tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35900448832217819022024-03-13T07:04:36.609-04:00Captain Art WalkWelcome to the Art News for West Michigan! Please Support Our Advertisers By Visiting Their Websites!Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.comBlogger566125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-58910765313188930872020-01-21T10:48:00.002-05:002020-01-21T10:48:32.155-05:00Paul Huet's Pastel Drawing at the National Gallery of Art Reminds the Captain of Patricia Dee's Work<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<br />Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-28829069986487322712017-02-16T15:15:00.001-05:002017-02-16T15:15:20.690-05:00Waiting for My Sadako<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-C8vdAcSbUw" width="459"></iframe><br /><br />
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<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153050411819029&set=a.10150628872149029.413238.725844028&type=3&permPage=1">February 16, 2015</a> <br /><br />My daughter grew to love Sushi. So two years ago, on a day cold enough to be annoying, I treated her to Sadako, a sushi restaurant in Ann Arbor.<br /><br />Sadako honors a young woman of Japan who suffered radiation sickness after surviving the atomic blast at Hiroshima. Her name was Sadako. She folded 1300 origami paper cranes before succumbing to leukemia. She believed in a Japanese myth that she would be granted power to change the world. She is honored by a statue in Hiroshima; daily, hundreds of paper cranes are offered at the base. That said, I read Friday that a great flock of Sandhill Cranes had been reported resting on its northern migration near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. I hope this sucker punch of a late winter polar surge doesn't cause illness and weakness to lessen the flock. My thoughts are migratory from Japan to Kentucky and to Ann Arbor as I await my Sadako. She has added five minutes onto my wait and yet I await her as expectantly as I await the arrival of Sandhills to Jackson County, Michigan and Jasper County, Indiana.<br /><br />— at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sadako/212638735425695?ref=stream">Sadako</a>.<div><span style="background-color: white; color: #90949c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-90173210678411884192016-04-08T17:36:00.001-04:002016-04-08T17:36:31.211-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKEyfV8Cx4E/VwgkYVcOMXI/AAAAAAAAYn0/ubB4cC1sTBonYv8_KdHdglGH3Volrlqew/s1600/Pic-04032016-007-791212.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKEyfV8Cx4E/VwgkYVcOMXI/AAAAAAAAYn0/ubB4cC1sTBonYv8_KdHdglGH3Volrlqew/s320/Pic-04032016-007-791212.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6271302481604391282" /></a></p>Happily, South Range made the leap this week into the rank of cool cities. Wide Eyed Gallery opened in a corner of the Vitality Chiropractor, celebrating the work of four artists working in the Western Upper Peninsula. Classes and more exhibits are being planned.Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-21717970170792709452015-11-28T20:54:00.001-05:002015-11-28T20:54:11.094-05:00Wilbo Enjoys an Late Afternoon of Community as He Spends #SmallBusinessSaturday at Pigeon Hill Brewing Company, Muskegon @PureMichigan<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hqRBn8InhyY/VlpaxCkkUGI/AAAAAAAAYag/MfJsndsNyRY/s1600/Pigeon%252520Hill%2525203-751095.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hqRBn8InhyY/VlpaxCkkUGI/AAAAAAAAYag/MfJsndsNyRY/s320/Pigeon%252520Hill%2525203-751095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6222385633716097122" /></a></p><div dir="ltr"><div>Walking to Pigeon Hill, I encountered a man who was cleaning up his property near the Fire Barn museum. He knows not how to develop the grassy hollow.<br></div><div><br></div><div>To save time, I followed a shortcut through Mike's Inn, backdoor to front door of that shotgun shack of a dive bar. Eight women who deliver mail sat on stools and sipped cold ones.. Attired in post office issued coats, all laughed as I jested, "I guess the mail is in for today"! I looked around for Cliff from Cheers, where everybody knows your name. Maybe everyone knows one name because Cliff let everyone at the bar read ones mail?</div><div><br></div><div><br>At Pigeon Hill, I saw Derek Dile & Courtney Reynolds and I hoped that meant a Julia & The Greensides Performance was imminent. However, the band is doing<br>fewer gigs, none until December 12 or so. Or so I heard. The band has polished ten songs for a new album & continues to polish. And Muskegon has repatriated Shredd Spread from Seattle, Shredd holding court now as we speak & drink.</div><div><br></div><div>A community of people are gathered around a Pigeon Hill table laden with cupcakes. Half the big cupcakes have a sign of a bride posted in the frosting. Half the big cupcakes have the sign of a groom posted in the frosting. Each member of the bridal entourage has a cupcakes posted with their likeness on a sign. All of these people have left the cupcakes alone. Guessing the wedding was celebrated at least thirty years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Tip to the wise. Alaina inspired the newly release Pigeon Hill beer called "Fiesty Latina". Please refrain from addressing her as "Ms. Fiesty". Michael Brouwer has taken a day from his law books & briefs to assist the team serving beer in the taproom.</div><div><br></div><div>Visiting the Pigeon Hill tap room today are seven children, mostly young ladies. Not all at one table and properly accompanied by parents. Just like in Jolly<br>Old England. </div><div><br></div><div>A man to my right embraced his wife, planted one on her lips. Then split for the loo. A man to my right asks his wife for permission to buy and fill a growler. She grants him permission and orders a Whistle Punk pizza off of her iPhone. Bargain completed.</div><div><br></div><div>The kids are all right! At Pigeon Hill, children drink Faygo soda imported from Detroit.</div><div><br></div><div>A man sells reggae inspired art at the Muskegon Farmer's Market. I have spotted his knit cap in Rastafarian colors among the sea of caps. That made Saturday at Pigeon Hill Brewing Company a conscious party, right? And is that really Revel Partner Al P drinking at Pigeon Hill rather then Unruly, where the growing ad agency enjoys a house account to charge tabs upon?</div><div><br></div><div>Just had a nice chat with a couple from Buffalo who drove here to see son play hockey for South Dakota in the match up against the Lumberjacks. The two are proud of Buffalo's reuse of the waterfront, Lake Erie & Niagara River. I have accepted a thirtieth anniversary cupcake from Tom and Alice. "That's us thirty years ago". "You look twice as gorgeous", I say. She says, " Eat your cupcake, schmooze". I meant it, though. It's a terrific cupcake.</div><div><br></div><div>Beth Atkins is the musical minister at the big Methodist church in Montague. One of my friends, Kara Olson, performed on the piano for services at Beth Atkin's direction. Then, Ms. Olson returned to California. In a random conversation, I made the acquaintance of the new pianist at the Methodist church in Montague. Jere, my neighbor, held court at a table with friends. I didn't have a chance to thank him for allowing me to park my Subaru in his alley lot when the City of Muskegon forbade street parking.</div><div><br></div><div>Walking back from Pigeon Hill Brewing Company, I cut through the hall of Mike's Inn again and Brandy was bartending. Brandy had quit Pub 1111 in Whitehall when she got a shot bartending at Mike's. More tips and less hassle improved her income and her life at Mike's. Brandy gladly gave me a glass of water because one Shifting Sands IPA at Pigeon Hill was more than enough beer for today.</div><div><br></div><div>The man who owned the hollow behind Mike's Inn was still laboring in his grassy field, trying to decide how to deal with the steep slopes up to Clay Street.</div></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-58543503365106237782015-09-27T12:52:00.001-04:002015-09-27T12:55:24.986-04:00Captain Art Walk writes a Thank You Letter to Carole and Steve Loftis, A Couple Who Believed in @GHArtWalk<div dir="ltr">Lovely to see the two of you in Traverse City, watching the two of you sharing soup and bread, chatting with a friend. Two places in Traverse City have always seemed reliable for writing, Oryana and Horizon Books, and by the end of the day I'll visit the bookstore. Right now, one can write outside on the tables provided. My writing is often set in terms of wandering and I show up in a location and write, this weekend the salmon weir and the crossing of the North Country Trail and US 131. As we are Facebook friends, these posts go first onto my page. <div><br></div><div>Tyler Loftis and Chris Protas have always encouraged me to add drawings to them, and since I take pictures, it's entirely possible that they'll get their wish. Ironically enough, today's movie at the Bijou is "A Walk in the Woods", Bill Bryson's account of walking the Appalachian Trail with the only person who could cut lose to walk with him. It's ironic because this morning I interviewed a man walking the North Country Trail and wrote an essay about him.<br><br><div>Attached, here's a pair worth drawing.<br><br></div><div>Facebook has a quality that makes walking purposeful. I've started to write plays and Saturday morning I discovered the Community Theater Association of Michigan conference in Cadillac. By noon, I had talked to all the directors and was crewing for the one act plays performed that afternoon. Now I have places with familiar faces where I can send my scripts.<br><br></div><div>As for building a community theater and cultural complex in Grand Haven, in a way that's been done twice over. We have an astounding theater in the community center. We have a plush theater in middle school. The two both saw good usage thanks in part to ArtWalk, partly your husband's brain child. At the library, I enjoyed a lecture on Marshall Fredericks delivered by the official archivist of his papers and photographs. At the middle school, a good audience turned up for Picking Cotton, a national traveling act. At the Fire Barn Gallery, we had David Heino and the artist alumni, and Heino gave a presentation that only a self-effacing artist could deliver. Maggie Bandstra secured the space in the new Grand Armory Brewing Company complex for art, and Saturday night, Barb Carlson taught her Zentangling method of drawing admist a collection of ArtWalk paintings on exhibit. Why do I go into such detail. That arts and culture complex your husband and you envision when you bought the theater? It seems to have been realized in a distributed way in buildings throughout the town, public buildings and pubs too.<br><br></div><div>Good work!<br><br></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u_OhGBHNQ-8/Vgge7R2tQiI/AAAAAAAASKs/Wmu2Q90H8Wo/s1600/steve%2Bloftis-779794.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u_OhGBHNQ-8/Vgge7R2tQiI/AAAAAAAASKs/Wmu2Q90H8Wo/s320/steve%2Bloftis-779794.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6199238890829464098" /></a><br></div><div>Any who, time to catch a movie and then return to the river to try and catch some salmon. Right now, the only place I can get a salmon benedict is from the Dee Light Diner, which is great. But teach a man to fish and he can make his own Salmon Bene for the rest of his life. I'll still go to the Theater Bar for drinks, so don't worry. </div></div></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-54443738960480951422015-05-15T15:19:00.001-04:002015-05-15T15:19:40.381-04:00Last Email Bulletin: Muskegon Day of Gratitude Walking Route ---> Added Sanctuary at the Oaks & the South Pier LighthouseHi,
<br>Please share the walking route for the Muskegon Day of Gratitude Arts,
<br>Athletics & Culture Walk by printing out and sharing by social media.
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<br>As events arrive this evening, we will update this list online at the
<br>Second Annual Muskegon Day of Gratitude Facebook page. Any questions,
<br>call (231)-760-3470
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<br>Events will be included if they are clearly safe, cool & full of gratitude.
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<br>Sincerely,
<br>Muskegon Day of Gratitude TeamWilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-25085144456125690412015-04-08T10:33:00.001-04:002015-04-08T10:33:19.834-04:00Fire Barn Gallery Grand Haven @PureMichigan Searching for Lakeland Artist Members & Their Artwork, 55 Years of History; Show opens 4/23/2015.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IqMIKoLi9M8/VSU8McsujDI/AAAAAAAARy8/ks-I3hVTB2k/s1600/LL-799836.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IqMIKoLi9M8/VSU8McsujDI/AAAAAAAARy8/ks-I3hVTB2k/s320/LL-799836.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6135376251922058290" /></a></p>The Fire Barn Gallery invites you to 'Lakeland 1958 - 2015', opening April 23rd.
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<br>An organized platform for artists to connect with each other can mean
<br>the difference between an individual's decision to pursue art or to
<br>give it up.
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<br>The long standing presence of the Lakeland Artists has undoubtedly
<br>helped to shape the creative climate of West Michigan by providing
<br>this platform; it would be impossible to calculate the positive
<br>effects they have had over 5 1/2 decades.
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<br>Begun in 1958, the Lakeland Artists first president was Norma Green,
<br>who organized their first juried show in 1959, a tradition that
<br>continues to this day. They have shown at the Tri-Cities Historical
<br>Museum, Muskegon Museum of Art, and countless other venues in the
<br>area.
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<br>This show is a tribute to the Lakeland Artists, and is an open call to
<br>anyone who has been a member.
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<br>If you own work by a Lakeland Artist that you would like to include
<br>please email firebarngallery@gmail.comby April 19th.
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<br>We also welcome written anecdotes, thoughts or stories anyone may have
<br>regarding their history, which we will hang in the hallway of the
<br>gallery. The public can drop these off at the gallery during viewing
<br>hours.
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<br>The show opens Thursday April 23rd, 6-8pm, presentation at 7pm.
<br>Complimentary wine will be available.
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<br>Gallery will be open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 12-6pm, through May 20th.Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-10780135255102664092015-03-27T15:23:00.001-04:002015-03-27T15:23:36.314-04:00A Young Lady Was Conducting An Imaginary Symphony in the Balcony of the Frauenthal ---> So Let's Send Her to Click Clack Moo !<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t-J2ImsD4SE/VRWuObWLhjI/AAAAAAAARto/nPzsLu2DVzk/s1600/MarcyEvent-300x300-716315.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t-J2ImsD4SE/VRWuObWLhjI/AAAAAAAARto/nPzsLu2DVzk/s320/MarcyEvent-300x300-716315.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6130998030616987186" /></a></p>Hi
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<br>We were talking up in the balcony after the Beethoven and Blue Jeans
<br>Concert, and we noticed that one of the young ladies in your party was
<br>conducting an imaginary orchestra. So I promised to send you
<br>information on all the programming the West Michigan Symphony has for
<br>children and young people.
<br>,
<br>We have a double header, one for adults & one for kids. Concert
<br>Saturday night is ten dollars a ticket. I'm unsure if its kid
<br>appropriate, but it does get a guest and you wandering around the
<br>Block, the symphony's office, asking questions. Marcy Richardson
<br>should be a good time & you can't beat the price. Plus, well, it's
<br>going to be a little spicy.
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<br><a href="http://westmichigansymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2013-2014-programs/eventdetails/?evnid=133">http://westmichigansymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2013-2014-programs/eventdetails/?evnid=133</a>
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<br>The Children's Choir is singing on Sunday, twice. Children in your
<br>group will probably know a number of the children in the choir. That
<br>should be a good experience.
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<br><a href="http://westmichigansymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2013-2014-programs/eventdetails/?evnid=151">http://westmichigansymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2013-2014-programs/eventdetails/?evnid=151</a>
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<br>I'm a bit of a fail in that the second concert has passed in the
<br>series of music composed for young kids. Worry little as the final
<br>concert goes off in April. Scott Speck the conductor attends, so it's
<br>highly likely he'll talk to that young lady about his baton, which of
<br>course is a magic wand for music.
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<br><a href="http://westmichigansymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2013-2014-programs/eventdetails/?evnid=148">http://westmichigansymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2013-2014-programs/eventdetails/?evnid=148</a>
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<br>There you go. All connected. CaptainWilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-81331994322402679732015-02-17T10:25:00.001-05:002015-02-17T10:25:29.534-05:00See Well-Strung for Free, March 3, Muskegon's Frauenthal TheaterFREE TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE COLLINS FUND CONCERT ON MARCH 3!<br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Because the weather was so bad on Saturday, the first day of our ticket give-away, we still have lots of tickets available for Well-Strung! Our box office is open Monday through Friday, 11am – 5:30pm. Come down and get your FREE tickets to this great concert!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0wUQQKD9aT4/VONdal3bngI/AAAAAAAARjI/3UVRZfu8ISM/s1600/image002-729535.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0wUQQKD9aT4/VONdal3bngI/AAAAAAAARjI/3UVRZfu8ISM/s320/image002-729535.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6116835430321856002" /></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Linda Medema<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sales & Marketing Manager<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">231-332-4103<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M9plfB4JGPw/VONdbQprg4I/AAAAAAAARjU/6ySyNBPNOC4/s1600/image007-732468.png"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M9plfB4JGPw/VONdbQprg4I/AAAAAAAARjU/6ySyNBPNOC4/s320/image007-732468.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6116835441806902146" /></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BBXB1rcsoUo/VONdb2PbrtI/AAAAAAAARjg/gWgca5sZHrY/s1600/image003-735158.png"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BBXB1rcsoUo/VONdb2PbrtI/AAAAAAAARjg/gWgca5sZHrY/s320/image003-735158.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6116835451897360082" /></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><br><br><br>-- <br>Will Juntunen<br>231-714-8130<br> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-91824780012425350242014-11-22T16:28:00.001-05:002014-11-22T16:47:12.486-05:00Friday Night, A Performance of Carmina Burana Celebrated the West Michigan's Symphony's Seventy-Five Year Ride Up Fortune's Wheel.<div class="mobile-photo">
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The success of the West Michigan Symphony in the last year, especially
<br />
since moving into a space in the Russell Block, seems to defy the
<br />
circular nature of Fortune's Wheel as well as the law of gravity. Has
<br />
any descent been permanently postponed? Let's leave that for the
<br />
metaphysician to explain. Friday night showed the symphony at a new
<br />
quantum level in capability, Scott Speck leading a massed choir
<br />
composed of two Muskegon choirs and established choirs from Holland
<br />
and Grand Rapids. The Children's Choir, lead by Beth Slimko sang
<br />
heavenly and also predicted the future. Upon the return to Carmina
<br />
Burana, Muskegon will be ready to field a massed choir and all
<br />
required soloists from close to home. Call it musical sustainability.
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<br />
Not only has the downward path of the wheel been postponed; the one
<br />
way nature of the roads connecting Grand Rapids and Holland were
<br />
reversed for the night, Muskegon's call for talent answered, cars
<br />
transporting choristers commuting westward. Astute handling of
<br />
symphony finances permitted a triple grace note, honorariums granted
<br />
to Soprano Martha Guth, Tenor Christopher Pfund and Baritone Hugh
<br />
Russell for their appearances. A small symphony in a community of
<br />
Muskegon's size could hope to retain one for a weekend, and yet we
<br />
heard three voices from the choral firmament Friday night. Better to
<br />
note, the record shows that Guth, Pfund and Russell have relationships
<br />
with Muskegon that remind one more of comets, visiting regularly,
<br />
rather than shooting stars. Perhaps Fortune's Wheel can be made to
<br />
rotate upward and upward if one bends the musical-cultural continuum
<br />
just so? Last night's talent can't be the only musical superstars
<br />
calling up local realtors for a pied-à-terre with a waterfront view,
<br />
thanks to the West Michigan Symphony's pull, part opportunity and part
<br />
hospitality.
<br />
<br />
And then, the staging placed soloists and symphony on the main floor,
<br />
phalanxes of choristers towering above them, and hardly cast down from
<br />
the stage. Scott Speck conducted from around the former row H. Instead
<br />
of diminishing the talent, we experienced the feeling of a house
<br />
concert, Carmina Burana performed in Muskegon's biggest living room,
<br />
the space Harold Frauenthal restored. Carmina Burana has heavy, heavy
<br />
music, and yet the performance made it all seem as conversational as a
<br />
song circle, simple as a performance of Appalachian Spring. Pfund
<br />
dismissed Russell the roast swan from the chamber with the smallest
<br />
quantum of derision possible. Pfund swapped lieder with Guth as if in
<br />
a friendly competition, my mistaking Guth for a local amateur
<br />
achieving transcendence until I double-checked my program. Guth has
<br />
lived part of her life in Muskegon, three times a feature at least,
<br />
after all. Maybe she had begun to feel local?
<br />
<br />
Speaking about that competition between Pfund and Guth? The decision
<br />
has to fall to Guth who astounded the full amphitheater with the
<br />
shortest song in the song cycle, "Dulcissime, totam tibi subdo me!"
<br />
Translated, "Sweetest boy, I give my all to you!" The song began and finished as suddenly as a ring tone, as majestic as thunder. After the show, we
<br />
had men standing in conversation in the lobby, still taken by that
<br />
brief song, some of them men who had responded to such a call earlier
<br />
in life. Passing out compliments, last night wasn't the first time
<br />
that the percussion section has driven the music to a frenetic pitch.
<br />
After the savagery of "O, Fortuna", first and last, the timpani must
<br />
need a new membrane. Send the cymbal to Witt Buick for bumping out.
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<br />
Everyone gets an ovation is Muskegon. Last night's audience provided
<br />
long minutes of standing adulation.Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-88525316891572159752014-09-30T14:04:00.001-04:002014-09-30T14:04:55.212-04:00Catherine McClung Clings to Her Position in the Top 25 for @ArtPrize 2014, Bringing Excitement to the Women's City Club!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aabzIY1yakE/VCrwyGaHviI/AAAAAAAARNo/g-qBuEQdieM/s1600/Birds%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBible%2Bmed-795212.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aabzIY1yakE/VCrwyGaHviI/AAAAAAAARNo/g-qBuEQdieM/s320/Birds%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBible%2Bmed-795212.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6064924591712091682" /></a></p><div>We heard the news and an appeal from Catherine McClung. She writes as follows:</div> <div> </div> <div>As of this moment, I have been told that I am in the top 25 for ArtPrize. If you haven't seen it, it can be viewed at the Women's City Club, 254 E Fulton Street, Grand Rapids MI 49503. </div> <div> </div> <div>Please help me spread the word. </div> <div> </div> <div>Every vote is needed. <br></div> <div>Thank you, <br></div> <div>Catherine <br><a href="http://www.catherinemcclung.com/">www.catherinemcclung.com</a><br><a href="mailto:birdart@charter.net">birdart@charter.net</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/catherine.mcclung.birdart">www.facebook.com/catherine.mcclung.birdart</a></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-173484509794530712014-09-26T15:27:00.001-04:002014-09-26T15:27:34.854-04:00When We Give Children Access to the Arts, We Achieve the Purpose of the @GHArtWalk. Here's How to Give Children the Grand Haven ArtWalk.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vKYbquSm8kk/VCW-KPoJ4XI/AAAAAAAARL8/lSjnRWtCazo/s1600/AW-Logo-Color-2014-255x300-754854.gif"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vKYbquSm8kk/VCW-KPoJ4XI/AAAAAAAARL8/lSjnRWtCazo/s320/AW-Logo-Color-2014-255x300-754854.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6063461556527161714" /></a></p><div>This year, the Captain is focusing his efforts on youth as artists. ArtWalk is filled with opportunities for children to work in the arts. This Saturday, our children can decorate a bike and parade through the streets. A few amazing bicycles showed up last year, and this year should be no exception. The start is 11:30 AM at Washington & Third. Afterwards, a family art day begins, including lunch. See how many children we can find to make paintings and decorate bikes.</div> <div> </div> <div>Plaques bearing the Sunday on the Grand diagram can be picked up at Michigan Rag Company, the Paper Place or Borr's Shoes & Accessories. They will not be judged until the second Saturday of ArtWalk, October 4 at Noon. Pick one up for children and grandchildren and see how well they can paint within the lines, or outside the lines. Creativity is encouraged.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thursday, October 7th at 6:00 PM, bring children to the Loutit District Library and meet the winners of the youth exhibit awards, most chosen by voting. Of course, that means any trip to the library is also a trip to the art gallery, and children are encouraged to vote!</div> <div> </div> <div>Maybe all of that sounds complicated, entering exhibits or voting. That's okay. Just pick up a brochure with a map of art exhibits at ArtWalk Headquarters, Frame and Mat Shop, Michigan Rag Company or the Dee-Lite Bar. Go ArtWalking with your children. One has no idea what you'll discover as you explore.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://ghartwalk.com/">http://ghartwalk.com/</a></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-68200438241942923982014-09-22T13:50:00.001-04:002014-09-22T13:50:21.622-04:00Catherine McClung Unveils Her Masterpiece, "Birds of the Bible" @ArtPrize 2014, Exhibited at the Women's City Club<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uEn_tGE2dos/VCBhXqyG56I/AAAAAAAARK0/VWB1rrk4hQY/s1600/Birds%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBible%2Bby%2BCatherine%2BMcClung-721622.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uEn_tGE2dos/VCBhXqyG56I/AAAAAAAARK0/VWB1rrk4hQY/s320/Birds%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBible%2Bby%2BCatherine%2BMcClung-721622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6061952157690029986" /></a></p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> Dear Friends of Catherine McClung,</font></font></span></p><span style> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><br><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Two years in the works, "Birds of the Bible", my 2014 ArtPrize entry is an 8ft x 9ft mural of the 33 birds mentioned in the Bible. It will be featured along with 51 other fine artists' work at the Women's City Club, 254 E. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.<br></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></div> <div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">When you come to ArtPrize you will be able to see over 1,600 works of art at venues throughout the city. You may register and vote for as many artworks as you like. <b>My vote number is 57198</b>. ArtPrize Competition runs from September 24 to October 12 and<br>I plan to be in attendance, beginning September 25 from 10am to 4pm each day. <br><br>Thank you, I look forward to seeing you there,<br>Catherine McClung<br></font><a href="http://www.catherinemcclung.com/"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">www.catherinemcclung.com</font></a><br><a href="mailto:birdart@charter.net"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">birdart@charter.net</font></a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/catherine.mcclung.birdart"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">www.facebook.com/catherine.mcclung.birdart</font></a><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">616-847-4489</font></font></div></span> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-57235018284964960832014-06-09T20:41:00.001-04:002014-06-09T20:41:21.784-04:00Open Letter to @JoeFairbairn: Ray Reasoner of A.W.O.L. Tattoo Shows How Take Care of a Historical Mural That Came With the Building.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpwj69c84TY/U5ZUNLvO95I/AAAAAAAAQ18/roquWh9SPQA/s1600/Rosebud-Mural-630x420-781785.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpwj69c84TY/U5ZUNLvO95I/AAAAAAAAQ18/roquWh9SPQA/s320/Rosebud-Mural-630x420-781785.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023094137120552850" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2XhcROhM2qo/U5ZUN_IjkpI/AAAAAAAAQ2I/uvfE2HltAhk/s1600/reasoner-786087.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2XhcROhM2qo/U5ZUN_IjkpI/AAAAAAAAQ2I/uvfE2HltAhk/s320/reasoner-786087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023094150916969106" /></a></p><div>Dear Joe Fairbairn:</div> <div> </div> <div>I am glad to hear the Andy Frisinger drop party for his CD packed the house. Word on the street, Joe's Wooden Nickel had a full house until the moment when the club had to close. One has to grant two kudos to the club and management. First, Krystal Gardener had a chance to open for the big act. Second, Anna, the booking agent is a total class act. Her pick of <a href="http://www.slimgypsybaggage.com/">Slim Gypsy Baggage</a> from St. Joe made for great Saturday night entertainment. I passed a set enjoying that band's raw talent. And I see Mark Hoeksema's black and white photographs of birches have some protection from a frame now. </div> <div> </div> <div>I was admiring how you powered a major print brand into Search Engine Optimization with Webinars. I have an idea of the territory as I served as a Database Administrator for Dominion Industry, which slowly and painfully sold SEO in 2007 to realtors. I've never seen so many sales people strike out in my life as I sat near the sales area high above the City of Norfolk, windows overlooking the Elizabeth River. You had the right approach, and you prospered.</div> <div> </div> <div>I admire Ray Reasoner, a tattoo artist who bought a defunct pool supply company on Sherman, across from Mangos, and he set about working years of paint from a tile mural, and he's still working the surface. I looked up the subject, and it appears to be a depiction of Peggy Fleming, a White Lake native who won the Miss America Pageant in the days when Dog & Suds wasn't a retro drive-in restaurant. The distressed look of the color tile appeals, and one has to wonder what are his plans for refreshing each square of detail. I am hoping that he consults with an expert in restoration. I have hear that some restoration experts will love a project so much they'll work for the cost of materials.</div> <div> </div> <div>When the windows were cut into the old Grand Haven Post Office, the mural could have stayed intact. In a few days, I'll post how a wall and floor mural on Muskegon's Russell Block was preserved, doors and windows carved into the brick. It's an effect called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentimento">pentemento</a>, where traces of previous images are left to enhance the paint strokes or effects that come later. As we are all joined by the Grand Haven Art Walk community, artists such as Barbara Carlson, Jennifer Reyes, Michael Peoples and Farr Coston are available to assist with design decisions. I love how Unruly is adding an outdoor cafe, and yet the paint applied by children years ago is being left on the pavement as walls and boundaries arise.</div> <div> </div> <div>Murals are more than paintings. <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20140314/ENT05/303140017/banksy-555-gallery-detroit-packard">Just ask Carl Goines, who transferred a Banksy mural</a> from the grounds of an industrial ruin in Detroit. He caused an firestorm of conversation, much of it questioning.</div> <div> </div> <div>Again, you're the kind of leader who does things right. The question is now, paint stripper or hire the original team to restore mural elements and make adjustments for the windows? A few locals have talked with me about the current state, saying, "Well, at least a panel of the mural was preserved". I wish I could be so sanguine.</div> <div> </div> <div>Essentially, my idea of murals can be best espressed by the words of <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1933/05/20/1933_05_20_029_TNY_CARDS_000227514">E.B. White, who wrote this poem</a> about a <a href="http://www.diego-rivera.org/rockefellercontroversy.html">conversation between the Rockfeller family & Diego Rivera</a>. Wow, the actual page from the New Yorker where this poem appeared is available on the net? You see, artists are like pigeons. We notice the slightest of changes in walls, and the page of the New Yorker from May 1933 is a wall. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you for your kind consideration,</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Captain Art Walker, volunteer for Grand Haven Art Walk, 2010 - 2014.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://murallocator.org/2012/07/rosebud-mural/">As you can see, this mural gives us world wide kudos, thanks to applications such as Mural Locator.</a></div> <div> </div> <div>-- <br>Feel free to call. I make free referrals to artists who are part of the Art Walk nation.<br>231-714-8130 </div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-8097374916384428962014-06-08T23:06:00.001-04:002014-06-08T23:06:07.953-04:00Thanks to the MAAC ArtSharks, Chip VanderWier is Off on His Way to Illuminate the Lakeshore Trail with Kinectic Sculpture Electricity.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jyKfX9wMkco/U5Ukot90FEI/AAAAAAAAQ1M/3-wxxSPM6ko/s1600/chip_vanderwier-767954.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jyKfX9wMkco/U5Ukot90FEI/AAAAAAAAQ1M/3-wxxSPM6ko/s320/chip_vanderwier-767954.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6022760358630134850" /></a></p><div>The ArtSharks of the Muskegon Area Arts Council heard nine extraordinary proposals today at Dreamer's Blues Bar. All of them are worthy of funding, and yet, the evening was a winner-take-all event. The judges for the ArtSharks were prestigious and included Michael Belt, Arthur Fogg, Brenda Moore, Paula Tillman and Donna Johnson. VanderWier is known for kinectic sculpture, and he's actually placed in ArtPrize before. He also teaches at Muskegon Community College. And he wowwed the judges with his vision for the Lakeshore Trail that travels the Lake Muskegon Shore from the Muskegon Environmental Research and Education Society preserve to Pere Marquette Beach.</div> <div> </div> <div>VanderWier knows how to make a wind turbine look artistically pleasing. And he likes the idea of the trail having footlights to guide bicyclists and walkers home from trips to the beach or down to the city center. And he knows that no one has constructured a trail of sustainable sculpture that works like a string of power plants. He can see it in his imagination. No one else can. He's talked to the City of Muskegon. He's talked to the staff of Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center, and they scratched their heads. The ArtSharks totally got it, and gave him his first funds to carry out the idea. The Sharks were pleased to be the first money for this project that surely will transform the way trails are maintained in the world. We can't wait to take a walk as the free, sustainable electricity illuminates our way.</div> <div> </div> <div>ArtSharks returns to Dreamer's Blues Bar September 21st at 1:30 PM in the afternoon.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chip-vanderwier/7/336/8b1">Chip VanderWier is a Local Sculptor We Are Proud to Support.</a></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-33350612811172296112014-06-07T15:09:00.001-04:002014-06-08T11:43:24.037-04:00The Rumor is that Hillary Lindsey and Brett James are Going to Bring
Nashville to @UnrulyBrewing After the West Michigan Symphony Concert.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zmjbQTM2vlA/U5NjgE25qpI/AAAAAAAAQ08/p4xhAJN4ihE/s1600/hillary%2Blindsey-789614.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zmjbQTM2vlA/U5NjgE25qpI/AAAAAAAAQ08/p4xhAJN4ihE/s320/hillary%2Blindsey-789614.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6022266529435462290"></a></p><div>I am far from a journalist or an art critic. I am a man talking about his Art Walks, encouraging your friends and you to art walk too. So I have it from two sources, one a maker of pour over coffee and one a player of the oboe, that the Music City Hitmakers are going to breeze into Unruly Brewing for a spell sitting in with tonight's entertainment. I remember reading that when Carrie Nation came to speak in ones town about temperance, she would make a tour of area pubs with her axe, not seriously threatening to use it. If my rumor is true, it means that Hillary Lindsey & Brett James are going to turn Muskegon's Western Avenue into Second Avenue in Nashville for the evening. If you've ever been to Nashville, you'll know that Second Avenue is home of all the musical clubs, from B.B. King's to Cotton Eyed Jacks to even a Hard Rock Cafe. No need to go inside as the music floats out through the wide open doors. Playing a few encores is one thing. Painting the town, Sitting In and Carousing around Town might become a calling card for the traveling show called Music City Hitmakers.</div> <div> </div> <div>You'll want to go to the concert tonight at 7:30 PM. First, the song writers for Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney are going to enchant you with story and song. You'll feel closer to Underwood and Chesney by the end of the evening. Second, it's a finale for an ambitious season of the West Michigan Symphony, full of the experimentation that flourished since May 2013 at the Block. Gabe Slimko and his technical team have served up fantastic images for The Block's tall wall, and last night, I'm pretty sure it was his team that filled the Frauenthal ceiling with stars and stripes, honoring the anniversary of D-Day. It's a great chance to wear blue jeans to the Frauenthal a second time, after Blue Jeans and Beethoven.</div> <div> </div> <div>One senses that this is a new show, and thanks to the Seven Steps Up influence upon the symphony, Scott Speck and team were willing to take a chance on a cool offering. There's a few fit and polish issues with the presentation, especially in the first half when the symphony seemed eclipsed by the guests. The symphony ran away with a few melodies in the second half, genuine orchestral sweetness, and the show must focus more on the home team. Surely we have a few string musicians who could perform a duet or play second fiddle up front and center.</div> <div> </div> <div>Tip of the hat to Speck, who with all his mastery of the Western musical tradition, stood at his podium soaking up the song writing stories of Lindsey and James, looking dashing in his cowboy shirt with intricate piping. His attention was rapt, listening for the gold, the Grammy gold. He looked like that guy from band camp one always liked. It's been a long time since we've seen Speck offer a Namaste from the podium, but he was totally lit up by the musical light sparked by his guests.</div> <div> </div> <div>Like I said, this is the closest one will draw to Nashville stars like Chesney and Underwood without the two putting in an evening at the Frauenthal. Delightful that the two described "winging it" without rehearsal at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. We all benefit from the Bluebird. For example, when December Songs arrives at Seven Steps Up in December, as I hope, remember that Amy Speace and her friends put that show together at the Bluebird.</div> <div> </div> <div>Imagine that Kenny Chesney has a man cave and it's on the beach in Jamaica or some secret Caribbean island. Brett James has drank the Red Stripe with Chesney in the Caribbean and Brett James is singing at the Frauenthal tonight at 7:30 PM. All that time together has led to five solid gold hits for Chesney, all penned by Brett James. Tonight at the Frauenthal, hear the stories behind great songs like "Cowboy Casanova" and "Out Last Night" and "It's America". Then hear Brett James sing them with Scott Soeck and the West Michigan Symphony sitting in. Show starts at. 730 PM and some tickets are less than twenty. — at Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts.</div> <div> </div> <div>Hillary Lindsey knows Carrie Underwood's last name and pretty much everything about Underwood. And Hillary Lindsey is singing at the Frauenthal tonight. Imagine that your girlfriend listened to you all night long and then wrote songs for you to sing in the morning? Carrie Underwood has been talking to her girlfriend Hillary Lindsey for years, and Lindsey has written five number one singles for Carrie Underwood. We're talking, "Jesus Take the Wheel" and "So Small" and "Wasted" and "Just a Dream". Show starts at 7:30 PM tonight and tickets start at less than twenty. Looks like every country star needs a good hair stylist and a good lyricist.</div> <div> </div> <div>By the way, I can't wait for this show to spin off "An Evening with Hillary Lindsey". Like Brett James, I'm happy to brag on the song writing girl from Georgia who gleefully kicked off the shoes from her fooooot. Who doesn't love a southern girl who can make the one syllable word last five syllables?</div><div><br></div><div>Tell you what I love about the song "Last Night" sung by Carrie Underwood and written by Lindsey. Jose Cuervo is the only one with a last name!</div> <div> </div> <div>So put on your boots, and many local cowgirls wore them Friday night, and get on down to Western Boulevard and watch the Western Michigan Symphony go True West. </div> <div> </div> <div>Cowboy Captain Art.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.musiccityhitmakers.com/">Yee Haw in the Frauenthal, the Music City Hitmakers.</a></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-80008717322921220922014-05-26T22:58:00.001-04:002014-05-26T22:58:03.057-04:00Open Letter to @JoeFairBairn, New Owner at Joe's Wooden Nickel: Kindly Restore Mural from @GHArtWalk 2010<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tl842ODljLk/U4P_PGGGdlI/AAAAAAAAQzc/ecOlGAr6D3c/s1600/restore-783057.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tl842ODljLk/U4P_PGGGdlI/AAAAAAAAQzc/ecOlGAr6D3c/s320/restore-783057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6017934161896437330" /></a></p><div>Dear Joe Fairbairn,</div> <div> </div> <div>I want to congratulate you on your restoration of the Rosebud facility. As much as all of us loved the Rosebud, we knew it was time for a reboot. It is to be praised how you opened the interior to the sunlight of sundown by cutting windows into the western exposure. It is excellent that the wall behind the bar is now an arched opening to the second room where music is often performed. I remember Anisa Hayes bringing in all kinds of great bands and we couldn't hear them in the main galley. Now the great sound goes everywhere. We look forward to celebrating our summer inside your hall of great food and cheer, made magnificient by the employment of Kicked Up Kitchen chef, Anthony Gonnella.</div> <div> </div> <div>Anthony Gonnella is part of the Grand Haven Art Walk family, and it's admirable how he roasts an entire pig for us during the Centertown Block Party. As a man who walks Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Muskegon for art news, it is no question that you are a friend of arts and culture. All of the art talk eventually makes it way to my mailboxes and into the blog. Grand Haven Art Walk Five is gearing up for early Fall, and we can't wait to see what you bring to our celebration.</div> <div> </div> <div>I make this request to a great man of the arts, a man who understands the power of advertising. Cutting the windows in the western wall made for an improvement of the bar and grill's main hall, bringing in natural light. Covering up most of the scene on a beloved mural celebrating Grand Haven beach culture might have been a hurried decision taken in a rush to open the bar and grill before the hundred days of summer starting Memorial Day Weekend. It's okay. It's interesting.</div> <div> </div> <div>It's just that we celebrated that mural with incredible happiness in October 2010. It has been part of our street life for almost five years, and numerous visitors, brides to new residents,have stood in posed for pictures in front of its happy scene. Art is special in our city thanks to the Grand Haven Art Walk debut year, when we decided to put art first as we redesigned our city. Or as I wrote this afternoon to Jennifer Reyes, a talented photographer and an art consultant you trust:</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>What if art in Grand Haven really mattered? For example, at least as much as a pedestrian, who has right of way at crosswalks? Hence, we understand that the windows cut into the walls of the Wooden Nickel are important, opening the </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rosebud.haven"><strong>Rosebud Grand Haven</strong></a><strong> interior to light. However, it lessens a mural that celebrates Grand Haven Art Walk 2010, our first. So I call upon the new owner to restore it by painting a bigger mural that restores all figures and incorporates the windows. </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.reyes.92372"><strong>Jennifer Reyes</strong></a><strong>, would you kindly deliver this open letter?</strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div>Thanks for the consideration of my open letter to you. I assure you that a million dollars in publicity for Joe's Wooden Nickel will result from the reinvention of the Rosebud mural.</div> <div> </div> <div>Sincerely</div> <div>Captain Art Walk,</div> <div>Chief Art Walker - Art Talker at Grand Haven Art Walk</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.grandhaventribune.com/article/business/920776">When reinvention is the intention, protect the art.</a></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-20351130698719874012014-05-16T08:27:00.001-04:002014-05-16T08:27:14.635-04:00Detroit Can Kick You A&*. Proof? Attend Julie Fournier's FOXFEST at Tangent Gallery, Detroit, Tonight at 9 PM - ?<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6tw4jY3Uba0/U3YEJQvTOEI/AAAAAAAAQwQ/no9Id68LNhw/s1600/ses-734636.bmp"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6tw4jY3Uba0/U3YEJQvTOEI/AAAAAAAAQwQ/no9Id68LNhw/s320/ses-734636.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6013998909558569026" /></a></p><div>Hello!</div> <div> </div> <div>I hope you're enjoying Spring, I know I am! </div> <div> </div> <div>Friday night, May 16, 2014 at Tangent Gallery, 715 East Milwaukee St, Detroit (313-873-2955), is hosting FOXFEST! and I'll be unveiling new paintings there. I hope you're able to come! </div> <div> </div> <div>Doors are at 9pm and 21 &over are welcome. Admission is $8. </div> <div>Proceeds benefit the Michigan based non-profit women's shelters, "Alternatives for Girls" (<a href="http://www.alternativesforgirls.org">www.alternativesforgirls.org</a>) in Detroit, Turning Point Shelter in Macomb, (<a href="http://www.turningpointmacomb.org">www.turningpointmacomb.org</a>) and LACASA Center (<a href="http://www.lacascenter.org">www.lacascenter.org</a>) in Howell which also allows pets to accompany the women at the shelter.</div> <div> </div> <div>Static presents… </div> <div> </div> <div>Musicians Rock for Women's Shelters!</div> <div> </div> <div>The inaugural FOXFEST will take place this May and features four female-fronted Detroit rock bands, two women artists and two local vendors with the night's proceeds to benefit a good cause! </div> <div> </div> <div>This show is sponsored by Detroit Can Kick Your Ass!</div> <div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/DCKYA">https://www.facebook.com/groups/DCKYA</a></div> <div> </div> <div>The Congregation of Every 1will be collecting donated items at the event to deliver to Lacasa Center.</div> <div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/congregation1">https://www.facebook.com/congregation1</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Featuring music by:</div> <div> </div> <div>WHITE SHAG – <a href="http://www.whiteshag.com/">www.whiteshag.com</a></div> <div> </div> <div>THE LUCKOUTS – <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/theluckouts">www.reverbnation.com/theluckouts</a> </div> <div> </div> <div>MERIDITH LORDE & THE TAINTED SAINTS – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MeridithLordeAndTheTaintedSaints">https://www.facebook.com/MeridithLordeAndTheTaintedSaints</a></div> <div> </div> <div>DOWNFALL - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mydownfallen">http://www.facebook.com/mydownfallen</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Art by: Julie Fournier <a href="http://www.juliefournier.com">www.juliefournier.com</a> and Christen Carolin.</div> <div> </div> <div>vendors: </div> <div>CreepynCute Shop-winners of Best Etsy Shop in the 2014 Metro Times Best Of Detroit!</div> <div><a href="http://creepyncuteshop.etsy.com">creepyncuteshop.etsy.com</a></div> <div>(<a href="http://www.facebook.com/Creepyncuteshop">http://www.facebook.com/Creepyncuteshop</a>) </div> <div> </div> <div>Rock N Rummage will also be on hand with their fun items for sale. (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/rockandrummage">http://www.facebook.com/rockandrummage</a>)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-10060629328167480562014-05-15T12:27:00.001-04:002014-05-15T12:27:03.248-04:00The Friday Night Concert at Watermark 920 with Rachel Davis & Joshua Davis has now become a cycling exposition, even with bicycle sculpture.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fiheBtpDcEQ/U3Tq2b8xdhI/AAAAAAAAQvs/xTXfJf2-NpM/s1600/Michauxjun-723249.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fiheBtpDcEQ/U3Tq2b8xdhI/AAAAAAAAQvs/xTXfJf2-NpM/s320/Michauxjun-723249.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6013689623382947346" /></a></p>By the way, the Rachel Davis – Joshua Davis concert at Watermark 920
<br>has a bicycle theme, and City Hub is involved, showing off bikes. A
<br>few artists are bringing custom rides, bicycle as sculpture. Indeed,
<br>cyclist Mat Moore has made chandeliers out of bicycle hubs.
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<br><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/582014">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/582014</a>
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<br>Joshua Davis is almost famous. He spoke at our last TEDxMuskegon on
<br>his run across Palestine for a charity out of Traverse City, and he
<br>now works for that charity. Worth seeing.
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<br>Right now, tickets are five dollars if one brings a box of cheerios
<br>for Kid's Food Basket. I could ask if people who ride their bike to
<br>the concert could be accorded the same discount? With or without a box
<br>of Cheerios. At least, it makes a good place to recruit riders. It
<br>makes a rallying point. I'll be there.
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<br>Ride On, Muskegon,
<br>Captain and WilboWilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-42250269904248949982014-05-15T12:20:00.001-04:002014-05-15T12:20:03.943-04:00The City Hub is the hot spot for cycling communities in downtown Muskegon, with four nights of planned activities.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-deAto8I0-BQ/U3TpNkrPdPI/AAAAAAAAQu8/Bk_Lx2Kly0Y/s1600/schedule-703944.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-deAto8I0-BQ/U3TpNkrPdPI/AAAAAAAAQu8/Bk_Lx2Kly0Y/s320/schedule-703944.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6013687821839070450" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dwjlYR2Nkas/U3TpOqv7ffI/AAAAAAAAQvU/hAOSHuQIWQw/s1600/matt%2Bbill%2Band%2Bzac-709242.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dwjlYR2Nkas/U3TpOqv7ffI/AAAAAAAAQvU/hAOSHuQIWQw/s320/matt%2Bbill%2Band%2Bzac-709242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6013687840649215474" /></a></p>The Hub is the hot spot for cycling communities in downtown Muskegon.
<br>
<br>Tuesday is Spin Sisters, meeting at 6 PM. Three rides of differing
<br>intensity, all the way up to hammering.
<br>Tuesday is also Mountain Biking with Bicycle Bill out at Owasippe,
<br>4:00 PM for experts; 5:30 PM for newbies. Call Bill to be sure of
<br>start location. Owasippe is 9900 Russell Rd, Twin Lake.
<br>
<br>Wednesday is the Social Ride, starting at Pigeon Hill, 7 PM and
<br>returning there after frequent stops for hydration. Yes, that's the
<br>ticket. It also ties into the Lakeshore Trail runners evening. It's
<br>One in Twenty-One with really great microbrews, in moderation.
<br>
<br>Thursday is the No-Drop ride, staring out at 6 PM. No Drop means that
<br>the coordinator, Bill or Zac or Matt, has your back and won't let
<br>anyone straggle.
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<br>Friday is the Beer:30 with the Mechanics, starting at 5:30 PM. Bring
<br>your own bike and anything else that starts with a B.
<br>
<br>Please share and bring a friend. Think of this as your night job,
<br>Bike-To-Workers!
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<br>City Hub is located at 585 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, US, 49440 • (231) 563-6243Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-72406586116123779312014-05-14T16:12:00.001-04:002014-05-14T16:12:43.911-04:00Come have a stiff one with George Dila and celebrate publication of his new book, Working Stiffs, Ludington, MI, Friday at 7 PM<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RcYIdklPMf8/U3POPiVDjvI/AAAAAAAAQug/EeHlaEpMBHQ/s1600/George%2BDila-763912.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RcYIdklPMf8/U3POPiVDjvI/AAAAAAAAQug/EeHlaEpMBHQ/s320/George%2BDila-763912.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6013376693778222834" /></a></p>HELP CELEBRATE
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<br>THE RELEASE OF MY NEW
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<br>SHORT STORY CHAPBOOK
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<br>FROM ONE WET SHOE PUBLISHING
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<br>"WORKING STIFFS"
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<br>
<br>
<br>Friday May 16 – 7pm
<br>
<br>Book Mark Book Store
<br>
<br>downtown Ludington
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<br>EVERYONE INVITED
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<br>A GOOD TIME GUARANTEEDWilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-38169357667674853942014-05-12T22:32:00.000-04:002014-05-13T12:37:55.385-04:00John McGarry, CEO, Lakeshore Museum Center, Had a House Guest, the Great American Troubadour, Andrew McKnight. So The Block Booked Him.John McGarry is an International Museum Man of Mystery. Not all too long ago, the CEO was traveling in Russia, teaching the history of Joseph Beryle, a Muskegon man who fought for the allies under the flag of the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II. His resume includes a stint with the United States Marine Corp as a registrar with their History and Museums Division. So if it is Marine history, McGarry has recorded the artifact's existence in the official database and seen to its preservation. McGarry probably doesn't talk about the Area 51 items he checked into the collection. <div><br></div><div>On Thursday night, McGarry introduced Hackley Library honoree Dr. Steven Demos at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Demos, the man who performed the first open heart surgery in Muskegon, and McGarry have flown drones over the newly built Hilt's Landing in an effort to plan trails and map the regional historical exhibit. On Friday night, he sat in the "honor seat" at The Block, and the honor seat is as much of The Block's culture as the gong the audience tends to ignore, enjoying cocktails and chatting.
Natalie Carmolli sat there when Teri Hansen performed in December. </div><div><br></div><div>Carmolli supported Hansen during the earliest auditions of what became an amazing career on Broadway. Gary and Michelle Hanks sat there when Neil Jacobs performed, a perennial favorite guitarist at Seven Steps Up, where the Hanks family has hosted one hundred Americana and folk concerts. Seven Steps Up inspired The Block, and the couple from Spring Lake heard this straight from Carla Hill, the creative force behind The Block. </div><div><br></div><div>One can only imagine the phone call from the museum CEO to the symphony president. "Hello Carla, I have a house guest coming in early May, and he happens to be Andrew McKnight, the great American troubadour". CEO Hill can recognize a lapbird as soon as it takes wing, and Andrew McKnight became, to my mind, a great add to The Block's first season. McGarry undoubtedly keeps good records on who is who when it comes to historical acts. McKnight's acknowledgement as an American treasure is pathetic when one considers his accomplishment. McGarry, however, wouldn't miss him. McGarry can find the golden needle in a cultural haystack. He's the registrar, remember? </div><div><br></div><div>Andrew McKnight is quite a golden needle. In introducing his classic, The Road to Appomattox, McKnight's patter recreated the evening of December 10, 1862, the night before the carnage of the Battle of Fredericksburg, which claimed the lives of almost two thousand men, two thirds on the side of the Union in this Confederate victory. The night before, almost 190,000 men camped and sang around campfires on the shores of the Rappahannock River. In McKnight's imagination, the night seems almost yesterday, and he can hear the men singing to one another across the river, just above the point where it became a tidal estuary, a grace note of a fact. The men closed the night with a round of "Nearer, My God, to Thee". McKnight probably knows that was a newer tune then, written by Sarah Flower Adams in 1841. He probably knows that the dance band on the Titantic reportedly played it numerous times, awaiting the nip of ice water at their ankles.</div><div><br></div><div>Slow down and review that. To introduce one song from his repetoire, McKnight conjured up a three day history and lit up a hymn over seventeen decades old. Film that if you can, Ken Burns. That characterizes the evening with Andrew McKnight, who sang so many songs with discursive introductions, I lost count. My evening did require several bags of popcorn, courtesy of the Lakeshore Emporium, engrossed in the storytelling. But who was counting? Consumption of popcorn is one of the products of enchantment.</div><div><br></div><div>America needs troubadours like Andrew McNight, and I knew he was the troubadour outright when he began strolling and conversing around The Block in advance of his performance. Watch how his guitar seems a part of his body, a third arm or maybe a second voice. McKnight is making a good living but hardly has hit the point of stardom. On tour, he sleeps in back bedrooms. </div><div><br></div><div>He also has to perform for his seven year old daughter's daycare class once a week to barter for her care. His story of inventing songs and learning the mandolin on the job is the material of a good comic movie, akin to Daddy Day Care. Just don't cast Schwarzenegger as McKnight.</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.andrewmcknight.net/the-road-to-appomattox</div>
Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0Hennessy's Irish Pub & Restaurant 885 Jefferson St, Muskegon43.236483 -86.248524tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-37966629144093408582014-05-07T16:45:00.001-04:002014-05-07T16:45:09.989-04:00Doug Fitch sees a kindred spirit when he studies constellation illustrations from the past. #TEDxGR<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WP_78Fssw2g/U2qbWDTnUgI/AAAAAAAAQso/mMVXFtzCMUU/s1600/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%2527s_Mirror_-_Cassiopeia_%2528image_right_side_up%2529-709989.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WP_78Fssw2g/U2qbWDTnUgI/AAAAAAAAQso/mMVXFtzCMUU/s320/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%2527s_Mirror_-_Cassiopeia_%2528image_right_side_up%2529-709989.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6010787455826350594" /></a></p><div>Doug Fitch likes to put art in the cosmos.</div> <div><a href="http://www.douglasfitch.com/Doug_Fitch/DougFitch.html">http://www.douglasfitch.com/</a></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-5894850135773868422014-05-07T16:31:00.001-04:002014-05-07T16:31:07.513-04:00Commute boundaries & employee contracts tossed aside by Rachel Segal on a farm on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia #TEDxGR<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GU2D5e9fHr4/U2qYDr96wwI/AAAAAAAAQsc/OkRsiZUslnE/s1600/rachelsegal_next-767515.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GU2D5e9fHr4/U2qYDr96wwI/AAAAAAAAQsc/OkRsiZUslnE/s320/rachelsegal_next-767515.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6010783841788805890" /></a></p><div>I think I am listening to Rachel Segal: Cultivating A Sustainable Digital Homestead.</div> <div> </div> <div>She lives in Whaletown BC.</div> <div><a href="http://www.rachelsegal.com/">http://www.rachelsegal.com/</a></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590044883221781902.post-62012724514863234802014-05-07T15:04:00.001-04:002014-05-07T15:04:18.578-04:00Wayne Curtis speaks today at #TEDxGR after having only water at lunch instead of a craft cocktail, a topic upon which he writes.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mACBvlqohyQ/U2qDtOlhFQI/AAAAAAAAQsM/0BmMjnU-BZY/s1600/wayne%2Bcurtis%2Bbook%2Bbottle%2Bof%2Brun-758578.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mACBvlqohyQ/U2qDtOlhFQI/AAAAAAAAQsM/0BmMjnU-BZY/s320/wayne%2Bcurtis%2Bbook%2Bbottle%2Bof%2Brun-758578.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6010761465712153858" /></a></p><div>Wayne Curtis writes and lives and drinks in New Orleans.</div> <div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynecurtis">https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynecurtis</a></div> Wilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812658994072765177noreply@blogger.com0