FAI has upcoming art show with Marie Kash Weltzheimer

Join us at the Edmond Fine Arts Gallery, 27 E. Edwards St, for a solo show featuring local artist Marie Kash Weltzheimer on Thursday, March 2, from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Marie is an award-winning artist, having been a signature member of the Pastel Society of America since 1989 and becoming a Master Circle Honoree with the International Association of Pastel Societies in 2021. She has exhibited in numerous local, national, and international shows receiving several "Best of Show “Awards for her work. Having been represented by several galleries, she has placed her work in numerous collections, private, corporate, and public.

For her show at Edmond Fine Arts, Marie is featuring her body of work titled “Elton John 52 Years On”. This artwork depicts Elton John at various stages of his career. Marie states, "I love John's endurance, tenacity, and ability to get honest with himself. He keeps his kindness and fierce spirit about him." When speaking about what inspired her to create this body of work, she shared, “Music and the natural world are my inspirations. Brushes, oil or pastel pigments, charcoal, graphite, color, and light are my tools to bring forth the extraordinary that exists around us. Being a decade’s long Elton fan and the 50th anniversary of his breakthrough performance at the Troubadour Club in L.A., I was inspired to create this body of artwork, a celebration & visual exploration of an impressive career. I seek to capture his passion, sensitivity, and essence, moments throughout an adult lifetime."

Following Marie’s Gallery Opening at Edmond Fine Arts, join Elton John fans for an exceptional tribute performance featuring Adam Marsland at Frenzy Brewing in Downtown Edmond beginning at 7:30 pm. Adam is a critically acclaimed songwriter who won accolades from the national press in 1999 and 2001 for creating the “Best Album of the Year. His music has ranged from playing underground punk bands to power pop groups in the Los Angeles area! He has been in demand as a session musician, and has toured with The Beach Boys.

The Edmond Fine Arts Institute Gallery is open daily for public viewing Monday – Thursday or by appointment. Monthly gallery exhibits are a program of the Edmond Fine Arts Institute, with support from presenting sponsor, BancFirst, LLC. FAI is Edmond’s nonprofit community arts organization providing year-round visual and performing art classes for children and adults and the Art in Schools Program for 3rd and 4th-grade students in Edmond Public Schools. For more information, visit EdmondFineArts.com or call 405-340-4481.

Engagement, Wedding notices

Do you have a wedding or engagement notice? If so, please contact us at Edmond Life & Leisure, either by phone, 340-3311 or e-mail, news@edmondpaper.com. We will then send or fax you an engagement or wedding form.The cost is $35, which includes a photograph.

Retired federal employees group

NARFE elects slate of officers

At its regular monthly luncheon meeting in the Duncan Room of the Gaylord Center of Oklahoma Christian University, the members of Chapter 947 of the National Association of Retired and Active Federal Employees (NARFE) in Edmond, elected its 2023 Officers: Randy Koonce was elected as President; Chris Dumesnil as First Vice President; Ed Moore as Second Vice President, Karen Hackett as Secretary, and Julie Kraman as Treasurer.

Over the past 20 years, the NARFE Chapter in Edmond has provided a social and public service forum for active and retired employees from the wide range of Federal Agencies serving the nation and central Oklahoma, including major high tech facilities like DOD’s Tinker Air Force Base and FAA’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center at Will Rogers International Airport, and everyday services we take for granted like FAA air traffic controllers and TSA security at the airpor t, and the US Postal workers.

The Chapter’s luncheon meetings have become a popular venue for retired employees from Edmond and beyond to meet and share their career experiences in a wide range of assignments and locations with retirees from other agencies. Guest speakers from Edmond and the surrounding area have been informative and entertaining and the newly remodeled and upgraded Gaylord kitchens is providing an excellent variety of moderately priced meals.

The president, Randy Koonce, has invited the many retired Federal employees in the Edmond area to join us for an enjoyable lunch and an informative guest presentation at noon on the last Thursday in February or in the coming months.

Insomnia Cookies

Insomnia Cookies recently held a ribbon cutting with the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce to celebrate their grand opening at 1165 E. 2nd Street.

Insomnia Cookies, the beloved cult brand known for serving warm cookies all day and late into the night, has opened its first store in Edmond. The new bakery, situated southeast of the University of Central Oklahoma’s campus in The Shoppes at Edmond University, marks the brand’s fourth location in Oklahoma and 234th location nationwide.

To learn more about Insomnia Cookies, visit www.insomniacookies.com.