Soapicks February 9-15

La Luna
February 9
The Lunafest screenings for Feb 9 & 10 have been rescheduled due to bad weather.  The new dates and times are:
Sunday, February 14, 4:30 pm (Social hour & cash bar at 3:30)
Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 pm (Social hour & cash bar at 6:30)
Shake things up this Valentine's week by trading the typical romantic comedy for 10 short films. Cincinnati World Cinema presents the 5th annual Lunafest Film Festival this Tuesday at the Carnegie Arts Center. The festival features 10 short films depicting the lives, families and universal issues faced by the filmmakers. The ten Lunafest winners come from all around the globe and all walks of life, bringing us films that represent a multitude of nationalities and ethnicities. Films include live action and animation in the genres of drama, comedy and documentary. Come a little early for the 6:30 p.m. Social Hour hosted by Women Writing for a Change, and stay a little late for a discussion after the film. Tickets are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door, and don't worry if you can't make the Tuesday screening because the program repeats Wednesday evening. So grab your guy or girl and get down to Lunafest for the chance to see inspiring films made by women filmmakers, for women and the men who care about them - doesn't get much more romantic than that. Click here for tickets and more info.

Duty Free Friends
February 10
A lot of great things are imported: beer, wine, cheese and people to name a few. But unlike beers and cheese, which are automatically packaged together, people stand alone. So even though Cincinnati is a great place to live, it can be hard to make friends when you're new to a city, something Cincinnati Imports has been working to ease. A group that brings non-Cincinnatians together is celebrating its One Year Anniversarywith a Happy Hour. Join Cincinnati Imports' founders and other local transplants from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. this Wednesday at the place where the group's first event took place, Oakley Pub. Happy Hour specials include $2.75 import beers, $2.00 Bud and Bud Lights and $5.50 burgers- Voted #1 Best Burger in Cincinnati. So no matter if you're a Cincinnati import, a native or just passing thru, get down to Oakley Pub and mingle. Who knows, you might just meet your Valentine. 

Coming Building & Cocktails
February 11
Be a winner by attending the Working In Neighborhoods (WIN) Happy Hour Benefit at The Comet this Thursday night from 5:00p.m.-8:00 p.m. WIN is an organization that empowers people to make informed choices for themselves and their neighborhoods through community building, home ownership, and economic learning. The benefit features a special extended happy hour drink menu, a music performance by Cincinnati's award-winning Jake Speed and The Freddies, a chance to enter a raffle, and the opportunity to learn more about Working In Neighborhoods. It's a night of community building and cocktails, don't miss out.

Little Red Heart
February 13
The theme for the month of February seems to be hearts. First there's Valentine's Day with all the candy hearts, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, big stuffed teddy bears holding hearts and so on. Then there's the matter of the actual heart, as February is the American Heart Association's American Heart Month. Thousands of volunteers visit their neighbors with the goal to raise funds for research and education and share information about heart disease. So there's really no better way to celebrate the candy hearts of V-Day and a healthy, beating heart than by combining them for a party, the Little Red Dress Party to be exact. Q102-FM invites you to the Redmoor this Saturday night for the Little Red Dress Party to benefit the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women. The party starts at 8:00 p.m. and will feature music by the Naked Karate Girls. So grab your sweetie, your group of girls, whoever, and slip into a little red dress for a heart-pounding good time and a great cause. Admission is $15.00 at the door.

We Are Making A Difference 
February 15
While celebrities gather to sing "We Are The World" for the Haitian relief effort, Omni Works Music would like you to gather for a Jazz jam session to benefit the children in Haiti. They'll host a benefit event, Help Them To Sing Again, that features performances by local jazz legends Bruce Menefield, Eugene Goss, Mike Wade, Marc Fields and Ricardo Wilkins and special guests The CCM Student Jazz Ensemble at the Blue Wisp on Monday, February, 15. Proceeds go to the Bush-Clinton Foundation whose Haiti fundis dedicated to providing immediate relief and long-term support to earthquake survivors. Show starts at 7:00 p.m. and there's a $10 suggested donation. 
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