1. What are you going to do to foster the arts, artistic and cultural endeavors in our community?
I believe the arts, artistic and cultural endeavors available to the citizens of any community say a lot about the health of that community. As a community it is vital that we devote resources to our creative energies. If roads and infrastructure are the lifeblood of the city, the arts represent our self-esteem. A strong commitment to the arts gives citizens ways to express their emotions in creative and productive ways.Continue reading →
Greg: What inspired me to become a guitarist, huh? I guess the whole thing is I wanted to be a rock and roll star when I was a kid. Some guys wanted to be fire fighters, other guys wanted to be, you know, business people and lawyers, I wanted to be a rock star. I started playing guitar mainly back when I was your age and I kinda continued from there, until, well, until today actually. I’m still doing it. What inspired me is I love rock and roll, I love music and I decided, “Man, that is cool. I want to do that.” The further I got into it the harder it was to stop doing it.
Mark Derbas, Rod Stare and Sandy Dickson are the core members of a writers’ group that meets once a month at Common Grounds. I recently started attending their meetings and have taken part in a group story project they are working on. At their last meeting I broke out the recorder and plopped it on the table for an impromptu interview. Read on to see how that went. Continue reading →
Come and enjoy refreshments and live music by Bill Robbins and Sean Mason
On Display March 1st through May 3rd, 2008
Artists will also be in attendance on
Saturday, March 29th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 19th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (8th Annual Bowls & Books)
Saturday, April 26th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Friday, May 2nd from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
POLLARD GALLERY
518 56th Street, Kenosha, WI
Next To The Rhode Center For The Arts
www.rhodeopera.org
1st Prize - Tom Clark for Radish Sandwiches
2nd Prize- Mike Westfaul for Doing What She Loves
3rd Prize- Carolyn Garland for Delightful (It was also Sold!)
Honorable Mention - Laryssa LeFebve for For The Love of Angels
Honorable Mention - Nory Nieves for Romeo and Juliet
Excellence in Stained Glass - Gail Stein for Lady in a Red Hat
Click HERE to see pictures from the opening
Courtesy of Joe Barr
Steven Brown and Michael Ullstrup Present:
“Two-Time Newbery Award Winner”
LOIS LOWRY’S THE GIVER Stage Adaptation by Eric Coble
Originally Commissioned by the Oregon Children’s TheaterContinue reading →
Susan Jensen / Kenosha Orchestra Boosters Interview
By Franco Tarsitano
Franco Tarsitano: Tell me what Kenosha Orchestra Boosters is for our readers that have never heard of it…your mission?
Susan Jensen:Orchestra Boosters is a non-profit organization that is affiliated with the KUSD orchestra program. Our mission is to support and encourage the orchestra program through volunteer efforts, as well as through our fund raising activities.
F: Who are the members?
S: Anyone who has a child in the KUSD orchestra program or is an orchestra is automatically a member. There are no dues. We want every parent to feel welcome to attend our meetings and contribute in anyway they feel comfortable. We do have a regular board, with a president, vice president (no vacant), treasurer and secretary. And each middle school and high school has a parent representative that acts as a liaison. The orchestra directors from each school are all members, of course.
A group of three local graphic designers, Emiko Shekem, David Geisler and Bryce Ulmer, are pushing the boundaries of graphic design and “transforming” it into Fine Art. The group is responsible for, among other things, the “Get Out” insert published weekly by the Kenosha News.
They are presenting their first solo show “Tri” at the 716: Fine Art gallery in downtown Racine. The gallery is owned and managed by David Geisler, one of the artists.
The idea for this show came to them in one of those aha! moments as they were having dinner together two months ago. Continue reading →
Self-proclaimed “Queen of the World” Tammy Peacy (hey, she has business cards that say it, so it must be true) and, well, Franco Tarsitano hold court at a table in Pazzo to discuss the arts in Kenosha… among other things.
Mark your calendar
Sunday, February 24, 2008 from 1-4pm, Rachel Barton Pine will be in Kenosha at the Woman’s Club of Kenosha for the Afternoon Tea and Silent Auction hosted by the Kenosha Orchestra Boosters
In the meantime listen to Rachel Barton Rachel Barton Pine performing Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata.
You can contact Rachel Barton Pine @ her myspace page.
I’m no artist.
Not an artistic cell in my body.
But Great Art inspires me!
Put ART in your Life!
Put ART in your Workspace!
Inspire Yourself!
Inspire Others!
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