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Less is More
CUT TO THE CHASE FILM FESTIVAL They had been looking for a project, something that would bring people to Shepherdstown in the summer, something that coud be an annual event, something with the possibility to grow and “spawn” other events. Bill Veldran and Natoma Reed-Vargason are “event people.” They make things happen. Sometimes serendipity [...]
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The Roots Continue…
By Todd Coyle CHELSEA MCBEE has been touring and recording for the last 6 years and is quickly gaining popularity. Todd Coyle puts her on the FLUENT stage this issue to learn more about what influences her style of playing and songwriting. FLUENT Your are a master at roots Appalachian music. Where did you [...]
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Showing Up
SHEPHERD SENIOR SHOW It’s a right of passage for art students in the Department of Contemporary Art and Theater at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. They can’t graduate without it. The show is permission to move forward, and documentation they were there. The bridge between entrance and emergence… as an artist, photographer, teacher, [...]
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Makers & Shakers: The Art of Making Things Happen
By Ginny Fite BEHIND MANY SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS is an impresario, not a puppet master but the person who invents the opportunities where the artist can shine. The person who changes the tune of a chorus of naysayers, who literally creates space for the artist to perform, who makes something happen that has never happened [...]
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Making Art Work
By Sheila Vertino THE OLD JOKE used to be that you had to be dead to be a famous artist. It’s practically still true. Only able to afford a loaf of bread or a surface to paint on while they were alive, Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh never could have imagined that their [...]
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Flowers
BY MARY-JO BENNETT
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SOS Dance Festival Puts Dancers All Over Shpherdstown
Goose Route Arts Collaborative will host the first ever SOS (Shepherdstown on Site) Dance Festival May 31–June 2. Eight dance artists from as far away as Phoenix, and as close as Jefferson County, WV have been invited to participate in this event showcasing site-specific dance. Free performances will take place between 2:00 and 8:00 pm [...]
The Poetry of Commerce
By Shepherd Ogden IT’S SPRING AT LAST. The crocuses are peaking from beneath the detritus of another winter, the lawns are showing some green-shine amongst the scruff left from short days and long chill nights. In the garden, garlic and chives are emerging and the cool weather weeds are rushing to seed. In the [...]
O’Leary’s “The State of My State: The Book” Out Soon
Sean O’Leary’s new collection of some of his columns, “The State of My State: The Book,” will be available in stores and online next month. The cover is adorned with blurbs from WV Delegate Stephen Skinner, WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman, and Ted Boettner, executive director of the WV Center on Budget & Policy. For [...]
Less is More
CUT TO THE CHASE FILM FESTIVAL They had been looking for a project, something that would bring people to Shepherdstown in the summer, something that coud be an annual event, something with the possibility to grow and “spawn” other events. Bill Veldran and Natoma Reed-Vargason are “event people.” They make things happen. Sometimes serendipity [...]
