UPCOMING EVENTS
Walking Tour: Abolitionists and African Americans in Walnut Hills
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 10am
This walk will last just under 2 hours. Rain date is the following day (Sunday) at 1pm. |
Walking Tour: African American History Along the Cincinnati Riverfront
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10am
Starts at the John Augustus Roebling Statue on the Covington, KY side of the Roebling Bridge and ends in Smale Park on the Cincinnati, OH side of the Roebling Bridge. This walk will last just under 2 hours. Rain date is the following day (Sunday) at 1pm. |
NEW EXHIBIT Opening Panel & Jazz Concert
Cincinnati's Lost Founders: The Clark & Fossett Families
Monday, May 20, 2024
5:30pm - Exhibit Opening Panel Discussion
Mr. James Clark, a Cincinnati native, has just such a story to share. You may know Mr. James Clark as the friendly jazz aficionado who hangs out at Caffe Vivace. Mr. Clark also happens to be descended from the Hemings and Fossett families, enslaved men and women who helped run Thomas Jefferson’s plantation, Monticello. Once they obtained their freedom, his ancestors traveled to Cincinnati, established successful businesses, participated in the Underground Railroad, and worked hard to help their community. We’re celebrating the exhibit and Mr. Clark with a jazz show jam session. Vocalist Emily Grace Jordan, Jordan Pollard on piano, Matt McCoy on bass, and Alex Merk on drums will lead the pack. They’ll be playing a variety of jazz standards, American songbooks, and Latin and Brazilian tunes. Come by, bring your instrument, and jump in. Let’s show some love for Mr. Clark and Caffe Vivace! |
Happy Birthday Harriet!
Sunday, June 9th from 1-4pm
On the lawn of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House 2950 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206 Enjoy our annual FREE community celebration. This summer we are focusing on generations joining their voices for truth. Come explore historic site's grounds, enjoy live music, treats, storytime, games and more!
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June Semi-Colon Club: The Poetry of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
About the Discussion Facilitator:
Dr. Cheli Reutter is and Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Cincinnati. Her research and education focus on American and African-American literature, medical humanities, and disability literature. Dr. Reutter has also been a member of the Board of the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House for several years. |
Saturday, June 22nd at 10:30am
Abolitionist, teacher, social reformer, poet, and writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born in Baltimore also but had significant Ohio connections. Educated at her uncle’s school where she learned Bible, literature, and public speaking, she taught at Union Seminary in Columbus from 1950 to 1954. After moving to Pennsylvania and lecturing on a national circuit, she married Fenton Harper in Cincinnati in 1960, bought a farm, and gave birth to her daughter Mary. After the Civil War and death of her husband, Harper toured the South where she saw appalling injustices. She then joined the Christian Women’s Temperance Union and the American Women’s Suffrage Association and co-founded the National Association of Colored Women.
Her influential 1983 World’s Fair speech “Women’s Political Future” deserves study by contemporary audiences. For Semicolon Club, we’ll look at this speech, her influential abolitionist poem “Bury me in a Free Land” and her nine poems selected by the Poetry Foundation, including one based on Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. We will also talk about chapters 11, 12, 31 and 32 of Harper’s novel Iola Leroy. Links for all material are provided. Selected Readings: |
Civic Season Event: Grab a Slice of History
You'll never see this neighborhood the same way again. Have a bite and learn a bit about the people who walked Walnut Hills before you, such as:
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