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Grab a book for Teen On The Same Page & Teen Read Week

Submitted by Lisa Mauch Publ... on Wednesday, September 26th, 11:00 am
Grab a book for Teen On The Same Page & Teen Read Week

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - October is the month for teen reading at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Coinciding with Teen Read Week in October, teens across Greater Cincinnati are invited to participate in Teen On The Same Page. The community-wide reading initiative asks schools and individual teens to read the same book and engage in face-to-face and virtual discussions, programs, and events with their peers.

This year’s Teen on the Same Page book selection is “Restoring Harmony” by Joëlle Anthony. The author will visit Cincinnati Oct. 16-17 for free school and library programs with teens including a 7 p.m. event at the Main Library Wednesday, Oct. 17.

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It’s a snap to enter the Teen Photo Contest at the Public Library

Submitted by Lisa Mauch Publ... on Tuesday, September 25th, 4:57 pm
It’s a snap to enter the Teen Photo Contest at the Public Library

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The Public Library’s 11th annual Teen Photography Contest is running Oct. 1 through Oct. 31 and offers teens an opportunity to show their creative side. This year’s theme is “Harmony Is …” and teens are encouraged to snap pictures of harmony wherever they may find it – in their music, in their environment, or in their friends and family.

The Library is partnering with the Art Academy of Cincinnati to provide free programs for teens as part of the contest. The Art Academy’s professional photography instructors will inspire ideas while guiding teens to think outside of the box when conceptualizing ideas for the contest. Basic digital editing instruction will be covered as well as time for critiques of provided examples to help teens to shoot a winning photo. The programs are at:

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Enjoy Afternoon Dessert with the Deadly Divas at the Sharonville Branch Library

Submitted by Lisa Mauch Publ... on Tuesday, September 25th, 10:00 am
Enjoy Afternoon Dessert with the Deadly Divas at the Sharonville Branch Library

SHARONVILLE, OH (FOX19) - The Sharonville Branch Library welcomes authors Denise Swanson, Marcia Talley, Sara Rosett and Heather Webber Blake – a.k.a.  The Deadly Divas – for an afternoon of diabolical fun at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3

So who are these Deadly Divas? They're nice women who write about murder.

These perpetrators of hard-drive homicide are preparing to take their crime spree on the road, armed with feather boas and shiny tiaras, meeting with mystery fans to chat about the hows and whys of whodunits. It's a mystery why anyone would miss it!

The Sharonville Library is located at 10980 Thornview Drive. Call 513-369-6049. Visit www.deadlydivas.com for more information on the authors.

Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

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Xavier Art Professor’s prints receive international acclaim

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Thursday, September 20th, 2012, 12:44pm
Xavier Art Professor’s prints receive international acclaim

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Sent by Laurel Bauer

Suzanne Michele Chouteau, professor and chair of Xavier University’s Department of Art, is one of 18 Americans whose work was included in the International Print Triennial, an international printmaking exhibition. Chouteau’s work, Black Water Horizon (woodcut; 48” h x 60”w) was selected to the Krakow exhibit.

The exhibit runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 31 at the Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art gallery in Krakow. Five other unique exhibitions were juried to be held in Katowice, Poland; Oldenburg, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Falun, Sweden; and Istanbul, Turkey over the next 2 years to which Chouteau has works selected to the Falun and Istanbul exhibitions. She went to Poland for the Sept. 14 Krakow opening and met Ellen Germain, the U.S. Consulate General to Poland.  

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Main Library displays Frame Cincinnati photos as part of FotoFocus

Submitted by Lisa Mauch Publ... on Friday, September 14th, 10:01 am
Main Library displays Frame Cincinnati photos as part of FotoFocus

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The Queen City comes under the lens this fall with FotoFocus Cincinnati; a month-long biennial celebration being held in October to spotlight independently programmed exhibitions of historical and contemporary photography and photo-based art.

The Library is giving FotoFocus more exposure by showcasing works from some of the region’s best photographers in the “Frame Cincinnati” exhibit.

The photos will be displayed from Sept. 5 through Nov. 4. in the atrium of the Main Library, 800 Vine Street.

The works were selected during the Library’s Frame Cincinnati Photography Contest, which was co-sponsored by the Photography Club of Greater Cincinnati.

More than 200 photos were entered into the contest, which had adult and student categories. The Library selected 28 adult winners and 25 student winners.

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The Main Library hosts a series of experimental music nights

Submitted by Lisa Mauch Publ... on Thursday, September 6th, 11:30 am
The Main Library hosts a series of experimental music nights

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - If you think of Ross playing his keyboard synthesizer on “Friends” when you hear the words “experimental music,” then you need to swing by the Main Library and listen to some real musicians push the limits of genre and sound.

Electric Inertia

Jonathan Hancock will play trumpet and piano simultaneously, accompanied by a cellist, while manipulating reel-to-reel projectors.

  • 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, Reading Garden Lounge

Neato Torpedo

Cincinnati's own legendary noise weirdoes.

  • 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, Popular Library Lounge

Gentle ambient Fender Rhodes electric piano accompanied by a participatory multidimensional audio book sound collage.

  • 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, Popular Library Lounge

Charlie Tekulve

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Bluegrass artist Katie Laur to emcee Storytelling in the Park Sept. 9

Submitted by Lisa Mauch Publ... on Wednesday, September 5th, 9:34 am
Bluegrass artist Katie Laur to emcee Storytelling in the Park Sept. 9

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is pleased to announce Katie Laur, award-winning bluegrass musician, will emcee the Library’s innaugural Storytelling in the Park event Sunday, Sept. 9, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Washington Park, downtown Cincinnati.

The free event features professional and amateur Ohio storytellers who will entertain the whole family.  Professional storytellers Harold and Jonatha Wright, Eric Wolf and Omope Carter Daboiku will bring their talents to the park.

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