Mark Sullivan - Opening Final Friday at Park + Vine

Mark Sullivan is an artist living and working in Cincinnati. This new exhibition of artwork is both the continuation and culmination of both twenty-years of Sullivan’s x-art and a lifetime of obsessive (compulsive) repetition. Always finding inspiration and joy in the work of other great artists like Milan Kundera (who said, “Happiness is the longing for repetition”) as well as Keith Haring, Agnes Martin, Joan Miró, the outsider artists, Sullivan also draws on his grade school busywork experiences–both the repetition of the activity and the outcomes of said activities.

Smartfish:

@ Smartfish Supply

Celebrate Opportunity: Final Friday installation @ Smartfish Supply.
What should we celebrate? Where do you see opportunity?  Join us Final Friday for a community-focused installation coordinated by Architecture for Humanity Cincinnati.  Come tell us/show us the good that should be celebrated in OTR and the opportunities you see for our neighborhood.

MOTR:

The Sundresses w/ Zachary Burns Band will perform a free show.
The art of Derek Toebbe is showcased on the MOTR walls.

Venice on Vine:

Venice Vibes at Venice on Vine!  Live Music from 6-7 with Peaslee Pianists followed by Baba Charles and his drummers- all musicians through Peaslee’s arts program.    Come for a song and a slice.
1301 Vine Street, open 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

Opening Final Friday, January 27th with a Reception from 6-11 pm:

The Pure Lands
New Woodcuts by Shawna Khalily
January 27th- March 24th
Gallery hours: Thurs- Sun; 12-4 and Final Fridays 6-11

Shawna Khalily lives in Louisville but has Cincinnati roots which she will be digging up for this exhibition! An AAC graduate from 1992, Shawna has since been an amazing and prolific printmaker with an astounding body of work in woodcut prints. She will be here this coming Final Friday to re-introduce the city to her work, and no one should miss the chance meet the artist or see her absolutely beautiful prints.

The Little Mahatma, Atomic Number Ten, Sloane, MiCA 12/v, Joseph Williams Home, Park + Vine

Here is a consolidated list of sales in OTR’s Gateway Qtr.  This info is culled from facebook posts and newsletters.  Some start this weekend and some end this weekend.  Contact the store for details.

The Little Mahatma:  The sale includes selected jewelry and many of The Little Mahatma’s wonderful trinkets.  SALE items are marked 1/2 price or less.  HURRY IN while the Sale lasts.

Atomic Number Ten:  25% off long sleeved clothing and shoes through Saturday Jan 21st!

Sloane Boutique:  BB Dakota, Joie and Ali Ro pre-spring just in! but don’t forget our Winter Sale continues!!!

MiCA 12/v:  It’s time for MiCA’s 9th Annual Winter Sale!  20 – 50% off ALL non-consignment items in the store!  If you’ve had your eye on something now is the time to pick it up.  Treat yourself and feel good knowing that MiCA never has a bigger sale.

This sale applies to in stock items which include wool rugs by Angela Adams, scent diffusers by K Hall, t shirts by Poketo & Supermaggie, placemats by Modern Twist, jewelry by Susan Fleming, hand made leather wallets by Tracey Tanner, silk scarves from Red Chair Studio, and so much more…

MiCA’s sale runs from Saturday the 21st until Monday the 30th.  The best bargains sell first.  Don’t miss it!

Joseph Williams Home:  Winter Clearance Floor Sample Sale….going on now. Everything in the store is an extra 20% off. Even the sale items. Stop in and take a peek!

Park + Vine:  BioShield – 25% off  Park + Vine is taking 25 percent off all in-stock BioShield products
through Jan. 31. Savings apply to hard, penetrating and primer oils, citrus thinner, floor milk and soap, wax finish and
remover, aqua resin stain finish, and cutting board and salad bowl finish!

Mythic Paint – $3 off gallon.  Park + Vine is offering $3 off any one gallon of Mythic Paint through Jan. 31, 2012 to anyone planning a painting project. Just bring in the attached coupon and we’ll take care of the rest. Limit one coupon per
person.

Bring your business cards.  There will be a raffle for a 25.00 gift certificate to Findlay Market, 2 Vouchers to the Cincy Underground Tour and a gift certificate to Turophilia Quesadillas.

$2 Hudepohl bottles, $1 off mixed drinks.

Sponsored by dunnhumby USA

RSVP and check out upcoming events at www.europe-cincinnati.com

Collapse, a new play by Allison Moore looks at the humor in crumbling lives

Know Theatre is excited to announce the cast for our next mainstage production, Collapse by Allison Moore. Collapse is directed by Know Theatre’s former Artistic Director Jason Bruffy and features Annie Fitzpatrick, Brian Isaac Phillips, Torie Wiggins, Brian W. Griffin, and select performances featuring understudy Randy Lee Bailey!

In 2007, the Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring another 145. Hannah’s husband David was driving one of the cars that went off the bridge. He’s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but refuses to attend a support group. Hannah’s life is falling apart. She can’t get pregnant, she’s one step away from losing her job, and she thinks her husband, who hasn’t been to work for months, may be an alcoholic. All he does is sit around the house, watering the plants with beer. When her sister, Susan arrives from California for an open-ended stay Hannah seems ready to unravel for good. Collapse is an uncomfortably funny exploration of the crumbling structures that undergird our bridges, our economy, and our most intimate relationships.

February 4 – March 3, 2012
Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 on the week of show

Click here for more information or to purchase tickets

Join the Know Theatre for the opening night festivities on February 4th and enjoy goodies from Mayberry, Skirtz & Johnston, & Madisono’s Gelato!

The Little Mahatma at 1205 Vine Street in Over-The-Rhine's Gateway Quarter

The Little Mahatma announced today that it is having a post-holiday sale.  The sale includes selected jewelry and many of The Little Mahatma’s wonderful trinkets.  SALE items are marked 1/2 price or less.
HURRY IN while the Sale lasts.

Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati’s 2011-2012 season continues with the regional premiere of The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez, one of the nation’s most exciting, promising new playwrights and recipient of the 2011 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award. Directed by D. Lynn Meyers, this historical drama is a riveting story of violence, passion and hope surrounding the tumultuous days following the end of the American Civil War and plays January 25-February 12, 2012. Described as “emotionally potent” by The New York Times, The Whipping Man is one of the most original and thrilling news plays about the history of race, religious identity and what it means to be free.

In the spring of 1865, Caleb De Leon, a Jewish Confederate soldier, returns home to Richmond, Virginia badly wounded. His family gone, the once grand house has been pillaged and burned beyond recognition. Amidst the wreckage are two familiar faces: Simon, the former slave who raised him, and John, the former slave who grew up alongside him, both of whom were also raised as Jews. Out from the rubble of the fallen South, Simon, John and Caleb face one another for the first time as free men as they observe Passover around a makeshift Seder.

Having just closed its extended New York debut less than a year ago, this extraordinary new work is rooted in the largely unknown, but true history of Jewish slaveholders in the South. Jews, although a minority in the American South, did in fact have a long history in Richmond, and Jewish leaders were vocal on both sides of the slavery debate. As was often the case in Christian slave-owning households, slaves of Jewish masters also took up the practices and beliefs of their owners, infusing them with their own perspectives and symbols, using ritual to ground daily living and provide hope for the future.

The Whipping Man is a powerful exploration of lives that come unraveled as the devastation of slavery is revealed in the wake of the Emancipation Proclamation. As we journey along with Simon, Caleb, and John, other less well known consequences of the fall of the American South are revealed: the bankrupting of an economic system based on black bodily labor, the fleeing of wealthy slave-owning families in the aftermath of the Civil War, and the interweaving of Jewish and African American lives and religious beliefs and customs.

“What’s important to remember is that even though the Civil War ended, the story of American slavery and the struggle for equality absolutely did not,” explains Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. “I love how Lopez sheds fresh new light on an important and defining era in American history. This play reminds us that the struggle for human equality is universal and never obsolete.”

This production is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artistic sponsor: Schiff, Kreidler-Shell and an anonymous donor in honor of Thomas More College. Promotional partners include: Bridges for A Just Community, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, David’s Voice and Yelp.

Special Performance Event:

Thursday, January 26: a talk-back follows the 7:30 pm performance of The Whipping Man and features Dr. Gary Zola, Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) and Professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati. In partnership with Mayerson JCC.

About the Cast

Jarred Baugh (Caleb) makes his Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati debut with The Whipping Man. Mr. Baugh lives in New York, where he has performed Off-Broadway with Blue Man Group, The New York Classical Theatre’s production of Henry V, as well as working in commercials and with his sketch comedy group The Polite Society. He was last seen in this area in Romeo and Juliet at Human Race Theatre in Dayton.

Mark St. Cyr (John) makes his Equity debut with Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Mr. St. Cyr’s regional credits include The Piano Teacher, A Christmas Carol, What’s Bugging Greg, Happy Worst Day Ever, and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Torch-Bearers at Peterborough Players; and Leonce & Lena, Tell It Under Water, and The Kid Who Talked to Penguins at Hangar Theatre. He received a B.F.A in Acting from Elon University, where he performed in Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Blues For an Alabama Sky.

Ken Early (Simon) recently appeared on ETC’s stage this past December in the world premiere of Snow White. His other ETC credits include The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, and Grey Gardens. His other regional credits include Adding Machine the Musical and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at Know Theatre of Cincinnati. For New Stage Collective, he performed in Dead City, Take Me Out, and Side Show.

Performance & Single Ticket Information

Performances run Tuesday through Sunday. Performance times: Tuesday-Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 8:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 2:00 p.m.

More info at http://cincyetc.com

Here is a sample of some businesses hours and specials:

Venice on Vine at 1301 Vine St is open until 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec 23.   Specials include chicken noodle and broccoli soup, fresh cookies, organic coffee, baked ziti, fettucine alfredo and chicken noodle casserole, along with our queen city’s best pizza and our hoagies.  Venice on Vine has music playing, happy people, good food and community so come on by!

Original Thought Required: Open until 10 on Friday December  23rd, Wine + Cookies + 20% off everything.

PARK + VINE: Open until 9!

MiCA 12/v: Open until 9, Wine.

Joseph Williams Home:  Wine…open late till 9:00.

Lots more, all the restaurants, Ensemble & Know Theatres Holiday Shows.

PLUS PLUS PLUS @ The YES GALLERY:

Andre Hyland Presents: The Jesse Miller Talk Show
FRIDAY, Dec 23rd 2011
YES
See great comedians & guests perform, then be interviewed by self described media mogul Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland). Along with some video and musical gems.

Guests:
LIZ HODSON & JOSIAH WOLF -Musical Guest (WHY?, Anticon)
GEOFF TATE -Comedian (Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham)
LEON REID IV-Artist (Darius & Downey, NY Times, Bomb It)
MIKE CODY -Comedian (Sierra Mist Next Great Comic)

HOSTED BY:
JESSE MILLER) (ANDRE HYLAND) (Fuel TV, Funny Or Die, MTVx)
YONI WOLF -Special co-Host (WHY?, cLOUDDEAD, Anticon)

& Bo-staff Master TROY MILLER (ADAM HYLAND)

YES – 1417 Main Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
FREE SHOW – NO COVER
Doors @ 8pm
Show @ 8:30pm
PRESS/QUOTES:
“The Jesse Miller Talk Show, is a striking example of just how good character work in Los Angeles can be”
-LAist.com

“The future of a live comedy show”
-The Comedy Bureau

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Light Up OTR

The 2^nd annual Light Up Over-the-Rhine takes place Friday, December 16th! Join other volunteers celebrating our community by placing 1000 luminaries framing an 8-block radius from Central Parkway to Liberty. Volunteers can meet at The Famous Neon’s Unplugged at 7 p.m. on the 16th to assemble the luminaries and help with set-up.

At 10 p.m., head back to Neon’s Unplugged with $1 or a non-perishable canned good to benefit the Freestore Foodbank, and stay for the lighting of the 25-foot Christmas tree. Feel free to capture the moment at the Framester photo booth!

The Bright Ride

Got a bike? Join Arts Wave’s BRIGHT RIDE from Northside to Downtown/OTR and back! Use any kind of lights or reflective element you can find to light up yourself and your bike, and join the group at Hoffner Park in Northside at 7:00 p.m. If you want a shorter ride, you can meet at Fountain Square starting at 7:45 p.m. to join the center-city portion of the ride to The Famous Neon’s Unplugged.

Light Up OTR is presented by Ionic Collective and Peanut Butter & Jelly Co. (PB&J), proud supporters of everything Cincinnati. Let’s get lit!