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PLAYHOUSE TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY

Want the best theater ticket deal of the season? Monday is onsale day for Playhouse in the Park's 2007-08
lineup. Tickets for opening-week performances for regular-season productions (excluding "Dracula") are half-price
if you purchase through Aug. 20. A $5 discount is offered for "A Christmas Carol."

It is the lowest price of the year (in the $20 range for previews) for the best available seating, and - new this
season - you can select your own seat at the Web site and even get a look at sight lines from the section you're
interested in. Some restrictions apply.

For tickets or for more information, call the Playhouse box office at 513-421-3888 or toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky
and Indiana at 800-582-3208. Call 513-345-2248 for TDD accessibility. For single tickets purchased by telephone
through the Playhouse box office there is a $3 convenience fee per call. Tickets also can be purchased on the
Playhouse web site at www.cincyplay.com.

Jackie Demaline

ART ACADEMY TO GET A BIGGER OTR HOME

Thanks to a group of friends with deep pockets, the Art Academy of Cincinnati is expanding its Over-the-Rhine
home. The Academy has closed a deal on a four-story building on the corner of 12th and Walnut streets that was
most recently owned by Fifth Third Bank. It's directly behind the Academy, which fronts Jackson Street between
12th and 13th, but is separated by a narrow alley. It was a facilities center for the bank but has been sitting empty
for a few years and once housed a mattress factory.

The Academy is mum on who donated the $450,000, saying that the donors prefer to remain anonymous. The
building will house more classrooms, says Nancy Glier, director of administrative services. There isn't a timeline
for its renovation yet.

The Academy, which has always been a small school, has struggled with enrollment since its move from Eden
Park in 2005. Undergraduate enrollment - which is at about 160 - has declined by about 20 percent, and
attendance at community art classes also has dipped. But Glier says there is a bright spot, the school added a
few more graduate students to its rolls.

Sara Pearce

SCHOLARSHIP MARKS RETIREMENT

Jhon Marshall, longtime Cincinnati area teacher, performer and director, marks his retirement with a scholarship
named for him by International Thespian Society.

Marshall served as director of Thespian troupe 1102 at Princeton High School for 15 years, twice hosting the Ohio
Thespian conference and directing full productions and cuttings for the Ohio conference and the annual
International Thespian Festival.

The Jhon Marshall/ITO Achievement Awards will be presented annually to students whose service and talents
make original contributions to the positive image and ideals of International Thespian Society, educational theater,

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their schools, communities and/or peers. Marshall says he's "moved beyond words. In all my years as an
educator, all I have ever wanted was to impart a passion upon my students for learning and inspire them to be
successful in their lives, no matter what they do."

Jackie Demaline

CINCINNATIANS ON OHIO ARTS COUNCIL

Two of four appointees to the Ohio Arts Council Board are Cincinnatians. Lois Rosenthal and Geraldine "Ginger"
Warner have been appointed to the council by Gov. Ted Strickland, along with Tom Schorgl of Cleveland and
Susan Saxbe of Columbus. Saxbe, an art consultant, is the board's new chair.

Rosenthal is a well-known arts patron, has served on many local boards and is co-director of Uptown Arts, which
she and her husband, Richard, founded. She's also on the board of the National Underground Railroad Freedom
Center.

Warner has been on the OAC board since 1997, so this was a reappointment. She serves on the boards of
several area arts organizations, including the May Festival and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and is a member
of the Cincinnati Art Museum Founders Society.

The terms are five years. Other Cincinnatians on the 19-member board are Barbara Gould, whose term ends in
2009, and Ohio Rep. Tyrone Yates. Yates is one of four legislators who serve on the board in an advisory
capacity.

Sara Pearce

GROUP KICKING OFF OSCAR SEASON

People Working Cooperatively kicks off the 2008 Oscar season with a Midnight at the Oasis summer party and
wine tasting from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at PWC, 4612 Paddock Road, Bond Hill.

Suggested donation is $10 and two bottles of pinot grigio. One bottle goes to the wine tasting, one goes to the
prize basket, and the lowest-rated bottle goes home with its owner. All proceeds benefit People Working
Cooperatively and its mission to provide critical home repairs for low income elderly and disabled homeowners.

PWC is the Cincinnati sponsor of the national Oscar Night fundraiser, this year scheduled for Feb. 24 at the Hilton
Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. Information or to RSVP: Laura Radkey, 513-351-7921.

Jackie Demaline

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