Eat, Drink and Listen

Oakley's community council starts the candidates' forum season off Thursday with appetizers, cocktails and speeches at the 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Road. Candidates running for Cincinnati City Council and the Cincinnati Public Schools board are invited to the first-come, first-speak event.



Start eating and drinking at 6 p.m., before the vote-for-me stuff at 6:30 p.m. Each candidate gets three minutes.



Two of the organizers, Matt Jones and council president Dave Schaff, have other allegiances too. Jones works for Leslie Ghiz at City Hall and Schaff is managing Jeff Berding's re-election campaign.