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Pleasant Ridge Branch Library
Phone: 369-4488
"Be a Friend to Books." A reading program for
adults! Read or listen to 3 books and get a $5 coupon for a
Friends sale, plus a chance to win a $100 gift card from Borders
Books. Program lasts until October 25. Pick up a
bookmark/entry form at the library.
Making a Difference in Your Life writing competition. Come to the
library or check out the library's website (www.cincinnatilibrary.org)
for information. Winners in each age category receive $100!
Saturday, September 27, 10:30 a.m.
Fall Gardening with Master Gardener Michele Dragga, plus optional plant
swap. (Bring a plant if you'd like to swap for another.) Door
prize: a beautiful mum from Ever's Greenhouse.
Saturday, September 27, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
The Deer Park Branch and our branch will be at the Health and Wellness
Fair at Owens Chiropractic in Silverton.
Tuesday, September 30: 5th Tuesday.
No baby or toddler storytime.
Tuesday, September, 30, 4:15 p.m.
Miss Pam's Book-Based Art Class. Sponsored by the Kennedy Heights Arts
Center. For ages 5-12.
Wednesday, October 1, 10:30 a.m.
Preschool Storytime: G is for Goose! Stories and craft. For
ages 3-6.
Monday, October 6 & 13, 6:30 p.m.
Reading Old German script, with Deb Cyprych and Kenny Burck.
Sponsored by the Hamilton County Genealogical Society.
Tuesday, October 7, 6:30 p.m.
Close knit circle for needlecrafters of all levels and types.
Saturday, October 11.
District A street festival. Noon-6:00 p.m.: Friends of the
Library sale: books, CDs, DVDs, etc. 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Make Mexican
paper flowers for Hispanic Heritage month; decorate masks with Susan
Yarbrough; create sidewalk chalk art; write library memories; view PR
Montessori student architectural models.
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Project Impact
Project IMPACT (Introducing Montessori to Parents and Children
Together) will have programs for infants and toddlers (0 - 3 years) on
Wednesday and Friday mornings in the Community Room at Pleasant Ridge
Montessori and Community Learning Center. The toddler classes and
the "first steps" class are almost full already, and there
are a number of openings in the Parent Infant Class. The program
begins in mid-September. For more information, go to www.greenhouseconnections.com,
or email katepowers@cinci.rr.com.
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Metallic Club
The Metallic Club is an organization of retired men, meeting on Friday
mornings to hear excellent speakers on interesting subjects. The
Membership Fee per meeting is $1.00.
- On
October 3rd at 10:00 am at The Kennedy Heights Presbyterian
Church, Pat Fischer, a Partner with Keating, Muething and
Klekamp will speak on "Legal Ethics - The Fen Phen
Case"
For information: contact Joe O'Donnell at odnnj8@aol.com.
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The Pea Pod Cafe
Here is what's happening this week at The Pea Pod Cafe:
NEW HOURS - The Pea Pod Cafe has extended their hours. They will be
open Tuesday through Friday 11am-4pm and Saturday 11am-7pm.
Music- Singer Songwriter, Pianist, Guitarist- Craig Dockery will be
performing his rock 'n' rootsy intelli-pop tunes on Saturday, September
27 in Pea Pod's Community Room. He will be playing from 3-5pm.
You can learn more about Craig and his band, The Vinyltones, at http://www.vinyltones.com
and http://www.myspace.com/thevinyltones
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Nativity Alumni
Golf Outing
The
Nativity Alumni Association is sponsoring the "Good, Bad and
Ugly" golf outing at The Mill Course at Winton Woods has been rescheduled
for Saturday, October 18 at 11:00 am. The event led by alum Joe
Peters '88 includes a raffle and two person best ball, scramble and
alternate shot format and benefits the "Give Back the Gift"
education fund at Nativity School. Prizes will be awarded for low
gross, low net, high gross and least attractive golf attire.
Donation $75 includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, drinks, food and
fun! Hole sponsors $250
Join the fun and help a good cause!
To register contact Sister Carren at srcarren@mercycincinnati.org
or http://www.nativity-cincinnati.org/school/alumni.php
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Pleasant Ridge Montessori
Dedication Ceremony
Please join us for the Pleasant Ridge Montessori Dedication Ceremony.
Friday, September 26, 2008
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Pleasant Ridge Montessori
5945 Montgomery Road
Reception and tours of the building immediately following the ceremony.
Pleasant Ridge Montessori was designed and engineered to be the first
public elementary school in Ohio to meet the silver standards of the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System™. The nationally recognized facility was also
specially designed for Montessori instruction and is the first public
neighborhood Montessori program in Cincinnati serving Pleasant Ridge,
Golf Manor, Amberley Village, and parts of Columbia Township, Silverton
and Kennedy Heights.
Commemorative Bricks
Personalize a brick and "Set in Stone" your memories for a
lifetime. As a member of the community, you have the opportunity to be
part of this exciting Pleasant Ridge Montessori landmark by making a
contribution and having YOUR name and/or message inscribed on a brick
forever.
All orders must be placed by October 31, 2008.
For brick order form, go to www.supportprm.org/files/BrickOnlineForm_20080131.pdf.
School's website: www.pridge.cps-k12.org
Foundation's website: www.supportprm.org.
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ballet tech cincinnati
ballet tech cincinnati, winner of the 2008 Scripps-Corbett
Innovation Award, and ONE Award Finalist, will open its eighth season
as a Resident Company of Cincinnati's premier venue, the Aronoff Center
for the Arts. Recognized for its diversity, innovation,
excellence and outreach, ballet tech cincinnati offers Greater
Cincinnati a truly tasty smorgasbord of dance productions this season.
The season opens on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 8PM and Saturday,
October 4, 2008 at 2PM and 8PM with East Vs. West Side Story. If
you've seen West Side Story, you've never seen it like this! Experience
the premiere production about the Jets and Sharks, but now they're in
Cincinnati - the West Side Jets dance hip hop/video pop and the East
Side Sharks dance ballet and jazz. Original choreography by J. Karin
Bond-Williams, Amy Harpring, Kasib Hasan and Ben Walker II will blend
classical ballet and jazz with hip hop and a unique spin on the
soundtrack to bring the classic story to life with lots of Cincinnati
flavor! Featuring a diverse, highly talented cast of professional,
pre-professional, youth and community dancers, East Vs. West Side
Story will bring the entire community together to celebrate the
best of the East and the West!
On Friday, April 24, 2009 at 8PM and Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 2PM
and 8PM the season continues with the Leaping for Literacy production,
Myth, which brings the epic, ancient myths from a variety of
cultures to life, including Roman, Greek, Norse, Indian, Native
American, African, Chinese, and more in a family-friendly show that
encourages families to read together. Featuring a diverse, highly
talented cast of professional, pre-professional, youth and community
dancers, this show will engage audiences of all ages! The Leaping for
Literacy Project also includes a Poster & Poetry Contest, free promotional
performances in bookstores and libraries, a downloadable Parent/Teacher
Guide in English and Spanish with reading lists and activities to
enhance the performance experience and a book giveaway at the Aronoff
performances.
Some of the best dancers from the best companies and the best
choreography in the world will once again converge on Cincinnati for
the Eighth Annual Gala of International Dance Stars for one show
only at 8PM on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Aronoff Center.
The Gala of International Dance Stars wows the audience with the
gravity defying athleticism, artistry and strength of the dancers, the
traditional and new, on-the-edge choreography, remarkable diversity of
cast, music and dance styles and the sheer joy of the experience!
In 2008, 14 fabulous dancers from 9 world renowned companies
represented 7 Countries. The audience gave resounding ovations
throughout the evening and a long standing ovation at the end of the
show. One audience member said, "I wanted to thank you once again
for bringing such a diverse and virtuosic program of performers to
Cincinnati." Another one added, "All of the dancers
were spectacular and I loved the diversity of the performances."
Join ballet tech cincinnati at the Aronoff Center this season
for the entertaining, "feel good" productions that have won
over so many audience members: "I enjoyed the show. I loved
the feeling I walked out with. Thank you for bringing refreshing shows
to the city."
TICKETS
Season Series Subscriptions and individual tickets are available now;
to purchase, call 513.621.ARTS (2787) or go to www.ballettechcincinnati.org
or www.cincinnatiarts.org
. Enjoy the Arts/START, Senior Group and Family FourPack Discounts
available. For more information call 513.841.2822.
SPONSORS
WGUC 90.9 FM and The Cincinnati Herald are Media sponsors for 2008-2009
Season Series. The Season Series is made possible, in part by the
support of the Aronoff Center Rental Subsidy Grant of the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation, the Fine Arts Fund, Duke Energy, Ohio Arts
Council and The Robert H. Reakirt Foundation, PNC Bank Trustee. The
Leaping for Literacy project is sponsored by The Stillson Foundation,
Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. Raising the Barre Capital Campaign Sponsors
include Carl Lindner and The City of Cincinnati.
For more information, call ballet tech cincinnati at
(513)841.2822, email info@ballettechcincinnati.org or visit our website
at www.ballettechcincinnati.org
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District A
District A will be
launched on 10/11/08!
Have you seen the Street Festival banners and posters? It's time
to get involved and join the fun of community building in Kennedy
Heights and Pleasant Ridge.
Visit www.district-a.org to see
the full schedule of events and discover how you can help District
A succeed. We need people to greet our guests and to work
behind the scenes, to help set the stages and to take them down.
Sign up on-line for the job that suits you.
All of us will have plenty of time on 10/11 to enjoy the
Festival. Walk or run District A with your family, friends
or the neighbors you just met cutting down tree limbs together.
Try a free dance class at ballet tech. Hear Adagio Trio,
JazzItUp, the C.O.D.E., or a dozen other bands and entertainers.
Visit outdoor arts stations at Kennedy Heights Arts Center, the Art
Show & Sale at McFarland Corner, and five 'lifetime' artists of District
A (Noel and Coletta Martin, Gordon Baer, and Nancy and Bruce
Neville who will offer demonstrations). Enjoy Frisch Marionettes
and the magic of Tom Bemmes. Make community art happen with
Happen, Inc. All this and more is right here in District A
on Saturday, 10/11! Where else would you want to be?
Art Show in the Ridge!
Art Show On Saturday, OCTOBER 11, 2008 12 Noon to 7 P.M.
Applications available at http://district-a.org/images/ArtShow08_Application.pdf.
Walk "the District" on October 11
The Montgomery Corridor Arts Collaborative will inaugurate
"District-A" on October 11 with a mile-long street fair
featuring music, art show and food.
The day will kick off with a one-mile walk and run (the Tie-Dye Mile)
starting at the Pleasant Ridge Montessori and end at the Kennedy
Heights Arts Center. All pre-registered participants in the walk/run
will receive a commemorative shirt that can be tie-dyed at the Arts
Center. You can run or walk competitively or just take a leisurely
pace.
Pre-registration Entry Deadline is Oct 3
Please plan to participate in this fun, healthy and eco-friendly event
and take home a unique souvenir that you help create. Registration
forms are at www.TieDyeMile.com.
Additional information on District-A and the Arts Collaborative can be
found at www.district-a.org. Questions
about the mile walk/run can be directed to Doug Newberry at 631-3273.
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