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Come Fly with Steve

Simply Sinatra promises spot-on tribute to the Chairman of the Board

10 health

Super Foods for a Super You

Take advantage of these commonplace – but uncommonly nutritious – foods

12 cuisine

Hail to the Beef

Fix yourself the Columbus Surprise Burger with the help of a master chef

45 travel

The Oz that Refreshes

The Land Down Under offers wonders for every audience

50 visuals

Paint without Restraint

Columbus Arts Festival newcomers looking to break out

57 on view

Gallery Exhibits

The latest gallery shows around the city

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Picks & Previews

CityScene spotlights what to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss!

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The Painter’s Eye

Featuring Contemporary Conversation by Luigi Lucioni

• Tickets to IGS Energy Evening with Ben Folds presented by City of Dublin on May 18 at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion.

• Tickets to Memphis, presented by Broadway Across America, May 29-June 3 at the Ohio Theatre.

• Tickets to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s Picnic with the Pops concerts, opening June 15 at Columbus Commons with Three Dog Night.

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Discover the Dream

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Celebrate the Hospital’s 50th anniversary by joining Jack Hanna for Central Ohio’s premier event benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Come Fly with Steve

Simply Sinatra promises spot-on tribute to the Chairman of the Board

By Sherri M. Gordon

On May 13, you’ll be able to “wrap your troubles in dreams” when Steve Lippia takes the stage at the Southern Theatre.

Lippia’s show, Simply Sinatra, offers more than just a selection of tunes by Ol’ Blue Eyes. Attendees can definitely expect to be pulled back in time with Lippia’s interpretation of popular Frank Sinatra songs, Big Band tunes and classic American pop, but the star of the show is no simple Sinatra impersonator.

“I’ve never studied Frank Sinatra,” Lippia says. “I just happen to sound like him. I’m just an Italian guy from the Northeast. I don’t wear a pinky ring or a fedora.” Lippia considers his show more of a tribute.

“Frank Sinatra has a musical legacy that remains today, and this is a tribute show without all the cheesy impersonations,” he says. “I don’t try to look like Frank Sinatra or dress like him. … (I just perform) a show that honors his music, minus the cheese.”

Lippia may sound a lot like Sinatra, but his show is infused with a style that is all Lippia’s own. Aside from performing authentic renderings of some American classics, Lippia has been known to add jokes, commentary and historical tidbits. And some in the music industry have said he is a vehicle

that helps keep this style of music and performance alive.

“(The show) is about celebrating some of the best music this country has ever created,” Lippia says. “The music of this era really resonates with people. … It has so many layers to it, and it is viscerally beautiful in both form and style.”

During his performance in Columbus, Lippia will be accompanied by a 10-piece band conducted by Steve Sigmund. Sigmund also has many credits to his name, including playing with Ray Charles at one point in his career.

And the songs on the set list won’t be limited to the Chairman of the Board’s body of work. Tony Bennett and Harry Connick Jr. are just a few of the other crooners whose tunes might crop up.

Though Lippia jokes that he has been a vocalist since the age of 2, he has been performing professionally for about 12

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years. In fact, he credits his mother with introducing him to music.

“She brought music into our home by singing it,” he says. “We didn’t have albums or stereos until I was about 12 years old. She just sang Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day around the house.”

Prior to pursuing a career as a vocalist, Lippia attended law school, worked as a stockbroker and owned several small businesses. Occasionally, he would sing in some big bands in his neighborhood. But that was the extent of his musical career until about 12 years ago, when Lippia found himself drawn back to it and embarked on this new adventure in his life.

Since then, Lippia has earned a reputation as an amazing American popular vocalist blending the classic with the modern. His show not only appeals to long-time listeners, but also introduces a new generation to this timeless music, he says.

And people are eating it up. In fact, Lippia plays more than 100 dates a year, performing with his band and in front of some of the country’s best orchestras. He

also has headlined at the Rio Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and at Resorts Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, where standing-room-only audiences lined up more than two hours before the show to get good seating. Additionally, he has performed for sold-out audiences with many major symphonies across North America.

So what’s the big draw? It’s all about the music and the delivery. Despite his vocal similarities to Sinatra, Lippia is more concerned with delivering a solid musical performance. He wants his audience to hear a live big band with excellent musicianship and arrangements. And more importantly, he wants to be known as the kind of vocalist who presents an honest and passionate performance.

“People can come out to the show and relax,” Lippia says. “They get to enjoy some of the best music this country has ever created. I promise that for two hours, all their woes and troubles will be forgotten.”

Or, at the very least, wrapped in dreams. cs

Sherri M. Gordon is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

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Super Foods for a Super

Take advantage of these commonplace – but uncommonly nutritious – foods

Not too long ago, I would cringe at hearing the word superfood.

After all, I was under the impression that a superfood – which can be defined as a food that is high in vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants, and that has potent healing properties – was germane to countries whose names contain a minimum of 15 letters, none of which is a vowel, and are as familiar to me as the Xisha Islands (Yes, these are tropical islands that are located in the South China Sea, and no, I’ve never been there, nor do I have any inkling as to whether they have a college lacrosse team).

So the next time you think of a superfood, do not necessarily become infatuated with foods such as Purple Aronia, Camu Camu, Maca Manna or Turkish Mulberries, as they are grown in some of the more remote locations in the world. Rather, think about the superfoods that are commonplace in that

exotic part of the world whose name contains a majority of vowels: O-H-I-O.

While the list of superfoods can be extensive, I have taken the liberty to identify those that I feel are more commonly palatable to those of us residing in central Ohio.

Spinach: As a kid growing up in New York City, I remember watching weekly cartoons featuring Popeye the Sailor Man. After downing a can of spinach, Popeye would receive a burst of muscular power that enabled him to pummel the villains who would threaten him and his girlfriend Olive Oyl (no association with the liquid product described in the next section).

It was not until I began to delve into the nutritional value of certain foods that I realized the association between Popeye and spinach. Spinach is a muscle-builder. But it does more than make one’s muscles strong. Spinach also is loaded with potas-

sium and magnesium and is a major source of lutein, an antioxidant that may help prevent arteries from becoming clogged.

Olive Oil: Instead of pouring any number of salad dressings (almost always a poor health choice) available in my favorite restaurants, I have resorted to a more healthful approach and use a very judicious sprinkling of extra virgin olive oil. Olive oil has been associated, and very strongly so, with the Mediterranean diet that is known to promote heart health. And olive oil also has been shown to possibly reduce the risk of stroke. This may be due to the fact that olive oil helps to decrease the absorption of saturated fats due to the oleic oil that it contains.

Almonds and Walnuts: I like to refer to these as “supernuts.” Almonds can help lower the LDL (bad cholesterol) level in the body. They also contain high levels of amino acids that can increase the level of testosterone and promote muscle growth. Almonds also contain high levels of Vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps to keep the arteries void of those dangerous free radicals. Regardless of the breakfast cereal I consume each morning, I make it my business to add three or four walnuts. These nuts are high in Omega-3 fatty acids that help lower cholesterol and promote heart health. In fact, this supernut contains twice the amount of antioxidants per ounce as do peanuts.

Sweet Potatoes: I love potatoes – the white kind. However, I am aware that these potatoes are lacking when compared to sweet potatoes. Although sweet potatoes and white potatoes are similar in the number of calories they provide, sweet potatoes rule. Sweet potatoes are much higher in Vitamin C and Vitamin A than are white potatoes. Sweet potatoes also contain glutathione, which is an antioxidant that can help with nutrient metabolism

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and promote the health of the immune system. My exposure to the sun during my long runs has left me with a wrinkle or two. Some studies now show that consuming sweet potatoes over a few years may decrease the appearance of wrinkles. Botox, move over.

Often, I hear people calling sweet potatoes yams and vice versa. Let’s be clear. These are two completely different vegetables and are not related botanically. They are two different species of root vegetables with different backgrounds. There is a nutritional difference between yams and potatoes. An eight-ounce sweet potato contains 270 percent of your daily requirement for Vitamin A while the same portion of yams yields 1 percent. Both yams and sweet potatoes are good sources of Vitamin C, B6 and thiamine, and are thus considered healthful foods.

Rosemary: This spice is a superfood containing compounds that have powerful antioxidant capabilities. Rosemary has been shown to increase blood flow to the brain and thus improve concentration. Adding it as a seasoning to foods such as meat, fish, soups and sauces enhances flavor.

Finally, I must end on a sweet note and add dark chocolate to my list of superfoods. Having two to four squares of dark chocolate that contain about 75 percent cacao daily serves to protect against heart disease due to the flavonoids within. Now how sweet is that? cs

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Hail to the Beef

Fix yourself the Columbus Surprise Burger with the help of a master chef

By Cindy Gaillard

Master Chef Hubert Keller wants you to make a burger infused with the best ingredients Columbus has to offer.

Burgers are but one of Chef Keller’s passions. A native of Alsace, France, he is classically trained in the art and science of pastry. He is known for his world famous restaurants – Fleur de Lys (San Francisco), Fleur by Hubert Keller (Las Vegas) and Burger Bar (San Francisco, Las Vegas and St. Louis). Food critics delight in his creations, and his peers regard him as one of the world’s most imaginative of their kind.

The most important thing to remember about food, Keller says, is to experience the flavors of the place in which you live. A proponent of eating local decades before the . movement got started, Keller says gathering and cooking local ingredients is a way to connect to a place that feeds the soul as well as the body. Memories, stories and community history are tied to the flavors of regional ingredients.

“My grandma had a garden,” Keller says. “Everyone had a garden. It sustained the family.”

The stories his grandmother told while gardening and cooking – stories of his fam-

ily, of their heritage, of the place where generations passed – sustained the family on a more spiritual level as well. Food is for the palate and for the soul, Keller says.

That’s why Chef Keller wants you to make a burger and connect with the flavors of Columbus. Keller’s book, Burger Bar: Build Your Own Ultimate Burgers is full of recipes that are easy and delicious – and most importantly, the recipes are flexible.

Keller wanted to give people the freedom to experiment. “They create excitement in themselves and satisfaction that they made delicious food,” he says. He especially wants readers to use local ingredients as much as possible. “It makes sense.” After decades of buying processed and engineered food, people are now valuing local food like the food Keller grew up with, he says: “It’s come full circle.”

To give you some ideas on building your own burger, WOSU’s Chefs in the City staff took up Chef Keller’s challenge. A highly

Photography by Jules R. Angel

Hubert Keller

I had no idea a burger could taste this good. The flavors were wholesome and daring at the same time.

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Kitchen of Kindness

Chefs in the City is a cooking event in front of a live audience at the WOSU@COSI studios. It brings together the freshest local ingredients, some of the most creative regional chefs and one blockbuster, nationally recognized guest chef to create new mouth-watering recipes for audience members to taste.

Oh, and it’s a fundraiser, too. WOSU TV’s children’s educational programming benefits from ticket sales to the event.

Chefs in the City is in its sixth year at WOSU Public Media. Nearly 200 patrons taste food made fresh by innovative local chefs.

“The reaction from the community has been incredible,” says WOSU’s Patrick Testa, Chefs in the City events director. “Each year, more and more restaurants and other culinary institutions want to be involved.”

Partnerships with food industry businesses boost fundraising, as do major donors who back the idea of alternative ways to generate funds for public television.

The event itself sells out every year. Names such as Ming Tsai, Rick Bayless and Jacques Pepin helped to generate ticket sales. WOSU TV airs a broadcast version of the event that walks the viewer step by step through each recipe. This year, Jeni Britton Bauer from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams will once again delight with inventive ways to incorporate her world famous flavors into athome creations.

There is also an auction component to Chefs in the City. Bid on a woodfired feast package for 12 at Franklin Park’s Live-Fire Theatre or a Memorial Tournament Final Round VIP for four with food and beverages in the Sky Suite at Muirfield Village. The grand prize is a Sonoma Luxury Wine Extravaganza with Chauffeur.

“I believe we have a truly unique event, incorporating what has been called the best culinary auction in central Ohio with an educational celebrity cooking show taping and a wine, spirits and local food celebration,” says Testa.

WATCH

Chefs in the City on WOSU TV

Broadcast Date: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19

The program will also air on WOSU PLUS at 8 p.m. and will be accessible through Time-Warner OnDemand.

BID

WOSU’s Online Auction at www.wosu.org/chefs

CHEFS FEATURED

• Jeni Britton Bauer, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams (multiple locations)

• Richard Blondin, The Refectory (northwest Columbus)

• Jay Cotrell, M at Miranova (downtown Columbus)

• Jamie George, Z Cucina (Grandview Heights)

• Travis Hyde, Ella (New Albany)

• David Tetzloff, G. Michael’s Bistro (German Village)

anticipated fundraiser for WOSU, Chefs in the City will feature Keller as its guest chef in May. The perpetually sold-out event is committed to using local ingredients from farmers around central Ohio.

The staff put together a list of their favorite local ingredients and asked Keller to help choose what flavor combinations might work.

The staff thought long and hard about which ingredients signify Columbus. Beer came to mind; that was a given. Pretzels signify Columbus’ German influence. Everyone loves ribs at the Jazz and Rib Fest. Cheese is a must, but Swiss seemed too predictable. Microdistilleries are selling out of their wares due to overwhelming popularity, but how to incorporate their complex flavors? Chef Keller guided the process.

The result is the Columbus Surprise Burger, based on a recipe on Pg. 34 of Keller’s book. After you bite into the ground New York strip steak seasoned with cilantro and chives, the surprise is a juicy bite of meaty short ribs braised in the Columbus Brewing Company’s Spring Lager.

The burger has a generous portion of fresh Chevre goat cheese from Blue Jacket Dairy. The onions are pickled (see the book’s Pg. 134 for the recipe) using Brothers Drake Mead and Honeyrun Farm honey instead of vinegar. Lucky Cat Bakery’s pretzel rolls hold the burger together.

Marinated Fennel Salad (Pg. 114) is a great side if you include Watershed Gin, which has a citrus accent that blends well with the fennel and radishes.

Television producer Diana Bergemann hosted the staff tasting along with her husband, Chef Derek Bergemann, who cooked the Columbus Surprise Burger to

The husband-and-wife team of chef Derek Bergemann and Chefs in the City producer Diana Bergemann

perfection. Ten committee members from Chefs in the City were on hand for the tasting.

The burger was delicious from the first bite to the last. It was juicy; forget condiments, you won’t need them. The two meats together were rich, but not overwhelmingly so, and complemented each other beautifully. The Chevre is a mild goat cheese that is a great companion to the pickled onions. The bun gave a satisfying crunch and held the meat without crushing the ingredients together. The fennel salad was a fresh departure, and its flavors enhanced the anticipation for another bite of burger.

The committee, of course, loved the burger. “I had no idea a burger could taste this good,” was a line repeated around the table.

A curious thing happened, though. The conversation turned from the task at hand – critiquing the burger – to stories of good meals and good times with loved ones and friends. The empty plates sat while the conversation grew richer. No one wanted to leave.

And did the Columbus Surprise Burger indeed represent Columbus? As one staff member put it, “The flavors were wholesome and daring at the same time.” Now that sounds familiar.

But take Chef Keller’s advice: You had better try it for yourself, just to be sure. cs

Cindy Gaillard is the Executive Producer of WOSU Public Media’s Emmy Award-winning ArtZine. Find new episodes on Facebook.

Half-Century of Health Fundraiser pays tribute to free-of-charge children’s hospital

By Lisa Aurand

The number 50 is on a lot of minds as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital prepares to celebrate its golden anniversary – but to Colleen Konkus, the most important number is 18.

That’s how many years passed between her first and second life-saving visits to the hospital.

Konkus, now a Hilliard resident, first visited St. Jude in Memphis, Tenn. in 1983, at age 10. What many doctors and specialists thought was just an inflamed lymph node turned out to be non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and Konkus ended up spending the summer at St. Jude receiving chemotherapy and radiation.

Still, her memories of her time at St. Jude – playing with the other children undergoing treatment, swimming in the pool at the hotel where she and her family stayed – are positive.

“I knew I had cancer, but I didn’t know the degree of what my family was going through,” Konkus says. “St. Jude was wonderful. Everything there is designed around kids.”

After moving to central Ohio, Konkus met the Karam family on the sidelines of her daughter’s soccer game. J. David and Lisa Karam, co-chair the local Discover the Dream event, an annual fundraiser for the hospital, which has raised more than $1.7 million for St. Jude since its inception seven years ago.

“Discover the Dream has grown into the largest gala in the region to support St. Jude,” David Karam says.

There is no charge to families for care; the hospital depends on donations to help pay for its daily operating cost, which is currently $1.7 million.

When Konkus visited St. Jude for a research study in September of last year, doctors discovered a problem with her thyroid and had to remove it and a mass in her throat. The information St. Jude saved from Konkus’ 1983 treatment was vital to her treatment.

As a parent herself now, Konkus says she can’t express how much it means to know that St. Jude is there for her children, should they need it.

“We’re very blessed to have a place like St. Jude,” she says. “Being a patient and having that scare in September really makes you think through things about how precious life is.”

This year’s Discover the Dream event, scheduled for 6 p.m. May 17 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, will feature food, cocktails and a silent auction. Tickets are $150 each or $1,500 for a table of 10.

For more information, visit www.stjude. org/discoverthedream. cs

Lisa Aurand is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

Jack Hanna (left) and Discover the Dream co-chairman David Karam

“ We’re very blessed to have a place like St. Jude. Being a patient and having that scare in September really makes you think through things about how precious life is.”

~ Colleen Konkus

How the Fest was Fun

Find fun at summer festivals and locales throughout Ohio

By Garth Bishop

Summer is right around the corner, and after the spring we’ve had in central Ohio, it’s looking to be a great one.

The list of summer fun options is long, and although most of the entries on it promise to be a good time, whittling down that enormous list to a small, manageable set of plans is no laughing matter.

That’s why CityScene is here to highlight some of the best –and strangest – festivals going on this summer in our capital city and throughout the state.

Around Ohio

Ain’t That a Kick in the Head

If you’re nobody ‘til somebody loves you, Steubenville’s most famous native is far from nobody.

For the last 20 years, the Spot Bar in Steubenville – located in eastern Ohio – has held the Dean Martin Festival. This year’s festival, scheduled for June 14-16, promises all the usual amusements – impersonators, karaoke, singing contests and all manner of other musical entertainment.

The festival began as – and still is – a fundraiser for musical scholarships at local high schools, though its scope has greatly increased.

“It started in front of the courthouse with about 10 people,” says Joe Dialbert, owner of the Spot Bar.

Live P or Fry

It’s the most alliterative festival you’ll find in Ohio.

The Perch, Peach, Pierogi and Polka Festival in Port Clinton – say that five times fast – is entering its eighth year this year. The event, set for Sept. 1-2, is organized by members of the Knights of Columbus in Port Clinton, located in northern Ohio along Lake Erie.

The polka is the major draw, with a set of first-class bands on the ticket this year, and the pierogi-eating contest is popular as well. All the food serves as a callback to the area’s history.

“This is the heritage of Port Clinton –perch comes out of Lake Erie, peaches are from Catawba Island just outside of Port Clinton, pierogis are (celebrated) because a lot of people who settled here are Slavic people,” says Jerry Arnold of the Knights of Columbus.

Stuck on You

As if it weren’t multipurpose enough already!

Crafts, parade floats, sculptures, portraits and clothing are just a few of the things made from the titular fix-it fixture at the Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, slated for June 15-17. Avon, a Cleveland-area city known as the Duct Tape Capital of the World, is home to Duck Tape brand duct tape.

The festival is in its ninth year, and this year’s theme is Duct Tape on Safari, which means animal shows, a parade, a craft tent, a scavenger hunt and more, all themed around that sticky stuff we use to repair whatever’s broken.

“Everyone from teenagers to adults is crafting with it,” says Jennifer Allanson, a festival spokeswoman.

A Festival with Appeal

There’s more than one way to split a banana. The banana split was born in 1907 in Wilmington, in southwestern Ohio, and every year since 1995, the town has held the Banana Split Festival in celebration. This year’s will take place June 8-9, offering up a classic car cruise-in, live entertainment, a banana split eating contest and all manner of vendor booths.

A crowd favorite every year is the banana split masters’ competition, in which local chefs square off to see who can come up with the most incredible combination of the traditional banana split ingredients. Renditions have included a banana split pizza, a banana split flambé and a banana split cocktail.

“They take it pretty seriously,” says Debbie Stamper, executive director at the Clinton County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau.

Hamburger in Paradise

Burger King slogans notwithstanding, here’s a real opportunity to have it your way.

The National Hamburger Festival in Akron – scheduled Aug. 18-19 – brings in 15 to 20 vendors serving more than 50 different types of burgers, along with fries, milkshakes and other summertime favorites.

This is the seventh year for the festival, held in Akron because Akron is one of four cities that claim to be the hometown of the hamburger’s inventor. Besides the multitude of vendors serving up slabs of ground beef, the festival also offers a professional burger cook-off, an amateur burger cook-off, a burger eating contest and a burger costume contest for kids.

“We even have a Miss Hamburger pageant to crown a festival queen,” says Drew Cerza, festival founder and organizer.

Taking Flight

There are plenty of reasons for you consider landing at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force this summer.

The museum, situated at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in western Ohio, has a huge assortment of memorabilia on display, including more than 300 missiles and aircraft. In July, it will add to its collection a NASA space shuttle crew compartment trainer, a high-fidelity representation of the space shuttle orbiter that was used for crew training and engineering exercises.

The museum will also play host to a number of entertaining events this summer, including monthly family days, a performance by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on May 19, a military tribute concert on June 29 and a Space Fest event May 11-12.

“There’s going to be a fun run, stargazing, astronaut presentations and hands-on activities during those two days, all related to space,” says Sarah Swan, public affairs specialist for the museum.

Other Statewide Festivals to Consider

• The Toledo Museum of Art: Events all summer

• Crazy Cardboard Regatta: July 14, West Chester

• Wellington Cheese Festival: July 20-22, Wellington

• Vintage Ohio: Aug. 3-4, Kirtland

• McComb Cookie Festival: Aug. 4-5, McComb

Art Springs Eternal

Take in some culture in a town known for its artistic expression at one of the Yellow Springs Street Fairs.

There are two such fairs scheduled for this year: June 9 and Oct. 13. Yellow Springs has been putting them on for some 30 years, and they have evolved substantially in that time, says Karen Wintrow, executive director of the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce.

More than 200 arts, crafts and food vendors line four streets throughout the Downtown area of the western Ohio village. Yellow Springs is known for its artistic community, and there are plenty of high-end items available for purchase, but there are also many viable options for the casual Street Fair shopper – all of it original.

“Everything has to be handmade,” Wintrow says. “We don’t have any purchased items or resale items.”

Here at Home

Moving Pictures

Who says a summer blockbuster has to be a new release?

The CAPA Summer Movie Series is entering its 42nd season this year, putting old movies up on the big screen – the really, really big screen – at the Ohio Theatre. The 2012 season runs June 15-Aug. 12, and organizers try to strike a balance among movies’ ages and genres, with a few regular events on the schedule – like Saturday morning Cartoon Capers and Fright Night Friday featuring Fritz the Nite Owl.

Each year’s schedule includes a silent film with live organ accompaniment, always complemented by a classic car show. The films often draw superfans to the theater – for instance, a Marx Brothers show a few years ago.

“An entire family, grandparents to 3-year-old children, showed up with the glasses with the big nose and the moustache,” says CAPA Publicist Rolanda Copley.

30th Annual Classic

Auto Show & Cruise-In

July 6th & 7th, 2012

Dublin Metro Center, 555 Metro Place N, Dublin, Ohio

Over 2000 classic and specialty cars on display. General Admission: $10.00 for adults and children under 12 free.

Friday Show Schedule:

Car Show Participant Registration 10:00am-6:30pm Judging 10:00am-6:30pm

Phil Dirt & The Dozers Concert 7:30pm Awards Presentation 8:30pm

Saturday Show Schedule: Car Show Participant Registration 7:30am-11:30am Judging 12:30pm-3:30pm Awards Ceremony 5:00pm The Van-Dells Concert 6:30pm

For more information visit our website: www. arthritisautoshow.com or call us at (614) 876-8200

Simply Red

You have plenty of wine festivals and fruit festivals to choose from in Ohio, but how about a festival that combines the two?

Signature Wines, in Columbus’ Walnut Ridge neighborhood, is entering the third installation of its annual Sangria Festival. The micro-winery takes its rosé wine and whips up a special recipe, then serves it to all customers – of legal age, of course.

The event, set for Aug. 18, also features music and local taco trucks, but the sangria is the star of the show, as the winery’s regulars know well.

“Every time I mention it, people go, ‘Whoa,’” says Signature Wines owner Kelly Harvey.

Ice Ice Baby

If you’re looking to beat the heat this summer, it won’t have a chance against the Utica Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival.

The festival, which takes place May 26-28 on the grounds of Velvet Ice Cream’s Ye Olde Mill, is organized by the Utica Sertoma and benefits local charities. It is entering its 38th year.

The variety of ice cream offerings is substantial, but the popularity of other key festival elements – like the car show, the bike show and the parade – is not to be understated. And the ice cream eating contest always sees substantial popularity as well.

“It’s a challenge, (with) the brain freeze that they get,” says Taunya Palumbo, arts and crafts chairwoman for the festival.

Acting Up

Show Me the Honey

On the lookout for a festival this summer that’s super sweet? Stick around.

The Lithopolis Honeyfest is scheduled for Sept. 8 and promises the usual lineup of tastings, exhibitions, children’s activities and live entertainment.

Honey and mead tastings, a beer garden and the ever-popular beards of bees worn by some of the festival’s more daring exhibitors are also on the docket. There’s even a honey bake-off in the offing, alongside a wide variety of vendors selling honey-based products from baklava and honey-marinated salmon burgers to honey ice cream and honeyand cinnamon-coated tortilla chips.

“We encourage our concessionaires to introduce honey into their recipes, and so far, most them have cooperated with that,” says festival chairwoman Ginger Brenning.

Outdoor theater is a summertime tradition, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a local troupe that does it better than Actors’ Theatre.

For its 31st season, Actors’ Theatre is expanding to a new venue: Columbus Commons. It will put on two comedies there: The Complete Works of Shakespeare – Abridged Aug. 16-26 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with life-size puppets as the fairies, Sept. 13-23.

The troupe won’t be abandoning its home base in German Village’s Schiller Park, of course. At its usual venue, it will put on Robin Hood May 24-June 24, The Merchant of Venice June 28-July 29 and The Servant of Two Masters Aug. 2-Sept. 2. In recent years, Actors’ Theatre has made a habit of kicking off its season with a romantic swashbuckler, and Robin Hood, adapted for the stage by local playwright Philip Hickman, is no exception.

“Also, it allows us to introduce some elements of literature to young audiences,” says troupe Artistic Director John Kuhn. “If we can get one young person to read a book by having done the production, I’ll be happy.”

Photo courtesy of Sandy Jenney, organizewithsandy.com

Other Local Attractions to Consider

• Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival: June 15-17, Olde Gahanna

• Behind the Garden Gates Garden Tour: June 16-17, Fairfield Heritage Association

• Ohio Brew Week: June 22-30, Athens

• Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: Appalachian Strings June 23-Sept. 9, Lancaster

• Columbus Food Truck and Cart Fest: July 13, Columbus Commons

• Pickerington Violet Festival: July 25-28, Olde Pickerington Village

• Marion Popcorn Festival: Sept. 6-8, downtown Marion

Don’t Forget!

Even if you’re looking to try some new festivals and events this year, there are still a few things in central Ohio you can’t miss. Mark your calendar, if you haven’t already, for:

• The Memorial Tournament: May 28June 3, Muirfield Village Golf Course

• Columbus Arts Festival: June 1-3, downtown Columbus riverfront

• Picnic with the Pops: June 15-July 28, Columbus Commons

• Zoofari: June 16, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

• BIA Parade of Homes: June 16-July 1, The Meadows at Lewis Center

• Haus und Garten Tour: June 24, German Village

• Red, White and Boom!: July 3, downtown Columbus

• Westerville Music and Arts Festival: July 14-15, Uptown Westerville

• Lancaster Festival: July 19-28, throughout Lancaster

• Dublin Irish Festival: Aug. 3-5, Coffman Park

• Pelotonia: Aug. 10-12, starts from Columbus

• Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival: Sept. 3, Northam Park

• New Albany Walking Classic: Sept. 16, Market Square

Fairest of Them All

There should always be a place in your summertime entertainment schedule for a fair or two, and the nearby ones always have something fun to offer.

• Madison County Fair: July 7-14, London

• Franklin County Fair: July 14-21, Hilliard

• Union County Fair: July 22-28, Marysville

• Ohio State Fair: July 25-Aug. 5, Columbus

• Hartford Independent Fair: Aug. 5-11, Licking County

• Delaware County Fair: Sept. 15-22, Delaware

Garth Bishop is editor of CityScene Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@ pubgroupltd.com.

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Dancing Machines

Michael Jackson’s iconic songs and style get the Cirque du Soleil treatment

By Christopher Braun

The King of Pop may be gone, but the kingdom he built in pop culture lives on – and it’s sending a delegation to Columbus in June.

Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, a new show by world-renowned acrobatic and musical performance troupe Cirque du Soleil, hits Value City Arena June 9 and 10. The show combines the essence of a Michael Jackson concert performance with the distinct magic of Cirque du Soleil, showcasing the life, career, style and music of the one-whitegloved wonder.

The show will feature more than 30 of Jackson’s original songs and even sam-

plings of Jackson’s voice, which will “drive the show and really bring the audience into Michael’s world,” says Maxime Charbonneau, touring publicist for Immortal World Tour. Every Jackson favorite in the show is rearranged to fit the context of the show, always staying true to Michael’s world-famous tunes.

Themes vary widely – a pole-dancing routine set to Dangerous, an exploration of Jackson’s accessories to Beat It, a freerunning parkour act to Thriller

Accompanying Jackson’s music will be a cast of acrobats and dancers performing routines by famous choreographers, even some with household names. So You Think You Can Dance choreographers Mandy Moore and Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo are among the long list of contributors.

The performance will feature more than 250 costumes worn by the cast, each piece influenced by the flashy, eccentric personality of Jackson himself. Though touching on Jackson’s iconic style, each costume holds new value as well, keeping audiences on their feet and in awe of costume designer Zaldy Goco’s dazzling masterpieces.

Though Immortal World Tour was designed with lifelong Jackson fans in mind, even those who have never even seen a Michael Jackson video have found wonder in Cirque du Soleil’s performances.

“We’ve seen people bring their children dressed up in Michael’s outfits to the show. Kids have shown up dressed in full Michael attire, with red jacket and white glove and all,” says Charbonneau. “Even if you never saw a Michael Jackson video, or saw him live, you’ll find something to enjoy in the show.” cs

Christopher Braun is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

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A Perfect Fit

Tartan Fields house set up to meet all of family’s needs

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“We got everything we wanted in this house,” Tia Gannon declares.

As she says it, work still is underway outside the Gannons’ Bob Webb Group custom home in Tartan Fields.

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It was almost finished when Tia, husband Mark and their two young sons hurriedly moved in midway through March. It was a soonerthan-expected move; the family’s Dublin home sold the first day it went on the market, and they arranged to stay for 45 days rather than the 30-day occupancy required in their sales contract.

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They sought a younger neighborhood with “lots of little kids” in contrast to the mature area with older, empty-nester homes, where they moved when they had no children, Tia says. They wanted a more open first floor living area rather than a walled-off kitchen and a second floor less open to the great room.

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Bob Webb’s staff agreed to have the new home practically completed and livable about a month sooner than scheduled, and the family readily agreed to live through mostly outside work. Work was underway on a large paver patio as the couple sat at their eating area table in the great room, happily telling what went into making it their home “for the next 25 years,” as Mark describes it.

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Dirt for the front yard had been hauled, with sod and plants yet to come. The driveway was to be finished in April after weather allowed asphalt companies to resume work. Mark and Tia were not fazed.

To get the floor plan as they wanted it, the Gannons took into account the furniture Tia says “we had been collecting.” Among other things, that involved bumping the great room and kitchen walls out 4 and 6 feet, respectively, so the couches and chairs would create a comfortable living area and kitchen base cabinets would not protrude at a doorway along the rear wall. They bought only four stools for the island, which is topped in beige and white granite, a surface used on other countertops in the open kitchen. The wall movements also allowed for an extra-large laundry room behind the kitchen, a feature Tia especially likes.

Bob Webb’s homes, including the Westminster plans from which the Gannons worked, use high-quality fixtures, hardware and cabinets, but the Gannons chose upgraded versions of almost every feature available, including the granite. Mark mentions crown molding throughout and commercial-grade stainless appliances, which include a full conventional range beneath the stovetop range plus con-

vection and microwave ovens stacked in a cabinet nearby.

As they made design changes and decisions, they considered each added cost “minimal,” a term they both use variously. In the end, they skipped nothing they liked and still didn’t go much over their budget. The immediate sale of their old home at the asking price, slightly over appraised value, helped.

In the foyer, a stairway leads to a landing halfway up, where it meets an optional back stairs from the great room and continues to the second floor. Both have safety

The dining room connects to the foyer and to the kitchen.

Tia and Mark Gannon

gates now for the Gannons’ younger sons, ages 2 and 4.

To the left off the foyer is an office that Tia uses for her household duties. The Gannons decided not to have a living room as suggested in plans. To the right is their dining room, which connects to the kitchen, too.

They had opted to raise first floor ceilings to 10 feet and second floor and basement to 9 feet.

In determining the great room size, they decided to bump the end wall 2 feet and take space from what is now a playroom

“This is our dream home. We’re going to live here forever.”

~ Mark Gannon

The Gannons made some alterations to turn the kitchen and great room into a comfortable first-floor living area.

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behind it, rather than a den as the floor plan suggested. The wall still has a niche in which a TV and stand with glass-enclosed storage units fit nicely so they don’t protrude into the room.

A factor in choosing the lot was that the rear of the house faces east, allowing lots of light through a wall of windows. A glass transom was added over the rear door for more light, Tia notes.

The island with wainscoting over the base, kitchen cabinets with paneled doors and the floor of 5-inch engineered planks are finished in the same dark color, described as “sarsaparilla.”

It’s the same on custom-built railings, which have dark wrought-iron spindles, on the stairs and the open side of the second-floor walkway overlooking the great room. Designers told the Gannons their attractive spindle selection was different than most.

They chose a Berber carpet for nonwalking areas of the great room and in the other main floor rooms. The stairs and upper floor are done in a matching pile carpet.

At the top of the stairs through a wide opening is what the family calls its “bonus room,” created by doing away with a pro-

jected cathedral ceiling in the great room. It’s large and enhanced by generous windows, and is sort of a multi-purpose room that has a television, a couch and a desk Mark ordered for his home workstation.

A “bonus room” at the top of the stairs was made possible thanks to the elimination of a projected cathedral ceiling in the great room.

At one end of the second floor are two bedrooms for the youngsters. They are served by a full bath accessible from the hall. A third bedroom has a full bath for Tia’s out-of-town parents (Mark’s live in Upper Arlington) and other guests.

At the other end of the hall, the Gannons have a large master suite; they did not want that suite on the first floor. The king-size bed doesn’t cramp the sleeping area. It has two walk-in closets, one on either side of the short hall entry into the bath area that is anchored by a large, glass-enclosed shower. sinks, countertops and large wall mirrors flank the entry into bath area. “We really like our larger mirrors,” he says.

sometime down the road is more interior finishing work, such as chair-rail height wainscoting in the dining room, more built-ins for storage beside the entertainment niche and finishing the basement “when the boys get bigger and more rambunctious,” Tia says. “We’re on a five-year plan.”

“This is our dream home,” says Mark. “We’re going to live here forever.” v

Duane St. Clair is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

Flower

This child’s bedroom and another like it are at one end of the second floor.

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Green (Tom) Thumb

Tiny landscapes ignite gardeners’ interest and children’s delight

Story and photos by Lisa Aurand

No matter where you live or how young (or young at heart) you are, you can grow a fairy garden.

Fairy gardens – gardens filled with miniature plants and, sometimes, pint-sized furniture or even fairy figurines – have exploded in popularity over the last decade, says Donna Baker of Baker’s Village Garden Center in Dublin.

Miniature gardens, even ones for children, have been around for years, but it’s only recently that merchandise created especially for these types of gardens has become popular. Baker’s carries several brands of fairy figurines, accessories and furniture – some of which even lights up. The most well-known figurines are Flower Fairies, based on the illustrations of British author and illustrator Cicely Mary Barker.

“(Children) get to use their imagination and express their creativity,” Baker says. “It’s a great way to get children introduced to gardening at a very young age.”

Britta McCrary of h illiard fell in love with Flower Fairies when she noticed them at a friend’s garden shop and began collecting them. When her daughter, Meghan, now 14, was about 7 years old, Meghan spent hours looking through the backyard for foliage, stones or acorns to decorate a small box that became the fairies’ home.

“she really played with (the figurines),” McCrary says. “They lost limbs and then she put them in a fairy hospital. It was a real plaything for her.”

Meghan’s interest in fairy gardens led to an interest in vegetable gardening, which has since led to her current life ambition: to be a chef.

For Dublin residents steve and rosie sundre, fairy gardening was an extension of their interest in other types of plants.

“We are gardeners and have been for a number of years, and we’re always looking for new and different ways to experience gardening,” steve says.

And the couple isn’t new to miniature plants, either. steve has been tending the bonsai tree in his kitchen for almost 10 years, but didn’t get interested in fairy gardens until three or four years ago. he loves how easy they are to tend and how versatile they are. The arrangement in a pot on his porch is frequently relocated to the dining table whenever guests come over for dinner.

“It does double duty as

a centerpiece when we have company and then it goes back to the porch,” s teve says.

The gardens can be part of a larger outdoor garden or can be planted in containers. Baker suggests dwarf evergreens, Irish moss, violas, baby’s breath, succulents and miniature thyme as good selections to populate a fairy garden. Add a few accessories or create your own from found items, and your garden is ready for fairy figurines – or ethereal creatures from your own yard.

Those seeking further guidance can register for fairy garden workshops at Baker’s.

Classes are listed on the garden center’s website, www. bakersvillagegardencenter. com. prices range from $25 to $65, and registration must be paid in advance. v

Lisa Aurand

is a contributing

editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

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The Music of Led Zeppelin

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Bob Farrell, conductor

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Saturday, June 23

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Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx

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Arnie Roth, conductor

Albert-George Schram, conducts: Teddy Bears’ Picnic

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Symph-o-ny-Doo-Dah

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Pajama-Rama

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Back to the Future

Home tour and Foundation Home incorporate design elements from the 1950s

By Garth Bishop

The BIA parade of homes has 60 years of history behind it, and in 2012, it’s paying tribute to its origins.

In the middle of that tribute is Truberry Custom homes, which is designing the Foundation home for this year’s parade.

This is the fifth time Truberry has built the Foundation h ome for the Building Industry Association of Central o hio’s annual home showcase, which this year takes place at the Meadows at Lewis Center. The money from each year’s Foundation h ome –generated by the sale of the house, as

well as by ticket sales to a preview party – goes principally to the n ationwide Children’s h ospital Foundation, though other children’s charities get some of the proceeds as well.

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The theme of the 2012 parade is “midcentury design” – the design elements of the 1950s, the era in which the parade was founded. each of this year’s 12 builders has been asked to include a room in its house that incorporates mid-century design.

“We’re trying to create an atmosphere of looking back at the 50s and 60s, when life was much simpler, and creating a

Living Color

Original art will provide unique twist for Foundation Home decor

Of the many aspects of the Foundation Home sure to catch the visitor’s eye, the artwork throughout the home is expected to be especially striking.

Decorator Mary Shipley-Smith of Mary Shipley Designs is working with two local artists to fill the house with paintings, glasswork and other splashes of artistic color.

Glass artist John Sharvin will be providing pieces of his work throughout the house. Some of Sharvin’s work is traditional, Shipley-Smith says, but other pieces are unconventional, like a work that more resembles wood than glass – which will play well with the reclaimed wood floor and wooden kitchen table.

“He does beautiful colored glass, but he does other things that are very organic,” she says.

Painter Michael McEwan will have pieces set up all throughout the house. Though

best known for his landscapes, McEwan has many artistic styles and will be putting up all sorts of works, from portraits to monoprints to more abstract studies of color and light.

“He’s really going to try to show the extent of his capabilities,” says Shipley-Smith.

For instance, a two-story staircase going through the back of the house with huge floor-to-ceiling windows is a perfect spot for a large canvas painting or two, she says.

“There are a couple of walls that are just huge that we’re going to put some really big paintings on,” McEwan says.

Working with local artists to bring original art to the Foundation Home is a great opportunity, Shipley-Smith says. It will show that it takes more than just furniture to make a room look good, McEwan says, and help visitors realize how quality art looks in a home.

“It finishes the room, in a sense,” he says.

retro feel within some of the homes,” says Jim hilz, executive director of the BIA. “you’ll feel that theme throughout the entire event.”

some of the design elements that were popular in the 1950s are popular today as well – for instance, pendant lighting, splitlevel homes or pink and other pastel colors. Use of geometric shapes in furniture design also calls back to that era, hilz says.

“It’s a very modern look but, at the same time, (it’s) something that isn’t completely unfamiliar to the 50s and 60s,” he says.

It is up to each individual builder to decide how to incorporate mid-century

In addition, the original art allows Capital University, for which McEwan serves as artist in residence, to show its support for Nationwide Children’s Hospital through the BIA’s charitable foundation, whose support goes primarily to the hospital.

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With all the taupes and grays and slate blues, that mandarin tangerine is … going to be thrown out as a twist.”

design elements and keep them tasteful.

“I can tell you what you won’t see: three-inchthick shag carpeting,” h ilz says.

The Foundation h ome will incorporate the theme throughout every room of the home, says Mary s hipleysmith. shipleys mith, of Mary shipley Designs, is Truberry’s decorator for the house.

Bringing in a chair that fit with that age is part of the plans, as are era-appropriate bright colors, like blues and yellows. The home’s colors eschew earth tones for sophisticated grays and blues, but offsetting those colors will be mandarin tangerine, which is not identical to the popular orange colors of the 1950s but is very close, shipley-smith says.

“With all the taupes and grays and slate blues, that mandarin tangerine is … going to be thrown out as a twist,” she says.

Mid-century elements in the craft area will include mason jars and a wine rack filled with different materials for crafting, such as cutout paper dolls.

“Those used to keep the kids busy, instead of sitting in front of the computer,” shipley-smith says.

There’s much to appreciate in the Foundation home besides the thematic elements, though – such as the reclaimed wood floors and the water theme of the children’s rooms. The former contributes to the natural feel of the house, while the latter offers underwater photos and wide stripes of blue in the boy’s room and a sophisticated mermaid theme in the girl’s.

“(In) the girl’s bedroom, we’re doing a … wonderful chandelier in the center of the ceiling that has shells coming down from it,” says shipley-smith. v

Garth Bishop is editor of Cityscene Magazine . Feedback welcome at gbishop@pub groupltd.com.

First Floor

Second Floor

Mary Shipley-Smith

Muirfield basement is all about golf and entertaining

Story by Mike Price

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man cave

Like a golfer sizing up a putt, Tim Michaels scans his basement from different vantage points.

he eyes the nearly 1,000-square-foot layout from each corner, pointing out how each view is as good as the other. his initial assessment is proven correct.

“I like how it all fits,” says the longtime Muirfield resident. “There isn’t a bad spot in the basement, and it’s comfortable.”

The cozy, fits-like-a-glove feel is Michaels’ favorite part of the golf-oriented basement, which was redesigned by custom cabinet maker richard Booth about a year ago. Tim’s wife, Leslie, was the creative mind behind it.

“she’s wonderful with ideas, and then I just try and create what she wants,” Booth says. “We went through three different designs before we came up with this.”

Tim’s sole desire was simple: he wanted a place to relax and hang his collection of golf photos.

About 20 framed portraits of past golf greats – including Arnold p almer, Lee Trevino and Greg norman – surround the

pool table area. The vivid portraits with pine green borders, purchased in the early 1990s during the Memorial Tournament, take fans down memory lane.

A nostalgic golf historian, Tim cites as his most beloved portrait a shot of Jack nicklaus and his son chatting with palmer on the front porch at fabled Augusta national Golf Club in Georgia. It hangs to the right of a close-up of nicklaus teeing off. numerous portraits adorn the walls honoring “The Golden Bear.”

o ne of Tim’s favorite golfers is Fred Couples, a steady veteran who most notably won the 1992 Masters Tournament.

“he’s just got the right temperament for Tim and Leslie Michaels

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golf,” says Tim, a member of the Country Club at Muirfield since 1983.

Above the pool table hangs a 32-inch flat-screen TV. A functional mini-bar is set up adjacent to the pool table.

The walls and ceiling were repainted using golden tan as the base color with a brown glaze for the marbleized faux finish. painted dark wood runs along the border of the ceiling and trim of the floor. Tan carpet was recently put down as well. The style selection was influenced by Leslie’s favorite vacation spot – Cabo san Lucas, Mexico.

The house was one of the first homes built in the late 1970s in Muirfield Village, so lowhanging ceilings are a trademark feature. The Michaels have lived in Muirfield since 1981 and in their current home since the mid-1980s. It sits near the green on the 13th hole.

At the center of the room is a rustic walnut wood entertainment center with

built-in back-to-back TVs, a unique touch that was created for the Michaels’ four grown children and eight grandchildren. on one side is a 60-inch flat-screen, used primarily for the viewing of sports or movies while relaxing on a sectional sofa.

A brown coffee table (42’ by 42’ by 16’) is situated in the middle of the room. To the right of the TV is a display cabinet of Tim’s golf trophies and golf memorabilia. Below it is storage for DVDs and CDs. A 20-year-old watercolor painting of the Memorial Tournament by a local artist

with nicklaus’ autograph is next to the display cabinet.

The other side boasts a 50-inch flatscreen intended for gaming while sitting in one of two home theater recliners with cup holders in the middle console. An Xbox and a Wii are ready to be played. neither side of the setup is likely to hear sound interference from the other, thanks to the back-to-back layout and a divider between the two TVs. It took Booth two and a half months to finish the entertainment center.

Home theater recliners with cup holders allow for comfortable watching of –or playing video games on – TV No. 2, a 50-inch flat-screen.

Sports memorabilia sits on the gaming side of the room.

Portraits of golf greats line the wall behind the sectional sofa, which allows for comfortable viewing of TV No. 1, a 60-inch flat-screen.

“We wanted something so the grandkids could play games and have fun because they always want to be by us,” says Tim, a Cleveland native who is a certified public accountant. “Before, I couldn’t hear the TV and we couldn’t close off the room, so we had richard design it where everyone can be in the same room.”

Leslie was motivated to put in an entertainment center after noticing how nice the dark wood fireplace insert looked. she thought something to match it was in order.

The entertainment center wraps around the side wall on the gaming side, where it opens into display space and storage compartments. A pull-out computer desk is built in. The main unit, not including the desk wall, is 10’ by 4’.

“It’s not elegant. It’s spread out,” Leslie says. “We love having fun with the kids. Anyone can come down here.”

The ohio state University sports memorabilia can be found on the gaming side. everything from a Jim Tressel-signed football to a mini football helmet with Archie Griffin’s signature to a basketball with all five starters’ autographs from the 1960 national championship team sits in a display case.

Tim, who went to kent state University, has a mini Cleveland Browns helmet with

autographs from past greats Jim Brown, Dante “Gluefingers” Lavelli and Marion Motley. he is a Browns season ticket holder. “I warned them this is my last year if they don’t pick it up,” he says.

on the wall above the two theater recliners is a portrait of the first bowling association international tournament played in 1909 in Madison square Garden in new york. Tim and Leslie love to bowl and plan to compete with 95,000 others this spring at the 2012 United states Bowling Congress Bowling Championships in reno, nev.

They will, of course, squeeze in some golf when they’re not bowling.

“Golf brings friends together,” Tim says. “It’s nice to get outside and be with friends.” v

Mike Price is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

“ We love having fun with the kids. Anyone can come down here.”

Leslie Michaels

The Michaels’ basement also includes a woodworking studio.

The dark wood fireplace insert seen here inspired the design for the entertainment center.

Parental Potables

in the spirit

Mix Mom and Dad some special cocktails on their special days

By Garth Bishop

Whether you’ve already decided on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gifts or are still grappling with ideas, CityScene can help you add an imbibeable bonus.

Mixologists at local bars and restaurants have whipped up the perfect drink for Mom and the perfect drink for Dad.

Don’t forget: Mother’s Day is May 13, and Father’s Day is June 17. p ick up your ingredients now, and have them ready to toast your parent on his or her special day.

For Mom

Mom’s drink comes to us from rachelle Chiarappa, official mixologist for ohio’s own Buckeye Vodka. If you don’t feel like making it at home, Bar@8700 – the bar at the polaris hilton, where Chiarappa works – will feature the cocktail all through the month of May.

Pink Lady

• 1 ¾ oz. Buckeye Vodka

• 1 oz. hibiscus syrup

• ½ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur

• ½ lime’s worth of juice

• 4-5 dashes lemon bitters

• ½ oz. brut sparkling wine

Combine the vodka, syrup, lime juice, st. Germain and bitters in a shaker. shake hard with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. pour the sparkling wine “float” on the top of the cocktail, and garnish with an edible flower and/or a lemon wheel.

To make the hibiscus syrup, take two tsp. hibiscus powder and whisk it into 1 ½ cups of simple syrup. Take 1 ½ cups of water and 1 ½ cups of sugar, and bring to a simmer until completely dissolved.

Rachelle Chiarappa

For Dad

Dad’s drink comes courtesy of p hil p rendeville, bar manager at Barrel 44, which has locations in the short north and in Bexley. The drink, which will be available in June as a Father’s Day special, is a tribute to prendeville’s father, who died last year.

My Father’s Eyes

• 2 oz. Jameson Irish Whisky

• ½ oz. Aperol

• 2 oz. apple juice

• A few dashes Fee Brothers Whiskey

Barrel Aged Bitters

Mix ingredients in a shaker and pour into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Garth Bishop is editor of Cityscene Magazine . Feedback welcome at gbishop@pub groupltd.com.

Phil Prendeville

Pink Lady

My Father’s Eyes

2012 Parade of Homes

Truberry Custom Homes presents their fifth Foundation Home

The 2012 p arade of h omes is almost at hand, and Truberry Custom h omes is looking forward to presenting the p arade’s Foundation h ome for the fifth time.

Among Truberry’s most dedicated partners on the Foundation h ome is America’s Floor s ource. The company is responsible for all of the flooring – including the hardwood floors, designed to resemble reclaimed wood – as well as the wall and floor tile in all of the bathrooms and the backsplash in the kitchen.

“When they tour the home, most of the public will be amazed by what they see,” says America’s Floor source Ceo Jason Goldberg.

Goldberg has been involved with the BIA since he opened his company, and has been doing business with Truberry and Borror p roperties for years.

Like Truberry, America’s Floor s ource is proud to play a major role in the presentation of the Foundation h ome, whose sale proceeds benefit n ationwide Children’s h ospital.

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The Oz That Refreshes

The Land Down Under offers wonders for every audience

By Carla D’Errico

Photos courtesy of Linda Watson and Carla D’Errico

Picture a land seemingly as old as time, juxtaposed with the image of a modern metropolis.

This is Australia, or “Oz,” as the locals call it. As big as the continental U.S. and relatively safe, Australia has much to offer all travelers, from families to singles.

One of the Twelve Apostles, limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road

Last holiday season, Bill and Linda Watson of Dublin vacationed Down Under with their daughter Andrea and sonin-law Jason Gable. I traveled solo on a semester abroad in 2006.

You might be tempted to think of Aussies (pronounced “Ozzies”) as universally blond with great tans and cool accents, but Euro-

peans have only been in the country for a few hundred years. Aborigines, on the other hand, have lived in Australia for at least 40,000 years; some estimate as long as 60,000 years.

Australia has also been influenced by immigrants . from Southeast Asia, China and Japan, particularly in the cuisine on the east coast. The British, however, gave the Aussies their dialect basis – and their sense of humor.

“The people were nice. Their accents are fun. They talk really fast, though. We had a little trouble understanding them at times,” says Andrea.

The different terminology adds amusement, Linda says: “We started writing down the terms. It was funny because we’d see signs (while) driving, and we’d have to think a minute what (they) meant.”

Many people know Sydney because of its world famous Opera House. The Watsons and Gables were mesmerized, not just by the Opera House’s magnitude, but also by its history. Designed to resemble boat sails, the Opera House was born from a contest sponsored by the Australian government in 1957, with the doors finally opening in 1973.

“It was amazing it ever got built,” says Linda.

Even Andrea, not much a fan of opera, found it fascinating. In the evening, they explored world-renowned Bondi Beach,

Bondi Beach

The world-famous Sydney Opera House

strolling the boardwalk, stopping for a glass of wine and people-watching.

One of the best ways to see the city is by cruising Sydney Harbour. Catch a boat from Circular Quay or Darling Harbour, where you’ll also find museums, the aquarium and the zoo. Despite its size, Sydney is an excellent city for walking tours. For shoppers, The Rocks district and Queen Victoria Building have plenty of boutiques.

A favorite activity of the Watsons and Gables was driving the winding Great Ocean Road, starting in Melbourne. Along the way, they stopped in seaside towns, such as Bell’s Beach, watching locals demonstrate the popular pastime of surfing. Staying in Apollo Bay one night, they, especially Linda, were charmed by a bed and breakfast with excellent views of the beach, occasionally catching a glimpse of seals. At Cape Otway, after a jaunt to the lighthouse, they trekked through the rainforest to see koalas in the wild.

“One guy actually touched one, they were so close. We didn’t want to because we didn’t know how they’d react,” says Andrea.

Nearby, they marveled at the Twelve Apostles, rock formations more than 100 feet tall that jut up out of the ocean.

The northeast is characterized by tropical rainforests featuring plants from the Jurassic period, while the Great Barrier

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A wild koala near Cape Otway Lighthouse on the Great Ocean Road

Reef parallels the coast. Hiking through Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest, people cool off by swimming and bodyboarding in the rapids.

“My dad, my husband and I went swimming, and it was freezing,” says Andrea.

An hour and a half offshore from Cairns, the Watsons and Gables had a blast snorkeling and riding in a submarine, then relaxing on the permanent platform and recharging at the food bar. Fish are so numerous, it can be difficult to distinguish them. They also saw a sea turtle, stingray and black tip reef shark. Andrea was most impressed by the giant clams the length of a human body.

The Australian population hugs the coastline because the center of the country is a sweeping desert known as The Outback. The innermost region is called the Red Center, named for the bright vermillion color of the sand. It is also where you will find majestic Uluru, the largest monolith in the world and sacred place of

the Anangu tribe. Neighboring Uluru are other giant sandstone formations known as the Olgas (Kata Tjuta).

Kings Canyon (Watarrka) is also vast and stunning – and an area where I had the good fortune to spot a dingo. If you are

the outdoorsy type, this is the trip for you. It’s all about hiking and camping out under the stars. Temperatures can soar to 122 degrees in December, but most of the year, conditions are more moderate.

For an island roughly the size of Ohio, Tasmania, off Australia’s southeast coast, is chock full of sights. I took a 10-day tour and still didn’t see everything. The west is wild and beautiful, with stunning locations such as Cradle Mountain and Lake St. Clair. It is also the home of the Huon Pine, second in height only to the redwoods, and one patch is believed to be 10,000 years old.

The east’s beauty is more placid. At Wineglass Bay in Freycinet National Park the water was so clear I couldn’t help sticking my feet in, only to be shocked by its frigidity – the waters come up from Antarctica. Hobart is a quiet city, but it’s full

Uluru, the largest monolith in the world, in the Red Center

The view from Flagstaff Hill in Port Douglas

of European character. Salamanca Place has wonderful boutique shops and restaurants and an eclectic market on the weekends. Petting the Tasmanian devils at the zoo was an extraordinary experience. The sweetest part of it all, though, was touring the Cadbury Factory.

“Australia was somewhere I always wanted to go,” Andrea says. “I would have never guessed it was as beautiful as it was. I’d suggest it to anyone who hasn’t been there before.” cs

Carla D’Errico is a contributing writer. Feed back welcome at gbishop@pubgroupltd.com.

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Paint Without Restraint

Columbus Arts Festival newcomers looking to break out

By Lisa Aurand

The Columbus Arts Festival is whole new world for Brandon Moon and Jurate Phillips – and a handful of other artists.

Moon and Phillips are just two artists selected to participate in the Columbus Arts Festival’s Emerging Artists program, which is in its second year. The program’s group of 11 artists, who work in various media, was chosen by a panel of professionals. In addition to providing the artists space to showcase their work, the program provides the training necessary for them to go on to display at other festivals.

Brandon Moon, a 33-year-old Jackson, Miss. native, describes the Emerging Artists program as a boot camp of sorts.

“It’s a really nice program,” Moon says. “They do some … mentoring, which is really cool.”

Moon graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Delta State University in Mississippi and went on to get a master’s degree from Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, where he met his girlfriend, Ness. They’ve lived in Columbus for three years.

“(She) got a job as a designer up here (in Columbus), actually, and I followed her,” Moon says.

Though his interest in art has been lifelong, this will be Moon’s first time exhibiting his work at a large festival. His only previous experience in the area has been the German Village Art Crawl.

Brandon Moon

Left: Cradle of Silk

Right: And Everyone Considers it a Gift

Moon does some sculpture, but his preferred medium is paint, and he works in his small studio in the couple’s German Village home.

“Right now, I’m trying to get a lot of work ready for the festival,” Moon says. “I have some abstract pieces on canvas, and I’m also doing some reverse painting and shadow boxes on old window frames.”

Moon hopes the festival will be a jumping-off point for him, eventually leading him to a full-time career in art. Currently, he is working in the production kitchen for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams – his latest job in the food world, where he’s been working for more than a decade.

“I got into cooking in high school. I had a part-time job in fast food, and I started to explore that as an art form,” says Moon, who worked his way through graduate

school as a chef. “I think food can be just as artistic (as other media).”

For Moon, art is an escape and an extension of childhood imagination.

“You kind of create your own environment instead of being stuck in one,” he says. “I don’t really sketch anything out on paper beforehand. Mostly I just have an idea or image in my head, and then I try to work toward that image.”

Jurate Phillips is also a transplant who has flourished in Columbus. Phillips visited central Ohio as a Lithuanian exchange student 15 years ago, met her husband, fell in love and has lived here ever since.

“It was fate,” Phillips says.

She is excited for the opportunities that may open up to her through exposure from the Columbus Arts Festival.

Right: Loud Planes Fly Low

Below: House of Cards

You kind of create your own environment instead of being stuck in one.

• BRANDON MOON

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“I have been attending the art festival for 15 years to look and talk to the artists. For me, it’s interesting what they do and what their inspiration is,” she says. “Now I’m in it, and it just feels good. I’m just thrilled to talk to people and see locals, and with that comes opportunities. I work on commission sometimes, so businesswise, it’s exciting.”

Phillips began painting 30 years ago, at age 10, when her mother signed her up for classes at a children’s art studio. She went on to attend art school. After her relocation to Columbus, she studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design and graduated with a degree in interior design, but her passion has always been painting.

Intimidated by the logistics of setting up a display at a festival, Phillips has never exhibited her work. It was her husband, John’s, idea to apply for the Emerging Artists program.

“(He) pushed me and said, ‘You have to do something with those paintings because our attic will not hold any more,’” Phillips says. “I was nervous about all of the logistics, but he said, ‘I will help you.’”

She has a small studio at home in Merion Village, where she lives with John and their 4-year-old daughter, Isabella, but she also works in the artist space at 400 West Rich in Franklinton.

“(Painting) is everything to me. I can’t live without it, and if I don’t touch a canvas for a few days, there’s something inside that I feel the need to paint,” Phillips says.

Above: Jurate Phillips

Below: Scarlet Twilight

Columbus Arts Festival

June 1-3

Downtown riverfront

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“It’s therapy. It’s joy; it’s pure joy. … I am at peace when I am painting.”

Her work ranges from abstract to floral and landscape, and she even dabbles in mixed media work. When she’s not painting, she’s designing jewelry or doing freelance graphic design such as letterheads and logos.

“Art is my work now. It’s the best job ever,” Phillips says. “The Columbus Arts Festival is pretty large and famous. It’s an honor to be (featured) at home. I’m just a regular, ordinary girl who thought the opportunity to come to America was (an opportunity for) a great new life.” cs

Lisa Aurand is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroup ltd.com.

Above: Childhood Memories

Below: Tulips Make Me Feel Like Painting

Right: Contemplation

Its therapy. It’s joy, pure joy ... I am at peace when I am painting.

• JURATE PHILLIPS

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Great Walls of Children’s

Central Ohio native helps create hospital’s new look

By Duane St. Clair

When . Nationwide Children’s Hospital opens the doors to its new wing in June, patients and visitors walking the halls will get an eyeful of strategic graphic design.

Behind that design is Upper Arlington High School graduate Wes Kull, the lead graphic designer for the wing. Kull, who currently lives in New York City, works for Ralph Applebaum Associates Inc., which bills itself as the largest interpretive museum design firm in the world.

His path took him from UA to the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Pratt Institute, then eventually to Applebaum, where he interned before getting hired full-time.

During Kull’s time at the firm, the team he works on has produced an artistic wallmounted world press freedom map in the Newseum in Washington, D.C.; displays entitled Pompeii: Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius and Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times in Discovery, a Times Square museum; and a display about John Lennon at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in New York.

Kull’s work is visible throughout the environmental graphics and displays in the new Nationwide Children’s Hospital wing. He volunteered for the fouryear project as soon as it arrived at Applebaum’s door.

The intent of the design is to make the hospital less like a traditional hospital, without hindering staffers’ abilities to do their jobs. Interior design can be distracting if it is too colorful or creates an uncomfortable atmosphere, Kull says.

His main role was wall graphics, including “way finding” – the use of colors and artwork to direct visitors to their destinations. The pastel color-coded wall designs and paths on each floor add to the brightness created by large windows in halls and reception areas.

Kull’s work also included dioramas depicting nature scenes in niches along hallways, large green fiberglass trees and 18 large wooden animals made by Mansfield-based Carousel Works, all of it aimed at bringing the outdoors inside and making patients and families – especially children – feel more at ease.

The team was careful to consider health codes when any departures from traditional hospital décor were made. Aquariums, for example, “are a kind of tricky thing” so there’s only one in the emergency room and none in other areas, Kull says. “Hospitals have to be hospitals.”

The next step in Kull’s career will be coming home for opening ceremonies at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, scheduled for June 9-11. cs

Wes Kull

Duane St. Clair is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@pubgroup ltd.com.

Coordinated colors and nature elements, seen here in an elevator lobby, are used to help patients and visitors with way finding.

A forest-themed area, with wooden animals and fiberglass trees, uses nature to put patients and visitors at ease.

Gallery Exhibits

Hayley Gallery: Lucid Pathways by Todd Camp through May 11. Arrival by Dan Miller from May 12-June 21. An untitled exhibit featuring the work of William DeBilzan from June 23-July 20. www.hayley gallery.com

Keny Galleries: Stephen Pentak: Persistent Image (Recent Paintings) through May 11. Turn of the Century America: Whistler’s Legacy (1870-1914) from May 18-June 22. www.kenygalleries.com

Miller Gallery, Otterbein University Art and Communication Building: Senior Art Exhibitions, weekly exhibitions by graduating art majors, through May 11. www.otterbein.edu

Keny Galleries

Frank Museum of Art, Otterbein University: Etchings – Old and New by Vijay Kumar through May 11. www.otterbein.edu

Columbus Museum of Art: Monet to Matisse: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Sirak Collection – featuring pieces by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Klee, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Cézanne, Chaim

Hayley Gallery

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Soutine and Henri Matisse, among others – through May 13. Columbus Views – featuring pieces by George Bellows, Emerson Burkhart, Edmund Kuehn, Robert Chadeayne and others – through May 27. The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League 1936-1951 through Sept. 9. The Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel, featuring a detailed mosaic floor unearthed in Lod, Israel in 1996, from May 18-Jan. 13. www. columbusmuseum.org

Muse Gallery: Supra-Natural: A One Person Show by Randall LaGro through May 20. The Birds and the Bees – featuring the work of Nathaniel Galka and Mel Rea, accompanied by the work of Melissa Bonin, Christina Hall Strauss, Mateo Galvano, Julie Byrne and Russell Whiting, from May 21-June 17. Summer Salon, featuring the new works of gallery artists on rotation, from June 18-Aug. 31. www.amuse gallery.com

Fisher Gallery, Otterbein University Roush Hall: Des de Mi Ventana (From my Window), images and blackand-white woodcuts by Eliana Calle Saari, through May 20. www.otterbein.edu

Art Access Gallery: Landscapes by M. Katherine Hurley, Toni Craig, Jason Lewis and Marti Steffy through May 26. www. artaccessgallery.com

Lindsay Gallery: Paintings by Janis Price through May 31. Paintings by Joey Monsoon from June 1-30. www.lindsaygallery.com

Hawk Galleries: Duality, glass artwork by Ethan Stern and Nancy Callan, through May 31. Works by Lino Tagliapietra from June 2-Aug. 31. www.hawkgalleries.com

High Road Gallery: The Best Blooming Art Show in the City, an all-member show by the Worthington Area Art League, from May 2-26. Good Fibrations: Art Quilts And Art Dolls from May 30-June 23. www.highroadgallery.org

Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery: Let’s Get Digital, featuring visual artwork produced with digital technology, from May 3-July 8. www.riffegallery.org

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: Looking Forward: Work by the Faculty of Columbus College of Art & Design – featuring the works of Julie Abijanac, Carol BorhamHays, . Matthew Flegle, . Dennison Griffith, Danielle Julian-Norton, Michael Litzau, Kelly MalecKosak, Ric Petry, Tim Rietenbach and Mariana Smith – through May 20. Appalachian Strings from June 22Sept. 9. www.decarts ohio.org

Hammond Harkins Galleries: Chronicles of the Village: Songs for the New Millennium, 1200-1812, featuring the work of Aminah Robinson, through the end of May. www.hammond harkins.com

Dublin Arts Council: Strange Stories by John Reddington from May 1-June 8. Verdant Drama by Michael Hoza from June 19-Aug. 3. www.dublinarts.org

Lindsay Gallery

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio

Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery

Sherrie Gallerie

Brandt-Roberts Galleries

Brandt-Roberts Galleries: Mid Century Modern: Works from the Eames Era – featuring American, European and Scandinavian paintings, drawings and watercolors from 1930-1960 from May 4-29. Knife & Brush: New Works by Mark Gingerich from June 1-30. www.brandtrobertsgalleries.com

Sherrie Gallerie: Ceramic sculptures by Tom Bartel from May 4-31. Fins – porcelain vessels and wall pieces by Justin Teilhet, from June 2-30. www.sherriegallerie.com

Wexner Center for the Arts: Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 19551972 – featuring classical figurative sculptures, surrealism, nouveau réalisme and pop art – from May 5-Aug. 19. Omer Fast: 2001/11, featuring video installations, from May 5-Aug. 19. www.wexarts.org

RIFFE CENTER LOBBY June, 2012

Accessible Expressions Ohio 2012

An exhibition collaboration between the Riff e Gallery and VSA Ohio. For more information, www.vsao.org.

For events, hours and general gallery information www.riffegallery.org

Presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Artist Grants and Services Program and these Media Sponsors:

Curated

Janet Ballweg

Bowling Green

Jerry Birchfield

Cleveland

John Branham

Massillon

Kimberly Burleigh

Cincinnati

Guy Michael Davis

Cincinnati

Nicholas Economos

Cleveland

Ronald Geibert

Beavercreek

Brian Harnetty

Columbus

Dan Hernandez

Maumee

Janice Lessman-Moss

Kent

Katie Parker

Cincinnati

Joshua Penrose

Columbus

Andrew Reach

Cleveland

Michele Waalkes

Canton

Gina Washington

Cleveland

ROY G BIV Gallery: Works by Marty Weishaar and Cayla Skillin-Brauchle from May 5-26. Works by Lali Khalid and Monika Laskowska from June 2-30. www. roygbivgallery.org

Junctionview Studios: Agora 9, showcasing the art of hundreds of artists, on May 12. www.junctionviewstudios.com

Ohio Glass Museum: A-Tisket, A-Tasket … Flowers, Frogs, and Baskets, featuring the glasswork of Robert Eickholt, through midSeptember. www.ohioglassmuseum.org

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For additional gallery events, go to www.cityscenecolumbus.com.

by Alexandra Nicholis Coon, Massillon Museum

Ohio Arts Council’s RIFFE GALLERY

ROY G BIV Gallery

Paul Seide (American, born 1949), Radio Light. Blown glass, mercury, argon gas, 1985. Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe, 1991.135 © Paul Seide

events Picks&Previews

CityScene spotlights what to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss!

This benefit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. It features food, cocktails and a silent auction, and is hosted by Jack Hanna. www.stjude.org/ discoverthedream

IGS Energy

Evening with Ben Folds presented by City of Dublin

May 18, 7 p.m.

Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave.

Earth Jam 2012

May 8, 6 p.m.

Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave.

Aveda Institute presents its annual fashion benefit show with the help of Hauns Korpela of Scott J Salon in New York. The show follows the institute’s Earth Month activities throughout the month of April, which raised money for the Sierra Club of Central Ohio for its Clean Water Campaign. www.avedacolumbus.com

Center Stage Gala

May 12, 6:30 p.m.

Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany

Nashville jazz musician Anna Wilson will perform at the McCoy Center’s annual gala. www.mccoycenter.org

Discover the Dream

May 17, 6 p.m.

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Rd.

The Memorial Tournament’s annual benefit concert this year features wellknown pop singer and pianist Ben Folds. Proceeds benefit the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. www.mtbenefitconcert.com

Village Valuables

May 19

Throughout German Village Search antiques and household items of German Village residents at Columbus’ largest community yard sale. Maps of sales locations will be available at the German Village Meeting Haus. www.germanvillage.com

An Evening with Carrie Fisher

May 23

Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St.

Hear from Princess Leia herself as she tells stories from throughout her life, her film career and her time in rehab. www.wexarts.org

Happy Birthday, Columbus!

May 24, 1 p.m.

Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St.

Celebrate Columbus’ bicentennial with this performance by the students of BalletMet’s Momentum dance program. www. balletmet.org

Actors’ Theatre presents

Robin Hood

May 24-June 24

Schiller Park, 1069 Jaeger St.

The German Village-based theater troupe kicks off its 2012 season the way it’s kicked off its last few seasons – with a fastpaced, romantic, swashbuckling production. This year, it’s Robin Hood, adapted for the stage by local playwright Philip Hickman, making this one an Actors’ Theatre exclusive. www.theactorstheatre.org

Shadowbox Live presents

Back to the Garden

May 27, 8 p.m.

Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St.

Shadowbox’s hugely successful Woodstock musical returns for another outdoor performance. www.shadowboxlive.org

Back to the Garden

Three Dog Night

The Memorial Tournament

May 28-June 3

Muirfield Village Golf Course, 5750 Memorial Dr.

The annual PGA Tour event once again brings the world’s best golfers to Dublin for a tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus. www.thememorialtournament.com

Broadway Across America presents Memphis

May 29-June 3

Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St.

Experience the underground music scene of the 1950s Tennessee city with the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis. columbus.broadway.com

Columbus Arts Festival

June 1-3

Downtown riverfront

The Columbus Arts Festival returns to the riverfront after a four-year jaunt in the Discovery District with hands-on art activities, live music and great food. www. columbusartsfestival.org

Opera Columbus presents The Mikado

June 8-10

Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St.

Learn the tale of complicated love in this comedic opera set in imperial Japan. Performed by the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. www.operacolumbus.org

Idina Menzel

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Grand Opening

June 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 700 Children’s Dr.

The hospital celebrates the opening of its new 12-story main building, its third research facility and other projects with behind-the-scenes tours, interactive educational activities for children and other entertainment. www.nationwidechildrens.org

Picnic with the Pops: Three

2012-2013 BALLETMET SEASON

Global Dance Stars Gala

August 18, 2012

The American Songbook

September 21 October 7, 2012

Dracula

October 26

November 3, 2012

BalletMet’s The Nutcracker

December 7−23, 2012

Romeo & Juliet

February 14 17, 2013

The Rite of Spring

In collaboration with the Columbus Symphony

March 22 24, 2013

The Little Mermaid

April 19 27, 2013

1960s-70s rockers Three Dog Night, known for hit songs like Joy to the World and Mama Told Me Not to Come, perform with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Pops. www.columbussymphony.com

Zoofari

June 16, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Rd.

More than 100 central Ohio restaurants and bars serve up appetizers and drinks at this adults-only evening at the zoo. Live

Grandview Digfest

June 16, 4-10 p.m.

Grandview Yard, Yard Street

Taste locally made beer, wine, vodka and gin at this special event now in its second year. Live music and a home-brew contest are also on the agenda. www.grandview chamber.org

Picnic with the Pops: Idina Menzel

June 23, 8 p.m.

Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St.

Actress, singer and songwriter Menzel –known for her time on Broadway in the musi, as well as her role as Shelby Corcoran on the TV show Glee – performs with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in support of her upcoming CD/DVD release. www.columbussymphony.com

German Village Haus und

June 24, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Throughout German Village

See the designs and award winning restorations of select homes throughout German Village. The Ohio Watercolor Society will paint the tour of homes for the annual watercolor competition. www.

Save the Date!

150 W. Bridge St., Dublin

Fine artists converge on Dublin for the fifth annual Dublin Art Fair, which also features food, live entertainment and an art project activity tent. For the first time this year, the show will be held in conjunction with the Arthritis Foundation Classic Car Show and Cruise-In, held a mile away on www.dublinartfair.org

Enjoy 10 full days of music, art and entertainment in Lancaster. Highlights include a 5K, an art walk, a golf tournament and performances by the top-notch Lancaster Festival Orchestra. www.lanfest.org

For a comprehensive list of other happenings around Columbus, check out www.cityscenecolumbus.com.

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BALLETMET DANCER JESSICA BROWN

With Michael McEwan

The Painter’s Eye

Featuring Contemporary Conversation by Luigi Lucioni

This month, the Painter’s Eye heads east to ask Susan Talbot-Stanaway, director of the Zanesville Museum of Art, about her favorite painting in the museum’s collections.

“Luigi Lucioni’s (1900-1988) Contemporary Conversation (oil on canvas, 1933), is my favorite in the collections. Instead of the traditional still-life of fruit or flowers, Lucioni has assembled objects that articulate his autobiography and identity as a painter.

“For example, the print of Sandro Botticelli’s Man with a Medal (1475) on the table seems to represent Lucioni’s study of the Italian Renaissance. The entire composition is built on the idea of dialogue: between the artist and his subject matter, between the artist and the viewer, between the art of the past and modernism. In 1932, at the height of his popularity, Lucioni became the youngest artist to have a painting purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.”

Lucioni was an artist very much aware of the tradition of the Renaissance, with the scrupulous attention to the visible details and a smooth surface quality of the paint, but he was never beholden to it. Always painting from life, Lucioni did not really copy nature as much as he rearranged what he saw to give the painting a hyper-aware clarity. The large shape of the cactus, for example, is echoed by the shape of trees in the landscape we can see out the window.

As the critic Henry McBride said in 1934, “The bait used is realism, but in this

case, there is realism and something more.”

The Zanesville museum has two new shows up right now: Two Printmakers: Kathy McGhee, Nicholas Hill and Creative Statements: Ohio Art Quilts 2012. Learn more at www.zanesvilleart.org cs

Artist Michael McEwan serves as Artist-in-Residence at Capital University, where he also teaches painting and drawing classes.