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Place Settings for Social Justice

Place Settings for Social Justice pop-up show was held at Dick Wallers Art Place on Court St. This was a collaboration by Cincinnati artists.
In Spring of 2017, performers from Pones Inc and visual artist Pam Kravetz invited audiences to sit down, share a meal and discover stories of local immigrants around our table.
This fast-paced piece changed from family dinner to art gallery, cooking show to dance. “Place/Setting” broke down barriers, diffused stereotypes, cultivated empathy and challenged patrons to explore ideas of belonging and home.

The original ceramic place settings that accompanied the performance were inspired by immigrants who live in Cincinnati. Each unique story influenced a local artist to create a handmade place setting. The designs and shapes of the plates, cups, and utensils reflect emotions and cultural influences from each individual narrative.

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Can we talk about coffee for a minute?

The Cincinnati narrative has always been that it is a beer city. And it's true. But I would wager that far more people drink coffee than beer. Although, like beer, many of those people could be drinking bad coffee.
Luckily for us, there are coffee lovers out there trying to change that. La Terza Artisan Coffee Roasterie offers tours and classes to educate the public. But it got me wondering, much like microbreweries or artisan bread bakeries popping up I wondered, should there be more coffee roasters than there are? I had a conversation with one of the co-founders of Collective Espresso and he agreed. "oh yeah" he told me, "a city like Cincinnati should have a roaster in every neighborhood"
I've recently discovered two small roasters, and funny enough they are both located in Bellevue Kentucky. The first, Redland Coffee Roasters is named after the original name of Crosley Field. Redland Coffee is small batch, usually, a couple pounds a week on demand that rotates through an Ethiopian, a Nicaraguan, a Mexican and a Costa Rican. I've found Redland Coffee to be flavorful and more complex than your run of the mill coffee. Redland Coffee Roasters doesn't have a website yet but you can contact them and order through their facebook page.

The other roaster is UnaTaza who works with a single grower in the Honduras. I've had UnaTaza the last four days over Thanksgiving and really enjoyed it. UnaTaza doesn't have a website yet, you can contact them through their instagram account.

I'm sure there are plenty more small guys out there, I just haven't heard of them yet. Mad Llama told me there are planning to start roasting next summer so that will be a nice addition to Madisonville.
Deeper Roots Coffee, La Terza, Coffee Emporium are the bigger guys and now Redland Coffee Roasters and Unataza. I'm sure there a couple more out there, who am I missing?
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2 strong brews

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The Future is Female at 21c

The Future is Female explores the consequences and the persistence of the struggle for equality through identity, consumer culture, ecology, history, mythology, and power.

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Pour Over Cincy/NKY

Pour Over Cincy/NKY was a local coffee showcase to highlight the amazing cafes and roasteries within the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Tri-State area.
I was geeking out big time and asking tons of questions. Whether you are a coffee snob just a coffee lover Pour Over Cincy/NKY was a good place to be. Now I'm not a tasting expert by any means and probably couldn't name a coffee in a true blind taste test. But I bet if you put three cups down and said one was Deeper Roots Coffee and one of them was Woodburl I could pick them out. One other trend I picked up was an increasing number of roasters working directly with growers. Not only working with them but traveling to their communities to give back helping with schools and other small infrastructure issues.
Along with coffee we were able to taste test sweets from local bakeries. By the end I was over caffinated and over sweeted and very happy.

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Holiday's in the Mug

Shop small in OTR this holiday season.
In a departure from previous years Holidays in the Bag, the Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce has launched its new holiday campaign, Holidays in the Mug
Per Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce,
"Cincinnatians visiting historic Over-the-Rhine this holiday season will have an extra incentive to support locally-owned businesses during shop local events, and will have the opportunity to purchase a limited edition OTR mug that will hold several shop-local holiday specials. The mug, designed by Jessica Sheldon of OTR-based Cityscape Tiles, will feature an image of Music Hall and include a Black Friday and Shop Small Saturday coupon for $5 off at Taft’s Ale House, Coffee Card good for one drip coffee or hot tea from a participating local coffee vendor, and a CSO’s “first-timer” card that will provide $10 tickets to any first-time guests of the CSO, Pops, or May Festival. The mugs will be available for purchase for $15 at participating retailers in Over-the-Rhine, beginning Black Friday through December. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to OTR’s own Play Library, a lending library for toys."

The Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce also touched on the fact that 39 new businesses joined the OTR neighborhood in 2017 including recipients of the Chamber’s Business First Grant, Brown Bear Bakery and Spruce Nail Salon.

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Walk on Woodburn

Walk on Woodburn, the periodic Walnut Hills event held to highlight everything cool happening on Woodburn Ave. And it keeps getting cooler now that the various galleries and retail shops have been joined by restaurants and a brewery.
Brown Bear Bakery doesn't just bake treats, no they bake art. They provided a spread at Parlour Salon that made it worth making our way to Walnut Hills all by themselves!

Bob Scott's negatives of Key West were pretty cool, the landscapes looked like coral. And W.O.W. always happens in conjunction with Manifest Gallery opening a new show, they never disappoint.