(Un)Official Doo Dah Parade Less-Than-Grand Marshall named

It's UnOfficially, official.
The 23rd Annual Doo Dah Parade Less-Than-Grand Marshal has been named!
(without too much arm twisting)
Congratulations & Salutations to Karen Kasler of the State House News Bureau!

Check Karen out at: http://statenews.org/employee_page.cfm?employeeID=21

Doo Dah Parade
July 4th, 2006 (Rain Date: July 3rd)
1:00 p.m. ~ Line-up @ noon
No Entry Fee! Just show up!

www.DooDahParade.com
www.DooDahParade.org
www.DooDahParade.net

Lindsay & Sherrie galleries hold a cooperative opening reception

LINDSAY GALLERY
& SHERRIE GALLERIE

Two Short North Galleries join into a Cooperative Opening
Champagne reception: Sunday, May 20, 2006, 5 -8 pm

Morris Jackson, works on paper in ink and colored pencil
at Lindsay Gallery
960 N High Street, Columbus, OH
614 291 1973
www.lindsaygallery.com

Janis Mars Wunderlich, "Family Matters", ceramic sculptures
at Sherrie Gallerie
937 N High Street
614 298 8580
email: SherrieGallerie@sbcglobal.net

Altered States of Reality Photography Exhibit at Riffe Gallery

The Ohio Art Council's Riffe Gallery is exploring altered states of reality with its latest exhibition opening May 11 and on view through July 9. Altered States will feature more than 100 works of photographic art by 12 artists from Ohio and Kentucky.

Produced by the Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, Altered States is co-curated by Dennis Harrington, director of the Weston Art Gallery, and Dennis Kiel, associate curator of prints, drawings and photographs for the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Participating artists include: Barry Andersen and Diane Kruer (Ft. Thomas, KY); Barbara Houghton (Alexandria, KY); Kimberly Burleigh, Jymi Bolden, Diana Duncan Holmes, Cal Kowal, Guennadi Maslov, Nancy Rexroth and David Rosenthal (Cincinnati); Shawn Scully (Columbus); and Joel Whitaker (Dayton).

Altered States opens May 11 with a reception from 5- 7 p.m. Gallery admission and events are free and open to the public.
The Riffe Gallery is located on the first floor of the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, on the corner of State and High streets, downtown Columbus, Ohio.

For more information, visit www.riffegallery.org, e-mail riffegallery@oac.state.oh.us or phone 614/644-9624.

Schedule a group tour with Gallery Director Mary Gray at mary.gray@oac.state.oh.us or 614/728-2239.

Image seen here: Sheep and Standing Stone, Avebury England 2002, digital pigment print, 16" x 20" artist: Barry Andersen High resolution images are available upon request. Contact Lacey Luce at lacey.luce@oac.state.oh.us or 614/387-5670.

Circleville celebrates Ted Lewis Music Festival

2006 TED LEWIS MUSIC FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CIRCLEVILLE’S FAVORITE SON

On Sunday, May 21, Ted Lewis Park will be filled with music fans to celebrate the music and the memory of Circleville’s "Favorite Son", Ted Lewis. The Ted Lewis Music Festival will honor the bandleader, musician, vaudeville icon and film star, whose trademark battered top hat and familiar, "Is everybody happy?" captivated audiences all over the world. Festivities will begin at 12:00 p.m. and will last until approximately 5:00 p.m. The musical entertainment will feature a number of outstanding professional jazz groups, including The West End Jazz Band from Chicago, Dwight Lenox, and Andre Keller and the Sounds of Dixie. The Everts Middle School 7th Grade Choir and The Westfall High School Jazz Band will also perform, providing a link between the veteran jazz players and the young student musicians who are just now learning of the wide-ranging influence of Ted Lewis.

The Ted Lewis Museum will be offering special souvenir items for sale, including a Ted Lewis Music Festival T-Shirt, as well as top hats. Food concessions will be handled by the Pickaway Shrine Club. “We Be Clowns” will also be on hand to entertain young and old between the hours of 12:30 and 2:30 pm.

The Ted Lewis Music Festival will be held at Ted Lewis Park on North Court Street in Circleville. Admission is free and the event will be held rain or shine in the middle of the park. Picnic tables will be provided for seating, but music fans can bring lawn chairs and blankets if they wish.

For more information, contact the Ted Lewis Museum at (740) 477-3630, Charlie Jackson at 1-740-412-5281, or visit www.pickaway.com on the internet.

Micreant Productions InFlux includes play directed by Aaron Einhorn

This note was sent by my son, Aaron Einhorn, who debuts as director of "Alone Tgether", presented as one of two plays in Miscreant Productionos' InFlux, part of the 2006 Columbus Fringe Festival.

Aaron Einhorn is an actor, director, and stage combat specialist who performs regularly along with Jonn Baca in The Blade Brothers, an act they present at Rennaissance festivals, schools, and other venues. Daughter Cordi gives Ramirez (Aaron) a big hug at the Ohio State Rennnaissance festival this past weekend of May 6. For more info: http://www.bladebrothers.com


Hey guys,

Time draws close and I thought a subtle reminder might be in order.

This Thursday, May 11th, Alone Together will get it's non-Oxford debut as a part of the Columbus Fringe Festival.

That's right. Miscreant Productions is putting on In Flux, a night of one-acts about, well, life. Alone Together is going to be Act II of the evening.

For those of you who are saying "huh?" Alone Together was written by this amazing author named Ted Brengle. Some of you might have heard of him, though he is a bit of a recluse. It stars Columbus area actors Trygve Hoff and Jill Hartley. It also happens to be directed by some guy named Aaron Einhorn. I don't think he's ever directed anything before, so this could be a gamble.

In Flux will be performed Thursday-Saturday the 11th-13th and 18th-20th of this month at the Short Stop Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. Showtime is at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $10 for students. There is also a reduced rate if you get a "Fringe Pass" to multiple shows that are a part of the Fringe Festival.

More information, including directions to the Short Stop and how to order tickets online can be found at: http://www.columbusfringefestival.com

Upper Arlington Cultural Division presents: Chalk on the Wak; and the Pump House Guys

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 1, 2006
Contact: Emily Cable, Arts Coordinator
Phone: 614-583-5311
Email: ecable@uaoh.net


“Chalk on the Walk” at Spring Fling

(Upper Arlington, OH) – Join Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division for “Chalk on the Walk” in Thompson Park on Saturday May 13. As part of the Parks & Recreation Department’s Spring Fling event, Chalk on the Walk provides a chance to get creative while enjoying picturesque Thompson Park as part of an afternoon of fun family activities.

Sponsored by Larson’s Toys and Games, Chalk on the Walk begins at 11:30 a.m., when all participants grab colorful chalk for artistic creations on the Thompson Park walkway between the baseball diamond fences, just south of the North Shelter. Initially artist Michael Kaiser and Jones Middle School students will mark the walkway with chalk, creating images reflective of park memories. At 1:30 p.m. all participants finish these creations, in preparation for public enjoyment and a jurying process by Cultural Arts Commissioners. Awards will be presented to participants who creatively capture their favorite park memory.

Chalk on the Walk is one of many activities within the Spring Fling. The day includes “Touch a Truck” activities, a visit by “Turtle Lady,” the Focus on Fitness May Mile fun walk and run, inflatables, children’s activities, refreshments and more. Spring Fling events are scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout Thompson Park. Join us in marking the sidewalk with chalk. Please visit the Cultural Arts Division web section at www.ua-ohio.net, under Parks, Recreation and Leisure or call 614-583-5310.

ARTS IN WORK SPACES: Pump House Guys at Caspian II

(Upper Arlington, OH) – The Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division is pleased to announce The Pump House Guys, the latest artwork on view through a creative art partnership program with Upper Arlington businesses entitled Arts in Work Spaces. The Pump House Guys exhibit of representational landscapes and cityscapes is on view through the end of June at the Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus, located at the Caspian II building, 3518 Riverside Drive.

The Caspian II exhibit includes the paintings of five artists-Ned Moore, Fritz Hoffman, Charles Rowland, Don Dodrill and James Devore-using the name the Pump House Guys to describe their art collective. The Pump House Guys are all from diverse art backgrounds including art educators, illustrators, designers and even an engineer turned painter. The group meets monthly for lunch to socialize, and discuss various topics of interest, share information on current projects, with critiquing often thrown in. In 2001, the group had an exhibit at the historical Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe, Ohio. Soon after, Charles Rowland was asked to curate an exhibit of the group’s work at the High Road Gallery and it was during this exhibit that the group began using the name.

A long-range goal of the Cultural Arts Commission is to increase the accessibility of the arts for the community. In recent years the Commission has worked to create an art program that shares art with UA businesses. An art-lending program, Arts in Work Spaces gives artists another opportunity for displaying their work, increasing the visibility of the Cultural Arts Commission with the City of UA, and fostering an appreciation for the arts among businesses and their clients.

The Arts in Work Spaces program connects business and art establishing a creative partnership. Please visit 3518 Riverside Drive to view the artwork. For more information about participating in the Arts in Work Spaces program and/or purchasing art contact the Cultural Arts Division. Please visit the Cultural Arts Division web section at www.ua-ohio.net, under Parks, Recreation and Leisure or call 614-583-5310.

Columbus jazz greats featured with Lancaster Chorale

Lancaster Chorale

Southern Theatre 21 East Main Street, Columbus

Sunday, May 7, 2006 4:00 PM

In a true ‘celebration’ of their musical diversity, Lancaster Chorale revisits highlights of their 20 seasons! Opening with ‘Songs of Faith’, Chorale visits liturgical music selections from Byzantium through contemporary, all performed a cappella, and continues in a tribute to spring with special guests, Lancaster-Fairfield Youth Choir.

‘Songs of Love’ features Chorale with jazz legends, Jeanette Williams and Dave Powers, and in a showcase of music from the British Isles, the singers are joined by the fabulous Celtic band, Yankee Celtic Consort!

Concluding the afternoon is the Robert Page creation, ‘Sherman: Forced to War’, with William Tecumseh Sherman portrayed by actor, Mark Mann. This epic work combines narrative taken from the letters of Sherman, with ten of the most remembered songs of the Civil War.

Ticket available through:
TicketMaster: 614.431.3600
www.ticketmaster.com
and most TicketMaster locations

CAPA box office at the Ohio Theatre 614.469.0939

$17 $27 $37

www.lancasterchorale.com

Columbus Women's Chorus performs Broadway the Broad's way!

Our friend Babette Gorman sent this info about the next Columbus Women's Chorus concert, along with this note:"Hi, I have a solo, singing the part of the Wicked Witch in "No Bad News" from The Wiz, in our concerts May 13 & 14. I really hope you can make it and see me do this!"

PLAYJILL

"Everything's Coming Up Roses"
{Broadway the Broad's Way}

Performances
May 13 7:30 PM & May 14, 3:00 PM
The Shedd Theater
(in the Columbus Performing Arts Center), 549 Franklin Ave, Columbus OH

Buy Tickets Online
$20 at the door, $15 in advance, $12 Seniors and students, Free 12 and under

"Everything's Coming Up Roses" tells the history of contemporary feminism through Broadway show tunes, an intentionally odd pairing. The chorus sings and dances through questions about the role of family, marriage, work, bras, reproductive rights, and stereotypes--all the basics of feminism. Don't miss this warm-hearted comedy as the Columbus Women's Chorus performs Broadway the Broad's way!

More info? www.cwchorus.org

Thurber House extends deadline for 2006 Thurber Treat entries

For Immediate Release
Contact: Emily Swartzlander
(614) 464-1032, ext. 11

Columbus, Ohio— Thurber House has extended the deadline for entries to the 2006 Thurber Treat humor writing contest, the annual kickoff to Thurber House’s Literary Picnics summer series of outdoor readings and dinners with Ohio-connected authors. Entries are now due to Thurber House by Mon., May 15.

Winners of the contest, based on the work of author, humorist and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber, will be the featured guests at Thurber House’s Wednesday, June 14 Literary Picnic.

For this year’s contest theme, writers are asked to create a humorous revision of a moment in history, much like Thurber did in his “If Grant had Been Drinking at Appomattox.” The reinvention can range from the personal to the international and can cover any moment in history. Celebrity host Win Logan, of State Auto Insurance, will read Thurber’s story before the contest winners take the stage.

To enter the contest, writers should follow these rules:
* Limit entries to 1000 words.
* Limit two entries per person.
* Submit an entry form, found on the Thurber House Web site, www.thurberhouse.org, with the entry. Names should not be on the entry itself.
* Keep the original — no entries will be returned.
* Send the entry and application to: Thurber Treat Writing Contest; Thurber House; 77 Jefferson Avenue; Columbus, Ohio 43215

Please call 614-464-1032 or visit www.thurberhouse.org with any questions. “If Grant had Been Drinking at Appomattox” can be found in The Thurber Carnival, which is available at Thurber House’s bookstore and at local libraries.

Outstanding Concerts and Lecture in May, Sponsored by the Melton Center for Jewish Studies

From St. Petersburg to Jerusalem: 100 Years of Jewish Musical Renaissance
Steven Michael Glaser, piano
Monday, May 1, 2006, 8 p.m.
Weigel Auditorium,1866 College Road
(OSU Union Garage is the closest parking to Weigel Hall)
THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Inspired by their culture, their religious tradition, and Zionism, Jewish composers from many lands crafted a rich literature in a great variety of styles during the 20th century. This program of solo piano music showcases works by Joseph Achron, Ernest Bloch, Paul Ben-Haim, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Lazare Saminsky. Co-sponsored by OSU's School of Music.

André Hajdu: Musical Visionary from Jerusalem
André Hajdu and Chamber Ensemble
Monday, May 8, 2006, 8 p.m.
Weigel Auditorium,1866 College Road
(OSU Union Garage is the closest parking to Weigel Hall)
THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Israeli composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist Andre Hajdu was born in Budapest in 1932. A student at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, he left Hungary in 1956 and lived in Paris and Tunis, before settling in Jerusalem in 1966, where he joined the Jewish Music Research Center. Hajdu's compositional style defies easy characterization. The influences of Bartok, Kodaly, and Milhaud mingle with his special affinity for Jewish tradition. This chamber music concert will offer a rare opportunity to hear the composer perform his own works. Co-sponsored by OSU's School of Music.

Connecting the Covenants: Judaism and Christian Identity in Early Modern England
Sunday, May 21, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Longaberger Alumni House
2200 Olentangy River Road
(315 to Lane Avenue exit, turn east on Lane, then north on Olentangy River Road)
THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
David B. Ruderman is the Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Early Modern Jewish History and Director of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The World of a Renaissance Jew: The Life and Thought of Abraham B. Mordecai Farissol (Cincinnati, Ohio, Hebrew Union College Press, 1981), for which he received the JWB National Book Award in Jewish History in 1982, Kabbalah, Magic and Science: The Cultural Universe of a Sixteenth-Century Jewish Physician (Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1988), and A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham Ben Haniniah Yagel (Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990).

A Reminder from Jazz at Columbus Music Hall

734 Oak Street
Columbus, OH 43205
614-464-0044

Wednesday, May 3, 8:30, $7, Bobby Floyd B3 Trio with Derek DiCenzo & Reggie Jackson

Friday, May 5, 8:00, $10, Sarah Morrow, jazz trombone, with Bobby Floyd guest bassist and drummer

Saturday, May 6, Columbus Alternative High School fundraiser with 5 Guys Named Moe

Details on the calendar at columbusmusichall.com

Barry Chern holds a moving art sale

Yes, "moving" in so many senses. They laughed, they cried, the nearly wet themselves. And, I gotta move. And, it's a moving target. Unlike past sales, there's no announced date, no particular time, no display. Just a concept, a time-period, an invitation, an opportunity. It's taking place any time between now and near the beginning of June when the Creeping Gentrification once again drives me from my home. At that time all those fine limited-edition hand-printed lithographs (etc) will probably become buried and inaccessible for godnose how long. I had just gotten them dug out around this time last year after 5 years in a formidable heap following that last forced move, which wrecked what was left of my spine and mental state.

I admit it, I haven't produced a damn thing in the realm of visual arts ever since. (nothing that I want to show or sell, anyway.). After nearly 20 years of sacrificing everything for the work, hoping that by the time I was in my 50's I'd maybe have my own press and enough collectors and grants to be able to at least afford to keep working... as soon as I hit 50 it went exactly the opposite way. (I was just recently buying painting supplies and getting ready to finally use the room that was supposed to be my studio when I got my notice that the house was being sold out from under me) So, of course, my old work has not been shown in that time either. But, it has not ceased to exist. It may be forgotten, but it does not forget. Every last one of those millions of sensitive hand motions (and the multiple layers of thought behind them) remains ready to replay itself to the discerning eye.

And, in spite of the fact I have to pay 8 times as much for rent as when I started making prints, the price of art has not gone up at all.

Maybe, I thought, a decade later is not too soon to offer them for sale once more. I am already broke after my latest pen-pal episode with the IRS, new 'deposits' must be made, piano movers must be hired; plus any stuff that someone else takes out of here is a few less ounces I have to take with me. So, take advantage of this increasingly rare opportunity to get some affordable fine original art by an artist who is almost certain to be dead and therefore more interesting one of these days.

E-mail, or call (614) 294-7241 to arrange a visit and viewing. Most early evenings (or late nights) and saturday afternoons will work through most of May. As a bonus, you can get a view of my last major work which never got printed and perhaps never will, still on the stone.

And a list of exhibitions and awards and such in which they participated back when they were viable: http://www.bluestones.com/art/resume.html

Denison University Poets Ann Townsend and David Baker Featured

For Immediate Release: Contact: Elizabeth Jewell, Executive Director
April 27, 2006 614.431.0329

Acclaimed Denison University Poets are Featured Guests
Worthington Arts Council’s “Art of the Written Word” Series Continues

Worthington, OH—Ann Townsend and David Baker will read and discuss their works on Thursday, May 11 beginning at 7 pm as part of the Worthington Arts Council’s “Art of the Written Word” series. The reading will be held in the community room of the Griswold Center, 777 High St., on the northwest corner of the village green in Worthington.

Ann Townsend is the author of two collections of poetry and three chapbooks (small books or pamphlets containing poems, ballads, stories, or religious tracts.) She is also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, as well as the Five Points magazine James Dickey Prize in Poetry. A member of the Creative Writing program at Denison University, she has read her poems and lectured on poetry throughout the country. Her most recent published work is The Coronary Garden (Sarabande Books, 2005).

David Baker has been awarded fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, and Ohio Arts Council, to name a few. His eleven books include the recently published Midwest Ecologue (W. W. Norton, 2005). Baker serves as Poetry Editor of The Kenyon Review, and is Chair of Creative Writing at Denison University.

The readings will be followed by a question and answer period, as well as a book-signing reception. For more information or to purchase tickets ($10, $5 for students and seniors), please call the Worthington Arts Council office at 614.431.0329 or visit www.worthingtonarts.org.

MUSIC IN THE CHAMBERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 25, 2006
Contact: Emily Cable, Arts Coordinator
Phone: 614-583-5311
Email: ecable@uaoh.net

MUSIC IN THE CHAMBERS

(Upper Arlington, OH) – The Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division is pleased to partner with members of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for Music in the Chambers, a series of chamber music concerts. Enjoy Camarata on Tuesdays, May 2 and 30. All concerts begin at 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students, and free for those 12 years and under.

The musicians of Camarata are eagerly preparing evenings of classical creativity, with musical offerings scheduled that promise to inspire audiences. Camarata is a group of musicians dedicated to performing chamber and orchestral works of all types and sizes. Camarta, under the directorship of Luis Biava, features musicians Cynthia Stolba, John Pellegrino and Robert Nims of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

Camarata will perform an all Mozart program on Tuesday May 2, featuring Oboe Quartet in F Major K.370, Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, K.16,Per questa bella mano, K. 612 bass aria and Symphony No. 27 in G Major, K. 199. Camarata previously performed Brandenburg Concertos, duos, Stravinsky L'histoire du soldat, Bartok Divertimento, Pulcinella Suite, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestra works.

Invite friends and family to share the experience of listening to live music close to home in the Upper Arlington Council Chamber. Join us for another delightful evening of chamber music Tuesday May 30 at 7 p.m. as Camarata performs Mozart Dissonance Quartet and Brahms Sextet. For more information regarding the Music in the Chambers Spring concert series visit www.ua-ohio.net, under Parks, Recreation and Leisure / Cultural Arts. Please call the Cultural Arts Division at 614-583-5310 to purchase tickets.