at Rowe Woods. Tickets: $45/person. ¼www.cincynature.org

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Boychoir conducting scavenger hunt along streetcar route June 10-20, downtown Cincinnati Cincinnati Boychoir, one of the nation’s premier boychoirs with 200 participants from 90 area schools, is trying something different to attract new supporters and raise money outdoors.

The “Boychoir Games Scavenger Hunt,” an outdoor experience that runs for 10 days, will allow participants to purchase a game box and embark on an interactive scavenger hunt, visiting 12 stops in downKatie MacDonald town Cincinnati.

The route follows the streetcar from the Ohio River to Washington Park.

Participants will collect clues along the route and then submit a final answer to the puzzle online. Successful game entries will be submitted to win raffle prizes.

“In a year when we have been cooped up inside, we were looking for an outdoor, COVID-19friendly way to connect our boys, their families and friends to both Boychoir and Cincinnati history,” said Executive Director Katie MacDonald. “Even long-time Cincinnatians are likely to learn a little something new about our community.”

The goal of the event is to provide an “outdoor, fun and safe fundraiser and friendraiser,” MacDonald said, as a means to support the Boychoir’s mission.

This event has been made possible by sponsors Fifth Third Bank, Tranquility Premium Protection, USports, and 3CDC. Registration for individuals is $40, families may enter together for $100 for three participants. Extra entries may be purchased for $20.

Deadline to guarantee swag is June 1, although registrations will be honored up through June 20.  www.cincinnatiboychoir.org

Beech Acres Parenting Center to celebrate Mason and milestones Sunday, June 13, 5-7 p.m., Taft Museum of Art garden Jim Mason landed at Beech Acres 42 years ago, and he is about to take flight on his next incredible adventure: his “rewirement.” The staff and board of Beech Acres invite the public to join them in celebrating “the milestones and the man.” The event includes cocktails and dinner under a tent, with complimentary valet parking. For $50-per-person tickets, call Tracy Nath at 513-223-4739. Live streaming will be available.  www.beechacres.org Jim Mason (center) with Helen Mattheis, Learning Grove; Nancy Moore, Moore Development Strategies; Jereme Ransick and Barry Ransick, both of Principled Wealth Advisors

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Zoo La La chair Brian Butt

Guests at Zoo La La 2019

Adults get chance to be up-close and wild at Zoo La La Friday, June 25, 7:30-11 p.m.

Always one of the hottest events of the summer season, Zoo La La returns in person for 2021. Set throughout the entire Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, this adults-only, after-dark event includes animal encounters, food sampling, live entertainment and portable libations.

At 8 p.m., a special Wings of Wonder experience provides guests with a one-of-a-kind bird encounter,

bringing exotic feathered friends up-close-and-personal. Attire for the evening is described as “Zoo Chic.”

Event chair is Brian Butt of Johnson Investment Counsel.

Zoo La La supports education outreach and zoo programming, including the Living Classroom Education Access Fund, providing free field trips to schools in need.

Capacity for this event is limited.

General admission: $100. VIP tickets: Sold out.  www.cincinnatizoo.org/events

Nature Center Tour features home gardens with native plants Saturday, June 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., self-guided, various locations The Cincinnati Nature Center brings back its “Noteworthy Natives” Garden Tour for a third year, featuring gardens in a variety of neighborhoods across the region: Amberley, Columbia Tusculum, Madisonville, Loveland and Mason.

The tours present an opportunity to see how other gardeners incorporate native plants into their landscapes and gardens, and to view mature plants in a home-garden setting. Regarding native plants, Stan Elliott (whose Amberley garden is on the tour) said, “Native plants are often easier to grow and will tolerate the local soil conditions. They are also some of the most beautiful plants in the garden.”

Proceeds from the tours benefit Nature Center conservation efforts. Purchase ticket by June 14 to have the tour booklet mailed to you; otherwise, they will be available at a central location the day of the event.

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Passion, progress, hope – Innovators focus on overcoming major health care challenges Publisher’s Note: In line with our mission at Movers & Makers, we’re launching occasional features highlighting innovators – the “makers” – in a variety of industries. We start this feature introducing you to eight providers of innovative health care, including a practitioner who navigates around limitations presented by insurance, a physician whose chatbot identified thousands in

need of genetic testing, a surgeon who condenses cancer diagnosis and removal into one efficient procedure plus multiple advocates employing creativity and collaboration to foster more equitable healthcare outcomes. Thanks to our colleague at Cincinnati Cares, Katie Fiorelli, for coordinating and editing the responses. – Thom Mariner

Anita Shah

Burns C. Blaxall

Pediatrician, Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Joining Forces for Children

Director, Precision Medicine, The Christ Hospital Health Network

Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: I’m a child advocate first and foremost. I believe that through advocacy I can improve the health and well-being of children in our community.

Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: Transforming health care delivery from “one size fits all” to an individually tailored approach that proactively develops prevention, detection and treatment plans.

What most interests you about your work? I am a physician, researcher and an advocate. As a researcher, I study how I can promote the health and well-being of children and their families. As a physician, I enjoy connecting with families and being their child’s doctor. Combining patient stories with my research helps direct and inform my work as a physician advocate.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two? Recent events, both the pandemic and the current social justice movement, have propelled meaningful dialogue on how systemic racism plagues our communities. It is incredibly powerful to see some long-standing institutions attempt to authentically engage with the community to help mitigate disparities. There is definitely still much work to be done, but the conversation has grown deeper, and I hope that this will provoke change towards developing more equitable communities.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? I firmly believe that health care, and access to it, is a human right.

Many believe we have the best healthcare system in the world. Yet our results show we are far from the best. For example, we have the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality compared to other developed countries. But it is because of my belief that health care is a human right that I engage in the work that I do, and why I am passionate about changing and innovating within healthcare.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? I wish our healthcare system would be proactive instead of reactive. This to me, means we need a stronger investment into our public health and prevention infrastructure. Obviously, this has great implications during a pandemic, but even when there is no pandemic – illnesses, such as obesity or addiction, can and should be addressed before they begin. We need to invest more in these preventive efforts.

What new skill or passion did you develop during the pandemic? I’d like to say I joined the breadmaking bandwagon, but I didn’t. Being more mindful and connecting with nature has been a respite for me. I did get a Peloton, so I guess I did join that bandwagon. 

What most interests you about your work? The ability to “move the needle” in the delivery of health care. Steve Jobs said that “the only way to do great work is to love what you do,” and I honestly love what we’re doing to advance the delivery of proactive health care to all populations through The Christ Hospital Health Network.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two? Six months ago, we deployed an interactive “chatbot” which patients complete prior to their mammography visit to evaluate their hereditary cancer risk. In just six months, over 11,000 patients completed this evaluation and nearly 25 percent met national criteria to meet with our genetic counselors and/or advanced practice providers to evaluate their hereditary disease risk and develop more proactive prevention, detection and treatment plans for themselves and their families. Expanding this to our entire healthcare network will revolutionize our delivery of healthcare. Next up: genetic guidance for prescriptions.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.?

Our healthcare system is generally designed to be reactive, so we often struggle to treat diseases that are detected in their later stages. We can improve that with more proactive approaches to develop early prevention, detection and treatment plans. The disparity of health care delivery to diverse and underserved populations is also something we must collectively address.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? I’ll take the liberty of providing two: 1) Proactive evaluation of hereditary disease risk, particularly for cancer, cardiovascular disease and known genetic diseases. 2) Were you aware that adverse drug events are the fourth leading cause of death in the USA? A recent study found that one in five newly prescribed medicines would benefit from recommended genetic guidance; with that guidance nearly one in 10 would have resulted in an immediate change in dose or drug. We can do better on both of these points and are actively aiming to do so.

How do you wind down or blow off steam following a workday? Slalom water skiing, cycling, downhill skiing, running … followed by discovering a new recipe for an amazing meal.  Movers & Makers

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Kevin Hartman Chief Medical Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Medical Group Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: I provide clinical oversight and expertise for the BSMH Medical Group with a primary focus on quality, patient experience, provider well-being and reducing costs.

Ciara Staunton Family Nurse Practitioner and Founder, Staunton Primary Care in Walnut Hills Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: My job as a nurse practitioner involves evaluating patients, performing in-office procedures, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, creating treatment plans and prescribing medications.

What most interests you about your work? The variety of conditions that I get to treat. There’s always something interesting happening in my office or during my home visits with patients. I love that I get to treat patients from one-week-old to 100-years-old. Having the time to truly listen and make an impact is most rewarding.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two? Opening my direct primary care practice. Direct primary care is an innovative healthcare model that eliminates the red tape of insurance. My practice has become a viable option for combating rising healthcare costs while maintaining a high-quality level of care. Our model is centered around the patient, insurance doesn’t dictate the care my patients receive and my patients are given the undivided attention they deserve.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? The U.S. healthcare system is one that’s incredibly overburdened and unnecessarily expensive. I am frustrated that the cost of health care trickles down and leads to patients not receiving the care they need, rationing their medications or not taking their medications at all. All of this affects health care outcomes in a disastrous way.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? That’s really tough. There’s so much room for improvement. I want health care to be affordable, accessible and transparent. I don’t think that’s asking for too much.

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What most interests you about your work? The opportunity to promote change in health care that will bring about a more accessible, streamlined and patient-centric care delivery model, and to help providers reconnect with the reason they entered into healthcare – to improve the lives of patients.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two? The ability to deliver care through virtual platforms on a larger scale and broader scope.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? Inequities in access to healthcare.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? I would like to see a healthcare system that makes it easier for patients to get affordable and convenient access to necessary diagnostic testing, procedures and medications.

What new skill or passion did you develop during the pandemic? I learned how to effectively collaborate with others, develop relationships and run meetings by remote presence. 

Meredith Shockley-Smith Director, Equity and Community Strategies, Cradle Cincinnati – Queens Village Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: I focus on infant mortality and maternal health and the collective impact model that has made huge strides in reducing rates of infant mortality in Hamilton County, particularly for Black babies.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two? The growth of Black leadership and the increased visibility of Black women’s expertise in interventions that impact us and society at large.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? The speed that large systems move. The need for urgency in systems change is frustrating, but fuels “the movement” to swell and demand swift and equitable action. People power is a powerful thing.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change?

Outcomes. More people looking into systems change and the disparity in outcomes based on race and then changing how care is given to impact those outcomes. If we change things for Black women, who have the worst health outcomes, we change the system for all people.

What new skill or passion did you develop during the pandemic? Creating sacred space by building relationships and trust for community members online. And my, my, my – was it a learning curve, but a skill that will benefit me moving forward.

How do you wind down or blow off steam following a workday? I went back to running everyday. I love it no matter the weather. And shout out to my friends and family who check in and surround me with love and support. 

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Maria Espinola

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Bethesda, Inc., bi3

Board Member, Health Policy Institute of Ohio; Psychologist, UC Physicians; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, UC College of Medicine

Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: I am responsible for building partnerships both within TriHealth and with external partners to co-design innovative initiatives to solve our community’s deep-seated health issues.

What most interests you about your work?

I’m excited about partnerships that lead to non-traditional, innovative ways to drive health improvement.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? As a determinant of health, clinical care is insufficient for ensuring better health outcomes. Medical care only accounts for about 20 percent of an individual’s overall health status. The remaining 80 percent is a combination of genetics and social determinants of health.

While we have seen new innovative payment models focused on social determinants at the federal, state, and local levels, there are still many unknowns regarding best practices for implementation, impact on cost and outcomes, and the ability to scale and spread across different contexts under current policies. We need more policy change, resources, and sustainable funding to scale these models in order to see true, long-term impact.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? I would eliminate implicit bias and racism in healthcare. I would create a system where all people regardless of their demographics had access to quality, affordable, coordinated and comprehensive care.

What new skill or passion did you develop during the pandemic? I became an air-fryer chef, a homeschool teacher and I’m certain I became Amazon’s top buyer of the year with the number of items I purchased in 2020. 

R. Douglas Adams Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Surgical Director of Thoracic Oncology, TriHealth Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: Most of my work is in the lung cancer arena. Surgically, this involves the use of surgical robotics for the cure and treatment of lung cancer. I also function as a part of the leadership team developing and administering the infrastructure necessary to identify, diagnose and treat this disease.

What most interests you about your work? The most interesting aspect of my work by far are the patients.

Each is unique and working with them to personalize and optimize their treatment is very rewarding.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two?

Surgical robotics in the lung cancer space has been a game changer for patients. Offering surgical cure with dramatically less pain and disruption of lifestyle has been exciting. In the last two years, we have added robotic bronchoscopy, via the Ion technology.

With this advancement, we have even been able to offer diagnosis and surgical therapy in the same setting, completely eliminating the delays between a cancer diagnosis and surgical removal.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? The most frustrating aspect of healthcare in the United States are the barriers patients encounter in timely access for almost everything. The barriers in place for even the simplest tests and treatments are tiresome.

Describe your job/role in 25 words or less: I provide psychological services, teach, and engage in community and policy work to improve the lives of people who have survived trauma and marginalization.

What most interests you about your work?

Being able to change people’s lives and a little bit of the world in the process.

What’s the most exciting innovation or advancement you’ve been part of in the past year or two? In 2019, my team and I received the UC Cancer Institute Innovation Award. Our proposal focused on leveraging the microbiome for cancer cures. In addition, the fact that our team was 50 percent female and included people from six different fields and five different racial/ethnic backgrounds gave us another opportunity to prove that diversity drives innovation.

What frustrates you most about the state of health care in the U.S.? The policies and systems that perpetuate health inequities.

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? I would like for the healthcare system to focus on preventing and mitigating the impact of childhood trauma, including racial trauma.

What new skill or passion did you develop during the pandemic? I learned how to film and edit educational videos.

How do you wind down or blow off steam following a workday? I love practicing yoga, cooking, spending time with friends and family and playing with my cat. 

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about health or healthcare in Cincinnati, what would you change? Low-dose CT scanning for smokers has saved thousands of lives by early detection of lung cancer before symptoms arise, but only a small percentage of patients know of or take advantage of this paid-for screening test. If a snap of the finger could result in all patients being scanned, I’m in.

How do you wind down or blow off steam following a workday? My wife and I have a 16-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter. Spending time with them and their activities relieves a lot of stress. Personally, I also enjoy archery, writing and reading. 

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Equitas Health offers ‘welcoming home’ for medical care

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new-to-Cincinnati nonprofit community healthcare system wants to create a “welcoming home” for patient-centered medical care for the LGBTQ+ community and beyond.

“Our mission is to meet the medical needs of medically underserved communities,” said Bill Hardy, president and CEO of Equitas Health, which opened its Walnut Hills medical center just over a year ago.

Hardy and Jose Rodriguez, director of community relations, describe Equitas’ integrated care approach as a “patient-centric medical home.”

“We put the patient in the middle and provide all these tools to help improve their health or keep them in good health,” Rodriguez said. “We provide you with the primary care, the specialty care, the behavioral health/psychiatric care or wellness.

Then you step over to the pharmacy and we provide you with the medications you need to stay well.”

Equitas counts itself as one of the largest U.S. healthcare providers for the LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS communities.

“We also do a lot of work with other marginalized communities, addressing their inherent health disparities,” Rodriguez said.

For example, Equitas recently received a grant to address HIV infections related to opioid drug use and for work toward preventing HIV infections in people of color in Cincinnati, Rodriguez reported. He noted both groups are disproportionately affected by HIV. Additionally, as a federally qualified Community Health Center, “our commitment is to the neighborhoods we serve,” Rodriguez said.

Walnut Hills was a strategic choice in that regard, Rodriguez said, because it was a healthcare and pharmacy “desert.” And the existing 10,000-square-foot facility Equitas renovated boasted critical ease of access – “The bus literally stops right at the front door,” Hardy said.

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right,” Hardy added. “We will turn no one away on inability to pay.”

All in good timing Equitas operated two medical centers in Columbus and one in Dayton before opening in Cincinnati in March 2020. That was about a week before state-mandated COVID-19 shutdowns.

“We were ready to move immediately and start seeing patients online,” Rodriguez said.

When COVID-19 vaccines became available, Equitas was the only vaccine provider in Walnut Hills, Rodriguez said. Hardy said they have administered 1,110 vaccines.

As a Greater Cincinnati resident for nearly four decades, Hardy is excited to have a presence here and has been “thrilled” with the response. In its first year, the Walnut Hills center has seen more than 1,700 patients at some 5,300 appointments, and it continues to see 50 to 75 new patients per month, he said.

Richard Cooke is one of those patients.

“I was really impressed with their approach to health and services to the LGBTQ+ community,” he said.

“I just love their inherent inclusivity.

It’s just so natural; I just don’t have to worry about talking about my husband or my sexual health needs.”

Cooke is advocate Not only did he move most of his healthcare to Equitas, but he also talks to others about its services. Through e19 Lounge Bar and Discotheque, the gay bar Cooke and his husband opened in Overthe-Rhine last October, he’s forged a strategic partnership with Equitas.

It includes promoting the nonprofit through advertising materials, coasters and video screen displays.

“The LGBTQ+ community is a huge spectrum of different people with different needs,” Cooke said. “As gay white men … if it’s hard for us,

Bill Hardy addressing staff at the first anniversary party Jose Rodriguez, director of community relations, Equitas Health Bill Hardy, president and CEO, Equitas Health

think about how hard it is for a Black trans woman seeking care.

“I really think the services they are offering (at Equitas) are transformational and are saving and improving lives,” he added. “It is that profound.”

From ‘dark days’ Equitas grew out of multiple AIDS service organizations (ASOs) during the early days of HIV. Back then, the goal was “helping people live as well as they could for as long as they could,” Rodriguez said.

Hardy became part of that mission in 1993 when he went to work for AIDS Foundation Miami Valley in Dayton.

“An AIDS diagnosis in the early ‘90s was a death sentence,” he said.

“Those were dark, dark days.”

Things have changed, both for the disease and his organization. AIDS Foundation Miami Valley merged with other organizations and became AIDS Resource Center Ohio. As better HIV treatments became available, such organizations “were changing their focus from helping people die to helping people live,” Rodriguez said.

In 2016, the center rebranded as Equitas Health and expanded to offer primary care for the LGBTQ+ community and others who are medically underserved.

A branch called Equitas Health Institute provides cultural competence training and education – Rodriguez cited the importance of using the right pronouns as an

example – for organizations ranging from academia to corporations.

Meanwhile, the organization has grown from a staff of four and a budget of $200,000 back when Hardy started in 1993 to more than 520 staff members and a $100 million budget today.

But it’s not about budget or buildings, Hardy said. It’s about the progress from those “dark days.”

Equitas currently serves some 7,000 HIV-positive patients across Ohio. Hardy said the organization’s viral suppression rate exceeds 90 percent, compared with the CDClisted national viral suppression rate of 65 percent.

“If you’re virally suppressed, you can live a normal lifespan, and you can’t transmit the virus,” he said.

“These are the things we were just dreaming about 30 and 40 years ago... We really have made extraordinary progress.”

That progress has even produced PrEP, a pill that prevents HIV infection in those who take it and another of Equitas’ offerings.

For Hardy, who is gay and has seen the disease’s impact on that community, Equitas’ work is personal. Doing something to help fits his moral code.

“My personal philosophy is that while we’re on earth, we have an ethical obligation to make it a better place,” he said. “There are victories that we can win, one person at a time, one day at a time.”  www.equitashealth.com

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MORTAR co-founder Derrick Braziel and Social Venture Partners Melissa Jones, Susan Ingmire and Carrie Johnson attend MORTAR’s fifth anniversary celebration in September 2019. SVP has worked with MORTAR since 2019 to create plans and processes for expansion to new cities, as well as to build planning tools and infrastructure operations for human resources, communications, finance, fundraising and more.

Social Venture Partners launch ‘Project XLR8’ to support socially innovative nonprofits Social Venture Partners is broadening eligibility for its funding so nonprofits can help even more of our community’s residents reach their full potential in a time of increasing disparities in health, income, education and opportunity.

SVP’s new accelerator model, Project XLR8, combines elements of its Fast Pitch storytelling competition with its multiyear general operating support funding. SVP will select up to 12 organizations for the phased eight-month program.

Eligible organization must have nonprofit status and a socially innovative idea that aims to enhance opportunity and create effective, sustainable and just solutions to our society’s challenges. The idea also must reflect the lived experience of the people it intends to serve.

“We want to encourage nonprofits to take risks and bring forward fresh ideas that might not receive conventional funding because they are untested or new,” said Chris Shroat, SVP’s volunteer board chair.

Nonprofits will receive not only funding, but also hands-on, in-depth coaching, training and collaboration to develop their ideas and help make them a reality. SVP partners share their decades of expertise in finance, marketing, fundraising, strategic planning and much more. SVP will award grant money to participating nonprofits at each phase of the program.

During the first phase of the program,

SVP partners will work closely with 10 to 12 nonprofits to brainstorm and refine their ideas. After 12 weeks, nonprofits will share their concepts with all the partners, who will select four to six to advance to the next phase.

For another 12 to 16 weeks, partners and selected nonprofits will take a deep dive into developing a business plan for these socially innovative ideas. This phase will close with SVP partners selecting one idea as the focus of a sustained, multiyear community investment.

In phase three, dedicated teams of SVP partners will help the chosen nonprofit identify and solve the most pressing strategic and operational challenges in launching the idea. While the funding will last up to three years, SVP builds relationships with its investees that often are sustained well past the funding period.

“Project XLR8 is intended to build even deeper relationships with our nonprofit collaborators and help them maximize their impact,” Shroat said. “We aim to help nonprofits focus on what really matters – making our region a stronger and more vibrant community.”

SVP will host community forums to discuss Project XLR8 on June 15 at noon and June 17 at 5 p.m. The online application will open June 11 and will be due Aug. 1.  www.svpcincinnati.org/what-we-do or lauren@svpcincinnati.org

A Kroger Health donation to the Mercy Health Foundation enabled the purchase of a new Mercy Health mobile mammography unit to support how the pandemic has changed annual cancer screenings.

Typically, Mercy Health’s mobile mammography team works with area businesses to bring convenient mammography screenings to the workplace at least once a year. But with so many people working from home, workplace screenings dropped off.

Recognizing that fewer screenings could lead to fewer diagnoses of breast cancers in their earliest, most treatable stage, Kroger Health has teamed with Mercy Health to bring mobile mammography screenings to The Little Clinic locations throughout Cincinnati.

Mobile mammography unit is making visits to Little Clinics instead of businesses as more employees work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dates and locations for upcoming mobile mammography screenings at The Little Clinic locations, all beginning at 8:30 a.m.: • June 10, Harpers Point, 11390 Montgomery Rd. • July 8, North College Hill, 7132 Hamilton Ave. • Aug. 12, Fairfield, 560 Wessel Drive • Sept. 8, Delhi, 5080 Delhi Pike • Oct. 14, Oakley, 4613 Marburg Ave. • Nov. 11, Fort Mitchell, 2150 Dixie Hwy. • Dec. 9, Mount Orab, 210 Sterling Run Blvd.

Mercy Health’s mobile mammography vans carry state-ofthe-art technology, making the most advanced and accurate screening tools available to patients. Patients who visit Mercy Health’s mobile mammography vans get immediate results and details about any follow up testing they might need. Financial assistance for screenings is available for patients who qualify.  513-686-3300, www.thelittleclinic.com or www.mercy.com/cincinnatimobilemammo

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Deborah Hayes

Laura Martin

Tony Fenno

Lou Meyer

Glen Vogel

Michael Schwartz

Gayle Mattson

Rachel Doellman

Maurice Huey

Terry McMillan

Thomas Cassady

Meredyth Whitford-Schultz

Jessica Baverman

Jennifer Heis

Jerrad Howard

Miriah Lee

Maggie Muething

Giles Roblyer

Brian Sergent

Thomas Deere

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The Christ Hospital Health Network named Deborah Hayes its president and CEO after serving as interim president and CEO since November 2020. Hayes joined the hospital in 1987 as a student nurse aide and then critical care nurse. Over the following 25 years, she progressed her career through a wide range of leadership roles. Hayes was the chief operating officer from 2014 to 2020.

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A community-based nonprofit providing programs and services to adults 55 years and older, 55 North, has named a new board president and several new board members. Tony Fenno, an entrepreneur and managing director of Right at Home, was elected president of the board. He succeeds Dan Hendricks, a real estate agent with Keller Williams, who served through the organization’s rebranding (formerly Hyde Park Center for Older Adults) and office move. 55 North also welcomes three new board members:

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Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired named Glen Vogel its board chair.

Vogel is a recent retiree after 39 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Vogel joined CABVI’s board in 2000, after serving on the board of Radio Reading Services. He served as board treasurer from 2005-2011, and has also served on CABVI’s audit and finance committee as vice chair. Vogel is a graduate of Xavier University. He and his wife, Mary, have two adult children.

CABVI also promoted three leaders: Rachel Doellman, vice president of social enterprise strategy and operations, joined CABVI in 2014; Maurice Huey, vice president of vision services, joined in 2020; Terry McMillan, vice president of manufacturing, joined in 2010.

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UC Health named Thomas Cassady the chair of its board of directors. Cassady is CEO of the Midwest Region of USI Insurance Services, where he has served for more than two decades. He was the founder of Queen City Insurance and sold that company to USI in 1999.

Cassady previously served on the UC Health board of directors and was also a University of Cincinnati trustee for nine years – including two years as chairman. Other UC Health board members are Kerry Byrne, Phil Collins, Kristian Gatewood, Joanne Harris, Karen Hoguet, Gary Johns, J. Carter McNabb, Thomas Mischell,

Dr. Arthur Pancioli, Dr. Gregory Rouan, and ex-officio members Dr. Andrew Filak, Dr. Richard Lofgren and Neville Pinto.

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Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio added two new members to its board of directors and six new members to its Grow PBPO Advisory Council.

New board members are Laura Martin, Bon Secours Mercy Health; and Meredyth Whitford-Schultz, Western & Southern. New members of the advisory council are: Jessica Baverman, Vorys; Jennifer Heis, Ulmer & Berne LLP; Jerrad Howard, Dinsmore; Miriah Lee, Fifth Third Bank; Maggie Muething, Taft; and Giles Roblyer, Procter & Gamble.

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Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky named Brian Sergent its operations manager and he assumed the new position in December. Before coming to ESNKY, Sergent worked as the quality assurance manager and compliance officer at LADD, Inc.

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The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber named Thomas Deere its vice president of sales and engagement. Deere will oversee and drive the strategic direction of the chamber’s sales and engagement strategy, building into the existing work to drive business resiliency and growth in the local economy.

Deere, most recently with Corporex Companies in a variety of roles for 15 years, has over 28 years of experience as a senior leader in sales, marketing, operations, and business development.

Deere earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and resides in Northern Kentucky with his wife, Karen and three children. 

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Chamber names 37 to Cincy Next class In-person sessions resume for Cincy Next, a leadership development program offered through the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Leadership Center. It kicks off its eighth class with 37 participants.

The seven-month program is designed for professionals within Emily Bruns, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Kyle Buchhalter, Messer Construction Maria Castro, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Katie Clark, 84.51° Mallory Clark, Bartlett Wealth Management Garrett Cobb, Meyer Capital Management Josie Dalton, Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub Jessica Glorius-Dangelo, M+A Architects Zach Davis, TriVersity Construction Aliou Diouf, Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) Courtney Dulle, Fifth Third Bank Cody Dye, Turner Construction Company Nick Edwards, Truepoint Wealth Counsel Samantha Essel-Addo, GBBN Katie Fisher, Procter & Gamble Francisco Gomez, Cintrifuse Alyssa Kathryn Heter, Oswald Companies Jack Johnson, AMEND Consulting Austin Kaelin, Essilor Luxottica Gwendelyn Keihl, Johnson Investment Counsel

their first eight years of employment seeking professional and personal development as well as getting better connected to the region.

The members of the 2021 Cincy Next class come from a wide variety of backgrounds, occupations and local employers.  www.cincinnatichamber.com Cali Khakoo, LISC Greater Cincinnati Devon Leary, Western & Southern Financial Group Allison Lembright, Phillips Edison & Company Christian Lucke, The Chabris Group – Keller Williams Seven Hills Bryon McCorkle, TriHealth Corporation Emma Moorehouse, Al. Neyer Jazmine Mosby, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA)/Cincinnati Metro Mikhaela Renner, The Port Gil Richards, Colliers International Nick Rose, Band in a Bus Kate Ryan, J+L Home Group, RE/MAX Preferred Hannah Seiter, The E.W. Scripps Company Megan Shiou, Cincinnati Insurance Brice Smallwood, Frost Brown Todd Liz Stout, The Kroger Co. Maxwell Tumbleson, Great American Insurance Group Laken Wallingford, Gateway Community & Technical College

Cincinnatus Association names ‘Spirit of America’ award winners

The Cincinnatus Association recogtheir most urgent needs surrounding food, shelter and medical attention, nized five organizations last month in while helping them to connect to the its annual “Spirit of America” awards, resources they need to recover from honoring organizations for diversity addiction and exploitation. and inclusion.

Donald Spencer was the first The program was canceled in 2020, African American on the Cincinnati but was held virtually this year. The awards were renamed to honor Donald Park Board, the first African American broker on the Cincinnati Board and Marian Spencer, the late iconic of Realtors, and the first African local civil rights advocates.

American trustee at Ohio University.

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SCORE rewards Pesola, 2 others A nonprofit giving businesses free mentoring named its clients of the year and awarded them $7,000 thanks to the generosity of a local credit union and foundation.

The Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana chapter of SCORE consists of Nick Pesola approximately 100 experienced volunteers who offer free mentoring in all aspects of business development and operations.

The chapter offers low-cost educational seminars and maintains an extensive library of business briefs and online webinars. SCORE is the oldest and largest free business mentoring organization in the United States with over 12,000 volunteers nationwide.

SCORE named Nick Pesola, owner of Revolution Rotisserie in Pleasant Ridge, as its “Client of the Year” in recognition of outstanding

business performance throughout the pandemic. From launching a new concept called Milkman Ice Cream and Doughnuts at his second location in Pleasant Ridge, to closing the Over-The-Rhine location where he started Revolution six years earlier, Pesola has shown restaurateurs how to do the pandemic pivot.

SCORE mentors helped him each step of the way.

During a live broadcast on Facebook, Pesola was named the recipient of a $3,000 award from Kemba Credit Union.

Elizabeth Field, owner of the Cheesecakery in Madisonville and Amy Connor, owner of CMOOnLoan, were named “Client of the Year” finalists and each received $2,000 from SCORE thanks to Kemba and The Knox Foundation.

Eight other small business owners were also recognized during the event for their extraordinary perseverance and accomplishments during the pandemic.

Doctor, radio producer win Webby A podcast by a St. Elizabeth Healthcare physician and local radio producer has been named a top podcast in the health and wellness category in an international competition.

The Lady Bod Podcast was a 2021 honoree in the health and wellness category of the 2021 Webby Awards.

The competition received 13,200 entries from over 70 countries. Judges evaluate entries in apps, video games, digital media, websites, and podcast categories.

The Lady Bod Podcast makes women’s health a top priority with a new episode every Wednesday with medically accurate information, along with honest, real discussions that range from serious to ridiculous.

The show began in June 2019 after a meeting about the grand opening of the St. Elizabeth Women’s Health Center. Soon after, St. Elizabeth urogynecologist, Dr. Susan Oakley, was introduced to radio producer Holly Morgan of Mix 94.9, and the vision

for the podcast was developed.

At 62 episodes and counting, the show has received a five-star rating on Apple podcasts. The candid discussions and ongoing trust built by the hosts created a level of comfort that allows the audience to open up and ask tough, personal questions.

Morgan, who serves as Dr. Susan Oakley the podcast’s producer and editor, is a wife and mother of two and shares her life adventures on her daily radio show on Mix 94.9 as well as her social media accounts.

Dr. Oakley is also marHolly Morgan ried, a mother of two and a practicing physician and surgeon.

Inspired by her field work in Kenya and Ethiopia while in medical school, she returns to Africa frequently to provide free medical care to underserved women.  www.ladybodpodcast.com

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Gifts/Grants Faths pledge $1M for Purcell Marian

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First Financial donates $500,000 to Playhouse in the Park renovation First Financial Bank and its foundation are making a $500,000 gift to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park to support the capital campaign for its new mainstage theater complex.

The gift from Cincinnati-based First Financial is among the largest corporate sponsorships that the Playhouse has received to date for the campaign.

“Support of the arts is an important part of our commitment to the communities we serve, so First Financial is thrilled to provide this gift to the Playhouse as it makes a

final push toward reaching its capital campaign goal,” said Archie Brown, First Financial’s president and chief executive officer. “The Playhouse truly is one of the gems of our city.

We encourage other businesses and individuals to support this important campaign so the Playhouse can continue delivering exceptional theater productions to our community for generations to come.”

The Playhouse’s new mainstage theatre complex is currently projected to open in late 2022.  www.cincyplay.com

Purcell Marian High School is one step closer to its “field of dreams” thanks to a $1 million pledge from Harry and Linda Fath.

“This gift from Mr. and Mrs. Fath is signaling a belief in the dignity and worth of our students and their experience at Purcell Marian,” said Principal Andy Farfsing, a graduate of the school.

The gift to Purcell will have a huge impact on the East Walnut Hills school as it builds support for a proposed field complex. Purcell Marian acquired properties at 2926 Woodburn Avenue and 1619 De Sales Lane last year, making the vision of an on-campus field closer to reality.

The field complex, currently in the planning and development phase, is part of an overall strategy by Purcell Marian to boost enrollment.

In addition to Purcell Marian’s use for athletics and extracurricular activities, the field will be an asset to the broader Cincinnati community with plans for hosting soccer, football, and lacrosse teams and tournaments, and welcoming nearby students from St. Francis de Sales, a K-8 Catholic CISE grade school with whom they share a parking lot.

The Faths are not alumni, but have been dedicated supporters of CISE, Cincinnati’s Catholic inner-city school initiative, for decades. Since the 1980s, CISE has worked to fight income inequality and poverty through access to quality Catholic education. Harry Fath is an emeritus trustee of CISE. More CISE students attend Purcell Marian than any other Catholic high school.  www.purcellmarian.org

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Nippert foundation grants $100,000 to meal provider The L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation made a $100,000 grant to Meals on Wheels Southwest OH & Northern KY, which will use the funding to purchase critical equipment for its commercial kitchen.

The grant will allow the agency, the region’s largest Meals on Wheels provider, to continue meeting the rising need for its services among local seniors.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, requests for Meals on Wheels’ services have significantly increased. Meals on Wheels now produces more than a million meals per year, up from 250,000 meals per year before. The nonprofit’s offerings

include a full menu of 30+ traditional meal choices, along with 10 special menu options for seniors with specific dietary and medical needs, such as those with diabetes or Celiac disease.

The new equipment is a plating and sealing machine that will allow Meals on Wheels to create its own meal labels with more nutritional details and in larger, easier-to-read fonts.

The L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation is a Cincinnati-based nonprofit dedicated to continuing Louis and Louise Nippert’s longstanding philanthropic efforts to benefit the residents of the Tri-state.  www.muchmorethanameal.org

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Freestore Foodbank CEO Kurt Reiber accepts a check from associates representing Gold Star Chili.

Grant paves way for Japan America Society events A grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership will help the Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati host 42 cultural events over the next year. The events kicked off in March, with a Sakura tree care event at Ault Park with 40 people attending. In April, the society hosted an Ikebana workshop. The events range from sake tasting to origami workshops to calligraphy demonstrations. Other events include an interview with a famous Japanese doll maker, taiko performance and butoh dance.  jasgc.org

New #Stitched# program wins $27K in grants The newest St. Francis Seraph Ministries program has been gaining momentum and new funders.

An anonymous grant of $25,000 and a $2,000 gift from the Cincinnati Rotary Foundation were recently awarded to the #Stitched# program, which teaches sewing basics as a path to employment at local textile manufacturer AeroElite.

In partnership with local textile manufacturer AeroElite, the pilot program was launched last year to teach basic sewing skills and provide guaranteed employment for those who complete the four-week course.

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House Café & Catering’s “Lunch on the House” program delivers fresh meals at no cost via food truck to neighborhoods experiencing food insecurity. Since its launch in fall of 2020, the food truck has already served more than 1,400 bowls of soup to community members in need.

or higher-wage job. So far, five people have gone through the program and been placed at AeroElite with full time positions and benefits.

Each Sarah Center training class is limited to 5-6 students at a time due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns.

Upcoming #Stitched# sessions begin June 7 and July 19.  513-549-0542 x288 or www.sfsministries.org

GCF awards $189,500 to 169 nonprofit organizations The Greater Cincinnati Foundation awarded $189,500 in “Summertime Kids” grants to 169 regional nonprofit organizations.

In total, the grants funded 192 programs. GCF invited each organization to submit up to two applications for either two different programs or the same program in different locations. Grants totaled up to $1,000. The funding is for programs taking place between June 1 and Sept. 4.

“Summertime Kids” programming is intended to introduce children to new experiences and help reduce summer learning loss, particularly for youth with the greatest need and students affected by the pandemic’s impact on school and other education programs.  Complete list of grantees: www.gcfdn.org/recentgrants

of Ohio’s 2021 Community Connections initiative dedicated to improving community health across the state.

The grant will benefit Talbert House’s social enterprise, House Café & Catering, which provides access to healthy food and connections to services including mental health, substance use treatment, housing and primary care.

Talbert House serves 21,000 clients through addiction, community care and correction, housing and mental health services. Healthpath is a $30 million foundation started in 1999 that has awarded $12 million in grants to serve Ohio indigent patients.  www.talberthouse.org

Grant will help save more pet lives in Cincinnati Cincinnati Animal CARE Humane Society received a $35,000 grant from Petco Love, to support the society’s life-saving work for animals in Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Petco Love is the new name for the Petco Foundation, founded in 1999, and since that time has invested $300 million for adoption and other lifesaving services. Petco has helped find homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations.  www.cincinnatianimalcare.org

Talbert House receives $8K for meal program

Gold Star donates $17K to Freestore, for total of $150K

Talbert House is among 23 organizations each awarded $8,000 through HealthPath Foundation

Gold Star has made a $17,000 donation to the Freestore Foodbank’s childhood hunger programs

Lois Shegog, director of St. Francis Seraph Ministries Sarah Center and instructor, teaching Olayinka during the #Stitched# program.

following its fifth annual fundraising initiative that kicked off on National Chili Day in February.

The money raised during the 13-day event will allow Freestore Foodbank to provide 51,000 meals for kids in our community.

Gold Star’s fundraising initiative expanded in 2021 from a one-day fundraiser to a 13-day campaign where proceeds from a special combo meal was donated to the Freestore Foodbank toward childhood hunger programs.

To-date, Gold Star has donated nearly $150,000 in cash and in-kind donations to the Freestore Foodbank to feed our community since the partnership began in 2017.  www.freestorefoodbank.org, www.goldstarchili.com/community

Residential real estate agent aids Heartfelt Tidbits Daniel Braun, an agent with Comey & Shepherd, partnered with Heartfelt Tidbits – an organization that provides support to refugees and immigrants – to organize the “Just the Necessities” drive.

Braun collected funds to purchase household essentials for more than 700 local families with children. He raised $5,686 with a $2,000 contribution from Comey & Shepherd.

The focal point of these contributions will be Cincinnati Public Schools’ Academy of World Languages, where many children of these families attend school. 

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The “watch party” at the home of Rey of Light co-chair Julie Ross (in purple blouse).

Auctioneer Lance Walker joined DPCR President Siobhan Taylor, who served as master of ceremonies for the broadcast with Donald Whittle, a 2020 DPCR graduate.

Virtual event for DePaul Cristo Rey high school raises over $600,000 With hundreds of viewers watching from homes around Greater Cincinnati and beyond, DePaul Cristo Rey’s annual “Rey of Light” fundraiser surpassed $600,000 in funds raised for tuition assistance for students.

DePaul Cristo Rey, a Catholic, collegepreparatory high school featuring a unique corporate work study program, has raised more than $5 million in nine years of “Rey of Light” events. Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, DPCR is one of 37 high schools in the nationwide Cristo Rey network that serves 13,000 students.

The event was broadcast live from DPCR and began with a mass celebrated

by Father Bill Verbyke. The program that followed was led by masters of ceremonies

Siobhan Taylor, DPCR president, and Donald Whittle, a 2020 graduate who is now a student at the University of Cincinnati.

Auctioneer Lance Walker led a live auction of nineteen items and a paddle raise specifically for scholarships that raised over $313,000. Bidding continued throughout the evening on more than two hundred silent auction items.

Co-chairs were Cathy Ramstetter, DPCR board member, and Julie Ross, past member of the board. Presenting sponsors were Fast Park and Relax, the Heidt Family Foundation, and the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation.  www.depaulcristorey.org

The “watch party” at the home of Depaul Cristo Rey board member Barb Bennie and her husband, Dan, pictured far right in the back.

Auctioneer Lance Walker is on the TV screen in the center.

Sycamore High School students raise funds for Dragonfly Students from Sycamore High School raised more than $20,000 this year for the Dragonfly Foundation through the organization’s annual student-led fashion show, bringing the total to $200,000 that the students have raised for the pediatric cancer agency in the past 10 years.

“Students solicit funds, market, design, sew clothing, and model it,” said Amy Hafner, Dragonfly’s student programs manager. “This year may be a little different, but the students are continuing their efforts to benefit Dragonfly’s patients and families.”

Last year, just before the pandemic shut down offices and events, Sycamore students raised a record $72,000. This year, unable to have the show at the high school, the student-led committee still raised money through designing and modeling their creations. They held a photo shoot to celebrate at Dragonfly’s historic home at 506 Oak Street, Avondale.  www.dragonfly.org

Sycamore High School students in 2020 celebrating their fundraising success.

Also pictured, advisor Deb Klemt (back row, far left).

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McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski headlines Economics Center awards The Alpaugh Family Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati, a nonprofit dedicated to financial education and economic research, hosted its virtual annual awards fundraiser April 22, featuring a keynote address from McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski.

The Economics Center raised more than $150,000 through sponsorship of the event.

In his speech, the Cincinnati native explained how McDonald’s has innovated its way through the pandemic, leaning on new technologies to better serve customers, and providing important support to franchisees.

“As the CEO of the world’s largest restaurant chain, he is uniquely positioned to talk about the effect of the pandemic on the industry and how McDonald’s managed its way through it,” said Dr. Julie Heath, the center’s executive director.

Kempczinski’s father, Dr. Richard Kempczinski, had a UC connection as chief of vascular surgery at UC

Medical Center.

Several local teachers, business leaders, and a local school were honored for their commitment to financial education. Honorees included Ann Kroger from Kilgour Elementary, Kathryn Holcomb from Little Miami Intermediate, C.O. Harrison Elementary, for its participation in the Center’s Susan Sargen StEP (Student Enterprise Program), as well as Nathan Bachrach and Ed Finke, founders of Simply Money and decades-long advocates for financial education through their media work.

The center is at work on several new projects to meet the ever-evolving needs of students and teachers. Its award-winning, free digital platform, $martPath (smartpathlearning.com), is helping to bring financial education to students with disabilities. In addition, the center is working on materials that speak to racial and social justice issues.  Watch the program: www.alpaughawards2021.com

Cincinnati Cares CEO Doug Bolton emceed the event and had fun with some of the puppets used by the Economics Center in their financial literacy platform, SmartPath. Keynote speaker McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempcsinski

CPS students taking advantage of an Economics Center program that rewards the students with the ability to “shop” for products based on financial literacy success.

Jewish Federation largest single-day event raises more than $100,000 The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s biggest single-day fundraiser and volunteer opportunity of the year was Super Sunday, its annual phone-a-thon co-chaired by Jessica and Ed Kuresman. This year, volunteers and community members got together safely in person, and virtually. They raised money, picked up bagels and coffee, learned a TikTok dance, and chatted at the virtual water cooler. The organization exceeded its goal of $100,000 in only one hour, virtually, with a newly created, all-online system.  www.jewishcincinnati.org (Back) Ed Kuresman, Josh Blatt, Danielle Minson, Debbie Brant, Lindsey Wade, Jessica Kuresman, (front) Max Kuresman and Sadie Kuresman Drew Kaplan and Justin Kirschner

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Chris Kempcsinski enjoys a McDondald’s fish sandwich, invented in Cincinnati.

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Online event supports sexual violence survivors First place winners include Claire Hardek, Maria Zierolf, KayCee Galano, Matthew Goodheart and Kasey Shao.

Matinée Musicale awards scholarships Twenty-one students were named winners of $63,000 in scholarships in the Matinée Musicale Cincinnati’s fourth annual Nancy F. Walker Memorial Scholarship competition for classical instrumental and vocal students. Due to pandemic restrictions, students submitted performances via video for a second consecutive year.

The competition is open to high school and college juniors and seniors. Students applied from five colleges, as well as public, private and home schools representing eight area counties.

Prominent local performers, teachers and administrators served as judges.

Nancy Fuldner Walker, memorialized by these scholarships, was a musician, music teacher and strong advocate for all music and arts organizations. She provided outstanding leadership to Matinée Musicale for more than four decades before her death in 2017.

Originating in 1911, Matinee Musicale began its professional recital series in 1913. The series feature up-and-coming musicians, as well as established vocal and instrumental artists selected worldwide.  www.matineemusicalecincinnati.org

The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky “Take Back the Night” celebrated its 31st year, culminating in a free online event to give victims and others the chance to speak out about sexual violence. The Women’s Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky was the lead agency in the collaboration.

The goal of TBTN is to create safe communities and respectful relationships through awareness events and initiatives.

The month-long series of events included pictures and videos, including poems, the “Clothesline Projects” (T-shirts made by survivors), guest speakers, musical/dance performances and informational videos. The final “Survivor Speak Out” on April 29 gave people two minutes to share their story or express themselves about their experience. Private breakout rooms with counselors were available during the live Zoom. The event closed with a candlelight ceremony and a few moThe “speak-out” on Zoom ments of silence. was emceed by WCPO Channel 9  www.cincynkytbtn.org reporter Jasmine Minor.

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Over-the-Rhine mural recognizes UC alumni, community partnership A public mural in Over-the-Rhine recognizes University of Cincinnati alumni in a tribute connecting the city with its namesake university.

The University of Cincinnati Alumni Association marked its annual UC alumni celebration by unveiling the mural featuring the likenesses of honorees receiving the organization’s top alumni awards.

The mural was created on the side of a building facing south at 1430 Vine St. The group is headlined by William Howard Taft Medal recipient Jeff Wyler, who earned a business degree from UC in 1965, received an honorary degree in 2011, served as UC’s board chair in 2006, and recently completed a term as UC Health’s board chair. Wyler has built one of the nation’s premier automotive sales and service networks.

The UC alumni group commissioned alumna Nicole Trimble for the design and installation. She is

co-founder of southwest Ohio-based mural and design studio Bright Wall Collective, and an assistant professor of electronic media communications at UC Blue Ash College, The alumni celebration’s theme was “Paint the Town Red,” prompting Trimble to include customized shades of red personally created by each of the honorees to be integrated into their specific portraits.

“Our alumni accomplish so much, and they impact the community in countless ways,” said Jennifer Heisey, executive director of the UC Alumni Association and vice president for alumni and donor experience with the UC Foundation. “We feel the collective contributions of this tremendous group of Bearcats deserve a big celebration – something bold and worthy of their achievements, which also symbolizes the universitycommunity partnership.” www.alumni.uc.edu

2021 UC Alumni Celebration Honorees William Howard Taft Medal for Notable Achievement: Jeffrey L. Wyler, Bus ’65, Hon ’11 Robert E. Dobbs Distinguished Service Award: William Wiesmann, M.D., A&S ’68, Hon ’08 Sandra Wiesmann, CECH ’66 Marian A. Spencer Mosaic Award: Christopher T. Lewis, M.D., Med ’00 Jeffrey Hurwitz Young Outstanding Achievement Award: Anndréa M. Moore, Bus ’10 Outstanding Alumni Awards: Carol C. Clinton, Ph.D. ’81, ’08, ’11 Janice M. Dyehouse, Ph.D., ’72 (A&S ’89) Gregory A. Fox, R.Ph., ’83 Betty S. Glover ’44 Terri Hollenkamp ’83, ’85 Daniel S. Iacofano, Ph.D., FAICP, FASLA, ’76 Anita Ingram ’90 (Bus ’92) Patricia S. Kautz ’88 John S. Michelman, Ph.D., ’60 Melany Stinson Newby, J.D. ’74 Martin A. Samuels, M.D. ’71 (Hon ’05) Christopher M. Titzer ’12, ’13 (CECH ’14) Reginald A. Wilkinson, Ed.D. ’98 Mary Wineberg, CECH ’02

UCAA mural in Over-the-Rhine at 1430 Vine Street Nicole Trimble and fellow artists Jenn Acus-Smith and Sydnie Reatherford

Hamilton YWCA leader delivers a timely, passionate keynote on inclusion As part of the 2021 Think Regional leadership summit, Hamilton YWCA CEO Wendy Waters-Connell shared the story of her diverse background and the impact it has had on her leadership journey. The event was held virtually this year.

Think Regional established a mission in 2014 to bring together community and elected leaders of for-profit and nonprofit organizations across 15 counties in Southwest Ohio and explore solutions to stronger regional growth in the economy, jobs and quality of life through collaboration.

In 2014, about 170 attendees gathered at the old Kings Island Inn to hear presentations on the value and impact of collaboration to facilitate stronger growth in organizations. At that first conference, attendees voted on future agenda topics: • Cross governmental cooperation to support development • Healthcare and wellness

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• Skilled and educated workforce development • World class infrastructures in transportation and energy • Innovation and entrepreneurship support • Diversity, equity, and inclusion (in businesses and neighborhoods) In the annual Think Regional summits in 2015-2019, the first five topics were explored. The summit wasn’t held in 2020 due to the pandemic.

For 2021, Waters-Connell – along with five other speakers – tackled the topic of diversity. Speakers were Emiko Moore, Community ConversationsBridging Stories and MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon; Noha Eyada, Mason CommUNITY and Mason City Schools Diversity Council; Doug Bolton, CEO, Cincinnati Cares; David Lapp, co-founder, and Kouhyar Mostashfi, board member, Southwest Ohio Chapter, Braver Angels.

Joe Hinson, president and CEO of the

West Chester Liberty Chamber Alliance, was emcee. Key sponsors were AT&T and US Bank.

Think Regional is supported by the Area Progress Council of Warren County and a planning committee of Michele Abrams (chair), Arla Tannehill, Bill Thornton, Gene Krebs, Alfonso Cornejo, Kathleen Blake, Yasmine Brown-Jones and Bob Viney.  www.thinkregional.com

Think Regional held its annual summit virtually on April 23, providing content on diversity, equity and inclusion issues to attendees interested in educating themselves about programs happening in the region.

SNAPSHOTS Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac, center, flanked by officers Joseph Coombs, Bryan Delk, Matthew Hammer, Timothy Fritz and Christopher Wermuth.

Awardee Jennifer Mitsch was unable to attend the ceremony.

Cincinnati Rotary honors local police officers The Rotary Club of Cincinnati honored six members of the Cincinnati Police Department in its annual police recognition program.

Superior achievement. Detective Joseph Coombs and Detective Bryan Delk were recognized for their investigation into a shooting in Price Hill that left a 12-year-old girl critically injured when 46 rounds were fired into a home.

Hero/Valor award. Officer Christopher Wermuth was helping to disperse a crowd of protestors in Clifton Heights on May 30, 2020, when a bullet pierced his shield and hit his helmet.

Administrative excellence. Sergeant Timothy Fritz was honored for his work on implementing

the Kronos timekeeping system, the District 5 relocation project, the Crime Gun Intelligence Center project, the 2020 civil unrest planning, the COVID-19 planning and implementation, and the response to major flooding.

Career enhancement award. Captain Matthew Hammer and Sgt. Jennifer Mitsch, both in the department’s planning section, were honored for professional and personal achievement, including both attaining their doctorate degrees.

The Cincinnati Rotary Club, the 17th oldest club in the world with nearly 300 members, initiated the police awards more than a decade ago.  www.cincinnatirotary.org

The Point/Arc dedicates new homes in Independence and Erlanger

Photos by Cora Angel

Larry Sendelbach, Mayor Reinsersman, Kay Sendelbach and Michelle Sendelbach

The Point/Arc dedicated two homes, one in Independence in April and another in Erlanger in May – both with special meaning for the families and their occupants.

Kay and Larry Sendelbach first approached The Point/Arc about two years ago to hopefully secure a permanent residence for their 49-year-old special-needs daughter, Michelle. Toward that end, the Point/Arc purchased this Independence house last July. The now customized home will host three roommates, including Michelle, with Point/Arc caregivers present 24/7.

The home in Erlanger was made possible through the generosity of the Corken family, and is the 15th residential home owned and operated by The Point/Arc. The house was originally built by the Haas family and customized for daughter Cheryl, who was forced to move into a care facility when her parents were no longer able to care for her. Now she has returned to her home, joined by her best friend and another roommate, and will receive constant care from The Point/Arc staff.  www.thepointarc.org

The Corken Home in Erlanger, Ky.

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First Step Home recognizes trio in broadcast As with a number of nonprofits during the pandemic, First Step Home broadcast its annual awards on WCPO Channel 9, with the station’s Mona Morrow serving as emcee.

The broadcast recognized both supporters and graduates of the women’s substance use disorder treatment facility, said Margo Spence, First Step’s President and CEO. Founded in 1993, First Step serves 350 women annually.

First Step award winners: • Outstanding Individual: Dr. Kathy Wedig Stevie. Over the past fourteen years, she has focused on the children of addicted parents, and during the last five years has partnered with First Step.

• Outstanding Organization: Dr. O’dell Moreno Owens, Interact For Health. Dr. Owens joined Interact as President in October 2016, and recently retired. He has been an active supporter of First Step, lending his expertise in public health issues.

• Outstanding Family: Bill and Polly Molony. The Molonys have been supporting First Step over the past 20 years in many ways, including clothing donations for babies and children, and through generous financial support. They are also engaged in a parent support group.  www.firststephome.org

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Clockwise from top left: Dr. Kathy Wedig Stevie Dr. O’dell Owens Bill and Polly Molony

Board members Sandra Kirkham and Marcus Thompson

Child abuse council raises $36K The Council on Child Abuse raised $36,000 through its annual Reach for the Stars event. Instead of gathering in person, community members were invited to support COCA from afar by enjoying a carry-out meal prepared by the Manor House, entering a raffle or bidding on items in a virtual auction.

COCA is a nonprofit organization committed to and focused on the prevention of child abuse where children live, work, and play by providing educational and public awareness programs that meet the current and emerging needs of children, parents, and professionals in the community. COCA became an affiliate of Talbert House in October 2015.

In recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the annual fundraiser benefits COCA’s efforts in providing education and public awareness programs to prevent and stop abuse and bullying where children live, learn, and play.

Diamond sponsor was the William R. Dally Foundation.

Platinum sponsors were Ohio National Financial Services and Victory Wholesale Group.  cocachild.org Board member Mary Kay Calonge

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Flower doorway by Evan Dawson

Local art students use creativity to create tape sculptures Recently, students at Summit Country Day middle school and the Art Academy of Cincinnati created works utilizing Duck Brand duct tape that were put on display in Cincinnati and in northeast Ohio.

The free exhibition, called “Blossoming of a New Era,” was held at Washington Park and then traveled to Campsite Sculpture Park.

Visitors had the chance to win free tape by taking their photo with all 15 sculptures and using the hashtags #artacademyofcincinnati and #theducktapebrand.

“This exhibition is an opportunity to look at sculpture in a different way using a material that is accessible to all,” said Joe Girandola, president of the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Girandola began partnering with Duck in 2010 after using duct tape in his artistic practice. In 2013, he began teaching a duct tape sculpture course during his tenure at the University of Cincinnati’s DAAP. The class then transitioned to the Art Academy in 2020.  www.artacademy.edu

Two nonprofits continue unique, outdoor event in Hamilton Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton invited the public in May for a walk with their dogs around its 300+ acre park, followed by a drink at its Grand Pavilion for the annual “Yappy Hour.”

During the event, the Animal Friends Humane Society was at the park with its pet mobile for onsite adoptions. The park took donations of food or treats for admission to the event, with guests donating one medium or large bag of pet food or two bags of treats.

Patrons who purchased a Pyramid Hill Dog Membership for their pet received a Doggie Swag Bag with treats, a Pyramid Hill bandana, a pet waste bag dispenser and a drink ticket. www.pyramidhill.org

A dog enjoys the pet-friendly Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton for its annual “Yappy Hour,” which benefits a local animal shelter.

Mason senior named top fundraiser Twelve teams of Cincinnati area high school students raised a record $625,000 earlier this year as part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual “Students of the Year” program. Local top fundraiser was Rilee Malloy, a Mason High School senior, who now becomes eligible to win a national title.

“Students of the Year” is a

seven-week philanthropic leadership development program during which students foster professional skills such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and project management in order to raise funds for LLS. Since its founding in 1949, LLS has invested more than $1.3 billion in cutting-edge blood cancer research.  www.studentsoftheyear.org

Rilee Malloy, a senior at Mason High School, was the top fundraiser.

SATURDAY 6:30PM CET SUNDAY 8:30PM CET ARTS Join Barbara Kellar as she showcases artists and cultural leaders from the Greater Cincinnati community.

Gloria Knight, a sophomore from Saint Ursula Academy, along with her mom and dad

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JDRF’s ‘at-home’ gala raises over $1 million Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Southern & Central Ohio hosted its annual Cincinnatian of the Year Gala May 8, this year with an “at home” concept that provided virtual programming and party kits so guests could enjoy the event from the comfort and safety of their own homes. It raised over $1 million to fund research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. This year’s event was the first unified fundraiser for the newly merged chapter, which now includes the Central Ohio region.

The theme this year was “Back to the 80’s,” and guests and sponsors received a fully catered meal courtesy of Jeff Thomas, 80’s-inspired virtual escape room, spirits from Heidelberg Distributing and Watershed Distillery, and a custom “Razzle Dazzle” cocktail kit by local bartender LaToya Jackson.

Local 12’s Bob Herzog served as virtual emcee, along with his counterpart Angela An of 10TV in Columbus.

The gala honored Liza and Albert Smitherman of Jostin Construction as Cincinnatians of the Year and welcomed over 600 “at home” guests in total. At the event, Executive Director Melissa Newman announced the chapter had received an additional $500,000 major gift, in addition to the $1 million raised at the event.

All event proceeds support the JDRF mission to cure type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that can impact anyone at any age and at any time and has no association with diet or lifestyle choices.  swojdrf.org

Volunteers plant 50 trees for Earth Day

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O’Bryan family selfie JDRF volunteers Angela Sweeney, Donna Walker, Kim Lucken, Amy Camins, and Becky Gaible

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The TQL team at Triple Creek

Great Parks of Hamilton County celebrated Earth Day 2021 as volunteers planted 50 trees simultaneously in three separate locations throughout the county. This year, Earth Day included multiple days of climate action. The Great Parks strategy for Earth Day was to plant trees in natural areas to reduce maintenance needs and make those areas more attractive to wildlife. The trees included a mix of red maple, burr oak, bald cypress and other species, and were planted at Triple Creek, Mitchell Memorial Forest and Withrow Nature Preserve.

This volunteer-driven event also served as Great Parks’ commemoration of National Volunteer Appreciation Week.  www.greatparks.org

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