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COMMUNITY NEWS SPOTLIGHT HEALTH COLUMN 4 7 15Apple Street Market Cooperative

Mill Creek Paddlers Reach 100th Outing

Walking as Medicine, as Life

1 0 FEATURE 3 DAY FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE YOUR INDEPENDENCE IN NORTHSIDE

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3 COMMUNITY NEWS -NORTHSIDE TIDBITS

-ST. BONIFACE TEACHER RETIRES -APPLE STREET MARKET COOPERATIVE -CITY OF CINCINNATI UPDATES CODE -YES, WE HAVE NO TOMATOES -SNAPSHOT 45223 -SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

7SPOTLIGHT -RECREATION: MILL CREEK PADDLERS

-MUSIC: THE PROHIBITIONISTS -MUSIC: SUNLIGHT AT THE COMET -SNAPSHOT 45223

10FEATURE -4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL

12 SPOTLIGHT -EXHIBITION: GALAXIE COLLABORATION

-OPEN HOUSE: KINTIMATE COSTUMES

14 COLUMNS -EDUCATION: GED IN CINCINNATI

-HEALTH & WELLNESS: WALKING AS MEDICINE

16 ART -YOUTH: HAPPEN’S FILM CRITICS

-ART IN ACTION

17 EDUCATION -YOUTH: WORDPLAY’S SUMMERTIME

LEARNIN’

18 NORTHSIDE SCENE -EVENTS CALENDAR-JUNE

Mission statement:As an independent monthly communication, The Northsider’s mission is to engage and inform about life and

culture in the Northside Neighborhood. As such, The Northsider is committed to providing timely, quality and informative community news and opinions while embracing the diversity of the neighborhood.

organizational structure:Northsider, LLC. is a Nonprofit Limited Liability Company overseen by the Northside Community Council. The Northside Community Council is a volunteer, community-based organization that provides an opportunity for all individuals and groups in the community to participate in Northside’s present and to chart Northside’s future. As such, it is committed to bringing people of diverse backgrounds and opinions together in an

atmosphere that fosters cooperation and communication.

The NCC meets the third Monday of the month, (except January and February, fourth Monday due to holidays) at 7:00 PM at McKie Recreational Center, 1655 Chase Avenue.

The Northsider Monthly newspaper is published on the first Friday of the month and is distributed to businesses and residents in the 45223 zip code.

WRITERS: Ollie Kroner, Ingrid Weber, James Weaver, Tricia Suit, Karl Miller, Fred Neurohr, Casey Whitten-Amadon, Nick Mitchell, Alisa Balestra, Kara Scheerhorn, Steph Barnard, Rae Hoffman, Mati Senerchia, Tommy Reuff, Cynthia M. Allen, TT Stern-Enzi, Matt Evans

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15th Northside House Tour Returns Sunday, September 28th 2014 Have you been inside a house in the neighborhood that you think would be a good tour home? The Committee is looking for prospective homes for the 15th Northside House Tour. Nominate homes for the tour by sending an email to [email protected]. Please provide the address of the house, name(s) and contact information for the home owner(s), and why you are nominating the home.

You can see all the houses chosen for the Northside House Tour on Sunday, September 28th, from 12-5 p.m. Tickets for the tour will be available online at: www.northside.net/housetour and at businesses in Northside beginning in September.

The Northside House Tour is sponsored by the Northside Community Council (NCC). The tour promotes Northside as a place to live and showcases the restoration and renovation work and new housing development taking place in the neighborhood. Proceeds from the tour benefit activities of NCC.

help the Northside House Tour: Nominate a House

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The Gantry GroundbreakingThe groundbreaking ceremony for the 130+ new apartments at Hamilton & Blue Rock is now re-scheduled for June 24th.Community Conversation on EducationJoin your neighbors for a discus-sion on the future of education in Northside - June 10, two ses-sions: 4:30-5:30, and 6:30-8:00 at Chase Elementary. 4th of JulyWe are counting down! Now accepting float registrants at www.northsidejuly4.com. Rock & Roll Carnival band line up will be available at www.northsiderocks.com.

Next MeetingCommunity Council will meet 7PM, June 16 at McKie Rec Center.

Northside Community Council Updates

Miss Barbara Luken, an eighth grade homeroom teacher at St. Boniface School in Northside, will

retire at the end of this school year. She began her career at St. Boniface in September of 1969, making this her 45th YEAR of teaching! To the best of our knowledge, no teacher in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has taught at one school for that length of time!

Miss Luken has taught more than two generations of students and has earned the respect and admiration of many throughout the years. For the major part of her career, Miss Luken has taught primarily Middle School Science, Math and Religion, although her original field was Social Stud-ies. Over the years, she has guided students through Science Fair projects, Math and Science Club activities and after-school study groups as well as helped students to plan innumerable Prayer Services, Liturgies and 45 May Crowning ceremonies! She also began a beloved 8th Grade tradition – hosting a Mardi Gras festival for the entire student body with proceeds benefitting various charities. Over the years, these have included victims of Hurricane Katrina, Thai tsunami support, U.S. tornado relief and most recently, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the local SPCA.

Miss Luken is a woman of great faith, and this is quite evident by the manner in which she approaches the

teaching of her students, interacts with families and co-workers and emphasizes service to others; she truly leads by example. It is evident to others that Miss Luken views teach-ing as a calling and a mission rather than a job. Dedicated, devoted, and competent are three words that many would use to describe Miss Luken.

This school year presented a spe-cial challenge of a different kind for Miss Luken: breast cancer. Miss Luken has continued to teach daily, despite her surgery and treatments and has been a model of grace and dignity throughout this time. Her extended “St. Boniface family” of students and staff have tried to match her courage with an outpouring of love and sup-port and feel honored to have shared this life-altering journey with her. Prayers for her healing and health will continue at St. Boniface School.

After 45 years, it will seem quite strange to start a school year without Miss Luken in the 8th Grade class-room. She certainly has seen many a teacher come and go over the years and has been at St. Boniface during the tenure of, at least, seven princi-pals. For those who know Miss Luken, she is irreplaceable, BUT…there will be a new teacher in the eighth grade classroom. Maybe, if we’re very lucky, he or she will be here for a very long time as well. We know that hallowed classroom has received countless blessings over the last 45 years.

St. Boniface Teacher Reaches Rare MilestoneA special Mass celebrating Miss Luken’s

unmatched tenure will be on Saturday, June 14th at 4:00P.M. We invite all former students

and their families to join us. There will be a reception in the school cafeteria immediately

following Mass. If you would like, write a note of appreciation or a remembrance to Miss

Luken and bring it to Mass on the 14th or mail/email it to:

Sister Ann Gorman, R.S.M. [email protected]

St. Boniface School, 513-541-5122 4305 Pitts Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45223

BY Ingrid Weber

June 10, 2014

4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Chase School— 4151 Turrill Street

Enter Door No. 2 to Cafeteria

Inviting all Northside residents and community members ... parents, school employees, business owners, homeowners, clergy, law enforcement, non-profit leaders:

Please join us June 10 to share your thoughts about the relationships connecting the Northside community, its youth and our schools.

We want to create a shared vision of what is best for Northside’s children — finding ways our community can support and nurture themto be successful in school and life.

Let's work together to plan the future of education in Northside, keeping our community Connected, Contributing and Capable!

1st Session: Telling Your Story (June 10)2nd Session: Creating a Shared Vision ( Fall 2014)3rd Session: Sharing Our Resources (Fall 2014)


Apple Street Market Cooperative

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Apple Street Market Community Owner Benefits:

• Access to a full-service grocery store

• A grocery owned by its workers & the community

• A business responsive to your needs

• A vote for the Board of Directors

• To serve on the Board of Directors

• Selective discounts

• A patronage rebate in profitable years

Become an owner today!


www.applestreetmarket.org

• Purchase a share for $100

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• A vote for the Board of Directors

• To serve on the Board of Directors

• Selective discounts

• A patronage rebate in profitable years

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Apple Street Market Coop-erative began its Commu-nity-Ownership drive on Monday, June 2nd. In order

to succeed in opening its doors in early 2015. For this first phase, the campaign must raise a minimum of

$150,000 in equity from the commu-nity. To reach this goal, the campaign is currently collecting $100 member-ships as well as $10 subsidized mem-berships for people who qualify for SNAP benefits or free and reduced lunch at public schools. The Com-

munity-Owner contract form and information are available online and at McKie Recreation Center and Happen Inc.

The Apple Street Market Cooperative campaign is orga-nized by a committee that meets regularly in Northside. As part of the campaign, the committee met on May 28th to determine who the 23 Block Leaders would be. These group leaders are responsible for leading the campaign effort in 1 of 23 sections of Northside. Group leaders head up knocking on doors, distributing information and holding membership parties in their neighborhood section.

FOR MORE INFO: visit our website at www.applestreetmarket.org For questions, or to get involved: • Casey Whitten-Amadon (Proj-

ect Manager); [email protected] (513) 368-9694

• Kristen Barker (CUCI President); [email protected]

• Mary Jo Minerich, Renee Martin & Crystal Stites (Design and Messaging); [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]

• Sally Pope (Health Consultant); [email protected]

• Barry Schwartz & Heather Sturgill (Community Liasons); [email protected]; [email protected]

Mail Community-Owner contract with check or money order to:Apple Street Market Cooperative

P.O. Box 24192Cincinnati, OH 45224

Sign checks or money orders to “Cincin-nati Development Fund FBO Apple Street Market” or “Cincinnati Development Fund” for “Apple Street Market.” This account will be held in Escrow by the Cincinnati Development Fund at Northside Bank until we reach viability amount, which is at least $150,000. No money will be spent until that amount is reached.

Apple Street Market COOPERative Summer Campaign Kickoff

Born in College Hill in 1985, Casey’s family first moved to Northside in 1995. According to Casey, “This is the only time in my life that no full-service grocery store has existed in College Hill, Northside, or Clifton.”

BY Casey Whitten-Amadon

Apple Street MArket CooperAtive will be a full service grocery store located in the former Save-A-Lot building in Northside. The market will include affordable fresh produce, assorted deli items, quality meats and dairy. This new grocery will be a place where everyone feels welcome —owned by its workers and the

community. Apple Street Market will eventually be one of a network of neighborhood groceries in low food access areas. This effort is supported by Northside Community Council and Cincinnati Union Co-Op Initiative as part of their vision to “create family sustaining full time jobs while meeting the need for grocery stores that can

provide quality, affordable, walkable groceries in neighborhoods that are

food deserts.”

COMMUnITY nEWS

In 2011, The Department of Plan-ning and Buildings received a large grant from the federal government to create a new Land Development

Code (LDC) for the City of Cincinna-ti, which will not only include a new Zoning Code and improvements to the Building Code but will also help streamline the permitting process.

As a result, Plan Cincinnati-- the city’s comprehensive plan adopted in 2012 after a three-year public pro-cess-- has a vision focused on allowing more mixed-uses around Cincinnati’s 40 neighborhood centers. Northside is one of these Neighborhood Centers. The current Zoning Code does not al-low for mixed-uses as easily as many

property owners would like.The Land Development Code will

update the Zoning Code to facilitate better mixed-use development and allow for a zoning map that meets the vision of Plan Cincinnati and the 2014 Northside Comprehensive Land Use Plan, which was approved by the City Planning Commission on May 16th. Keep in mind that many things already work in the current Zoning Code. Certain sections, such as Single-Family Districts will generally be carried over into the new Code and Map. The proposed zoning map for Northside will generally reflect the future land use map created in the 2014 Northside Comprehensive Land

Use Plan.Over the last month, planning

staff has attended all active Commu-nity Council meetings and mailed a postcard to all property owners within the City to inform as many people as possible about these changes.

The public is invited to attend one of four public meetings (all at 6:30 PM) to learn more about this process. Each meeting will be the same, re-peated in four quadrants of the City held on the following dates:

• Tuesday, June 17: Oakley Recre-ation Center• Wednesday, June 25: Elder High School (W. Price Hill)• Tuesday, July 8: Hartwell Recre-

ation Center• Thursday, July 17: Corryville Recre-ation Center

View the draft LDC online at www.cincinnati-oh.gov/zoning and use an interactive map to learn about the differences between the existing and proposed zoning districts. The public can review the documents and submit input online, by phone or in person with staff members from June 2nd to August 1st. Call 513-352-4845 for more info.

City of Cincinnati is updating its Zoning Code and Map

James is a City Planner for the Department of Planning and Buildings. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife and dog.

BY James weaver


At last winter is but a shivery memory. And at Churches Active in Northside (CAIN), we share with the Northside

community in the joys of summer. One of the pleasures of summer is the abundance of fresh fruit and vege-tables. For several years CAIN has partnered with the Northside Farm-ers Market to offer fresh fruits and vegetables to our guests, particularly in making SNAP/Food Stamp usage available. Also, our “Another for A Neighbor” program invites a shopper at the Market to purchase addition-al items to be donated to the CAIN Pantry. (And the great NFM vendors generously donate market’s end.) We also receive produce from the Free Store Food Bank. Most food pantries do not offer fresh produce, howev-er CAIN is a unique pantry just as Northside is a unique neighborhood.

The need for produce usually exceeds the supply. We often give out over 500 pounds of produce per week to our guests. Now, we are ask-ing the “green thumbs” of Northside to help us. If you have excess pro-duce from your garden, will you bring it to CAIN? Sharing the bounty of nature with neighbors and friends can be both a blessing and an opportuni-ty. Can you help?

CAIN is part of the AmpleHar-vest.org Campaign - a nationwide

program to enable neighborhood food pantries to be easily located by local backyard gardeners wishing to share their excess garden bounty with neighbors in need.

Please share your extras with your neighbors. You can drop off pro-duce at CAIN on Monday evenings 6 – 8p.m. and Tuesday and Thurs-day mornings from 10a.m. to 1p.m. You can also bring donations to the CAIN booth at the Northside Farmers Market on Wednesdays, 4-7p.m., all summer long.

CAIN’s “Healthy Food For All” initiative provides sustainable hunger solutions through increased access to nutrient-dense food and nutrition education in Northside. CAIN is a neighborhood ministry that transforms lives and inspires hope by providing nutritious food, crisis assistance, re-sources, and compassion in a way that respects human dignity and builds a more vibrant community.

FOR MORE INFO: Churches Active in Northside (CAIN)

4230 Hamilton Avenue513-591-CAIN (2246)www.cainministry.org

Churches Active In Northside Board member and volunteer

BY Karl Miller

YES, WE HAVE NO TOMATOES

A day in the life of CAIN’s Pantry last summer – well stocked with produce. Photo: CAIN.

“We are asking the ‘green thumbs’ of Northside to help us. If you have excess produce from your garden, will you bring it to CAIN?”

COMMUnITY nEWS

SnAPSHOT 45223|MONTHLY PHOTO ENTRIES

May 2014 - Ride for Reading Northside, St. Boniface - (Top) From left, Brian Jessee, Micah Irby, Allison Clifton, and Mawo Idrisa pose with the Library’s RED Card mascot. (Center) Amy Kelm, left and Robin Hofstetter with the Library mascot RED Card during Ride for Reading. (Bottom) Parents and children look through piles of books at St. Boniface. Photos: Lisa Mauch


COMMUnITY nEWS

Adam Reilly of Planned Par-enthood of Southwest Ohio and Linda Seiter of Cara-cole, Inc. in Northside spoke

at the Northside Community Council meeting on April 21, 2014 in support of bringing the Cincinnati Exchange Program (CEP) to the neighborhood. If supported by enough community residents, CEP would provide injection

drug users in Northside with a clean syringe for a dirty one (“one-for-one exchange”). Residents would also receive education on safer sex, safer injec-tion use, and where to get

drug treatment and medical care. Cincinnati is the 188th city in the

U.S. and third city in Ohio (Cleveland and Portsmouth being the other two) to have a Syringe Exchange Pro-gram (SEP). Citing the effectiveness of SEP in Portsmouth, Reilly said that the city saw a 50% reduction rate in Hepatitis C cases within 12 months of operation – a statistic Reilly hopes

Cincinnati will share should the CEP gain traction in the city.

Reilly began working to bring a SEP to Cincinnati nearly eight years ago after he saw a sharp increase in the number of people at-risk for en-docarditis (an infection of the heart usually attributed to injection drug use) through HIV testing at AIDS Vol-unteers of Cincinnati (AVOC). Both Reilly and Dr. Judith Feinberg at the University of Cincinnati, who also wit-nessed a dramatic increase of endo-carditis cases at the hospital, saw the need for a SEP in the city – perhaps now more than in 2006. In addition to a greater number of endocarditis cases, Reilly cites sharp increases in overdose deaths and Hepatitis C infections, particularly among young men, as primary reasons for bringing the SEP to the city.

Injection drug users are not the only ones affected or served by the SEP. More overdoses and infections also mean more dirty syringes on city streets and in city parks like Parker Woods in Northside. Reilly said a SEP would mean for Northside less syringes in public spaces, which would make the neighborhood healthier and safer for residents. Reilly said that he anticipates the SEP to “reduce the number of opiate related overdose deaths through the distribution of Naloxone, de-crease [the number of] Hepatitis C infection[s], prevent a HIV outbreak among [those at-risk for endocardi-tis], link people to appropriate drug treatment, and help [injection drug

users] reach recovery.” Reilly and Linda Seiter from

Caracole, Inc. are clear that SEPs do not promote the use of drugs but instead keep injection drug users healthy while they’re suffering from addiction. If participants of the SEP engage in unlawful activity, including drug use in the vicinity of the CEP mobile van, law enforcement will be contacted. Moreover, SEPs in other cities have not been associated with increases in crime, drug use, or other illegal activity in the area.

The initial response to bringing a SEP to Northside has been positive, with many community members in attendance at the Council meeting on April 21, 2014 in support of the pro-gram. Reilly said that he and Seiter intend to hold a community forum in Northside in June so that residents may receive information about the program and ask questions related to its purpose.

FOR MORE INFO: on the community forum or the CEP, please contact Libby Harrison at [email protected] or at 513-377-7114. Interested residents can also visit the CEP Website at www.cincyep.org.

Northside Residents to Determine Future of Syringe Exchange Program in Neighborhood

Alisa Balestra has been a Northside resident since 2011. You can find Balestra running the streets of Northside, hiking in

Parker Woods, biking in the Spring Grove Cemetery, or eating delicious vegan eats

around the neighborhood.

BY Alisa Balestra

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After two centuries of abuse and neglect, the Mill Creek is winning the affection of a small but growing group of

admirers.They call themselves the Mill

Creek Yacht Club (MCYC), and they recently had their 100th canoe float down the Mill Creek.

“The Mill Creek has many person-alities,” said Commodore Bruce Koe-hler, the founder and leader of the MCYC. Koehler has led canoe floats on the Mill Creek for 20 years.

The MCYC began in 1994 as a productive way to understand and experience Cincinnati’s urban water-way. For two decades the MCYC has provided the opportunity for the com-munity to recreate on the Mill Creek and learn about the stream.

“A paddle on the Mill Creek is a “must do” for any Cincinnatian who loves the outdoors,” Greg Bechtel, Engineer at General Electric Aviation, said. “I’ve paddled on many rivers and lakes, but I’ve never had an experience with such a unique mix of sights and sounds.”

Trustee of the Mill Creek Water-shed Council of Communities, Merrie Stillpass, was thrilled beyond expecta-

tions while participating in the 100th outing.

“The Mill Creek and its tributaries have historically been and will con-tinue to be a tremendous resource for our region,” Stillpass said. “I hope that more people will find opportunities to become engaged with the corri-dor and enjoy the hiking and biking pathways that are being constructed, as well as find safe access onto the water.”

Anyone who paddles the Mill Creek with the MCYC is inducted as a crewmate. Their 100th voyage put the total number of crewmates at more than 600.

“It was fun canoeing in my own backyard, and it was fun imagining what a cleaned up Mill Creek might be like,” Spring Grove Village resi-dent, Fritz Casey-Leininger, said. “A clean creek for canoeing and a bike path to the Ohio would be wonderful.”

On the morning of May 4th, the group began their canoe outing just south of the Millcreek Road Bridge in Northside and canoed down to Mill Creek’s outlet to the Ohio River.

The condition of the stream and the weather was ideal for a canoe float, according to Jeff Agricola, Di-

rector of Public Works for the City of Spring-dale.

“We could not have asked for better day to celebrate our 100th float.” Agricola said. “I can’t wait until I’m on my Mill Creek again!”

The four mile paddle was a con-trast of different landscapes consisting of industrial views and concrete chan-nel walls as well as riparian forest and wildlife.

“Less than 100 yards from the mouth of the Mill Creek emptying into the Ohio, I watched a beaver climb out of the water and scamper up the hill side,” John Mangan, Trustee of the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities, said.

For Andy Dobson, Senior Planner for Hamilton County Planning and Development, the trip provided an excellent look at Cincinnati’s urban history.

“When I’m describing the trip to people, I tell them I saw everything from abandoned industrial buildings to a coyote trotting along the bank,” Dobson said.

The group also documented a defective manhole, bringing attention to a problem that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.

“I love it when a Mill Creek Yacht Club outing leads to Mill Creek im-

provement,” Koehler said.The Mill Creek Watershed Council

of Communities (Council), a nonprofit organization dedicated to protect and enhance the value of the Mill Creek, encourages Mill Creek recreation.

Executive Director of the Council, Jennifer Eismeier, said the MCYC and the Council work together to provide opportunities for the community to ex-perience recreation on the Mill Creek.

“The crewmates are the eyes and ears of the stream,” Eismeier said. “We are committed to continued and vigilant observation of the Mill Creek and its tributaries.”

Eismeier and Koehler encourages anyone interested in canoeing on the Mill Creek to contact the Council at 513-563-8800 or [email protected].

“All I can say is: ‘Miss a trip, miss a lot,’” Koehler said.

SPOTLIGHT: RECREATION

Dedicated Mill Creek Paddlers Reach 100th Canoe Outing

(Left) Crewmates of the Mill Creek Yacht Club before 100th canoe trip. Photo: Jeff Agricola. (Above) Paddlers on the Mill Creek reach the Western Hills Via-duct where concrete channeling turns into riparian forest. Photo: Jeff Agricola.

Kara Scheerhorn is the Watershed Coordinator for the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities.

She enjoys the progress and change happening in Cincinnati and is happy to play a role in its environmental sustainability. Kara is passionate about the great outdoors and can’t resist a locally brewed IPA.

BY Kara Scheerhorn


From beginning in a Clifton basement to playing the MidPoint Music Festival, bluesy garage-rock band, The Pro-

hibitionists have slowly and steadily been making a name for themselves in Cincinnati for the past eight years. However, the band’s heart and soul

still lies squarely within the Northside music scene.

The band formed in 2006, when Sespico, DeStefano and Nauman started jamming in their shared house. “We made (DeStefano) play the drums - he taught himself,” laughed Sespico. Their first gig, in

2007 at the Mad Frog,was not without technical prob-lems. “Literally every instru-ment or drum broke,” Sespico said.

White joined the band shortly thereafter, having played bass in The Mal-adroits - whose slogan, he said, is “the Partridge Fam-ily of surf music,” - starting in his teen years. (As The Maladroits’ CincyMusic.com profile puts it, “Over 100 embarrassing and disastrous gigs were racked up before the sons got squirrelly and joined bands without fathers in them.”)

The band continued to practice and play shows around town, eventu-ally releasing an EP aptly titled “Ex-tended Play” in 2011. In the mean-time, the band’s members moved around, all of them eventually living in Northside at one time or another and naturally gravitating toward the neighborhood’s music scene.

If the Prohibitionists aren’t playing a show on a given weekend, chances are you may see one of its members playing with another band or side project, or just out supporting other bands around Northside.

“There’s a lot of cross-pollination between bands around here,” Sespi-co said. “That’s what a music scene is - it’s people playing in different bands together.”

Though Cincy has the occasional band that makes it big from time to time, for the most part, the focus for local bands seems to be on having fun and encouraging each other.

“In other cities, it’s competition. Here, it’s cooperation,” White said.

“There are so many free shows - we’re so spoiled. (And) there’s a lot of great bands out there; you can walk down the street and there are good live bands playing.”

Some of their favorite places to play include Junker’s Tavern, Mayday and the Comet (where the free burri-tos are a definite plus).

“Venues (around here) treat you really well as a band,” White said.

And it doesn’t hurt that local bar owners and neighbors are not averse to a little rowdiness.

“You can make a bunch of noise and no one makes you feel bad about it,” Sespico said.

As far as future plans, though, the band does hope to play some shows outside of Cincinnati soon. “The P-hibs are at the stage where we need to tour some more,” White said. They are planning a short tour this summer, possibly in conjunction with Brooklyn band, The Neighbors, with whom they played at Junker’s earlier this year.

Also in the works: a self-record-ed record to be released on vinyl, though it may be a little while yet before the band is satisfied with what they’ve produced.

“We’ve written 100 songs, and we hate most of them,” Sespico said with a laugh. “As soon as you record it and put it down, that’s what you think when you hear part of it. We’ll try out stuff for awhile before we record any of it.”

BY Steph Barnard

SPOTLIGHT: MUSIC

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(Above) One of Catapult’s co hosts, Abiyah, introduces the evening. (Left) Cincinnati musician Sudan Moon, performs. Catapult Music Festival is a free, one day, post rap and electronica influenced music event held in Northside. Catapult, according to Abiyah, was created “out of a desire to move minds out of the ‘taking it back to that hip hop’ mode of thought into what hip hop is currently experiencing, both musically and sonically, as it matures“

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Beginning at 10:00pm on Sunday nights after the Comet All-Stars play, a new kind of performance takes

place. They’re called Sunlight, a rotating troupe of players that fea-ture members of the band WHY? Each Sunday, Josiah Wolf picks a theme, without informing the musi-cian beforehand. The themes are then interpreted on the spot through improvisation, audience interaction, and other experimental forms, including some visual art.

The various themes that Sun-light produces create a balance between structure and element of surprise. Sunlight has experi-mented with some diverse themes and plans to generate more. For example, one theme is a karaoke spin-off, where the singer performs a song he or she may or may not know. Another theme involves the musicians following a light board that various audience members get to control. The themes change

from week to week, and as a result, so does the improvisation and the ambience. This eclectic and original project is never the same twice.

The core musicians of Sunlight are Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid, Matthew Meldon, Ofir Klemperer, Liz Wolf, and Yoni Wolf. Sunlight has also included Ben Sloan, Eddy Kwon, and Dan Dorff, along with other members of the Marburg col-lective. These are just a few of the many Cincinnati musicians who have joined Sunlight.

To find out more, find SUNLIGHT AT THE COMET on Facebook.

SunlightNever the Same Experience Twice

Rae Hoffman lives in Northside with her pug, Athena. She has a BA and MFA in

Poetry. She has been published in Kenning, Poetica Magazine, Red River Review, and is forthcoming in Mojo.

BY Rae Hoffman

SPOTLIGHT: MUSIC


Cincinnati’s best Fourth of July celebration returns with three days of events in Northside, July 3 - 5, 2014.

The Independence Day party kicks off on Thursday, July 3 at 6 p.m. with live music, craft beer, and food at the Northside Rock ‘n’ Roll Carnival in Hoffner Park. On Friday, be sure to get a good spot on Ham-ilton Avenue for the annual Fourth

of July, with Grand Marshal Tommy Rueff, founder and executive director of Happen, Inc.

Local favorites Frontier Folk Nebraska start the show on Thursday, followed by Al Scorch And The Lost Boys (Chicago), The Cincinnati Suds, Bummers Eve, and Idiot Glee (Lexing-

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Start the holiday on July 4 with “kegs and eggs” at Hoffner Park pre-parade at 10 a.m. Then don’t miss the 160th Northside Fourth of July Parade, beginning at 12 p.m., rain or shine, and see why WCPO dubbed the parade “the most colorful in the Cincinnati area.”

Hamilton Avenue becomes a 1.5 mile stage for the eclectic and quirky charms of Northside. Along with a tra-ditional parade lineup of politicians, marching bands, and business floats, attendees will see marching dogs, routines from the Lawn Chair Ladies, belly dancers, precision displays from the Men’s (power)Drill Team, and neighbors walking together to repre-sent their streets and the vibrancy of the Northside community.

After the parade, enjoy the Fam-ily Fun Festival in Hoffner Park, with activities by Happen Inc. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Carnival begins again at 6 p.m., with Leggy, Pretty Pretty (Columbus), The Perfect Children, All Dogs (Co-lumbus), comedy from Chris Weir and Karl Spaeth, local break-out band Tweens, and Chicago’s Twin Peaks.

On Saturday, the festivities con-tinue with more family fun and music. Bands return at 6 p.m featuring Pearl De Vere, Fists Of Love, The Hiders, Mardou, The Sidekicks (Columbus), Jaill (Milwaukee) and Protomartyr from Detroit.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Carnival is presented by the Northside Business Association.For more info on the Rock N’ Roll Carni-val: www.northsiderocks.com.

The Northside Fourth of July Parade is sponsored by the Norhside Community Council. For more info on the parade visit northsidejuly4.com. Parade entry registration deadline: 5:00 PM, June 30.

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BY Tricia Suit


Northside is highly regard-ed as a neighborhood of merging subcultures; a community of fringe

artists, musicians, skateboarders, and forward -thinking small business owners. Since its grand opening on March 1, Gary Collins’ Galaxie Skateshop in Northside has greatly magnified our district’s trailblazing ways.

Six years ago, local skateboard-ing legend Gary Collins opened the first Galaxie location near his Covington shredding grounds on the main strip of Monmouth Street in Newport, Kentucky, with fellow local skateboarder Andrew Martin. Collins has been running his own brand, Instrument Skateboards, for almost a decade. Galaxie skate shops are owned solely by skateboarders. Zach Kincaid pioneered the conception of Galaxie’s Northside location.

Every “Second Saturday”, Gal-axie Northside co -owner Kin-caid and artist/event organizer Chris Luessen host their monthly art

gallery which raises funds for the longtime Northside Skatepark initia-tive. “The theme for the June show is ‘Collaboration’,” boasts Luessen. “All artwork will feature two or more artists.”

June’s charity event will take place at Galaxie’s Northside location on Saturday, June 14, from 6:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. Art, music, conversa-tion, and refreshments will be pro-vided.

“The exhibition is open to all art submissions,” declares Luessen. Artists interested in gaining exposure while supporting this heartfelt cause can apply for inclusion by e mailing images and descriptions of their artwork to [email protected]. Artists should specify name, title, medium, size and price. 25% of the proceeds will fund the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s

Northside Skate Park project. Sup-porting artists confirmed thus far include Luessen, Jaclin Hastings, Tory Keith, Joel Blazer, Jill Cleary, Brooke Shansey, Amber Bowers, Dave Ackles, and Jordan West.

The concept of opening a skate-park in the empty space between Kirby Avenue and Colerain Avenue dates back to the year 2000. Since, the Northside Community Council (NCC) has successfully pushed this objective. As a result, they have garnered grant funding via the City of Cincinnati and hired Action Sports Design to build the 23,000 square-foot park, which--in addition to the aforementioned skating area-- will feature a community garden and walking trail.

Fundraising has a been a slow and steady process. Lew Ross of Fickle Skateboards launched a fundraising campaign on fundly.com, which raised $450 but fell well short of the $1,000,000 goal. So far, Gal-axie’s efforts have slowly chipped away at the deficit. “We raised $135 off the first art show, and we’ve raised $100 from May’s dona-tions so far,” Kincaid reveals.

Additional funds will be raised at AYE Music & Art Festival, June 27 and 28, at the Southgate House Revival. A fundraiser at Northside Tavern is booked for August 16.

Those who cannot attend the “Second Saturday” art show but are still interested in donating to the Northside Skate Park cause can do so by purchasing bumper stick-ers from Sidewinder Coffee (4181 Hamilton Avenue). According to the Northside Skate Park website, independent donations can be made to the Cincinnati Recreation Commit-tee. Please memo checks: “Northside Skate Park”.

FOR MORE INFO: The Galaxie Skateshop is located at 4202 Hamilton Avenue. Visit Galaxie on the web at galaxieskateshop.blogspot.com. For updates on the Northside Skate Park project, visit the official web-site at northsideskatepark.blogspot.com.

Nick is a touring musician and the co-founder of Grasshopper Juice Records. He and his wife moved to Northside two years ago in appreciation of its alternative culture.

BY nick mitchell

(From left) Poster for “Collabora-tion” designed by Chris Lues-sen. The work of Dave Ackel from the May 10 art show. Photos: Nick Mitchell

Galaxie skateshop Encourages CollaborationSecond Saturday Fundraisers Bring Community Together

SPOTLIGHT: GALLERY EXHIBITION

WHAT: Galaxie Art Show & Skate Park Fundraiser

WHEN: Saturday, June 14th, 6pm-10pm

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SPOTLIGHT: OPEN HOUSE

Lucia Jackson cheerfully surveys the creative destruction of her domain. Glossy white Clock-work Orange mannequin limbs

litter the dining room, go-go boots spill down the stairs, and her bright, energetic son, Oscar, is introducing a surplus Ken doll to the perils of percussion. Lucia herself seems to be smeared with chocolate - remnants of the brown paint that make her Knowl-

ton Street kitchen feel like the creamy center of a caramel truffle.

It’s two short weeks un-til the big party, and Jackson is thrilled, tired, and just a little bit wired. The June

14th open house will launch her red brick century home as the quintessen-tial Northside party spot: a warm, intimate, beyond-eclectic space that can host a few friends for wine and truth-telling or a casual wedding re-ception for a hundred. As Jackson’s flourishing custom costume and event planning studio, Kintimate Costumes, etc., filled every corner with chicken bone headdresses and disco fabu-

lousness, she saw the need to share the fantasy - and find some breath-ing room - by moving out, stepping the already creative decor up a notch, and opening the home for private events.

Kintimate’s costume collection and studio space will stay, with Jackson and her team of designers offering the imaginative, fully custom service available nowhere else in Cincinnati. “If we don’t have it, I’ll find it - or make it,” she says, showing off a custom palm-tree headpiece for a business client.

Another popular offering is

party entertainment in character. Jackson recounts a birthday party at which the four-year-old guests were so delighted by Kintimate’s bevy of princesses that “one of the little girls fell over.”

Partygoers for the June 14th Open House are invited to dress in 60’s mod attire. Family-friendly fes-tivities from 5 to 9 p.m. Fire dancers at dusk. Dance party after 9 p.m. Libations throughout.

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In spite of teaching courses at area universities and enjoying a fun career as a researcher, 30-years ago, I was one of those classic

“slipped through the cracks” cases. At around twenty years old, I took the test to earn my “Good Enough Diploma” – a GED. It was a pretty easy task for me: I checked test prep books out of the library, walked to the local high school from my apart-ment in Queens, took the test, and passed with flying colors. From there, it was on to a Community College, a four-year school, then graduate school.

Sadly, it’s not as easy as it used to be. People in Cincinnati who want to earn their GED have a handful of valuable resources at their disposal. Still, there are serious barriers to overcome, and changes at the begin-ning of this year are making things very difficult.

Parts of the exam are now created in concert with new common core standards. For those educat-ed prior to common core, this is not a test based on the education they received. Basically, the longer a person is out of school, the less the test will represent the education they received.

As of January 1st, the new GED exam is also 100 percent online. This represents a serious barrier to test-takers. There are cases like a local man who lost his job after

19 years at the shuttered Butternut Bread factory. Thrown into a job market with a demand for a minimum educational attainment of a high school equivalency and a comput-er-based test to get one, “guys like him are completely unprepared for everything,” says Joe Gorman, a Community Organizer with the Camp Washington Community Board. Mary Knauff, Director of Communi-ty Engagement at Lower Price Hill Community School (LPHCS) adds, aside from basic computer skills, if a person’s keyboarding speed is fewer than 20 words per minute, their chances of passing the test are very low. Computers, while an everyday part of many people’s lives – all the dragging and dropping we do, all the drop-down menus we use – its all completely alien to others seeking to improve their chances at a good job.

Mr. Gorman runs the Camp Washington Community School and Ms. Knauff runs the College Bridge Program at LPHCS, and their jobs were made more difficult by this shift in testing.

This shift caused a tremendous set of new costs to agencies. Practice tests are now six dollars per session (unlike easily-photocopied paper prep tests) and a new administrative burden to track and charge each and every prep test. Effective online study tools are generally slow in coming: the new, computerized test,

according to many in the field, was way ahead of the training materials. Going from paper-and-pencil to technology-based training also meant huge expenditures in repurposing physical spac-es (like changing a meeting room to a computer lab), pro-curing necessary hardware and software, and things like wiring. Costs associated with functionally reinventing and equipping training spaces was a tremendous expense for these agencies.

All this meant strategic shifts at places like San-

ta Maria Community Services, for example. Income Impact Director, Chellie McLellan told me they “spent every moment” in the fourth quarter of last year getting clients to take the test before the change. This caused a loss of about 45 days of instruc-tion, but Ms. McLellan is hopeful that getting all those folks through before the change translates into a tempo-rarily diminished demand for test prep. She and others have their fin-gers crossed that new, more effective trainings will roll out before demand will ramp up again.

Then there is the 40+ year-old West Side Lower Price Hill Communi-ty School and their Education Matters program, a one-on-one education program that treats the whole client – a GED can be just a part of a cli-ent’s goals. Their Education Forward program addresses the entire person, referring clients to other services to increase the chances of success while attempting to control disruptions that can derail personal improvement, such as food insecurity, lack of things like childcare and laundry services, and a lack of funds to pay for the GED’s steep $120 fee. Also – a credit to LPHCS – they take GED prep to a higher level; by changing people’s relationship with school and learning, with the goal of enabling students to continue their journey after the test is passed.

How exactly do people in our community feel about it all? “Bur-dened and nervous” is what Ms. Knauff told me. Without proper resources and training materials, it’s “nerve-racking and unpredictable.” And, by the way, people who were in the middle of the exam as of Janu-ary 1st? Well, they are required to retake the entire exam, and pay the full $120.00 fee. We can do better.

The biggest, and most invisible, GED preparation effort in the state of Ohio is the penal system. And it faces the most tremendous of all. Simply put: prisoners cannot use computers. This will doubtless put an even greater burden on already cash-strapped community-based

services. This fully acts against our interests to increase the chances of previously-incarcerated Ohioans’ to achieve occupational or academic success and not reoffend.

Finally, there is the issue of the final stakeholder in the GED issue: the business community. Not all employers see a GED as a reliable predictor of successful employment. That’s where ACT comes in. With their National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC), ACT is focused on testing practical knowledge of interest to many employers; many of whom (along with some social service professionals), feel is a better indica-tion of whether or not a new hire will succeed, as compared to GED at-tainment. The NCRC base exam tests on areas like “Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information;” there’s even an add-on that tests for soft skills such as dependability, customer service orientation, and teamwork: concepts vital to most any business.

Be it a GED or the NCRC, we need to consistently and effective-ly target barriers to achievement and opportunity, and put resourc-es behind reliable, accessible and affordable training and test-taking. This will help everyone at the table: local community-based resources can more effectively serve clients, our neighbors who seek to reenter an unfamiliar job market (or want greater educational attainment for themselves), and businesses that need to mitigate their risks with new hires. Lastly there needs to be a statewide effort to develop a smart way to address the role of jails and prisons in preparing incarcerated men and women for future success.

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Fred is a research professional and a member of the Northside Community Council; he and his family have lived in Northside since 2006. Originally from the New York boroughs of Brooklyn & Queens, he roots exclusively for failing sports franchises from his hometown.

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If sitting is the new smoking, then walking is the new medicine. If doctors could prescribe a walk-ing pill, it would be ingested like

hotcakes, yielding extremely good results and minimal side effects for nearly any ailment.

Walking and running are our biological heritage once needed for survival: to hunt, to gather food, to escape from being food, and to find a mate outside our immediate tribe. It makes sense that we are designed in such a way that walking literally feeds the systems of our bodies and creates health.

BUT I will let you in on a little secret. Walking is only as good for you as the quality of your walking. That’s right. Not all walking is creat-ed equal. What is quality walking? It consists of:• A smooth cadence without inter-

ruption. • A head balanced over the spine

instead of traveling in front of it. • Hip joints that know when to open

in extension and when to close in flexion.

• Arms FREE to swing as an extension of the mobile upper body and to assist in propulsion.• A fine set of counter

rotations up and down the body that allow you to balance and stand on one leg for a fraction of a second and travel over the high point of the hip joint, making you taller with each step.

Lacking one or more of these elements, prob-lems begin to arise in the low back and various joints, eventually yielding problems such as chron-ic back or neck pain, arthritis, plantar fasciitis, and osteoporosis. Most of these take years to develop, but it is never too late to interrupt the cycle and start feeding your body and soul with healthy walking.

Trekking poles are a fantastic way to train for all these necessary elements. With a little coaching, you will find poles allow you to become more upright and find optimal align-ment every time you are standing on one leg. You will also discover a workout of your arms, upper back, and an ability to walk further and faster.

Poles are also great for rehab, providing the opportunity for quali-ty, symmetrical walking. When going from crutches to a cane to unsup-

ported walking, as is usual, many will develop a slight interruption in cadence. The ramifications of this are deep over time, including not getting the most out of a knee or hip replacement. If you rely on a cane for walking, please, please consider trying trekking poles (ask a profes-sional for help). Canes do not allow for a rhythmic gait and they lead to leaning over.

There is some significant magic in how poles train for strength in the upper back, leading away from the rounded forward posture so common in our culture. As that rounding drops away, the neck and the low back have the opportunity to drop excess curvature and muscle strain.

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BY TOMMY RUEFF

This 1998 animated feature takes what was apparently a slightly darker story - from Vera Chapman’s novel

- about the daughter of a fallen Knight of the Round Table who teams up with a blind hermit and a two-headed dragon to avenge her father and to save the kingdom of Camelot by retrieving Excalibur from the evil clutches of a rogue knight, and lightens the tone with songs (by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster) and comedic hijinks from Eric Idle and Don Rickles. It is

amazing though to imagine a tale about the mythic world of Camelot that doesn’t spotlight either King Arthur or Merlin, but Quest for Camelot more than makes up for their absence with a young heroine driven by that same legendary sense of honor and romance.

- TT Stern-Enzi, Cincinnati Film Critic

Each month, Happen’s Kid Film Critics received their own official Happen film critic packet and a press badge. TT Stern-Enzi, Cincinnati film critic, provided insight about the film and

guided the children as they wrote this month’s film reviews.

Read the reviews, and be sure to watch Quest for Camelot.

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Reviews of Quest for Camelot

“I thought it was bad. The villains were just not smart and the plot was too predictable” -Maxwell

“The movie was entertaining. The vil-lain was good. The music got a little old. I would give it the movie three out of five stars.” -Henry

“ It was about a girl who wants to be a knight. She goes on a quest to save Camelot. I liked it. ” -Gwen

“I liked it. It had some violence. I would give it 5 out 5 stars.” -Oscar

Cincinnati Library Comic Con 2014 Drawing Contest. (Left) Librarian LeeAnn McNabb awards a Comic Con drawing honorable mention prize for adults to Chris Asselin, Northside Branch, for “The Batman.” (Right) Librarian LeeAnn McNabb awards the Comic Con drawing first-place prize for ages 7-9 to Dominic Sherwood, Northside Branch, for his drawing “The Bobcat Inn.” Photos were submitted by Lisa Mauch, Public Library of Cincinnati.

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The final school bell of the year has officially rung, which means that summertime in

Cincinnati is in full swing. Even though schools are closing their doors for the summer, it doesn’t mean that WordPlay Cincy is closing theirs.

Once again, Word-Play is opening its doors this summer for 6 weeks of learning, creative explora-tion and community building with 5 programs. All Word-Play programs are free. Space in each program is limited, so in order to guar-antee a spot, registration/enrollment is required by Friday, June 6 by emailing [email protected] or by calling 513-260-8129.

First off the bat in Wordplay’s summer lineup is the return of the Summer Scholars program. The first priority in the Summer Schol-ars is given to children from families that meet free lunch criteria. This pro-gram is for students entering grades 1-8 in the 2014/15 school year. This program will reinforce academic skills and teach social-emotional skills through many hands-on, experimen-tal and fun activities.

Summer Scholars meets Tues-days, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3-6 p.m. and will be running June 10-July 17. Students are required to attend at least once a week, but can go two or three days if they want. Parents/legal guardians must come in to WordPlay to enroll their student.

The next summer program WordPlay is offering is the WordUP workshop for high school students in grades 9-12 from any school. This workshop will continue to be taught by University of Cincinnati (UC) professor and WordPlay co-found-er, Elissa Yancey. It will also feature guest teacher, Mark Flanigan, who is a local poet and spoken word artist. Flanigan worked closely with Word-

Play’s Aiken High School students on their Enter Stage Write performance, an autobiographical piece that premiered at the Hoffner Lodge in Northside on May 10th.

WordUP will meet on Wednes-days 3-5 p.m. and will run June 11-July 16.

WordPlay is also introducing a new workshop to their summer lineup: the Women’s Community Writing Workshop. This workshop is for women and girls ages 13+ and is designed to have a multi-genera-tional experience for women to come together, share their stories, and craft new ones collaboratively. Writer Pauletta Hansel will teach this work-shop. Hansel is the author of four poetry collections, co-editor of the literary publication of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative, has been featured and anthologized in several publications and journals, and has taught writing with teenag-ers in numerous settings.

The Women’s Community Writing Workshop will meet Thursdays 3-5 p.m. and will run June 19- July 24.

Another workshop that WordPlay is offering this sum-mer is the Tuesday Typing Pool. This workshop is a continuation of their popular school-year group. It’s a creative writing group for young writers in grades 3-6 and will be team-taught by two Ph.D. candidates in Creative Writing at UC. Stu-dents will have the opportunity to submit their work to Word-Play for fall publication.

The Tuesday Typing Pool will meet Tuesdays from 4:30-6 p.m. and will run June 10- July 15.

WordPlay will also con-tinue the WordPlay Saturdays program. This is an open-door, drop-in day where kids can come if they couldn’t get enough WordPlay in the Summer Scholars program. On Saturdays, WordPlay will offer various programs that focus on multi-media, multidisciplinary project-based activities.

Prior enrollment for Satur-days is NOT necessary, but Word-Play does ask that parents come in and fill out a form at the writing center when they drop off their kids. WordPlay Saturdays will run June 14-July 19 from Noon-4.

Last, but not least, WordPlay will be offering their Bookbinder’s Guild Summer Camp. At this camp, students will learn to make paper and create their own hand-bound journals.

The camp is for grades 3+ and will run July 7-11 from 9 a.m.-noon.

Once again, the required reg-istration is due by Friday, June 6. WordPlay looks forward to continue learning, growing and having a blast with you this summer!FOR MORE INFO: Visit: wordplaycin-cy.org Call 513-260-8129 or email [email protected]

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Matt is entering his fifth year at the University of Cincinnati studying Magazine

Journalism, and is WordPlay’s summer intern.

BY Matt Evans

WordPlay volunteer Francis Pospocil oversees ice-cream making at a 2013 Summer Scholars session. Photo: WordPlay.

Summertime Learnin’


ONGOING EVENTS: First Monday – Northside Business Association Monthly Meeting @ Happen, Inc. 4201 Hamilton Ave. (6PM) The Northside Business Association is a resource for all Northside Businesses and works to continually improve the neighborhood. More info: call 513-541-4745 or email: [email protected]

Third Monday (Fourth Monday January and February) – Northside Community Council Monthly Meeting @ McKie Rec Center 1655 Chase Ave. (7PM) Get involved with issues that directly affect our community! The NCC is a volunteer, community-based organization that provides an opportunity for all individuals in the community to participate in Northside’s present and to chart Northside’s future.

Every other Monday – The Qtet @ Northside Tavern 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9PM) Influences range from Miles Davis to Van Halen. Jazz. Front room. Cost: Free www.northsidetav.com

Every other Monday – Northside Jazz Ensemble @ Northside Tavern 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9PM) From Funk, Reggae and Soul to Rock, Free Jazz, Blues and straight-ahead Jazz and back again, this tight four-piece puts familiar tunes in a brand new bag. Jazz. Front room. Cost: Free. www.northsidetav.com

Every Monday – The Marburg Collective @ The Comet 4579 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Indie/Jazz. www.cometbar.com

Every Monday – Adult Pictionary w/ Steven Walls (Vampire Weekend at Bernie’s) @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Game Show/Comedy www.thechameleonclub.com

Every Monday – Bomb’s Away Comedy Open Mic @ Mayday (8PM) Cost: Free. 4227 Spring Grove Ave. www.maydaynorthside.com

Every Tuesday – Movies & Games @ Northside Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library 4219 Hamilton Ave. (3PM) For information, call 513-369-4449

Every Tuesday – Teen Movie Madness @ Northside Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library 4219 Hamilton Ave. (3PM) For information, call 513-369-4449

Every Tuesday – Zumba @ McKie Center (6PM) 1655 Chase Avenue. ”If you are perfect don’t come”- you’ll ruin our demographic.

Every Tuesday – Bike Night @ The Comet 4579 Hamilton Ave. (7pm) Motorcycle enthusiasts gathering. Free. Bikes, Burritos and Brews. www.cometbar.com

Every Tuesday – Artist In Residency: Kate Wakefield @ The Comet 4579 Hamilton Ave. (10pm) Free. Indie/Folk. www.cometbar.com

Every Tuesday – Cinthesizer Live Podcast @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (7pm) Free. Electronic. www.thechameleonclub.com

Every Tuesday – Twerk-It Tuesday w/ Juan Cosby @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (10pm) Free. Live Music Videos. www.thechameleonclub.com

Every Tuesday – Trivia Tuesday @ Mayday (8PM) Trivia every Tuesday, with prizes and specials. Cost: Free. 4227 Spring Grove Ave. www.maydaynorthside.com

Every Tuesday – Trivia Tuesday @ Mayday (8PM) Trivia every Tuesday, with prizes and specials. Cost: Free. 4227 Spring Grove Ave. www.maydaynorthside.com

Third Tuesday– Square Dance @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (8-10pm) All dances taught. Live music by the Northside Volunteers. Beer on tap. Suggested donation $5-10 to caller. It’s hip, it’s what’s happening. Each month features a different local / regional caller and live old-time music and dance. Historic tavern, resonate wooden floor for dancers, small stage for all-volunteer band.June 17 – T Claw, Boulder COJuly 8 – Russ Childers & Friends

First wednesday– The Chris Comer Trio @ The Listing Loon 4124 Hamilton Ave. (8PM) A piano based jazz trio. Cost: Free. More info: www.ChrisComerTrio.com

Every Wednesday – Open Shop @ Mobo Bicycle CoOp 1415 Knowlton Ave. (6-9PM) Come work on your bike. For info: mobobicyclecoop.org or [email protected]

Every Wednesday – Kreative Kids @ Northside Branch of the Cincinnati Public Library 4219 Hamilton Ave. (3PM) Ages 5-12. For info call 513-369-4449

Every Wednesday – Northside Farmers Market @ Hoffner Park 4104 Hamilton Ave. (4-7PM) This twelve-month market brings tri-state farmers to the city of Cincinnati to sell their produce, meat, eggs, crafts and fruit. NFM prides itself on bringing fresh and locally produced food to the vibrant community of Northside.

-June 11th, free mini Feldenkrais Method sessions with Cynthia Allen of Future Life Now. 5-7pm. Music by Patti Walker.

-June 25th, Honey Hill Farm Petting Zoo! Join us from 4pm-6pm to see and pet all kinds of farm animals! Music by Just Earth.

More info: www.northsidefm.org

Every Wednesday – Live Acoustic Wednesdays @ Bistro Grace 4034 Hamilton Ave (6:30-9pm) we support local events, breweries and musicians. We are centrally located in thre Northside. We have quality food at reasonable prices and a full bar. We offer happy hour prices, drink specials and half off wines. Come join our friendly staff and enjoy our beautiful patio. Free. BistroGrace.com

Every Wednesday – Hump Day Karaoke @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (8pm) Free. Karaoke. www.thechameleonclub.com

Every Wednesday – Sexy Time Live Band Karaoke @ Northside Tavern 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9PM) Live band karaoke. Back room. Cost: Free. www.sexytimekaraoke.com

Third Wednesday – Learning Lab Gathering hosted by Starfire @ McKie Center (6PM) 1655 Chase Avenue. Citizens are gathering every month to meet-up over community building and inclusion. The gatherings are a springboard for people’s ideas around community related projects, as well as opportunities to learn from local citizens. Hosted by Starfire, free, and open to all. Each gathering begins with a potluck. For information [email protected]

Every Thursday – International Folk Dancing @ Clifton Community Arts Center, 7-9 PM. Line/circle dances from Eastern Europe/Middle East. No partners necessary, no

experience necessary. Teaching available. For information, call 541-6306 or e-mail [email protected]. Cost $3.

Every Thursday – Slow and Steady Bike Ride @ Leaves from Hoffner Park 4104 Hamilton Avenue (7PM) Cost: Free. Join this welcoming and easy bike ride.

Every Thursday – Karaoke with Bree @ Boswell’s, 1686 Blue Rock. (8pm) Free. Great food, great drinks, great karaoke!www.facebook.com/hotwheelsentertainment

Every first & third Thursday – Comma Comma Chameleon (Comedy Night) @Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. www.thechameleonclub.com

Every SECOND & Fourth THURSDAY – Throwback Thursday w/ AP (Night Bees / Counterfeit Money Machine) @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (8pm) Free. Poetry / Live 90’s Music Videos. www.thechameleonclub.com

LAST Thursday – Folk & Fiction @ The Listing Loon 4124 Hamilton Ave. (6-11PM) Reading and musical performances. Cost: Free. More info: facebook.com/folkandfiction

final friday – cartRAGE (Chip-tunes) @ The Chameleon Club, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9PM) Free. Electronic / Chiptunes. www.thechameleonclub.com

Every SATURDAY – Zumba @ McKie Center (12PM) 1655 Chase Avenue. ”If you are perfect don’t come”- you’ll ruin our demographic.

Every Saturday – International Folk Dancing @ Twin Towers’ Hader Room (8-10:30 PM). Line and circle dances from Eastern Europe/Middle East. No partners necessary, no experience necessary. Teaching available 8-9 PM. For information, call 541-6306 or e-mail [email protected]. Cost: $5. 5343 Hamilton Ave.

Every Second Saturday – Northside Second Saturdays (6-10PM) Come see art, shop, imbibe and eat in one of Cincinnati’s most creative and diverse neighborhoods. Featuring new art openings, later hours, bar drink specials, interactive events and promotions that vary monthly with participating businesses.

FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND NORTHSIDE THIS MONTH. events calendar – june

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Every Second Saturday – Hook & Ladder (Vinyl Night) w/ Margaret Darling (The Seedy Seeds, Devout Wax) @ Chameleon 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Vinyl / Variety. www.thechameleonclub.com

Every Second Saturday – Galaxie Art Show & Skate Park Fundraiser w/ Chris Luessen, Jill Cleary, & More @ Chameleon 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Galaxie Skate Shop, 4202 Hamilton Ave. (6pm) Free. Art. galaxieskateshop.blogspot.com

Every Second Saturday – Basement Reggae w/ Abiyah & Grover @ The Comet, 4579 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Reggae. www.cometbar.com

first sundays– Bulletville @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Live music. Front room. Free. www.northsidetav.com

third sundays– DJ Harv @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Front room. Free. www.northsidetav.com

Final sundays– The Tillers @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Live music. Front room. Free. www.northsidetav.com

Every Sunday– Comet Bluegrass Allstars @ The Comet. (7:30PM & 9PM) The Comet house band plays two sets every Sunday. Cost: Free. 4579 Hamilton Ave.

Final sundays – Bummer Night w/ John Hays @ Chameleon 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Folk/Punk/Songwrite www.thechameleonclub.com

Weekdays –– OPEN STUDIO @ Happen, Inc. 4201 Hamilton Avenue. 3:30 - 7:30PM (Tue.-Thu.) & 10am - 5PM (Sat.)

UPCOMING EVENTS:Friday, June 6 – Nicholas & The Pessimistics @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Folk. www.thechameleonclub.com

Friday, June 6 – Dr. Foxcroft w/ Strange Mechanics @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Jam/Rock. www.northsidetav.com

Saturday, June 7 – Vibrant Troubadours w/ The Quiet Man @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Rock. www.thechameleonclub.com

Sunday, June 8 – Pilates Open House @ Pilates with Myra 1557 Addingham Place www.pilateswithmyra.com

Sunday, June 8 – Classical Revolution @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Classical. www.northsidetav.com

Friday, June 13 – Northside Music Festival w/ Brian Olive, Molly Sullivan, Sometimes, & More @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Indie/Rock. www.northsidetav.com

Saturday, June 14 – Northside Music Festival w/ Night Beast, Black Signal, Abiyah, & More @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Indie/Rock. www.northsidetav.com

Wednesday, June 18 – Starfire Presents: Sing! Cincinnati @ Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. (6pm) Free. www.northsidetav.com

Friday, June 20 – Cincinnati Folksinger & Hit Uptown Band @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Folk. www.thechameleonclub.com

Saturday, June 21 – Cincy Soup Series w/ Jennifer Simone Eclectic Vibe, and Under New Order @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free.Various. www.thechameleonclub.com

Saturday, June 28 – Wolfcryer w/ Adam Nice @ Chameleon, 4114 Hamilton Ave. (9pm) Free. Indie. www.thechameleonclub.com

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I have been a professional violinist my entire life. I have played with rock, country, jazz and bluegrass bands. I now play for single engagements and contract exceptional musicians of all instruments for custom ensembles. My desire in teaching is to help students find gratifying outlets for musical expression and to experience the joy that music brings to the soul.Lessons scheduled in my home.Cost: Negotiable Contact: Karen AddieEmail: [email protected]: KarenAddie.com

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JUNE 21, 2014, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Smithhaven Studios, 1700 Blue Rock Ave.Learn the basics of casting and get a well-rounded understanding of this fun and accessible casting processes.This is an introduction to small scale casting using cuttlefish bones & delft clay. Both methods use minimum equipment and provide immediate results. Using the backbone of a cuttlefish as a mold, students will carve into the soft bone to create a form to cast into. Bronze is then melted and poured into the cuttlefish bone mold. The resulting positive reveals unique and interesting textures provided by the cuttlefish bone. Next the workshop focuses on casting bronze into Delft clay. Delft clay is a reusable molding material that provides quick results and helps to retain intricate details without the use of expensive equipment.Cost: $175.00 - Each student will be provided with tools to use during the workshop. The studio fee will include bronze for casting models. Each student will create at least two small finished objects.Contact: Richard Fruth, 513.417.0741|Email: [email protected]: www.richardfruth.com & www.smithhavenstudios.com

Bronze Casting w/ Cuttlefish & Delft Clay Workshop

Lunch & DinnerMon–Thu : 11.30–9Fri : 11.30–10

DinnerSat : 5–10

Happy to be in Northside!LOCATED IN THE American Can Building

FRee PaRking & Full BaR

Hours:*

4101 Spring Grove Ave

*drinks and desserts available for an hour after kitchen closes

Third wednesday’s community potluck, 6-8pm mckie rec Center

For more info: Sarah @ starfirecouncil.org

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