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| 2) Next Week and Other Future Events |
Pleasant Ridge Branch Library
Phone: 369-4488
Thursday, July 24, 3:00 p.m.
Tales to tails: read to Regis,
a certified reading therapy dog. For
ages 5-12. Reservations appreciated.
Thursday, July 24, 6:30 p.m.
Back to School Bingo! School
supply prizes. For ages 5-18. Registration requested.
Saturday, July 26, 1:00 p.m.
UC Bearcats Party! Games, craft,
& snacks, and meet the UC mascot!
For all ages.
Monday, July 28, 2:00 p.m.
Miss Pam's Art Class, for ages 5-12.
Through the courtesy of the Kennedy
Heights Arts
Center.
Monday, July 28, 6:00 p.m.
Teen book club: Son of the Mob, by Gordon Korman. For ages 12-18. Snacks.
Tuesday, July 29.
Fifth Tuesday: no baby or toddler program
Tuesday, July 29, 2:00 p.m.
Tae Kwon Do life skills & stranger awareness. For ages 4-12.
Wednesday, July 30, 10:30 a.m.
Beat the heat with cool stories, sidewalk
chalk art, & popsicles. For ages
3-12. Registration appreciated.
Thursday, July 31,
2:00 p.m.
Back to School Bingo! School supply prizes. For ages 5-18. Registration requested.
Thursday, July 31, 4:00 p.m.
Pleasant Ridge Recreation
Center talent show. All ages welcome.
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METRO HOSTS "COFFEEHOUSE CHAT" AT
PLEASANT PERK IN PLEASANT RIDGE
Have a free cup of coffee and share your thoughts on how
Metro should grow
What: Coffeehouse chat with Metro
Where: Pleasant Perk
6105 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati,
OH 45213
When: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Description:
On Wednesday, July 30,
Pleasant Ridge residents are invited to enjoy a free cup of coffee
with SORTA Board Chair Melody Sawyer Richardson and Metro CEO Marilyn Shazor
and to share their thoughts about how Metro should grow.
The coffeehouse visit
is part of Metro's grow*METRO campaign, a
Community outreach
initiative that seeks input about transportation options and how those options
should change in the future.
The grow*METRO
outreach in Summer 2008 will help define community Priorities for
Metro's next stage of growth. This
effort supports Metro's long-range effort to become a world-class, intensely
customer focused organization.
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| 3) Pleasant Ridge Community Council (PRCC) |
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Block Party Support from the Community Council
- $50 for your party !
If your street is having a block party this year, be among the first 15 to
register with the PRCC to get a $50 reimbursement. Call or email Robert Ramsay at 236-9590 or robertjramsay@gmail.com.
--------- Fine Print -
Alcohol not reimbursable. You must have
a block captain registered with Michelle Boyles to participate. She can be reached at 513-841-8248 or mboyles@providenttravel.com ----------
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Home Energy Assistance Program
Know anyone who needs help with summer electric bills? Those over 60 or under 60 and medically in
need of air conditioning should call 569-1850.
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Meet the City Police Cookout - Otto Armleder
Park August 5 from 6 to
9pm
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Help Pleasant Ridge Recycle!
Help us
win another Mayor's Challenge by getting more households using green bins in
the neighborhood. If you know someone who needs a bin, help them recycle. Call 242-4401
X 7164 if you know
someone who needs a bin.
For more
details see: http://www.pleasantridge.org/live.html
under "Mayor's Challenge"
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If you see a neglected yard with high grass, please call litter patrol at
564-1750. Keep Cincinnati Beautiful!
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| 4) Ewers 100th Anniversary Celebration
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100th
Birthday Bash
The folks at Ewers and
sons will be celebrating their 100th year in business on Saturday July 26th
from 10am to 2pm. The festivities will feature a cookout, video and pictures of
the family's history, and door prizes donated by some Ewers vendors. Along with
customers past and present, there will be family members in attendance
stretching back three of the four generations, as founder Harry Ewers' daughter
is even going to make an appearance. Whether you're a customer or not, Bob
Ewers is inviting Kennedy
Heights neighbors to stop
by, "After all, our family were some of the first people in this area". One
hundred years later, they're still here and going strong.
More: http://www.kennedyheights.org/Pages/news2.html
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| 6) Kennedy Heights
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Arts Center:
http://www.kennedyarts.org/index.htm
CLICK 2008 - A
Call to Artists
The Kennedy Heights Arts
Center is delighted to
announce a call to all interested artists to submit their work for CLICK 2008,
an exhibition fully dedicated to the medium of photography. This is our fourth
year to host this exhibition showing off various forms of black and white,
color, and digital photography. Please consider submitting your best work to
show off your talent!
Artists
aged 18 years or older are eligible to respond to this specific call.
The
exhibition will be structured as follows:
Main
exhibition in the galleries on the first floor
Members
of the American Society of Media Photographers presenting the One-And-Only Item
Exhibition- "Cellophane
Tape"
CLICK 2008
will be
featured at the Kennedy
Heights Arts
Center from August 9th to
September 13th, 2008.
An Opening
Evening Reception will be hosted on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 from 6:00 - 8:00
p.m. with complimentary refreshments and entertainment. Artists are strongly
encouraged to participate in this opening event.
All work
must be insured, ready for display and must be available for purchase. KHAC
takes a 30% commission from all exhibition sales. A non-refundable $35
application fee will be required from each artist accepted into the exhibition,
to cover administration and installation costs.
As a
matter of priority, please e-mail representative jpeg images for consideration
directly to:
Eric
Bertelsen, Events and Exhibitions Director and Curator, KHAC
Email:
ebertels@fuse.net
If you
have any immediate questions, please call Eric Bertelsen at (513) 205-9352, or
at the Arts Center at
(513)
631-4278.
Submission
of work which is accepted into the exhibition will be eligible for
consideration for use in the marketing and communication materials that will be
developed for this exhibition. If you would like to have your work considered
for marketing purposes, please submit your work no later than Wednesday, July
23rd, 2008. Please send the submitted work via jpeg image at least 200dpi and
minimum 5-6 inches (height or width).
The final
submission deadline for all work for this exhibition is Wednesday, August 6th,
2008.
All work
that is accepted into the exhibition will need to be delivered to KHAC on
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 between 10:00a.m. and 4:00p.m. along with the $35
application fee and an artwork registration form available at
www.kennedyarts.com. The form specifies that an updated biography and statement
for this exhibition (each 2-3 paragraphs) will be required during drop-off.
NOTE: The
exhibition Curator has final authority regarding acceptance of all work into
the exhibition and its placement within the gallery space at KHAC. The Curator
will endeavor to inform all artists of final decisions regarding placement of
accepted work but reserves the right to make any last minute changes to the
exhibition and placement of work to ensure maximum artistic impact. This may
result in changes being made which may not be communicated to the artist prior
to the opening of the show.
Recap of
Important dates and deadlines for artists (at KHAC)
July 23rd
- Early submission deadline
August
2nd - Drop off artwork (10:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.)
August
3rd - August 8th -- installation
August
6th - Final deadline for submission of work
August
9th - Opening Evening Reception, 6:00 - 8:00p.m.
September
14th - Artists may pick up artwork, after 4:00p.m.
Requirements
at artwork drop-off
Artwork
will only be accepted if the following criteria are met:
1.
Exhibition application form (download from www.kennedyarts.com)
2. $35
application fee
3.
Updated biography (2-3 paragraphs only)
4.
Statement from artist regarding this exhibition and their work (2-3 paragraphs
only)
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