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Publishers’ Letter 4 Arts/Culture 6 Freedom Center art exhibit focuses on social justice 6 Exhibit is ‘Simply Brilliant’ | By Shauna Steigerwald 10 Chamber music in new chambers | By David Lyman 12 The A/C List: Music, theater, visual art and more 13

The Datebook 20 Light the Night walk returns to in-person 20 Hammers & Ales benefits ToolBank 21 ‘SOUPEd-UP’ fundraiser revs up classic cars 21 Freedom Center Conductor Awards 25 AJC honors William L. Barrett 25 TEDxCincinnatiWomen returns to Main Stage 27 CYC to honor Judge Nathaniel Jones’ legacy 28

FOCUS ON: Innovation 30 The Great SupplyWay – Region could become a vital high-tech hub | By Cliff Peale 30 The big ideas: logistics, sustainability, less waste 32 Meet eight leaders who fuel local startups 34

Gifts/Grants 40 Former student honors prof with $35M UC gift 41

In the News 42 Learning Grove to run Mallory Center 42 Names in the News 43

Snapshots 44 Fireworks event supports scouting programs 44 Women Helping Women holds annual ZooDo gala 46 Cancer Family Care honors healthcare heroes 47

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coverage in this issue, introducing a new sector of movers and makers when we spent an inordinate to our M&M audience. amount of time in the evening And when you consider sitting on our balcony overlooking the number of nonprofOTR, downriver toward Villa Hills its already working in and Price Hill to the west. During the start-up community the quieter times we really began here, and how they are noticing incoming planes as they influencing this new approached CVG. Yes, there were SupplyWay conversafewer due to diminished passenger tion, the linkage became travel, but that made us realize clearer. Toss in the how many large planes arrive proximity of Cintrifuse’s Vapor trails at sunset, looking toward CVG here, especially late at night. We StartupCincy Week – downloaded an app a friend had Oct. 26-29 – and it was a program of nine presenters and recommended – Flightradar24 – a no-brainer. Thanks to Mike, our two performers, sharing bold ideas and began identifying each plane cover boy Pete Blackshaw, CVG’s on a wildly diverse set of topics. that came in and its city of origin.

Candace McGraw, our colleagues Check out who is speaking on This is how we became aware of the Doug Bolton and Katie Fiorelli of page 27. increasing scope of our airport in Cincinnati Cares, eight individual the world of international freight contributors, writer Cliff Peale, When Cincinnatians hear the transportation. photographer Tina Gutierrez and name “Klosterman,” they likely creative director Elizabeth Mariner conjure up images of the PB&J We asked our friend Mike for their contributions to this projtheir mom lovingly cut into triHalloran what was up. He is a ect. Coverage begins on page 30. angles. And some may think about professor in the Management and the art of magic and the museumEntrepreneurship program of the And along those same lines, like collection curated over the Xavier Business School, and it was TEDxCincinnatiWomen returns decades by the late bread magnate he who planted the seed for our to the Main Stage this month with Ken. But few may be aware that current bread company CEO Kim Klosterman followed in her father’s collecting footsteps, but in her case with vintage jewelry. Apparently, the Cincinnati Art Museum was aware, as they are about to Elizabeth & Thom Mariner, Publishing schedule unveil Kim’s treasures in “Simply co-publishers Brilliant” later this month. Shauna Issue Deadline Available Digital edition & daily posts Steigerwald shares Kim’s story on page 10.

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Chamber Music Cincinnati has been around for more than 90 years, bringing the best classical chamber ensembles in the world to the Queen City and hosting smallish audiences of passionate listeners. But racially charged events of the past couple of years, combined with the volunteer work CMC board member John Spencer has been doing in the West End and other marginalized neighborhoods, have led to a significant expansion and change in focus. Instead of hoping to attract a broad spectrum of people to CMC concerts in Memorial Hall, the board is taking its world-class product to the people who might not typically attend. Six of CMC’s concerts in

2021-22 will be performed a second time – each at the invitation of a prominent Black church. David Lyman shares details on page 12.

And we welcome back Polly Campbell for a commentary on ways we all might express creativity and not even realize it. See page 51.

Polly will be featured regularly going forward. Lucky us, and you.

The pent-up energy across the nonprofit community is plainly palpable these days, as evidenced by the avalanche of events upcoming this month and next – arts & culture and fundraising. There is also a lot of uncertainty, thanks to the persistence of the Delta variant.

We will try to keep you informed of changes, but if in doubt, contact the host organization directly.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for caring. Be smart and safe, and if you have not already done so, get vaccinated, please, for all our sakes.

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Images from “Designing Justice”

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Freedom Center art exhibit focuses on social justice Oct. 8-March 22, Skirball Gallery, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is turning to art in the fight for social justice. A new exhibit, “Luba Lukova: Designing Justice,” will feature a portfolio of social commentary prints and posters.

The exhibition, opening Oct. 8, is by New

York-based artist Luba Lukova, known as one of the most original image-makers working today.

She works in saturated colors, sharp lines and clear compositions to create streamlined images.

The exhibit addresses themes of humanity and injustice. Lukova’s artwork uses metaphors and symbols to communicate universal truths about desire, fear, creation, hope and man’s capacity for love and hate. Among the topics

addressed are peace, censorship, immigration, ecology, hunger and corruption.

“Luba Lukova’s artwork encourages viewers to look inward as they stand before her images,” said Woodrow Keown Jr., president and COO of the Freedom Center.  www.freedomcenter.org

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park to exhibit Bret Price works Sept. 2021-Sept. 2022, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, Hamilton

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Violinist Preston Charles III

‘Mindful Joy’ comes to Baker Hunt Friday, Oct. 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, Covington Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center will host “Mindful Joy,” an exhibition by local abstract artist Cedric Michael Cox. Cox has previously exhibited at institutions around the country and has been featured in books, magazines and television.

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a dozen of Cox’s new pieces, will be on display throughout October. A socially distant opening will feature Preston Charles III, a modern improv violinist.

Advance registration is required to attend not only the opening, but any visit to the gallery. For information, registration and an event schedule, visit the Baker Hunt website.  www.bakerhunt.org

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A 10-piece, monumental sculptural exhibition is on view at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum in Hamilton.

“Leverage” showcases the work of contemporary multidisciplinary sculptor Bret Price. In his work, Price aims to convey a sense of unexpected movement and balance of bent and twisted steel.

Price has exhibited his work in many public and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. The Pyramid Hill exhibit will be on view until September 2022.  www.pyramidhill.org A sculpture by Bret Price on view at Pyramid Hill

Matinée Musicale Cincinnati’s Exciting 108th Season Begins!

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Tiger Lily Press keeps art of printmaking alive through annual market Saturday, Nov. 13, 11-4 p.m., NorthChurch, 4222 Hamilton Avenue Tiger Lily Press, a public fine art printmaking studio, will host its 14th annual market, featuring limited-edition, handmade prints by regional artists.

The event will support Tiger Lily Press’s mission to produce, preserve and promote the art of printmaking. Membership provides local artists with affordable access to the studio’s equipment, along with opportunities to participate in group

exhibitions and sales.

Original etchings, screen prints, woodblocks, collagraphs, monoprints, letterpress, lithographs and linocuts will be available, framed and unframed, with the artists on site to discuss their work.

The Tiger Lily Press 2022 Biennial Calendar will also be available. Featuring hand-pulled prints by its members, the calendar is a major fundraiser for the studio’s general operating fund.  www.tigerlilypress.org

Elizabeth Foley of Louisville, a former TLP member, at the 2019 Local Ink. This year’s event will feature several artists from outside the Cincinnati area.

Scott to step down as Taft Museum president Photo by Tina G utierrez

Rob McDonald

CSO committee begins search to replace Langrée The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is searching for a successor to Music Director Louis Langrée, who announced in June that he will not renew his contract beyond the 2023-24 season, his 11th.

Board members Sheila Williams and Peter Landgren co-chair the search committee, working with board Chair Rob McDonald.

The committee also includes board members Francie Hiltz, Anne Mulder, Lisa Lennon Norman, Dianne Rosenberg and Jack Rouse; CSO musicians Mauricio Aguiar, Elizabeth Freimuth, Martin Garcia, Stefani Matsuo and Patrick Schleker; and Frances Lindner, Cincinnati community leader and advocate.

“It was important that we have representation from a variety of backgrounds and points of view” on the search committee, Williams said.

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Deborah Emont Scott, the Louise Taft Semple President/CEO of the Taft Museum of Art, will conclude her tenure in summer 2022, after the museum’s Bicentennial Infrastructure Project is finished.

Followed by a transition period and a national search for her successor, she will be named director emerita after 12 years of leadership. Scott, named director in 2009, led the organization through the trials of the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic.

“I want to express my gratitude to the Cincinnati community, the Taft’s donors and members, our passionate audience and especially our dedicated team of staff and volunteers who have helped the Taft Museum of Art Deborah Emont Scott thrive throughout my tenure,” she said. “It is because of everyone’s support and commitment, that I am confident the Taft is poised for a fruitful next era and know that the Taft will still be Cincinnati’s special place for art, history, programs, and more.”  www.taftmuseum.org

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Local organist named scholar at Paris cathedral Cincinnati native Mitchell Miller has been named Organ Scholar at the American Cathedral in Paris.

Miller began piano lessons at age six, then switched to the pipe organ at 13. He attended LaSalle High School, then Oberlin College.

He won a Fulbright Scholarship in 2017 to the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, and received master’s degrees in organ and in historical keyboard instruments.

Miller performs in the United States and throughout Europe, and has won awards at top international contests. His inaugural performance at the American Cathedral is available on its Facebook page.  www.facebook.com/amcathparis

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‘Brilliant’

By Shauna Steigerwald

exhibition showcases ’60s and ’70s artist-jewelers Reader version for devices

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break from the family business and a trip to Europe led Kim Klosterman to begin what would become one of the world’s most important private collections of 1960s and 1970s fine jewelry.

You can see part of her collection of

artistic pieces reflecting the era at the Cincinnati Art Museum beginning Oct. 22.

“Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s,” which runs through Feb. 6, showcases approximately 120 pieces from Klosterman’s collection and shines a light on jewelers who might otherwise be forgotten.

The collection begins That collection got its start around 1996, when Klosterman wanted a break from the family business, Klosterman Baking Company.

She and husband Michael Lowe sold some art and headed to Europe for six months.

But Klosterman wasn’t one to spend her time off doing nothing. Jewelry had already piqued her interest – a love she traces back to her grandmothers – so she took an intensive course on the topic from Sotheby’s Institute in London. Amanda Triossi, jewelry historian and the course’s instructor, showed Klosterman her collection of 1960s and 1970s jewelry.

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This jewelry was big and bold and made with all kinds of unusual materials.

It was something I’d never seen before, and I immediately took to it.

– Kim Klosterman

I’d never seen before, and I immediately took to it.”

The mostly yellow gold, large-scale pieces incorporate precious and semiprecious stones.

Inspired by nature and the Space Age, they contain unusual materials, including crystalized gemstones, coral, shells, even animal hair – “a lot of materials that are drawn straight from the earth or the sea,” as Cynthia Amnéus, chief curator and curator of fashion arts and textiles at the Cincinnati Art Museum, describes it.

Klosterman started searching for ’60s and ’70s pieces at jewelry shows, auctions and antique stores. She bought what she liked and researched the pieces later, often through their maker’s marks.

Information about the jewelers was scarce back then, so she researched the 1961 Goldsmiths’ Hall exhibition in London and perused old issues of Vogue at the library.

“A lot of it was learning as I went along,” she said.

Kim Klosterman

Selling jewelry became her side gig – and helped fund her collection.

“I woke up one morning and said ‘I think I’ll sell jewelry,’ and that was my business plan.

It was all passion.”

Choosing which pieces to sell at www.kklostermanjewelry.com can be a numbers game. Celebrated jewelers of the period often created one-of-a-kind or limited-edition pieces, she explains. The pieces she sells were produced in multiples, but all the pieces are “wonderful and wearable” (and yes, she wears her own pieces).

“I was really concentrating on a collection that was museum-worthy,” she said.

Sharing the brilliance Klosterman has loaned some of her 450 pieces to museums in the past, but she hasn’t done an exhibition on the scale of this one, which has already been shown in Belgium and Germany.

“Many of these people were very heralded in the ’60s and ’70s, but they’ve long been forgotten,” Amnéus said. “I think it’s really important to bring them back to people’s minds.

“We set out to give the public and scholars an overview of the period, what instigated the change in fine jewelry at

ARTS/CULTURE that time and to put these makers in context,” she added.

The exhibition’s design pays homage to prominent modern jeweler Andrew Grima’s London storefront circa 1966. Psychedelic graphics, along with music and women’s fashions from the period (Pucci, a miniskirt and a trouser outfit, to name a few), will help set the ’60s/’70s mood.

“It was a time of really tumultuous change,” Amnéus said. “We have the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassinations, the women’s movement, the civil rights movement, the Pill, free love.”

Change was happening in the world of jewelry, too, where many makers were artists first and approached jewelry as such, she said.

“They wanted their work to be the focal point rather than an accessory to what people were wearing,” Amnéus said.

“It was very much the zeitgeist of the period.

Everything was changing, and jewelers were eager to change how they looked at their jewelry making as well.”

The exhibition highlights independent jewelers such as Grima, Gilbert Albert, Arthur King, Jean Vendome and Barbara Anton as well as pieces created for major jewelry houses such as Bulgari, Cartier and Boucheron. Some jewelry houses set up separate boutiques with female salespeople (“unheard of at the time”), music and this more avantgarde jewelry, Amnéus said.

“They wanted to hang onto their more conservative clients and their more conservative lines, but they also wanted to invest in a younger, more contemporary, more modern group,” she said.

They sold to the “jet set” – famous women like Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Liz Taylor – and many ran in those circles as well,

Klosterman said. Pieces were expensive at the time; today, Klosterman’s collection is so valuable that she stores it in a vault.

“Kim’s collection is probably the most comprehensive anywhere that I’m aware of in the world,” Amnéus said. “It’s something that most people and most museums haven’t seen or don’t collect.”

“When I proposed the show in 2015 to the Cincinnati Art Museum, I had made up my mind that it was time to share the knowledge I have of this material,” Klosterman said. “I just felt like it was time to really let the world know about these jewelers, who … for one reason or another may not have survived jewelry history.” 

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Chamber music in new chambers

By David Lyman

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hamber Music Cincinnati’s new schedule is a sign of huge changes.

The goal for 2021-22 remains the same as it has been for 92 years, to present the “finest international chamber music ensembles and soloists” and to “build current and future chamber music audiences.”

But there are big differences in how – and where – CMC will seek those new audiences.

“For one thing, we’ll be presenting 13 concerts instead of six,” said CMC board member John Spencer. “And there John Spencer will be five venues instead of one.”

And then, almost as an afterthought, he adds, “We also asked every ensemble that is performing on our series to play at least one work by a Black or a Brown composer.”

Making a ‘bold statement’ Initially, Spencer described the new CMC season as including “a few changes.” But this is far more than that. Those additional concerts and venues? CMC will perform each concert in Memorial Hall, which has become its de facto home. Then, each concert will be performed a second time in one of the area’s largest Black churches.

“I think this season is a bold move and makes a bold statement,” said CMC board member A. Michael Cunningham, a Cintas executive and minister of music at New Jerusalem Baptist Church, one of the churches CMC will visit in the course of the season.

In arts administration lingo, this is classic “outreach.” And it’s not a new thing. Cincinnati Opera has presented “Opera Goes to Church” and “Opera Goes to Temple” since 2006.

But the idea of replicating the entire subscription series in other venues as a form of outreach is a radical one. Obviously, there are logistical issues. And doubling the number of performances is an expensive proposition.

“But it is the right thing to do,” said longtime board member and current board vice-president James Englert. “Chamber music can be so deeply moving. The best way to build an audience for chamber music is to give people the 12

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chance to experience it. So we’re taking chamber music to the audience.”

A chance to do more The board used the pandemic hiatus as a time of reflection, a time to reconsider how they do what they do.

“Other than the pandemic, two things happened last year,” said Spencer. “One thing Harlem Quartet happened to the world – that was George Floyd.

And Breonna Taylor. And Ahmaud Arbery. And at this departure from the norm as anything on and on and on. And because of cell phones, particularly heroic. people saw and could no longer deny that “All we’re doing is living in the real world,” what they had been hearing about was actually said Spencer. “Speaking personally, if someone happening.” invited me to come to their concerts and said The other thing was more personal. ‘but there won’t be anybody who looks like you “When John Lewis died, I thought a lot on the stage. And, by the way, none of the music about when I met him and had a chance to talk on the concert was written by someone who with him. It was one of the great honors of my looks like you,’ I might say ‘thank you’ and add life. He told us to ‘give until you can give no some very choice words.” more. There is always more that you can do.’ So Spencer recalls an exchange he had with one when we were putting together this season, we of the African American members of the board. said there has to be more that we “I said this is what we should can do. And so we started looking have been doing all along. And for ways to do that.” he was very gracious. ‘Better late After much discussion and than never.’ ” number-crunching, the board was “Everyone knows that Black approached with this greatly expeople helped create American panded season. Remarkably, there music,” said Pastor K.Z. Smith was no dissent. of Corinthian Baptist. “Almost “The vote was unanimous,” said no one knows our part in clasEnglert. “Our whole board was sical music history. Now, in incredibly excited.”

Cincinnati, they will, and through Pastor K.Z. Smith So the season’s first concert the fund being created, Black boys is a performance by the Harlem and girls will have a growing role Quartet, featuring pianist-composer Aldo in that world. That’s important to us all.”

Gavilán. They’ll range from Schumann to Single tickets to church concerts, $20.

Strayhorn. On Oct. 17, they’ll perform at the Memorial Hall, $40. Early bird subscription: Corinthian Baptist Church in Bond Hill. Two $105 for seven concerts, until Oct.19, then days later, they’ll perform the same concert at $200.  Memorial Hall.  www.cincychamber.org Later in the season, the series will visit Word of Deliverance Ministries (Forest Park), New Prospect Baptist Church (Roselawn), New Jerusalem Baptist Church (Carthage) and return to Corinthian Baptist for two more concerts.

Chamber Music Cincinnati is starting a fund to provide free and/or discounted music lessons to young people who could not otherwise afford them. Children can audit a lesson, For the record, Englert doesn’t see this apthen be matched with a teacher if still interproach as radical. ested. Capacity is based on funds raised. Cost “I see it as doing more,” he said. “I just see it per student, annually, is $3,000 to $4,000. The as a bigger version of what we’ve been doing.”

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is a partner in Likewise, Spencer would rather not look this effort. Donations are welcome.

An opportunity to learn

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Archaeological Research Institute | Lawrenceburg. 812-290-2966. www.exploreari.org Hands-on educational experiences ArtWorks Mural Tours | www.artworkscincinnati.org May thru October. Walking tours of Pendleton, Over-the-Rhine and Downtown Behringer-Crawford Museum | Devou Park, Covington. 859-491-4003. www.bcmuseum.org Permanent exhibit. “Mrs. White’s Kindergarten” Betts House | West End. 513-651-0734. www.thebettshouse.org Permanent exhibit Beyond the Curb | Covington. www.beyondthecurb.org Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Urban Living Tour Cincinnati Fire Museum | Downtown.

513-621-5553. www.cincyfiremuseum.com Permanent collection Cincinnati Food Tours | Findlay Market. 513-602-5602. www.cincinnatifoodtours.com Tours of Cincinnati food heritage

Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Walnut Hills. 513-751-0651. www.stowehousecincy.org Celebrating “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author and history of Walnut Hills

Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College, Clifton. 513-221-1875. www.huc.edu Thru Dec. 30. “Opening the Ark: Bringing a Lost Jewish Synagogue to Life”

Haunted Brewery Tours | 513-6049812. www.hauntedbrewerytour.com Cincinnati brewing heritage Heritage Village Museum | Sharonville. 513-563-9484. www.heritagevillagecincinnati.org Fridays/Saturdays, Oct. 8-23, 6-10 p.m.

Haunted Village Holocaust & Humanity Center | Cincinnati Museum Center, Queensgate. 513-487-3055. www.holocaustandhumanity.org Exhibitions regarding the Holocaust Krohn Conservatory | Eden Park. 513421-4086. www.cincinnatiparks.com/krohn Thru Oct. 17. “Mounds of Mums”

Fairs/Festivals/Markets Asian Food Fest | Court Street Plaza. www.asianfoodfest.org Oct. 9-10 Cincinnati Coffee Festival | Music Hall Ballroom. www.cincinnaticoffeefestival.com Oct. 23-24. All things java, for a good cause Cincinnati Zoo | Avondale. www.cincinnatizoo.org Oct. 23-24 & 30-31. HallZOOween

Dance Anaya Belly Dance | Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center, Downtown. www.anayabellydance.com Oct. 2, 7 p.m. “What Moves Us”

City Flea | Washington Park. www.thecityflea.com Oct. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Eclectic arts and crafts fair

College-Conservatory of Music | University of Cincinnati. 513-556-4183. www.ccm.uc.edu

Findlay Market | Over-the-Rhine. www.findlaymarket.org/events Oct. 15-17. Fall Food Festival

Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains

Great Music in a Great Space 2021–2022 Season Opening Concert

Lloyd Library and Museum | Downtown.

513-721-3707. www.lloydlibrary.org Permanent exhibit. “George Rieveschl Jr.: History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry”

Renowned British vocal ensemble

Milford Historical Society | Milford.

513-248-0324. www.milfordhistory.net Permanent exhibit.

Mt. Adams Civic Association | Mt. Adams. 513-235-3957. www.mtadamscincy.org Sundays thru October, 1 p.m. Historic walking tours of Mt. Adams

National VOA Museum of Broadcasting | West Chester.

513-777-0027. www.voamuseum.org History of Voice of America program

October 21, 7:30 p.m.

Future Concerts: NOV 13

“Psalms Sung Blue” SPC Choir with KSO

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St. Olaf choir, led by Anton Armstrong

APR 3

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Tickets: $50 Students: $20 with ID Season Tickets: All four concerts for $170 (Students: $68) www.cathedralaoc.org or at the door

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Friends of Music Hall | Washington Park. 513-621-2787. www.friendsofmusichall.org Indoor and outdoor tours of Music Hall

Greater Cincinnati Police Museum | Pendleton. 513-300-3664. www.police-museum.org Permanent collection

Oct. 14-17. Student Choreographers’ Showcase (at Cohen Family Studio Theater)

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Cincinnati Museum Center | Queensgate.

513-287-7000. www.cincymuseum.org Current exhibits. “A Year on the Edge” • “An Unfinished Revolution: Women and the Vote” • “Inspired by Nature: The Art and Activism of Charley Harper” Opening Oct. 22. “The Science Behind Pixar”

Over-the-Rhine Museum | Over-theRhine. 513-813-7309. www.otrmuseum.org Weekends thru Oct. 17. Tenement Life North of Liberty Walking Tour

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American Sign Museum | Camp Washington. 513-541-6366. www.americansignmuseum.org Permanent collection

German Heritage Museum | Green Township. 513-598-5732. www.gacl.org/museum.html German-Americans in Cincinnati

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List Gorman Heritage Farm | Evendale. www.gormanfarm.org Oct. 2-3. Sunflower Festival

The exhibit will feature interactive displays.

Imagination meets technology at ‘Science Behind Pixar’ exhibit Opens Friday, Oct. 22, Cincinnati Museum Center Cincinnati Museum Center will give guests their turn in the artist’s seat in their upcoming interactive exhibition, “The Science Behind Pixar.” Guests will come face-to-face with such popular Pixar Animation Studios characters as Buzz Lightyear, Dory, Mike and Sulley, Edna Mode and Wall-E. Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, is an award-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. The immersive experience explores the science, technology, engineering, art and math Pixar uses to bring characters to life. “ ‘The Science Behind Pixar’ demonstrates how wonderfully the components of STEM intersect to create whimsical worlds and iconic characters who have defined a generation,” said Elizabeth Pierce, president & CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center. The hope is to inspire the next generation of “imagineers.”

Through eight interactive areas, the exhibit shines a light on steps of the filmmaking process: modeling, rigging, surfaces, sets and cameras,

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animation, simulation, lighting and rendering – an unparalleled view of the production pipeline, featuring more than 50 interactive elements. “‘The Science Behind Pixar’ is an interactive exhibition that offers people a hands-on opportunity to understand how we make our films,” said Jim Morris, president of Pixar Animation Studios. “At Pixar, we use science, technology, engineering, art and math – along with a significant dash of creativity and fun – and this exhibition is truly a great demonstration of how all those ingredients come together in our filmmaking process.”

Films and characters represented: “Toy Story,” “A Bug’s Life,” “Finding Nemo,” “Finding Dory,” “Brave,” “The Incredibles,” “Up,” “Wall-E,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars,” “Luca” and more.  www.cincymuseum.org

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Oct. 9, 7 & 8 p.m. Reels of Wheels

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

Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Clifton Recreation Center. 513-497-2860. www.cliftonculturalarts.org Oct. 2, 7 p.m. Carpool Cinema: “Monster House” Oct. 9, 7 p.m. Carpool Cinema: “Beetlejuice”

Madeira Farmers Market | Madeira Silverwood Presbyterian Church. www.madeirafarmersmarket.com Thursdays, 4-6:30 p.m.

Friends of Music Hall | Virtual. 513621-2728. www.friendsofmusichall.org Oct. 21-Nov. 7. “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror”, silent movie with organ

(City of) Montgomery | Swaim Park. www.montgomeryohio.org Oct. 9, 4-8 p.m. Harvest Moon Fall Festival Northside Farmers Market | North Church, Northside. www.northsidefm.org Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m. Regional food and beverage market Ohio Renaissance Festival | Waynesville. 513-897-7000. www.renfestival.com Weekends, 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

Ohio Sauerkraut Festival | Main Street, Waynesville. www.sauerkrautfestival.com Oct. 9-10 Renaissance Covington | 859-261-7111. www.rcov.org Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Covington Farmers Market Second Sunday on Main | Main Street, Over-the-Rhine. www.facebook.com Oct. 10, noon-5 p.m. Eclectic street festival

Film The Barn / ARTFlix | Mariemont.

513-272-3700. www.artatthebarn.org Oct. 14, 7 p.m. “Packed in the Trunk” Cincinnati Museum Center | OMNIMAX/ Union Terminal. 513-287-7000. www.cincymuseum.org/omnimax Now showing: “Great Bear Rainforest” • “Asteroid Hunters” Cincinnati World Cinema | Garfield Park, Downtown. 859-957-3456. www.cincyworldcinema.org Oct. 8-10. “Fauci” Cindependent Film Fest | Bramble Park, Madisonville. 214-843-6781. www.cindependentfilmfest.org

Literary/Lectures Cincinnati Poetry Slam | Madisonville. www.cincinnatipoetryslam.com Oct. 21. Open mic (at Five Points Alley, Walnut Hills) Cincinnati Preservation Association | Hilton Netherland Plaza. www.cincinnatipreservation.org Oct. 22, 11:30 a.m. Fall Forum. Keynote: Brent Leggs, executive director of African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Joseph-Beth Booksellers | Rookwood Pavilion, Norwood. 513-396-8960. www.josephbeth.com Oct. 5, 7 p.m. Discussion: Gwenda Bond w/ John Scalzi: “Not Your Average Hot Guy” (virtual) Oct. 6, 7 p.m. Discussion: Alix E. Harrow: “A Spindle Splintered” Oct. 7, 7 p.m. Discussion: Don Tassone: “Francesca” Mercantile Library | Downtown. 513621-0717. www.mercantilelibrary.com Oct. 6, 6 p.m. Hearth & Home Lecture: Bianca Bosker, author of “Cork Dork” Oct. 13, 6 p.m. Modern Novel Lecture: An Evening with Tayari Jones, author of “American Marriage” Network of Executive Women Cincinnati | Hard Rock Casino. www.newonline.org/region/cincinnati Oct. 26, 2-4 p.m. Daymond John: “Innovate like an Entrepreneur” Public Library | Aronoff Center.

513-369-6900. www.cincinnatilibrary.org Oct. 5. Stern Lecture Series: Doris Kearns Goodwin TEDxCincinnati | Memorial Hall, Washington Park. www.tedxcincinnati.com Oct. 21, 7 p.m. TEDxCincinnatiWomen Main Stage Event

ARTS/CULTURE | The List Thomas More University | Crestview Hills. 859-341-5800. www.thomasmore.edu Oct. 11, 12:15 p.m. Writers Table: “Community & Cooking” Oct. 25. 12:15 p.m. Writers Table: “Some Family Member & Some Specific Food”

Music ArtsWave | Winton Woods. www.artswave.org Oct. 16, 1-5 p.m. Enjoy the Arts @ Parks Series: Elementz, Lauren Eylise Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas | St. Thomas Episcopal, Terrace Park.

513-831-2052. www.bachensemble.org Oct. 3, 5 p.m. Bach Vespers: BWV 97 Oct. 31, 5 p.m. Bach Vespers: BWV 77 Butler Philharmonic | Hamilton First Baptist Church. 513-844-5151. www.butlerphil.org Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. “The Force of Destiny” Caffe Vivace | Walnut Hills.

513-601-9897. www.caffevivace.com Most evenings, live jazz performances Chamber Music Cincinnati | Memorial Hall, Over-the-Rhine.

513-342-6870. www.cincychamber.org Oct. 17, 4 p.m. Harlem Quartet w/ Aldo Gavilan (at Corinthian Baptist Church) Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Encore of previous at Memorial Hall Christ Church Cathedral | Downtown.

513-621-1817. www.cincinnaticathedral.com Oct. 3, 5 p.m. Choral Evensong Oct. 10, 10 a.m. Indigenous Peoples Celebration: Janice Trytten, Native American flutes Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Cathedral Organ Dedicatory Recital Tuesdays, 12:10 p.m. Music Live@Lunch Christ Church Glendale | Glendale. 513771-1544. www.christchurchglendale.org Oct. 10, 3 p.m. Music Live at Christ Church: Brian Malone Trio (outdoors) Cincinnati Arts Association | Aronoff Center, Downtown. 513-621-2787. www.cincinnatiarts.org Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. The Mersey Beatles: Four Lads from Liverpool Cincinnati Community Orchestra | Church of the Savior, Blue Ash. 513-317-0300. www.cincinnaticommunityorchestra.org

Oct. 30. “Where Were We When We Left Off?” Nicholas Ross, piano Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra | 513-280-8181. www.cincinnatijazz.org Oct. 24, 2 p.m. Jazz@First Series: Time Out: Rick VanMatre Plays Brubeck (at First Unitarian Church, Avondale) Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Big Band Series: Reunited Celebration with Mandy Gaines (at The Redmoor, Mt. Lookout Square) Cincinnati Song Initiative | Liberty Exhibition Hall, Northside. www.cincinnatisonginitiative.org Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. Season Opening Gala: The Great American Songbook Cincinnati Symphony & Pops | Music Hall. 513-381-3300. www.cincinnatisymphony.org Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. (CSO) Contemporary Colors Oct. 2, 8 p.m. “Die Stadt ohne Jude,” silent film with contemporary score performed live (at Mayerson JCC) Oct. 3, 2 p.m. Chamber Music Program, musicians of CSO and Ensemble Intercontemporain (at Plum Street Temple) Oct. 7-8, 8 p.m. (CSO) “CSO Proof: ANNO Vivaldi’s Four Seasons” (at Music Hall Ballroom) Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. CSO Brass Chamber Ensemble Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. (Pops) Aoife O’Donovan: America, Come Oct. 23-24. (Pops) Film with Live Orchestra: “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Oct. 29-30, 7:30 p.m. (CSO) “Joy & Freedom” Stefani Matsuo, violin; Drew Petersen, piano College-Conservatory of Music | University of Cincinnati. 513-556-4183. www.ccm.uc.edu Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Wind Symphony Oct. 3, 8 p.m. Sung Compline Service: Vox Antiqua (new ensemble at CCM) Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. Brass Showcase Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Wind Ensemble Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. Philharmonia Oct. 17, 3 p.m. Portuguese Choral Tradition Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Sonic Explorations Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. Chamber Orchestra Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Concert Orchestra Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Percussion Ensemble Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Jazz Orchestra Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. A View from the Edge Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m. Chamber Winds Oct. 31, 3 p.m. Chamber Choir, Chamber

Orchestra, and Choral Conducting Alumni Choir (at Christ Church Cathedral)

Elementary School Oct. 9, 10 a.m. at Sycamore Presbyterian Oct. 16, 10 a.m. Lakeside Presbyterian Oct. 20, 10:30 a.m. College Hill Library Oct. 30, 10 a.m. Kennedy Heights Arts Center

Heritage Bank Center | Downtown. www.heritagebankcenter.com Oct. 4, 8 p.m. Lil Baby - The Back Outside Tour Oct. 16, 8 p.m. Cincy Sweetest Day R&B Fest w/ Keith Sweat, Bell Biv Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ginuwine, & SILK Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Michael Bublé Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Millenium Tour: Ashanti, Lloyd, Pretty Ricky, Soulja Boy, Sammie

Madison Theater | Covington.

859-491-2444. www.madisontheater.com Pop, rock, alternative and hip-hop Matinee Musicale | Memorial Hall, Washington Park. www.matineemusicalecincinnati.org Oct. 3, 3 p.m. WindSync, wind quintet

Icon Music Center | The Banks. www.iconmusiccenter.com Rock, pop and alternative concerts Kentucky Symphony Orchestra | Greaves Hall, NKU. 859-431-6216. www.kyso.org Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. “The New Bs,” music

by Peter Boyer, Mason Bates and Bela Bartok Linton Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions | 513-381-6868. www.lintonmusic.org/pbj “A Royal Renaissance” Oct. 2, 10 a.m. Heritage Presbyterian Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. Norwood Middle School Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m. John P. Parker

Memorial Hall | Washington Park.

513-977-8838. www.memorialhallotr.com Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Chris Thile Oct. 6, 8 p.m. Tapestry: The Music of Carole King Oct. 7, 8 p.m. Christopher Cross: 40th Anniversary Tour Oct. 11, 8 p.m. Super Guitar Bros Oct. 12, 8 p.m. Victor Wooten feat. The Wooten Brothers Band Oct. 14, 8 p.m. The Barefoot Movement and The Jacob Jolliff Band Oct. 16, 8 p.m. Longworth-Anderson Series: Pat Metheny Side Eye w/ James Francies & Joe Dyson

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Oct. 17, 7 p.m. Cincinnati Bell RiseUp Women’s Series: Nella Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Bob Mould Solo Electric: Distortion and Blue Hearts! w/ Jason Narducy Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Colony House w/ Fleurie Oct. 27, 8 p.m. A Genesis Extravaganza: Vol. II Oct. 30, 8 p.m. Rodney Crowell Montgomery Arts Commission: Live at the Uni | Universalist Church. www.montgomeryohio.org/events Oct. 4, 7 p.m. Rick VanMatre Quintet Music Resource Center | E. Walnut Hills. www.mrccinci.org Oct. 1, 7 p.m. Siri Imani Oct. 9, 7 p.m. Wonky Tonk Oct. 30, 7 p.m. Blessid Union of Souls Musica Sacra | St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.

513-385-5583. www.musica-sacra.org Oct. 24, 3 p.m. Fall Concert Northern Kentucky University | Greaves Hall. 859-572-5464. www.nku.edu/sota

Oct. 6, 7 p.m. Philharmonic Orchestra Oct. 7, 7 p.m. Jazz Ensemble & Vocal Jazz Oct. 11, 7 p.m. Faculty Recital: William Herzog, violin Oct. 18, 8 p.m. Aaron Diehl, piano Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Brass Choir Oct. 28, 7 p.m. Fall Choral Concert Over-the-Rhine Museum – Findlay Park Summer Series | Findlay Park, Over-the-Rhine. 513-8137309. www.otrmuseum.org Oct. 8, 5 p.m. Preston B. Charles III PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation | Newport. www.promowestlive.com Pop, rock, alternative and hip-hop Riverbend Music Center | Coney Island.

513-232-6220. www.riverbend.org Pop, rock, alternative and hip-hop St. Peter in Chains Cathedral | Downtown.513-421-5354. www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. VOCES8

Schwartz’s Point | Five Points, Overthe-Rhine. www.thepointclub.weebly.com Most Thursdays, every Friday & Saturday. Live jazz Sundays. Blues, boogie woogie, jazz Taft Museum of Art | Lytle Park, Downtown. 513-241-0343. www.taftmuseum.org Oct. 3, 3-4 p.m. Fall Jazz Series: Brian Hogg Quartet Oct. 10, 3-4 p.m. Fall Jazz Series: Emily Jordan Quartet Taft Theatre | Downtown. www.tafttheatre.org Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Boney James Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. David Foster Hitman Tour Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Crowder: Milk and Honey Tour Oct. 29, 8 p.m. Mat Kearney Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Joe Bonamassa Woodward Theater | Over-the-Rhine.

513-345-7981. www.woodwardtheater.com Oct. 9, 8 p.m. Multimagic Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Mannequin Pussy

Xavier Music Series | Gallagher Theater.

513-745-3161. www.xavier.edu/musicseries Oct. 9, 8 p.m. Flor de Toloache, Grammywinning, all-women mariachi band Oct. 27, 8 p.m. Gerald Clayton Trio, jazz

Opera Miami University Opera Theater | Oxford. 513-529-3079. www.muopera.com Oct. 27 & 30, 7:30 p.m. “Hydrogen Jukebox” Philip Glass (at Wilks Theater, Armstrong Center)

Theater American Legacy Theatre | The Carnegie, Covington. 513-443-5429. www.americanlegacytheatre.org Oct. 29-Nov. 7. “Higher” The Barn | Mariemont. 513-272-3700. www.artatthebarn.org Oct. 23, 10 a.m. “The Headless Horseman” Broadway Across America | Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center. 513-721-3344. https://cincinnati.broadway.com Oct. 19-31. “Pretty Women: The Musical” Cincinnati Arts Association | Aronoff Center. 513-621-2787. www.cincinnatiarts.org Oct. 6 & 8, 7:30 p.m. “Sex n’ the City A (Super Unauthorized) Musical Parody” Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. “Remembering James: The Life and Music of James Brown” Cincinnati Landmark Productions | Covedale Center. 513-241-6550. www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com Thru Oct. 10. “The Odd Couple” Oct. 21.-Nov. 14. “All Shook Up” Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative | Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center.

513-621-ARTS. www.cincyplaywrights.org Oct. 12. “The Stands” and “At the Edge of the Light,” plays by Eric Thomas and Chris Bishop Cincinnati Shakespeare Company | Washington Park. 513-381-2273. www.cincyshakes.com Oct. 8-Nov. 13. “Romeo and Juliet” College-Conservatory of Music | University of Cincinnati. 513-556-4183. www.ccm.uc.edu Sept. 29-Oct. 3. “Our Town” Oct. 21-31. “Xanadu”

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List Ensemble Theatre | Over-the-Rhine. 513-421-3555. www.ensemblecincinnati.org Thru Oct. 16. “Pipeline”

Queen City Vaudevillians | Monmouth Theatre, Newport. www.queencityvaudevillians.com Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Halloween Show

Falcon Theatre | Monmouth Theatre, Newport. 513-479-6783. www.falcontheater.net Thru Oct. 9. “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner”

Sunset Players | Arts Center at Dunham.

513-588-4988. www.sunsetplayers.org Oct. 15-30. “Laughter on the 23rd Floor”

Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre | Parrish Auditorium, Hamilton.

513-737-PLAY. www.ghctplay.com Sept. 30-Oct. 3. “The Curious Savage”

Taft Theatre | Downtown. www.tafttheatre.org Oct. 2, 7 p.m. Leanne Morgan Oct. 14, 8 p.m. Jo Koy: “Just Kidding World Tour” Oct. 22, 8 p.m. “Whose Live Anyway?”

Oct. 23, 7 p.m. “#IMomSoHard” comedy duo Jen Smedley & Kristin Hensley Oct. 28, 8 p.m. “Jeanne Robertson” Oct. 30, 7 p.m. Fortune Feimster’s 2 Sweet 2 Salty Tour

Heritage Bank Center | Downtown. www.heritagebankcenter.com Oct. 15, 8 p.m. In Real Life Comedy Tour feat. Mike Epps

Tri-County Players | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, Evendale. 513-471-2030. www.facebook.com, search events.

Oct. 15-24. “Four Old Broads”

Footlighters | Stained Glass Theatre, Newport. 859-291-7464. www.footlighters.org Sept. 30-Oct. 16. “The Odd Couple, Female Version”

Village Players | Ft. Thomas.

859-392-0500. www.villageplayers.org Oct. 1-9. “The Last Five Years” Xavier University | Gallagher Theater.

513-745-3939 www.xavier.edu/theatre-program Oct. 21-24. “Mamma Mia!”

Visual Art 1628 Ltd. | Garfield Park, Downtown.

513-320-2596. www.1628ltd.com Thru Nov. 19. Katherine Brenner “Love Languages” 21c Museum Hotel | Downtown. 513578-6600. www.21cmuseumhotels.com Thru October. Bisa Butler: “Dress Up, Speak Up: Resistance and Regalia” Thru Oct. 11. “What is Past is Prologue: An Elevate Exhibition” The Annex Gallery | Pendleton Art Center. www.facebook.com, search.

Thru Oct. 30. Andrew Van Sickle: “Return to the Velvet Ropes”

Art Academy of Cincinnati | Over-the-Rhine. 513-562-6262. www.artacademy.edu Thru Oct. 22. Keith Benjamin: sabbatical exhibition • Anna Sands: alumni exhibition Oct. 20-22. Painting Exhibition: large format student painting exhibition Oct. 25-Nov. 5. Halloween Exhibition: student curated exhibition Oct. 29-Nov. 28. Sso-Rha Kang: curated exhibition Art Design Consultants East | O’Bryonville. 513-723-1222. www.adcfineart.com Thru Oct. 22. “ViewPoint 53” Oct. 22-Nov. 5. Helen Cohen, Jonathan Hebert & William Moore. Reception: Oct. 22, 4-6 p.m.

Art Design Consultants West | West End. www.adcfineart.com Thru Oct. 6. Linda Stelling Oct. 7, 4-9 p.m. The Collective, fashion launch party Oct. 23, 5-8 p.m. Art Comes Alive

Icon Music Center | The Banks. www.iconmusiccenter.com Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. Andrew Schulz Improv Cincinnati | Clifton Plaza. www.iconmusiccenter.com Saturdays, 8 p.m. Live Outdoor Improv Comedy Know Theatre | Over-the-Rhine.

513-300-5669. www.knowtheatre.com Oct. 8-24. “Shock! The Spine-Tingling Tale of Miss Spidra” Madison Theater | Covington.

859-491-2444. www.madisontheater.com Oct. 10, 7 p.m. Nurse Blake Comedy Tour Memorial Hall | Washington Park. www.memorialhallotr.com Oct. 23, noon & 2 p.m. TCT On Tour: “Jacqueline and the Beanstalk” Northern Kentucky University | Corbett Theatre, NKU. 859-572-5464 www.nku.edu/sota Sept. 29-Oct. 9. “Torch Song” (at Stauss Theatre) Oct. 14-24. “Noises Off” Playhouse in the Park | Mt. Adams.

513-421-3888. www.cincyplay.com Oct. 9-Nov. 7. “The West End” (at Marx Theatre) Oct. 30-Dec. 12. “Need Your Love” (at Shelterhouse Theatre)

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ARTS/CULTURE | The List ArtsWave | Freedom Center, The Banks. www.artswave.org Thru Oct. 31. “Truth and Reconciliation” Visual Arts Exhibition ArtWorks | Walnut Hills. 513-333-0388. www.artworkscincinnati.org Thru Oct. 16. “The Way We See Ourselves: Telling Stories Through Self Portraits” Oct. 29-Dec. 18. “Cut the Bias” Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center | Covington. 859-431-0020. www.bakerhunt.org Oct. 1-29. Cedric Michael Cox: “Mindful Joy” The Barn | Mariemont. 513-272-3700. www.artatthebarn.org Thru Oct. 6. Teresa Nieberding: “Walk on the Wild Side” Fiber Art Show Oct. 15-Oct. 31. “The Art We Make” Reception: Oct. 15, 5-7:30 p.m.

The Carnegie | Covington. 859491-2030. www.thecarnegie.com Thru Oct. 2. “Art is the Residue of Action” Reception: Oct. 2, noon-6 p.m.

Caza Sikes | Oakley. 513-290-3127. www.cazasikes.com Oct. 9-Nov. 6. “The Magical World of Sherry Cucinotta” Cincinnati Art Galleries | Downtown.

513-381-2128. www.cincyart.com Thru Oct. 22. Paintings from the estate of Ken and Judy Klosterman Cincinnati Art Museum | Eden Park. 513-721-2787. www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org Oct. 22-Feb. 6 “Simply Brilliant: ArtistJewelers of the 1960s and 1970s” Cincinnati Museum Center | Queensgate. 513-287-7000. www.cincymuseum.org Thru Feb. 21. “Borrowed Gems from the Taft Museum of Art” Clay Alliance | Pendleton Art Center. www.clayalliance.org Final Friday, 5-9 p.m. Final Friday Clifton Cultural Arts Center | Corryville. 513-497-2860. www.cliftonculturalarts.org Oct. 1-22. “Batres Gilvin” Oct. 29-Dec. 4. “Golden Ticket” Contemporary Arts Center | Downtown. 513-345-8400.

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www.contemporaryartscenter.org Thru Dec. 19. Sandra Cinto: Contemplation Room & Library of Love Thru Feb. 6. Sreshta Rit Premnath: “Grave/Grove” • Marwa Arsanios: “Who Is Afraid of Ideology?”

DAAP Galleries | University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221. 513-556-2839. www.daap.uc.edu On display. NCECA: National Juried Student Exhibition 2021 (at Reed Gallery) • NCECA: Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition 2021 (ay Meyers Gallery) Eva G. Farris Gallery | Thomas More University, Crestview Hills. 859-344-3300. www.thomasmore.edu Oct. 14-Nov. 4. Casey Dressel: “Full Nature” Reception: Oct. 14, 4-7 p.m.

Fairfield Community Arts Center | Fairfield. 513-867-5348. www.fairfield-city.org Thru Nov. 13. Annual Community Artist Showcase Fitton Center | Hamilton.

513-863-8873. www.fittoncenter.org Thru Oct. 30. “Boom! An Explosion of Sights and Sounds” Gallery 708 | Hyde Park Square.

513-551-8171. www.gallery-708.com Opening Oct. 1. “Impressions of Hyde Park Square” Reception: Oct. 1, 5-8 p.m.

Hyde Park Art Show | Hyde Park Square. www.hydeparksquare.org Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Area’s largest one-day art exhibit and sale Iris BookCafe and Gallery | Over-the-Rhine. 513-260-8434. www.irisbookcafeotr.com Thru November. Casey LeClair: “Seven Cities” Kennedy Heights Arts Center | Kennedy Heights. 513-631-4278. www.kennedyarts.org Thru Oct. 9. Kuumba Fiber Works Thru Oct. 30. “America Reimagined” Thru Nov. 7. “Illustrative Becoming” Artist talk: Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m.

Oct. 2, noon-5:30 p.m. “Fall Back to the 1960s” outdoor music and art festival Lloyd Library and Museum | Downtown. 513-721-3707. www.lloydlibrary.org Thru Nov. 30. Melissa Haviland: “Flourish”

Manifest Gallery | E. Walnut Hills.

513-861-3638. www.manifestgallery.com Thru Oct. 22. “Painted” • “Aquachrome” survey of watercolor • Jason Bly, paintings

Sharonville Cultural Arts Center | Sharonville. 513-554-1014. www.sharonvilleculturalarts.org Oct. 1-23. Princeton Young Artist Invitational

Mary Ran Gallery | E. Hyde Park.

513-871-5604. www.maryrangallery.com Thru Oct. 9. Hans Papke

Studio Kroner | Downtown. www.studiokroner.com Thru Oct. 9. Tom Owen “Juxtaposing DImensions”

Miller Gallery | Hyde Park Square.

513-871-4420. www.millergallery.com Sept. 30-Oct. 30. Rene Romero Schuler: “Ladies” National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | The Banks.

513-333-7500. www.freedomcenter.org Thru Oct. 31. “Truth and Reconciliation” Oct. 8-March 22. Luba Lukova: “Designing Justice” Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights. 859-572-5148. www.nku.edu/gallery Thru Oct. 29. “Unveiled: 2021-22 Visual Arts Scholarship Recipients” Pendleton Art Center | Pendleton. 513-421-4339. www.pendeltonartcenter.com Final Fridays, 6-10 p.m., open studios Pique | Covington. 859-322-9553. www.facebook.com/piquesocialmedia Oct. 30, 7:13 p.m. VIOLET % GENEROUS 2# of 2021: Artwork by Antonio Adams Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum | Hamilton. 513-868-1234. www.pyramidhill.org Thru Oct. 23. MSA Select: “From the Reject Files: Drawings, Maquette, and Proposals” Redtree Art Gallery | Oakley. 513-3218733. www.redtreegallery.net Oct. 2-Nov. 13. “My View” photographs with unique perspective of light

Taft Museum of Art | Downtown.

513-241-0343. taftmuseum.org Thru May 1. “In a New Light – Treasures from the Taft” Visionaries & Voices | Northside. 513-861-4333. www.visionariesandvoices.com Thru Oct. 8. “Pivot” Wave Pool Gallery | Camp Washington. www.wavepoolgallery.org Thru Oct. 30. Lorena Molina: “Reconciliation Garden Weston Art Gallery | Aronoff Center.

513-977-4165. www.cincinnatiarts.org Thru Nov. 7. Jee Eun Lee: “Drift Series: A Dream within a Dream” • Katie Hubbell, Lauren Hoying Post, Loraine Wible: “Tidal Pull” Xavier University Art Gallery | A. B. Cohen Center. www.xavier.edu/art-department Thru Oct. 22. Paul Kroner, sculpture • Randy Vuksta, paintings Thru Oct. 22. Michael Adams & Keegan Adams, prints. Reception: Oct. 22, 5-7:30 p.m. (Small Gallery) Oct. 29-Nov. 19. “Field of View” Legacy Book Project by Gordon Baer, Maureen France, Bob Flischel, and Greg Rust • Matthew Nichols, drawing/sculpture (Solo Thesis Exhibition). Reception: Oct. 29, 5-7:30 p.m. 

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Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Fall Back to the 1960s | noon-5:30 p.m. Lindner Annex, 6620 Montgomery Rd. DETAILS: Free, outdoor music and art festival. Inspired

by Woodstock and Harlem Cultural Festivals, day-long festival features diverse musical groups. In between acts, DJ ThinkSavy spins hits from the ‘60s.

Cash bar. Costumes encouraged. ¼https://kennedyarts.org

Cincinnati Parks Foundation, Hats Off Luncheon | DETAILS: Take friends or family to a Cincinnati Park to partake in a community picnic. Donors receive collapsible, insulated picnic basket including picnic essentials. ¼www.cincinnatiparksfoundation.org

Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Jeans & Jewels Gala | 6-10 p.m. Fairfield Receptions.

DETAILS: Hors d’oeuvres, open bar during cocktail hour, dinner, dessert, wine with dinner, silent and live auction, wine pull, bourbon pull, jewelry raffle. ¼www.cincyovariancancer.org/events

WAVE Foundation, Nauti Nite | 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Newport Aquarium. DETAILS: Dress in blue cocktail attire and explore Aquarium at night. More than 20 food/drink vendors, exotic animal encounters, live entertainment and silent auction.

Tickets start at $85. ¼https://wavefoundation.org

OCT. 2, SATURDAY 1N5, Warrior Run | 5:15 p.m.

Belltower at Dogwood Park, Mariemont.

DETAILS: Virtual option available. 5K race, untimed 1-mile walk and Kids’ Fun Run through Mariemont streets.

Followed by music, kids’ games and food. ¼www.1N5.org

Alzheimer’s Association, Walk to End Alzheimer’s | 8:30 a.m. Sawyer Point. DETAILS: Pre-walk activities, 8:30 a.m., Opening ceremony, 9:40 a.m. and walk, 10 a.m. Sign up as team captain, join a team or as individual. ¼www.alz.org/walk

Campbell County FURever Friends, Meet Alyssa Wray | noon-9 p.m. 8010 Parkside Lake Dr., Cincinnati. DETAILS: Adoptable animals and vendors. Top 8 American Idol Alyssa Wray performing, plus NKU cheerleaders, admission and athletic departments on-hand celebrating 20

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OTR Chamber of Commerce, OTR 5K Run | 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Washington Park DETAILS: Run or walk the 5K. Post-party includes live music, familyfriendly activities, local vendor market and more. FC Cincinnati pre-game activities, 4 p.m. (7:30 p.m. game). ¼www.otrchamber.com/otr5k

OCT. 3, SUNDAY Cincinnati Jazz Hall of Fame, Annual Induction Ceremony | 3-5 p.m. Mount St. Joseph University Theatre. DETAILS: Emcee: Nick Clooney. Inductees: Bill Cunliffe, Larry Dickson, Pat Kelly, George Russell, Lou Lausche, Don Steins, Paul Hawthorne.

Performances by Blue Wisp Big Band.

Advance tickets: $27.24. At door: $30. ¼www.brownpapertickets.com,

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Holocaust & Humanity Center, 21st Anniversary Celebration | 5:30 p.m. Cincinnati Museum Center.

DETAILS: Festive gathering marking HHC’s birthday and highlighting work HHC does in the community. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, live music, photo booth, video toast booth. ¼www.holocaustandhumanity.org

OCT. 4-10, MONDAY-SUNDAY Caracole, Roam Away from Home: Real-Life Scavenger Hunt and Online Auction | Across Cincinnati.

DETAILS: Sign up as an individual or with your friends to gather clues and complete challenges at your own pace.

For adults and children. Tickets $40, $100 for team of four. ¼www.caracole.org/page/hunt

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LLS supporters at a past Light The Night event

Light the Night shines for leukemia and lymphoma patients Thursday, Oct. 7, 5:30-9 p.m., Yeatman’s Cove The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) of the Ohio River Valley has announced that Jaidon, an 11-year-old Cincinnati lymphoma patient, is the Honored Hero of its 2021 Light The Night walk, to be held at Yeatman’s Cove on Oct. 7.

This annual event was done virtually last year due to COVID-19, and LLS is very excited to unite communities in person again this year.

“We aim to bring light to the darkness of cancer through research and cures, and reinforce the urgent need to raise more funds to fight cancer,” said Executive Director Tom Carleton.

Friends, families and co-workers will gather with illuminated lanterns to celebrate, honor or remember those touched with cancer.  www.lightthenight.org/Ohio

Asian Food Fest returns for celebration and community Saturday, Oct. 9, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Court Street Plaza The Cincinnati Chamber and Asian American Cultural Association of Cincinnati (AACAC) are teaming up to host Asian Food Fest, a celebration of the culture, cuisine, entertainment and drinks of Asian communities. A portion of the proceeds from the event, which is presented by P&G and Kroger, will benefit AACAC. This year’s programming will focus on unity and healing. “We’re eager to bring our neighbors and friends together to celebrate Asian culture, especially in a year in which so many hate crimes have been targeted at Asian Americans,” said Cynthia Oxley, director of Asian Food Fest. The festival is free to the public.  www.asianfoodfest.org, www.aacac-oh.org Cultural performances and exhibits are part of the Asian Food Fest.

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Current and past Cincinnati ToolBank board members, with Executive Director Kat Pepmeyer (middle front row), at a previous ToolBank fundraiser

Hammers & Ales event to benefit Cincinnati ToolBank Saturday, Oct. 9, 6-10 p.m., Newport Car Barn, Newport, KY Cincinnati ToolBank will host its annual fundraiser, Hammers & Ales, at the historic, just-renovated Newport Car Barn.

Hammers & Ales will feature food trucks, tool games and a silent auction, including tickets to the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” Xavier and University of Cincinnati basketball games, gift cards to local restaurants, experiences, stores and more.

Founded in 2011, Cincinnati ToolBank is a nonprofit lending program that provides fellow nonprofit organizations with tools, equipment and expertise for volunteer projects, special events, facility repairs and more.

By providing this resource to member agencies, it has equipped volunteers with over $9 million worth of tools.

Tickets, $55 in advance, include beer, wine, food and games. A YP ticket, for $35, is also available and includes drink tickets and games.  www.cincinnatitoolbank.org

LaSoupe offers classic car raffle at ‘SOUPEd-UP’ fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m., 4320 Indeco Court, Blue Ash “ALL La SOUPEd UP!” is a new fundraiser for LaSoupe, which rescues produce that would otherwise be wasted to create meals for customers, nonprofits and food-insecure families.

The event will show a private collection of restored vehicles, carefully maintained and displayed in a new facility. Guests can enjoy catering, an open bar, a silent auction, and a chance to win a car from the collection.

Event and raffle tickets are available on the La Soupe website. Event tickets are $125.

The event, sponsored by SugarCreek and Joseph Auto Group, is organized by the La Soupe event planning committee – Suzy DeYoung, Suzy Dorward, Mimi Mosher Dyer, Mary Gerken, Melissa Kadish, Julie Richardson, Cathy Swartz and Petra Vester.  www.lasoupe.org/ annual-special-event

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Suzy DeYoung, executive director and founder of La Soupe

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Dragonfly, Golf Classic | 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Heritage Club Golf Course, Mason.

DETAILS: Emcee: Scott Sloan of WLW. Golf, food, cocktail hour, entertainment, silent auction, awards ceremony. ¼www.dragonfly.org/events/golf

Ken Anderson Alliance, Legends Golf Event | Traditions Golf Club.

DETAILS: Sponsorships and foursomes available. Sponsorships include preparty dinner, Oct. 3, New Riff Distillery. ¼www.kenandersonalliance.org/events

St. Joseph Home, Golf Classic | Maketewah Country Club DETAILS: Support complex disability care.

Tickets and sponsorships available.

Lunch, golf, cart, open bar and light bites after. Gear and bourbon raffles throughout the day. ¼www.stjosephhomegolfclassic.org

OCT. 6, WEDNESDAY Leadership Council for Nonprofits, Annual Nonprofit Leadership Summit | 9:30 a.m.-noon. Virtual. DETAILS: Online networking. Keynote: Sheri Chaney Jones, founder/CEO of Measurement Resources Co. and SureImpact Inc. Cost: $55, LC & AFP members; $75, non-members; $25, students. ¼www.afpcincinnati.org/

event/2021leadershipsummit OCT. 7, THURSDAY Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Light The Night | 5:30 p.m.

Yeatman’s Cove.  STORY, page 20.

Springer School and Center, A Springer Celebration 2021! The Giving Tree | Noon. Virtual. DETAILS: Online auction and split-the-pot raffle opens Oct. 7, ends Oct. 29. ¼https://one.bidpal.net/givingtree

OCT. 8, FRIDAY Episcopal Retirement Services, A Taste for Giving Gala | 7 p.m., virtual. DETAILS: Event celebrates the many ways food impacted our lives during COVID. Features first-ever Great GALA Cook-off with ERS leaders and judge Suzy DeYoung of LaSoupe.

Silent and “Pay It Forward” auctions.

Proceeds support the ERS Good Samaritan Mission Fund. ¼www.erslife.org/gala

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Cincinnati Chamber and Asian American Cultural Association of Cincinnati, Asian Food Fest | Oct. 9, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Court Street Plaza.  STORY, page 20.

OCT. 9, SATURDAY Cincinnati ToolBank, Hammers & Ales | 6-10 p.m. Newport Car Barn.  STORY, page 21.

Cincinnati Union Bethel, Cincinnati Scholar House 1st Anniversary Celebration | 3-7 p.m.

900 block of E. McMillan St. DETAILS: Street food festival featuring live music, kid’s activities, community booths, art gallery with wine tastings. Walnut Hills Dog of the Year contest. ¼www.cubcincy.org

La Soupe, ALL La SOUPEd UP! | 6 p.m. 4320 Indeco Ct., Blue Ash.  STORY, page 21.

Life Learning Center, 2021 Gala | 6 p.m. PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation, Newport.  STORY, this page.

Their Voice of Greater Cincinnati, Annual Casino Night Fundraiser | 6 p.m. 1435 Vine St. Cincinnati.

DETAILS: Food, live DJ, raffle. Help families affected by Cerebral Palsy.

Tickets start at $65. ¼www.givebutter.com/CyPwJJ

PAR Projects, Beer Burger Brunch | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. DETAILS: Beers, burgers and community building.

Meet PAR Project’s new development strategist, Vic Mullins. ¼www.facebook.com,

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OCT. 11, MONDAY Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank, Golf Outing | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Traditions Golf Club, Hebron. DETAILS: Lunch, snacks, beverages, golf carts, green fees, range fees, and use of locker facilities and amenities. Sponsorships available and foursomes are $500. ¼www.sweetcheeksdiaperbank.org

OCT. 12, TUESDAY Metropolitan Club, 2021 Metropolitan Award | 6 p.m.

DETAILS: Honoring Candace McGraw,. ¼www.metropolitanclub.net

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Terry Foster

Life Learning Center gala to feature dinner, drinks and ‘roast’ Saturday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m., PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation, Newport, KY Covington’s Life Learning Center will host its annual gala to benefit Foundations for a Better Life, a 12-week program serving people overcoming poverty, incarceration and addiction.

The event begins with an invitation-only reception, followed by cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dinner for ticket holders.

Entertainment will include a roast of St. Elizabeth Healthcare President and CEO Garren Colvin.

Roasting Colvin will be DBL Law Managing Partner Robert M.

(Bob) Hoffer, New Perceptions Inc. Executive Director Shawn Carroll and St. Elizabeth Foundation ambassador/emergency room nurse Terry M. Foster, who is also a parttime comedian.

A songwriter’s roundtable with Kelley Lovelace and Chris DeStefano and a raffle will follow.

Tickets start at $150 for dinner and open bar. In addition to food and drink, $250 will provide guests with two tickets per raffle item.

In accordance with the venue’s policies, all guests must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.  www.lifelearningcenter.us

Kool & The Gang headline Pink Ribbon anniversary celebration Wednesday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., ICON Music Center The Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund presents a 20th anniversary celebration of The Pink Ribbon with a concert by Kool & The Gang at ICON Music Center on Oct. 13. Cris Collinsworth will host, with a celebratory fireworks display following.

For 20 years, the annual Pink Ribbon Luncheon has raised funds to support its breast cancer centers

and programs, which provide access to early detection services and support. Programs include Mammogram Match, Cruisin’ for a Cure, Pink Ribbon Bags, Pink Ribbon Empowerment Program (PREP) and the Survivor Circle.

Presenting sponsors are the Albach, Wells, and Dauer Group at Morgan Stanley and the Harold C. Schott Foundation. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.  www.ccpf.org

Kool & The Gang in a 2017 performance

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Actress Kiki Layne to speak at Guiding Light Mentoring Gala

Recent program graduate Nikki celebrates with the MomsHope leadership team.

High hopes for MomsHope at first event since shutdown

Friday, Oct. 15, 6-7 p.m., The Phoenix, 812 Race St. Actress Kiki Layne will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual Guiding Light Mentoring Gala and Auction. Layne has starred in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “The Old Guard” and “Coming 2 America.”

Honorary chair Gwen Robinson, former CEO of the Cincinnati Hamilton County Community Action Agency, is leading a team of civic, community and corporate leaders to assist Guiding Light Mentoring.

The evening will feature live music from local R&B group Natural Progression. WLWT-TV personality Courtis Fuller will emcee.

The cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. Tickets are $75.  www.guidinglightmentoring.org Gwen Robinson, Courtis Fuller

Thursday, Oct. 14, 6 p.m., Topgolf, West Chester MomsHope will host its inaugural Calgary Industries Drive4Hope event to support single, low-income mothers through faith-based, one-on-one mentoring.

“Drive4Hope will be a muchneeded boost for the organization,” Executive Director Kim Anthony said about MomsHope’s first in-person fundraiser in 19 months. “We are grateful for Calvary Industries and King’s Electric Services for making it possible for us to

re-engage with the community, raise awareness and funds to provide resources like grants and computers for more single moms.”

In an effort to move moms to self-sufficiency, MomsHope aids in resource development, personal advancement, spiritual growth and family stability.

The event includes appetizers, dinner and dessert as well as two drink tickets and three hours of gameplay on Topgolf’s upper deck.  www.momshope.org/ Topgolf

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Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund, The Pink Ribbon, 20th Anniversary | 7:30 p.m. Icon Music Center.  STORY, this page.

YWCA Greater Cincinnati, Annual Racial Justice Virtual Breakfast | 8-9:30 a.m. Online. DETAILS: Keynote speaker: Richard Rothstein, author of “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.” Racial Justice Awardees: Ennis Tait and Renee Mahaffey Harris. ¼www.ywcacincinnati.org/RJBreak

OCT. 14, THURSDAY Cincinnati Zoo, Zoo Brew | 7-9:30 p.m. DETAILS: Country artists Elvie Shane and Niko Moon to perform.

See animals, beer sampling stations.

General admission, $60. ¼www.cincinnatizoo.org

Haitian Timoun Foundation, Moving Mountains Gala | 6:30 p.m. Manor House, Mason.

DETAILS: Food and beverages, live and silent auctions. ¼www.htflive.org

Life Enriching Communities & Concord Reserve Foundations, A Musical Feast | 7 p.m. Virtual.

DETAILS: Performances featuring artists-in-residence from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Online silent auction. ¼https://lec.org/amf

MomsHope, Drive4Hope | 6 p.m. Topgolf, 9568 Water Front Dr., West Chester. DETAILS: Appetizers, dinner and dessert, two drink tickets and three hours of gameplay on Topgolf’s upper deck. ¼www.momshope.org/topgolf

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Cincy Block Party | 7-11 p.m. Benken Florist Home and Garden, Silverton.  STORY, this page.

OCT. 16, SATURDAY Cooperative for Education, Fall Fiesta | 7-8 p.m. Virtual. DETAILS: Livestream program, online silent auction, luxury raffle and more. Cocktail kit

by Karrikin Spirits. Registration: free, but required. Register by Oct. 7 for door prize. ¼www.coeduc.org/fiesta

Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati, 30th Anniversary Celebration | 7 p.m.

High St.  STORY, this page.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 2021 International Freedom Conductor Awards Gala | Duke Energy Convention Center. DETAILS: Honoring national and global efforts of Amal and George Clooney, late Honorable John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson on behalf of individual freedom. Co-chairs Dianne Dunkelman and Carole Rigaud.

Tickets: $300. Host/hostess: $500. ¼www.freedomcenter.org

University of Cincinnati Brain Tumor Center, Annual Walk Ahead for a Brain Tumor Cure | 8 a.m., Sawyer Point.  STORY, page 25.

AJC Cincinnati, Human Relations Award Dinner | 5:30 p.m. Hilton Netherland Plaza.  STORY, page 25.

Guiding Light Mentoring, Annual Igniting Future Leaders Gala | 6-7 p.m. The Phoenix.  STORY, page 23.

Cincinnati Right to Life, Annual Evening for Life | 5:30 p.m.

Sharonville Convention Center.

DETAILS: Speaker: George Dennehy.

Social hour, dinner, banquet. ¼www.cincinnatirighttolife.org

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Cincy Block Party celebrates what keeps Cincinnati beautiful Friday, Oct. 15, 7-11 p.m., Benken Florist Home and Garden, Silverton Keep Cincinnati Beautiful is hosting its annual gala, the Cincy Block Party, at Benken Florist Home and Garden. Attendees will be able to enjoy light food, an open bar, a silent auction, an outdoor dance floor, and games.

Every general admission ticket, costing $75 in advance or $100 at the door, includes complimentary valet parking and raffle entry. VIP tickets, which cost $125 in advance, also include an exclusive 7-8 p.m. beer tasting, plus game tickets for the evening and a swag bag.  www.keepcincinnatibeautiful.org

Speaker Gina Seaton, President & CEO Stacey Burge and Board President Brian Kershner at the organization’s 25th anniversary event

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 65 Roses: LIVE! | 5 p.m. Virtual.

DETAILS: Virtual cooking class, two bottles of wine, pair of CF Foundation stemless wine glasses, CF Foundation wine tote, access to 65 Roses: LIVE! music playlist. ¼https://events.cff.org/65RosesGalaOH

Great Parks Forever, Root Ball | 6:30-8:30 p.m. Rhinegeist, OTR. DETAILS: Honorary chairs: Eric and Keri Mueller. Attire is rustic chic. ¼www.greatparksforever.org

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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Volunteer Programs Director Megan Beck, Michaella Komzak and Lisa Bambach at a past Block Party

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Interfaith Hospitality Network celebrates 30 years of service Saturday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m., High St. design studio, 1401 Reading Road To commemorate 30 years of service to homeless families, the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati (IHNGC) will host Cheers to 30 Years.

Hosted at High St. design studio, patrons will enjoy refreshments provided by Southern Grace Cincy Catering, music by DJ Newnu and shopping to benefit the cause.

Funds raised from the

celebration, including a portion of High St. sales, will directly support the nonprofit’s mission to provide homeless families with emergency shelter and hospitality through interfaith communities.

IHNGC is working to provide shelter beds through building new, affordable units with the upcoming Melrose Place project, which will bring 26 permanent supportive housing units to Walnut Hills.

Tickets are $100 each and available to purchase online.  www.ihncincinnati.org

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Gary Thompson’s family and friends at past Walk Ahead for a Brain Tumor Cure

George Clooney

‘Walk Ahead’ for brain tumor cure returns to Sawyer Point

Freedom Center honor Clooneys, John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson

Sunday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m., Sawyer Point Family and friends of Gary Thompson, who was treated for a glioblastoma brain tumor at the University of Cincinnati Brain Tumor Center, will honor his memory by being among the many walkers and runners at the 12th annual Walk Ahead for a Brain Tumor Cure at Sawyer Point.

The 5K run/walk and 2K walk begin at 9 a.m., and an after-party with food, music and family fun begins at 10 a.m.

Each year, Walk Ahead helps support at least two pilot research grants for UC researchers who are determined to find a brain tumor cure. Several of these projects have led to clinical trials, including one that could change the face of cancer treatment.

Registration is being offered for in-person attendance or as a virtual participant. The event will follow all CDC guidelines and local COVID restrictions.  www.walkahead.org

Amal Clooney

Saturday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m., Duke Energy Convention Center Limited tickets remain for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s International Freedom Conductor Awards Gala. During the event, the Freedom Center will present its highest honor to Amal and George Clooney, the late Congressman John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson for their lifetimes of advocacy for freedom

John Lewis

Bryan Stevenson

across the globe.

Dinner is at 7 p.m., followed by the award ceremony at 8:30 p.m. Event co-chairs are Dianne Dunkelman and Carole Rigaud.

Tickets, $300; host/hostess, $500; tables of 10, $5,000.

Attire: Black tie, if convenient.

A live stream option is available. Proof of vaccination is required for entry.

Torch Sponsors are First Financial Bank and P&G.  www.freedomcenter.org

William L. Barrett to receive AJC’s National Human Relations Award Wednesday, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m., Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel Co-chairs Peter Borchers and Brian Folke

Sporting Clays tourney helps aid people with disabilities Friday, Oct 22, 11:30 a.m., Sycamore Pheasant Club Stepping Stones is presenting its annual Sporting Clays Tournament, co-hosted by Peter Borchers and Brian Folke, to benefit people with disabilities.

“This year, we’re excited to celebrate the fifth anniversary of our event,” Borchers said. “The tournament has supported Stepping Stones’ programs for five years and we hope to continue that support

for many more.”

The tournament is open to new and experienced shooters.The clay shoot course will feature 30 stations, games and sporting firearms.

Winners will be announced following the tournament, when dinner options are also available.

Founded in 1963, Stepping Stones helps people with disabilities in day and overnight programs that increase independence and promote inclusion.  www.SteppingStonesOhio.org

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) will honor Dr. William L. Barrett with the AJC 2021 National Human Relations Award for his leadership and contributions to our community.

CEO David Harris, who has led AJC since 1990, will be the featured speaker.

In 2016, Barrett launched Cincinnati Cancer Advisors (CCA), offering free second opinions to newly diagnosed cancer patients. CCA provides a free cancer consultation, understanding of a diagnosis, and financial navigation and assistance to help create an optimized care plan.

Barrett received his undergraduate degree from the

William L. Barrett, M.D.

University of Virginia and his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. He has been on the UC faculty since 1992 treating patients with cancer and is codirector of the UC Cancer Center.

AJC CEO David Harris will be the featured speaker at the event.

Harris has led AJC since 1990.

Reservations must be made by Oct. 8.  www.ajc.org/cincinnati/barrett

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DATEBOOK OCT. 21, THURSDAY (CONT.) Cincinnati Union Bethel, Off the Streets 15th Anniversary Celebration | 5-7 p.m. 2401 Reading Rd. DETAILS: Interactive tour of Off the Streets, celebrate volunteers, and see art of successful graduates. ¼www.cubcincy.org

Grant Us Hope, Butterfly Bash | 6-9 p.m. Anderson Pavilion, Smale Park. DETAILS: Save the date. ¼www.grantushope.org

TEDxCincinnati Women, Main Stage Event | 7-9 p.m. Memorial Hall.  STORY, page 27.

OCT. 22-24, FRIDAY-SUNDAY Ohio River Foundation, Cincinnati Coffee Festival | Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom.  STORY, this page.

Post-race party at finish line. ¼www.valleyviewcampus.org

OCT. 26-29, TUESDAY-FRIDAY Cintrifuse, StartupCincy Week REvitalized |  STORY, page 31.

OCT. 26, TUESDAY Magnified Giving, Fall Dinner | 6-8 p.m. Cooper Creek, Blue Ash. DETAILS: Cocktails, dinner, dessert, and celebration of youth philanthropy.

Keynote: Nancy Grayson, president of Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky. Free. ¼www.magnifiedgiving.org

OCT. 28, THURSDAY Tender Mercies, Halloween Bash | 6:30-10 p.m., Woodward Theater.  STORY, page 28.

OCT. 29, FRIDAY

OCT. 22, FRIDAY Stepping Stones, Annual Sporting Clays Tournament | 11:30 a.m.

Sycamore Pheasant Club, Loveland.  STORY, page 25.

Cincinnati Design Awards, 235th Annual Banquet & Awards | Memorial Hall.  STORY, page 29.

OCT. 29-31, FRIDAY-SUNDAY

OCT. 22, FRIDAY Bethany House Services, Ales to Zinfandels | 7-10 p.m. Newport Syndicate.  STORY, this page.

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Dream Makers 2021: Answering the Call | 7:30 p.m. WKRC Local 12.  STORY, page 28.

JDRF, Bourbon & BowTie Bash | 6 p.m. Newport Car Barn. DETAILS: Bourbon tastings, access to private barrel bottles, auction and bourbon raffle, bites, dancing. Sponsorships start at $750. ¼www.jdrfbourbon.org

Spirit of Construction, Celebration of Construction Gala | 5:30 p.m. Duke Energy Convention Center. DETAILS: Honoring constructors, plus civic/educational ventures benefiting construction industry. ¼TBrunsman@spiritofconstruction.org

Valley View, Run for the Bottoms!

5K and 10K | DETAILS: Choose 5K or single loop 10K for a tour of trails through forest, field and streamside.

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Pig Works, Flying Pig-Queen Bee Weekend | DETAILS: Three-day festival: See website for details. ¼www.flyingpigmarathon.com,

www.queenbeehalf.com OCT. 30, SATURDAY Brighton Center, Wine Over Water | 5:30-9 p.m. Purple People Bridge.  STORY, page 29.

Stereo Dinner, Bootsy Collins 70th Birthday | 7-9 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe & Casino. DETAILS: VIP culinary meet, greet and eat experience. Only 30 tickets available for four-course meal and beverage pairing. Online silent auction. ¼www.stereodinner.com

NOV. 4, THURSDAY A Child’s Hope Int’l, Annual Swing into Action Golf Outing | 6-8 p.m. Topgolf, West Chester.

DETAILS: Family-friendly event, dinner, dessert and presentation. No golf skills required. Tickets start at $50. ¼www.thechildrenarewaiting.org

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Gage Woolley, BHS special events coordinator, left, and CFO Kelly Freyler, right, help split-the-pot winner Meeka celebrate at Ales to Zinfandels 2019

Bethany House Ales to Zinfandels to support homeless families Saturday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m., Newport Syndicate, 18 E. Fifth St., Newport, Ky. Bethany House Services is hosting its 18th annual wine and beer tasting fundraiser, Ales to Zinfandels, presented by the Heidt Family Foundation. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit, which cares for more than 2,500 homeless people annually by providing them shelter, safety and services to help get them back on their feet.

The event will include wines, craft beers, appetizers and desserts as well as music provided by The Ultra Sonics, a live auction and a raffle. Price is $80 per person, two for $150 and a “Bring a Group Party Pack” of six tickets for $400.  www.bethanyhouseservices.org

Coffee Festival adds Friday night ‘Platinum Buzz’ to weekend Friday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Cincinnati Music Hall Ballroom The Cincinnati Coffee Festival, a fundraiser for Cincinnati nonprofit Ohio River Foundation, returns for its fourth installment.

The kick-off Platinum Buzz event on Friday, Oct. 22 includes specialty coffee and tea cocktails, the Latte Art Throwdown competition and light bites by Eat Well. Attendees on Saturday, Oct. 23, and Sunday, Oct. 24, can sample nearly 50 coffee roasters, coffee and tea shops, bakers, pastry shops and chocolatiers from around the region.

Friday night Platinum Buzz tickets are $50.50 in advance; $65.50 day of the event. Session tickets for Saturday and Sunday are $15.50 in advance; $20.50 day of the event. Attendees who want to go to all three weekend events can purchase a VIP Gold Pass ($60.50 in advance; $75.50 day of the event).  www.cincinnaticoffeefestival.com/tickets David Gaines of LaTerza Artisan Coffee serves up some samples.

Theresa Alenghat

Louise Ashby

Kim Belew

Heather Christensen

Maria Dunlap

Aimee Gardner

Nina Paul

Molly Wellmann

Yvette Simpson

TEDxCincinnatiWomen returns with Main Stage event Thursday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., Memorial Hall, OTR TEDxCincinnati is back and hosting its third annual TEDxCincinnatiWomen Main Stage Event. Performers and speakers will showcase a variety of topics including human connection, research on the gut, wellbeing, education, entertainment, new technology and community.

“I love connecting people and amplifying their stories,” said Executive Director Jami Lah. “TEDxCincinnati is an experience. It’s not only about the speakers. It’s about connection and innovation, too. We truly want guests to feel a connection to the things they are hearing and seeing at the show, and not just be observers.”

Speakers: • Dr. Theresa Alenghat is an associate professor in the Immunobiology Division of

Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

• Louise Ashby was an actress and model who moved to Los Angeles to live her dream.

• Kimberly Belew is a rapper, singer, songwriter and speaker.

• Dr. Heather Chistensen is an associate professor in medical education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

• Maria Dunlap is founder of the Reviv Family Support Foundation, which offers services during a child’s medical journey.

• Aimee Gardner is senior director, medical operations and director, Center for Simulation and Research at Children’s Hospital.

• Nina Paul is a volunteer and leader in the nonprofit community.

• Molly Wellman is one of Cincinnati’s best known mixologists and owner of Japps in Over-the-Rhine.

• Yvette Simpson served on Cincinnati City Council, was the first woman CEO at Democracy for America and is founder of Your Power Unlocked, a strategic consulting firm.

Performers: • Lauren Eylise’s genre-defying music is categorized as eclectic-soul. She has opened for Patti Labelle, and was a guest on the Kelly Clarkson Show.

• Revolution Dance Theatre is on a mission to tell marginalized stories, be a pipeline for Black & Brown talent and serve as a powerhouse for Black artistic excellence.  www.TEDxCincinnati.com

You are cordially invited to attend the presentation of AJC CINCINNATI’S

2021 NATIONAL HUMAN RELATIONS AWARD TO

WILLIAM L. BARRETT, M.D.

SATURDAY 6:30PM CET SUNDAY 8:30PM CET ARTS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021 5:30 PM RECEPTION; 6:30 PM DINNER AND PROGRAM HILTON CINCINNATI NETHERL AND PL AZA HOTEL

Join Barbara Kellar as she showcases artists and cultural leaders from the Greater Cincinnati community.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DAVID HARRIS

AJC Chief Executive Officer Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the CEO DINNER CO - CHAIRS

EILEEN & JOHN BARRETT PATRICIA & DR. ANDREW FILAK FRANCIE & TOM HILTZ

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Emmy Award Winner

Reservations accepted online at: AJC.org/cincinnati/barrett or call 513.621.4020

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NOV. 16, TUESDAY

Cancer Family Care, 42nd Annual Wine Tasting & Auction | 6 p.m.

Manor House. DETAILS: Wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction, three-course gourmet dinner with wine pairings and live auction ¼www.bit.ly/winetasting42

Disabled American Veterans, 2021 DAV 5K | 9 a.m. The Banks.

DETAILS: Walk, roll, run and motorcycle ride. Virtual option available Nov. 6-11.

In-person tickets: $30, adults; $15, VIP veterans and youth 6-15; virtual tickets: $40 and $25. ¼www.DAV5K.org

NOV. 10, WEDNESDAY 55 North, North Star Soirée | 5:55-7 p.m. Virtual.  STORY, page 29.

NOV. 11, THURSDAY Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Annual Gathering | Woodward Theater. DETAILS: Showcasing local artists, in collaboration with SOS Art, who reflect vision for peace and eye towards justice. Visual and performance artists. ¼www.ijpccincinnati.org/artofjustice

NOV. 13, SATURDAY Learning Grove, Gala in the Grove | 6 p.m. Paul Brown Stadium.

DETAILS: Cocktails, dinner, silent and live auction, after party. Charity in Action Awardee: Shannon Jones, executive director, Groundwork Ohio ¼cturner@learning-grove.org

American Jewish Committee, Thanksgiving Diversity Lunch | Cintas Center. DETAILS: Celebrating unique roots and shared values. ¼cincinnati@ajc.org

NOV. 18, THURSDAY Cincinnati Association of Fundraising Professionals, National Philanthropy Day | 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Rhinegeist. DETAILS: In-person luncheon and streaming program. Showcases individuals and organizations who work to ensure a vibrant, philanthropic region. ¼www.afpcincinnati.org

NOV. 19, FRIDAY Cincinnati Museum Center, Layers of Creativity | 7 p.m. DETAILS: Adults-only night with light bites from local restaurants, creative cocktails, “explosive” programming and exclusive access to exhibits. Tickets: $175-$500. ¼www.cincymuseum.org/layers

NOV. 20, SATURDAY CABVI, Dining in the Dark Wonderland | 6-10 p.m. Hard Rock Casino. DETAILS: Natalie Jones & Freddy Mac from Q102. Dinner, drinks, silent auction, split the pot, Wonderland games. Honoring Barney H. Kroger Humanitarian Award recipient, Marta Bowling Tickets. $150. ¼www.cincyblind.org/dining

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Judge Nathaniel Jones with Raymond Mack, one of the young people he mentored

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative to honor legacy of Nathaniel Jones Saturday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., virtual The Cincinnati Youth Collaborative presents this year’s Dream Makers Celebration: Answering the Call as a remote event. The occasion honors members of CYC who support Cincinnati-area students.

The 2021 Celebration will include a 30-minute televised event on WKRC, Local 12, celebrating five Outstanding Students: Honestee Nieasha Cheatham, Olivia Jones, Stephanae

McPheeters, Keniah McCants and Gloria Stanford. Overcoming adversity, they have demonstrated a commitment to academic and leadership excellence.

CYC will also pay tribute to the late Judge Nathaniel Jones and his legacy of fighting for social justice.

A longtime member and collaborator with CYC founder John Pepper, Jones served as CYC board member and mentored young people through the organization’s programming for over 25 years.  www.cycyouth.org

Star chef Gill headlines Tender Mercies’ Halloween Bash Thursday, Oct. 28, 6:30-10 p.m., Woodward Theater Tender Mercies invites visitors to a Halloween Bash at Woodward Theater. The festivities will help the agency raise $250,000 to assist 199 men and women with mental illness rebuild their lives.

Local chef and Food Network star Christian Gill, along with Bridget from 96ROCK Mornings, will host the Halloween Bash.

Guests can expect a virtual reality experience, wine pull, silent auction, live auction and music by DJ Savannah Sexton.

To allow social distancing, the Halloween Bash will have an outdoor area and limit attendance to 45 percent capacity.

Presenting sponsor is Union Savings Bank and Guardian Savings Bank.  www.tmbash21.givesmart.com or www.tendermerciesinc.org Local chef and Food Network star Christian Gill

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A scene from Wine Over Water in 2019

Wine Over Water offers views, brews and support for Brighton Center Saturday, Oct. 30, 5:30-9 p.m., Purple People Bridge, Newport, Ky. Brighton Center’s Wine Over Water fundraiser is an evening for tasting wines, local craft beer, spirits and foods while raising funds for the Northern Kentucky-based nonprofit, which helps individuals and families reach self-sufficiency.

Wine Over Water features food and drinks from Bircus Brewing Company, Deadlow Brewing, DEP’s Fine Wine & Spirits, The Party Source, Jim’s Fine Wine & Spirits, Cork N Bottle, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, StoneBrook Winery,

Hofbrauhaus, The Cheesecakery, and Brighton Center’s Center Table, Catering With A Purpose.

Guests will enjoy spectacular views from the Purple People Bridge and live entertainment.

NOTE: As of press time, the Purple People Bridge is accessible from the Kentucky side only, as repairs continue on the northern section of the bridge.

General admission tickets, $40 each, include six food-tasting tickets and six drink-tasting tickets, plus a tasting glass. VIP admission is $250 for a table for two and $500 for a table for four.  www.brightoncenter.com/ wineoverwater

North Star Soirée brings community together for older adults Wednesday, Nov. 10, 5:55-7 p.m., virtual 55 North, formerly known as the Hyde Park Center for Older Adults, will celebrate elders and their caregivers through its annual fundraiser, held virtually this time.

The North Star Soirée will help support the agency, whose goal is to empower adults 55 and older to be independent, active, healthy and connected. Proceeds will sustain its support services, including a handicapped-accessible van to transport people to and from doctor appointments, social outings and grocery shopping.

“We would really like to bring the community together this year,” said Shelley Goering, CEO of 55 North. “However, we need to do everything we can to stop the spread of the pandemic.”

The online fundraiser will

Shelley Goering, CEO of 55 North

feature celebrity hosts and an auction.

Current sponsors include Lou Meyer, Arlington Memorial Gardens, Right at Home, Rebeccah L. Brown, M.D., and StoryTellr.

For information on sponsorships, contact Kathy DeLaura at kathy@ pinchange.com. Tickets for the virtual soirée are available online.  www.55north.org

25th Cincinnati Design Awards to recognize top designers Friday, Oct. 29, Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St. For 25 years, leaders in Cincinnati’s design community have collaborated on the Cincinnati Design Awards (CDA), an interdisciplinary program that now includes architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning and experiential graphic design.

The CDA recognizes designers and firms for their outstanding work in the community and around the world. A jury of professionals determines the awardees, announced at the annual banquet at Memorial Hall. Jurors are Roberto De Leon, Joey N. Shimoda, Anna Crider, Allison Harvey and local juror Jake Hodesh.

The CDA also provides a grant to an individual, corporation or organization whose work supports communities through a range of stewardship, education and programming activities.  www.cincinnatidesignawards.com

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Pete Blackshaw, CEO of Cintrifuse

Candace McGraw, CEO of CVG

Region has tools to become a high-tech

By Cliff Peale hub of moving things

Reader version for devices

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ake a moment, as the nation swerves toward the exit ramp of a global health crisis. Add in the transformation of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport into a growing freight hub. Sprinkle in entrepreneurs dedicated to sustainability and healthy living. Anchor it all with our region’s traditional strengths in branding, marketing and big-company influence.

What do you get? To Pete Blackshaw, it’s obvious – an opportunity.

He calls it the “Great SupplyWay,” positioning Greater Cincinnati as a center of supply chain, logistics, advanced manufacturing and e-commerce distribution.

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reinvented everything. It’s forced everybody to act like a startup. Everybody’s had to do that to survive. … The whole national debate right now is about infrastructure and renewal.”

He believes the Great SupplyWay is the region’s most promising path to growth and innovation. Even the still-uncertain future of the Brent Spence Bridge is a chance to establish Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky as the nation’s premier laboratory for the most basic function: moving stuff from one place to another.

He is not alone. Blackshaw has drawn interest from some of the region’s traditional power structure: executives at Kroger Co. and Procter & Gamble Co., the region’s largest universities, local governments and successful entrepreneurs.

The linchpin of the Great SupplyWay is the airport, which has remade itself from a Delta Air Lines passenger hub into a freight center

from which giants like DHL and Amazon manage and expand their sprawling distribution networks.

The Great SupplyWay includes three legs of a stool: the “Tech Future of Freight,” focused on efficiently moving goods from one place to another; the “Circular Economy” that reduces waste; and “Food from Seed to Plate,” enhancing the movement and supply of healthy food to consumers all over the country.

Candace McGraw, the airport’s CEO, is a believer. She said the region’s central location and growing status as a transportation hub have given it the infrastructure to capitalize on the moment.

“If we can line it up properly, this can be the key differentiator of this region for decades to come,” McGraw said. “I think the possibilities are endless. I think we have the right entities.

I certainly think we have the right energy and Photo of Pete Blackshaw and C andace McGraw by Tina G utierrez for Movers & Makers

FOCUS ON: Innovation zeal. Now, we just need everybody to line up and support this.”

The numbers are there. Cargo tonnage out of CVG has more than doubled since 2013 and is on a record pace this year. A $1.5 billion investment from Amazon is creating a Prime Air hub at the airport. That’s on top of DHL, which operates its North American “superhub” at CVG. Overall, the airport houses the seventh-largest cargo operation in North America.

“In the 10 years I’ve been here, we’ve seen nothing but change and growth,” she said. “Now we have to stop focusing on what we needed yesterday, and focus on what we will need five, 10 years from now.

When we talk to companies, we tell them, ‘Come do your testing here. You can scale it up and take it to other airports. We’ll let you try things here.’ ”

Supply lines critical for produce startup About 45 miles north in Hamilton, innovation is taking shape in the unlikeliest of places – City Hall. City Manager Joshua Smith is there, but so is the headquarters of 80 Acres Farms, the marketer of fresh produce that has the cool-kid-on-the-block flair of the region’s entrepreneurial elite.

Literally, the startups have taken over the building.

“Within five minutes of meeting (80 Acres Farms CEO) Mike Zelkind, I’m like, ‘You are coming to Hamilton,’” Smith said. “He can sell anything. My old office is now Mike Zelkind’s office. We’re using the city building as an incubator.

I keep squeezing our space. We have more companies, we’ll keep squeezing.”

Imflux, a P&G-related company that makes molding technology, also is growing in Hamilton, and logistics company ODW is among those taking space in the city building.

The star is 80 Acres Farms and its sister company, technology company Infinite Acres. Founded in 2015, 80 Acres operates indoor “vertical farms” near supply lines around the country, compressing

If we can line it up properly, this can be the key differentiator of this region for decades to come. I think the possibilities are endless.

– Candace McGraw

the time needed to ship the produce and keeping it fresh all the way to kitchen tables. The farms use 100% renewable energy and no pesticides.

The company secured $160 million in private financing earlier this year, touted by the Cincinnati Business Courier as the largest single raising of capital by a startup in the region’s history. Infinite Acres has launched partnerships with innovators in irrigation systems and online retailing. Tisha Livingston, a co-founder of 80 Acres Farms and CEO of Infinite Acres, said the company has reached profitability in its two largest farms, including the one in Hamilton.

“We are the solution to fresh produce all over the United States,” she said. “For us, it’s really about scale, about getting to enough farms to cover expenses.”

80 Acres Farms could be located anywhere. They could emulate dozens of other promising entrepreneurs here who have followed their funding or the newest technology and relocated to Silicon Valley or Boston or Austin, Texas.

But Livingston said 80 Acres Farms is here because it’s home – and Hamilton has worked hard to keep it that way.

“I can’t think of many city officials who would give up a whole floor of their office building because they want us to be here, and they are invested in our success,” she said.

Moving stuff around more efficiently The key to the Great SupplyWay is moving goods, a sector where Greater Cincinnati has natural advantages. Mark Thackeray, director of Global Supply Chain Management programs at Northern Kentucky University, said this is one of only a half-dozen metropolitan areas in the country with access to all four basic modes of transportation: Inland waterway, air, road and rail.

Moving freight is indispensable to virtually everything that Americans do. And it’s growing: According to the American Trucking Associations, freight revenue by truck will increase 36 percent during the current decade, from $879 billion in 2020 to $1.435 trillion in 2031.

Yet there are bottlenecks – just try to cross the Brent Spence Bridge about 4:30 any afternoon.

The SupplyWay working group on freight explored concepts including a hyperloop, a low-resistance,

high-speed transportation system either below ground or above ground, and an “Expedia of freight,” a transportation management software that could match carriers with loads.

“They’re all big ideas,” Thackeray said. “Do I think they’ll all get traction? I do not. The question is: Are the conditions right? Our belief is, if they’re not, they’re awfully close.”

Also critical to the SupplyWay is the “Circular Economy.” Lisa Ellram, the Rees Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at Miami University, said the idea is to “upscale” any product so you can reuse it to create more value.

“Whatever you put into the marketplace, you want to keep it in the marketplace as long as you can,” Ellram said. “When you do take it out of the marketplace, you reuse it or upscale it, anything to keep it out of the landfill.”

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Three working groups have contributed to the Great SupplyWay initiative.* Here are results from their initial reports.

KEY THEMES

Great SupplyWay: no short supply of big ideas Everything is changing: COVID has created massive disruption in every industry.

Transparency: The new high bar for safety and responsibly sourced goods.

Also mitigates risk, costs, adds resiliency.

Tech Future of Freight

Circular Economy / Zero Waste

Rethinking the “last mile” for business-to-business and business-toconsumer supply chains to increase responsiveness, agility, traceability and security.

Treating all materials with a value and developing ways to keep them as long as possible to eliminate waste.

Goals • Increase speed to consumers by reducing hands that touch packages before delivery.

• Reduce carbon footprint of “last mile” by grouping packaging and maximizing efficiency in long-haul shipping costs.

Goals • Connect big local companies with startups like Loop to develop more reusable packaging.

• Be the hub for recycled materials being reused.

Top recommendations • Polypropylene recycling.

• Carbon credits/rewards for buying lower eco-impact products.

Top recommendations • Hyperloop: For freight in and out of CVG. • “Expedia of freight”: Platform linking CVG, waterways, freight and end users for movement of goods through supply chains.

Other recommendations • Initiatives for reuse.

• Standardize reusable packaging.

• Target recyclable packaging.

• Down-cycle surgical blue wrap for polypropylene.

• Leverage disconnected backhaul and last-mile logistics.

• Carbon off-set/credit consumer incentive exchange.

• Leverage local talent.

Other recommendations • Engage tech entrepreneurs and academia to create a single platform to coordinate shipping of orders from major sites.

• Establish neighborhood or regional pickup points rather than making all deliveries to homes.

• Repurpose dilapidated strip malls or shopping malls as central hubs for package delivery.

Unique advantages • Commitments by Kroger, P&G, Cintas, 5/3.

• Strong university infrastructure.

• Packaging expertise.

Unique advantages • Top eCommerce distribution hub in US. • CVG corridor: Amazon, DHL and others. * RESTART convened March 2020 by REDI, Chamber, CBC, CRBC. Under sponsorship of REDI, the economic development track was divided into The Great SupplyWay, Bio-Health, and Capital Formation.

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Sustainability: More important than ever.

Compliance realities, but increasingly consumer buyer preferences/expectations.

Food from Seed to Plate Fulfilling consumer demand for fresh, high-quality food that is affordable. Fresh produce may travel significant distances and spend valuable time in the supply chain before reaching consumers.

Goals • Reduce food waste.

• Give consumers access to the freshest quality food.

• Deliver high-quality food in the most cost-effective and sustainable way.

Top recommendations • Supply chain map to connect big companies and startups.

• Block chain tech to get produce delivered direct to store.

Other recommendations • Streamline the supply chain from seed to plate.

• Inventory start-ups and big companies that can help drive seed to plate supply chain improvement.

• In-store operations to maintain freshness.

• Improve transparency.

• Provide visibility into supply chain volume differences between big-company suppliers and small-company suppliers.

Unique advantages • Development of farm/ag tech corridor.

• Strong food culture.

GOAL: Recovery, renewal, revitalization.

PARTICIPANTS: Kroger, P&G, CVG, Cintas, Mercy Health, NKU, Miami Univ., RHL Group, EY, 80/Infinite Acres, DHL, Coupa

Back to article: www.moversmakers.org/cincinnati-great-supplyway

Information provided by Cintrifuse, edited and designed by Movers & Makers staff.

FOCUS ON: Innovation SupplyWay (From page 31.)

Champion for an idea: ‘He knows everybody’ Blackshaw talks about the Great SupplyWay with a revolutionary zeal, a combination of entrepreneur, civic leader and traveling salesman.

It’s not hard to look at the initiative and see parallels to Blackshaw’s career.

“If there’s any thread for me, it’s always been thinking and acting like a startup,” he said.

The California native started first as a policy aide and press secretary for a state senator interested in environmental measures. After four years in the 24/7 gauntlet of politics, he left for Harvard Business School and then the ultimate finishing school, Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati.

Blackshaw thrived at P&G just as the consumer goods goliath was realizing it couldn’t rely on traditional billion-dollar brands to generate the growth the market demanded. He became one of a new breed of marketers looking to the future. Much of his innovation was in interactive marketing, particularly capturing and analyzing data from consumers.

Only four years later, that work took shape in Blackshaw’s first company, Planet Feedback.

The online portal quickly became a staple

of Cincinnati’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Eventually, Blackshaw realized the entrepreneur’s dream and exited, merging with another local startup and then selling to giant Nielsen Online.

Several years later, Blackshaw took himself, his wife and three young children to Switzerland to lead digital marketing for Nestle. Three years ago, he reappeared here as CEO of Cintrifuse.

He was coming home.

Back in his P&G and Planet Feedback days, Blackshaw was a wunderkind, eager to make his mark on the world. Now at 56, he’s a little grayer and a little more weathered. But he still talks fast, still throws out multiple ideas within the same sentence and still has the spark in his eyes when he talks about the future – even if it’s his own future.

“I don’t look at this as a culmination,” he said. “I probably have at least one more startup in me. I like this challenge. I like the notion of helping an underachiever.”

One of the common themes from many of those working on the various SupplyWay initiatives is the importance of a champion who can connect to the power brokers to find financing, political support and public acceptance.

Supporters of the Great SupplyWay say the idea needs someone who is both an insider and an

outsider, who can get his calls answered and who never stops pushing.

“Pete hears everything about everything,” said Ellram, the Miami professor. “He’s always putting things together, and he knows everybody.”

Will it work?

Timing is on our side Will the Great SupplyWay work? What makes it any different from the dozens of other economic-development narratives dreamed up by local officials over the past 50 years?

If Blackshaw is right, the answer is clear: Timing. Movements are built on being in the right place at the right moment. The pandemic has elevated freight transportation as a critical piece of the nation’s infrastructure. And the nation’s private sector companies, from startups like 80 Acres Farms to giants like P&G or Kroger, recognize that today’s consumers care about sustainability.

Blackshaw invokes the image of pioneers traveling down the Ohio River and choosing this location to launch a new trade network.

“You’ve almost got this obsession with infrastructure that opens up a lot of opportunities,” he said. “It’s just a golden moment to kind of reinvent ourselves.” 

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overs and makers are anywhere new ideas and creativity are flowing. And nowhere, these days, is there more flow than in the Greater Cincinnati startup community. Nonprofits play a huge role in inspiring, funding and guiding startup efforts – Cintrifuse, MORTAR, Main Street Ventures, among others – and area universities are also key players in this ecosystem.

Below, we introduce a few, select faces working actively to make Cincinnati a powerful center for innovation and technology.

Kelly Bonnell Amy Vaughan Bill Tucker

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Stoking the fires of innovation

Nancy Aichholz

Eight leaders fueling and nurturing the local startup ecosystem strategies, skills and connections to develop and expand their impact-focused businesses.

Amy Vaughan CEO, Together Digital Organization’s mission: Together Digital is a membership association and networking community designed for women in highly demanding tech and digital professions. It is the only group of its kind to offer an Ask & Give Exchange which results in raises, promotions and equal opportunity for women, who historically, have lost income and opportunities due to sexism and gender discrimination.

Role and responsibilities: I have been CEO for two years. First and foremost, I listen, whether through our Ask & Give Peer Circles or one on one with members. Outside of all of the day-to-day operations of the business, event, and content coordination, I am always looking for ways to improve the lives of our members.

They are why I am here. They are why I stay.

What makes your organization unique? I am not sure people realize that Together Digital is more than a professional association. We are a community of ambitious yet supportive and collaborative women who know that the world does not always cater to us. We help each other navigate challenges and fears, gaining confidence, learning soft and hard skills all while making lifelong, career-changing connections.  www.togetherindigital.com

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Role and responsibilities: My key responsibility is to ensure that Flywheel meets the expectations of its stakeholders, entrepreneurs, community leaders, funders, donors and partners. I joined Flywheel 10 years ago and have been executive director for almost eight years.

What makes your organization unique?

Flywheel is entrepreneurial at its core – just like the impact-focused entrepreneurs we support. Our secret weapon is without a doubt our diverse network of coaches and mentors.

These talented women and men come from all walks of life and backgrounds and support Flywheel entrepreneurs as they launch and scale businesses that have both social impact and financial return.  www.flywheelcincinnati.org

Kelly Bonnell ED, Main Street Ventures Organization’s mission: Main Street Ventures empowers the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Role and responsibilities: I am responsible for overseeing the administration, programs, and strategic plan of the organization. But that’s the “boilerplate” part. Ultimately, I’m in charge of ensuring Main Street Ventures is constantly evolving to best meet the needs of our region’s up-and-coming founders.

What makes your organization unique? Main Street Ventures is working to become the community-funded initiative that makes entrepreneurship possible for everyone in Greater Cincinnati by supporting entrepreneurs with

what they need, when they need it: capital, connections and education. We do this because of this simple equation: Good Ideas + Financial Capital + Social Capital = Successful Businesses in A City Where You Want To Live.  www.mainstventures.org

Nancy Aichholz President/CEO, Aviatra Accelerators Inc. Organization’s mission: Celebrating 10 years of supporting women on the rise to find the power to soar, Aviatra Accelerators, a nonprofit organization, exists to empower female entrepreneurs, providing education, coaching, mentoring, networking and access to capital.

Aviatra’s programs are tailored to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs at all stages of the business cycle.

Role and responsibilities: I have been with Aviatra for 6.5 years and am responsible for all aspects of the nonprofit, including board management, development, strategic planning, community relations and delivering on our mission to start, grow and sustain femaleowned businesses.

What makes your organization unique?

Aviatra Accelerators is one of the only organizations in the United States that serves women entrepreneurs across all industries and at any stage of their business cycle. We are a fullservice resource center for women founders.  www.aviatraaccelerators.org

FOCUS ON: Innovation added a new membership “starter tier” called QCA Ascent, and we’ve grown the organization from 60 members to 120+ members. At the same time we’ve significantly expanded the diversity of our investor members across age, gender and cultural background.

Tim Metzner Michael Young Sue Baggott

Ricardo Grant

Michael Young ED, StudyHall Organization’s mission: StudyHall engages volunteers to democratize access to tutoring in virtual setting, supporting students’ ability to read on grade level.

Role and responsibilities: I’ve been the executive director of StudyHall since its inception 18 months ago. As a pandemic-founded organization, and relying heavily on a small team, my role is focused on discovering new ways to strategically implement technological solutions in a rapidly changing landscape. I also write a significant portion of the code that allows us to respond quickly to user feedback and strategic initiatives.

What makes your organization unique?

StudyHall combines the best components of technology and nonprofit organizations to have an outsized impact on the students with whom we work. We know efficiencies provided by technology can increase the positive impact on our students, volunteers and the community.  www.studyhall.org

Ricardo Grant ED, SoCap Accelerate; Founder of Paloozanoire and Gallery At Gumbo Organization’s mission: SoCap Accelerate is a Pre-Series A health innovation accelerator based out of Northern Kentucky University in partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare.

Paloozanoire is dedicated to enriching the lives of Midwestern Black professionals, creatives and entrepreneurs. We own the Cincinnati

Juneteenth Block Party, Paloozanoire Lifestyle Conference and Black & Brown Faces Art Exhibition. Gallery At Gumbo is Cincinnati’s intentionally inclusive barbershop and art gallery, collaboration home to Gumbo Talks, a conversation series amongst Cincinnati stakeholders with the goal to advance the human race via a wide range of perspectives.

Role and responsibilities: For all positions: I build, activate and execute. I manage teams associated with each organization, build and advance partnerships, raise capital and expand on long-term vision.

What makes your organization unique?

SoCap Accelerate, Paloozanoire and Gallery At Gumbo were built in the past four years with the goal to fill gaps in our region. That need allowed us to gain advocates amongst stakeholders and the community and ecosystem at large.  www.paloozanoire.com www.galleryatgumbo.com www.nku.edu/socapaccelerate.html

Sue Bevan Baggott Founder, Power Within Consulting; DEI chair, Queen City Angels; founding member, Next Wave Impact

What makes your organization unique? The uniqueness of QCA lies in our wonderful combination of dedicated investor members and amazing entrepreneurial teams. Our investors are experienced business leaders who go beyond just capital funding to provide coaching, mentoring and expertise to emerging companies. Each year our investors contribute thousands of hours of service to our portfolio companies as well as to the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem. Plus, we have amazingly dedicated founders leading our 40+ portfolio companies through the challenging early phases of company establishment and growth.  www.powerwithinconsulting.com www.qca.com www.nextwaveimpact.com

Tim Metzner Co-founder, chief strategy officer, Coterie Insurance Organization’s mission: Coterie is an insurtech focused on simplifying business insurance through speed, simplicity and service.

Role and responsibilities: I help set and reinforce company culture, vision, mission, values and strategy, and help create and lead a team focused on building an innovation pipeline.

I’ve been in this role (in addition to others) since our founding in 2018.

Organization’s mission: Focusing in on Queen City Angels, it’s an angel-investing group dedicated to the prosperity and growth of Greater Cincinnati’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. We focus on organizing early-stage investors to support entrepreneurs as we recognize their critical role in creating breakthrough solutions that make lives better, create new jobs and drive our economy. Additionally, we provide significant advice and mentoring to founding teams to improve their chances of success.

What makes your organization unique? Our vision at Coterie Insurance is building a techand data-first organization to transform the commercial insurance industry, our people, our expertise and our culture. We’re running after a big vision with a very diverse and experienced team from both insurance and technology.

Role and responsibilities: As my work on QCA’s strategic direction progressed, one of the key strategic pillars QCA chose to focus on was improving DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion). QCA believes that bringing in more diverse investors leads to better outcomes – better investment decisions, more diverse entrepreneurs applying for funding, and stronger results and returns. Working closely with our marketing committee, we have designed and

Why Cincinnati?

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Ricardo Grant: I was born and raised in South Avondale. I never left because I firmly believe we are the hidden city; a city under a creative renaissance specifically amongst entrepreneurs of color. People often ask, “Would you consider leaving to build in cities that appear to produce greater opportunity?” and my response is short and concise. No. The opportunity is here.

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n 1983, I moved from the East Coast to Cincinnati to work for P&G. During my first six months, I was unsure how long I would stay, and if this was the place for me. Now almost 40 years later, it’s the place I call home and one of America’s best places to live.

Cincinnati has so many great spires of excellence – including an amazing selection of arts and entertainment, a thriving downtown, philanthropic organizations that make a difference, large corporations who call Cincinnati home, and schools that are educating the leaders of tomorrow.

For the last 15 years, another force of change has Mike Halloran added a new spire of excellence: the startup community.

Innovation, entrepreneurs, big co’s, mentors, accelerators, investors, social innovations, etc., have combined to create one of the best startup ecosystems in the country.

This has helped transform downtown, supercharge the local economy, inspire young talent and birth amazing innovation.

If you want to learn more, I encourage you to get involved. Join us for StartupCincy Week in late October, visit Cintrifuse at Union Hall in Over-the-Rhine to learn more, or seek out one of the movers and makers in this issue. Help us continue to transform Cincinnati through innovation, entrepreneurship, and dedication to solving important problems.

The future of Cincinnati looks very bright; I am proud to call it my home and it truly it is one of the “best kept secrets in America” (Dare we tell others?).

Mike Halloran is a serial entrepreneur, mentor to startups, angel investor and professor of entrepreneurship at Xavier University.  www.linkedin.com/in/mikehalloran

StartupCincy Week, Oct. 26-29 Produced by Cintrifuse, this multi-day event features: • Concentrated bursts of content – panelists, speakers, and keynotes • Happy Hours and networking opportunities • Cintrifuse annual meeting • FinTech Frontier Pitch Competition for a $75,000 prize pool • Startup job fair ... and much more StartupCincy Week 2021 will include both in-person and virtual elements, depending on in-place CDC and governmental guidelines.  www.startupcincy.com

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Kelly Bonnell: I like to joke that I recently realized I have become a Cincinnati stereotype. I was born and raised here and never left. I live five minutes from the house I grew up in and maybe seven minutes from my parents.

All kidding aside, it is such an exciting time to be here. The city is so alive and such a hidden gem. What I love most is that it’s a city where it is easy to get involved. If you want to be a part of something and lend your voice, time or talents, you simply need to raise your hand. It’s not that simple in other places.

Tim Metzner: I have never left Cincinnati because there has never been a shortage of opportunity, great people or family! Now that I’m also a parent of four kiddos 9 and under, I also appreciate just how incredible a place this is to raise a family.

Amy Vaughan: My father moved here in the late ’70s from Cairo, Egypt. My mom was his English tutor at their West Side high school. They married and moved to the East Side, where I grew up.

I moved away to Chicago after I married my high school sweetheart. We lived there for seven years before moving to England for two years, then Ann Arbor, Michigan, for one year – until we finally settled in Ohio to be close to family and for my husband’s job at UC. Michael Young: I left, and vowed to never come back. A couple years later, an opportunity presented itself in Cincinnati and I couldn’t pass up the chance to work on something I was passionate about. Shortly after moving back I became a part of a young professionalcentered volunteer organization, Give Back Cincinnati, and the rest is history.

Nancy Aichholz: I grew up in Cincinnati. I went away for undergrad but returned because Cincinnati has such a rich culture of arts and entertainment, safe neighborhoods and great schools. Even at a young age, I felt the power of the connections that Cincinnati provides and wanted to capitalize on that network.

Sue Baggott: I grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia, and I was recruited to Cincinnati by P&G where I spent the first chapter of my career becoming a global innovation leader working in Beauty Care, Cosmetics & Fragrances, and Baby Care. At P&G, I met my husband, Steve, and soon after we married

we did an international assignment in Europe, moved to Baltimore and eventually moved back to Cincy in 1997.

While neither of us grew up in Cincy, we’ve loved the friendly atmosphere and the accessibility to so many wonderful amenities such as parks, sports, restaurants, theater, community centers and more.

Bill Tucker: I grew up in Texas and began my professional career in Illinois.

I came to Cincinnati in 1995 when my company was acquired. Although I transferred to Atlanta for a few years, I couldn’t wait to get back to the Midwest city that I had fallen in love with.

What is your favorite thing about Cincinnati?

Tucker: The rich diversity of our community; being in relationship with people who don’t look like me or have the same life experiences as I do.

Vaughan: Just one!? I would say evolution. When I moved away in 2001, this city was completely different. The food, art, culture, small businesses and the startup community have evolved so much. To this day it is still evolving, and I’ve loved seeing it all happen firsthand.

Young: Give Back Cincinnati. It is the best thing a young professional can get involved with. Over the years I have found myself in places I didn’t know existed, found amazing restaurants and learned about interesting breweries and bars. While learning about interesting things to do in the area, I got to be a small part of making a difference: by serving more than 12,000 Thanksgiving meals, painting over a hundred houses, and hosting more than 100 other volunteer events throughout the region.

Aichholz: One of my favorites is our beautiful skyline as you drive into Cincinnati on I-75 North – another good reason to get that bridge built!!

Baggot: Impact 100, Sotto’s short rib cappellacci and Graeter’s ice cream.

What has been your biggest personal challenge working in the startup space?

Grant: A perfect product is unobtainable, and if we try to build the perfect

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FOCUS ON: Innovation solutions prior to releasing, they will never get released to the world. MVP (minimal valuable product) is a term that is so misunderstood but the keyword is “valuable.” When I walk into the Juneteenth Block Party amongst the 5,000 who have trusted us to attend and be inspired and celebrate, do I notice the lighting on the stage being slightly off? Sure I do. Do the 5,000 people? No they don’t, nor do they care either. I now release everything when the people want it, not when I want them to have it.

Tucker: Time. It takes time to understand where the on-ramps are for entrepreneurs as they seek access to customers, talent and capital. Asking for help goes a long way towards understanding where to find help.

Young: Isolation during lockdown has been my biggest personal challenge. The chance encounters with my network were gone, it was harder to talk through problems and I got in my own head. Huge shout out to my friend Kelly Bonnell at Main Street Ventures for taking the time to help me talk through problems and develop a plan for StudyHall’s future.

Aichholz: My biggest challenge was coming from the corporate world and then owning my own business; learning the ropes of a nonprofit professional had a steeper learning curve than I expected. Once I accepted that, it is really all

about development and fundraising so we can deliver on our mission. It became much easier!

What do you feel Cincinnati has to offer in the startup space?

What would you change?

Vaughan: I’ve been involved in the past with Cintrifuse, Union Hall and the Brandery as an agency, resident and supporter. Union Hall is a gem. Our Together Digital Cincinnati Chapter still uses the space for their meet-ups. Also, pre-pandemic, having the space to go and work outside of home helped me make the shift from agency life to small-business owner, which can get a bit lonely.

Metzner: The “Midwest nice” advantage is real!

It is quite easy to get connected to and get a meeting with just about anyone in town, across industries. Not only that, there’s a genuine desire to want to help founders!

Bonnell: I think a better question is “What doesn’t Greater Cincinnati have to offer startups?” However, too many good ideas fall by the wayside because opportunities for starting and growing a business are not equally available to all founders in our community.

Plus, it takes time to gain the traction needed for venture funding or loans. Main Street Ventures’ programs level the playing field to

make entrepreneurship accessible and equitable in our region. Our Launch and Leap Grant Funding Programs seek to bridge the capital gap so that all good ideas can be brought to life.

Grant: This city is a roll-your-sleeves-up kind of place. We don’t hang our ability to get things done on anyone other than ourselves.

The fact that the rest of the world thinks we’re behind is something that I love, to be honest.

It allows me the capability to build and create without too much noise. The one thing we can do better is collaborate; what we can get done together is far greater than what we can get done separately.

Favorite advice book, blogger or podcast related to startups?

Vaughan: “How I Built This” is a great way to hear behind the scenes of founder stories. I also love and will listen to anything by Adam Grant, who is an organizational psychologist and/or Brene Brown who by now just about everyone knows. As for books, definitely read “Originals” by Adam Grant as well.

Grant: “Drink Champs.” The entire premise of this podcast is to get legendary hip-hop artists to reveal intimate stories about their journeys and humble beginnings. If you think about

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hip-hop, which is still fairly new, you have to acknowledge the entrepreneurial spirits of these men and women who had embarked on a journey never walked before. It’s beyond inspirational.

Metzner: Reach out for coffee and I’ll tailor my suggestions based on your needs! A few general ones I’ve found most useful though: “The Hard Thing about Hard Things,” anything by Reid Hoffman (his podcasts and books are amazing) and “Working Backwards.”

Young: If you hang around me enough, I’ll annoy you until you read “Ask Your Developer”

by Jeff Lawson, the founder of Twilio. If you’re a non-technical founder, it does a great job explaining what high quality developers are looking for in a role and how to get the most out of them.

Bonnell: Without a doubt, subscribe and listen to “From Founder to CEO.” In each episode, Todd Uterstaedt, a resident of our great city, interviews super successful and amazing founders – think Netflix, Calendly, Basecamp – the list goes on. You come away with something to think about every time.

Aichholz: My go-to book is the Holy Bible. It is amazing what God has to teach us all in that timeless book! I also like to follow highly successful female founders like Martha Stewart and Sara Blakely. Actually, one that is local and an Aviatra graduate that I follow very closely is Lisa Woodruff of Organize365.com.

Baggot: A favorite book recommendation of mine for entrepreneurs focuses on how anyone can build their connection skills through an abundance mentality and cultivating meaningful relationships: “The Connector’s Advantage” by Michele Tillis Lederman.

What other wisdom would you share with Cincinnati innovators?

Aichholz: I like to tell our female founders to just DO IT. Don’t overthink something that you are passionate about. Just throw it on the wall and see if it sticks. If something doesn’t work, it isn’t a failure, because you learn from it.

Just fix it or try something else.

It’s your time for more.

Vaughan: Prioritize sleep, hydration and meditation. Work smarter, not harder. Build the kind of business you wish existed.

Tucker: The Cincinnati entrepreneurial ecosystem, unlike many others, takes an inclusive, collaborative approach that focuses on more than valuations and exits and instead embraces organizations such as Flywheel that contribute to improving the social fabric of our community.

Young: Ask your developer! A highquality developer will help you create unique solutions to actual business problems. It’s also a great way to keep a developer engaged in your work instead of looking for their next opportunity.

Baggot: Observe and listen closely, look for ways to serve and always give first. In my early days exploring our entrepreneurial ecosystem, I learned a lot through observing the dynamics, asking probing questions and listening closely to understand the landscape so I could find the spaces where I might contribute. With this focus on service and adding value, I was able to build positive relationships and trust.

Metzner: Over-invest in building great culture. Everyone talks about the importance of hiring great people (true!) and how they are our greatest asset, but not as many back that up with action by investing time and resources in building into them and creating a great work environment. Start early and don’t lose sight of this as you grow.

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Gifts/Grants Master Provisions receives grant, establishes Horizon agency fund

Kerry Schall, director of marketing for Glier’s; Mary Tignor, Dragonfly community relations manager; and Dan Glier, owner of Glier’s

Gary Boschert of The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels and Guy Domec, operations director at Master Provisions.

Dress For Success’ first funding campaign tops $1.2M

Dragonfly volunteers ‘goetta’ big donation from Glier’s

More than 300 donors, including some clients, contributed $1,225,000 to Dress for Success Cincinnati’s TransformHER Campaign – the first funding campaign in the organization’s history.

Dress for Success embarked on the campaign this year to further develop programs to support its clients and ensure sustainability for the future.

“We are so grateful for this tremendous outpouring of generosity. The women in our community need that kind of support now more than ever,” said Executive Director Lisa Nolan.

Over the last 22 years, Dress for Success has served more than 19,000 women in their pursuit of economic self-sufficiency.

Glier’s Goetta donated $14,783 to The Dragonfly Foundation from money raised during Glier’s annual Goettafest at Newport’s Festival Park. This year’s event was held over two weekends in two cities, Covington and Newport.

Dragonfly volunteers helped operate one of the popular game tents and the high striker game this year. Glier’s donated a portion of the proceeds to Dragonfly, which helps children with cancer and their families.

United Way invests $1 million in 45 Black-led initiatives United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s Black Empowerment Works program is investing nearly $1 million in 45 Black-led programs and projects that promote social mobility, economic prosperity and systems change. The grantees include a mix of community coalitions, non-profit organizations, for-profit businesses and individuals.

This year’s grant awards range from $10,000 to $30,275. Among the ideas supported: STEM technology camps, prenatal and postpartum care, homeownership, and entrepreneurship.

“We are not only investing in great work, we are investing in grassroots organizations and leaders who are directly connected to the issues,” said Moira Weir, president and CEO of United Way.  www.uwgc.org/bew

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Junior League partners with Family Nurturing Center The Junior League of Cincinnati has begun a partnership with the Family Nurturing Center, a nonprofit agency dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse, and will provide the center with $75,000 in grant funding, as well as hundreds of hours of support and advocacy from its 800-plus volunteers.

“The Junior League of Cincinnati has always strived to improve the lives of women and children in Greater Cincinnati,” says Tara J. Mosley, league president. “This new partnership further strengthens our organization’s commitment to uplifting our community’s most vulnerable kids.”

Master Provisions, a faith-based nonprofit that provides food and clothing to those in need, has established an agency fund with Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky.

The agency also received a $3,000 grant recently from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels to upgrade its warehouse with new security cameras.

Master Provisions partners with nonprofits to provide food, toiletries and clothing to over 67,000 people in Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati each month. It works with corporations and wholesalers to procure surplus supplies, giving more than 225 nonprofits a consolidated resource for that surplus. It has distributed more than 25 million pounds of food in the past seven years.  www.masterprovisions.org

Duke Energy fund gives support to GROW NKY programs GROW NKY has received a $30,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation. GROW NKY (Growing Regional Outcomes through Workforce) is a strategic collective working to grow, attract and retain a globally competitive workforce in Northern Kentucky. The funds are from the Duke Energy Foundation’s Powerful Communities program, which makes investments to help build powerful communities.

“The GROW NKY program is critical to our region’s ability to grow, attract and retain a diverse, competitive workforce,” said Amy Spiller, president, Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky.

55 North receives grant from city’s human services fund 55 North was recently awarded $110,000 over two years from the City of Cincinnati Human Services Fund to support its new Digital Connect program.

A community-based nonprofit with a nearly 50-year history of providing supportive services for seniors, 55 North recently introduced Digital Connect, which offers one-on-one tech support to seniors, as well as tablets and internet for those who qualify.

“The funding from the city is a significant contribution to Digital Connect and our mission to empower older adults to keep them healthy, engaged and connected to their communities,” said Shelley Goering, CEO of 55 North.

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Former student honors prof with $25M gift to UC Inspired by a $25 million gift from a former student, the University of Cincinnati has renamed a campus building after Emeritus Professor Thomas D. Mantei, an award-winning electrical engineering teacher, department chair, researcher and mentor to generations of students.

The Engineering Research Center, designed by Michael Graves, was rededicated as

the Mantei Center, following the donation by Jim Goetz, a former Mantei student. Goetz is a partner at California-based Sequoia Capital, where he has been an entrepreneur and investor for 25 years.

The gift will add faculty to the computer science program, give UC students exposure to computing skills, promote entrepreneurial skills to engineering and computer

science students, expand co-op offerings throughout the university, establish the Marian Spencer Scholars Program for high-achieving students from Cincinnati Public Schools, and create new scholarships in football and men’s basketball.

The Mantei Center building was completed in 1995 as part of UC’s signature architecture program.

CONGRATULATES ERIC PETTWAY, CFA

ArtsWave adds 11 organizations to African American arts grant program ArtsWave has awarded its second set of grants for initiatives funded in part by ArtsWave’s Circle of African American Leaders for the Arts.

Eleven organizations will be funded through this latest round of grants, which total $150,000. To date, 29 organizations have benefited from this grant program, amounting to $405,000.

The Circle’s African American arts grants program is designed to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of arts organizations led by or predominantly serving Black Cincinnatians.  www.artswave.org/circle

THE PROJECTS Revolution Dance Theatre: “First, Full and For”

It’s Commonly Jazz: “It’s Commonly Jazz Feels Good to Be Back”

Elementz: “Elementz Presents … The Amplify Performance Series”

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: “Unmasking the Realities”

Professional Artistic Research Projects: Expanding programming and staff on Hoffner Street

Black Art Speaks: “We Want What You Want”

Robert O’Neal Multicultural Art Center: Staff support and capital campaign launch

Jazz Alive: Performance initiative and educational outreach

Juneteenth Cincinnati Inc.: 35th annual Cincinnati Juneteenth Festival

Hear Us, Hear Them Ensemble: “Action Over Stillness”

Music Resource Center: Outreach and inreach

Journey Advisory Group is proud to announce the selection of its CIO Eric Pettway, CFA as President of the CFA Society Cincinnati.

GCF supports creative projects with awards to 99 schools Greater Cincinnati Foundation awarded $165,743 in Learning Links grants to 99 schools thanks to GCF donors and the Charles H. Dater Foundation. The grants support creative projects by K-12 educators and help students recover from the impact of remote learning.

Each organization received a grant of up to $1,250. The grants made an impact on 143 programs, including innovative projects focused on promoting diversity and engaging students and parents.

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In the News Leo Chan, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and Brent Cooper, NKY Chamber president and CEO

Members of the Owning Your Own Voice woodworking class watch as Johnnie Mae Gutter of Camp Washington operates a machine.

A sketch for the new ‘Volkshaus’ community center in Over-the-Rhine

Woodworking class expands ‘creative storytelling’ project

NKY, Chinese chambers announce partnership

‘Volkshaus’ opens in OTR for community, co-working activity

Wave Pool has announced a new phase of Owning Your Own Voice, a creative storytelling project aiming to build community, healing and resilience.

Eight women are taking weekly woodworking classes with local artist and wood worker Lacey Haslam to create “healing benches” that will be placed throughout the city after being included in an upcoming show at Wave Pool.

They also are participating in empowerment and story-sharing meetings, where Loretta Davis, founder of Broken into Beautiful, guides them through the process of “owning their own voice” as an important step in recovery.  www.wavepoolgallery.org

The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announced a new membership partnership with the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Members of the Chinese Chamber with up to 20 employees can join the NKY Chamber for $99 a year.

The offer follows similar agreements between the NKY Chamber and the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce and Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA. All three partnerships aim to increase networking opportunities among members as well as access to business resources.  www.nkychamber.com

Assistance League and partners collect items for abuse survivors

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College has contracted with Learning Grove to operate the William L. Mallory Early Learning Center on the college’s campus in Clifton. The contract will ensure continued childcare for student-parents while helping address the shortage of early childhood education teachers The 12,000-square-foot Mallory Center provides licensed care for 62 children, and is available for students, faculty and staff of the college, as well as for community members. Launched in 1987, it is named after the late William L. Mallory Sr., who as Ohio House majority floor leader secured state funding to create the Center.

Learning Grove was created in early 2020 when two 40-year-old organizations – Cincinnati Early Learning Centers and Children Inc. – merged under the new name. Learning Grove serves a diverse population of nearly 7,000 children, youth and families annually.  www.cincinnatistate.edu/admissions

A partnership between OTR A.D.O.P.T. and Action Tank is establishing the building at 123 E. McMicken St. as The Volkshaus (The People’s House) that will serve as Action Tank’s headquarters, as well as a co-working space and community center.

The first floor and outdoor area of the historic building will be spaces for events and gatherings. When not in use as event spaces, they, along with the second floor, will be available as a sliding scale co-working space. The second floor will be a quiet office and conference room space with shelving for a resource library.

“The goal is to recapture the traditional conviviality of Over-the-Rhine in a space that cuts across lines of race and class,” said OTR A.D.O.P.T. Executive Director Danny Klingler.

Local volunteers are collecting new household items for domestic abuse survivors in October, which is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Donations will be accepted at two drive-through, dropoff sites Saturday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to noon: Aeropointe Medical Building, 4260 Glendale-Milford Road, Blue Ash; and Kroger Marketplace, 4613 Marburg Ave., Oakley.

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Learning Grove to run college’s Mallory Early Learning Center

Last Mile Food Rescue marks 1 million pounds of saved food Since October 2020, Last Mile Food Rescue has picked up 1 million pounds of food that would have been on its way to the landfill. The local food rescue organization uses volunteers to connect food donors with 135 nonprofits in Greater Cincinnati.

Feeding America estimates that closing the meal gap in Cincinnati would take about 15.6 million pounds of food. Hamilton County Waste District reports approximately 60 million pounds of food are wasted each year.

“If we can pick up just one quarter of the food going to waste,” says Eileen Budo, CCO of Last Mile, “we can end food insecurity in our city.”

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Jay Shatz

Vashti Rutledge

Eric Mueller

Bryan Knicely

Tina Macon

Ewaniki Moore-Hawkins

Tom Crawford

Katie Colgan

David Hummel

Anya Sanchez

Julie Gyure

Thuy Kolik

Javier Diaz

Rob Reifsnyder

Tom Simpson

Rahul Ali

Rachel Citak

Beth Eichhold

Nick Stockhauser

Devona Stripling

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Jay Shatz, former WCPO and Emmy Award-winning reporter, is joining the Leadership Council for Nonprofits as director of its signature Board Orientation + Leadership Development (BOLD) program. The council cited his business experience owning a TV production company, coupled with his TV journalism career and nonprofit leadership experience. Shatz’ board service includes Interfaith Hospitality Network, Caracole, Social Venture Partners and Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio, where he serves as chair. A two-time Big Brother Big Sister board chair, he recently served on its staff as director of major giving and partnerships.

He is a graduate of Leadership Cincinnati Class of 34 and Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty Under 40.

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The Madisonville Education & Assistance Center has named Vashti Rutledge as its next executive director. Rutledge, who began her career with Hamilton County Job and Family Services, has worked with nonprofit organizations in Cincinnati, New Jersey, Florida and Washington, D.C., and was most recently senior director for community engagement with the Center for Closing the Health Gap.

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Eric Mueller, owner of Montgomery Cyclery and Benchmark Outfitters, is the newest board member of Great Parks Forever (GPF), the philanthropic partner of Great Parks of Hamilton County. Mueller and his wife, Keri, are honorary chairs for Great Parks Forever’s Root Ball fundraiser Oct. 15 at Rhinegeist Event Center.

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Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum has appointed Bryan Knicely as its next executive director. Knicely has been executive director of the Yellowstone Art Museum in

Billings, Mont. He brings more than 25 years of arts administration experience to his role at Pyramid Hill.

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WordPlay Cincy, the Northside-based nonprofit dedicated to the creation of spaces for young people, has named Tina Macon and Ewaniki Moore-Hawkins to its board of trustees. Macon is president & senior consultant at AllMac & Associates. Moore-Hawkins is coowner and chief detail officer of Soul Palette.

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Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired has named Tom Crawford as vice president of social enterprises and chief operating officer. Crawford has had a long career with his family business, Donisi Mirror Company, where he served as president and vice president of business development.

He has served on the boards of a number of organizations.

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Magnified Giving has named Katie Colgan, David Hummel, Anya Sanchez and Julie Gyure to its board. Colgan is vice president for accounting risk and policy for Fifth Third Bank. Hummel is senior vice president and market manager at Bank of America. Sanchez is vice president for transformation and chief administrative officer to the office of the CEO at UC Health. Gyure is senior consultant of people advisory services at Ernst & Young, and an alumna of the Magnified Giving program at Perry High School.

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Lighthouse Youth & Family Services has named Thuy Kolik as its CFO, succeeding Judy Oakman, who is retiring. Kolik has joined Lighthouse after almost 20 years in accounting and finance management at Disabled American Veterans.

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CancerFree KIDS has appointed three new members to its Board of Trustees in a move to grow more relationships with Greater Cincinnati’s business community: Javier Diaz, vice president, Cancer & Blood Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Rob Reifsnyder, chief executive officer (retired), United Way of Greater Cincinnati; and Tom Simpson, chief operating officer, Cincinnati Bell Inc.

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OneSight, a global vision care nonprofit, has named Dr. Rahul Ali as senior director, global programming. Rahul, who brings 20 years of clinical and international experience to OneSight, was vice president of Africa and Asia programs at Orbis International.

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Cincinnati Right to Life has added three new members to its board of directors: attorney Rachel Citak, a graduate of Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati College of Law; Beth Eichhold, an in-patient nurse; and Nick Stockhauser, a Xavier University graduate and digital marketing professional.

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The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber has named Devona Stripling as the Women Excel program manager. The WE platform provides networking, education, mentoring and leadership development for women in business. Stripling has directed community efforts including programs with Cincinnati STEM Collaborative, Beech Acres, Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army, and partnerships with historically black colleges and universities. She has master’s degrees in human resource management and business administration. 

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Who, what, where & why

Festival of Fireworks rallies support for scouting programs

Matt Scherocman of Interlink Cloud Advisors, Festival of Fireworks title sponsor, and his children, Park and Ava

The 30th annual Festival of Fireworks, hosted by the Dan Beard Council of Boy Scouts of America and presented by Interlink Cloud Advisors, was held Labor Day Sunday. With more than 500 guests, the event raised upwards of $140,000 to support local scouting programs throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

This family-friendly event took place at The View in Mount Adams, adjacent to the Highland Towers Apartments, owned by Dan Beard Council supporter Joseph Rippe. The day’s activities included a silent and live auction, carnival games, inflatable archery, balloon and caricature artists, and, most importantly, the fireworks.  www.danbeard.org/festival-of-fireworks

Joseph F. Rippe, second from the right, and his family enjoy the Festival of Fireworks from The View.

Youth enjoyed carnival activities like inflatable archery.

Bob Taylor, chairman of the board of Dan Beard Council; George Glover, event cochairman; Andy Zahn, CEO of the Dan Beard Council; and Susan Whitman, event co-chairman Festival attendees view the silent auction items.

‘Imagination Alley’ reopens in OTR After four months of construction, the City of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) celebrated the reopening of Imagination Alley, a renovated park in the heart of Over-the-Rhine. The pocket park on Vine Street between 13th and 14th streets had been underutilized for years.

Renovations included new plantings, additional public art and lighting, expanded seating and a new plaque that provides context about what the space means to the community. The mosaics that have adorned the park were left intact.

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Following remarks from Mayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and 3CDC VP of Development Lann Field, three members of The Storefronts Team of the Miami University Center for Community Engagement – Tony Drummond, Jeremy Neff and Janet Albright-Captain – read a poem about the importance of the community gathering space.

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ZooDo gala honors Hamilton County sheriff Women Helping Women held its annual ZooDo gala, raising over $90,000 in one night to surpass the $1 million mark in its 15th year hosting the event.

Contributions will benefit victims of gender-based violence through evidencebased prevention, crisis intervention and support services for survivors.

Guests were joined by the Community Champion Award winner, Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey.

Women Helping Women presented the award to McGuffey for her dedication to the prevention of gender-based violence and for the partnership between the sheriff’s department and WHW’s DVERT (Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team) Program, which provides advocates on scene when police respond to domestic violence calls.  www.womenhelpingwomen.org

WHW staffer Wayne Williams, DVERT program director, presents the Community Champion Award to Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey. Kevin Scalf, Amy Scalf, Lori Shoup and Jacob Fischer

Kristin Shrimplin, president and CEO of Women Helping Women Aaron Parker and WHW Board member Erica Parker Melvin Pickard, Nicole Pickard, Markeia Carter and Jermaine Carter

Daniela Schulten, Maddie McIntrye, Alisha Grosser and Leslie Gilmore

Event emcee Megan Mitchell, WLWT anchor-reporter

Photos by Jordan Photography

WHW staff Amy Bleser, senior director of Hamilton County services, and Nancy Paraskevopoulos, law enforcement advocate The ZooDo gala took place on the Africa Deck at the Cincinnati Zoo. DJ Xanati

Wave Pool exhibits at Armory Show Wave Pool gallery exhibited at The Armory Show, a New York art fair that presents works from the world’s leading international galleries. Wave Pool, in Camp Washington, was the only Ohio gallery at the fair. The exhibit showcased works from the “Welcome Editions” collection, which began in 2017 to provide Cincinnati refugee and immigrant artisans with fair pay and employment for their craft.

The exhibit included work by Pedro Reyes, Terence Hammonds, Caroline Woolard, Chris Johanson and Johanna Jackson, and Jeffrey Gibson. $47,000 in art work was sold to collectors and institutions from around the world. Proceeds go to sustainability of The Welcome Project and to future editions. Wave Pool hopes to debut its next edition, with artist Vanessa German, early in 2022.  www.wavepoolgallery.org/welcomeeditions 46

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Wave Pool staff and allies in the Armory booth: Eric Avner, Skip Cullen, Calcagno Cullen, Eddie Rigaud and Morgan Rigaud

A platter from Terence Hammonds’ Welcome Edition The booth with visitors

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‘Celebration of Partners’ recognizes nonprofits’ collaboration The OneSource Center recognized its collaborations with “A Celebration of Partners” event. The event was at the new Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center. Attendees toured the center and experienced programming that highlighted the work of award honorees.

The program, led by emcee Kathy Wade, CEO of Learning Through Art, recognized award winners in three categories: Nonprofit Partner Awards (Cincinnati Music Accelerator, PAR-Projects, Revolution Dance Theatre), Corporate Partner Award (Deloitte), and the Founder’s Awards (Mark Luegering and David Wallace).  www.OneSourceCenter.org

Cancer Family Care honors local healthcare heroes Cancer Family Care (CFC) hosted the 19th Annual Joslin Haggart Yeiser Unsung Hero Awards. The awards honor and celebrate acts of quiet heroism performed by cancer patients and those who care for them. This year’s awards honored 55 individuals as well as the 2020 Unsung Heroes, who were not able to be honored in person due to COVID-19.

The Community Impact Award was presented for the efforts of each health system to continue to care for cancer patients through the pandemic. Representatives from Kettering Health, Mercy Health, OHC, St. Elizabeth Healthcare Cancer Center, The Christ Hospital Health Network, TriHealth Cancer Institute, and UC Cancer Center shared the stage to receive this award.  www.cancerfamilycare.org

Nonprofit Partner Award winners and presenters: OneSource board Chair Justin Flamm, Cincinnati Music Accelerator executive director Kick Lee, Revolution Dance Theatre founding artistic director David Choate, PAR-Projects development strategist Vic Mullins, PARProjects executive director Jonathan Sears and OneSource Center CEO Christie Brown

Bill Moran, OneSource Center board emeritus, Aaron Zboril of Corporate Partner Award recipient Deloitte and Christie Brown Board chair Justin Flamm, Founder’s Award winners David Wallace and Mark Luegering and Christie Brown

JIll Settlemyre, Gail Bason and Jon Lawhead during the presentation of the Tim Hedrick Memorial Award to Maurice Bason’s family for his work in the cancer community Board member Vicky Luke, board President Brittany Speed and board Vice President Michelle Krummen

Brian Thomas and Paulette Thomas Dr. Burns Blaxall, Dr. Ed Crane, Christine Leak, Nicole Rapier, Dr. Betsy Levick, Dr. Syed Ahmad, Tara Mink and Dr. Bill Barrett

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Impact 100 celebrates 20th anniversary with 4 grants Impact 100, a women’s philanthropic organization focused on improving the region’s communities, celebrated its 20th anniversary by presenting grants to four local nonprofits at its annual awards celebration. After virtually presenting to members and guests, four finalists received the most votes and secured grants of $103,750 each.

Since 2001, Impact 100 has empowered women to be philanthropic decision-makers, donating 100% of membership dollars to local nonprofits.  www.Impact100.org Kennedy Heights Art Center for its Youth Jazz Cincinnati Project to provide free after-school music education in partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools.

RefugeeConnect for its Community Navigator program, which has been expanded to serve an additional 100 refugee families.

Breakthrough Cincinnati for its Access for All program which works to close the achievement gap by providing summer programming in partnership with North College Hill Schools.

Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses for its Trauma Recovery Center Project to relocate and renovate the center which provides crisis intervention to trauma victims.

The band “Freedom Nicole Moore” performs.

Wave Pool makes a splash at 6th annual Pool Party Wave Pool exceeded its fundraising goal of $20,000 at its sixth annual Pool Party.

Combined with its 9x18 Parking Lot Art Fair and the Cincinnati Art Book Fair, the event included over 40 local artists who created interactive parking lot installations, art-making activities, music performances and artist-created carnival games.

Proceeds will fund exhibitions and residency programs over the next year.

Visiting artist in residence Paul Shortt created over 100 custom signs for Cincinnatians through his “Signs to Change Cincinnati” project. The estimated attendance was over 1,000.

Donors bid on over a dozen auction baskets provided by local businesses and organizations.

Children were especially captivated by a giant inflatable wave-shaped water slide.  www.wavepoolgallery.org

Kids enjoy the waterslide.

Musician Brooks Taylor performs.

Scottie Bellissemo and Phyl Flanagan rearrange chairs as part of the project by Bellissemo and Gary Gaffney.

John Humprhies and Calcagno Cullen perform as part of the Camp Washington Heavy Metals Marching Band.

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Sharon Mitchell of Impact 100; Megan Iverson and Kristin Burgoyne of Refugee Connect; Dr. Isadore Rudnick of Youth Jazz Cincinnati; Ellen Muse-Lindeman of Kennedy Heights Arts Center; Alexis Kidd and Sheila Nared of Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses; Victoria Mullins and Carey Kruer of Breakthrough Cincinnati; Annemarie Henkel of Impact 100

Laura Lane and Renee Martin perform Martin’s work “On Maintenance.”

Photos by Tina G utierrez

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Rotary’s Believe 2 Achieve surpasses $150,000 mark

Co-emcees Teddy Kremer and Local 12 news personality Bob Herzog dance for dollars at the auction.

The 10th annual Believe 2 Achieve summer party and auction, presented in August by the Rotary Club of Cincinnati, raised over $150,000 for the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, Visionaries + Voices, and Stepping Stones’ Camp Allyn.

More than 200 guests at Brain Brew Distillery in Newtown dined, laughed and bid on luxury vacations.

One of highlights was what event co-chair Carl Kappes called “The Bob Herzog and Teddy Kremer show.” Herzog, from Channel 12 news, and Kremer, who became a local sensation as the Cincinnati Reds’ most enthusiastic batboy, were co-MCs for the live auction.  www.cincinnatirotary.org Photos by John Fahrmeier

Rotary Club President Melinda Kelly and her husband, Mike Kelly

Event co-chair Carl Kappes and Marne Kappes were Gold Sponsors.

Live auction chair Jane Birckhead sends up a cheer.

Rotary Club honors sheriff’s deputies The Rotary Club of Cincinnati recently hosted a ceremony honoring four Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies. The club initiated the Rotary Awards more than two decades ago to recognize excellence in public service professions. Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey and Rotary Club of Cincinnati president Melinda Kelly recognized Deputy Brigette Bernard for outstanding administrative work in community affairs. Deputy Dominic Pierani was honored for career enhancement. Deputy Daniel Campbell was honored for valor. The final award recognized Deputy Frank Klar for superior achievement over 37 years. Klar, who recently retired to focus on his battle with cancer, also received a surprise promotion to the rank of corporal from McGuffey. The program chair was Mike Vilardo.  www.cincinnatirotary.org

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Creativity in the everyday

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narky political memes on Facebook, squirrel obstacle races and the guy on TikTok skating to Fleetwood Mac have all helped me in little ways to get through the pandemic. Other social media content, has of course, infuriated me. And there was one meme that popped up on my feed during the first few months that struck terror in my heart.

It said (something like) “If you haven’t written that screenplay or novel yet, it’s not because you didn’t have enough time. It’s because you were never going to do it.”

Yes, I did think I’d start a novel when I retired and had time. And how much more time can a person have than retiring during a pandemic shut-down? Yet, no novel, though I have some best-selling ideas, believe me. The meme brought up a question that I have always asked myself: If you think you really want

something, but you don’t work at making it happen, did you really want it?

That’s been hard for me to answer, as someone who has a long long list of creative and self-improvement projects, some of which I’ve been wanting to do for years and years. I can’t seem to cross “Send all my friends homemade birthday cards every year” and “Make jam flavored with herbs from my garden” and “Maybe I could get back to sewing” off the list, no matter how long they’ve been on there with no steps toward happening.

Time on my hands has helped shorten the list. I was able to finally leave behind “Have a bountiful vegetable garden that is the envy of all my neighbors” because with time to do it, I was faced with the actual work. I’m not going to fight the deer on this one. There are

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But I also have found opportunities for creativity that were unexpected. I bet you have, too. (Unless of course, you were working harder than ever, in which case I apologize for dwelling on the subject of too much time on hand – we all had different pandemics.) The photos I’ve been sent of decorated focaccia, needlepoint projects, pastry contests among friends, the sewing, the watercolors, have reminded me that there is creativity bound up in all of us, waiting to be unleashed.

I didn’t bake bread or cake, but I worked on how to make lowcarb food delicious. I didn’t plant vegetables, but I planted a lot of deer-resistant flowers in combinations that made me very happy.

And I started commemorating holidays and events with a lot of terrible, rhyming poetry I like to call epic doggerel. It cracked me up way more than it did the people I sent it to.

If you expand the definition of “creative” to include “creative problem-solving” or “innovation,” well I see that everywhere. I think of parents who rose to the task of keeping their children interested in learning, Zoom meetings that brought people closer together, arts groups who used technology in new ways to continue making art available. I would not have considered it worthy of the “creative” label to cook the way I have been, based on putting off going to the grocery store for as long as possible and using what I have on hand. But it takes ingenuity and skill, and results in the meals I feel proudest of.

This is such a vital force, the urge toward creativity and innovation, whether making something

from nothing or being inspired within restrictions. I like to think every act of creativity joins with the rest into a larger force in the world, whether it “succeeds” or not. But fear and self-doubt, the feelings of not being good enough, the very definition of creativity brought on by things like that (true but evil) meme impede us. The examples of brilliant creativity that we can see by going to a museum or picking up a book or seeing a very cool new app, can be both inspiring and discouraging.

I have been noticing endless opportunities in everyday life to be creative that we pass up for those reasons, the chances to try something that also could very well end in embarrassment or humiliation.

And I’m trying to take them up.

One evening, during the summerlong post-vaccination hiatus when we dared hope things might be back to normal, my husband and I went out to a bar to hear a band.

A couple of people were dancing, and because I’m awful, I was watching one woman, thinking what a not very good dancer she was. Seriously, I was privately rating a person who had stood up and started moving in the way the music inspired her. While I sat in my seat.

So I got up and danced. It felt good.  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 up weeds.

During the pandemic, she has missed the theater, live music and, most especially, going to parties.

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