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April 24, 2020 on Scout Cambridge 

As of April 24, Somerville’s Economic Development Department (EDD) received 40 applications to their business coaching service, a new program created to help local businesses affected by COVID-19. Since launching on April 6, the program has already matched 17 businesses with coaches.

April 2, 2020 on LinkedIn

 

With some extra time on hand, I thought I’d share some of my favorite autobiographies from creators and innovators. If you’re one of those people that enjoys learning about the deciding factor that made a person launch a business or pursue their passion, keep on reading. In no particular order, here are my top 5 reads.

January 11, 2019 on Patch Concord

 

In the black box theater of The Umbrella Annex at 57 ORNAC, there's a stage injected with the spirit of grunge and glam – this is where the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch have been rehearsing. Opening January 18, The Umbrella's first theatre production of 2019, the show is a bold choice, says Brian Boruta, show producer.

October 25, 2017 on theumbrellaarts.org

Zoe is a volunteer who has grown up with The Umbrella Community Arts Center. She began frequenting the gallery as a child when she attended the center’s summer arts camp. 

September 6, 2017 on theumbrellaarts.org

An advocate for the arts, Marian has been volunteering at Umbrella Arts since the 2015 Winter Market. She enjoys volunteering because she likes making a difference in her community and giving others the chance to experience art.

Rachel Gates: Puppeteer

April 9, 2017 on huckleberryfineart.com 

Rachel Gates is a teacher and visual artist whose experience spans over 30 years from the west coast to the east coast. Known for her puppetry, Gates learned the craft of puppetry at age 8, when her mother enrolled her in classes at the Local Y in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A shy kid, puppet making became a creative outlet for Rachel to express herself.

What Is a Puppeteer?

April 1, 2017 on huckleberryfineart.com 

One of our favorite classes at Huckleberry Fine Art is our kids art class. For the past few
months, students have been creating their own puppets with the help of our resident
instructor Rachel Gates. Not only a teacher, Rachel is also an artist. She’s worked in the
puppeteering industry for several years, making puppets for productions with Signal Light
Theatre and Tears of Joy.

 

So what is a puppeteer? Keep reading to find out!

A Word from Our Artists #2

March 16, 2017 on huckleberryfineart.com 

What inspires you to keep creating?

“Another artist once said to me that the best reason for creating anything is that he simply feels that something ‘needs to exist’. I think I feel like this, that the ideas and feelings that I develop from my imagination and experiences need to exist in a form that gets them out of my head and out into the world where others can also experience them.”
- Rob Gonsalves

A Word from Our Artists

February 24, 2017 on huckleberryfineart.com 

What are some of your favorite places for inspiration?

"For me, the inspiration is knowing that when I put these pieces out there...whether they resonate. I know there's a story inside each one of them, and if people can relate to them when they look at them, then they're going to create their own. That's what excites me and inspires me about art."
- Debra Keirce

February 3, 2017 Issue of The Town Courier

For seven years, the Quince Orchard National Art Honor Society has joined forces with the Memory Project to create portraits for children in poverty, neglect or abuse in an effort to spread personal value and kindness around the world.

“I really want to find a way for my students each year to realize the power of art and making a positive impact on people,” said Quince Orchard art teacher Jeremy Lundquist. “This was really a perfect fit. People often forget to take a step back. This forced my students to do that—to share their passion for art with kids.”

February 3, 2017 Issue of The Town Courier

“Beyond the Rose” is a tale of Victorian romance and mystery crafted by Gaithersburg writer Sharon Allen Gilder. “I get lost in this fictitious world that I’m writing,” said Gilder. “That’s always exciting for me: to be a storyteller and not know exactly where it’s going. That’s what I love about this kind of writing.”

January 19, 2017 on culturespotmc.com

Olde Towne Gaithersburg is home to three small museums that loom large in local history. The Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Museum, the Gaithersburg Community Museum and the Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory, located within a mile of each other, are historical sites that show off Gaithersburg’s past.

January 6, 2017 Issue of The Town Courier

It’s 17 degrees on a school night. Five musicians don holiday hats and pile into cars to make their way to the National Zoo. When the group arrives, it’s so cold that hardly anyone is there. But this band is flexible, used to accommodating different performance situations. They walk down to the ZooLights stage and begin to play.

December 16, 2016 Issue of The Town Courier

Andrea Roberts, founder of Reece’s Rainbow, has her holiday elves at work this season raising money to support families adopting children with Down syndrome and other special needs from countries around the world.

“We’re not just a nonprofit. We’re really just a community of people who care about each other and come together for families,” said Roberts. 

July 26, 2016 on blog

 

Naghmeh Sharifi is an artist who has had her work exhibited around the world from La Compania Gallery in Mexico City to Red Bird Studios in Montreal. Most recently, Naghmeh presented her painting series “The World Inside” with the Montreal Council for the Arts. 

 

I sat down with her over Skype to chat about her love of learning and her relationship to art.

June 13, 2016 on blog


A fireball in all senses of the word, Florence took over the stage and the audience at Centre Bell Wednesday night.

 

Red hair flying, legs racing, arms raised, Florence delivered a killer performance of both new and old favorites from her albums. Performing the likes of Shake It Out and Ship To Wreck, Florence embraced every part of the performance.

April 17, 2016 Issue of The News Record

 

From scenes of dark castles to winding clocks, “Through the Looking Glass,” as directed by James Bobin, creates a wondrous world built upon Victorian history.

“I think the idea of Wonderland to me, is the idea of history of magic,” Bobin said.

April 17, 2016 Issue of The News Record

 

Premiering May 20, “Angry Birds” sports an all-star cast of former “Saturday Night Live” superstars such as Bill Hader and Jason Sadekis, and also employs the screenwriting talents of Jon Vitti, who has previously worked on shows like “King of Hill” and “The Simpsons.”

“Who hasn’t wanted to fling a bird at a thing in their life?” asked comedian and film star Josh Gad during a conference call with co-star Maya Rudolph.

March 7, 2016 Issue of The News Record


Matthias Lechner traveled far and wide before he set roots in Ventura, California, to work as an art director for Walt Disney Feature Animations.
 

Originally working in Germany’s animation industry, Lechner later traveled to Hamburg, Germany; Seoul, South Korea, and Vancouver, British Columbia, to work on various film projects.  After receiving a call in 2012 from the writer of Disney’s upcoming film, “Zootopia,” Lechner was invited to join the Disney team as art director for environments of the film.

March 2, 2016 Blog Post on cincinnatimagazine.com

When they opened their Westwood brewery Tap & Screw in the summer of 2014, Tom, Adam, and Jerry Lorenz brought Cincinnati’s brewing renaissance to the west side. Now, the family trio (brothers Tom and Jerry and Tom’s son Adam) are expanding into the east side with a location in Oakley Square in—of all places—an empty funeral parlor.

December 2, 2015 Issue of The News Record

 

A graphic design alumnus from the University of Cincinnati from the 1970s returned home to a packed crowd Nov. 20 to share his wisdom from working in the graphic design world.

Michael Bierut, now a partner at Pentagram in New York City and cofounder of the website Design Observer, shared his journey from Cleveland-born college student to graphic designer in the big city.

Fall 2015 Issue of Venue Magazine

The Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra opens its 28th season of Parties of Note, a series of themed social gatherings to raise money for the Orchestra in unique venues across Greater Cincinnati with delectable food, drinks, presentations or tours, and of course incredible music.

May 5, 2015 online article on newsrecord.org

University of Cincinnati’s 1965-66 alumni buried a time capsule 50 years ago that was to be opened by the graduating class of 2015 Saturday afternoon.

April 1, 2015 Issue of The News Record

While a free workshop held Tuesday at the Engineering and Applied Science Library focused on the citation management tool RefWorks, graduate assistant and workshop leader Aarthi Raghavendra hoped the meeting would also serve as a source of inspiration.

 

“I want to give [students] the motivation they need to learn further,” Raghavendra said. “But most importantly, they should have fun learning about something new.”

March 1, 2015 Issue of The News Record

Social media enthusiasts joined forces Thursday in Tangeman University Center to discuss the business side of social media with a panel of five professionals who utilize it on a daily basis.

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