Rainbow Cincinnati

The Queen City Rainbow Band Jazz Ensemble presents a fun evening of hot jazz at Below Zero Lounge, Saturday February 2nd, from 7- 10 p.m. $5 donation is requested.

Enjoy the Jazz ensemble's toe-tapping big band standards, swing tunes, jazz ballads and jazzy pop tunes, sure to warm your heart on a cold winter's evening.

Hundreds of dollars of great raffle prizes will be awarded, too! Proceeds from this event support the year-round mission of the QCRB, bringing excitement, energy and music to our region's parades and events.

Join the band anytime; all are welcome! For more about joining or this event: QCRB web site or write: QCRB email.

If you will to discuss with event or the group, please call: Gail - 513.542.6683 or
Fred - 513.559.9987.

Cincinnati's GLBT Center saw five new members elected to the Board of the organization on Tuesday, December 18th. These were: Jessica Fogle, Joe Penno, Reuben Blair, John Baker and Michael Chanak. All terms are for two years.

The next evening, the newly elected Board appointed the officers for 2008: Joe Penno - President, Bill Abney - Vice President, Reuben Blair - Secretary and Bobby Miller - Treasurer.

Harold Keutzer will be unable to serve on the Board in any capacity during 2008 due to term limitations as outlined in the organizations by-laws. Information on the Center is always available on-line.

Photo is courtesy of ShutterProof Photography of Hamilton, Ohio. Front Row - Left to Right: Reuben Blair - Secretary , John Baker - member at large, Joe Penno - President and Jessica Fogle - member at large. Back Row - Left to Right: Damon Gore - member at large, Bill Abney - Vice President, Bobby Miller - Treasurer, Harold Keutzer - outgoing board member and Michael Chanak - member at large.

Back by popular demand, the 3rd Annual Dowagers Potluck at 1 pm at Church of Our Saviour, 65 East Hollister Cincinnati. Bring something to share.

All welcome, regardless of "dowager status."

Cincinnati Pride Marshals June 15, 2008

Five individuals will lead the GLBT parade from Burnet Woods in Clifton to Hoffner Park in Northside on June 15, 2008.

Selected were: Rev. Paula Jackson (Church of Our Saviour), Phebe Beiser and Vic Ramstetter (Ohio Lesbian Archives), Worley Rodehaver (publisher) and Dr. Larry Wolf (publisher/activist).

Debbie Tripp Payne, long known for her work in the HIV/AIDS area was also selected. Due to her move to Florida and the anticipated birth of a grandchild at the time of event, she will not be able to attend.

Dr. Ronn Rucker and Marian Weage, the 2007 marshals, will also be on hand to honor the 2008 marshals.

Submitted by Michael Chanak, Rusty Lockett & Dr. John Maddux
08 Pride Marshal Committee

Friday, September 21, 2007 is Pride Night at Kings Island. More info can be found at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Cincinnati web site.

You can also find a map to Kings Island, area bars, and other points of interest.

Ten years ago today, Rainbow Cincinnati came out as Cincinnati's first and only local GLBT web site. The original post on that day included:

"Our intention is to make Rainbow Cincinnati an online clearinghouse for information and resources of interest to our community...Okay, we admit it. We don't have a complete picture of what Rainbow Cincinnati will become. We do hope that with your ideas and help, we can make it a major reference point for everyone in our community."

At the time I don't think I imagined that it would still be around ten years later.

The Cincinnati Pride 2007 Video is finally posted. My apologies for the delay. Several problems here kept me from being able to spend time at the computer to get this finished.

Thanks to all 14 of you who sent in photos. This year's video uses over 200 of the almost 2000 photos that were submitted.

You can find the new video as well as others from years past in Fun Stuff.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted photos so far for this year's Community Pride Video Project. I've been asked whether there's a deadline for submitting photos. Although I've already started trying to organize the photos I've already collected, I will not start putting the video together until about the 20th of June. So, consider that a "fuzzy" deadline.

ALSO, I'm trying to figure out what music to use this year. If you have any suggestions, please contact me! Do any of the local music organizations have an appropriate recording that we could use? That would be great!

As you prepare for Cincinnati's 2007 Pride celebration, keep up with the latest information at the PrideIsAlive web site.

The Festival runs Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th at Hoffner Park in Northside. On Sunday, June 10th, the Rally and Parade begin in Clifton's Burnet Woods at 11am. The Rally preceeds the Parade which steps off promptly at 1pm and finishes at Hoffner Park.

Get maps and driving directions from GayBarMaps.com. Here are direct map links to Hoffner Park and Burnet Woods.

Send us your Pride photos! Again this year we want to create a music video from your Pride photos. Please contact us in advance so we know who wants to participate. Watch the video created from photos of Pride 2006. And here's the 2005 video.