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Publishers’ Letter 4 Arts/Culture 5 Jane Austen costumes come to the Taft 5 Fringe Festival returns 5 Local soundtrack for CMC Michael Scott exhibition 5 Summer reading by area writers | By Hillary Copsey 6 Growing ‘Fierce’: new opera inspired by teens |

By David Lyman 8 Music for mental health | By Russell Hausfeld 10 The A/C List: music, theater, visual art and more 11

The Datebook 17 Concours honors Ferrari 75th for juvenile arthritis 17 WAVE’s Putt for Penguins 18 Sign Museum’s Signmaker’s Circus 19 CAA ‘Dancing for the the Stars’ returns 21

Gifts/Grants 22 In the News 24 Names in the News 26

FOCUS ON: Animal Welfare 28 Q&A: State of local animal welfare 29

Snapshots 31 Ballet: Club B 31 Mercy Health’s Jewish Hospital 32 Mimosas for Memories 33 Leadership Council: Securing the Future 34 PWC: ToolBelt Ball 36 DePaul Cristo Rey: 10th Rey of Light 37 Lighthouse: Beacon of Light 40 Met Club honors Candace McGraw 41 Beech Acres: Soccer golf 45

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n October 2019, your M&M publishers attended Opera Fusion: New Works, an unstaged performance of excerpts from two Cincinnati Opera works-in-progress, originally scheduled for 2020, that will finally see their premieres next month. Thank you, COVID-19.

One of the operas that night was “Fierce,” with music

by Cincinnati native William Menefield and libretto by Northern Kentucky novelist Sheila Williams. We were captivated by its freshness, rhythmic vitality and, well, un-operatic-ness. Here was music of indefinable style, what Menefield calls a “genre salad,” influenced by words gleaned from conversations Williams had with 10 teenage girls about the challenges of growing up.

Other than the operatic skill needed by the young singers, “Fierce” does not “sound” like opera; it sounds like to- Photo by Ross Van Pelt day, and that’s exciting. Keep in mind, one of us happens to be a trained opera singer, but one who has longed for the art form to become more representative of the present.

We decided that very evening “Fierce” would be a cover story for M&M; we just did not expect it to take so long to happen. We hope you enjoy David Lyman’s article and Tina Gutierrez’s photos (Page 8), and that you’ll take the opportunity to see this wonderful new offering. Thank you, Cincinnati Opera, for making opera more relevant.

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Arts/Culture Jane Austen movie costumes come to the Taft June 11-Sept. 4, Taft Museum of Art The Taft Museum of Art presents “Jane Austen: Fashion & Sensibility,” an exhibition displaying costumes from eight acclaimed film adaptations of Jane Austen’s classic novels.

The collection is traveling from London for its North American debut at the Taft.

Fashion & Sensibility opens in tandem with the completion of the museum’s $12.7 million bicentennial infrastructure project to preserve and protect the 200-year-old Taft house, a national historic landmark. Extending from the museum’s Fifth Third Gallery into the rehabilitated house and among a newly reinterpreted permanent collection, the exhibition will feature about 50 costumes and accessories.

Admission is free for Taft members; $8 for guests of members; $18 non-members; $16 seniors. Pricing available for groups of 10 or more. Museum hours: WednesdaySunday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.  www.taftmuseum.org

Silk evening dresses and turbans, ”Pride and Prejudice,” 1995. Simon Langton, director; Dinah Collin, costume designer.

Worn by Anna Chancellor as Miss Caroline Bingley and Lucy Robinson as Mrs. Hurst.

Duster, breeches, shirt and boots, “Pride and Prejudice,” 2005. Joe Wright, director,;Jacqueline Durran, costume designer. Worn by Matthew Macfadyen as Fitzwilliam Darcy.

Detail from wedding dress, “Sense and Sensibility,” 1995. Ang Lee, director; Jenny Beavan and John Bright, costume designers. Worn by Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood.

Fringe Festival returns with new shows, new artists

Local composer creates soundtrack for Michael Scott exhibition

June 3-18, various venues across Over-the-Rhine

Through Jan. 8, Cincinnati Museum Center

The 19th Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival is upon us – said to be the region’s largest and longest-running annual performing arts festival. Known as Cincy Fringe, the 14-day celebration, produced by Know Theatre, features hundreds of live performances by independent local, national and international artists.

This year’s primary lineup features new works from 12 local creators, 20 productions from across the country, and one international participant from Adelaide, Australia. With 12 world premieres, 16 regional premieres and 18 producing companies new to Cincinnati, audiences are “guaranteed to experience something brand new.”

Half of all box office revenue is given to the performance fringe artists. Single tickets are on a sliding scale of $16-$20. An all-access pass ($275) is good for one entry into as many productions as one person can see. A six-ticket voyeur pass ($80) can be used in any combination of shows or individuals.  www.cincyfringe.com

Cincinnatian and CCM-trained composer Rich Bitting was commissioned to create a soundtrack to accompany artist Michael Scott’s exhibit, “Preternatural,” now open at the Museum Center as part of “America’s Epic Treasures.”

University of Cincinnati graduate Scott now resides in Santa Fe. His 32 paintings were inspired by the beauty of natural landscapes and the destructive and rejuvenating nature of the elements.

Bitting’s ambient soundtrack is comprised of blending natural sounds with composed digital musical elements. The work is intended to reference Scott’s paintings while providing a uniquely preternatural (beyond nature) audio experience.

Accompanying Scott’s paintings are a dozen local landscapes by artists including Rudolph Tschudi, John Casper Wild, William Louis Sontag and Robert S. Duncanson. A selection of animal specimens and fossils will connect the natural worlds depicted in the artwork.  Download the album: www.richbitting.com/music Movers & Makers

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Summer reading with a Cincinnati twist The Mercantile Library recommends the best books from local authors ‘Book Lovers,’ Emily Henry

‘Drunk Log,’ Mark E. Scott

Emily Henry, who lives and writes in Greater Cincinnati, has produced the perfect summer read a few times now. First, there was the appropriately named “Beach Read,” then “People We Meet On Vacation” (also aptly named). “Book Lovers,” in our opinion the best one yet, arrived this spring. From the first page, this smart romance acknowledges the tropes of the genre and twists them into something familiar, but fresh. Henry delivers plenty of banter and swoon, but also serves up a tender story about family obligations and finding your place in the world.

Jack is on the way to end his life, jumping off a bridge into the Ohio River. But first, he’s going to take one last epic bar crawl through downtown Cincinnati. This Queen City odyssey is a darkly funny and introspective story that also provides delicious thrills of recognition as Jack makes his way around our local landmarks.

‘Stepping Back From The Ledge,’ Laura Trujillo

‘Heartbreak Tree’ and ‘I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing: Ohio’s Appalachian Voices,’ Pauletta Hansel

In the aftermath of her mother’s suicide, Laura Trujillo had to reckon with family secrets and a history of depression – her mother’s and her own. Trujillo is the managing editor for Life & Entertainment at USA Today and a former reporter and editor for The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Arizona Republic and The Oregonian. She uses her reporting skills to excavate her own story as well as analyze the way we handle—or don’t—suicide in America. The result is a memoir that is both heartbreaking and hopeful.

Everyone needs a little poetry in their life and these two collections capture the unique sound and feel of our region. Pauletta Hansel was Cincinnati’s first poet laureate, and we have a special affection for her latest collection, which remembers and unveils the lives of women.

‘The Next Thing You Know,’ Jessica Strawser

Our favorite way to find good books is to take the recommendations of our favorite authors. So, after a glowing blurb from Margot Livesey (“The Boy in The Field”), we’re eagerly awaiting the September arrival of Judith TurnerYamamoto’s novel, “Loving The Dead and Gone.” Turner-Yamamoto brings readers to North Carolina, where she was raised, to tell the story of two generations of women grappling with love, death and yearnings.

Cincinnati author Jessica Strawser describes her latest novel as “Me Before You” meets “A Star Is Born.” In other words, have your tissues handy.

People Magazine picked this tear-jerker as one of the best new books of the year, and we think it would be a great choice for book clubs, with a compelling plot sure to spark conversation.

‘Things Past Telling,’ Sheila Williams Adventure, romance and history combine in this sweeping story about one woman’s centuryspanning life. Sheila Williams was inspired to write this novel by a 112-year-old woman she discovered in an 1870 Census report, then based the story of Maryam Prescilla Grace on her own ancestors. The book covers a hundred years and crosses the globe, from Nigeria to the Caribbean to the Ohio River— the kind of story you sink into. (For more about Sheila Williams, see Page 8.)

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‘Loving The Dead & Gone,’ Judith Turner-Yamamoto

Hillary Copsey is the book adviser at The Mercantile Library, where she leads and organizes book discussions, creates personalized book recommendations for members, and tries really, really hard to resist the temptation to spend a day reading in the stacks.

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ARTS/CULTURE Sheila Williams, librettist, and William Menefield, composer, of “Fierce”

Growing ‘Fierce’

By David Lyman Photo by Tina G utierrez for Movers & Makers

Pandemic gave time to refine new opera inspired by teenage girls

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It has taken two years, but in July we will get to see and hear Cincinnati Opera’s world premiere production of “Fierce,” with a score

by William Menefield and libretto by Sheila Williams.

“We started this sometime in 2018,” said Menefield, a Cincinnati native who is now an assistant professor of jazz studies at the University of Iowa. As he zips through the timeline of the opera’s convoluted birthing process, you get the sense he has told this tale many times before. First came Williams’ libretto, then Menefield’s initial piano score and the first workshops. “Those were both in 2019. And then, we had a second workshop in January 2020.” And then he pauses.

“Well, you know what happened then.”

Obviously, Menefield was deeply disappointed when the pandemic brought about the indefinite postponement of his debut as an opera composer. Rather than be one of the small gems in Cincinnati Opera’s 100th-anniversary season, “Fierce” went into an artistic deep freeze, landing somewhere between a hiatus and creative limbo.

Big break had to wait This was to have been Menefield’s big break in the world of classical music. He was already established as a jazz pianist, playing local clubs and eventually ending up in the thick of Atlanta’s vibrant jazz scene. But as a kid attending Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, this was the sort of opportunity he had dreamed of.

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mother sang opera. All of that made this so much more important. Also, I viewed this as a chance to connect with an audience that might not be as exposed to opera.”

This was a chance to make a big splash on a big stage. And in his hometown, at that. But after taking a moment to let all that sink in, he added a confessional note.

“It was definitely tragic,” he said. “But to be honest, it worked out to our benefit. We needed more time. At least I did.”

Menefield is an experienced composer. But because “Fierce” was his first opera, he hadn’t grasped just how long and complex the process of orchestrating and refining the work would be.

Far more complicated “I was trying to incorporate many different genres,” said Menefield. “Sometimes you’d hear sounds you might associate with traditional opera. But other times, there was R&B, AfroCuban, reggae, blues – even rock. It was a real genre salad. But making all of those work together seamlessly in an orchestration was more complicated than I realized it would be.”

He could do it while improvising at a piano in a nightclub, mind you. But this was “opera.” It carried a different stylistic weight. And besides, his music was part of a very specific narrative, not an improvisation that he alone was guiding.

Making the entire process even more complicated was that “Fierce” had a rather unorthodox beginning.

Many new operas have their roots in literature or a tale drawn from history books. Not “Fierce.”

This tells the story of four teenage girls who gather

I was trying to incorporate many different genres.

Sometimes you’d hear sounds you might associate with traditional opera.

But other times, there was R&B, Afro-Cuban, reggae, blues – even rock. It was a real genre salad. But making all of those work together seamlessly in an orchestration was more complicated than I realized it would be.

– William Menefield for a workshop that promises to help them write a surefire college admissions essay. The instructor invites each girl to talk about her life. That begins a narrative that wends its way through four very intimate and revealing musical profiles. Making the story even more unusual is that most of the material is based on the real-life experiences of a group of young Cincinnati women.

The opera began with a nudge from Marcus Küchle, who was the Cincinnati Opera’s director of artistic operations and new works development before he left in 2018 to become the top administrator of the Tiroler Festspiele – the Tyrolean Festival – in Erl, Austria.

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Giving voice to those never heard Küchle said some of the “self-enlightenment” that preceded ”Fierce” went back to the formative period of an earlier opera; “Blind Injustice,” a work that told the stories of six Ohioans who had been sent to prison for crimes they didn’t commit. One of the aspects of this work that he found most profound is that, by taking on the project, Cincinnati Opera was giving voice to people whose voices were never heard on the opera stage before.

“That was a real turning point,” Küchle said recently. “That taught us that you can work with anybody and you can find common ground that is meaningful to a lot of people. And that can reach people that before you were not able to reach. And you can have real human-to-human bonds with people that you have nothing in common with.”

Soon after, he spent time with the young music students involved in MYCincinnati, an affiliate organization of Price Hill Will that is devoted to using “ensemble-based music as a vehicle for youth development and community engagement.”

It was an eye-opener.

“I learned so much from Eddy (Kwon, the director of MYCincinnati). He taught me that you can work with kids who make music on any skill level. There is a way to get them involved. And there is much that we can learn from them.”

Connecting to WordPlay, MRC

voices in their communities.

That was when Sheila Williams got involved.

She’s a novelist – “a beloved author,” in the words of her publisher, Penguin Random House – of several well-received novels; “Things Telling Past,” “The Secret Women” and “The Shade of My Own Tree,” among them. Another, “Dancing on the Edge of the Roof,” was adapted into “Juanita,” a Netflix film starring Alfre Woodard.

Williams seemed an ideal candidate for the job. Her books tend to focus on strong women or women who tap into strengths they didn’t realize they had. And from the earliest stages of its development, “Fierce” was going to focus on the stories of young women.

“WordPlay Cincy proposed to me a conversational format,” recalled Williams. “I started with 10 young women. And for several months we would meet over pizza and soda, over nail polish, over cookies – and we talked. A lot. It was my job to make them feel comfortable enough to share their thoughts. Not just simple observations. That’s why it took so long. I wanted them to share much deeper thoughts; about their lives and contemporary society. About their dreams and fears, about their experiences in life.”

Williams has an easy, unthreatening manner about her. She’s serious. But in time, the young women – most of them in high school – came to see her as a mother confessor, someone they could readily take into their confidence.

The long, rambling conversations that resulted from that slow trust-building process provided the raw dramatic materials for Williams’ libretto for the 80-minute opera. The intention wasn’t to mold the libretto out of the young women’s words. Rather, it was to shape their ideas into themes that would provide the dramatic underpinnings of the opera.

In time, those encounters led Küchle and his opera colleagues to WordPlay Cincy and The Music Resource Center – Cincinnati, organizations that teach young people to use words and music, respectively, to give themselves greater Movers_7.5x3.125_JUNE_CAMPAIGN_PRINT.pdf 1 5/12/2022

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Williams protected their privacies “When you hear the opera, you’re hearing my words,” said Williams. She didn’t use the participants’ names or include anything that would enable people to identify them. “I thought it was important to maintain their privacy. So I did not quote them in that way. Having said that, though, each woman provided a point of inspiration that is woven into the fabric of the story.”

It was unlike any work she had ever done before. There was no creative road map for her to follow. As a result, she was constantly secondguessing herself.

“I am the empress of overthinking,” said Williams. “As I worked on it, I remember thinking that, Number 1, ‘I have failed.’ And Number 2, ‘I will be fired.’ I was always thinking about the eventual audience for the opera. But my first job was to write something that inspired William. And then to provide Lynn Meyers (the director) with something that could contain all of this narrative. In the end, I just decided to step back and tell the story. I hoped that would give William something that could make him laugh or be angry or whatever the story called for. And once I stopped overthinking, it worked out.”

She vividly remembers the initial workshop and the rehearsal when she got together with Menefield and Meyers, producing artistic director of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati.

“It was surreal for me,” she said. “The first time I heard the artists singing – I think it was the first aria that William wrote – I didn’t recognize me in it at all. It’s almost as if those words had become their own entity. I was just amazed. I almost did not recognize my words. I was so captivated by all of it that William had to remind me that I was actually listening to words that I had written. It was a remarkable experience.” 

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Music for mental health

By Russell Hausfeld

Local groups bring music’s benefits where they’re needed

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usic is good for mental health, and several local organizations are bringing it to people who can benefit.

Since the time of Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, music has been considered healthful. Now modern science is showing that listening to and creating music can promote learning and development for children. For the elderly with dementia, it can reduce anxiety and depression and improve cognitive function.

One local Cincinnati group championing this kind of work is the artist-led nonprofit, A Mindful Moment, which fosters programming “at the intersection of arts and wellness.” This programming – which includes community meditation, music enrichment, and embodiment and somatic literacy training – is grouped under the banner of The Well.

The Well’s programming has been in development since 2005 and its signature program, Mindful Music Moments, combines mindfulness and music for daily use in schools, hospitals A student at the Academy of and the workplace.

World Languages experiencing The program a Mindful Music Moment currently serves around 116,000 children in over 300 schools, and has partnered with a number of world-class performing arts organizations – from Ohio to California – to bring daily mindfulness and classical music to classrooms and social service organizations.

“Both mindfulness and music reach the parts of the brain most impacted by developmental stress and trauma. Even passive listening to music can help balance the nervous system,” said Stacy Sims, the founder of A Mindful Moment and The Well. “Yet by combining intention and practices of ‘noticing’ – the essentials of mindfulness – participants of Mindful Music fortify neural pathways with a sense of agency, or control, over how they respond to their environment. Without this self-management capacity, our young learners will have difficulty navigating social, emotional and cognitive learning.”

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Both mindfulness and music reach the parts of the brain most impacted by developmental stress and trauma.

Even passive listening to music can help balance the nervous system.

– Stacy Sims for locally created wellness content. “Music Therapy is a part of UC Health’s integrative approach. When one-to-one visits became difficult during the pandemic, we were delighted to support their team with video and audio content for ongoing use.”

Dr. John Tew – a former Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon who led the development of the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery and UC Neuroscience Institute – has dedicated the latter part of his career to funding and developing programs in the Cincinnati area which expose people of all ages to enriching music and arts.

Dr. Tew, friend to many of these organizations, said, “Long before Renaissance painter Fra Angelico created the Musical Angels in 1433, it was known that God created music as a foundational rhythm that is in synchrony with all nature. The muses of music give us one of the four basic pillars of life. The other three are: nutrition, exercise and interaction with God’s other natural creations.”

Another Cincinnati-based organization, focusing mainly on teens and young adults, is the Music Resource Center (MRC), acquired by the YMCA in March. MRC offers recording, production, beat making, DJing, rap classes, voice lessons and instrument lessons. Their “level-up” program even helps students advance to more professional studios to work with advanced equipment.

“It gives us the opportunity to celebrate with students along their journey and it helps build self-confidence,” said Wally Hart, MRC’s marketing and connections coordinator. “We also offer rap classes Joyce Elkus and Zac where we invite loGreenburg, co-founders cal hip-hop artists, of Musicians for Health rappers, producers, DJs, and journalists to come in and share their experience with the students. This program is valuable in its uniqueness – there aren’t many places where you can learn how to rap and make hip-hop music.”

Hart notes that many of MRC’s guest rappers also share entrepreneurial advice with young musicians.

Another Cincinnati organization focuses on adults nearing the end of life or experiencing medical hardships.

Musicians for Health was started by Joyce Elkus and Zac Greenberg in 2012 after the death of Greenberg’s grandmother. Where the previous two programs primarily serve student populations, Musicians for Health finds ways that music can enrich everyone in the medical field – patients, caregivers, medical professionals and others.

The organization started a program called “Senior and Artist Connection” during the coronavirus outbreak, which pairs musicians with isolated individuals. Through private or group Zoom sessions, musicians perform for and interact with individuals who are isolated due to age, health or mobility.

“Recently I was able to perform with an individual who has recently become sick to a point of not being able to leave their home,” Greenberg said. “We set up a ‘family session’ where the two brothers got to watch my cousin and I perform their favorite jazz tunes. The family said it was the first time they had seen the individual as happy as they were since returning from the hospital.”   More information: www.thewell.world; www.mrccinci.org; www.musiciansforhealth.org and www.uchealth.com/integrative Composer Brian Raphael Nabors working with students on a Sempre Sano commission for Mindful Music Moments at MRC (Music Resource Center)

The A/C List Cultural Exhibits/Tours American Legacy Tours | 859-9518560. www.americanlegacytours.com Historic tours in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky American Sign Museum | Camp Washington. 513-541-6366. www.americansignmuseum.org Permanent collection The Archaeological Research Institute | Lawrenceburg.

812-290-2966. www.exploreari.org Hands-on educational experiences ArtWorks Mural Tours | www.artworkscincinnati.org Thru October. Walking tours: Pendleton, Over-the-Rhine and Downtown Behringer-Crawford Museum | Devou Park, Covington. 859-491-4003. www.bcmuseum.org Artifacts and history of Northern Kentucky Brewing Heritage Trail Tour Center | ​ 513-604-9812. www.brewingheritagetrail.org Tours exploring Queen City beverage heritage Cincinnati Fire Museum | Downtown.

513-621-5553. www.cincyfiremuseum.com Permanent collection Cincinnati Food Tours | 513-602-5602. www.cincinnatifoodtours.com Tours exploring Queen City food heritage Cincinnati Museum Center | Queensgate. 513-287-7000. www.cincymuseum.org Thru Sept. 5. “The Science Behind Pixar” Thru Oct. 2. “Our Shared Story: 200 Years of Jewish Cincinnati” Thru Jan. 8. “America’s Epic Treasures” with “Preternatural” by Michael Scott Cincinnati Nature Center | Milford. www.cincynature.org Trails and nature exhibits Cincinnati Type & Print Museum | East Price Hill. www.cincinnatitypeprintmuseum.org Permanent collection of equipment, tools and artifacts

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Cincinnati Zoo | Avondale.

513-281-4700. www.cincinnatizoo.org World-class collection of flora and fauna

www.lloydlibrary.org Permanent exhibit. George Rieveschl Jr.: History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Concours d’Elegance | Ault Park. www.ohioconcours.com June 10-12. Classic car show

Milford Historical Society | Milford.

513-248-0324. www.milfordhistory.net Permanent exhibit. Historical displays of art, artifacts and more.

Friends of Music Hall | Music Hall, Over-the-Rhine. 513-621-2787. www.friendsofmusichall.org Indoor and outdoor tours German Heritage Museum | White Oak. 513-598-5732. www.gacl.org Artifacts and records of contributions of German-Americans to Cincinnati Greater Cincinnati Police Museum | Pendleton. 513-300-3664. www.police-museum.org Permanent collection Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Walnut Hills. 513-751-0651. www.stowehousecincy.org Current exhibit. “Our Neighborhood Story: A Tour of this Walnut Hills Block” • “The Cause Dearer to Me Than Any Other in the World”: Isabella Beecher Hooker and Suffrage • “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence” June 12, 1-4 p.m. Happy Birthday Harriet! - 211th birthday party Heritage Village Museum | Sharonville. 513-563-9484. www.heritagevillagecincinnati.org June 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Marching Through Time Holocaust & Humanity Center | Cincinnati Museum Center, Queensgate.

513-487-3055. www.holocaustandhumanity.org Media, artifacts, art and interactive exhibitions regarding the Holocaust Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati | West Chester. www.icgc.us First Saturday, 11 a.m. “Know Your Neighbors” (KYN) Krohn Conservatory | Eden Park. 513421-4086. www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn Thru June 19. Butterfly Show: Butterflies of the Nile Lloyd Library and Museum | Downtown. 513-721-3707.

Mt. Adams Civic Association | Mt. Adams. 513-235-3957. mtadamscincy.org Historic walking tours National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | The Banks.

513-333-7500. www.freedomcenter.org Permanent collection exploring themes of individual freedom National VOA Museum of Broadcasting | West Chester.

513-777-0027. www.voamuseum.org History of Voice of America Over-the-Rhine Museum | 513-813-7309. www.otrmuseum.org Historical tours Raptor Inc. | Milford. www.raptorinc.org Birds of prey sanctuary Rookwood Pottery | Over-the-Rhine.

513-381-2510. www.rookwood.com Select Fridays & Saturdays. Behindthe-Scenes Tours Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College, Clifton. 513-221-1875. https://csm.huc.edu Permanent exhibit: “An Eternal People: The Jewish Experience”

Dance Mutual Dance Theatre | Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center, Downtown. 513494-6526. www.mutualdance.org June 17-18. “Modern Mix” Revolution Dance Theatre | Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center, Downtown. www.revodance.com June 3-4, 8 p.m. “Soul: Shaken & Stirred”

Fairs/Festivals/Markets The Arts Alliance | Sonder Brewing, Mason.

513-309-8585. www.the-arts-alliance.org June 4. Deerfield Handmade Market Blooms & Berries Farm Market | Loveland. www.blooms-berries-farm-market.myshopify.com Thru October. Produce market Cincinnati Pride Festival | Sawyer Point. www.cincinnatipride.org/events.html June 25, noon-9 p.m. Parade precedes at 11 a.m. Food, vendors and live music by Shea Diamond, Jordy, Alex Newell and Daya Cincy VegFest | Burnet Woods Bandstand, Clifton. www.cincyvegfest.com June 4, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

City Flea | Washington Park, Over-the-Rhine. www.thecityflea.com June 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List Findlay Market | Over-the-Rhine. www.findlaymarket.org/events June 4, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. German American Day June 18-19. Juneteenth

Madeira Farmers Market | Dawson Road at Miami Avenue, Madeira. www.madeirafarmersmarket.com Thursdays, 4-7 p.m. Food and beverage market

Fitton Center | Hamilton.

513-863-8873. www.fittoncenter.org June 11-12. StreetSpark: ElectriCITY

Northside Farmers Market | North Church, Northside. www.northsidefm.org Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m. Food and beverage market

Hyde Park Farmers’ Market | Hyde Park Square. www.hydeparkfarmersmarket.com Sundays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Regional food and beverage market

Renaissance Covington | Roebling Point. 859-261-7111. www.rcov.org Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Covington Farmers Market

Italian Festival | Newport. www.cincinnatifestivalsandevents.com June 9-12. Italian food and music

Rockin’ Taco Fest | Covington Plaza. www.cincinnatifestivalsandevents.com June 17-19. Latino food and music

Juneteenth Celebration | Eden Park. www.juneteenthcincinnati.org June 18, noon-9 p..m. Juneteenth Festival (Eden Park) June 19, 2-6 p.m. June Fest: A Father’s Day Concert (Eden Park) June 20, TBA. Juneteenth Parade

Second Sunday on Main | Main Street, Over-the-Rhine. www.facebook.com/OTRSSOM June 12, noon-5 p.m. street festival Summerfair Cincinnati | Coney Island.

513-531-0050. www.summerfair.org June 3-5. Area’s largest arts and crafts festival

Film The Barn / ARTFlix | Mariemont.

513-272-3700. www.artatthebarn.org June 9, 7 p.m. “Toulouse Lautrec & Montmartre” and “Renoir: Revered & Reviled” Cincinnati World Cinema | Garfield Theatre, Downtown. 859-957-3456. www.cincyworldcinema.org June 10-12. “The Earth is Blue as an Orange,” fundraiser for Ukraine June 16. “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” June 17-19. “Marvelous and the Black Hole” Fairfield Community Arts Center | Village Green Park, Fairfield.

513-867-5348. www.fairfield-city.org June 2, 7 p.m. “Encanto” Great Parks of Hamilton County | Winton Woods Harbor. www.greatparks.org June 3, 9:30 p.m. Float-In Movies: “Jungle Cruise”

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Newport on the Levee | Newport. www.newportonthelevee.com June 30, 6 p.m. “Space Jam: A New Legacy” NightLight 513, adults-only movie nights | P&G Pavilion, Sawyer Point. www.nightlight513.com June 16, 7:30 p.m. “The Breakfast Club” June 30, 7:30 p.m. “Mean Girls” Ohio River Foundation | Woodward Theater, Over-the-Rhine. www.ohioriverfdn.org June 10, 7:30 p.m. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival Washington Park Cinema | Over-the-Rhine. www.washingtonpark.org June 8, 9 p.m. “Parent Trap” June 15, 9 p.m. “Crooklyn” June 22, 9 p.m. “Legally Blonde”

Literary/Lectures Barnes & Noble | Deerfield Towne Center, Mason. 513-972-5146. https://stores.barnesandnoble.com June 21, 6 p.m. Discussion: Juno Dawson “Her Majesty’s Royal Coven” (virtual) June 29, 3 p.m. Discussion: Riley Sager w/ Megan Miranda “The House Across the Lake” (virtual) Joseph-Beth Booksellers | Norwood.

513-396-8960. www.josephbeth.com June 2, 7 p.m. Discussion: Lynne Kaufman and Cathy Curtis “Elizabeth Hardwick” (virtual) June 6, 7 p.m. Discussion: Mark Kurlansky “The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway” (virtual) June 13, 7 p.m. Discussion: Catherine Newman “What Can I Say?: A Kid’s Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend” (virtual) June 20, 7 p.m. Discussion: Louis Bayard “Jackie & Me” June 22, 7 p.m. Discussion: Jonathan Forbes and Soma Sengupta “Humanizing Brain Tumors: Strategies for You and Your Physician” June 23, 7 p.m. Discussion: Therese Anne Fowler “It All Comes Down to This” Sitwell’s Coffee House | Clifton. www.facebook.com/poetryatsitwells June 7, 7-8:30 p.m. Open Mic Poetry Night: Pauletta Hansel & Sara Moore Wagner

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Music Behringer-Crawford Museum, Music@BCM | Devou Park, Covington.

859-491-4003. www.bcmuseum.org June 16, 7 p.m. Ben Levin & The Heaters June 23, 7 p.m. Sgt. Pepper Spray June 30, 7 p.m. The Turkeys Brady Music Center | The Banks. www.bradymusiccenter.com June 1, 8 p.m. Bright Eyes, Alex G June 8, 6:30 p.m. Flogging Molly, The Interrupters, Tiger Army, The Skints June 15, 7 p.m. Whiskey Myers, Shane Smith & The Saints, 49 Winchester June 17, 7:30 p.m. The Wood Brothers, Guster June 19, 7:30 p.m. Trey Anastasio June 24, 8 p.m. Jackson Browne June 25, 8 p.m. Maren Morris, Brent Cobb June 29, 8 p.m. Mt. Joy, Madison Cunningham Caffe Vivace | Walnut Hills.

513-601-9897. www.caffevivace.com Most evenings, live jazz performances Chamber Music Cincinnati | 513-342-6870. www.cincychamber.org June 5, 4 p.m. Anthony McGill w/Gloria Chien (New Prospect Baptist Church, Roselawn) June 6, 7:30 p.m. Encore (Memorial Hall, Over-the-Rhine) Christ Church Cathedral | Downtown.

513-621-1817. www.cincinnaticathedral.com June 5, 3 p.m. When in Our Music God Is Glorified: A Celebration of Hymns Cincinnati Arts Association | Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, Downtown.

513-621-2787. www.cincinnatiarts.org June 11, ABBAFAB - The Premier ABBA Experience Cincinnati Men’s Chorus | Finneytown High School. 513-542-2626. www.cincinnatimenschorus.org June 18, 8 p.m. Pride Concert: God Save the Dancing Queens June 19, 2 p.m. Encore Clifton Cultural Arts Center | 513-497-2860. www.cliftonculturalarts.org “Wednesdays in the Woods,” (Burnett Woods) June 1, 7 p.m. Comet Bluegrass All-Stars June 8, 7 p.m. The Sunburners June 15, 7 p.m. Push Play June 22, 7 p.m. Mambo Combo

June 29, 7 p.m. AprinasRevolutionaryLove “Rhythm on the Plaza” (Clifton Plaza) Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

“Live at Lunch” (2717 Short Vine St.) Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

“Jazz Brunch” (Inwood Park) Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon DownTowne Listening Room | Florence. www.downtownelisteningroom.com June 12, 6:30 p.m. Christine Havrilla with Sami Riggs Fountain Square | Downtown.

513-621-4400. www.myfountainsquare.com Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. Salsa on the Square Great Parks of Hamilton County | Glenwood Gardens. 513-521-7275. www.greatparks.org June 4, 7 p.m. Lauren Eylise, singer-songwriter Hard Rock Casino | Downtown. www.hardrockcasinocincinnati.com June 3, 8 p.m. Skid Row, Warrant, and Winger June 18, 8 p.m. Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo

Madison Theater | Covington.

859-491-2444. www.madisontheater.com June 3, 8 p.m. The Music of Cream June 18, 8 p.m. Indigo De Souza

Heritage Bank Center | Downtown. www.heritagebankcenter.com June 1, 6:30 p.m. Slipknot Jazz Alive | Campsite Sculpture Park, Camp Washington. 513-280-8181. www.facebook.com/jazzalivecinci June 1, 6:30 p.m. Jazz at the CampSITE King’s Island | Timberwolf Amphitheatre, Mason. www.visitkingsisland.com June 28, 8 p.m. The Avett Brothers Ludlow Garage | Clifton. www.ludlowgaragecincinnati.com June 2, 8:30 p.m. Marcy Playground June 3, 8:30 p.m. Leonid & Friends June 4, 8:30 p.m. Nils and Johnny Britt June 8, 8:30 p.m. Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters June 10, 8:30 p.m. Crystal Bowersox w/ Noah Smith June 11, 8:30 p.m. Pat Travers Band & Cactus June 17, 8:30 p.m. Hiroshima June 18, 8:30 p.m. Corey Smith June 23, 8:30 p.m. Oz Noy w/ Dennis Chambers & Jimmy Haslip June 24, 8:30 p.m. Richard Elliot June 30, 8:30 p.m. The Zombies

Memorial Hall | Over-the-Rhine.

513-977-8838. www.memorialhallotr.com June 1, 7 p.m. No Promises Vocal Band and The Three Bald Guys June 2, 8 p.m. Darrell Scott and Ben Sollee June 3, 8 p.m. SOLD OUT LongworthAnderson Series: Pink Martini feat. China Forbes June 8, 8 p.m. Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue June 14, 8 p.m. Andy Grammer: The Art of Joy Tour June 19, 8 p.m. Mary Chapin Carpenter June 26, 7 p.m. The 122nd Army Band Rock in the USA Newport on the Levee | Newport. www.newportonthelevee.com June 3, 7 p.m. Whammies June 10, 7 p.m. Menus June 17, 7 p.m. Model Behavior Band

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List Northern Kentucky Community Chorus | Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Lakeside Park. https://nkychorus.org June 4, 2 p.m. “Singing Again!”

Over-the-Rhine Museum - Findlay Park Summer Series | Findlay Park, Over-the-Rhine. 513-813-7309. www.otrmuseum.org June 27, 2 p.m. Sujean Kim and Friends PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation | Newport. www.promowestlive.com June 8, 6 p.m. The Band Camino w/ renforshort and Games We Play June 11, 6:30 p.m. Wallows June 18, 6 p.m. Tash Sultana June 21, 5:30 p.m. Bon Iver Queen City Cabaret | The Redmoor, Mt. Lookout Square. www.queencitycabaretcincy.com June 3, 7 p.m. “Over The Rainbow” Riverbend Music Center | Coney Island.

513-232-6220. www.riverbend.org June 7, 6 p.m. The Lumineers June 11, 6:45 p.m. Styx and REO Speedwagon with Loverboy: Live and UnZoomed

June 16, 7:30 p.m. Steely Dan – Earth After Hours Tour w/ Steve Winwood June 18, 7 p.m. Josh Groban June 19, 6:30 p.m. Train - AM Gold Tour June 21, 7:30 p.m. The Chicks June 22, 7 p.m. Dead & Company June 23, 7:30 p.m. Kenny Chesney RiversEdge | Marcum Park, Hamilton. www.riversedgelive.com June 3, 7:30 p.m. The Wonderlands June 3, 9 p.m. Boy Band Review June 9, 7 p.m. Red Clay Strays June 9, 8:30 p.m. Flying Buffaloes June 18, 7:30 p.m. New Breed Brass Band June 18, 9 p.m. Jackie Venson June 25, 7:30 p.m. Daniel Donato June 25, 9 p.m. Hannah Wicklund Rockin’ the Roebling | Smale Riverfront Park, The Banks. www.moerleinlagerhouse.com June 2, 6 p.m. Erin Coburn June 9, 6 p.m. Push Play June 16, 6 p.m. Brother Smith June 23, 6 p.m. NKG June 30, 6 p.m. DV8

St. Peter in Chains Cathedral | Downtown. 513-421-5354. www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org June 2, 7:30 p.m. St. Olaf Choir Taft Theatre | Downtown. www.tafttheatre.org June 3, 7:30 p.m. Celebrating Billy Joel June 7, 7:30 p.m. The Masked Singer National Tour June 16, 8 p.m. Helmet June 24, 8 p.m. Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers June 30, 8 p.m. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy TempleLive at River Front Live | East End. www.riverfrontlivecincy.com June 9, 7 p.m. Muscadine Bloodline June 24, 8 p.m. Phil Vassar June 26, 6:30 p.m. One Nation Under a Groove Tour Washington Park | Over-the-Rhine. www.washingtonpark.org/events “Jazz at the Park” June 6, 6 p.m. Noisepolice June 13, 6 p.m. Mike Wade Quintet June 20, 6 p.m. Pamela Mallory Quartet June 27, 6 p.m. Transatlantis

Opera Cincinnati Opera | Music Hall, Over-the-Rhine. 513-241-2742. www.cincinnatiopera.org June 12, 3 p.m. Opera for All June 12, 7:30 p.m. Opera in the Park (Washington Park, Over-the-Rhine) June 18, 23, 25, 7:30 p.m. Giacomo Puccini: “La Bohème”

Theater/Comedy Broadway Across America | Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center, Downtown. 513-721-3344. https://cincinnati.broadway.com Thru June 12. “To Kill A Mockingbird” The Carnegie | Covington.

859-491-2030. www.thecarnegie.com June 18-Aug. 27. “Into The Woods” Cincinnati Fringe Festival | Over-the-Rhine. www.cincyfringe.com June 3-18. 19th Fringe Festival Cincinnati Landmark Productions | Warsaw Federal Incline Theater.

513-241-6550. www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com June 1-26. “Disney’s Newsies” Cincinnati Music Theatre | Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center, Downtown. 513-621-2787. www.cincinnatimusictheatre.org June 10-18. “Falsettos” Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative | Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center, Downtown. 513-621-2787. www.cincyplaywrights.org June 7, 7:30 p.m. “Roads Not Traveled,”

by Fred Rothzeid Cincinnati Shakespeare Company | Over-the-Rhine. 513-381-2273. www.cincyshakes.com Thru June 19. “Pride and Prejudice” East Side Players | Blue Ash Amphitheater, Blue Ash. www.esptheater.org June 9-18. “Matilda the Musical” Ensemble Theatre | Over-the-Rhine. 513-421-3555. www.ensemblecincinnati.org Weekends, thru June. “Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens” (various locations) Thru June 26. “Tiny Beautiful Things”

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List Falcon Theatre | Monmouth Theatre, Newport. 513-479-6783. www.falcontheater.net Thru June 4. “A Walk in the Woods” Loveland Stage Company | Loveland. 513-443-4572. www.lovelandstagecompany.org June 23-26. “Singin’ in the Rain Jr.” Memorial Hall | Over-the-Rhine. www.memorialhallotr.com June 10, 8 p.m. Wendell Schuman, comedian Riverbend Music Center | Coney Island.

513-232-6220. www.riverbend.org June 10, 8 p.m. Nick Cannon: Wild ‘N Out Live Tour Sunset Players | Art Center at Dunham, Price Hill.

513-588-4988. www.sunsetplayers.org June 17-26. “Alice in Wonderland” Taft Theatre | Downtown. www.tafttheatre.org June 9-10, 8 p.m. Chris Rock

Caza Sikes | Oakley.

513-290-3127. www.cazasikes.com June 17-July 30. 2022 Emerging Artists Cincinnati Art Museum | Eden Park. 513-721-2787. www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org Thru June 19. “Black & Brown Faces: Paying Homage To,” organized

by Paloozanoire June 10-Sept. 4. Henry Mosler “Behind the Scenes: In Celebration of the Jewish Cincinnati Bicentennial”

Contemporary Arts Center | Downtown. 513-345-8400. www.contemporaryartscenter.org Thru June 5. “Asha Ama’s New Moon: A Fashion Healing Experience” Thru Aug. 14. “Breaking Water” Thru Sept. 11. “Artist-Run Spaces”

Fitton Center | Hamilton. 513-863-8873. www.fittoncenter.org Thru July 1. 8th Biennial Member Show June 4-23. SOS Art: “InsideOut: An Affirming Epiphany”

DAAP Galleries | University of Cincinnati.

513-556-2839. www.daap.uc.edu Thru Aug. 7. Directors’ Choice Show 2022 (Reed Gallery) June 3-July 31. Saad Ghosn: Scream and Beyond (Meyers Gallery)

Cincinnati Museum Center | Queensgate. 513-287-7000. www.cincymuseum.org Thru Jan. 8. Michael Scott: “America’s Epic Treasures featuring Preternatural”

Dearborn Highlands Arts Council | Lawrenceburg. 812-539-4251. www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org Thru June 24. Spring Into Art

Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Short Vine, Corryville. 513-497-2860. www.cliftonculturalarts.org Thru June 17. Leah Joy: The Hidden Thicket June 25-July 15. Judith Effa Ford: Solo Exhibition. Reception: June 25, 6-8 p.m.

Fairfield Community Arts Center | Fairfield. 513-867-5348. www.fairfield-city.org Thru June 19. Greater Cincinnati Decorative Artists June 25-July 8. Preschool, Youth, Adult and 55 Programs. Reception: June 24, 6-8 p.m.

Indian Hill Gallery | Indian Hill.

513-984-6024. www.indianhillgallery.com June 3-July 17. Making It: Process and Materials. Reception: June 3, 6-9 p.m.

Kennedy Heights Arts Center | Kennedy Heights. 513-631-4278. www.kennedyarts.org Thru July 2. Tina Gutierrez: “Covid-19, Coronavirus Wearable Art Response Project” Krohn Conservatory | Eden Park. 513421-4086. www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn Thru June 16. Outdoor Sculpture Walk Lloyd Library and Museum | Downtown. 513-721-3707. www.lloydlibrary.org Thru June 18. “On the Wing”

Visual Art 1628 Ltd. | Piatt Park, Downtown. www.1628ltd.com June 2-Aug. 19. “Not Quite Seen: Investigating How Artists Perceive the World” Reception: June 2, 6-9 p.m.

The Annex Gallery | Pendleton. www.facebook.com Thru June 25. SOS Art: “For A Better World 2022” Arts Alliance | Building B, Sinclair College, Mason. 513-309-8585. www.the-arts-alliance.org Thru Aug. 31. “Renewal” ArtsConnect | Centennial Barn, Springfield Twp. www.theartsconnect.us Thru June 15. Christoph Taulbee ArtWorks | V² Gallery, Walnut Hills.

513-333-0388. www.artworkscincinnati.org Thru June 10. “Active Imagination,” four local African American photographers and eight youth artists June 24-Aug. 13. “Sustainable Creativity,” Radha Lakshmi and youth artists. Reception: June 24, 4-7 p.m.

The Carnegie | Covington.

859-491-2030. www.thecarnegie.com Thru Aug. 20. “A Thought is a River” • “The Reds”

An immersive exhibition inspired by the rejuvenating beauty of our natural landscapes

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513-861-3638. www.manifestgallery.org Thru June 24. “18th Rites of Passage” current/recent undergrads • “18th Magnitude 7” small works • “Mimic” works that imitate • Manifest Artist in Residence Showcases: Shelby Shadwell and Ed Erdmann

PAR-Projects | Northside. www.parprojects.com Thru June 23. Raymond Thompson Jr.: “Tunnelitis”

The Mohawk Gallery | Over-the-Rhine.

513-381-5116. http://robinimaging.com Thru July 29. Joe Winhusen: “The Sleepless, Small Hours”

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum | Hamilton. 513-868-1234. www.pyramidhill.org Thru September. “Leverage,” large scale sculpture by Brett Price Thru July 3. Fortified Hill and IndiGenius Exhibition

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | The Banks.

513-333-7500. www.freedomcenter.org Thru Aug. 7. “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration” Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights. 859-572-5148. www.nku.edu/gallery June 13-Aug. 26. “Scene from Nowhere” Off Ludlow Gallery | Clifton.

513-201-7153. www.facebook.com Thru June 24. Street Art

Pendleton Art Center | Pendleton. 513421-4339. www.pendletonartcenter.com June 24, 5-9 p.m., open studios

Save Our Souls Art | www.sosartcincinnati.com Thru June 5. “Race and the City” Art Event: shared artistic responses to “Race and the City: Work, Community, and Protest in Cincinnati, 1820-1970,” edited by Henry Louis Taylor Jr. (Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church) June 18, 3-8 p.m. Pride Art Celebration (Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church) June 24-July 10. “SOS Art 2022” (Art Academy of Cincinnati)

Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College, Clifton. https://csm.huc.edu Thru Sept. 4. “Sally Priesand Paves the Way” and “Holy Sparks”: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate Studio Kroner | Downtown. www.studiokroner.com Thru June 13. David Young & Dena Hawes: “The Global Warming Series” June 23-July 23. Jeff & John Winkle Summit Hotel | Madisonville.

513-527-9900. www.thesummithotel.com Thru Sept. 25. Mark Patsfall and Clay Street Press. Reception: June 3, 5-8 p.m.

Taft Museum of Art | Lytle Park, Downtown. 513-241-0343. www.taftmuseum.org June 11-Sept. 4. Jane Austen: Fashion & Sensibility • Jane Austen in London: A Wall-Sized Map Tiger Lily Press | Art Center at Dunham, Price Hill. 859-760-6070. www.tigerlilypress.org Thru June 29. Member Show. Reception: June 4, 4-6 p.m.

Wave Pool Gallery | Camp Washington. www.wavepoolgallery.org Thru June 18. Iman Jabrah and Noel Maghathe: “Amid” Curatorial Residency Exhibition Thru June 30. 2022 “Welcome (M)Art,” Art/Food Residency: Stephanie Gonzalez: “Fried Green Tomatillo” Weston Art Gallery | Aronoff Center, Downtown. 513-977-4165. www.cincinnatiarts.org/weston-art-gallery Thru June 5. Sean Derry: “The Breath of a Thing” June 17-Aug. 28. Karen Snouffer: “Synergistic Flirtations: Abstract Painting, Collage and Sculpture” • Lori Larusso: “Precarious Panoply” • Pam Kravetz: “I Think My Uncle Gershun Was a Golem” Xavier University Art Gallery | A. B. Cohen Center. www.xavier.edu/art-department June 1-July 31. Monica Namyar: “Tasmania” Paintings 

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17 The Datebook JUNE 2, THURSDAY Cincinnati Elder Law, Inaugural Symposium | 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oasis Conference Center, Loveland. DETAILS: Examining the healthcare system available for seniors and addressing cutting-edge options for positive changes. Keynote: Eloy van Hal, founder, Hogeweyk Dementia Village. Continental breakfast, hot buffet lunch and snacks.

Tickets start at $20. ¼www.elderlawcincinnati.com First Step Home, Award Celebration | 7:30 p.m. WCPO Channel 9.

DETAILS: Hope, Help, Healing is hosted

by Mona Morrow, and includes award ceremony, a look at the Family Unity Center and new Recovery Support Center. This year’s awards go to: Delores Massey Thomas, Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, accepted by Rasheda Cromwell. ¼www.firststephome.org/donate Holocaust & Humanity Center, Upstander Awards | 6-9 p.m. Union Terminal. DETAILS: Recognizes young individuals who use character strengths to be upstanders and make a difference in the community. Cocktail hour and appetizers. Tickets $25-$100. ¼www.holocaustandhumanity.org/ event/upstander-awards Talbert House, Fatherhood Celebration | 4:30-6:30 p.m. Cincinnati Ballet Center. DETAILS: Supports men in their efforts to be responsible, committed and nurturing dads. Networking, appetizers, drinks and a brief program celebrating Fathers of the Year. Honoring Nate Lampley, partner at Vorys, and Fatherhood Project graduate Jeremiah Turner. ¼www.talberthouse.org/news/events-2/ fatherhood-celebration-9 JUNE 3, FRIDAY Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, For the Love of the Community | DETAILS: Food, drinks, entertainment. Duane Gordon, 513-724GIVE (4483) or dgordon@cintishares.org ¼www.cintishares.org

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YPCC, Gems of the Queen City Gala | 6-11:30 p.m. B&B Riverboats Belle of Cincinnati, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport.

DETAILS: Cruise and performances by YPCC and guests, including Cincinnati Opera, The Sunburners and dancing, silent auction, VIP dinner and performances. Tickets: $50-$850. ¼www.ypccsing.org JUNE 4, SATURDAY Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Fun Fest | 1-5 p.m. Washington Park. DETAILS: Accessible cornhole tournament, live music, carnival games and food. Cornhole registration: $50/team. ¼www.cincyblind.org/funfest JDRF One Walk | 7 a.m. Kings Island.

DETAILS: Walk throughout park returns to in-person for 2022. All ages welcome.

Request of $100 donation or amount of fundraising. ¼www.jdrf.org/socentralohio JUNE 6, MONDAY Folds of Honor, Patriot Shootout Golf Outing | 10 a.m. TPC River’s Bend, Maineville. DETAILS: Fly-over, color guard, National Anthem and a parachute team landing with the flag. ¼https://centralohio.foldsofhonor.org Stepping Stones, Golf Classic | 8 a.m. O’Bannon Creek Golf Club, Loveland. DETAILS: 8 a.m. morning flight; 1 p.m. afternoon flight. Breakfast, lunch.

Steve Mennen is event chair. Tickets: $200 for a single; $800 for a foursome. ¼www.steppingstonesohio.org/ golf-classic

Local Concours d’Elegance honors 75th Ferrari anniversary Saturday-Sunday, June 11- 12, Ault Park and other locations The Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance, in its 44th year, will feature Euro Luxe vs.

American Luxury.

With over 250 vehicles on display, the show will feature 11 classes of classic, vintage and exotic automobiles and motorcycles. Special display classes will include: 75th anniversary of Ferrari, 60th anniversary of Shelby American, plus vintage SUVs. For the main event, cars are displayed in the formal gardens of Ault Park, with the classic pavilion overlooking the show field, hosting an automotive art show, brunch and beer garden.

The weekend schedule: • Saturday, noon. Countryside Tour, two-hour scenic tour • Saturday, 5-9 p.m. Hangar Party, Executive Jet Management, Lunken Airport • Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Concours d’Elegance, Ault Park • Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Craft beer garden, Ault Park • Sunday, 10:30 a.m. VIP Brunch, Ault Park Pavilion, The Cincinnati Concours d’ Elegance Foundation manages the event with all proceeds benefiting the Arthritis Foundation, with a special focus on juvenile arthritis.

Tickets begin at $30 and vary by event. Student tickets are $15 with a valid student ID.  www.showclix.com/ events/25004  www.ohioconcours.com

JUNE 7, TUESDAY Vibrancy 21, Charity Topgolf with Bengals Tee Higgins | 6-9 p.m. Topgolf, West Chester Township.

DETAILS: TBA ¼samuel@vibrancy21.com Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Foundation, Annual O’Geop Memorial Golf Classic | 11:30-7 p.m. Losantiville Country Club.  STORY, Page 19.

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DATEBOOK JUNE 9, THURSDAY American Jewish Committee, 2022 Community Service Award | 5:307:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC. DETAILS: Patti Heldman will receive AJC Cincinnati’s 2022 Community Service Award in recognition of her social vision and civic leadership in the Jewish and Greater Cincinnati community. ¼www.ajc.org/cincinnati/PattiHeldman Goodwill, Celebrity Golf Outing | 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Glenview Golf Course, Glendale. DETAILS: 27 holes of golf with local celebrities from the Bengals, Reds and more; silent auction, raffle drawing for $1500 grand prize, dinner and awards presentation. ¼www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/events JUNE 10-12, FRIDAY-SUNDAY Charm at the Farm Vintage Market | 4953 Bunnell Hill Road, Lebanon.  STORY, Page 19.

JUNE 10, FRIDAY Boy Scouts of America Dan Beard Council, Annual Sporting Clays Shoot | 12:30-5 p.m. Sycamore Pheasant Club. DETAILS: Teams of up to four enjoy 25-station course while supporting local scouting. ¼www.danbeard.org/sporting-clays NKY Chamber and St. Elizabeth Healthcare, IDEA Summit | 8 a.m.-noon. St. Elizabeth Training and Education Center, Erlanger. DETAILS: Speaker Stephanie A. Smith, Fifth Third Bank. Breaktfast, networking, panel discussion breakout sessions. Registration: $55: Chamber members, $70: future members, $50: NKYP Event Pass. ¼www.NKYChamber.com/IDEA

Holocaust & Humanity Center, Upstander 5K Run & Walk | 8:30-10 a.m., Union Terminal. DETAILS: Runners and walkers take route throughout Queensgate and West End, followed by a post-race party. Children ages 3-12 can participate in the Upstander Kids Sprint prior to the 5K Race. ¼www.holocaustandhumanity.org/ event/upstander-5k-run-walk JUNE 13, MONDAY Boy Scouts of America Dan Beard Council, Annual Dan Beard Golf Classic | 12:30-9 p.m. Maketewah Country Club. DETAILS: Four-person scramble format. Boxed lunch and awards dinner included. ¼www.danbeard.org/golf JUNE 16, THURSDAY Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio, Fowling Tournament | 5-7 p.m.

Fowling Warehouse Cincinnati.

DETAILS: Drinks, food and friendly competition. Tickets: $30 per non-fowler, $50 per individual player, $100 per team (2 people/team). ¼www.pbpohio.org/upcoming-events

JUNE 11-12, SATURDAY-SUNDAY Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance | Ault Park and other locations.  STORY, Page 17.

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Friday, June 24, Sycamore Sporting Clays Club, Miamiville Shooters of all experience levels are welcome to join the Beechwood Home’s 10th annual sporting clays event in Miamiville. The annual gathering benefits the 80 residents of the Beechwood Home who have multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) or other neurological condition.

The outing includes the shoot, lunch and awards. The targets used in sporting clays are the same as those used in skeet and trap shooting. However, the clays may vary in size and are thrown from different angles and distances to simulate pheasant or duck hunting.

Tickets: individual $275;

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Kevin Brown, Luke Mitchell and Dan Shiels enjoy a recent Beechwood Home Sporting Clays Event.

foursome $1,000; lower prices for armed services personnel and 30 or younger.  www.beechwoodhome.com

JUNE 17, FRIDAY Redwood, Celebration of Abilities: Redwood @ the Reds | 6:40 p.m., Machine Room, Great American Ballpark.

DETAILS: Evening of baseball, bourbon raffle and fireworks. Tickets include admission to the game. ¼www.redwoodnky.org JUNE 18, SATURDAY American Sign Museum, The Signmaker’s Circus | 7-11 p.m. Camp Washington. Caravan.  STORY, Page 19.

JUNE 11, SATURDAY Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, Founder’s Dinner | 7-9 p.m. DETAILS: Four-course meal, live music, and presentation on Baker Hunt’s history.

Tickets: $125 or $1000 for table of eight. ¼www.bakerhunt.org/events

Beechwood Home plans sporting clays event

Cincinnati Arts Association, Dancing for the Stars 2022 |  STORY, Page 21.

Flying Pig & FC Cincinnati Friendly, FCC 3 | 6 p.m. TQL Stadium.  STORY, Page 21.

Make-A-Wish, The Great Bourbon Raffle | DETAILS: Chance to own six rare bottles of bourbon from Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery. Tickets $100.

Only 4,000 tickets sold. ¼https://donate.onecause.com/pappy

Fulcher hosting golf outing to benefit WAVE Foundation Monday, June 27, 10:30 a.m., Wetherington Golf & Country Club, West Chester Putt for Penguins Celebrity Golf Outing will feature an African penguin and other animals from Newport Aquarium, a continental breakfast, 18 holes of golf with a cart, drinks and food by the bite throughout the course, and an awards celebration upon completion.

Former Cincinnati Bengal David Fulcher will once again host, along with 30 other former professional football players. Each foursome of golfers will be joined by a celebrity for a five-man scramble. Cost is $300 per golfer.

WAVE Foundation, in partnership with the Newport Aquarium, aims to engage the community about the wonders of aquatic life and the importance of conservation.  https://weblink.donorperfect.com/PFP2022

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Sign museum celebrates with Signmaker’s Circus Saturday, June 18, 7-11 p.m., American Sign Museum, Camp Washington

30 Years of Building Resilient Communities Through Art

The American Sign Museum, celebrating its 10th Anniversary in Camp Washington, is reinventing the circus, Sign Museum style. The Signmaker’s Circus: A Decade of Camp, will transform the museum into a spectacular spectacle for audiences of all kinds. Guests will party with the wild, weird and wonderful, curated by the antics of local artists and top performers from across the region.

The American Sign Museum opened in 2012 in a 19,000-square-foot former clothing factory in Camp Washington, with 28-foot ceilings able to accommodate sizable outdoor signs, a working neon shop, flexible event space, and an extensive archive of books, photos and documents reflecting the art, craft and history of signmaking.

Photo by Wayne Clause

Tickets are $45 in advance, $50 at the door, or $25 for museum members.  americansignmuseum.org

20th O’Geop golf outing set for Losantiville Tuesday, June 7, Losantiville Country Club The 20th annual O’Geop Memorial Golf Classic will benefit the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.

The event was named in 2019 for Thomas J. Geoppinger (O’Geop), co-chairman of the outing from its inception in 2003. He died in 2018.

Geoppinger was owner and president of Matlock Electric Co. for 55 years. He valued community and fellowship, especially when celebrated with an Irish touch.

The golf event includes lunch, dinner and prizes, including a one-year lease on a Camargo Cadillac.

Cost is $325 per golfer.  www.fsspfoundation.org or jchealey2015@gmail.com

July 6, 20, and 27, 2022 - 6:30 p.m.

The return of the Crown Jewels of Jazz Concert Series will rock Eden Park at Seasongood Pavilion. Free Admission.

July 14, 2022 - 6:30 p.m.

The Crown Jewels of Jazz Concert Series will rock Bond Hill with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Ms. Kathy Wade at the Corinthian Baptist Church. Free Admission.

Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 8:00 p.m.

An Evening With... featuring Kurt Elling and the Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra at Memorial Hall. Admission Charged.

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Market supports HER Cincinnati June 10-12, Charm at the Farm Vintage Market, 4953 Bunnell Hill Road, Lebanon, Ohio Charm at the Farm kicks off its sixth year with this first of three open-air shopping markets this year.

In addition to several new, interactive elements this year, Charm owners named HER Cincinnati, formerly Cincinnati Union Bethel, as its 2022 beneficiary partner. HER offers housing, education and recovery services that

empower women to break cycles of poverty, addiction and human trafficking.

The partnership is centered around a shared vision to support, empower and uplift women. $1 of every ticket will directly support HER Cincinnati.

Tickets range from $9-$19. Parking is free.  www.charmatthefarm.com

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DATEBOOK JUNE 18, SATURDAY (CONT.) Taft Museum of Art, Light Up the Night Gala | 7-11 p.m. DETAILS: Celebrating completion of Bicentennial Infrastructure Project, museum’s 90th birthday, and Deborah Emont Scott’s retirement as president and CEO. ¼www.taftmuseum.org/events

Giving USA, Cincinnati Briefing | 7:30-10 a.m. Cincinnati Museum Center, Reakirt Auditorium. DETAILS: Continental breakfast, program, Q&A. Speaker: Melissa S. Brown. ¼https://theyunkergroup.com

Hearing Speech + Deaf Center, Annual Laura and Richard Kretschmer Service Award Gala | 6 p.m. Manor House, Mason. DETAILS: Reception, dinner. Tickets start at $150. ¼www.hearingspeechdeaf.org/gala AUG. 1, MONDAY

JUNE 24, FRIDAY Beechwood Home, Sporting Clays Event | Sycamore Sporting Clays Club, Miamiville.  STORY, Page 18.

Campbell County Furever Friends, Paws in the Park | 5-9 p.m. Fort Thomas Mess Hall in Tower Park.

DETAILS: Costume contest, vendor booths, food trucks, beer trucks, Music

by Derek Alan Band. ¼www.campbellcountyfureverfriends.org JUNE 25, SATURDAY Cincinnati Opera, Bal de Triomphe | 4:30 p.m. Music Hall Ballroom.

DETAILS: Cocktails, music by Le Hot Jazz, dancing and dinner by Chef Jose Salazar and Renée Schuler of Eat Well. Following dinner, performance of “La Bohème.”

Reception follows the performance.

Opera tickets sold separately. ¼www.cincinnatiopera.org/ bal-de-triomphe Cincinnati Pride Festival | 11 a.m. parade, noon-9 p.m. festival. Downtown and Sawyer Point. DETAILS: Parade and festival, featuring food, vendors and live music by Shea Diamond, Jordy, Alex Newell and Daya. ¼www.cincinnatipride.org/events.html JUNE 27, MONDAY WAVE Foundation, David Fulcher’s Putt for Penguins Celebrity Golf Outing | 9 a.m. Wetherington Golf and Country Club, West Chester.  STORY, Page 18.

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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CF Golf Classic | Noon. Heritage Golf Club, Mason. DETAILS: Boxed lunch, golfer gift, 18 holes with cart, beverages, snacks, buffet dinner ¼https://events.cff.org/cincygolfclassic JULY 28, THURSDAY

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St. Vincent de Paul, Prescription Fore Fun Golf Outing | 2 p.m.

Western Hills Country Club. DETAILS: Every $1 donated helps provide $13 worth of prescriptions for neighbors in need. Entry includes 9 holes of golf (18hole option available), cart, and special post-outing wine and bourbon tasting with food pairings. ¼https://CincyGolfOuting.com AUG. 5, FRIDAY Adventure Crew, Outdoors For All Expo | 4-9:30 p.m. Schmidt Recreation Complex. DETAILS: Exhibits and demos from local parks, outdoor outfitters, adventure experts and environmentally minded organizations, plus live music, local beer, food trucks and a Kids’ Zone. Free. ¼www.ohioriverpaddlefest.org/expo AUG. 6, SATURDAY Adventure Crew, Ohio River Paddlefest | 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Schmidt Recreation Complex. DETAILS: Nation’s largest paddling celebration, with 2,000 participants in canoes, kayaks and other human-powered craft. Concludes with festival featuring beer, music and food.

Registration required; rates start at $45 for adults and $20 for youth. ¼www.ohioriverpaddlefest.org AUG. 10, WEDNESDAY Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Annual Chamber Golf Outing and Clinic | 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

Golf Courses of Kenton County, Independence. DETAILS: Golfers of all skill levels. Morning and afternoon

18-hole flight, plus nine-hole flight in afternoon. Golf clinic, 19th Hole Networking with food, drinks and specialty vendors. ¼www.NKYChamber.com AUG. 19, FRIDAY Fitton Center, 2022-2023 Season Launch | 5-9 p.m. DETAILS: Tour galleries, classrooms, studios, performance, rehearsal and event spaces. Dinner by the bite, cash bar, live music. ¼www.fittoncenter.org AUG. 29, MONDAY Cincinnati Cancer Advisors, Bearcats and Musketeers vs.

Cancer Golf Outing and An Evening with Anthony Munoz | 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Maketewah Country Club. DETAILS: Sponsorships available. ¼steve.abbott@cincinnaticanceradvisors.org or 859-653-4686 SEPT. 4, SUNDAY Boy Scouts of America Dan Beard Council, Annual Festival of Fireworks | 5-10 p.m. Mt. Adams.

DETAILS: Prime view of the fireworks; private, safe and family-friendly event; shuttle service and activities for all ages. ¼www.danbeard.org/ festival-of-fireworks

SEPT. 20, TUESDAY Dress for Success Cincinnati, Annual Fashion Show | 10:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino. DETAILS: Luncheon, fashion show, raffle. Early bird tickets start at $100. ¼www.dfscincy.org/blog-and-events/ fashion-show SEPT. 23, FRIDAY Boy Scouts of America Dan Beard Council, Law Enforcement Kart Race | 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Motorsports Country Club. Local law enforcement teams race against each other. ¼www.danbeard.org/ dan-beard-100-kart-race SEPT. 24, SATURDAY Boy Scouts of America Dan Beard Council, Annual Dan Beard 100 Kart Race | 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Motorsports Country Club. DETAILS: Teams of four welcome. Includes lunch and dinner, car show, raffle and silent auction. ¼www.danbeard.org/ dan-beard-100-kart-race Brighton Center, Wine Over Water | 6-10 p.m. Purple People Bridge. DETAILS: Drinks, food, live entertainment. ¼www.brightoncenter.com 

SEPT. 10, SATURDAY Stepping Stones, Bloom | 7-11 p.m.

Valley View Foundation, Milford. DETAILS: Food trucks, silent auction, live music.

JonJon from Kiss 107 will be emceeing. ¼www.steppingstonesohio.org/ get-involved/volunteer/special-events/ bloom/ SEPT. 17, SATURDAY Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Annual Teal Power 3K Walk - 5K Run | 9 a.m. Summit Park of Blue Ash. DETAILS: Families, survivors and friends honor and celebrate our sisters. Teal store, vendor booths, raffle. ¼https://runsignup.com/tealpower5k Ride Cincinnati ’22 | Yeatman’s Cove.

DETAILS: Non-competitive scenic bike tour featuring 8, 15, 25, 50 and 100mile routes. Ends with party at Yeatman’s Cove. Supports local cancer research and care. ¼www.ridecincinnati.org/register

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Cincinnati Arts Association’s ‘Dancing for the Stars’ returns Saturday, June 18, 6-11 p.m., Music Hall Ballroom Inspired by the hit TV show “Dancing with the Stars,” the 14th Dancing for the Stars will feature Cincinnati celebrities paired with some of the area’s finest professional dancers in a competition program at which the audience will vote for their favorite celebrity dancer.

The event benefits the Cincinnati Arts

Association’s Overture Awards – the nation’s largest locally run high school arts scholarship competition – and arts education programs. CAA is the nonprofit that oversees the Aronoff Center and Music Hall.

Tickets begin at $150.  www.cincinnatiarts.org/ membership-support/dfts22

This year’s celebrities are: • Sebastian Castillo (general manager, Prime Cincinnati) • Jill Jansen (director of government and external relations, Mercy Health) • Elizabeth Knuppel (president, Skystone Partners) • Jon Lawhead (senior vice president, Sinclair Broadcast Group – Local 12 WKRC-TV) • Sara Mirus (real estate agent, eXp Realty) • Bret Schneider (CEO and president, WOW Windowboxes)

FCC 3 to include run/walk, game watch party at TQL Stadium

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Saturday, June 18; 6:30 p.m. walk, 7:30 p.m. watch party; TQL Stadium The FCC 3 presented by Medpace, a three-mile run/walk event, returns Saturday, June 18, to downtown Cincinnati, OTR and the West End. Following the event, the TQL Watch Party will take place inside TQL Stadium as FC Cincinnati takes on the Philadelphia Union on the road.

The event will start and end at TQL Stadium. Registration starts at $30, with a 10% discount for a four-pack registration, and includes a drink and snack after the race. Attendees can also enjoy specially priced food and beverages during the match. Proceeds go to the FC Cincinnati Foundation and Flying Pig Charities.  www.fccrace.com

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Gifts/Grants United Way makes $20M in grants to 86 agencies Responding to extensive community input, United Way of Greater Cincinnati announced nearly $20 million in grants. For United Way, the process of identifying the areas of focus was new, coming after months of interviewing and surveying more than 400 local residents and 200 organizations, including focus groups and discussions with business leaders. United Way is investing a total of $19.9 million, with $11.4 million being invested in 86 local partners – 20% new and 25% Black-led. Another $8.5 million will be invested in agencies designated

by United Way donors.

Local donor pledges $18 million to Holocaust center A local donor has pledged $18 million to the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, the center’s largest single gift ever. The gift is being seen as a potential catalyst for more philanthropy for Jewish causes in one of the most active years ever for the Jewish culture in Greater Cincinnati. The 22-year-old center, which moved to the Cincinnati Museum Center in 2019, is the only U.S. Holocaust museum with a direct connection to its location. A majority of the 1,000 Holocaust survivors who came to Cincinnati arrived by train at Union Terminal. Four years ago, the Jewish Federation partnered with the Holocaust & Humanity Center for the initial capital campaign and helped raise over $16 million for the move and expansion to the Union Terminal. HHC’s largest gift prior to this was the $5 million from Nancy and David Wolf that made the move to the Museum Center possible.

ArtsWave grants $2.165 million to 77 organizations, projects ArtsWave awarded 24 projects a total of $165,000 in a highly competitive “Catalyzing Impact” grant program, while separately awarding $2 million to 53 pandemic-impacted organizations. The Catalyzing Impact projects span 19 neighborhoods from Covington to West Chester, as well as some with wide-reaching virtual programming. The diverse set of funded arts activities, ranging from $2,000-$10,000 each, show the variety of ways that the arts are

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bringing communities together after months of social isolation. ArtsWave said the projects also show how the arts help bridge cultural divides and make sense of challenging times.

Meanwhile, ArtsWave partnered with Hamilton County commissioners to distribute $2 million in American Rescue Plan funding to organizations dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, ArtsWave and Hamilton County awarded $3.5 million in ARP funding to economically distressed arts organizations.

In the current ARP round, 53 arts and culture organizations are receiving grants ranging from $1,000 to $150,000 based on financial losses. Christi Cornette, chief culture officer at altafiber – which has launched a new giving platform – said the new platform will allow the company to be more focused in areas it believes are essential for the community.

New Altafiber launches foundation, offers initial $150K The new Cincinnati Bell organization is launching a foundation with plans to give away $150,000 this summer. Now called altafiber, the company is launching the Bell Charitable Foundation, a new philanthropic endeavor that will allow the technology company to more strategically support organizations driving economic and social mobility, environmental sustainability, technology, and health and wellbeing initiatives. The Bell Charitable Foundation grants will fund programs that address the needs of the underserved, promote connectivity via digital equity, and improve the health of citizens in the communities served by altafiber and its family of companies.

Santa Maria wins $206K in state grant competition Price Hill-based Santa Maria Community Services Inc. received more than $206,000 from the Ohio Department of Education in a highly

competitive statewide grant competition. The Ohio Department of Education awarded $89 million to 161 community-based partners. The department received more than 700 applications from across the state. Awardees will use these funds to create or expand out-of-schooltime services that address the academic needs and overall well-being of students most in need of services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Companions on a Journey secures $100K grant from New York insurer Companions on a Journey received a $100,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation. The grant is administered by the National Alliance for Children’s Grief, to ensure that school communities have information and dedicated bereavement resources to meet the needs of grieving students and their families.

COJ will expand its school-based bereavement support program into new schools and will focus on updating and expanding professional development for staff and volunteer facilitators. More than 360 such grants totaling more than $12 million have been awarded since the program’s inception in 2011. Companions on a Journey, founded by Sheila Munafo-Kanoza in 1997, has grown to become one of the largest faith-based bereavement service organizations in the region. Presently, COJ facilitates griefspecific support groups including a school-based program which serves over 800 students a month in 60 schools.

Companions on a Journey, which has secured a $100K grant to expand school-based grief counseling, hosts a monthly widowed lunch gathering among its signature programs.

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Duke Energy awards $150K to 12 education programs

Gold Star President and CEO Roger David celebrates the National Chili Day fundraiser with Kurt Reiber, president and CEO of Freestore Foodbank.

Gold Star Chili event raises $20K for Freestore Foodbank Proceeds from this year’s National Chili Day totaled $20,000 and will help to provide 60,000 meals for kids in our community. This is the sixth year that Gold Star and Freestore Foodbank have come together on National Chili Day to fight childhood hunger. A portion of every Gold Star purchase on National Chili Day was donated to the Freestore Foodbank. Gold Star crowned 13 “Flavor Makers,” people who advocate for Cincinnati and its flavor, and enlisted their help in fighting childhood hunger. (The number 13 is a tribute to the 13 secret spices that make up Gold Star’s famous chili.) Since the partnership began in 2017, Gold Star has donated nearly $170,000 to the Freestore Foodbank.

Best Point receives $240K grant to promote maternal mental health Best Point Education & Behavioral Health has been awarded a $240,000 grant from bi3, a philanthropic initiative to transform health, to support an 18-month maternal mental health planning grant. The funding will enable the organization to transform maternal mental healthcare in Greater Cincinnati. Components of the 18-month plan include completing a needs assessment, gathering applicable national data, and forming an advisory council of key stakeholders that consists of Every Child Succeeds, Cradle Cincinnati, Groundwork Ohio, TriHealth and Hamilton County Public Health. Complications arising from maternal mental health impact 800,000 women per year nationally. About 75% are untreated, and suicide and overdose are the leading causes of death for women in the first year after pregnancy.

Duke Energy is continuing its investment in Greater Cincinnati students, educators and communities by awarding $150,000 in grants to 12 education programs. The grants support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and environmental education programs to equip students with the skills needed for successful careers in the energy sector. The programs aim to reduce the learning gap as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and close the achievement divide that often separates low-income students from their peers. The education grants are administered through the Duke Energy Foundation, which provided $2 million in support of Greater Cincinnati initiatives in 2021.

CET, 7 other Ohio public TV stations get $5 million Ohio’s eight PBS stations – including Cincinnati’s CET – will be working with local summer and afterschool program staff from across the state to help address disruptions to learning caused during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a new $5 million partnership with the Ohio Department of Education, “Ohio Learns 360” will provide programs with PBS resources, including standards-based curriculum and materials, virtual field trips, interactive video programs, community events and more, all designed to accelerate student learning and support the state’s most vulnerable learners. Ohio Learns 360, which targets kindergarten through fifth-grade students from underserved communities, kicked off in April and will continue through September 2024.

Ohio River Foundation wins $25K for two programs Ohio River Foundation is a Cincinnatibased nonprofit with programs dedicated to protecting and improving the water quality and ecology of the Ohio River and its watershed. ORF received a $25,000 grant from the Charles H. Dater Foundation to support its educational programs that help students better understand the complexity of aquatic environments, and help children learn about the ecology and importance of the Ohio River, its tributaries and its watershed.

Deondre Bo shows his medal received from the Anthony Munoz Foundation. He was one of 18 selected from 300 applicants for a $2,000 college scholarship.

Munoz Foundation awards $45K in college scholarships The Anthony Muñoz Foundation hosted its Annual Straight ‘A’ Luncheon at Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse. Thanks to Mike’s Carwash, in partnership with the Cincinnati Bengals’ “2 Sacks, You Save” promotion, 18 Tristate senior finalists were awarded $2,000 scholarships to help further their education, totaling $45,000 in college scholarships. The Mike’s Carwash and Bengals’ promotion raised more than $174,000 for the foundation, which will go towards the foundation’s impact programs.

Construction group hands out $80K in scholarships Allied Construction Industries marked its 93rd annual meeting by handing out 35 scholarships to 22 area college and university students entering the construction industry following graduation. The scholarships totaled more than $80,000. ACI’s annual scholarship campaign started with a single donation from an instructor who refused payment for his work. The Greater Cincinnati Construction Foundation, ACI’s charitable organization, has awarded more than $375,250 in educational scholarships. 

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In the News Cincinnati Pops extends JMR’s contract for 2 years

Nonprofit helping Black artists publishes book When Alandes Powell, executive director of Black Art Speaks, wrote the poem, “We Want What You Want,” she didn’t realize that her words would become the impetus for Cincinnati’s Black Lives Matter! Mural. The mural, located on Plum Street in downtown Cincinnati, is in front of City Hall. BAS, a nonprofit organization helping artists expand their voices through the power of art and the artists who created the mural, is releasing a coffee table book titled, “The Making of Cincinnati’s Black Lives Matter! Mural.” The book offers readers behind-the-scenes information, and provides imagery compiled by the book’s graphic designer Stephen Smith. In less than 20 hours, over the course of three days, seventeen Black-led artists and a host of volunteers were united by a vision of seeing the words of a poem brought to life. Authors, Alandes Powell and Danielle Lewis Jones agree: “The book is a piece of art and history as it documents the feelings and emotions of each artist as they worked quickly to deliver a piece that echoes a need for change.” www.blackartspeaks.com

Women of Cincy, Cohear join forces for series Women of Cincy and Cohear have joined forces to create a four-part series exploring the power of lived experience and how listening to “everyday experts’’ presents a huge opportunity to create better policies for Cincinnatians. What makes someone an “expert?” To Cohear, it’s not titles or degrees: It’s lived experience. Maybe you’re an expert at riding the bus, because of your daily commute; or you’re an expert at raising kids, because you’re juggling the ups and downs of parenthood; or you’re an expert on housing insecurity because you’ve experienced it in the past. Cohear pairs “everyday experts” with decision-makers to create better policies in the for-profit, government and nonprofit spheres. Women of Cincy is a nonprofit media organization built to create more connected, empathetic and inclusive communities through first-person storytelling, community building, and by providing mentorship opportunities to college students. Since 2017, the organization has shared the stories of more than 400 people.

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Alandes Powell, executive director of Black Art Speaks

own expertise and listening to other everyday experts – to positively change our city. Cohear is a community engagement and strategy company operating in Cincinnati and Columbus that helps leaders develop meaningful solutions to difficult problems by organizing and engaging with the people who live through the real-life impacts of policy issues every day – the “everyday experts.”  www.wecohear.com  www.womenofcincy.org/everydayexpert

Monique Gilliam, one of the experts in the Women of Cincy-Cohear series

Kings Island brings back live concert series For the first time since 1995, Kings Island will host a concert series in its 10,000-seat Timberwolf Amphitheatre. Just in time for Kings Island’s 50th anniversary season, the park is announcing a five-concert series that kicks off on June 28 with the Avett Brothers.

The packed line-up will set the soundtrack for the amusements park’s summer with performances from Berlin & A Flock Of Seagulls, 3 Doors Down, Candlebox, Skillet, Five For Fighting and The Verve Pipe. For the first time, Kings Island will not require concert goers to also purchase admission to the amusement park.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra announced a two-year contract extension for conductor John Morris Russell, effective through the end of the 2024-2025 season. The extension is the fourth for Russell, currently in his 11th season with the Pops. Since taking the helm in 2011, Russell’s tenure has been marked by diverse programming, community collaborations and a new recording legacy. In addition to the Pops, Russell concurrently serves as the music director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina, leading the classical subscription series and the prestigious Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and as principal pops conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, following in the footsteps of Marvin Hamlisch and Doc Severinsen.

Green Umbrella hosts EPA officials, local partners Green Umbrella, the region’s leading sustainability alliance, hosted U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s deputy administrator, Janet McCabe, and assistant deputy administrator, Jon Monger, to share insights on the organization’s regional climate planning and implementation work. The EPA reached out to Green Umbrella in order to better understand the organization’s local climate policy and environmental justice initiatives. The meeting highlighted how Green Umbrella works with partners to mobilize frontline communities and local governments into climate action and how communities can best prepare for federal funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Over 12 regional nonprofit and governmental entities were represented.

Sign museum free for active military and vets The American Sign Museum will participate in the 2022 Blue Star Museums program through Labor Day. Active military members and veterans with valid military IDs, along with their families, will receive free admission to the museum during that period. The Blue Star Museums program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and museums across the country. It strives to connect military families with their neighborhoods.

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United Way re-introducing corporate volunteer awards United Way of Greater Cincinnati is reintroducing a corporate volunteer recognition program, calling it the 2022 Greater Cincinnati Changemakers Awards. The fundraising organization will also recognize one “grassroots nonprofit organization that is flipping the script on what it means to lift up their community and neighbors.” To recognize organizations and corporate groups giving back to the Greater Cincinnati community, United Way will honor four organizations for their volunteer power and the positive impact they create in the community. Companies are asked to record their volunteer projects and hours for the time between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1 this year for activities in the Greater Cincinnati region. Volunteer time is defined as: hours an individual dedicates to a legitimate 501(c)(3) through the encouragement and facilitation of his/her employer. United Way will recognize the winners during a volunteer activity and celebration on National Make a Difference Day on Oct. 22.

he frequently ran across single mothers at the church’s community dinners who were without reliable transportation, many because they couldn’t afford the maintenance that would keep their car from breaking down. He asked Kintner, who was knowledgeable and skilled in basic car maintenance, to help. Kintner asked David Brownfield, who owns Walther Autobody on Madison Ave. in Covington, if he could borrow his shop. Then, local nonprofits like the Women’s Crisis Center, Life Learning Center, Brighton Center and Welcome House started spreading the word. Soon after, Kintner was doing things like hosting car maintenance clinics for Lincoln Grant Scholar House’s single parents who were matriculating as full-time college students. Clinic volunteers have performed maintenance clinics every quarter since March 2007. At the end of 2021, the clinic received a gift of land at the corner of Martin Street and Madison Avenue in Covington, clearing the way for the groundbreaking on the new facility.

NKU closes long-running summer dinner theater After 35 years, the summer dinner theater at Northern Kentucky University is being permanently closed. The Commonwealth Theatre Co., part of the NKU School of the Arts, was unable to produce programs for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other related challenges. The theater company had created over 80 productions during its 35 years, with performances both locally and elsewhere.

NKU’s School of the Arts offers 12 degrees with 30 specializations, along with seven minors.

All told, the school engages 900 students from children to adults annually.

Samaritan Car Care Clinic breaks ground on new home A local organization has broken ground on what will be the region’s first dedicated nonprofit vehicle repair shop. The Samaritan Car Care Clinic, launched in 2007 and now a standalone 501(c)(3), hopes to move into the new facility in downtown Covington by the end of the year. The organization’s executive director, Bruce Kintner, has long carried out the free or low-cost maintenance work in borrowed garage space. The clinic started when Kintner was doing an oil change for Chinna Simon, the senior minister of Madison Avenue Christian Church, where Kintner attends. Simon mentioned that

A rendering of the new Clifton Cultural Arts Center

Habitat for Humanity’s Lee to retire in 2022 Joining a wave of nonprofit executive leadership transitions, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati said its longtime president and chief executive officer will retire later this year. Ed Lee joined the organization as executive director in 2010 following a 29-year career at Procter & Gamble. During his tenure, Cincinnati’s Habitat has grown in its service to local families, building an organizational infrastructure that is more innovative and sustainable. The progress that Habitat has made under Lee’s leadership contributed to billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s decision to choose Greater Cincinnati as one of the Habitat affiliates to benefit from her recent $436 million donation to the global Habitat organization.

(Cincinnati received $7.5 million.) Lee led the

merger of Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity with TriState Habitat for Humanity to create one of the country’s largest Habitat affiliates, serving nine counties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Prior to being chosen to lead the organization, Lee began volunteering with Habitat in 2001, first as a build site volunteer, then chair of Habitat’s Eastside Coalition, and finally as a member of the board of directors.

Clifton Cultural Center to build new building A refresh at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center is coming this summer, kicked off in May with the unveiling of a new brand identity. The multidisciplinary community arts center – serving Clifton and the surrounding Uptown neighborhoods with educational programs, community events and cultural experiences – unveiled a new brand identity and website in anticipation of breaking ground on a new $10 million home in late May and expanded programming this summer. The new home CCAC is constructing is a threestory, 18,000-squarefoot building near the intersection of Ludlow and Clifton avenues.

The property will feature flexible-use classrooms, art galleries, a maker space for hands-on exploration, a multi-purpose performance space and a green rooftop terrace, all in a high-caliber, modern design that prioritizes sustainability, social interaction and seamless integration with the existing historic features of the Clifton Business District. Previously, the CCAC maintained and operated the landmark Clifton School Building until Cincinnati Public Schools turned the property back into a school.

Since that time, CCAC has used temporary offices and worked to secure the $10 million needed to build the new center. In addition to constructing a new center, CCAC will host 66 free outdoor performances this summer throughout the Uptown Neighborhoods of Clifton, Corryville, CUF, Avondale, and Mt. Auburn in an event called “Uptown Arts Alive.” 

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

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Green Umbrella, Greater Cincinnati’s regional sustainability alliance, promoted Savannah Sullivan to the position of climate policy director.

Sullivan brings 10 years of experience, including leading climate, energy equity and community engagement programs at the City of Cincinnati and Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute, during which time she also received a dual master’s degree in public affairs and environmental science.

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Maddie Chera is the new director of the Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council. Previously, Chera served as food systems analyst for the Food Policy Council. She brings over a decade of experience in research, education and nonprofit work to her new role, along with a Ph.D. in the anthropology of food and the environment from Indiana University.

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People Working Cooperatively, the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky nonprofit dedicated to providing critical home repairs, energy conservation and accessibility modifications for low-income homeowners, named Dave Neyer to its board of directors. Neyer is a founding principal of STNL Development, which specializes in singletenant net lease development. Prior to STNL, Neyer was chief executive officer at Al Neyer Inc.

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Santa Maria Community Services Inc. named Chris Lahni to its board. Lahni is the CFO at Nehemiah Manufacturing Co. Lahni joined Nehemiah in January 2013 after four years in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and BKD LLP and a brief stint in the real estate development industry. Lahni’s role at Nehemiah includes overseeing the accounting/finance, information technology, production planning, human resource, and most importantly, the social service department.

The social service department is entrusted to help remove barriers that Nehemiah’s employees have for successful long-term employment.

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The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber has added 10 new team members since the beginning of the year, including De-Ajura Bess, who has joined the chamber’s leadership team as director of human resources. Bess’ career spans nearly 25 years, most recently with TriHealth, and prior to that she had a long career with Macy’s. She is a graduate of Wilberforce University, and obtained her master’s in business administration from Miami University.

Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired has hired two new staff members – Dr. Kimberly Luse as the organization’s first donor relations officer, and Mike Fasanella as communications and development specialist. Dr. Luse has more than two decades of involvement as a top advisor to leaders of various organizations, including universities, governing boards and nonprofits. Fasanella, whose background is in broadcast journalism, worked for two decades with various nonprofits in advocacy and support positions.

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Girls on the Run Greater Cincinnati has named Annie Horn as executive director.

Horn began with Girls on the Run in March 2014, was promoted to program director five monthe later, and has led programming since.

Previously, she spent six years in corporate sales and marketing for a large construction company.

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Cincinnati-based executive coaching and leadership consulting firm, Leadership Excelleration, named Brian Cunningham as senior consultant and executive coach.

Cunningham brings more than 25 years of diverse experience to the LE team with vexpertise in executive coaching, strategic planning, operations leadership, quality improvement and organizational development. Cunningham joins LE after most recently serving in management and consulting roles at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

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Medical Center and the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence. There he led the organizational development team, strategically driving cultural transformation and quality improvement. Prior to his time at Children’s, Cunningham served as senior principal for Definity Partners, a business improvement consulting start-up.

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Franciscan Ministries, a nonprofit sponsored by the Sisters of the Poor, named Sarah Wagner as executive director. Wagner’s most recent position was with the Salvation Army of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky as director of social ministries. Wagner received a master of social work from George Warren School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.

Franciscan also named Pamela Carroll-Dean as director of its Tamar’s Center trauma relief unit. Carroll-Dean previously worked as the YWCA domestic violence shelter manager, and before that at Talbert House. Elle Ann Baker recently joined the board. Baker currently serves as social services coordinator for Nehemiah Manufacturing Co. Baker has also been active with several nonprofit organizations, including Beacon of Hope Business Alliance.

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Allied Construction Industries, a nonprofit trade association serving the Greater Cincinnati commercial construction industry, named five new board members: Kristin Hahnel of Hoar Construction; Michele O’Rourke of O’Rourke Wrecking; Joe Snider of Turner Construction; Justin Taulbee of Valley Interior Systems; and Marcus Thompson of Skanska.

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The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce named Nancy Spivey as vice president of talent strategies, a return to a similar position she held with the chamber from 2000-2014. Also new to the chamber are Kyle Frizzell, the chamber’s new events specialist, and Holly Nibert, program/events assistant for the chamber’s women’s initiative. Spivey had been vice president of development at the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati and was marketing director for DBL Law. Nibert previously worked as Newport Aquarium’s event services coordinator.

Frizzell had been with the Cincinnati Parks and the Downtown Lexington Business Partnership.

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Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation, named Whitney O’Neal to succeed Ned Hertzenberg as president. Hertzenberg retired at the end of March after nearly 40 years. O’Neal comes to CSF from the Ohio Living Foundation, where she had spent nearly 10 years as director of planned giving at Ohio Living Mount Pleasant, Cape May, Quaker Heights and Llanfair, all part of the 12 Ohio Living communities. She also served as the initial gift planner for Ohio’s Home Health and Hospice program in southwest Ohio.

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Cincinnati Works, a 25-year-old nonprofit that has created more than $150 million in benefits to the Greater Cincinnati region, has named Tianay Amat as its next president and chief executive officer. Amat brings more than 20 years of experience as a teacher and administrator to the role, including the past 11 months as interim superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools. She became interim superintendent when Laura Mitchell resigned to become CEO of another nonprofit superstar, Beech Acres Parenting Center. Amat will replace Peggy Zink, who is retiring after 13 years as president.

A Cincinnati-based nonprofit focused on preventing youth suicide across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana has named a new chief executive officer. Grant Us Hope recruited outgoing Kettering City School District superintendent L. Scott Inskeep – a member of its board of advisers – to become its new CEO on Sept. 1, following his retirement in August.

Inskeep has been at the helm of Kettering City School District’s 12 schools, 1,000 employees and 8,000 students, serving as superintendent since 2014. He was Reading Community City School District’s superintendent for 12 years prior to 9:02:48 AM that.

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The nonprofit responsible for promoting equal housing opportunities in Greater Cincinnati has a new leader. Housing Opportunities Made Equal named Elisabeth Risch as its new executive director. She began her role in April, the 54th anniversary of the enactment of the federal Fair Housing Act. Risch is a Cincinnati native with over 12 years of leadership and expertise in fair housing at the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council. Most recently, she’s been the assistant director, managing fair housing and eviction defense programs and overseeing all operations.

Holly Hill Child and Family Solutions – a nonprofit that has provided child-focused programs and services in Northern Kentucky for more than 137 years – has hired James Sherry as its new chief executive officer. Sherry comes to Holly Hill after serving as chief executive officer of New York Families for Autistic Children Inc. in New York. He has nearly two decades of experience with nonprofit human services leadership, including managing large, multi-site healthcare organizations. 

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CincinnatiCares.org is the only public-access search-and-discover guide to Greater Cincinnati nonprofits.

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Find out what these organizations NEED NOW – from products and supplies, to donations, to hands-on or skilled volunteering.

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Animal Welfare & Services Animal Friends Humane Society MISSION: To promote humane principles, protect lost, homeless, abandoned and mistreated animals, and act as advocates for animals in our communities. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ animal-friends-humane-society

Cincinnati Animal CARE Humane Society MISSION: To reunite lost companion pets,

reduce the stray population, offer opportunities for unwanted animals to be adopted or rescued, and provide information and programs for responsible pet ownership. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ cincinnati-animal-care-humane-society-2

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden MISSION: To create adventure, convey knowledge, conserve nature, and serve the community by partnering with diverse and economically challenged communities in our daily work. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ cincinnati-zoo-botanical-garden

Circle Tail MISSION: To empower, educate and inspire

individuals and communities through professional training and partnership of highly skilled service oriented dogs. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ circle-tail

League for Animal Welfare MISSION: To reduce the number of home-

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My Furry Valentine MISSION: To significantly increase save rates and decrease the euthanasia of healthy animals in the Tristate by helping to create the public mindset to think adoption first when looking for a new pet. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ my-furry-valentine

Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spay/Neuter Clinic MISSION: To enrich the lives of cats and com-

munities by providing low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter services, offering trap-neuterreturn and other outreach programs, and running a no-kill adoption center dedicated to finding loving homes. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ ohio-alleycat-resource-spay-neuter-clinic

Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati MISSION: To provide affordable, high-quality veterinary care to allow individuals and families of limited means to enjoy the benefits of healthy and responsible pet ownership. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ pets-in-need-of-greater-cincinnati

RAPTOR Inc. MISSION: To provide a resource to the com-

munity with the rehabilitation of injured or orphaned birds of prey and conservation through education and research. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ raptor-inc

SPCA Cincinnati MISSION: To strengthen the human-animal

bond and improve the welfare of animals by fostering the humane care and treatment of all animals. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/spca

UCAN Nonprofit Spay & Neuter Clinic MISSION: To end the euthanasia of cats and dogs in local shelters and keep pets in their loving homes by providing professional and affordable spay/neuter and wellness services. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ ucan-nonprofit-spay-neuter-clinic-2

United Pet Fund MISSION: To serve as an “animal community support organization,” allowing animal welfare groups to keep their efforts focused on helping the animals in need. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ united-pet-fund

WAVE Foundation MISSION: To excite, engage and educate our community about the wonders of aquatic life and the importance of conservation. ¼ www.cincinnaticares.org/listing-item/ wave-foundation

The organizations listed on this page are a sampling of the Animal Welfare & Services nonprofits that can be found at www.cincinnaticares.org.

In July, we will put the FOCUS ON: Health Care.

If you want your organization to be included, email tmariner@moversmakers.org.

For assistance updating your Cincinnati Cares profile contact doug@cincinnaticares.org.

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Animal welfare here: Improving or just ‘in flux’?

Experts see abuse, neglect, overpopulation as failures Movers & Makers asked leaders in the nonprofit Greater Cincinnati animal welfare arena to answer five questions. Here is an edited version of their responses.

M&M: In what ways has the pandemic impacted, M&M: What is the state of animal welfare in Greater Cincinnati? positively or negatively, animal welfare causes in our region?

MAYNARD: I think the state of animal MAYNARD: I think the pandemic has had both welfare in Cincinnati is hopeful now that a positive and negative effect on animal welfare in the county animal shelter is being run by Susannah Maynard is the founder and our region. The positive effect was that so many Cincinnati Animal CARE Humane Society, publisher of CincyPet Magazine, Greater an organization dedicated to a true “no kill” people were at home, many on their own, that shelCincinnati’s only dedicated pet lifestyle ters and rescues were flooded with adoptions. People solution. magazine. She is a lifelong animal lover with that had never worked from home before felt isolated ZEKOFF: The state of animal welfare is an interest in both journalism and photograand wanted some companionship, which shelter pets in flux in Greater Cincinnati as we do not phy. She is a University of Cincinnati graduwere able to provide. Another positive effect was that have a clear leader in the region. The change ate and worked in both non-profit organizamore people started to foster shelter pets for those over to the current official animal welfare tions and educational publishing prior to same reasons. caretaker on Colerain Avenue did not advance starting a pet photography Sadly, the downside to the pandemic was multianimal welfare in Cincinnati. business. As a pet photografold in that, because shelters and rescues couldn’t Protection against animal pher and passionate pet parhold in-person events, funding was down. These abuse is not advanced with the ent, she saw the lack of local organizations need donations to continue their lifecurrent dog wardens, with the publications dedicated to saving efforts. The other negative effects were that a SPCA Cincinnati having to serving the growing number lot of people were not just working from home but step in to fill the gap with enof pet parents, so decided forcement of animal protection were out of work and thus unable to provide for their laws. Just showing up in bulletto start CincyPet Magazine pets, so they just left them out to fend for themselves in 2019. proof vests does nothing to or turned them in to the shelter. Then, once people advance the cause. As a result, In March 1986, several started to go back to work, more animals were abanyears after graduating from many smaller mom-and-pop doned as people began to return to their previous Susannah Maynard the Auburn University organizations have picked up lives and no longer had time for the animals they School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Zeke the bulk of the load in taking care of animals had adopted during the pandemic.

Zekoff founded Towne Square Animal that have been neglected and abused. Officials ZEKOFF: The pandemic has brought a tidal wave Clinic. Since then, the clinic has become in Hamilton County see fit to turn a blind eye of new pets into households to fill the gap for comone of the area’s most respected veterinary to the overall problem despite panionship while trapped indoors. practices. In 2010, Dr. Zekoff founded a number of warnings from But it did not bring in responsible United Pet Fund, a support organization for those in the animal welfare pet owners, as those who adopted 150+ small nonprofit animal shelters, rescues field. walked into a situation they were and care organizations in the Tristate.

HILL: At least in Hamilton not ready to take on. As a result, the Ann Ramsey Hill is co-founder of Pets County, the state of animal number of cats and dogs that have In Need and has served pro bono as its welfare for companion animals been turned over to shelters and executive director since 2013. The clinic is has improved over the last rescues has increased exponentially.

Greater Cincinnati’s only full-time resource 10 years. There are now two The animal welfare community as a for comprehensive veterinary care for pets humane societies as well as whole does not have great business in low-income families. Services include many small rescue groups that skills in raising monies, so they are Dr. Zeke Zekoff wellness, treatment of acute and chronic collectively do the work of an strapped financially because of this illnesses and compassionate end-of-life care. army. Resources for affordable overload, and at the same time they do The Advanced Care Center provides surgical veterinary care for pets in low-income families not know when to say no to taking on new rescues. services, including routine spay/neuter, and are now available and there is substantial This leads to burnout in the field and, many times, dental care, including routine cleanings, funding dedicated to helping community cats. hoarding situations.

Social media has raised public awareness of digital x-rays and extractions. Services are HILL: For shelters, there was an initial uptick many issues and connections to available help. highly subsidized but not free. There are in adoptions. Two years later, however, shelter no geographic restrictions and clients come RETZLAFF: The state of animal welfare intake is at record highs. “Pandemic pet” surrenders in Greater Cincinnati is that it is better than may partly be responsible, but sudden life changes from all fifteen counties in the Tristate area. seen in times past, but as a community we are brought on by the pandemic — unemployment, loss Mike Retzlaff is the chief operating still not where we’d like to be. There is much of housing, illness, etc. — are more likely to blame. officer of SPCA Cincinnati. He has worked For veterinary practices, COVID safety protocols in the animal welfare business for more more to accomplish in the animal welfare such as curbside service substantially reduced daily field. Greater Cincinnati still combats pet than 30 years. At the SPCA Cincinnati, he capacity. The number of appointments Pets In Need overpopulation, animal cruelty and a large has held multiple positions in leadership, could handle each day was cut by at least a third, from vice president of development to vice number of despaired and displaced groups of resulting in appointment backlogs. Employee illness animals due to stigma and lack of humane president of operations. education.

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FOCUS ON: Animal Welfare and childcare issues caused many clinics, including ours, to close temporarily. More than two years later, our operations remain below our 2019 capacity and we are still dealing with the occasional cancellation of clinic days due to COVID. RETZLAFF: What the SPCA Cincinnati has encountered are positive outcomes. Our shelter was able to initiate the Chow Now Pantry, which answers the call for pet parents faced with difficulty affording pet food due to the pandemic and loss of jobs. SPCA Cincinnati also increased its partnerships within the region amongst shelters and across state lines to relieve shelters at capacity, where animals may not otherwise survive.

add up to a meaningful gift. If you can’t afford to donate, host a fundraiser on social media or collect supply items from an organization’s wish list.

RETZLAFF: Members of our community can get involved by becoming a volunteer or foster.

Walk a dog or provide a home away from home until adoption. We thrive because of the generosity of individual and corporate donors. You can make a monetary donation via several programs available at our shelter, such as “Paw It Furward,” our Amazon wish list, the Kroger Rewards program and much more.

M&M: What’s the worst thing someone in Greater Cincinnati typically does to hurt our animal friends? What should be done about it?

MAYNARD: The worst thing anyone can do to hurt animals is to abuse or neglect them. Beating an animal is never acceptable and is something that definitely should be severely punished. Neglecting an animal by withholding food or necessary medical care is also unacceptable, but many times these are often symptoms of a greater problem beyond animal welfare. They are symptoms of a M&M: If you had $1 million (or an extra $1 broken system. Many times these situations million) to spend on animal causes in Greater occur out of a lack of resources, whether it’s Cincinnati, what would you do with it? lacking a support system or financial means, MAYNARD: I would help out the many great not because that person had ill intent. We M&M: In what ways can people who are animal welfare organizations that work to keep need to make sure that those who are in lowconcerned about our animals in Greater animals in their homes, such as Ohio Alleycat income neighborhoods or who are elderly or Cincinnati get involved or take action to Resource, UCAN and Pets in Need of Greater isolated have the information they need to get satisfy that desire to help?

Cincinnati. These organizations provide low or help when they need it. Providing education MAYNARD: If you are no-cost services – such as spaying to our communities as to what resources are concerned about Greater and neutering – and even veteriout there is key.

Cincinnati’s animals, the best nary care and food assistance, to ZEKOFF: Ignorance on what it takes to way to help out is to adopt or low-income individuals. have an animal companion, and the responfoster so that animals don’t have sibilities that come with it, this is the first ZEKOFF: That would just to live in the shelter, even on a item of business that needs to be addressed. be a down payment on creating temporary basis. If those aren’t Massive adoption events with no practical a center that would serve as an feasible for your lifestyle, then screening of adopters, and $5-$10 adoption example to what “could be” in the donate to the organizations, animal welfare world. Using the fees do nothing to help the cause. This only leads to going around in circles, as many of especially one like Cincinnati old Hamilton County fairgrounds these animals end up back in shelters and to create a large shelter/rescue, Animal CARE Humane Mike Retzlaff rescues. At the same time, very restrictive dog park, education center and Society, which runs the county screenings lead to “good pet parents” being centralized resource center would animal shelter. They are a new be the first thing to do. Updating left out of the equation, and organization and not only need donations of and letting people know that they those organizations that praccash and supplies, but also volunteers. can contribute by acknowledging tice these techniques become ZEKOFF: The people in Greater Cincinnati that items such as dog licenses sanctuaries vs. just temporary can look past the slick PR campaigns and look can help support it. … But this good homes till that dog or cat into the nitty gritty of what is actually going program is basically unknown to finds their “fur-ever homes.” on. Other cities and regions have exemplary programs that can be copied, and even the general dog-owning public.

There needs to be a balance improved upon. Current government officials Cincinnati is a very generous and common sense employed. city, and we also love our pets. need to be pressured to improve the current Being a “pet parent” is not for status and not just put it on the back burner.

Getting politics out of it and everybody and those that use HILL: Volunteer. Shelters and animal welputting officials in place who will it to make a profit by breeding Ann Ramsey Hill show they really care is the first dogs that many times end up fare groups rely heavily on volunteers and most item of business for this to happen. in shelters need to be discourhave opportunities posted on their websites HILL: To start, it would be used to restore and social media pages. Shelters are currently aged and kept from doing it. and expand our staffing levels and therefore our overwhelmed and there’s a tremendous need HILL: Failure or refusal of pet owners to overall clinic capacity. There is currently a serious for short-term and long-term fosters. Other spay/neuter their animals. nationwide shortage of veterinarians and techniRETZLAFF: Animal cruelty. People need hands-on needs might include walking dogs, to be held 100% accountable for their accuddling with cats and conducting visits with cians; as a nonprofit, PIN can’t compete with potential adopters. Hands-off opportunities the generous compensation packages offered by tions, whether that be neglect or abuse. Our might include general office work, general many for-profit practices. humane agents work to not only educate our cleaning, and helping with fundraising events.

RETZLAFF: The SPCA Cincinnati would community but see that those who break laws If you have special skills to share such as surrounding the cruelty to animals are held invest in programs that allow pets to stay in website management, graphic design or writing accountable and prosecuted to the fullest homes, behavioral training and reduce pet overnewsletters, your help will be especially welpopulation. Our job is to work until we’re out of extent of the law.  comed. Or donate. Consider making a small business from making pets healthy and in their recurring monthly donation that’s automatinew “furever” home. cally charged to your debit or credit card. You won’t notice the $5 or $10 charges but they’ll 30

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Ballet’s Club B returns, celebrates Morgan’s leadership

Victoria Morgan kicks off a special DANCEFIX performance.

Cincinnati Ballet’s Club B dance party has returned. This year’s event, titled Eleganza, was co-chaired by Daphne Jurgensen and Ariella Cohen, and celebrated Artistic Director Victoria Morgan’s 25 years of leadership. The company honored Morgan by painting the dance floor silver at the Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance, with ballet supporters, family, staff and dancers in attendance.

Mercy Health was presenting sponsor for the event. PNC was the Victoria Morgan’s 25th Anniversary Season Sponsor.

Luca De-Poli, Daphne Jurgensen, Scott Altman, Victoria Morgan, Maizyalet Velazquez, Cervilio Amador and Ariella Cohen

Victoria Morgan, Carmon DeLeone, Scott Altman, Margaret Valentine and Michael Valentine Luca De-Poli, Victoria Morgan, Maizyalet Velazquez and David Cook

Victoria Morgan, Rhonda Sheakley, Kay Geiger, Nancy Zimpher and Tamela Zimmerman Lady Phaedra, Mollie Watson and Brock Leah Spears

Back Row: Scott Altman, Luca De-Poli; Front Row: Mariah Nierman, Larisa Durrenberger, Maizyalet Velazquez, Victoria Morgan, Kelly Jo Rodrigo, Mariana Belvedere and Samer Hasan

Anderson Da Silva, Anthony Rhee-Reynoso, Taylor Nichols, Sam Epstein, Erin Blair and Julia Gundzik

Back Row: Nicolas Bierwagen, Sam Epstein, Taylor Nichols, Anderson Da Silva, Anthony Rhee-Reynoso, Ariella Cohen and Daphne Jurgensen; Front Row: Suzette Webb, Amy Seiwert, Heather Britt, Victoria Morgan, Jennifer Archibald, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Melissa Gelfin De-Poli, Julia Gundzik, Isabelle Morgan and Erin Blair Movers & Makers

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Gala Committee and Auxiliary: Gail Chilcott, Alice Fegelman, Mashayla Colwell, Hildy Clayton, Peggy Greenberg, Patti Krantz Rothfuss, Renee Lemberg, Elizabeth Kurseman, Pat Davis-Hagens, Toni Kanter, Lindsey Levental

Long-delayed Jewish gala headlined by McCoo, Davis Billed as a “celebration worth the wait,” Mercy Health’s Jewish Hospital recently held “A Night with Dionne Warwick: Celebrating 165 years of Medical Excellence at The Jewish Hospital.” The six-time Grammy award-winning Warwick, however, was unable to attend, and Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. stepped in.

Postponed due to the pandemic, the gala honored 165 years of caring provided by the nation’s first Jewish Hospital.

Hosted by the Jewish Hospital Auxiliary, the celebration honored key figures in the Jewish Hospital’s history and its legacy of medical excellence and compassionate care delivery. Funds raised during the event benefit the Outpatient Infusion and Day Hospital at the Jewish Hospital Cancer Center.

JoAnne Noyes, presenter Dr. Michael Willing and honoree Dr. Frank Noyes

Honoree Aurora Lambert Madelyn Levy, widow of honoree Richard Levy Tom Ramsey and Courtney Seitz

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.

Dr. Maryam Ahmed-Naqvi and Dr. Imran Naqvi

Michael Matthews and Laura Matthews

Alyssa Bradshaw and Dr. Ezra Bradshaw Dr. Cory Barrat and Katerina Barrat

Ken James and Marilyn James

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Dr. Keith Melvin and Dr. Shyam Allamaneni

Justine DiNapoli and Dr. Vince DiNapoli

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Mimosas for Memories raises record $80K

Dr. Douglas and Holly Saunders from Christ Hospital Dione Wu, Victoria Rae and Dinushki de Livera Pasek

The Giving Voice Foundation’s seventh annual Mimosas for Memories event raised a record $80,000, doubling what the organization raised last year. The amount raised is the most it has ever raised through a single event.

The sold-out fundraiser was held at the University Club of Cincinnati and attracted more than 300 people, with multiple local media celebrities in attendance, including radio DJs from Q102, Kiss107 and 700WLW. The goal of the event was to raise awareness and funds for the Giving Voice Foundation, supporting both the more than 125,000 local older adults living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, and their caregivers.  www.mimosasformemories.com

Dr. Namha Brown and Dr. Corey Keeton Steve Bosse, Colleen Murphy, Alzheimers Association’s Diana Bosse and Tara Collopy

Cody Gausvik, vice president of GVF, and Dr. Christian Gausvik, founder and president of GVF

Linsey Kraeling, Tim Timmerman of Q102 and Chris Holtman Jeanine Cox and Phaedra Marshall

Lou Velasquez with Gretchen Ramstetter, VP development, Kelly Schoen executive director and Jamie Wiener, program director, all of Cancer Support Community

Debbie Geehring Ed Meyer (left), Victoria and Lou Valesquez Keri Witman and Sara Sartarelli being photographed Movers & Makers

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Leadership Council recognizes leaders, YWCA

Inclusive Culture Award winner YWCA: Barbara Perez, CEO of YWCA, Angela Bryce, Chief People Officer of YWCA, Jenny Berg, ED of Leadership Council VUCA leader award winner Kim Webb, ED of Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, with Jenny Berg

Leadership Council for Nonprofits hosted its 22nd Annual Securing the Future conference at Hard Rock Casino. Approximately 325 nonprofit leaders, board members and community leaders attended.

Three Leadership Legacy Award honorees were presented with special awards: • Visionary Board Leader: Maureen Maxfield of Santa Maria Community Services • “VUCA” leader (Vision, Understanding, Clarity, Agility): Kim Webb, executive director of Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky • Inclusive Culture Award: YWCA of Greater Cincinnati Awards were custom-made by artists from Inside Out Studios, a nonprofit supported by the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Beth Benson was introduced as new executive director of the Leadership Council, succeeding Jenny Berg.

Maureen Maxfield, Visionary Board Leader winner, with Jenny Berg

Rick Flynn, CEO of presenting sponsor Flynn & Co., Dan Hurley, and Sean Comer of Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber

Speaker Kim Anthony  ED Sara Gabbard and Melissa Rosser, both from EDGE Teen Center Susan Casey and Teresa Hoelle, both from Ignite Philanthropy

BOLD program director Jay Shatz and STF committee member Leslie Mitchell of Planned Parenthood Megan Fischer, CEO of Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank and Leadership Council board member

Shannon Yung, Found Village

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Adrienne Wiley and Irma Carleton, both from The Healing Center Clare Zlatic Blankemeyer, CEO Greenlight Fund

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Musicians for Health auctions artful guitars Local nonprofit Musicians for Health enlisted ten artists from Cincinnati and around the country to use guitars and other instruments as their canvas for a new piece. The instruments were auctioned at the Banz Studios art gallery.

Joyce Elkus and Zac Greenberg co-founded Musicians for Health in 2012 to explore therapeutic music and help cure disease through awareness, fundraising and sound.

Joyce Elkus (center) with artists Susan Mahan, Margo Zeff, Megan Heekin Triantafillou and Jolie Harris

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People Working Cooperatively nets record total at ToolBelt Ball

Mallory Dodd, Danielle Westbrock, Peg Dodd and Nancy Westbrock

People Working Cooperatively raised a record net of $239,000 at its fifth annual ToolBelt Ball, held at Hard Rock Casino.

The event was presented by Duke Energy and hosted by WCPO’s Craig McKee and Tanya O’Rourke. It included a cocktail reception, online and in-person auctions, Booze Pull, entertainment, and a three-course gourmet dinner.

Money raised will support the nonprofit’s “Modifications for Mobility” program to assist low-income, elderly homeowners and people with disabilities by providing home modifications that improve their daily mobility and independence.  www.pwchomerepairs.org

PWC President Jock Pitts and Deb Pitts with event co-chairs Rhonda Whitaker Hurtt and Dave Hurtt

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Volunteers Cara Brooks and Leticia Martinez

Event hosts Craig McKee and Tanya O’Rourke of WCPO Tamara and Rick Avery

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DePaul Cristo Rey raises bar at 10th Rey of Light

Rey of Light co-chairs Christine and John Browner with DPCR President Siobhan Taylor

DePaul Cristo Rey High School’s 10th anniversary Rey of Light Scholarship Benefit set a new bar, raising more than $825,000 for tuition assistance. Every DePaul Cristo Rey student receives significant financial aid to attend the school.

Rey of Light was held for the first time in DPCR’s new student center. Planning was led by chairs Christine and John Browner, a member of the DPCR board. One of the highlights was a paddle raise that netted over $360,000.

DePaul Cristo Rey is a Catholic, college-preparatory high school with a mission to educate young people with the potential, but limited financial means for college. This is accomplished through a dynamic academic program partnered with an innovative Corporate Work Study Program not available at any other local high school.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, DPCR is one of 38 high schools in the nationwide Cristo Rey Network, which serves 12,300 young people.  www.depaulcristorey.org

Katherine and Tim Stautberg, Beth and Peter Stautberg, Kelly Wittry David Muggli, Dawn Newsted, Joe and Barb Rohs, Cindy and Andy Howel

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Rey of Light raised over $825,000 for tuition assistance for our students. Brian White, Michael and Megan Bochnovich, Erin White

DPCR Graduates Donald and Joe Whittle flank Sandi Cloppert

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Woman’s City Club’s forum attracts record number of sponsors Dr. Mary Frances Berry’s wisdom, humor and historical perspective delighted an enthusiastic audience of nearly 400 when she spoke on “Race, Protest & Politics: Where Do We Go from Here?” Dr. Berry is a distinguished historian and a widely respected activist in the cause of civil rights, gender equality and social justice over the past four decades.

The event attracted a record 36 institutional and organizational sponsors and five corporate sponsors. The club thanked the Greater Cincinnati Foundation for its generous donation, as well as the Seasongood Good Government Foundation for its grant to defray the cost of distributing free tickets to young people and adults who otherwise could not attend. The club netted about $16,000 from the event to support its work.

Founded in 1915, the Woman’s City Club promotes justice, civic reform and citizen engagement through education, advocacy and service. WCC holds educational forums on topics such as criminal justice reform, keeping the Ohio River watershed healthy, and improving local government.  www.womanscityclub.org

(Back) Edna Keown, Donna Tukel, Jeanne Nightingale, Sarah Gideonse, Aurelia Simmons, Barbara Myers, Carole Donnelly, Susan Noonan, Jane Anderson, Janet Buening; (front) Marge Davis, WCC President Beth Sullebarger, Mary Wells, speaker Mary Frances Berry, Kay Yount and chair of National Speaker Forum committee, Alice Schneider

Purcell Marian honors educators at Grand Event Supporters of Purcell Marian High School gathered for the school’s signature Grand Event, which supports people and programs that make Purcell Marian unique, and allow it to carry out its mission of cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all.

The event honored educators Sr. Janet Linz OSF and Charlie Ulrich ’74 with the Praestans Award, one of the highest honors bestowed upon a supporter of Purcell Marian High School.

Sponsored by alumni-owned Cavalier Distributing, the Grand Event took place in the Eveslage Center on the school’s campus.

Supporters bid on more than 200 prize packages, auction items, and raffles in support of the 93-year-old school.

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Purcell Marian junior Remington Grant with school Principal/CEO Andrew Farfsing (‘95)

Patrons celebrate after winning a raffle during Purcell Marian’s Grand Event.

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UC event raises $50K to help students with disabilities More than 250 guests attended the University of Cincinnati’s Advancement & Transition Services’ fifth annual Red & Black Blast at UC’s Fifth Third Bank Arena.

Proceeds help ATS provide more inclusive opportunities for people with disabilities.

Highlights included an awards presentation by Christi Carnahan, a professor and ATS director. Shelley Goering, 55 North CEO, received the Champion for Inclusion Award, and Dr. Mary Boat, UC School of Education director was honored with the Chuck Altenau Outstanding Service Award.

Emotional presentations by ATS students and staff drove home the fundraising event’s success by raising $50,000.

Guests also heard inspirational words from UC’s Dean Lawrence Johnson and Provost Valerio Ferme.

Guests enjoyed a gourmet dinner courtesy of UC Aramark’s executive chef, Jonathan Hunt, and his team.

ETrayn, DJ and multimedia host, emceed the festivities.

Honoree Dr. Mary Boat and Dr. Christi Carnahan

Honoree Shelley Goering and Dr. Christi Carnahan Shelley Goering with son, Doug Goering

Sally Stobbe, Adam Stobbe, Kate Doyle, Stephanne Dickenson and Rachel Ma Brennan Eve with UC Bearcat Student Dana Laster

Brad Wittenbaum, Karl Niemann, Rob Herman and Greg Pennetti with UC Bearcat

NKY chamber honors two business leaders The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has given Lisa Desmarais and Ken Bothof the NKY Community Award. Sponsored by First National Bank of Kentucky, the award is given out to individuals, businesses or organizations throughout the Northern Kentucky Metro that have made a positive difference in the community.

Desmarais is chairwoman of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Board of Regents, the first person from Northern Kentucky to serve in that role. She retired from Kenton County, Ky., where she served as the director of technology services.

Bothof is vice president and director of athletics at Northern Kentucky University.

Bothof will retire this summer after nine years as the head of NKU Athletics, which included leading the basketball program to NCAA Division 1 status and active Division 1 membership.

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Lighthouse celebrates Hollomans, Weir, Weyand Lighthouse Youth & Family Services celebrated with more than 250 guests at the 2022 Beacon of Light Humanitarian Awards Gala. Honorees were Gail and Phillip Holloman, Moira Weir, and Barbara Malcolm Weyand.

The annual award recognizes leadership, community service and positive impact on the lives of children, youth and families.

The evening’s program featured the many homes of Lighthouse and the story of Santoshi Mahendra, a woman once in Lighthouse care who is now a member of its board of trustees. Funds raised will support services for young people and families in need.  www.lys.org

Lighthouse President and CEO Paul Haffner with the 2022 Beacon of Light Humanitarian Award honorees, Barbara Malcolm Weyand, Gail and Phillip Holloman and Moira Weir

Jill and Byron McCauley, Lighthouse board Chair Tamie Sullivan and John Sullivan Anne and Tom Flottman with Mark and Kim McLaughlin

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Featured speaker Santoshi Mahendra, former Lighthouse client and current Lighthouse board member

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Met Club honors McGraw, benefiting three nonprofits

Candace McGraw accepts the 2022 Metropolitan Award from Nancy Grayson, chair of the Metropolitan Club’s Board of Governors.

More than 250 people attended the 23rd Metropolitan Award Dinner, hosted by the Metropolitan Club. The event celebrated Candace McGraw, CEO of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, in recognition of her dedication and contributions in bringing together diverse groups of talented individuals and exemplary organizations for the benefit of area communities and businesses. Proceeds from the event will benefit Be Concerned, Life Learning Center and UpSpring.  www.metropolitanclub.net/About/ The_Metropolitan_Award

Colin Mayfield, morning anchor of WLWT News 5 Today, was emcee.

Madeline McGraw, Candace McGraw and Joseph McGraw

2019 honoree Delores Hargrove-Young, d.e.Foxx & Associates; Melissa Wideman, Castellini Foundation; Wijdan Jreisat, Katz Teller; Stacy Browning, Multiply Impact Ventures; Candace McGraw, Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport; Paula Boggs Muething, FC Cincinnati; Sylvia Buxton, Perfetti Van Melle; Elizabeth Pierce, Cincinnati Museum Center; Julia Poston, retired managing partner of Ernst & Young Cincinnati; and Laura Brunner, The Port

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UpSpring raises $145K to help children without homes The UpSpring Benefit Bash at Great American Ball Park raised more than $145,000 to support education and enrichment for local children experiencing homelessness.

Emcee Ashley Kirklen of WLWT kicked off the sixth annual event, which presented UpSpring's first scholarship awards, including the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati Empowerment Scholarship, to four graduating seniors.

Executive Director Alex Kuhns and Board Chair Erin Saul gave moving testimony for the need to support children experiencing homelessness.

Highlights included a live auction, a silent auction, “Fund-A-Mission” and a raffle.

Top sponsors included Amazon, BGR, First Financial Bank, Perfetti van Melle and RWB Construction. Former Board President Ryan Higgins chaired the event.  www.upspring.org

Executive Director Alex Kuhns

Marcus Celestin with committee member Jordan Celestin

Jeannine Wright donates in the Fund A Mission paddle raise

CPS School Board member and former UpSpring Executive Director Mike Moroski bidding on the live auction

Dan Beard Council board chair Taylor recognized with national Eagle award The Dan Beard Council recently honored Robert C. Taylor, its board chair, for becoming the most recent Distinguished Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

Key leaders from the community shared Taylor's history of extensive leadership service in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Taylor recently retired as a partner with Grant Thornton LLP after 40 years in public accounting. He has been active with the Dan Beard Council board for over 20 years.

The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the BSA's most unique and respected award, reflects nationally recognized professional success and the advancement of Scouting values by an Eagle Scout. The award recognizes Eagle Scouts who have 25 years or more of success in their field, demonstrating a strong record of volunteer leadership service to their community. Only one out of every 1,000 Eagle Scouts are ever named a Distinguished Eagle Scout. Distinguished Eagle Scout Bob Taylor receiving his award from former DBC chair Jack Krauetler.

Retired Meridian Bioscience CEO Jack Kraeutler and WorldPac Paper chairman/CEO Edgar L. Smith Jr.

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Bob Taylor with Carl and Cynthia Hollister

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United Way honors four Tocqueville Society members United Way of Greater Cincinnati hosted a 35-year anniversary celebration of its Alexis de Tocqueville Society, recognizing four individuals for their strong support.

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Point/Arc sports dance celebrates 50 years of service The Point/Arc celebrated the Reds Opening Day and Easter Sunday all at once at their sports dance at The Garden of Park Hills in Park Hills. The Point/Arc celebrates 50 years of service in June.

The Covington-based nonprofit was founded in 1972 by parents fighting for the educational rights of their children, who were diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The mission is to help people with disabilities achieve their highest potential educationally, socially, residentially and vocationally.

Bridgit Schultz dances in the center of the dance floor.

Mary Ellen and Jimmy Williams with the Easter Bunny

Theresa Osborne, Chris Revay, an event guest, Brandon Richardson, Susan Brown and Rosetta Osborne

225 attend Ovarian Cancer program, raising $145,000 The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati held its annual Jeans and Jewels Gala, raising $145,000 for cancer research.

The event was attended by 225 people, including survivors and their families and friends, those who have lost a loved one to ovarian cancer, medical professionals, those in medical companies related to ovarian cancer, and anyone passionate about the fight against this terrible disease.

The nonprofit honored Lisa Schwartz for her contributions to the organization. Hope Geers, a 19-year-old survivor of ovarian cancer, received a $5,000 scholarship from the Debbie Walter Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Scholarship recipient Hope Geers and her family

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Della Wren and her mom, Dr. Dene Wren Lisa Schwartz being recognized for her contributions to the Ovarian Cancer Alliance.

Hope Geers (center), with Dianne Weidman and Andy Walter. The 19-yearold ovarian cancer survivor, received a $5,000 scholarship from the Debbie Walter Memorial Scholarship Fund.

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Soccer? Golf? Combo benefits Beech Acres Foster Care Just before the kickoff of National Foster Care Awareness Month in May, Beech Acres Parenting Center kicked off Kickin’ It For Kids.

Presented by TQL Foundation, with major support from dunnhumby and Durel Football Academy, the event was a unique foot-golf fundraiser to benefit the Beech Acres Foster Care program.

Approximately 150 people attended this first-ever event, in which teams of participants competed at Reeves Golf Course in soccer golf, kicking soccer balls down golf fairways into oversized holes.

Amelia resident B.J. Durel was the honorary chair. Durel and his wife, Calena, have brought national attention to the need for foster families by sharing their heartwarming story. After many attempts to start a family, they decided to adopt two girls – and then learned that they were expecting twins of their own.

At any given time in Hamilton County, 1,800 children need foster care. Beech Acres Parenting Center offers training, a matching program and ongoing support for foster families.

First-place competitive team: Greg Berning, Jackson Berning, Jared Minderman and Brian Berning Sara Cooperrider, Beech Acres board president, with husband Tony and their two children

Participants Donial Curry, Ryshel Bowling and BJ Durel

Participants Oronde Williams, Luke Lampe, Devin Lampe, Ashley Fullarton, Amy Gormley, Megha Kanyal, Tom Gormley and Orion Williams

First Financial collects 20,000 books for future donation to organizations First Financial Bank, its associates and clients collected more than 20,000 books in April to celebrate Financial Literacy Month. The bank will donate the books to schools, libraries, churches and other area community-focused organizations.

Books were collected in First Financial locations across the Greater Cincinnati area and at every one of its financial centers throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.

First Financial associates also

distributed a list of 11 books and articles to support growth in financial literacy for all age groups. Titles included: “A Bike Like Sergio’s” for elementary students, “O.M.G.: Official Money Guide for Teenagers” for high school students and “The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness” for adults. The list is available at First Financial locations upon request.  www.bankatfirst.com

Daniel Highley, Rhonda Tribbey, Kay Burke, Alena Dangel and Jeries Qaqish with First Financial in West Chester Movers & Makers

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UC Foundation recognizes Wolf, outstanding volunteers The University of Cincinnati Foundation recognized outstanding philanthropic volunteers at the George Rieveschl Recognition Dinner for extraordinary philanthropic and volunteer commitments to UC and UC Health.

Honorees: • Richard (Dick) E., Bus ’74, Hon ’09, and Cornelia Thornburgh, chairman’s award • Shakila Tanveer Ahmad, A&S ’82, foundation trustee’s award • Joseph P. Broderick, M.D. ’82, staff award of merit • Chicagoans for Cincy!, group philanthropy award • Grace Hertlein, A&S, DAAP ’20, student philanthropy award George Rieveschl, known widely as the inventor of the antihistamine Benadryl, is one of UC’s philanthropic founders.

UC President Neville G. Pinto posthumously honored former UC Foundation vice chair Gregory C. Wolf, BBA ’92, with the President’s Award for Excellence. This is the highest honor UC’s president can bestow and is given to those who have made a significant contribution to the purposes and ideals of the university. In Pinto’s five years as president, he has only given the award twice.

Greg Wolfe and his wife, Christie, offered support to remake Nippert Stadium, bring new life to Fifth Third Arena, and to champion multiple athletic scholarship funds..

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(Center) Student philanthropy honoree, Grace Hertlein, A&S, DAAP ’20, made an impact as a student on UC’s campus.

The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati celebrated the end of the 2021-22 season with a world premiere of “The Wiz Jr.” The new adaptation ran from April 2-11 for 17 performances at the Taft Theatre, downtown.

More than 15,000 people attended, breaking attendance goals. School performances drew 7,179 students and public performances attracted 7,453 patrons. Thanks to American Rescue Plan funds from the City of Cincinnati, administered by ArtsWave, 797 people attended a free preview performance.

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Joseph P. Broderick, MD, director of the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute, has devoted his life and career to improving the lives of others through patient care, education, and research, as well as fostering a culture of philanthropy in neuroscience.

Shakila Ahmad (right) has served her alma mater as a UC Foundation trustee since 2015. Pictured with the late Marian Spencer.

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Dick and Cornelia Thornburgh are campaign champions for Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati.

Kyndra Jefferies as Addaperle and Brandi La’Sherrill as Dorothy Deondra Kamau Means as Lord High Underling; Spring Starr Pillow as Evillene; with Thomas Smith, Ashley Morton, Brittany Hayes and Tia Seay as Winkies

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Mount Airy School psychologist Lindsay Whittle with Julie Johnson, COCA board president

COCA raises $50K to prevent child abuse and bullying During Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Council on Child Abuse held its fifth Reach for the Stars event, raising more than $50,000 to support the agency’s mission.

Proceeds benefit COCA’s goal of providing educational and public awareness programs aimed to prevent and stop child abuse and bullying where children live, learn and play.

COCA honored Mount Airy Elementary for their continued dedication to creating safe spaces for children at school. Since 2016, Mount Airy has invited COCA to deliver a bullying awareness curriculum to students in grades K-6. COCA has presented to over 80 classrooms reaching more than 1,500 Mount Airy students.

The event was hosted at the Kenwood Country Club and emceed

by WLWT’s Sheree Paolello. The William R. Dally Foundation, EnterTRAINment Junction and Ohio National Financial Services were among the sponsors.

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Behavioral health nonprofit raises $163K with 16th annual gala Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services held its 16th annual Champions of Hope gala at the Hyatt Regency.

This year’s honoree was Karen Scherra, executive director of the Clermont County Mental Health & Recovery Board. Scherra, who will retire this summer, has spent her entire career as an advocate for communities in Clermont County and a leader for change in the systems that provide for them.

Also honored was Luthera Lee (affectionately known as Miss Lee), who was presented with the first ever “Angels Among Us” award by GCBHS’ Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tracey Skale.

Hosted by WLWT-TV Reporter Jatara McGee, the event raised more than $163,000 to help support GCBHS’ mental health and addiction services that are offered to over 30,000 Tristate residents.

Champions of Hope Honoree Karen Scherra with GCBHS President and CEO Jeff O’Neil

GCBHS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tracey Skale (center) with Angels Among Us recipient Luthera Lee and her daughter Lanette Lee

GCBHS board members Olivia Greer and Gloria Walker

GCBHS staff member Tara Immele with board member Liz Jukic

WLWT reporter and emcee for the evening, Jatara McGee

GCBHS board member Stacy Lynch (right) with Champions of Hope guests

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Heart Ball draws 900 to honor Pete Strange The 29th Annual Greater Cincinnati Heart Ball came back to the ballroom at Duke Energy Convention Center in May. With more than 900 guests in attendance, the evening featured silent and live auctions, special performances and the inspirational story of AHA volunteer Beverly A. Grant. The Heart Ball campaign was chaired by Mel Gravely, CEO of TriVersity Construction and honored Pete Strange, chairman emeritus of Messer Construction, with AHA’s Heart of the City Award. AHA raised over $1 million for the Heart Ball (Heart of the City) Campaign and more than $150,000 the night of the event. St. Elizabeth Healthcare returned as event presenting sponsor. Dollars raised support the mission of the American Heart Association to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, while supporting local priority issues.

Kay and Jack Geiger, Beverly A. Grant, Woody and Edna Keown

Dr. Brett Kissela, Lorie Kissela, Kerry Mongelluzzo and John Mongelluzzo

Pete Strange receives Heart of the City Award from Heart Ball Chair, Mel Gravely

Chris Habel, Pete Strange and Kevin Jones

Michelle Hudgens and Erin Klotzbach Hyatt

Reid Matlin and Sarah Giolando-Matlin Pete Strange, Beverly A. Grant and Mel Gravely

Dr. DP Suresh of St. Elizabeth Heart & Vascular Institute

Steve and Leanne Berke

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THE LAST WORD | Guest editorial by Polly Campbell

Now that live performance is back, would everyone please be quiet?

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ow that we’re all getting back to normal type life and the ability to mingle with others while enjoying music or other performance, I have a request. Don’t get mad. How about let’s not talk during the performance?

People sure talk a lot while music is happening. They talk about work.

Their kids’ soccer coach. First-date questions. Their dogs. They talk through the opening act, through the songs they don’t know. Some people even talk over the music about how much they love the band that’s playing and all the other epic times they’ve seen them. It drives me crazy. It makes me not like people, and I actually do like people.

Remember the movie “Whiplash” from 2014? It’s about a kid who wants to become a great jazz drummer, despite a sadistic

teacher. It was pretty gripping, but I just kept thinking “So you want to work this hard so you can play in clubs and have people talk over you like you’re background music?

Jazz clubs might be the worst, where the most highly skilled players are the most ignored. But it happens during all kinds of music. It can be at a loud rock show in a bar, where people have to yell to share the important facts about their dog.

Or at the Aronoff or the Taft, where they also like to stand up at the beginning of the first song. Classical music seems exempt. I might have to get serious about loving Mahler so I can listen to something disturbed only by coughs.

It’s rude and annoying to pay for a concert ticket and spend the time yakking, disturbing people who also, by the way, paid for a concert ticket. But I also think about what

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the yakkers are losing out on. Live music offers an experience unlike any other: if you give yourself up to it, you can be immersed in something outside yourself. You can meld with another person’s consciousness through their creativity. You can feel in your body the excitement of rhythm and live instruments. You can thrill to the soprano’s high notes. But you have to be willing to let go.

I once went to a Queens of the Stone Age show at PNC Pavilion because my daughter was in town and none of her friends were around.

Not my kind of show at all. But it was thrilling that every person there was into nothing but the music, for as long as it lasted. It was immersive, like riding a wave. My husband and I saw Paul McCartney at Great American Ball Park several years ago. The feeling of 40,000 people singing “Hey Jude” in unison, like one huge life form bigger than any of us, was thrilling.

But it doesn’t have to be a spectacle to be immersive. My sister and I fell in love with Willie Watson, having gone to see him on the basis of a description of his folk music. He sings and plays banjo and guitar solo, and for an hour and a half or so, we thought of nothing else but his amazing, unique voice.

Fortunately, his fans seem pretty reverential and they didn’t interrupt our experience.

But it seems to be very hard to let go of whatever’s on our minds, or going on inside us, long enough to give ourselves up to a new experience. We’re always thinking ahead, or back, or sideways. I’ve had dinner with friends when we talked about dinners we had in the past, and what we’re having for dinner tomorrow. The dinner we were actually having? Well, we’ll talk about that next time. I’ve been on group trips where people talked about other trips.

Sure, sometimes the art just doesn’t grab you. A friend of mine who loves music passionately has no patience for solo performers. We went to the zoo to see a concert featuring a one-string African instrument. She took a walk. My husband and I went to a Sofar Sounds event

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a while ago, precisely because it was meant to be an attentive listening experience. The 20-somethings there were so nice and polite and quiet. Too bad the music was kind of terrible, and I wished I’d brought a book, but we just politely listened and left when we could. Why ruin it for anyone else?

Isn’t this about what people call mindfulness? Art is a way to be here now, to give your full attention to something, so you can forget all the mundane stuff you usually think about. To leave yourself behind for a bit. And it’s great when you do that with a roomful of other people.

A few weeks ago, my other daughter recommended the movie “Everything, Everywhere All at Once” so my husband and I went to see it at a theater. There was a safe number of people, maybe 20 or 30, but I started worrying about being close to that much humanity and their potential for loud popcorn eating and talking. But we settled into a pleasant murmur of conversation. I’m not generally into sci-fi, time and universe-traveling martial arts movies, but this was so good, with a real story about a middleaged woman, her marriage and her daughter and unlike most of the movies I see, it was funny. And everyone laughed at the same time.

I was glad to be out with my fellow humans again.  Polly Campbell covered restaurants and food for the Cincinnati Enquirer from 1996 until 2020.

She lives in Pleasant Ridge with her husband, and since retiring does a lot of reading, cooking and gardening, if that’s what you call pulling weeds.

She writes monthly on a variety of topics, and she welcomes your feedback and column suggestions at editor@moversmakers.org.

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