Russian three-master towed in Hong Kong harbor

Picture was taken in Hong Kong Harbor about 8 years ago. A Russian Navy ship training cadets was being piloted by a small tug boat with the famous Hong Kong skyline in the background. It was a bit misty and foggy. Here are two views (altered somewhat with Photoshop magic)

Artist Studio and Gallery Tour in New York Mountains

The release comes from artist friends in the Catskills mountains in New York state. Couldn't think of a more pleasant way to spend a weekend then gallery hopping across mountain valleys in that setting! -charlie

Contact Dave Channon at 845-688-2977 or esopuscreek@earthlink.net or

Judith Singer at 845-688-9861 or jsinger@jsingerart.com

Shandaken Gift & Artist Studio Tour December 5 & 6

Still searching for that uniquely personal gift?  From trinkets to treasures, be sure to include the Shandaken Gift & Art Studio Tour on your December 5 and 6 shopping itinerary.  (Shandaken is home to Belleayre Mountain ski area and just down the road from Hunter.)  Pick up a free tour map at any of these shops and galleries: Tender Land Home, The Arts Upstairs, 60 Main, Cabane Studios, Nest Egg, Wren’s Nest, Threads of Time, Cher Laughlin Home Design, Skin Flower, and Mystery Spot in the hamlet of Phoenicia, Barneche and Hot Stuff Blown Glass on Route 214 in Chichester, Blue Barn on Route 28, or in Pine Hill at Cloudspinners and the Community Center.

The tour highlights colorful shops offering fine craftwork and art galleries in our town, and gives you the opportunity to visit the homes and studios of artists from Mt. Tremper to Belleayre. Unique jewelry, hand-painted clothing for children and adults, blown glass, lovingly restored furniture, distinctive Catskill Mountain lamps made from beautifully-grained split logs, one-of-a-kind home decor items such as pillows from antique textiles, books, offbeat memorabilia from the 50's and 60's, antiques and fine art are all right here in our quaint hamlets or up country roads.  Even give a gift of body art! Artists and craftspeople include Christie Scheele, Patricia Charnay, Dave Channon, Judith Singer, Anique Taylor, Andrea Cabane, Ralph Persons, Richard Treitner, Heiki Krebs, Rita Schwab, JeriLynn Babroff, Bennett Wine, Chip Gallagher, Lucy Lasky, Wendy Grossman, Sunday Dawne-Marie, Laura Levine and more.

Lunch or dine on brick-oven pizza or fine cuisine, explore byway views of mountains and rushing streams, enjoy the crisp invigorating air.  Enjoy a day in the country, and support our local economy by giving fine art and crafts made right here in New York.

Studio Sale in the Country by Tom Radca & Brenda McMahon

Tom Radca Ceramics

The Barn is Cleaned Up... for Our Studio Sale This Weekend! November 7 & 8, 2009:  10 - 6 2 Artists, One Huge Sale Tom Radca  Brenda McMahon 15216 Grove Road Port Washington, OH 43837 740.498.4303 Directions to Studio  20% - 50% off old & new work

TomRadca.com

Poet Louise Robertson at Wild Goose Creative

This note came from Steve Abott with The Poetry Forum - charlie 

 

Friends,

Louise Robertson of Rewriting Ovid has put together a great literary event, “Page Meets Stage,” and generously made me a part of it.

I’ll be reading with Logic, a wonderful performance poet from Michigan, on Sunday, November 15, at Wild Goose Creative, 2491 Summit Street, less than a block south of Hudson Street near Rumba Café (where The Poetry Forum meets on Mondays). There’s a $5 cover, and (I humbly suggest) the event is well worth your presence.

It’s at 8 PM, and Logic and I will be reading and responding to audience questions and observations about varying aspects of poetry aimed at the eye and the ear. I hope you can be there, and please pass this along. It should be a wonderful evening of sharing different but complementary aspects of poetry.

And please forgive me for any duplicate emails.

Regards,

Steve

Details about Beau Wiley Funeral

This info came from Deb aka Mizz Doo Dah -charlie

Doo Dah Parade  

Funeral arrangements for Beau Wylie have been made for Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory - SW Chapel, Grove City. 

More details are on Beau's page at http://www.doodahparade.com/id19.html

Robert E. Wylie 1951 - 2009 Visitation: Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory - SW Chapel 3393 Broadway Grove City, OH  43123       (614) 539-6166 Directions & Map Service: Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:00 PM Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory - SW Chapel 3393 Broadway Grove City, OH  43123       (614) 539-6166 Directions & Map Interment: Concord Cemetery Grove City, OH 43123 Robert Eugene Wylie, 58, of Columbus, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2009. Born to George and Lorna (Young) Wylie in Columbus, OH on July 20 1951, Bob was preceded in death by his father and daughter, Tanith Laura Wylie. Survivors include his mother, Lorna Wylie; sister, Toni (Alan) Niebes; niece, Allison (Matthew) Niebes-Davis; nephew, Ryan Alan Niebes; special friends, Diane and David Artz; cousins, aunts and many friends. Bob was beloved by the Short North Community and was a passionate supporter of the Doo-Dah Parade, Comfest and Old Town East Festival. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2009, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM at Newcomer Funeral Home, SW Chapel, 3393 Broadway, Grove City, OH with the Memorial Service at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Capital Area Humane Society, 3015 Scioto Darby Executive Court, Hilliard, OH 43026. http://www.newcomernet.com/obituaries/obituary.asp?src=value&obitid=36461

 

Beau Wiley October 31 2009 in Memoriam

 

Beau was a friend of many. Known by most as the always-eager-to-help volunteer at many (maybe all!) Comfest, Hot Times festivals and DooDah Parade.  Details will follow.

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner for Adam/Katie

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner for Adam/Katie

Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner for Adam/Katie

Grandpa and apple (flower) girls --Dinner at our house. Good food and good company--The front porch where it happens tomorrow. Hope it gets a bit warmer!

Adam and Katie Wedding - Sunday October 18

Lynn and I are happy to announce that my youngest son Adam Einhorn (at age 28 he's too old to be referred to as my baby son) is getting married to Katie Chio this Sunday and we are excited. They've known each other for over 8 years and have lived in the house they bought for the past 2 years. So it's not exactly a surprise. But itwill be a swell party. Friends and relatives are coming from all corners of the world to gather for the event. Katie's dad is flying in from China today.
Our best wishes and a hearty Mazel tov to them.
-charlie & Lynn

1960's Coffeehouse to benefit Food Pantries

Civil rights sit-ins.  Bell-bottoms. Anti-war marches.  Student Power.  Afros.  Mini-skirts.  Hippies.  Riots.  Space flights.   The generation gap.

Those hallmarks of the turbulent 1960’s will be rekindled Friday November 13 at this year’s annual “Spirit of the ‘60’s Coffeehouse”:

       Friday November 13    7:30 p.m.

King Avenue Methodist Church 
299 W. King at Neil in Columbus

The show begins at 7:30 p.m. in the church basement, but get there early for a good seat.

Bill Cohen will lead a candlelit, musical, year-by-year journey through the era, with live folksongs, “news reports” of sixties happenings, displays of anti-war buttons and posters, and far-out sixties fashions.

Bill will also challenge the audience with sixties trivia questions, and he’ll award prizes (with a 1960’s theme).

Proceeds from the suggested $10 donations will go to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.     Refreshments will be available at no extra charge.  Free parking is also available in the lots just South and West of the church.

The program is suitable for ADULTS and MATURE TEENS.

It’s the 24th year of sixties coffeehouses for Bill.  He’s performed the show more than a hundred times now at colleges, churches, synagogues, conferences, high schools, and middle schools across Ohio and beyond.

For more information, call Bill at (614) 263-3851.  Or go to www.spiritofthe1960s.com

The Arts Upstairs is 5 yeard old! Congrats!

The Art Upstairs, an art gallery operated by my good friends Alan and Lynn Fliegel is located in their tiny, bucolic little town of Phoenicia, a stone's throw away from nearby Wodstock, NY.  This most egalitarian gallery accepts works from anyone - no jury - for a minimal fee. The art stys up for one entire month. Proceeds from sales areshared between the artist and the gallery.Very cool. Check it out if you are in the neighborhood. -charlie

"Anniversary" at The Arts Upstairs

The Arts Upstairs gallery celebrates her 5th anniversary on Saturday, October 17 with a gala reception beginning at 6 PM. 

The group show theme is "Anniversary" and runs through November 14.  

Laura Katz is featured in the solo room. Katz explores wallpaper as a medium, creating visions of home, time, memories, dreams and nightmares.

All exhibiting artists: Please pick up your pieces and drop off new work on the weekend of October 10.

The Arts Upstairs   60 Main Street Phoenicia NY   phone: (845) 688-2142    website:  www.artsupstairs.com    email: info@artsupstairs.com

   

Chris Mohler Sculpts, October 23

Chris Mohler invites you to "Chris Mohler Sculpts" on Friday, October 23 at 5:00pm.

Event: Chris Mohler Sculpts
      "Yearly throwing-open of the doors!"
What: Exhibit
Start Time: Friday, October 23 at 5:00pm
End Time: Friday, October 23 at 10:00pm
Where: 600 N. Cassady Ave. Columbus Ohio Suite B

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=147822599783&mid=13499bdG22b258aaG2d2c219G7

HOT TIMES APPRECIATION PARTY

You are invited to the HOT TIMES APPRECIATION PARTY

Thurs., OCTOBER 8, 2009

6 - 9 PM

at The Bistro Firehouse (formerly Columbus Music Hall)

734 Oak St. - OAK & PARSONS

There is plenty of parking,

The event is a fun time to hang out with your fellow Volunteers and Sponsors, watch some slide shows and enjoy tasty pot luck treats.

Pop, water, beer and champagne and some food provided – Bring a dish to share if you can!

Questions email hottimesfestival@cs.com or lynn.stan@gmail.com - really urgent call Lynn 218-5613

Thanks to everyone – time to celebrate!

Free Piano/Song Concert with Bill Cohen

Please join me Saturday October 24^th at 7 p.m. as we welcome the new piano to the Areopagitica Book Store’s cozy “back room.”  That’s at 3510 N. High Street near Oakland Park. 

To celebrate its arrival, I’ll play and sing some classic (not classical) piano tunes.  So far, the eclectic song list includes tunes made famous by folks like the Eagles, Bette Midler, Harry Belafonte, Judy Garland, the Beatles, Dan Fogelberg, the Everly Brothers, and even Jiminy Cricket.

To keep the spotlight on the new piano, we’ll also play a bit of “piano trivia.”  Light refreshments will be served, and we’ll have a couple of surprises for you.  The evening will end by 9 p.m. so you can go out for that pizza you’ll probably be craving.

It’s a totally free concert, but we’ll have a tip jar out, in case you feel like contributing to what we think is a darn good cause: helping send my wife Randi to the Dominican Republic for 10 days of volunteering with the International Medical Alliance.  As she did last February, Randi will once again be serving as an interpreter, helping a team of volunteer doctors, nurses, and medical students as they provide rare medical care to impoverished Spanish-speaking villagers.

And, back to that new piano.  It’s a generous donation to the Columbus Folk Music Society from Ann Fisher and her family.  Now that they no longer need it, the piano will be available to accompany the growing myriad of special events at the book store.  They include poetry readings, the monthly Columbus Folk Music Society Coffeehouse, the regular Saturday night mini-concerts sponsored by book store owners Rebecca and Doug Rutledge, a newly-relocated Thursday night musical jam session, and even dramas and musicals put on by the new Columbus Civic Theater.

First things first, though.  See you Saturday October 24^th at 7 p.m., and we’ll see if those piano lessons my parents paid for 50 years ago were a waste of money or not.

Jeremy Seymour lecture - open to public at CCAD

This invitation to hear and meet two successful graphic artist  comes to us from my friend Nanette at CCAD  -charlie


Jeremy Seymour
Monday, October 05, 2009.
11:00 AM until 12:30 PM
Joseph V. Canzani Auditorium at 60 Cleveland Avenue
Free and open to the Public
*Please Note: Jeremy will review illustration portfolios from CCAD current students.

Lecture Title: 7 Second Stories
Jeremy Seymour is a senior animation director for Primal Screen in Atlanta, Georgia. Jeremy is a 1999 BFA Illustration alum of CCAD. Primal Screen is a multi-platform design agency with 14 years of successful design business and 5 years at Sundance Film Festival. Primal Screen distills a keen knowledge of brand essence, to view all that Primal Screen is capable of doing pull up their website at:  www.primalscreen.com and read about PBSKids and click on the Step Magazine article among lots of other things to see from Primal Screen.

Presented by CCAD’s Visual Communications Division
Sponsored in part by Skestos Endowment Fund for Visiting Artists & Lecturers
The Columbus, a Renaissance Hotel
Ohio Arts Council

Nanette Hayakawa
Academic Support/Admissions
Columbus College of Art & Design
107 North 9th Street
Columbus, OH  43215

Phone # (614) 222-6168 or (614) 224-9101
Fax Number (614) 222-4040

Charlie's Innerart Bits: THE Four Bitchin' Babes New CD, DIVA NATION, Now Available!

Charlie's Innerart Bits: THE Four Bitchin' Babes New CD, DIVA NATION, Now Available!

THE Four Bitchin' Babes New CD, DIVA NATION, Now Available!

 Full disclosure here: Sally Fingerett is my sister in law. So, she is also the local girl. I've met all three other Babes and I like 'em too. Fact: this is one bitchin" bunch of divas! (I couldn't help it) Each one is an individual creative seasoned performer. As a group, they soar. Look at their website for lots of info, including touring dates. If you can catch one of their shows, (hurry, they tend to sell out) go for it. It's fun, humorous, musical, innovative, witty and adult. -charlie

www.FourBitchinBabes.com

Hello all,

THE BABES NEW CD, "DIVA NATION," IS FINALLY HERE!!! TO ORDER YOUR COPY, HOT OFF THE PRESSES, GO TO www.cdbaby.com/cd/fourbitchin8!!

Enjoying the success of their 2006 recording, Hormonal Imbalance ...A Mood Swinging Musical Revue, Babe members Sally Fingerett, Debi Smith, Nancy Moran and Deirdre Flint have once again gone into the recording studio. Armed with a slew of new songs -- along with M & M s, Twizzlers, Chick Filets, and Chardonnay -- they let loose their whimsical, hip and sophisticated girl group harmonies, creating a new project sure to entertain their Babe and Man-Babe fans alike.

Now, as they approach twenty years of concert touring, The Babes are proud to announce the release of their eighth CD entitled, Diva Nation...Where Music, Laughter and Girlfriends Reign!

Producers Sally Fingerett and Debi Smith of Hem and Haw Productions returned to the home of many Bitchin' Babes' projects, Amerisound Studios in Columbus, OH, to work with veteran engineer Dan Green. Possessing a fine appreciation for their signature humor, social observations and poignant ballads, Dan helped create the backdrop to display the Babes' artistry.

Starting with the welcoming anthem, Babesland, each Babe takes a turn in the spotlight, offering up her take on life in "the Nation." From Nancy's sigh of relief in Elastic Waistbands, Sally's demand for Chocolate, Debi's salute to purses in Arm Candy, to Deirdre's emotional need for New Shoes (and her inner guy's need for New Tools, these award-winning songwriters know of what they sing! With musical shout-outs to hardworking gal pals doing the best they can in American Women, Long Lonesome Road and The Happy Song, the Babes also celebrate the soft, The Introvert Song, the demure, (No Such Things As) Girls Like That, the mother/daughter connection These Are The Things, and the hysterical, Viva La Diva.

The Four Bitchin' Babes began in 1990, as the brainchild of folk goddess Christine Lavin, who "just wanted to get together four girlfriends to tour." As cast membership changed and evolved, each incarnation has enjoyed a synergistic and magical chemistry. Their wildly funny, entertaining originality and stellar harmonies have become the hallmark of the Four Bitchin' Babes' music.

On this, their latest CD, The Babes continue that tradition as they take you on a royally hilarious journey to a place where chocolate is a vegetable, wine is in the food pyramid, and shopping for shoes medicinal. Welcome to DIVA NATION, where all songs are sung with pride, attitude and terrific accessories!

“How can funny sound this pretty?” ~Boston Globe

“Together they tell humorously observant tales of modern urban life, and harmonize like a heavenly chorus.” ~Chicago Tribune

“The BABES stir the heart as well as the funny bone” ~Billboard

All the best to you from your Babes,
Sally, Debi, Deirdre, and Nancy

www.FourBitchinBabes.com

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Soul of Pierce, a Play about famous Columbus Artist Elijah Pierce

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Soul of Pierce, a Play about famous Columbus Artist Elijah Pierce

Soul of Pierce, a Play about famous Columbus Artist Elijah Pierce

CATCO Presents “Plays in Process”

Join us for a free public program about Elijah Pierce, internationally acclaimed artist, and a special look at the creative process 

of 

Pierce to the Soul

Monday, October 5 @ 6 pm

at Central Community House (CCH) 

- hosted by TRANSIT ARTS 

1150 East Main Street, Columbus OH  43205 

614.252.3157 ext. 128

This special workshop on Pierce to the Soul will include a reading from the play, followed by a public discussion and question/answer session with the playwright, director and dramaturge.

Pierce to the Soul is a one-person play about the life of Columbus folk-artist Elijah Pierce, who was a prominent member of our community for more than half a century.  
Mr. Pierce, a barber by trade, achieved international fame for his wood carvings when he was in his eighties.  Many of his works are part of the collection of the Columbus Museum of Art.

Written by Columbus playwright Chiquita Mullins Lee, Pierce to the Soul features Dayton actor Alan Bomar Jones in the role of Mr. Pierce.  
Jones has previously been seen at CATCO in A Piano Lesson, The Exonerated, The Shorts Festival 2004 and A Soldier’s Play.


Pierce to the Soul will receive its world premiere at CATCO on April 7 -- 25, 2010.  Artistic Director Geoffrey Nelson will direct, with OSU History Professor William Childs serving as dramaturge.

Columbus Womens Chorus 2009-10 Season

Hi Charlie, I thought you might want to put the Columbus Women's Chorus fall concert on your calendar. I'm starting my 8th year in the chorus, but it was founded 20 years ago. A lot of things happened in 1989, but this was a good one!We're having a Birthday Reunion, and have invited our former directors to conduct once again. (from Babbette Gorman)

20th birthday concert

Join us for our 20^th birthday celebration.  Guests include former directors Patti O’Toole, Jan Zeiger, Patty Daniels, and Naomi Weinert, in a program of CWC repertoire favorites, old and new.
Sunday November 22, 2009
Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E Broad Street, Columbus
4:00 pm    Tickets

Donate to CWC’s 20th birthday celebration

Spring program

Saturday May 8, 2010
Sunday May 9, 2010

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Eliminating Self Criticism by Allen Ross now available

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Eliminating Self Criticism by Allen Ross now available

Eliminating Self Criticism by Allen Ross now available

To order this book from Amazon.com,  click HERE
$14.95 (currently discounted to $11.21)

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Freepress invites us to see two movies

Charlie's Innerart Bits: Freepress invites us to see two movies

Freepress invites us to see two movies

This release by our friends at Columbus Free Press - charlie

September 21 at 7pm
The Age of Stupid

A frightening jeremiad about the effects of climate change.
We will have a half hour discussion panel before the film starts with Bob Fitakts of the Free Press and Deborah Steele field organizer for Greenpeace on how we can better address climate change here in Central Ohio. This is an opportunity for us to show our leaders people in Ohio care about climate change and what Obama to be a leader. We are asking people who attend this event to wear their Obama T shirts as a sign that "'I voted for you, climate change is important to me." Regular ticket price.
Worthington at the Crosswoods Theater - 270 and High St., 200 Hutchinson Avenue

September 22 at 7:30pm
Free Press free movie - "Children of Armageddon"

A moving and disturbing portrait of the legacy of the nuclear arms race in Japan, the Marshall Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand and the planet. With contributions from world-renowned experts Noam Chomsky, Hans Blix, Arjun Makhijani, Douglas Roche and many others.

Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley

Sponsored by the Free Press, Central Ohio Green Education Fund and the Film Council of Greater Columbus
truth@freepress.org

Tom Radca/Brenda McMahon Pottery Workshop

My friends ceramic artists Tom and Brenda invite folks to a fabulous, all day workshop  at their wonderful, bucolic farm/studio in North eastern Ohio. -charlie
 

 

October Workshop Set

Spaces still available...


 On October 24 & 25th, Brenda McMahon and I will hold our 3rd annual Autumn Large & Loose, Polished & Poetic ceramic workshop here in Port Washington Ohio.  We still have spaces available for this exciting and dynamic event.


  During this 2-day intensive workshop I will demonstrate how to increase the amount of clay you can throw and I'll share my 'loosening up' techniques for those of you who want to break out of your old patterns.  Brenda McMahon will teach you the ABC's of saggar firing, from how to load the kiln to materials needed to build your own saggar kiln.  Bring 3 to 6 small pots to put in the saggar firing.


  See my website for a description of the Saturday & Sunday event.  If you'd like to sign up, fill out our registration form and mail it to us with a deposit.  The workshop cost is $295, this includes breakfast & lunch both days.  Affordable housing options are available upon request. Of course if you have any questions, feel free to email me or call 740.498.4303.  Here's a look at my video on youtube.

Pics from Hot Times 2009

My camera was bad and ate up most of my pics I shot at Hot times this past weekend. But these few pics I managed to save were shot on stage on Friday evening and are pretty good, in my opinion.

Images include Shaun Booker, Arnett Howard, A sax player with Arnett's band, Derek singing with AARM band, and Ro-z Mendelson of the Mendelsonics.

For more info, check out hottimesfestival.com

Columbus Childrens Parade - Saturday, September 12, 11:30am

 The Annual Parade kicks off at the old Central Comunity House lot on E. Bryden Rd and ends up on the grounds of Hot times Festival. Music, entertainment, snacks and surprises are awarded to all kids who participate (parents are allowed to walk with their children.)

The Childrens Parade is part of the yearly Hot Times festival, September 11 -13.
Details? Go to:

 columbuschildrensparade.com

or: hottimesfestival.com

Ceramic artist Tom Radca "Paints with Fire"

Watch this amazing youtube video of Tom creating one of his signature giant plates, literally painted with a flaming hot torch while the plate is cooking in a kiln. The process is fascinating, the result is awesome.

Survival of the Boulevard Singer, a Premiere

Survival 0f the Boulevard Singer
Written and performed by
Debra James Tucker
September 18, 19, 8pm
Redeemer Lutheran Church
1555 S. James Rd. 

A message from the author...

"I made this work because I want to engage the religious community—the black religious community in particular, in a dialogue about homophobia in the church.

At first, I thought of this work as the story of my best friend, my brother, a black gay man, deeply committed to the church and his journey and struggles in a world that did not fully see or accept him. As I got deeper into the process, I became aware that this is essentially my story, and indeed the story of all of us who search for place and meaning and community in the world.

The form of the piece is a collection of “moment points” similar to those used in tectonic theatre. In conjunction with original music, I deliberately use traditional black church songs and sermon cadences with an eye toward having them heard and understood in a non-traditional way.

It is a story of sorrow. It is also a story of hope, redemption and resurrection."

-Debra James Tucker

The Riverfront Art Festival - September 18-20

-from Jay Snyder

 

 

The Riverfront Art Festival is one of the last festivals in the Columbus festival season, but certainly not the least. Since its debut in 2006 (when it was in Goodale Park) the show doubled the number of artists, grown to three days, and developed to include a full schedule of entertainment featuring incredible offerings in jazz, blues, folk, world music, and even Opera -this year Opera Columbus performs excerpts from Puccini's "La Boheme" in English on Saturday night. Nearly 150 artists in every medium from fine oil paintings and sculpture to affordable functional pottery and wearable art are on hand to sell and explain their work. This year the festival will be held September 18-20. Admission is free. 

Nearly 150 artists will exhibit this year, featuring everything from contemporary oil paintings and sculpture to functional pottery and wearable items. “The great thing about anything you take home from the festival is that it is handmade and one of a kind, and really expresses who you are. Plus, having met the artist who created it, you develop a real understanding of where it came from, in a way you never otherwise could - even in a gallery setting,” says Snyder.

The free admission festival also features a full entertainment schedule. Friday features an evening of jazz from Shaun Booker and Sabrina Tutstone. On Saturday, Opera Columbus performs with WaterFire for its final burn of 2009. The amphitheater will also feature local and regional musical acts throughout the weekend, and COSI will be at the festival offering a scientific view of creativity for the kids.

The Riverfront Art Festival will open September 18, 2009 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.; It reopens Saturday, September 19 from 12:00 to 10:00 p.m.; and Sunday, September 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  For more directions, artist list, and musical schedule log on to  HYPERLINK "http://www.riverfrontartfestival.com" www.riverfrontartfestival.com


 

Curtis Goldstein exhibits paintings at OSU Faculty Club Gallery

Curtis Goldstein Painting of familiar local sites, in a somewhat different light.

Images are painted in shellac or acrylic on wood.

Ghost of Wonderbread

Drexel at Dusk

The Goody Boy in the late afternoon

Exhibit runs September 29 through October 23, 2009. Artist reception: October 2, 6:30 -8:30pm.
The facukty club islocated on the OSU campus. For info contact: 614 688 8578  or send email to: barbosufc@juno.com

ACE Gallery celebrates 30 year with anniversary show

I have fond memories of attending many an opening at the Short North Gallery in the mid to late 80s, when I was the arts writer for Columbus Alive! As the arts reporter, I made it a point to meet as many current artist as I could, and many of those showing at ACE have become good friends. For some good art with a sprinkle of nostalgia, go check this out! -charlie

Photographer Kojo Kamau send us this reminder about ACE Gallery's 30th anniversary show. Details:

ACE (Art for Community Expression)
August 25 - September 25, 2009
Opening reception: September 3, 2009, 5 - 7 pm
Fort Hayes Shot Tower Galler
54 Jack Gibbs Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215
M-F 9am-4pm

Current Ragazine C.C. features former Columbus photographer D.R.Goff

In the current issue of Ragazine, my old pal photographer D.R. Goff, former Columbus resident, describes how he (sort of) missed Woodstock in:

"My Road To Not Being at Woodstock"

by D.R. Goff

Incidentally, I also missed Woodstock (sort of) as I was picking apples and pears on a kibbutz at that time. Funny thing I remember most was how, just a few days earlier, all these kibbutzniks stopped me to congratulate me because they knew my nationality and another (much more famous) American had just walked on the moon.

I had my own near-Woodstock experiences while attending the Atlanta Pop Festival in the following year, when I was back in the States. That was the absolute last of those mega festivals. It was bound to collapse of its own weight. Well over one half million people attended. I have some old photos of those days that I am saving for a near feature.-charlie

I DON'T THINK SO: LIFE'S STAGES extends run

The 1:00 p.m. performance of I DON'T THINK SO: LIFE'S STAGES on Aug. 30th at the Sanctuary for the Arts is sold out. We are happy to report that we are adding a performance at 4:30. on the same date. Please read the attachment for how to get tickers and how to get to Sunbury and the beautiful space. Thanks, Katherine

I DON’T THINK SO: Life’s Stages
Sunday, August 30
at 1:00pm
In collaboration with Wild Women Writing (Susie Gerald, Carole Dale, Anne Brethauer, Patricia Ake, Laura Zakin, Ann C. Hall, and Katherine Burkman), Sanctuary for The Arts (SydneySchardt) invites you for a delightful afternoon to enjoy a play, refreshments, strolling the grounds.


The play consists of 15 monologues and each character, rebels all, at some point says, “I don’t think so.” The “Life’s Stages” include ages 10 to 72 in staged readings of monologues and will be performed by Haley Hawk, Emily Bach, Heather Caldwel, David Fawcett, Heather Carvel, and Katherine Burkman, who will also direct.


Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors (55+) and students. For a reservation please send your check to Sanctuary for The Arts, 8641 Porter Central Rd, Sunbury, Ohio, 43074. Map and directions are available on www.Sanctuary-for-The-Arts.com.
Seating is limited. Please contact Katherine Burkman (Burkman.2@osu.edu) to assure availability and add your name to the reservation list before mailing a check.


Sanctuary for the Arts… a Center for Creativity… surrounded by the sounds of bird songs and
waterfalls where adults have a chance to relax and hear the inner artist above
the daily din. Re-awaken through a creativity class or a self-designed Walk.
Gather with other artists – emerging, mid-career, professional – and make
artistic wonders!