Black American Tree Project Launches New Website
Published: February 8, 2021
The Black American Tree Project (BATP), a joint collaboration of Public Allies Cincinnati and Starfire, has received a 12-month, $20,000 grant to further develop the project and expand its reach in Ohio. The Ohio Humanities grant has allowed the BATP founders to build a website (… Read More
Late Winter Secrets and Promises, by Pat Williamsen
Published: February 1, 2021
Photo circa 1940 by Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The first time I went to a sugar camp, I took along my seven-year-old grandson. It was a day filled with firsts–first excursion with Grandma, first time petting a draft horse,… Read More
Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman. Review by Diane Schroeder
Published: December 16, 2020
Want to spice up your life in the kitchen? Want to try out some new recipes? Sarah Lohman’s Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine is a quirky blend of history and Lohman’s experience with food. Through research about each… Read More
Hope Shines in the Darkness, by Missy G. Flinn
Published: December 11, 2020
I am knitting a blanket of sunshine yellow for my granddaughter. She’ll be coming into the world in February. As I knit, I think about her and my daughter, about COVID-19, and what our future will… Read More
Leopoldstadt, a play by Tom Stoppard, and Sunshine, a film directed by István Szabó. Review by David Merkowitz
Published: December 11, 2020
In 2003, I took my first trip to Italy, where I hit many of the big tourist spots in Pisa, Venice, and Rome with my future wife. We did a lot of the usual Venice things… Read More