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by Richard Florida

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The Most Important Decision of Your Life…

Increasingly, the place you choose to live will help determine your success in business, in finding a life partner, and in living a fulfilling life. In fact, it may be the most important decision of your life.
I believe that we are in the beginnings of a shift as fundamental as the industrial revolution was over a century ago—one that will have as dramatic an impact on how people live and work. Furthermore, it will have a dramatic impact on where they live and work.

Here’s why:

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“…The images in my exhibit are inspiring! They capture hundreds of years of history and culture, they are unique in that I captured some in unique angles, and they are not this area. It is something different to look at for people who live here and a reminder of memories for those who have been there to visit…”
~Kate Falluca

Congratulations to Kate on her solo show at Lemon Street, If you missed this Friday, you can still enjoy her photography; the exhibit will run until January 20.

PRESS RELEASE
FOR INFORMATION: Dennis Shook, Forum Moderator,
(262) 914-9309

Kenosha Community Media, Inc. (KCM), a local nonprofit organization, and WGTD Radio will co-host a Mayoral Candidate Forum at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Gateway Technical College, Room 120, in the Center for Bioscience and Information Technology (BioCATT) building, 3520 30th Avenue, Kenosha. This event is open to the public; however, space is limited.
KCM has invited all 2008 Mayoral candidates to take part in this forum. Candidates include (in alphabetical order):

Scott Barter
Michael Bell
Keith Bosman
Everett Butler
Patrick Moran
MariaPerri.

The forum will be led by a three-member panel: David McGrath, WGTD Radio News Director; Dennis Shook, journalist and host of Kenosha TV 14 programs, Shakin’ Up Kenosha and Politalks; and a representative (to be announced) of the Kenosha News. Dennis Shook will also serve as moderator.

During this event, candidates will have an opportunity to provide background information about themselves and offer brief introductory statements. The panel will then ask questions to the candidates, followed by an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. Each candidate will also have an opportunity to make a closing statement. The forum is expected to last about two hours.

WGTD Radio will stream audio from the forum live on January 9th onto its Web site, www.wgtd.org. Staff and volunteers of Kenosha Community Media will videotape the forum for later airplay on Kenosha TV 14 – cable television channel 14 (Time Warner Cable-Kenosha). Air dates and times will be announced at the forum and publicized following this event.

KCM does not endorse or support political candidates in any election. KCM is co-presenting this forum, in association with WGTD Radio, to provide an equal opportunity for all Mayoral candidates to express their ideas, positions and opinions with a Kenosha audience in person, on www.wgtd.org, and on Kenosha TV 14.

For more information on Kenosha Community Media, visit www.kenoshamedia.org

by Franco Tarsitano

Kate Fallucca and her photography are a wonderful addition to the Kenosha art community. From the moment she arrived to our city her exuberance has involved her in Lemon Street Gallery, the board of the Kenosha Art Association, and helping out where ever she can like at the Pollard Gallery. The first day I met her at Lemon Street her energy overwhelmed me. Her work reveals a connection with nature and the out-of-doors. Frequently, looking at her photography makes you wish you could have been traveling with her.

Franco: Tell me a bit about where you’re from and your travels and what brought you to Kenosha. Continue reading →

by Colleen Kappeler


Since the beginning of this e-zine,
I have been referring writers to Francisco to do the interviews on these fascinating local artists. Since the beginning, he’s been asking me to do an interview on myself. On myself? That seemed so shameless. And then he asked again, and then again. Finally I agreed. My friend and colleague Tammy Peacy was nearby when I said ok. She thought this was a great idea and said, “You’ll probably learn a lot about yourself!”

But alas, a promise is a promise, so here goes my interview with me! Continue reading →

Side B- by Tammy Peacy

Franco the Painter. Franco the Collaborator. Franco the Rescuer. Franco, Franco, Franco.

there is so much happening in Kenosha right now, in terms of the art community and their vision of really having a place in downtown. I guess I just want people to realize how realistic it is. It’s not like a dream any more, it’s not a vision. It’s really, really happening.

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A Raw Look into the Life of an Artist Side A
by Tammy Peacy

From Kenosha to San Francisco to Boston to San Francisco to Honolulu to San Diego and back again, Franco Tarsitano opens his life in art to interviewer Tammy Peacy.

I recently met with photographer, painter, infectious laugh producer, gallery manager, dry martini drinker Franco Tarsitano at Pazzo’s where he sealed his fate as my B.F.F. (and ever) by saving me from a hideous insect and telling me I look twenty-three.

His life has been multifarious to say the least. He’s performed cabaret, run a modeling agency, been a lifeguard, a photographer and the personnel assistant for National Onion Singing Telegrams. Now after thirty years away, Franco has returned to Kenosha and found a new place to call home in the Lemon Street Gallery. Continue reading →

by Tammy Peacy

Franco Tarsitano calls Melanie Hovey the Mother of Art in Kenosha. This is a term she isn’t entirely comfortable with.

“I don’t say the Mother of Art… That seems like a kind of lofty position,” says Melanie, “I’m more like the mother to the artists’. I’m the go-to person.”

Melanie, a painter and stained glass artist, is the founder and director of Lemon Street Gallery, Continue reading →