Bird Series is a collection of paintings by Angie Unger, featuring lush images of birds in various settings using re-purposed materials from the Zero-Landfill Cincinnati Project. This show opens 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 at Park + Vine and continues during normal store hours through Nov. 22.

Park + Vine keeps its doors open late for Final Friday, along with other spots on Vine and Main Streets and the Pendleton Art Center, as art lovers get a close-up look at the artists and artisans at work in Cincinnati.

Author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Cincinnati, Tamara York will sign her new book and share a selection of stories on hiking local trails 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Park + Vine. A trained naturalist, York will suggest hikes that are geologically rich in this area, where to bring the kids, and more. RSVP info@parkandvine.com before Oct. 26.

It’s very likely that the city is preparing to announce we can now include pizza boxes in our recycling routine. Cincinnati Mark Mallory, Cincinnati Office of Environmental Quality and Rumpke Recycling are gathering 2 p.m. today, Oct 22 at LaRosa’s, 2411 Boudinot Ave., Westwood, to announce new acceptable items for recycling. Since the event is happening at LaRosa’s, everyone who shows up gets a slice or two of pizza. Herein lies the link with recycling.

The World Peace Yoga Conference is coming to Grailville just outside Cincinnati Oct. 23-25. The conference is filled with classes that will appeal to “yogis, environmentalists, foodies, animal lovers, peaceniks and health nuts,” said Anna Ferguson in an Enquirer story. Look for Park + Vine in the Art + Bookstore area.

The classes will be led by some of the biggest names in the movement: Sharon Gannon and David Life, yoga teachers to Sting, Russell Simmons and Gwyneth Paltrow; Will Tuttle, author of “The World Peace Diet”; and Julia Butterfly Hill, who protested logging by living in a California Redwood tree in the late ’90s.

Registration closes Wednesday, Oct. 21

The magnificent and totally adorable Mary Elizabeth King is organizing a fab little event 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 here at Park + Vine. She’s named it the Make Our Earth Happy Hour. Expect to see people from some of Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati’s 27 local nonprofit organizations (i.e., Ohio Citizen Action, UCAN Cincinnati) building economic equity and a healthy environment in our community.

Mary Elizabeth King, Campaign Manager Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati

Sip some wine, enjoy live music from Liz Bowater and Sharon Udoh, grab a snack from Five Star Foodies and shop local. Park + Vine is donating 10 percent of all purchases and the suggested $5 donation to Community Shares. RSVP king@cintishares.org or 513-475-0475

Have you read Michael Pollan’s book, Omnivore’s Dilemma? Were you among the more than 6,000 other people who attended Pollan’s Sept. 27 appearance at Cintas Center at Xavier University? Regardless, join us for great conversation about all things Pollan at the next Park + Vine Eco Book Club 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12.

“In the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become.”

Hamilton County residents may dispose of their obsolete TVs, computers and other technical equipment 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 2trg, 11093 Kenwood Road, Ste. 7. Enter at 11085 Kenwood Road.

Proof of residency, such as a driver’s license or utility bill, is required. This program prohibits participation from businesses, churches, schools and non-profit organizations. Charge of $10 for TVs weighing 60 pounds or less; $20 for TVs weighing more than 60 pounds. Cash or check only.

Hamilton County Environmental Services is accepting these items at no charge: CPUs, hard drives, mice, keyboards, lap tops, docking stations, back-up batteries, power cords, speakers, modems, external hard drives, memory chips, storage chips, cellular phones, printers, scanners, and desk top fax machines.

Residents may also drop off items 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through Dec. 30. 513-946-7766

Get yourself to the McKie Recreation Center, 1655 Chase Ave., Northside, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 for the first public meeting on the city’s bike plan and let local leaders know what changes you’d like to see to turn our city into a bicycle friendly hub.

“We want average Cincinnatians to be able to incorporate cycling into their daily routine, for exercise, short errands, and even commuting to work,” Michael Moore, interim director of the Department of Transportation and Engineering, said in a statement Oct. 5. ”That might mean we need to build more trails, more on-street bike lanes, or offer bicycle safety classes; we need the public to tell us what it would take to get them back on a bicycle.”

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