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“I have these headphones I wear – they’re the same ones air traffic controllers will wear to muffle sounds,” he says. “They block out the kids running around and some other noises. I like to just write in my study.” Majmudar is always working on his next project. But the poem he’s most proud of, he says, is Dothead, which was published in the New Yorker in 2011. “Dothead” is a derogatory term that refers to the bindi and Hinduism. The poem starts with: “Well yes, I said, my mother wears a dot. I know they said ‘third eye’ in class, but it’s not an eye eye, not like that. It’s not some freak third eye that opens on your forehead like on some Chernobyl baby. What it means is, what it’s showing is, there’s this unseen eye, on the inside. And she’s marking it.” In addition the New Yorker, Majmudar has been published in The Atlantic, the Norton Introduction to Literature, The Best American Poetry 2007 and more. His hard work paid off. In 2015, Gov. John Kasich named him Ohio’s first poet laureate. The position is broad, Majmudar says. It essentially gives him a platform on which to promote poetry throughout the state through various programs and initiatives. One such initiative is a collaborative interdisciplinary art performance that includes ballet and classical Indian dance. Another program will work to help 15 students from Ohio’s most underprivileged school districts get their work published in the Ohio literary journal, The Kenyon Review. “We’ll be able to get these students a start in the world of publishing poetry,” Majmudar says. “They’ll be getting wisdom from one of their elders in the art.” Majmudar moved to Dublin in 2009 to accept his first job with Radiology, Inc. A husband and father of three children – twin boys, 8, and a daughter, 2 – he says his family loves living in the City. They live in the Ballantrae area. “We like to go for walks. We go to the local parks. My boys are big readers, so we do take them to the library a lot,” Majmudar says. “We like to go to Jeni’s (Splendid Ice Creams) and the bunny fountains. We definitely love living in Dublin.” Hannah Bealer is an editor. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com.
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A pack of wolves, a school of fish, a tantrum of bobcats – the collective noun for Ohio University’s mascot was the inspiration for its newly minted Tantrum Theater. The university’s College of Fine Arts has created its own professional company after a near 60-year relationship with a company based in Cape Cod. Tantrum Theater will produce three shows, 57 performances total, at the Dublin Community Recreation Center’s Abbey Theater this summer. After weeks of rehearsal at Ohio University’s main campus in Athens, professional actors along with select students are ready for the stage. Why Dublin? Ohio University has been expanding its presence in Dublin since 2014, when its Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine opened in the City’s West Innovation District. So when the group was looking for a new home, it made sense to join its fellow Bobcats in Dublin. “When Ohio University approached us looking for space, we worked closely with them to make it happen,” says Michelle Crandall, assistant city manager for the City of Dublin. “This partnership represents an investment in the future of performing arts, elevating and expanding cultural arts for the entire community.” Tantrum Theater brings a new, highquality entertainment option to the community, but will also provide opportunities for local learning, with educational workshops for high school students in and around Dublin. “When audiences come to Dublin’s Abbey Theater for Tantrum’s first season, I 14 • June/July 2016
want them to experience the energy and pull of these stories. I want them to relate to the humanity of these characters and their problems,” says Artistic Director Daniel C. Dennis. “The stories of our inaugural season get at something we are all striving for. We are all looking for happiness and fulfillment. We’re all looking for some recognition of our worth, some acknowledgement that we’re here and that we matter. We want to know that not only do we fit into a community of some kind, but that we make our communities better,” he says. “A fun B-movie Motown-inspired monster musical, a new play that asks us each to confront our beliefs and a classic Irish memory play about family – I hope audiences will be transported to very different worlds, where they will find people very much like themselves.”
Productions will take place in the Abbey Theater until a more permanent space is identified. The City of Dublin is exploring the possibility of a performing arts center that would likely serve as Tantrum Theater’s long-term home. Tickets are $27.50 for the general public and $10 for students. For show details and to reserve your seats, visit www.tantrumtheater.org. For more performances taking place this summer, visit.DublinOhioUSA. gov/summer-theater. Sarah McQuaide is a public information officer for the City of Dublin. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscencolumbus.com.
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For Liam Hughes of Liam Shard Jewelry, the saying, “One man’s trash is another’s treasure,” rings too true. Jewelry, pendants and ornaments found at Liam Shard Jewelry are made from shards of broken china that Hughes has found or picked up in his travels between his two studios in Michigan and Ireland. He found his passion for creating art out of broken china nearly 20 years ago, and has been on the constant search for broken china ever since. “As an artist, I was just intrigued by the use of the china,” says Hughes. “Some of my pieces go back as far as 1840. One is from a shipwreck, some pieces are contemporary.” But the common theme among all of his pieces is that the china was damaged when he found it. This year will be Hughes’ first year at the Irish Festival, and he’s excited about the opportunity to display his work there. He was unable to bring his work to the Festival in the past due to scheduling conflicts with his trips back to Ireland. “It was something that I wanted to do, but the timing wasn’t right,” says Hughes.
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Tom Sullivan and his wife, Peggy, are newcomers to the Irish Festival this year. With them is their business, Ireland on the Road, a sports jersey shop based in Connecticut that imports all of its jerseys straight from Ireland. Although the Sullivans are no strangers to Irish festivals in general – Tom estimates they’ve been to hundreds throughout the last 20 years – the Dublin Irish Festival was always one they’d wanted to go to, but could never attend due to obligations with their children, who are now grown. “We’ve wanted to go for many years, but it always seemed like that week, there’s a soccer tournament,” says Sullivan. “We got in (this year) and we’re very, very excited.” Tom and Peggy, Irish-Americans, began bringing their children to Irish festivals to teach them about Irish culture. Customers and fellow vendors they met along the way always suggested the Dublin Irish Festival. “We’re almost like pen pals. This is kind of a niche specialty industry,” says Sullivan. “It’s a lot of fun. We don’t think of it as work, to be honest.” 18 • June/July 2016
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Musicians Goitse
Limerick, Ireland-based folk band Goitse (pronounced gwee-tsuh, meaning “come here” in Gaelic Irish) makes it a point to come back each year, making the 2016 Dublin Irish Festival its fourth year performing. “Goitse are the kinds of guys that get around with everybody and have a good time; they knocked the ball out of the park, so to speak,” says Pat Garrett, president of Real Good Music in Arizona and Goitse’s agent. “Everybody that’s had them has wanted them back.” One of the things that make Goitse special is that its music, rooted in Irish culture, uses instruments traditionally used in Irish folk such as the bodhrán – a traditional Irish drum made with goatskin – as well as the fiddle and banjo. What brings Goitse back to the Irish Festival in Dublin, Garrett says, is the sheer size of the crowd that shows up each year. “There are a few festivals that are the biggest, that do everything right and have a huge reputation for … people who come to the festival who know their music and appreciate it; Dublin is one of the biggest,” says Garrett.
Gailfean
For Gailfean (pronounced gal-fin), a four-part band, forming was completely by chance in 2012 when members John Whelan, Brian Conway, Máirtín de Cógáin and Don Penzien took the stage together at the O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat in Texas on a whim. The four were in the same place by total chance, as Hurricane Sandy had stranded a few of them in Texas, and Gailfean (a word meaning hurricane and blustery weather) was born. Though separately, the members have been visiting the Dublin Irish Festival for years, the 2016 Festival will be Gailfean’s premiere performance there. “(Dublin’s) is one of the biggest festivals in the country, if not the world,” says de Cógáin. “All the bands I’ve talked to say there are great crowds, but the treatment you get as a band is great in Dublin. It’s lovely to get in there and we’re delighted.” De Cógáin is quick to mention his bandmates’ credentials and history in Irish music, particularly of Conway and Whelan. 20 • June/July 2016
“These two are just legends in Irish music. They have many, many All-Ireland titles and have huge amounts of credentials in the Irish world,” says de Cógáin. “The band is a very unique blend of beautiful music of an old tradition with some great songs.” Amanda DePerro is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com. www.dublinlifemagazine.com
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The Wishing Tree Ireland native Joe Keane brings ancient Celtic culture to the Irish Festival By Amanda DePerro
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“Just seeing so many prayers when you go to some holy well, all these relics and prayers and hopes for children and babies and old people at the wells,” says Keane. “That’s what inspired that.” Joe Keane also hosts tours to sacred sites in Ireland. For more information, visit www.celticrevival.com. Amanda DePerro is an assistant editor. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com.
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However, there is one spot that should be a yearly destination for festival-goers. That stop is the Wishing Tree. Wishers use colored paper and string to record their wishes and tie them to a branch. As the Irish Festival comes to a close, the tree transforms into a huge green cloud, wishes raining down on passersby and the grass below it. Last year, about 4,500 wishes Wishing Tree from 2015 swung from the branches of the Wishing Tree. Stopping at the tree conjures feelings of happiness, hope and, in some cases, sadness. Wishes for a pet or for true love are common, as are wishes for family members to overcome illness or reunite, the beginning of world peace and a cleaner earth. In 2013, one wish that hung from the tree was adorned with the scrawl of a child’s handwriting: “I wish that no one would fight over me.” Joe Keane Three years ago, the tree made its debut at the Irish Festival – brought to Dublin, naturally, by an Irishman. Joe Keane, who now lives in Boston, was inspired to come to the festival by Sandra Puskarcik, director of community relations for the City of Dublin. Keane brings the tree to Dublin and only to Dublin each year at the Irish Festival; you won’t find Keane’s tree anywhere else. Keane – who has a passion for storytelling, ancient history and the pre-Christian spirituality of Irish culture – based his tree off of the trees around Clootie wells. These wells exist in places of pilgrimage in Celtic areas, and those who take pilgrimages to the wells are known to tie rags to the trees around it as part of a healing ritual. In Celtic history, trees represent the past, present and future: The roots of the tree grew in the ground of the past, the base of the tree is in the present and the branches of the tree grow into the future. Placing a wish on the tree enables the branches to bring that wish into the future. Dreamers will be happy to know that wishes placed on the tree at the Dublin Irish Festival aren’t just thrown away after the festival ends. Last year, Keane packed up more than 2,500 slips of paper from the tree and brought them with him back to Ireland. Keane called upon the four corners of consciousness, burned sage around the wishes to rid them of negative energy and offered up the wishes ceremoniously by burning them. Keane’s interest in the spirituality of Celtic and Irish history doesn’t start nor end with the Dublin Irish Festival; he leads tour groups around spiritual sites such as the Clootie wells and to trees such as the Wishing Tree that he brings to Dublin each year.
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From the time she started Our CupCakery 12 years ago, Linda Kick knew she somehow wanted to involve children in her business model. So, she invited some neighborhood kids and their parents over to her house to work on recipes around her kitchen table. Word of her baking lessons spread, and moms started calling Kick to ask about her lessons and if they could get involved. “This was before Facebook had taken off. Parents called. I could take six kids around my kitchen table; I had 50 kids the first week,” says Kick, who says she created her first flyer and spread the word through the Internet and email. Kick has organized summer baking camps for all 12 years, as well as seasonal programs and morning and afternoon classes for different groups. Our CupCakery offers Christmas and spring break baking camps, as well as birthday parties in people’s homes.
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come in. They work with baking partners, learning teamwork. And as for everyday life skills, everyone needs to learn how to feed themselves. Through her classes, Kick believes that people can learn to take care of themselves and gain confidence in their abilities. For some of the children, it’s their first time washing dishes, and some are so excited that Kick has to set a timer so they don’t spend too much time on the task. Reading, following directions and time management are all emphasized aspects of the lessons. If a student doesn’t follow the directions, the dishes won’t turn out correctly.
“They’re learning something they can use their whole life, and it’s also fun,” says Kick. Dublin resident Ana Sibberson had several birthday parties with Our Cup-
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Cakery, participated in the camps and now works for Kick. She makes boxes, prepares and organizes the bakery for the following day and helps with retail. “Her first party was when she was 6 years old. She kind of grew up with (Our CupCakery), learning different things. We had several birthday parties and Ana attended the camps. They were always great experiences, so we have been big supporters of the business,” says Ana’s mother, Franki Sibberson. Our CupCakery always has a theme for its summer camps. One year, the theme was sugar – Kick taught students about different types of sugar: powdered, granulated and brown. Another year, the theme was chocolate. But this year, to fit with the election season, the theme will be red, white and blue, featuring red, white and blue whoopie pies. “The first thing our students create is a smile,” says Kick. “We are creating memories tastefully.” Gabrielle Benton is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com.
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Or, maybe it is. The Dublin Kiwanis Frog Jump is celebrating its 50th year. To commemorate the milestone, Kiwanis Club of Dublin is inviting parents and grandparents who participated in the Frog Jump years ago to relive their childhoods.
Those who participated in the frog jump when they were young have now started to bring their own children to the event.
Clay Rose, treasurer of Dublin Kiwanis Club and longtime co-chairman of the Frog Jump, says often, parents and grandparents who participated in the Jump as children bring their youngsters to the event. The race is typically for ages 13 and under. “This year, we would like give the parents and grandparents one more time to race frogs,” Rose says. 30 • June/July 2016
Kiwanis Dublin has been around since 1961, and the Frog Jump nearly as long. “To the best of our knowledge, this frog jump is the oldest local festival that’s also a fundraising event,” says Rose. “We really think that’s cool.” Last year, the Frog Jump raised between $2,000 to $3,000 for local charities the Dublin Area Food Pantry, KidSMILES and the Thornton-McBride Scholarship Fund. The Food Pantry and ThorntonMcBride Scholarship fund have been beneficiaries for many years, says Rose. They are also close to the hearts of Dublin Kiwanis Club members. “The scholarship fund was founded by one of our former members,” Rose says. “When he passed away, he left us a stipend of $30,000 to fund the scholarship.” Kiwanis Dublin offers three $1,000 Thornton-McBride scholarships annually to local Key Club members (the high school level of Kiwanis). “With the proceeds from the Jump, we’re able to put that money back into the scholarship fund,” says Rose. As for the food pantry, Rose says that Dublin Kiwanis members are active volunteers. “We as a club work once a month at the food pantry, helping with our presence, assisting on open pantry night.” The club raises money via the Frog Jump by sending out offers to local businesses, asking for sponsorship at levels ranging from $50 to $500. The club hires inflatable rides, raising money by charging $1 per ride. There are also food concessions, which bring a small commission. The club also sells $1 tickets for kids to participate in the race. The ticket price even includes the rental of a frog, if the child hasn’t brought his or her own. “A small percentage do bring their own frog,” says Rose.
Last year, the Jump raised about $3,000 for local charities such as the Dublin Area Food Pantry, KidSMILES and the ThorntonMcBride Scholarship Fund.
The week leading up to the Jump, some dedicated Kiwanis Club members are tasked with catching the frogs. “We have a few members who make it their purpose in life to catch all of the frogs, 400 to 500,” Rose says, adding that the frogs are kept in tanks and returned to their homes the same day as the race. The atmosphere during the race is, according to Rose, “a little bit crazy.” “There’s yelling, there’s pounding on the ground beside the frog. It’s not a quiet, pristine little golf type atmosphere,” says Rose. “It’s a family-friendly, fun event. We’re very proud of it.” Jessica Williams is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com.
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“I Never Left Dublin, I Never Thought of Leaving Dublin” Both literally and figuratively, Jim Richards helped lay the foundation of Dublin Dublin Life’s storyteller series focuses on the people who make Dublin great – people who have made improving the community a part of their life, people who have been able to call Dublin home for a long time and people who have watched Dublin evolve over the years. The Storyteller Series tells the history of Dublin through his or her eyes, and sheds light on what living in Dublin was like decades ago. With the help of these special people, Dublin has undoubtedly become a better place. My family was a pioneer family in Dublin. Holcomb Tuller, my great-greatgrandfather, didn’t have an education or anything when he first came to Dublin – zero, nothing. But he was a very good businessman, and owned land clear up to where Tuller Road is now, which is named after him. When he died, he was one of
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Of everyone in Dublin, perhaps the person with the most combined history in – and knowledge of – the City is 86-year-old Jim Richards. Not only was Jim born and raised in Dublin, his family was a pioneer family of Dublin – Tuller Road is named after his great-great-grandfather Holcomb Tuller – and Jim was on the first zoning board in the City. Jim married his high school sweetheart, Clara, and the pair were married for 68 years until Clara’s passing in December 2015. Jim and Clara Richards had one son, Dean Richards, a Vietnam veteran who passed away seven years ago; a grandson, Jonathan;
and two great-granddaughters, Ailey and Samantha. Although Jim says he never liked history classes in high school, to say he is passionate about the history of Dublin is a vast understatement. From the origin of the stone in the buildings in Historic Dublin to the number of outhouses that existed prior to Dublin’s establishment of plumbing and sewage, Jim knows it all, and continues to page through the Worthington and Dublin community libraries in search of more. Jim represents not only the contemporary Dublin but the original Dublin, the foundation upon which the Dublin of today has been built, as well.
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appendix, so we had to move in with my grandmother, who lived on Bridge Street. My grandmother had kerosene lights. We didn’t have electricity, so we had to do what everybody else did, which was go to the pumps to get our water.
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Jim, a carpenter, created a replica of his childhood home’s outhouse. He made a nearly identical version for Betty Weber, with a heart carved in the door instead.
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