Theodicy a free staged reading at OSU' Urban Space (former Lazarus department store) on Tuesady, March 11

Judy Juanita’s Theodicy will be presented in a free staged reading at the Ohio State University College of the Arts Urban Arts Space on Tuesday, March 11^th, at noon. The Urban Arts Space is in the former Lazarus Department Store, on the corner of High Street and State Street. The entrance is on State Street between High and Front.

Theodicy features a cast of veteran Columbus actors, including Patrica Wallace-Winbush, Truman Winbush, Anita Davis, and Darius Williams. An imaginative and epic retelling of the African-American experience, Theodicy is the first runner-up in the 2007 Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition. Playwright Judy Juanita, a resident of Oakland, California, has been produced by the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the San Francisco Bay Area Playwights’ Center, the National Black Theatre Festival, the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley, California, and San Francisco’s Marsh Café and Brava! Theatre, among many others. She has been an artist-in-the schools in New Jersey, and is a widely published poet as well as playwright.

Over five hundred plays were submitted to the 2007 Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Competition. The competition honors Columbus native (and Ohio State alumna) Eileen Heckart (1919-2001), the distinguished American actress whose long career culminated in her stunning performance in Kenneth Lonergan=s The Waverly Gallery (2000), for which she received the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. That same year she was awarded the Tony for lifetime achievement. She also was the recipient of an Academy Award (Butterflies Are Free), Golden Globe (The Bad Seed) and an Emmy (Save Me A Place at Forest Lawn). She was recognized with a Margo Jones Medal in 2000 for her long championing of new plays, having appeared in almost thirty world premiere productions.

As a side note: March 11th is the 49th anniversary of the premiere of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, the first play by an African-American woman writer to be produced on Broadway.

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Larry Hamill Recent Photo Images

My friend Larry Hamill is an amazing photographer who shoots images all over the world and never ceases to amaze me. See for yourself. He sent us these recent pics, just a small sample of his huge collection of stock images, and asks that you visit his website: www.larryhamill.com to see more. Check it out. You will like it!
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Tom Radca & Brenda McMahon Pottery Weekend in North Ohio rustic studio/Barn

Nationally known artists Tom Raca and Brenda McMahon invite a select group of ceramic artists, ranging from polished and established to emerging and wanabees, to experience a unique weekend of intensive hands-on ceramic techniques, taught in a serenely beautiful section of Northern Ohio farmland surrounded by woods and rolling hills.

The instructions take place in the barn/studio, near the horse stalls, and the large walk-in kilns. Delicious informal meals, served throughout the weekend, generate stimulating conversations that inevitably create unique bonds of camaraderie among all participant

Please check out their websites and especially their blog: http://mcmahon-radca.blogspot.com/


-charlie

LARGE & L O O S E

Polished & Poetic

Throwing Large Platters & Saggar Firing

At the Studios of:

Tom Radca & Brenda McMahon

Port Washington, OH 43837.
740.498.4303 or 518.796.4207
www.TomRadca.com or www.Bluemoonclay.com
tom@tomradca.com or Brenda@BlueMoonClay.com

Throwing Large Platters & Saggar Firing Workshop

2 full days - demonstration & hands on firing intensive - $275

Date: May 17 & 18, 2008 (Sat & Sun) 10 – 5pm

Bring 1 – 3 small pots to include in the saggar firing.

This 2-day demonstration and firing intensive workshop is open to potters of all
skill levels from beginner to advanced. We will have 2 components to the weekend.

1. Throwing Large.
How much clay can you comfortably center at once? Is it 4lbs, 6lbs or 10lbs? Whatever you can comfortably center, Tom will teach you how to double and triple the amount of clay you can center and give you techniques on throwing that clay. Large and Loose is relative. If you throw 4 or 6lbs comfortably, learn to throw 12 in just one day. If you throw 12lbs comfortably, you’re ready to jump up to 24lbs. Tom regularly centers and throws 36lbs of clay, resulting is his dynamic 30” diameter platters. Throwing Large is for everyone – and we all know sometimes size does matter.

2. Polished & Poetic.
Brenda’s throwing, burnishing and saggar firing is about refinement and surface texture. Saggar firing is a contemporary pitfire process whereby Brenda uses natural materials, mineral salts and the chemistry of art and fire to create soft blushes on her burnished vessels. In this firing intensive section of the workshop, you will learn the philosophy and technique of saggar firing and how to build and fire a saggar kiln. Each participant is welcome to put 1 to 3 of his or her own pieces in the firing. Brenda gives throwing demonstrations, surface treatment, including burnishing & terra-sig as well as finishing techniques on the final saggar pieces. Please bring 1-3 small bisque fired pots to put in the saggar kiln.

Cost of the weekend is $275. Affordable housing options are available.
More info? 740.498.4303 or 518.796.4207
www.TomRadca.com or www.Bluemoonclay.com
tom@tomradca.com or Brenda@BlueMoonClay.com