February 2001 ArtsOhio Page 2

State Senator Eric Fingerhut.

STATE SENATOR
Eric Fingerhut
Democrat

OFFICE
Ohio Senate, 25th District

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
Ranking Minority Member, Finance and Financial Institutions; Judiciary Committee on Civil Justice; Health, Human Services and Aging and Ways and Means

YEARS IN OFFICE
6

PERSONAL
41; hometown, Shaker Heights; BS, Northwestern University, 1981; Stanford University School of Law, 1984; married

RECENT HONORS
Families First Award from Center for Families and Children, 2000; Ohio Hunger Hero from Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks

2000 FAVORITE CULTURAL PASTIME
Watching movies

LAST GOOD BOOK READ
The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey between Worlds by Jonathan Rosen

The Juilliard String Quartet will perform as part of Wayne Center for the Arts Chamber Music Series February 11 at 3 pm. Wayne Center for the Arts is at 237 South Walnut Street in Wooster. Admission is $8 for adults and $6.50 for students and senior citizens. For more information call 330/264-2787.

Active Mode, an exhibition of installations, sculpture and drawings that incorporate kinetic motion, will be on view at SPACES in Cleveland February 23 - April 6. Artists in the show include Andrew McEachern, Kent; Amie McNeal, Cleveland; and D.F. Miller and James Woodfill, Kansas City. For more information call 216/621-2314.

Jazz Arts Group's Return to the Cotton Club concert will be February 14-18 at the Southern Theatre in Columbus. As New York City's premier nightspot in the early 1940s, the Cotton Club presented glittering revues featuring top jazz artists and dancers. For more information call 614/294-5200.

	The photo exhibition Aspirations: Toward a Future in the Middle East will be on display from January 25 through April 8, 2001 in the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery. Curated by Nella Cassouto and Robert Stearns, Aspirations will highlight work by 11 photographers from Israel and Palestinian territories. Artists have been chosen for their ability to convey a sense of self, place and community to viewers. The exhibition will reflect on the current political and cultural situation in the Middle East and provide a common ground for grasping the artists' very different messages. In the Riffe Center, across from the Statehouse on High Street in downtown Columbus. Admission is free. Call 614/644-9624 for more information.	At the Shop, Ramalla by Issa Freij


	GOVERNOR'S AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED (CONT'D FROM P. 1) The Irma Lazarus Award will be given to John Ruthven of Georgetown. The award honors the memory of Irma Lazarus, an arts patron, advocate and leader in the development of state funding for the arts in Ohio. A silent auction will be held for the centerpieces, flowers made from recycled metal, wood, and acrylic paint by Passion Works Studio artists. Passion Works gives people with developmental disabilities opportunities to work with artists and community members to create original works of art. Glenda A. Hatchett chaired the National Forum on Youth Violence for the U.S. Justice Department and was the first African American chief presiding judge of a state court in Georgia. She has won numerous honors for her work with children's issues. Hatchett has appeared on national television programs, including Good Morning America and MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, as an authority on juvenile and social issues. She hosts the Columbia Tristar television series Judge Hatchett, which presents court cases involving young adults. For more information on the 2001 Governor's Awards call the Ohio Arts Council at 614/466-2613 or visit our web site at www.oac.state.oh.us.

GOVERNOR'S AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED (CONT'D FROM P. 1)