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Cultural Corner
ONGOING
Mondays
Old Time Music and Dance Group 7:30 - 10 pm at the Church of the Annunciation Annex, 3457 Clifton Ave. at Resor. Info: (513) 681-4768. $3
Tuesdays
Folk Dancing at the Wyoming Library, lower level. 10:30 am - Noon. Info: Carolyn at (513) 821-3048.
More folk dancing with Cincinnati Folk Dancers, Aerobics Room, Madisonville Recreation Center on Stewart Rd. 8-10 pm Info: Bruce at (513) 533-3699.
Northern Kentucky Writers Alliance, 7 pm, Barnes and Noble Newport. Area writers critique, network and brainstorm story ideas. FREE. Info: (859) 581-2000
First and third Wednesdays
Woodchippers, woodcarving classes at the Fitton Center, 101 S. Monument St. Hamilton, Oh. Info: (513) 863-8873 or www.fittoncenter.org
Wednesdays
Woodcarving classes at all levels. 5:30 - 8 pm at the City Art Center, 501 E. 13th St., Over-the-Rhine. Limited enrollment. Pre-registration req’d. Info: (513) 381-2333.
Old Time Music Jam, 9pm to midnight, Trolley Stop, 530 E. Fifth Street, Dayton, OH. In the tradition of Irish pubs, musicians from Rhythm in Shoes and the Ohio Corndaddys host a weekly jam session, inviting players of guitars, banjos, fiddles, basses, mandolins, ukeleles, and harmonicas. We always play unplugged. Pickers of all levels welcome. Info: (937)461-1101
First and second Thursdays
Quilting night at the Erlanger Public Library. Call to register and get a list of necessary materials. FREE. Info: (859) 962-4000 ext. 4120
Second Sundays
Shape Note Singing 4:30 - 7:30 pm at the Walnut Hills Christian Church. 1438 E. Mc Millan St. Info: (513) 861-1137.
Second Sundays
Cincinnat Dulcimer Society, 1pm class, 2pm meeting, 3pm jam. Woodland Mound Park, (513) 474-0580
Various Days
Square dance, round dance and clogging with the Southwest Ohio Square Dance Federation. Classes available in Anderson Township, Covington, Roselawn, Wyoming, Finneytown and more on various days of the week. Info: (513) 929-2427.
This cultural calendar is brought to you by the Urban Appalachian Council. Call Melissa (513) 251-0202 to add listings. (Deadline for information is the 10th of the month prior to publication.)
The Urban Appalachian Council receives operating support for its cultural program from the Ohio Arts Council, the City of Cincinnati, the Fine Arts Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Appalachian Fund and the Commission On Religion in Appalachia.
Observations
Mountain people
can't read,
can't write,
don't wear shoes,
don't have teeth,
don't use soap,
and don't talk plain.
They beat their kids,
beat their friends,
beat their neighbors,
and beat their dogs.
They live on cow peas,
fatback and twenty acres
straight up and down.
They don't have money.
They do have fleas,
overalls,
tobacco patches,
shacks,
shotguns,
foodstamps,
liquor stills,
and at least six junk cars in the front yard.
Right?
Well, let me tell you:
I am from here,
I'm not like that
and I am damned tired of being told I am.
- Jo Carson
My People
When I meet them on the street,
I know my people:
the men, tall stiff-backed;
the women with their long hair and unpainted smiles.
She wishes for a warm bed.
He hopes for a paycheck
that stretches to the end of the week.
The children bunch around them on sidewalks
while they smoke and flirt
and talk about a job they just heard about.
For my people, there are no tomorrows.
It's just today's cup of coffee.
The spirit of the earth abides in them
even though the ground has been betrayed with chemicals
that rob the children of their futures.
Their homes are in Pirce Hill, Camp Washington,
Over-the-Rhine.
Wherever there's a hill,
you'll find them hugging it
and dreaming of another place
they once called home.
Their kids will laugh at their dreams
and shy away from their songs
but when the fiddle plays
the young will pick up their feet,
move to an ancient rhythm
and ask for the stories
of their grandmothers.
Faraway, a mountain will sigh,
knowing it has not been forgotten.
-Brenda Saylor
Urban Appalachian Council
2115 West Eighth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45204
phone: (513) 251-0202
fax: (513) 557-2542
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