HISTORIC LICKING RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC

COVINGTON, KY

Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Covington, Kentucky, with the mission of preserving and promoting the historical and cultural heritage of the Licking Riverside neighborhood. The association was established in 1974 and has been active in the community ever since.

The association is run by a board of directors and its membership is open to all residents of the Licking Riverside area. The organization works to maintain the historical integrity of the neighborhood by promoting preservation and restoration of historic homes and buildings, as well as advocating for responsible development.

The Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association also organizes and sponsors community events throughout the year, such as the annual Licking Riverside Historic Home Tour, which showcases some of the neighborhood's most beautiful and historically significant homes. The association also hosts neighborhood clean-up events and works to address issues related to safety and crime prevention.

In addition to its community-focused efforts, the Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association is also committed to promoting and preserving the natural beauty of the area, particularly the Licking River. The association works with local government agencies to promote environmental conservation and sustainable development practices.

Overall, the Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association is a vital organization that plays an important role in preserving and promoting the historical and cultural heritage of the Licking Riverside neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky.

HISTORIC LICKING RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in COVINGTON KY. US MID #8402100292

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

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Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio is a midwestern U.S. state stretching from the Ohio River and Appalachian Mountains in the south to Lake Erie in the north.

On the shores of the lake is the city of Cleveland, site of the Cleveland Museum of Art and its renowned collection of European paintings and especially Asian art.

Behold: something is rotten in Denmark Two art fans study Benjamin West's painting of Hamlet Act IV, Scene V, which I guess is now on me to explain so I looked it up. Here is the scene in a nutshell. In Shakespeare’s day, government was about monarchy and the stability it brought. Hamlet is about regicide and the chaos that follows, which was a recurring theme for The Bard. Hey, the Age of Enlightenment and its idea of checks and balances on power was still over a century away. Modern self-governing republicanism with no monarchy at all was further.

Seeing that his sister had gone crazy, Laertes (the man pointing up in the painting and holding his sickly sister), who has just returned to Denmark, goes into a rage. He wants to revenge the madness of his sister and the killing of his father. That’s fine with King Claudius, who did not kill Laertes’ father; however, he secretly poisoned his own brother, Hamlet Sr., the original and rightful king. Who knew the gentle and happy Danish could be so full of guile and lust for power?

Claudius answered Laertes's anger by telling him that it was best to first be certain who the actual murderer was before focusing his useful and righteous rage. Claudius would help answer all Laertes' questions.

End scene.

What is going on behind the scene of this painting is that the new King Claudius saw an opportunity to use Laertes to silence (kill) Prince Hamlet because the prince was on his corrupt trail. Hamlet is clued into who killed his father because (a) the ghost of his dad in the beginning of the play told him so and (b) Claudius acted mighty suspicious.

Claudius did kill King Hamlet and will use his poisoning modus operandi again, which will backfire.

It was Ophelia's fiancé, the moody and introspective Prince Hamlet (not in this painting scene), who unintentionally killed Laertes's and Ophelia's father, sparking Ophelia's descent into madness and Laertes's rage. By the end of the play, all these people are going to end up dead, including Hamlet, Claudius, and even Hamlet's mother, who quickly remarried Claudius after the death of her husband. (She is the crowned queen in the middle of the painting–the royal without the beard.)

Denmark is going to be leaderless.
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Painting title: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V; Ophelia and Laertes (1792)
Artist: Benjamin West (American,1738-1820)
Venue: Cincinnati Art Museum

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HISTORIC LICKING RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC
BOX 120875
COVINGTON
KY
41012

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MID #	8402100292
Name	HISTORIC LICKING RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	611086173
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INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	39.083313, -84.50837
CODES	FIPS State Code: 21 FIPS County Code: 117 US Census Tract: 067000 US Census Block: 2001