HOT TIMES APPRECIATION PARTY

You are invited to the HOT TIMES APPRECIATION PARTY

Thurs., OCTOBER 8, 2009

6 - 9 PM

at The Bistro Firehouse (formerly Columbus Music Hall)

734 Oak St. - OAK & PARSONS

There is plenty of parking,

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

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

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

Thanks to everyone – time to celebrate!

Free Piano/Song Concert with Bill Cohen

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeremy Seymour lecture - open to public at CCAD

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.FourBitchinBabes.com

Hello all,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.FourBitchinBabes.com

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

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

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

CATCO Presents “Plays in Process”

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

of 

Pierce to the Soul

Monday, October 5 @ 6 pm

at Central Community House (CCH) 

- hosted by TRANSIT ARTS 

1150 East Main Street, Columbus OH  43205 

614.252.3157 ext. 128

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

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

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


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

Columbus Womens Chorus 2009-10 Season

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

20th birthday concert

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

Donate to CWC’s 20th birthday celebration

Spring program

Saturday May 8, 2010
Sunday May 9, 2010

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

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

Eliminating Self Criticism by Allen Ross now available

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

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

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

Freepress invites us to see two movies

This release by our friends at Columbus Free Press - charlie

September 21 at 7pm
The Age of Stupid

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

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

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

Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley

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

Tom Radca/Brenda McMahon Pottery Workshop

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

 

October Workshop Set

Spaces still available...


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


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


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

Pics from Hot Times 2009

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

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

For more info, check out hottimesfestival.com