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SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL POSTS!charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-24984658949459698662010-03-10T11:59:00.001-05:002010-03-10T12:00:49.913-05:00Bungalow Jazz presents George Delancy Quintet, a House Concert<div class="entry"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCMBO87PwtCluffjq5n2xc1qqv0aCEbEuFUIKfi9ShC48K4OFvSR1Vy5bWhmpVhZrXuEwHZBTQcbHyP4GAh7JgIXVwEQ0aau1XBElVOi2l96pJUTkFJEpP-vRjK5uUKUTqgC_/s1600-h/Becky-teaches-jazz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCMBO87PwtCluffjq5n2xc1qqv0aCEbEuFUIKfi9ShC48K4OFvSR1Vy5bWhmpVhZrXuEwHZBTQcbHyP4GAh7JgIXVwEQ0aau1XBElVOi2l96pJUTkFJEpP-vRjK5uUKUTqgC_/s320/Becky-teaches-jazz.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><b>Next Concert: George Delancey Quintet, Friday March 12th<br />
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Join Becky Ogden and a cozy crowd for <b>BUNGALOW JAZZ</b>, an occasional series of combo jazz performances in the intimacy and warmth of Becky’s unique East Columbus home.<br />
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Becky’s big old 1910 bungalow sits on an acre ravine lot on East Fifth Avenue (it’s a little hard to find: See the directions!) Deeply connected to Columbus’s jazz community, Becky has long opened her house for friendly musical gatherings. Since closing her <b>Columbus Music Hall</b>, she still sees the need for venues where musicians and their audiences can mingles. Hence, Bungalow Jazz, the casual “house concert” venue.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> The fabulous seven-foot Mason Hamlin piano sits in the living room, waiting for artists like <b>Mark Flugge</b> to bring out its warm and beautiful sound. After a post-jazz festival session, <b>Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson</b> said, “I LOVE this room!”<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The combined first-floor space seats about fifty people with overflow in the dining room (home to the English pub bar familiar to denizens of the Firehouse).<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Every event is <b>BYOB, with free snacks, desserts, soft drinks and coffee</b> furnished by your hostess. BYO goodies too, if you want to contribute to the munchies.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And by all means<b>, bring your own children</b>: The atmosphere is family-style and welcoming.<br />
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More info? Check out: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/f2281;www.bungalowjazz.com" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/l/<wbr></wbr>f2281;www.bungalowjazz.com</a> </div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-27458731059859969972010-03-03T15:46:00.003-05:002010-03-03T15:58:51.019-05:00CCAD now offers MFA gradutae degrees<h1 id="top"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rick Petry, Director of Graduate Programs at Columbus College of Arts and Design (CCAD), sugested that I pass this info on. -charlie</span></i></h1><h1 id="top">Master of Fine Arts</h1><h2>Program Overview</h2><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 200px;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>CCAD is now accepting applications for its inaugural graduate program, the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts: New Projects.<br />
Utilizing a structure rare in the United States, this exciting new program draws its inspiration from the way artists actually work. The <a href="http://www.ccad.edu/programs-of-study/master-of-fine-arts/mfa-overview#project">project-based</a>, multidisciplinary program is designed to develop not just candidates’ artistic skills, but also their skills in planning, communications, and leadership.<br />
For a complete overview of the program, download the <a href="http://www.ccad.edu/files/programs/mfa/mfa-guidebook-final.pdf" target="_blank">MFA Guidebook</a> pdf (1MB)<br />
<h3><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLqJifkQhlw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLqJifkQhlw</a> </h3><h3> </h3><h3>Cost</h3>Tuition costs for 2010/2011 is $24,864.charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-19577813126897418362010-02-19T17:03:00.001-05:002010-02-19T17:05:07.454-05:00Pictures at the Opening! Chris Steele Exhibits a Fabulous Collection of Antique Penny Scales<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 22pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My eccentric friend Chris Steele is an artist, designer, model maker, inventor of of odd contraptions, spin-art virtuoso, founder of Citizens for a Better Skyline (pioneering the first murals to appear in the Short North), photographer, ceramist, and accumulator of assorted weird stuff. I first met him in 1972 when we opened Benchworks, a fine crafts collective in German Village. He brought an enormous old penny scale he had rescued from the then recent demolition of old Central Station. I agreed to let him place it at the entrance of our store and he came around regularly to collect his coins. The many scales he has kept on collecting throughout these past 4 decades now make part of the largest private collections of these once ubiquitous marvelous objects, sought by museums, history buffs and collectors all over the world. Find out how you can see that amazing collection by reading below.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 22pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-charlie </span><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuOckdURMOtAnAyG_CxTfYrsB2lXr735wiJaxhmwBm37DCu721FOUKMIsxetZ5_k-bJyPHfrjbzlnArQyb9s0p2oAGknb40rvRhZPlNjJ5-CX-oKEezhwZoavqMhCyErhyjgt/s1600-h/-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuOckdURMOtAnAyG_CxTfYrsB2lXr735wiJaxhmwBm37DCu721FOUKMIsxetZ5_k-bJyPHfrjbzlnArQyb9s0p2oAGknb40rvRhZPlNjJ5-CX-oKEezhwZoavqMhCyErhyjgt/s320/-1.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 22pt;">The American Weigh: Christopher Steele Collection</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; font-size: 16pt;">The Ohio State University Urban Arts Space</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; font-size: 12pt;">50 W. Town St., Columbus, Ohio 43215</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Phone: 614-292-8861</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Show opens February 2 - closes March 7, 2010</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 19pt; line-height: 115%;">Reception: Friday February 26, 2010 5-7pm</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hours: Tuesday–Saturday: 11 am to 6 pm</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thursday: 11 am to 8pm</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro Bold";">Special Arnold Sports Festival Hours</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">Sunday March 7th 11am to 6pm</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">(Closest Arnold Shuttle Stop: #5)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro"; font-size: 12pt;">The American Weigh: Christopher Steele Collection</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">For a half century, Americans relied on penny scales to watch their weight.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">At their peak, over 10 billion pennies were dropped into these colorful machines annually.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">“The American Weigh” spotlights 50 different penny scales and spans</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro";">100 years of industrial design.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These functional, attractive scales were, at one time, as common as finding a wi-fi spot today. Who ever predicted they would become art pieces shown in galleries, museums or private collections?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCHwXbNQf-0QFbn9ddKoWWRh8JhBL8YBNPZprrTWnBL8948OjWY1eyHrWJEjiYgy2C1FGuaiVXhEdQBnoAYulL7Km0cQJcFTD6x6USmqxIhGsWS8UIVW8Vv0-cv5MFNzPoycs/s1600-h/ChrisTrina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCHwXbNQf-0QFbn9ddKoWWRh8JhBL8YBNPZprrTWnBL8948OjWY1eyHrWJEjiYgy2C1FGuaiVXhEdQBnoAYulL7Km0cQJcFTD6x6USmqxIhGsWS8UIVW8Vv0-cv5MFNzPoycs/s320/ChrisTrina.jpg" /></a></div>"Gotta love them scales!" Chris and Trina each hugging a favorite.</div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-8223068468867255892010-02-19T11:37:00.001-05:002010-02-19T11:37:57.088-05:00Ceramic Artists Tom Radca & Brenda McMahon updates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6VlFmBdfhBfLv7HnVj5FgCwh-4_NRsSmXFz9wC71vXi8XHZUEO45gPIV2hlZ946rrnhPL5YGxHuJXSwvphYiavk1v1xvjPhXS9yoLC4FFyM4Dr6V_x1P14pgUAWcEFlszUMX/s1600-h/TomBrendaic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6VlFmBdfhBfLv7HnVj5FgCwh-4_NRsSmXFz9wC71vXi8XHZUEO45gPIV2hlZ946rrnhPL5YGxHuJXSwvphYiavk1v1xvjPhXS9yoLC4FFyM4Dr6V_x1P14pgUAWcEFlszUMX/s320/TomBrendaic.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #466079; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">my friends Tom & Brenda are in Florida for the next few months, doing art shows, gallery openings and conducting ceramic (clay) workshops. Drop by for a visit or take a class! -charlie</span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #466079; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></b></span></span></div><span style="color: #466079; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Gallery Opening Reception This Friday.</b></span><span align="left" style="color: #668099; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b></span></span><span align="left" style="color: #668099; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span align="left" style="color: #668099; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">On Friday night, I will celebrate the Opening Reception of a month-long ceramic exhibit at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103063413933&s=334&e=001vcMUVrGCjSYLHEsJNc_bc1Y4O0vS9HqjpsRahep52iGMYWs3KTEaS4TyWlQAMGBoULN5Uh51g2XxfOCSlgF907z4zKZsb9OrVM3bLXrocTc-01yqHFnMNQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">St. Petersburg Clay Company</a> in Florida with Brenda McMahon. Our <span style="font-weight: bold;">Opening Reception begins on Friday, February 19th from 7pm - 9pm.</span> The show of platters, vessels & tiles runs from February 19 thru March 27th. <br />
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This exhibit is a preview of what you'll learn about if you sign up for our Southern Version of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103063413933&s=334&e=001vcMUVrGCjSZR-xp_6KCOhlPCgf96GrZ84CkyMca9vpbqtuc86EXQx29Qd-Zf2Hq4TuoeG3jEwGC3hN_IeapwXQIAtOHTp3Ds_HKbqLsKRxL8SFmVw_uEj43jiUk1BbbJ" shape="rect" target="_blank">"Large & Loose, Polished & Poetic"</a> at St. Pete Clay Company. There are still spaces available. Call <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103063413933&s=334&e=001vcMUVrGCjSYLHEsJNc_bc1Y4O0vS9HqjpsRahep52iGMYWs3KTEaS4TyWlQAMGBoULN5Uh51g2XxfOCSlgF907z4zKZsb9OrVM3bLXrocTc-01yqHFnMNQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">St. Pete Clay Company</a> at 727-896-CLAY for more information.<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This beautiful picture of Stan's house was shot with an iPhone again. The real story is: the white car in front right corner, barely visible, is the same car I had been hopelessly trying to move out of that parking spot. Gave up after trying for about one half hour and walked home. It looks calm but the white light is because the air being saturated with millions of the tiniest sow flakes that have been falling like that for hours. The weatherman promises no let up until morning. Our cars may not be able to move for days. Anyone out there with spare cross-country skis, snowhoes, or a snow cat? </div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-68551276527103148392010-02-14T21:48:00.001-05:002010-02-14T21:49:26.512-05:00Our Founders Were NOT Fundamentaists -<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4AjHhd__zyjXb_mzQDZ_0zVPMgnaANHJVJzmIIikXiuB6OYrduy4aogu1f2sxkIcSc_-6OD5NcEmxTGBHH_AovEZxv5rVQWcvsr9BM_L7BzCTtNM99ZnEmy3w8eSxxfV7t-F/s1600-h/HarveyPicclr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4AjHhd__zyjXb_mzQDZ_0zVPMgnaANHJVJzmIIikXiuB6OYrduy4aogu1f2sxkIcSc_-6OD5NcEmxTGBHH_AovEZxv5rVQWcvsr9BM_L7BzCTtNM99ZnEmy3w8eSxxfV7t-F/s200/HarveyPicclr.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 3px; text-align: left;">by <a href="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/user/harvey_wasserman" style="color: #0000aa; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Harvey Wasserman</a> | February 13, 2010 -</span></span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">This endless, ever-angry escalating assault on our Constitution by crusading theocrats could be obliterated with the effective incantation of two names: Benjamin Franklin, and Deganawidah.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">1) Actual Founder-Presidents #2 through #6 -- John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams -- were all freethinking Deists and Unitarians; what Christian precepts they embraced were moderate, tolerant and open-minded.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">2) Actual Founder-President #1, George Washington, became an Anglican as required for original military service under the British, and occasionally quoted scripture. But he vehemently opposed any church-state union. In a 1790 letter to the Jews of Truro, he wrote: The "Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistances, requires only that they who live under its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens." A 1796 treaty he signed says "the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." Washington rarely went to church and by some accounts refused last religious rites.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">7) Revolutionary America was filled with Christians whose commitment to toleration and diversity was completely adverse to the violent, racist, misogynist, anti-sex theocratic Puritans whose "City on the Hill" meant a totalitarian state. Inspirational preachers like Rhode Island's Roger Williams and religious groups like the Quakers envisioned a nation built on tolerance and love for all.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">8) The US was founded less on Judeo-Christian beliefs than on the Greco-Roman love for dialog and reason. There are no contemporary portraits of any Founder wearing a crucifix or church garb. But Washington was famously painted half-naked in the buff toga of the Roman Republic, which continues to inspire much of our official architecture.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">9) The great guerilla fighter (and furniture maker) Ethan Allen was an aggressive atheist; his beliefs were common among the farmers, sailors and artisans who were the backbone of Revolutionary America.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">10) America's most influential statesman, thinker, writer, agitator, publisher, citizen-scientist and proud liberal libertine was -- and remains -- Benjamin Franklin. He was at the heart of the Declaration, Constitution and Treaty of Paris ending the Revolution. The ultimate Enlightenment icon, Franklin's Deism embraced a pragmatic love of diversity. As early America's dominant publisher he, Paine and Jefferson printed the intellectual soul of the new nation.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">11) Franklin deeply admired the Ho-de-no-sau-nee (Iroquois) Confederacy of what's now upstate New York. Inspired by the legendary peacemaker Deganawidah, this democratic congress of five tribes had worked "better than the British Parliament" for more than two centuries. It gave us the model for our federal structure and the images of freedom and equality that inspired both the French and American Revolutions.</span><br />
<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">It's no accident today's fundamentalist crusaders and media bloviators (Rev. Limbaugh, St. Beck) seek to purge our children's texts of all native images except as they are being forceably converted or killed.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Hemings, Paine's attacks on the priesthood, Hamilton's bastardly philandering, the grassroots scorn for organized religion -- all would draw howls of righteous right-wing rage.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Which may be why theocratic fundamentalists are so desperate to sanitize and fictionalize what's real about our history.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">God forbid our children should know of American Christians who embraced the Sermon on the Mount and renounced the Book of Revelations...or natives who established democracy on American soil long before they saw the first European...or actual Founders who got drunk, high and laid on their way to writing the Constitution.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Faith-based tyranny is anti-American. So are dishonest textbooks. It's time to fight them both.</span><br />
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><i>HARVEY WASSERMAN'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES is at<a href="http://www.harveywasserman.com/" style="color: #0000aa; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.harveywasserman.com</a>, along with PASSIONS OF THE POTSMOKING PATRIOTS by "Thomas Paine." This article is written in honor of the spirit of Howard Zinn. </i></span></div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></span>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-54202444133264971802010-02-13T16:33:00.001-05:002010-02-13T16:35:15.588-05:00The House Jazz Series 2010! Sunday, Feb. 21's the next one...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhDLhjONbLkr_cnFkhXQAxA3TeOwzU_1S4S6fK8W5XrwBXmTMef25dYUyy6qHorOOeqOcjHP1AMdT7mNOpUrSRF4nSH-xix5LKhnjwKjJCnQfxqbGak8IHjHMm7DgOZOdfDz3/s1600-h/DP2record.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhDLhjONbLkr_cnFkhXQAxA3TeOwzU_1S4S6fK8W5XrwBXmTMef25dYUyy6qHorOOeqOcjHP1AMdT7mNOpUrSRF4nSH-xix5LKhnjwKjJCnQfxqbGak8IHjHMm7DgOZOdfDz3/s200/DP2record.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8b-d9aVrm21qyTn85MJlLekWCGzsL_qp2T4XfCeBJMkrkk4K6VMqu0Z0oPR6r6hTPbQalZ844gL4jkKWv6Xu5zbndc-culcREIdBsnlRA1SAVnxRqV3KmZGmQGKTxwYww6nU/s1600-h/DPHouseConcert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8b-d9aVrm21qyTn85MJlLekWCGzsL_qp2T4XfCeBJMkrkk4K6VMqu0Z0oPR6r6hTPbQalZ844gL4jkKWv6Xu5zbndc-culcREIdBsnlRA1SAVnxRqV3KmZGmQGKTxwYww6nU/s200/DPHouseConcert.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Greetings of the New Year from Annette and Dave! (Well, belated New Years' greetings, seeing that this is the middle of February!)</span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Hope this finds you all well!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We've missed everybody, since it's been a while (December 27) since the last House Jazz Series.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Lots of stuff happening - GREAT NEWS!!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">FIRST - The next House Jazz Series will be Sunday, February 21 from 5 PM - 9PM.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">DP on piano, Chris Berg on bass, Louis Tsamous on drums...</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Also, another e-mail notification will go out early next week with other confirmed House Jazz Series dates for 2010.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">SECOND (should be first!) - 2 NEW CD RELEASES!! Available by Feb. 19...</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">"THE HOUSE JAZZ CONCERT SERIES, VOLS. 1 AND 2" Check out the pics above.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">There was so much music recorded last year. Some was great, and some was not so great, but there was definitely lots of energy, creativity and enthusiasm in the performances, thanks to you and you and you and...</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">There will be more CD releases coming up later, too. Volumes 1 and 2 just barely scratch the surface of all the great music done!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">THIRD - Dave will be featured with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra in a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Feb. 24 thru the 28th at the Southern Theatre. Dave won't be doing the Ella (Carmen Bradford) or Louis (Byron Stripling) stuff - mostly people that sang with Louis like Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Perry Como. It's going to be lots of fun, so come on out! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">You can get more information at <a href="http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/" target="_blank">www.jazzartsgroup.org</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We hope to see you on Sunday, February 21st!!!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Annette and Dave</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">GENERAL INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The House Jazz Concert Series 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Music by the Dave Powers Trio plus an occasional special guest 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Light appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages provided.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Bring your own favorite favorite bottle of wine if you like.<br />
Minimum suggested donation $15.00</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">4320 Scenic Drive, Columbus, OH 43214 (across from Whetstone High School, next to the Park of Roses)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Rt. 315 to Henderson Road - go east towards High St. Turn south on Olentangy Blvd., take the first right at Overlook.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Overlook to Scenic. Left on Scenic. Plenty of parking in front...</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">We draw a great crowd of people and of course the music is awesome!<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Hope to see you Sunday for great music and great people!</span><br style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" /> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Annette & Dave</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-1866372190555356942010-02-12T11:12:00.001-05:002010-02-12T11:13:14.445-05:00FreePress Second Saturday SalonYou are invited to the:<br />
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Second Saturday Salon<br />
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February 13 - 6:30pm (until midnight)<br />
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The band Miller-Kelton will play "on the stairs" at 8pm. Hear and read about the origins of the Free Press in honor of our 40th anniversary year. Art, refreshments and progressive political networking. Meet new friends.<br />
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1021 E. Broad St., side door, parking in rear.<br />
253-2571, <a href="mailto:truth@freepress.org" target="_blank">truth@freepress.org</a></blockquote></blockquote>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-70117500059866792002010-02-08T16:58:00.001-05:002010-02-08T16:59:40.438-05:00A Recent iPhone Snowscape. Now, can we call off winter?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtHn6NAzVxe5cJ0TNDJaQoSdaRs2tptteTQ9PhGn2E_K4xjNLwbDCconXpHqURgBAL-ae0Ivjyz4Arqvt8X5Dwm1lI43yo1xOvgwUWfxjSUrLv0Nf_kwHHdJ26KLlTiZ4IBsU/s1600-h/BrydenWinterSunsetjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtHn6NAzVxe5cJ0TNDJaQoSdaRs2tptteTQ9PhGn2E_K4xjNLwbDCconXpHqURgBAL-ae0Ivjyz4Arqvt8X5Dwm1lI43yo1xOvgwUWfxjSUrLv0Nf_kwHHdJ26KLlTiZ4IBsU/s400/BrydenWinterSunsetjpg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The iPhone is just-so-always-there. Sometimes, the "bad" pictures turn out to be the best.charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-83751289484324420502010-02-06T18:15:00.001-05:002010-02-06T18:16:10.197-05:00MultiCordy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUoF6-ZGKnSlwttQ8mXwQ4xfMtlVqL4LPsV9DpXx7dNu8pNJ6V2sf6i80RcUFD_I2AbkKGbXVr5wheGFikz7UpxBsd48_g1U2MpGhps1i1JmNJc9r0isb7Ix3gL-OtgdxXZnm-/s1600-h/CordyKaleidoscope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUoF6-ZGKnSlwttQ8mXwQ4xfMtlVqL4LPsV9DpXx7dNu8pNJ6V2sf6i80RcUFD_I2AbkKGbXVr5wheGFikz7UpxBsd48_g1U2MpGhps1i1JmNJc9r0isb7Ix3gL-OtgdxXZnm-/s400/CordyKaleidoscope.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cordy's toy kaleidoscope hand-held in front of iPhone camera lens.</div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-55803384358349097242010-02-06T12:27:00.001-05:002010-02-06T12:29:47.785-05:00The Arts Upstairs "Art and Soul" exhibition<div><i>My good friends Alan and Lynn Fliegel, live in Phoenecia, NY, upstate in the mountains, 10 minutes from Woodstock. The area has long been a refuge for many artists who have traded the hussle of the big city for the calmer, mellower life style found here. The monthly art openings at The Art Upstairs have become an important part of the arts and social scene in that enchanted part of the world. It is now also a successful art venue featuring talented and varried artists. The concept is very simple. Any artist can bring on or more pieces for exhibit and pays a very moderate entry fee per piece. A part of each sale goes to maintain and keep the gallery open. This time of the year the mountains are beautiful and an art outing promises a terrific adventure. Go</i>! -charlie <br />
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The Arts Upstairs will host an Art lover's love-in in honor of Valentine's Day. The theme is heArt and Soul. Opening Saturday, February 20th at 6 PM, with a romantic array of goodies and emboldening thirst quenchers. The solo room featured artist is Verna D'Alto.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street, Phoenicia 845-688-2142 <a href="mailto:info@artsupstairs.com" target="_blank">info@artsupstairs.com</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>"Sky Dance" By Verna D'Alto</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="320" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=dee119e9e3&view=att&th=1269f27fa90b5192&attid=0.1.1&disp=emb&zw" width="400" /></span></div></div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-37070174438058647682010-02-05T10:27:00.001-05:002010-02-05T10:28:50.223-05:00Dancing at Lughnasa performed by Bread and Circus Theatre Company<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Bread & Circus Theatre’s Latest Production,</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Dancing at Lughnasa,</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> is All about Love, Family, and Memories</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></u></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL356hyphenhyphenMBVq9CxOCvbn_XK5WqSfek1KULwRp2kKyqsnWYXV-rZpB0qnIJAEMF5FxQ1d_9a7l2WyLpcCb4c9o3hzvG2t29UTKerygutRWyL4DPYsSzGtw7Bfa6KO5eYNiuXAMZ0/s1600-h/Dancing+at.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL356hyphenhyphenMBVq9CxOCvbn_XK5WqSfek1KULwRp2kKyqsnWYXV-rZpB0qnIJAEMF5FxQ1d_9a7l2WyLpcCb4c9o3hzvG2t29UTKerygutRWyL4DPYsSzGtw7Bfa6KO5eYNiuXAMZ0/s320/Dancing+at.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><u>February 5, 2010 Hilliard, Ohio</u></i> – Love and family, and the entanglements of the two, are the themes intertwined throughout the Bread and Circus Theatre Company (BCTCO) production of <i>Dancing at Lughnasa, </i>by Brian Friel, which will be performed Fridays and Saturdays, <b>February 12, 13, 19, </b>and <b>20 </b>at 8 p.m., and Sunday, <b>February 14</b>, at 2:30 p.m. at the Harmony Artistic Center, 3979 Parkway Lane, in Hilliard. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. <b>For reservations, call 614-470-4895, or visit <a href="http://www.bctco.org/" target="_blank">www.bctco.org</a>. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Cast</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Kate is played by <b>BRITT KLINE, </b>a veteran of numerous local productions, and recently seen on the BCTCO stage in last season’s <i>The Chalk Garden</i>. Playing Maggie is <b>KATHY HYLAND</b>, well known to Little Theatre Off Broadway audiences and artistic director of BCTCO’s Buckeye Youth Theatre. The roles of Agnes and Rose are being played by BCTCO newcomer <b>CARLA CARPENTER</b> and <b>JESSICA JONES</b>, last seen at BCTCO in <i>The Chalk Garden</i>. <b>CATHY RINELLA</b>, who last appeared with BCTCO in <i>Little Women</i>, plays Michael’s mother, Christina. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The men woven into the lives of the Mundy sisters are Father Jack, played by BCTCO veteran <b>PETE SWINGLE</b>, last seen in <i>Major Barbara</i>; Michael’s father, Gerry Evans, played by <b>SAM BLYTHE; </b>and, of course, <b>ALLEN TALISIN</b>, last seen at BCTCO in <i>Little Women</i>, who plays Michael himself, the young man whose memories bring this rich Irish tale to life.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Dancing at Lughnasa is directed by <b>JASON SPEICHER</b>, a BCTCO regular, who was last seen on stage in the season opener, <i>Right Ho, Jeeves.</i> Jason also directed BCTCO’s popular <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> and <i>Little Women.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHtucC01s1P0ZZEkeo0s8Fqg8A1Jq3xGZqhuv9h0gufMxozuKweAE7L07iepHSMc1HCzTmVFSPZHwsKPo3x6nJJobchE1904jmJWaz-UoY_OmaoFaZXctEfkmPYnhzZECmnmO/s1600-h/BillCohn1960sDispatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHtucC01s1P0ZZEkeo0s8Fqg8A1Jq3xGZqhuv9h0gufMxozuKweAE7L07iepHSMc1HCzTmVFSPZHwsKPo3x6nJJobchE1904jmJWaz-UoY_OmaoFaZXctEfkmPYnhzZECmnmO/s320/BillCohn1960sDispatch.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Love’s Many Faces”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When: Valentine’s Eve Sat. Feb. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">Where: Areopagitica Book Store 3510 N. High. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US">1 block N of North Broadway </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"> For more info, call bill 263-3851</span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Playing guitar and piano, Bill Cohen</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> will sing love songs from the past several decades. Songs made famous by folks like John Denver, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Garland, Jimmy Buffet, Tom Paxton, and Peter Paul and Mary.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Songs about all the things love can bring --- laughter, tears, joy, pain, betrayal, longing, and ecstasy.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Plus -- Fun and laughs with trivia questions about famous and infamous couples and love songs. AND light refreshments. AND a couple surprises.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It’s a FREE and informal concert. Bill will accept tips and forward them to the Central Ohio Folk Music Festival for its next annual event in May.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl7aBNrp6qw7m6CIS-RJk-UGXwgUHWPVm3dSFFHhExE7wpT7NunR4qU3fP3Kw5jBPl1ErUCCsbxj1J3oDrJRnWh1tY7coZtwyzMZSZ-uGauob7XUukqTVJxzk9MhIG0ETJDgu/s1600-h/2809_82650549497_762324497_2367125_1770360_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl7aBNrp6qw7m6CIS-RJk-UGXwgUHWPVm3dSFFHhExE7wpT7NunR4qU3fP3Kw5jBPl1ErUCCsbxj1J3oDrJRnWh1tY7coZtwyzMZSZ-uGauob7XUukqTVJxzk9MhIG0ETJDgu/s200/2809_82650549497_762324497_2367125_1770360_s.jpg" width="157" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9V31w2OQbLPLU6X9RB-mBjmiiSXGxFbbnu6gY9LcaZfUIxOlNoZxJCbEt0z9q6zOOFGsk9A3Mcjc-OR6CDIkwD2wmFzYGxWsl7ANXuQ4RIGz1nUznI53NVyniTD48TK1gTXb/s1600-h/Becky-teaches-jazz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9V31w2OQbLPLU6X9RB-mBjmiiSXGxFbbnu6gY9LcaZfUIxOlNoZxJCbEt0z9q6zOOFGsk9A3Mcjc-OR6CDIkwD2wmFzYGxWsl7ANXuQ4RIGz1nUznI53NVyniTD48TK1gTXb/s320/Becky-teaches-jazz.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mark Flugge and Becky Ogden </div><h2><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Becky's House Jazz concerts have become legendary. Her home is always open to jazz musicians and her tradition of organizing or inviting spontaneous music concerts, first at the former Columbus Music Hall which she owned, and lately at her own private home, (the bungalow) has led to this series of home concerts that previously featured Terry Waldo and will showcase some of Columbus most admired Jazz musicians. Becky is also the inventor and leader of Peanut Butter and Jazz, a series of concerts dedicated to young children with the direct intention of teaching them to love and become our next generation of fans of Jazz, America's most wonderful contribution to world culture. Check ou the info below</i></span>. -charlie</span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday, February 6, 8:00<br />
The Mark Flugge Trio<br />
Mark Flugge, piano, Dave DeWitt, bass, Dave Weinstock, drums<br />
Suggested donation: $20, $15 seniors, $5 students (cash/checks)<br />
Light snacks provided, BYOB and a snack to share is quite nice.<br />
For more information and directions check the new and in progress website - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/60b03;www.bungalowjazz.com" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/l/<wbr></wbr>60b03;www.bungalowjazz.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:msrebecca@sbcglobal.net">msrebecca@sbcglobal.net</a><br />
--------------------</span> </h2><h2><span style="font-size: small;">Details</span></h2><div class="entry"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>WHEN/ WHERE/ HOW MUCH</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b> Keep up with our NEWS page for the next scheduled concerts. Better yet, sign up for our email list on the <b>CONTACT </b>page, and we will keep you abreast of our upcoming events!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>BUNGALOW JAZZ </b>is located at 2539 East Fifth Avenue in Columbus, between the intersection of I-670 with Fifth Avenue, and North Cassady Avenue. But <b>access to the house is from</b> <b>Margaret Avenue.</b></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Driving East</b> on Fifth Avenue, turn right on Northview Avenue, the first right after I-670. The second right onto Margaret, and look for the U-shaped driveway on the right, opposite North Columbia Avenue. <b>From the West</b>, cross North Cassady and Northview will be the second left.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Coming <b>from the North</b>, cross Fifth Avenue on North Cassady and take the second right onto Margaret; <b>from the South</b>, Margaret is the second left after the railroad crossing. From North Cassady, you will cross North Dawson, then Northview, and then look for the Bungalow on the right, opposite North Columbia Avenue.<b><span style="white-space: pre;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;"><b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b></span></span></b></span></span></li>
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</ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Guests are asked to make a <b>$20 CASH donation </b>at the door for engagements with local musicians. <b>The entire door goes to the musicians</b>.</span><br />
<h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">RESERVATIONS</span></span></h3><span style="font-size: small;">There is <b>no reserved seating</b>, but <b>we will take your attendance reservation.</b> Reservations cannot be prepaid; we will be happy to take your <b>CASH</b> <b>donation</b> at the door. You can reserve on line, by clicking on our RESERVATIONS page, by email: msrebecca@sbcglobal.net, or by phone: 614-397-5540.</span></div></div></div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-41330384843204528702010-01-27T12:14:00.002-05:002010-01-30T12:17:14.198-05:00Comfest 2010 T shirt Design Competion is now Open!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6414Itio3oqeRHprSv1hckBurnXHvG0rWH9dGfHzfko0T-CBvGazWEEP9BDBQ_9Qo0Tjbx3Pa-Q4tAsLnZFFv_lqLn-X_FIFYfVnqyMXJapdzTw1KalrN1sLyoLGDNmlxAo_0/s1600-h/Confest+2010-Design+the+Shirt-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6414Itio3oqeRHprSv1hckBurnXHvG0rWH9dGfHzfko0T-CBvGazWEEP9BDBQ_9Qo0Tjbx3Pa-Q4tAsLnZFFv_lqLn-X_FIFYfVnqyMXJapdzTw1KalrN1sLyoLGDNmlxAo_0/s320/Confest+2010-Design+the+Shirt-1.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>ad by Paul Volker </b></span></i></div><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mark Fisher is a friend and a dedicated Comfest organizer who sent me the following info about the Annual Comfest Tshirt Contest. Owning one of these coveted shirts is a privilege reserved only for Comfest volunteers, and that is the only way to acquire such a T shirt because they are not sold to the general public! Fortunately volunteer opportunities are varried and plenty. We have openings for all kinds of volunteer slots. Most of you already know this, but this major festival is totally driven by volunteers. We get no corporate cash donations (by choice). All funds needed to organize this fabulous one-of-a-kind weekend event come for beer and drink sales and fees from streetfair vendors and community organizations.</b></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> The competition for winning this contest iis fierce, but the talent we have attracted in the past has been awesome. Winners will be in the company of some of Columbus' most amazing artists</b></span></i>. -charlie<br />
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<b>The 2010 Community Festival Tee-Shirt Design Contest</b> occurs <b>Wednesday, March 3 at 7:30 PM</b>.<br />
Bring design to <b>Goodle Park Shelterhouse</b>.<br />
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<b>Must have:</b> One-color logo (no gray scales), must include "June 25, 26.27, 2010", "Community Festival", "Goodale Park" and the Hopewell symbol which is on the poster.<br />
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<b>Suggested theme:</b> Inspired by Comfest's Statement of Principles which can be seen at <a href="http://comfest.com/">comfest.com</a>.<br />
Thanks again. <br />
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Below are the Hopewell symbol which must be (an important) part of your design entry. Also shown are some previous winning designs. Hope yours is next year's winner.<br />
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Hi Friends and Fans,<br />
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I will be performing as showcase artist with Bobby Floyd at the Lobby on Saturday February 20, 2010 from 5 - 9 p.m.<br />
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Hope to see you there.<br />
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Peace<br />
<span style="color: #888888;"> Debra</span>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-28820460645358249042010-01-13T13:17:00.000-05:002010-01-13T13:17:48.516-05:00Tom Raca & Brenda McMahon conduct throwing and firing workshops in Florida this winter.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">My good friends Tom and Brenda are on the road again doing a number of shows and workshops in various locations in Florida. Hope you get a chance to see them, if you're down there this time of the year. I sure hope I get to enjoy a few days of sunshine this winter. We will have to go for a trip.</span></i> -charlie<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNQAZcEKUQo9LOnegNY70hGuCnEfK5jJMNvmqEfaXbwssruNDXEQl1YUSM9-0WBGvn_dHQNSdpBiL1nhClQX9oH2U9DcEmvW3u_8TA_4fs48DsTf1z1NIku7" shape="rect" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Large & LOOSE, Polished & Poetic</a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> is going on the road this year. On February 27 & 28 we will hold our 2-day firing intensive and demonstration workshop in St. Petersburg, FL. </span><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNQ1jiAJgn_djdrbaIdbGxDaphIuIb-EGzQ7ljeiuQZLrWEwtkBCqj254VUqUE19fwLz-nctaRoxSVmWtZF2aJ-1Z9rXPDhIZ9PYgWpkDI51zw==" shape="rect" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">St. Pete Clay Company</a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> is hosting this workshop which will run from 10am - 5pm. Here's a </span><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNRIq-kfev-0Rt5t6SAYMJLmDoUgz_vLgKh_SM_S8k0Hmh37lcQiVrVdH9YgmzxkySE900FaPqU9KFRxJ-IqHG9CYAYJWDVpQajNZKnDI5AWGcWYF2PDQdKm" shape="rect" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">sneak peak</a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> of what you can expect.</span><br style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">During the weekend, I will teach participants how to increase the amount of clay they can throw and how to loosen up while doing it. </span><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNShsvwWPjWUk5fLdtR3o8cSfZBE-KV_9cX4PmRm5tABnPLkZOsilB9r-2fZJwWS4YV2Fm9IlORpvAExWCkTtbTphaGkAVnL7XRTw-l_5K7ywP8D_315tlrU" shape="rect" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">Brenda McMahon</a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> will open her 'toolbox of skills' and teach students everything they need to know about saggar firing. Bring 1 to 6 pots for the saggar firing. This workshop is open to students of all skill levels. The cost is $250. Call or email </span><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNQ1jiAJgn_djdrbaIdbGxDaphIuIb-EGzQ7ljeiuQZLrWEwtkBCqj254VUqUE19fwLz-nctaRoxSVmWtZF2aJ-1Z9rXPDhIZ9PYgWpkDI51zw==" shape="rect" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">St. Pete Clay Company</a> to register today! For a more complete description, <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNQAZcEKUQo9LOnegNY70hGuCnEfK5jJMNvmqEfaXbwssruNDXEQl1YUSM9-0WBGvn_dHQNSdpBiL1nhClQX9oH2U9DcEmvW3u_8TA_4fs48DsTf1z1NIku7" shape="rect" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">click here.</a></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #466079; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong> </strong></span><span align="left" style="color: #668099; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></strong></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=19698324" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNR_bazfqHorEjEFXJ5PTU8OR8q4EAAwpiowe-_tvv89XjRsPsuCVe82JBImAK96KVB8RFqE0yQp3WnQlKRZOwdzFWGGgd0-ec3ZSFqUHLgiig==" shape="rect" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"></a><span style="color: #466079; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Art Fairs in Florida & Texas</strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><br />
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I'll be at the <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNRIq-kfev-0RnzpFIo05LD9hNUdBENIyoBTDcvtRwrKTqSzOYB4IoMwHXrHVgKBHaTgvWbPtXiB4YP3OfXMpgELncny2PI5sSE1d-gbi16pfrOLCt6bzxJmicmwxbDm2DmQTLVyafV438tnyl4KxRFU9K6ibbehmViyuVq_RVunqi5oYTvteK7bBF60ApaZMXoCskMWOuLWe8-fCeX-4y-4GuUbe7XaoIPBW2XjSTf4Rg==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Delray Beach Festival of the Arts</a> on January 16 & 17 and from there I head a bit north to West Palm Beach's new <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102934884489&s=334&e=001BfGUDEiJdNTKqkYVweF4hP5P0wU6po9N1eJfmUhYd1MSvMtj8xCPC-A24mfNIrolO941Ket4zm6O6s3xvKNwji99X5DmlvPCLGJKs3TX2ulDm6W3t0bjbOVa-eaQXRzTZn_w3-UsyA1oV1hnKhkqEZkuP6anTlyjHwL_Bkev8LUSo-xrGULYIReHP2inJIRWZeaRU7Pngyrsi4SF7p_-iSM6iVnTfz5d" shape="rect" target="_blank">CityPlace Arts Festival</a> on January 23 & 24.</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #466079; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</div>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-77396716384631398992010-01-11T11:56:00.000-05:002010-01-11T11:56:23.947-05:00Staged Reading of Lost and BossedHappy new year! Please don't forget to put <b>Jan. 17th (3:00 p.m., Upper Arlington Library theatre in basemen</b>t) on your list for January. Although this event, which is free and open to the public, is entitled LOST WITH AND BOSSED BY KATHERINE BURKMAN, it is not just about KHB, but is about lostness and bossiness which we have all experienced. Produced, written, and presented as a staged reading by WILD WOMEN WRITING (Laura Zakin, Susie Gerald, Patricia Ake, Ann C. Hall, Katherine Burkman, Anne Marie Brethauer, Linda Katz, and Carole Dale), this roast of Burkman will be directed by. . . KHB Hope to see you there.<br />
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Questions: <a href="mailto:Halla@ohiodominican.edu" target="_blank">Halla@ohiodominican.edu</a>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-16570820802202471772010-01-11T11:48:00.001-05:002010-01-11T11:59:21.293-05:00The Arts Upstairs "Black and White" exhibition<div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">My artist friends from Phoenecia, NY (near Woodstock) are at it again. If you are in that part of the country, you need to check this out.</span></i> -charlie <br />
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</div><div>The Arts Upstairs "Black and White" exhibition opens on Saturday January 16 at 6 PM at 60 Main Street in Phoenicia. Featured solo room artist is <span style="font-size: 14px;">Eliezer Parrilla.</span><br />
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</div><div>The Arts Upstairs <a href="mailto:info@artsupstairs.com" target="_blank">info@artsupstairs.com</a> 845-688-2142<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";">Maggie's Magic Teapot</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";"> by Faye Parker is an Irish treat just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Maggie and her grandfather, Old Billy O'Morra, are about to lose their home to the heartless Shaemus O'Hoolihan. What he really wants is to force Maggie to be a servant girl to his daughter Kitty. But, fortunately for Maggie, there's a little leprechaun named Sean who can magically grow larger and smaller at will, and decides to help Old Billy and Maggie defeat Shaemus. Combines live actors, puppetry, song and dance in a “sure 'n 'begorrah” good time for all.</span><i><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";"></span></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Old Billy - 50-60 or up </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Batty old Beatrice - 60s and up </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Auntie- played by same actor as Shaemus </span><br />
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</div>Seaun Carney Blues band, with special guest Gene "King Saxe" Walker, played for an hour at the Peanut Butter and Jazz (PB&J) concert at the Lincoln Theatre earlier this morning. To the delight of all kids and parents present, the band played tunes including Oreo Cookie Blues and Chewing Gum Blues.<br />
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In the photo above, the group and audience digging the scene. Below that, Cordy, sitting next to her bubbe and obviously enjoying it, is a veteran of more than three years at these PB&J concerts, while Mira, very relaxed, sleeps on bubbe's lap. <br />
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Kids get treated to a peanut-butter sandwich, chocolate chip cookies and orange juice while they listen to some of Columbus' best blues and jazz musicians. This program, originated by Becky Ogden several years ago, brings kids and parents together for an activity all enjoy. The goal is to educate a younger audience to the rich heritage of Blues and Jazz. The place was packed to the gills. Kids and adults had a great time!<br />
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Next one is on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) Music starts at 11 sharp. Come early to get a a good seat and goodies.<br />
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More info at: <a href="http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/2009/10/2009-2010-pbj-jazz-series/%20">http://www.jazzartsgroup.org/2009/10/2009-2010-pbj-jazz-series/ </a>charbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-24359444764078726912010-01-08T18:43:00.000-05:002010-01-08T18:43:20.211-05:00MadLab, The Eleventh Annual Theatre Roulette AuditionsMadLab invited you to "The Eleventh Annual Theatre Roulette Auditions" on Saturday, January 23 at 3:00pm.<br />
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Event: The Eleventh Annual Theatre Roulette Auditions<br />
What: Audition<br />
Start Time: Saturday, January 23 at 3:00pm<br />
End Time: Saturday, January 23 at 6:00pm<br />
Where: MadLab Theatre and Gallery<br />
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The Facebook Teamcharbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429899125644655033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698324.post-36985398068078766752010-01-08T18:28:00.000-05:002010-01-08T18:28:56.199-05:00This Saturday - the Free Press Second Saturday Salon<div class="ii gt" id=":53"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Join us in celebrating the Free Press' 40th anniversary year<br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>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.<br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>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.<br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>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.<br />
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