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Miami Middletown Downtown presents a slate of July events that includes a concert, a book club, a writing group, two community forums and a bridge club. All events are free and open to the public. Miami Middletown Downtown is located at 4 North Main Street.
Friday, July 10
The First Friday Concert Series features the steel drums and vocals of Dave Leisten from during the noon hour. He will bring the tropics to Miami Middletown Downtown. Leisten is a popular entertainer throughout the tri-state and Band Director at Middletown High School. The First Friday's Noontime Concert Series is sponsored by the First Methodist Church of Middletown. For more information, contact Mary Ellen Clinard at meclinard@hotmail.com.
Wednesday, July 15
The Booking It! Non-Fiction Book Conversations group will meet at 5 p.m. to discuss Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels by Jill Jonnes. Set in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., Conquering Gotham is the history of a political and engineering battle that forever changed New York's physical and psychological geography. Learn how the Pennsylvania Railroad secretly assembled land for a terminal in the Tenderloin vice district, taking on J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Teddy Roosevelt and Boss William Croker. For more information, contact Barbara Roberts at 727-3337.
Thursday, July 16
The Bridge Club will meet at 7 p.m. This is an organizational meeting for those interested in playing bridge. If you have ever wanted to learn the game of bridge, help others learn, or meet and play with other bridge enthusiasts, then this club is for you. For more information, contact David Balsmeyer at barbbalsmeyer@cinci.rr.com
Thursday, July 23
A community forum will meet at 5:30 pm to discuss the Downtown Stories, Community Visions project. Project organizer Leah DePriest, is a graduate student in Urban Planning at Miami University. The project seeks to give the community an active voice in establishing a common vision for the future of downtown Middletown. The community is invited to share stories and opinions about downtown Middletown with DePriest. Ultimately, the information DePriest gathers may aid city planners and designers in downtown revitalization efforts. This is the first of four free community forums. For more information, contact Leah DePriest at downtownstories@gmail.com.
Saturday, July 25
The Illuminati Writing Group will meet at 2 p.m. This casual writing and workshopping group is for all levels and genres of writing. Peer critique and writing exercises will help you polish your craft while having fun with other local writers. New attendees must RSVP to Michelle Lawrence at illuminati@muohio.edu.
Tuesday, July 28
A community forum will meet at 5:30 pm to discuss the Downtown Stories, Community Visions project. This is the second of four free community forums to explore topics related to downtown Middletown and revitalization.
Miami Middletown Downtown is a multipurpose activity center designed to bring the campus and community together by providing flexible space for workshops, lectures, seminars, meetings, cultural events and more. For more information on any of these events or other upcoming events at Miami Middletown Downtown call 727-3200 or log onto www.mid.muohio.edu.
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