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2009 Next Leaders Summit coming to Cincinnati

Mayor Mallory has scheduled a 2pm press conference where he will announce that Cincinnati has landed the 6th Annual Next Leaders Summit (formerly called the YP Summit). The convention will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown and take place during Oktoberfest week – September 17th – 19th.

The Next Leaders Summit is “dedicated to dialogue, experimentation and best practice sharing from within and outside the Young Professionals movement.” The Summit will bring in Young Professionals, and leaders in the YP community, from all over the nation.

The two-day plus conference will provide the next wave of leaders a chance to learn, engage and interact with national and local leaders, and socialize at after hours events throughout Cincinnati. The Summit is sponsored by Next Generation Consulting and hosted by Mayor Mallory’s Young Professionals Kitchen Cabinet (YPKC), who had the honor of being awarded the YPO “Best Practices” Award at last year’s Summit in Florida.

In addition to the “Best Practices” Award, Cincinnati also made the list of Best Cities in the U.S. for Next Gen Workers coming in at #7 for cities with populations between 200,000 – 500,000. Columbus, Ohio took the #10 spot for cities with more than 500,000 people.

Partial agenda items for 6th Annual Next Leaders Summit:

  • Learn about their individual leadership strengths, and how to leverage them at work and with their Young Professionals Organization (YPO);
  • Have an immersion course in online and offline community organizing. (How did Obama do it? You’ll learn the techniques and technologies here.)
  • Meet with YPO leaders from similarly sized cities to talk about issues relevant to small, medium and large cities.

Image from YPKC

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Give Back Cincinnati back at the Emery

Give Back Cincinnati went back to the Emery Theatre for their second visit where volunteers donated their time and energy to help clean up the OTR gem.

The fun started just around the corner at the Know Theatre for registration and mingling. Volunteers then began the clean up work to help keep the Emery Theatre in the minds of Cincinnatians. Following the clean up, members of Give Back Cincinnati hit up the Bockfest celebrations.

Below is a slideshow with event photos from inside the Emery Theatre. There are 39 photos in the slideshow that were provided by Give Back Cincinnati and taken by Jackie Anderson.

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Play it Forward concert at the Madison Theater

Musical performances by Sonny Moorman, Tracy Walker, The Bluebirds, Ricky Nye, Keith Little, Noah Hunt and Gary Burbank with Blue Run will fill the Madison Theater on Thursday, March 12th for a concert benefiting Play it Forward.

Play it Forward is a local non-profit started by Gary Burbank in 2007. The organization works to support local musicians whose hard work and dedication often comes at a high financial cost for them individually. Play it Forward seeks to, “educate the public about those cases and to create and manage an investment fund whose annual profits will be used to assist Greater Cincinnati musicians and their families in times of catastrophic need.”

The Play it Forward All-Star Concert for a Cause will not only bring together a host of musical talents, but it will also have a two-disk, thirty-track compilation CD from local artists. The CD made up of original tracks, will be sold to help raise funds for Play it Forward. Some of these local artists are also on the schedule to perform.

The concert will start at 8pm at the Madison Theater (GoogleMap) in Covington. Doors will open at 7pm, and tickets are $12 in advance or $15 day of the show. Tickets can be purchased through the Madison Theater Box Office, Shake It Records, Clifton Natural Foods, Buddy Rogers Music in Anderson, Susan’s Natural World, Burbank’s Real BBQ, and Everybody’s Records.

The concert is sponsored by Hudy Delight Beer – part of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company family of beers.
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St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Cincinnati

You can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day over two days this year in the heart of Downtown Cincinnati with music, food, drinks, and the annual parade.

Starting a day early on Friday, March 13th you can enjoy live Irish music starting at 5pm, and Guinness drinks all night on Fountain Square. The activities will start at 10am on Saturday with the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade that runs through the streets (view parade route) of Downtown Cincinnati.

The parade will end around 1pm and will be immediately followed by day-long schedule of live music on Fountain Square. At 1pm the Unlucky Charms will take the stage, followed by the Pub Uglies at 2:30pm, The Seedy Seeds (my favorite – listen to them here) at 4pm, Joshua’s Tree at 5:30pm, and ending with The Serfs (irish punk) at 7:30pm.

Food and beer will be available on the Square courtesy of McCormick & Schmick’s. There will also be Irish merchandise for sale courtesy of Celtic Corner. The event is free and open to the public. Food and beverages are available for purchase.

If you would like to help with the event, or other events on Fountain Square, be sure to go sign up to be included on the volunteer opportunities email list. For more information check out the Fountain Square Volunteer Page.
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Absinthe, The Green Hour

Morton’s The Steakhouse (GoogleMap) will be the host of “Absinthe, The Green Hour” tomorrow night (3/5) starting at 6pm. The event will allow guests to enjoy Pernod Absinthe in traditional style with the assistance of expert tasters of the high proof distilled spirit.

Absinthe (aka the “Green Fairy”) is a distilled, highly alcoholic that has a naturally green color. The drink became quite popular with Parisian writers and artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At that time the drink also came to be considered a “dangerously addictive psychoactive drug” and was banned in most European nations and the United States by 1915. This was later found out to be a great exaggeration and has since seen its revival in Europe beginning in the 1990’s and 2007 in the United States.

Pernod was the most popular brand of absinthe prior to 1915 and first came to France in 1805. Today, Pernod Absinthe is “based on the original recipe and returns to restore its reputation for quality and handcrafted excellence.”

Reservations are required and cost $45 per person (includes tax and gratuity). Guests will be treated to Morton’s private boardroom, three Pernod Absinthe cocktails and a Pernod Absinthe served in the traditional ritual which involves dripping ice water very slowly over a sugar cube that is placed on a slotted spoon over a glass of absinthe. The water passes through the spoon slots into the drink resulting in a green and flavorful drink. Guests will also enjoy oysters rockefeller made with absinthe, crab-stuffed mushrooms, sliced tenderloin on crostini and Morton’s famous miniature prime cheeseburgers.

Morton’s is located on the second floor of Cincinnati’s historic Carew Tower overlooking Fountain Square. Valet parking is available for $7. You can reserve your spot by calling (513) 621-3111.