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Sunset Salons: Chocolate and Wine

$12.00
April 17, 2024 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Treat your senses to a delectable journey through the tantalizing worlds of chocolate and wine! Join us for a captivating discussion where we'll unwrap the rich histories of these beloved treasures and discover the secrets to savoring each exquisite sip and sumptuous bite to the fullest. Lisa Cooper Holmes of Haute Chocolate will be your guide, sharing the key to perfect pairings and the science of enhancing flavors. But it's not just talk - we'll tantalize your palate with samples that'll awaken your appreciation for the finer things in life. Get ready for an evening of pure, unadulterated indulgence!
Featured Panel

Lisa Cooper Holmes, Haute Chocolate

Location
Clifton Cultural Arts Center 3412 Clifton Ave Cincinnati, OH 45220
Tickets
$10 in advance | $12 at the door
Thank you to our generous sponsors

Drs. Patricia Klein and Reid Hartmann

About the Panelist
LISA COOPER HOLMES is the Proprietor, Queen, and “Choco Boss” of the fabulous Haute Chocolate in downtown Montgomery. Lisa’s journey into chocolate began in 1979 here in Cincinnati, when her quests to make the perfect brownie and to put a unique spin on chocolate truffles converged. Thus began her chocolate boutique in Cincinnati, opening with just two products: brownies and truffles. Lisa and her elves have been tempting Cincinnatians for more than 30 years, marketing over 60 unique products of her exquisite creation throughout the country. For those who inquire, the logo for Haute Chocolate features a pig – named Reginald. He was inspired by the “truffle pigs” in Europe who sniff out the best truffles for culinary preparation.
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AfroBeat Workout by Basko

$20.00 – $204.00
Thursdays, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Are you ready to explore Africa without your passport? This class is not just an Afro-dance workout. It's an education, a journey, and a new way of merging the dynamic dance moves of Afro beats with an intensive full-body workout. You'll learn to move your body in ways you didn't know it could move while burning calories and having fun. Add cultural flavor to your workout routine. This class will feed your mind and soul as you learn the moves and rhythms paired with energizing music from the African continent.

Ages: Adult

Session: Ongoing

Instructor: Basko

Class Location: CCAC’s new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Class payment options:

$20 for a single class

$108 for a 6-class pass (10% discount)

$204 for a 12-class pass (15% discount)
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Community Potluck

Wednesday, November 8 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
All Community Members Welcome! Come together with neighbors and friends to break bread and share stories: CCAC invites you to a free Community Potluck to connect new and long-time Cincinnati residents. Please bring a dish to share if you are able. Kindly RSVP using the form below: walk ins welcome!
Location
Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3445 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45220
Partners

How to RSVP
Click the donate button to continue to RSVP form; enter donation amount if desired before clicking!

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Musikgarten: Family Music for Toddlers

$245.00
Wednesdays or Fridays, 10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Participate with your toddler in singing, moving, dancing, listening, and playing simple instruments – while developing a strong musical bond with your child. Toddlers and their adults will sing, chant, move, dance, listen and play simple instruments: this class provides a full mix that allows them to be active, which is how they learn. We'll channel the toddler's energy productively, facilitate expression of feelings, assist in improving memory through repetition, and develop further musical aptitude and focused listening.

Ages: 16 months - 3.5 years with parent/guardian

Session: 19 weeks

Wednesday sessions run Jan 3 – May 22, 2024. No class Feb. 7 or Mar. 27!

Friday sessions run Jan 5 – May 24, 2024. No class Jan. 26 or Feb. 9; snow day make up class on Mar. 29!

Instructor: Shea Haney

Cost: $245/student

Class Size: minimum of 5 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total

Class Location: CCAC’s new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: Ongoing! Class tuition prorated based on start date: contact CCAC with questions.

About the Instructor
Shea Haney
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Musikgarten: Family Music for Babies

$245.00
Wednesdays or Fridays, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Play musically with your baby through bouncing and rocking songs, wiggle and peek-a-boo games, dancing, moving, and singing. Music play activities are designed to increase your child’s curiosity about music, to develop listening skills and a sense of beat, and to establish the foundation for singing and musical thought.

Ages: newborn - 18 months with parent/guardian

Session: 19 weeks

Wednesday sessions run Jan 3 – May 22, 2024. No class Feb. 7 or Mar. 27!

Friday sessions run Jan 5 – May 24, 2024. No class Jan. 26 or Feb. 9; snow day make up class on Mar. 29!

Instructor: Shea Haney

Cost: $245/student

Class Size: minimum of 5 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total

Class Location: CCAC’s new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: Ongoing! Class tuition prorated based on start date: contact CCAC with questions.

About the Instructor
Shea Haney
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Musikgarten: Cycle of Seasons

$245.00
Wednesdays or Fridays, 11:00 - 11:40 a.m.
The Cycle of Seasons is a musical celebration of the four seasons using activities that build on the child's growing independence and competencies. It nurtures the children's ability to use language and capitalizes on their delight in dramatic play within the musical context. Classes are filled with songs, movement activities, exploration of instruments, and imaginative stories for children to make their own. Encourage the child's moving, singing, verbal, and listening skills and tap into the child's vivid imagination and lay the foundation for creative development via story-telling and poetry.

Ages: 3-5 with parent/guardian

Session: 19 weeks

Wednesday sessions run Jan 3 – May 22, 2024. No class Feb. 7 or Mar. 27!

Friday sessions run Jan 5 – May 24, 2024. No class Jan. 26 or Feb. 9; snow day make up class on Mar. 29!

Instructor: Shea Haney

Cost: $245/student

Class Size: minimum of 5 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total

Class Location: CCAC’s new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: Ongoing! Class tuition prorated based on start date: contact CCAC with questions.

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Shea Haney
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CCACMakes PreK

$150.00
Saturdays, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

In this art class for the preschool set, children will be encouraged to discover and create using various media including painting, pastels, sculpture, and printmaking.

Ages: 3-5

Session: 11 weeks (Mar 16 – May 25, 2024)

Instructor: Melinda Welch

Cost: $150/student

CCAC is a Qualified Education Service Provider in the Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) program and also offers tuition scholarships.

Class Size: minimum of 4 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: March 11, 2024

About the Instructor
Melinda Welch Melinda E. Welch earned her Master’s degree and teaching license in Art Education from the University of Cincinnati’s school of Design Architecture, Art and Planning. Melinda’s Masters thesis focused on developing a visual arts curriculum for a community arts center. Currently, Melinda is teaching for the Clifton Cultural Arts Center and leading art classes at Bridgeway Pointe, UC Health, an assisted living residence. Melinda’s teaching experience includes 14 years as Art Director at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center. While Art Director, she developed her vision for a visual art community driven by a strong, cohesive art curriculum and relationships with her students and families. She sought to connect with surrounding communities by integrating free art programming through connections with local schools, libraries and recreation centers. She often collaborates with diverse music teachers, and other non-profit organizations such as Elementz and BioKoto. While in graduate school, she was employed by Kennedy Heights Art Center to teach adult and youth art classes. She also taught after-school art at Pleasant Ridge Montessori and the Pleasant Ridge Library. Her student teaching experience includes Walnut Hills High School, Sherwood Elementary, North Avondale Montessori, and Anderson High School. For the Contemporary Art Center, she taught an arts integration curriculum at Bond Hill Elementary. For the CAC she also led art programing at various local schools and in the UNMuseum. She has completed internships at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Taft Museum of Art, Manifest Gallery and Prairie Gallery. She was part of a youth community photography program in conjunction with Happen Inc, Prairie Gallery and the Mill Creek Restoration Project. Melinda is an active and experienced artist who works in ceramics, photography, collage and whatever else strikes her artistic fancy. She and her husband reside in Camp Washington with their two children.
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A Taste of Puerto Rico
Friday September 15, 2023 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

We are celebrating A Taste of Puerto Rico! Join us for a lunchtime extravaganza with traditional Puerto Rican music by Fabiola Méndez and traditional Puerto Rican food, mofongo, served by local restaurant, MashRoots, and horchata from La Ofrenda Tequila, courtesy of the Hispanic Chamber of Cincinnati.
View upcoming Guitar Master Classes!

Ages: All Ages

Session: Lunchtime Workshop, meets on Friday September 15, 2023

Instructor: Fabiola Méndez

Cost: Suggested donation $20 per attendee; registration requested.

How to Register: enter your donation amount (from $20+) in the box below, then click “Donate”
About the Instructor

Fabiola Méndez Native to Caguas, PR, Fabiola Méndez began playing the cuatro, a 5-double string traditional guitar of Puerto Rico, when she was 6 years old.

She was a student at the Hogar del Cuatro Puertorriqueño, the Humacao Musical Institute, the Antonio Paoli School of Music in Caguas, the Conservatorio de Artes del Caribe, and Berklee College of Music, where in 2018 she graduated as the first student to play the Puerto Rican cuatro as principal instrument.

She has worked with organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Celebrity Series of Boston, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance in Chicago, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, among many others. She has collaborated with artists such as the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Totó La Momposina, Pedro Capó, Andy Montañez, Victoria Sanabria, Cucco Peña, Decimanía de Puerto Rico, Danny Rivera, Chicago Philharmonic, and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.

Her list of recordings include: the Banco Popular Special Eco (2008), Fabiola Méndez and Herencia Criolla (2009), Ready for Departure (2014), Cuatro Sinfónico (2019), Al Otro Lado Del Charco (2019), and Afrorriqueña (2021), the last three being cataloged as part of the best 20 productions of 2019 and 2021 consecutively, according to the National Foundation for Popular Culture. In 2022, she produced her first documentary "Negrura", showcasing Afro-Latinx stories in topics around colorism and discrimination within our own communities.

In recent years, she’s had the honor of receiving recognition such as the Quincy Jones Award, ambassador for the Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC, a motion from the PR House of Representatives as the first cuatro player to graduate from Berklee, the Brother Thomas Fellowship 2021, the Whippoorwill Arts Fellowship 2022, and the ASCAP Foundation Lucille and Jack Yellen Award 2022.

Currently, Fabiola and her trio present her original music nationally and internationally. She is an artist in residence for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, a fellow for Whippoorwill Arts, and a composer for children's animated series, including PBS Kids shows Alma's Way and Work It Out Wombats, and HBO Max's Mecha Builders, produced by Sesame Street.

Having trouble registering? Call CCAC at 513-497-2860 to register over the phone.
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Art + Tales: Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: December 12, 2023

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 8 children registered per program day

Class Location: The Upside Brew (329 Ludlow Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below then hit "donate"! Registration closes the prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.
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Art + Tales: Bloom
Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: November 21, 2023

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 8 children registered per program day

Class Location: The Upside Brew (329 Ludlow Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below then hit "donate"! Registration closes the prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.
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Art + Tales: Little Pea
Tuesday, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
In this art class for the preschool set (ages 2-4), we will read and explore a different picture book each week and then make our own art inspired by the story using a variety of materials. Dress to allow for a mess! Grownups must stay with their young artists during the class. Space is limited: registration is required to reserve your seat! View and register for upcoming Art + Tales events by clicking here.

Ages: 2-4 with an adult

Session: November 14, 2023

Instructor: Kelli Gleiner

Cost: Free, suggested $5 per class donation

Class Size: maximum of 8 children registered per program day

Class Location: The Upside Brew (329 Ludlow Avenue)

How to Register: enter donation amount in the box below then hit "donate"! Registration closes the prior to the program. If you do not see a "donate" option, the program is full!
About the Instructor

Kelli Gleiner Kelli is an author, fiber artist, and art educator in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a BFA in drawing and painting from Bowling Green State University. She’s taught art in the public and private sectors, made a lot of coffee, stayed home with a little human, wrote grants for a nonprofit, and coordinated events for the best children’s bookstore in the world, all while making art. Her two board books, Cheer Up, Monster and A Day With Monster, feature a quirky felted monster/abominable snowman friend that was popular on her (now defunct) Etsy site, and are available now from blue manatee press.
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CCACMakes After School: Grades 3-6

$61.00
Also available for grades K-2

Tuesdays or Thursdays, 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. or 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

This exciting semester-long after school class with Clifton Cultural Arts Center will allow students to express themselves using painting, fiber arts, collage, drawing, and much more in a number of different projects. The only limit to what you can create is your imagination! Walkover service from Clifton Area Neighborhood School and Fairview-Clifton German Language School* provided. Tuition includes a snack and all class supplies. Tuition assistance available.

Ages: Grades 3-6

Session: Spring 2024 - 19 weeks

Tuesday sessions run Jan 2 – May 14, 2024. No class Mar 26!

Thursday sessions run Jan 4 – May 16, 2024. No class Mar 28!

Instructor: Prari Parran

Cost: $305/student

CCAC is a Qualified Education Service Provider in the Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) program and also offers tuition scholarships.

Class Size: minimum of 5 students registered to run class; no more than 12 students total

Class Location: CCAC's new home (3412 Clifton Ave)

Registration Deadline: Ongoing! Class tuition prorated based on start date: contact CCAC with questions.

*Walkover from Clifton Area Neighborhood School is available for 2:45 p.m. classes. Walkover from Fairview-Clifton German Language School is available for 4:00 p.m. classes.
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