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The Potentialist Workshop: Creative Arts Hub “Potentialism is the dissolution of boundaries...between play, poem, sculpture, painting, and music. “ Pan° As someone who saw 836 E. 2nd Street before its most recent transformation, it appears potentialism is alive and well and dreams are beginning to come true, at least for Kelsy Sweet Marketing & The Potentialist et Healing Arts Director al. Kelsey Sweet, marketing director for The Potentialist Workshop, shared the background of the venue as she walked through the “still in progress” workshop. In 2011, Kelsey Sweet, who has degrees in leadership, psychology and art, was involved in what was
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Theater seating: From the thrift shop to Dickerson and now here then “The Artist’s Workshop” at 836 2nd Street. The original vision did not work out. “Maybe the community wasn’t ready for it,” Sweet lamented. Since then, the space has been a consignment shop, a furniture shop and other uses. Renovation work has been steadily progressing. Even the bathrooms have been remodeled. The floors are hardwood throughout the building. New lighting is going in. They installed new heating and swamp cooler units. The
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Mike Aloia: Walk the turtle: Doors that open in life
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Brian T. Shirley: “Jump,” I said.
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Dennis DuPerault: Things to think about
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Eddie Floyd: Southern boys view of dieting and love
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The evolution of an artist-Pan Pantoja
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Nevada Heartland
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kitchen has also been renovated. The Potentialist Workshop receives money for the project through donations and a gofundme that has been online for about 5 months. Pan Pantoja, the Executive Artist/ Performance Director, has an existing location on Dickerson for The Potentialist Workshop. Kelsey, said she and Pan kept driving by the location at 836 E. 2nd Street in Reno, Nevada and finally Artist’s space: decided to take
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Walk the Turtle: Doors that open in life
I wonder what doors will open next, I wonder where this journey will take me, I wonder who will enter my life and my heart. To daydream about possibilities and never forget the pain, to feel your heart and soul molded into an enlightenment of wisdom. To wake each morning and breathe the fresh air, to close your eyes and feel the breeze and hear the music of living, to feel the vibrations of love.
Mike Aloia
As a visionary, my optimistic understanding of each moment guides me toward the calling of peace, for we can achieve the impossible as we keep the faith. The fears we each face are there to conquer in order to open a new dimension of self achievement, give yourself the credit deserved as you plant the seeds of knowledge. Observance of actions and acknowledging the signs of serendipitous moments in time, receiver of messages and vision become the realities inside the happening. To wish upon a star while knowing your dreams can come true is the essence of human spirit, to set your soul free as we follow our hearts, this is divine guidance. As we walk our turtle, we find ourselves vulnerable after the storms have passed, serenity and solitude fills our being as we prepare for the journey ahead and walk through the doors that open in life.
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Mike Aloia is a father of two daughters and a proud grandfather. He is 50 years old and lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Mike is multi‐ talented: a cartoonist, comedian, musician, songwriter, actor, columnist, and the CEO of American Hearts Radio, LLC Entertainment Network. He has experience in web TV, radio entertainment production, artist management, and other aspects of entertainment. His column “Walk the Turtle” are his thoughts on slowing down, taking it easy, and enjoying life. Mike's work can be found in the following places: www.twitter.com/ahradiollc www.facebook.com/americanheartsradio www.americanheartsradio.com www.harmonybooking.com www.youtube.com/user/witchone231 1 "Three‐toed Box Turtle" by Original uploaded by Carnopod (Transfered by L.tak) ‐ Original uploaded on en.wikipedia. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons ‐ https:// commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three‐toed_Box_Turtle.jpg#/media/File:Three‐ toed_Box_Turtle.jpg
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
‐Johann von Goethe
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Brian T. Shirley Remember when you were 16 years old, you just started driving, and you did really stupid things? This tale is about all that. I was a junior at Osborne High School, on the wrestling team, and I drove a 1972 Chevy Nova that was various shades of brown. The car had a bad carburetor. (Back then, cars had those as well as manual windows, 8-track players, and were made of steel). The car had a bad habit of stalling because of the carburetor, and on this particular evening I'm describing, I had 3 of my fellow wrestlers with me. We had just finished with a match at a rival school and climbed into my beast to go home. I suggested we wait and let the car warm up for a while once it got started. My fellow wrestlers/mechanics would have none of this. Let me tell you about them real quick, as it is important to the story. Seated behind me, in the back, was the sophomore, Gary Shagnon, beside him was my fellow junior Scott "Scooter" Sullivan, who had the biggest afro I have ever seen on a white person, and next to me, up front , was sophomore, Terry Daniels, the shortest of all of us. I started to ease out of the parking lot, which wasn't easy because to the left was a big curve in the road where you couldn't see oncoming traffic until the last second. I sat at the exit/entrance to the parking lot and determined that it was safe to go, then I gunned it! The first 5 to 7 feet of progress were great, then “Mr. Carb” decided he was tired and gave up the ghost. We stalled in the middle of the road, yet we were still coasting off the
“Jump, “ I said first great burst of energy. I tried to start the car 4 or 5 times in vain; we were still rolling and I could not stop the car because the brakes weren't working since the car was off. Just then, a truck came around the corner headed straight for us. I'm not sure why I did what I did next, (yes I do—I was 16) but I panicked and yelled at my fellow passengers "JUMP!!". Then I leapt out of the car I was driving, slammed the door behind me, ran back across the road and was nearly hit by the truck I was jumping out of my car to avoid. It was a good thing Gary didn't jump, because the door I slammed as I was exiting would have crushed his head. When I turned around I saw my car slowly rolling towards the big ditch on the other side of the road. In the street lights I could see Gary trying to steer the car leaning over the drivers seat from his position in the backseat. I could barely make out Terry trying to get his short legs over to the brakes, and Scooter covering his Continued on page 5
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Eddie Floyd Southern boy’s view of dieting and love sit up and beg, to GO OUT. Years ago, I even saw flies taking up a collection to get our kitchen screen door fixed. It didn't even bother me when I would hear her yell things from the kitchen like, to myself saying overweight, instead of the truth, FAT) I "The salad is burning". am finally on a diet. I am certain this diet was originated You’re probably asking, "What the he_ _ happened in Nazi Germany as a form of torture, because growing up to you? If she can’t cook, why do you now wear a size in the South, Mama deep fried every meat and creamed every vegetable, and of course, you were not allowed to 46?" Well, it's simple. Every drive up window in every leave the table until you had eaten everything on your fast food joint in town recognizes my car, knows me by plate. name and has my usual two double bacon cheese burgers, I made the decision to lose weight after hearing the same tired old jokes we all have overheard from time large order of fries, side of "anything else fattening", to time, like "He wears that cap so that people can tell he topped off with an extra large "diet drink", so I don't feel is walking instead of rolling," or "He's so fat, he wears flip so bad needing assistance getting the large bag through the window of my car. flops in the winter", or my favorite, "He thinks gravy is a Finally, I am tired of getting a stomach ache and beverage!" Anyway, I had to bite the bullet and go on a "hurting ALL OVER" so I have chosen the "PUSH" diet diet. Have you any clue how many diets there are out which is the only one I think will work for me. Once I start there and how they all promise the same thing? eating too much, I PUSH myself away from the table. I have been on the Atkins Diet in the past and Pray with me that it works so I don't have to keep actually lost 156 pounds, dropping from a size 44 to a size 34, with a total weight of 194 pounds. Yes, do the math if buying larger clothes. I have plenty of "hand me downs you must, I weighed 350 pounds at the height of my obe‐ from the skinnier me of yesteryear to choose from. sity. That was 18 years ago and I was actually able to win Shari's hand in marriage, thinking I would never gain The only way to keep your health is to eat that much weight again. what you don't want, drink what you don't We have all heard that "love is fattening", but I like, and do what you'd rather not. married the worst cook on the face of this earth. Only woman I know who uses a smoke detector for a timer -Mark Twain and when she cooks, all our dogs at the Wynema Ranch After years of being overweight, (and I am being kind
Eddie Floyd was born in Jacksonville, Florida and raised in the small fishing village of Mayport, Florida, the son of a shrimper and commercial fisherman. Floyd has owned many companies in the last 35 years and is the Founder of Nevada Matters, Inc., dba America Matters Media with numerous radio talk shows. His show, AM News is known around the world with foreign correspondents in 30 countries and in every state in the United States. Eddie lives with his wife, Shari, on the Wynema Ranch Wild Horse Sanctuary. He likes to tell his audience that “She runs the ranch, while I run my mouth.” On Shari’s birthday, March 31, 2015, Final Breath: a love story was released by LeRue Press. The book, written by Floyd, is “an endearing story of love that touches your soul and your heart.” Country singer/songwriter, Lacy J. Dalton wrote the foreword. One hundred percent of the profits from the book will be donated to the Wynema Ranch Wild Horse Sanctuary. To get a copy, go to www.lrpnv.com/FinalBreath.htm
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head and sinking to some safe spot in the floorboard. The last thing I heard, as the Nova went into the ditch, were the gears griding as Gary tried to put the car in park as a way of stopping or slowing it's progress. When the vehicle did come to a stop in the ditch, several cars had pulled over by this time. My former passengers exited the beast and a woman who was now standing beside me asked "Where's the driver?". "I'm the driver," I said, as her face turned to shock and dismay. Thank God I made it past 16. I'll never drive a Nova again, chief!!!
Brian is an author, former radio host, comedian and philosopher. He has been in the comedy business for over 20 years in Canada, the U.S. and the Bahamas. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Last year, he went to Japan to entertain the U.S. Marine Corp where he opened for headliner Jackie Fabulous, a stand‐up comedian herself. He recently teamed up with Frannie Sheridan in The Shirley and Sheridan Show.
Brian T. Shirley, Comedian, Author, Radio/TV Host
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Look what the Book Hound found: The Evolution of an Artist-Pan Pantoja
Founder of Reno Art Works and The Potentialist Workshop on Dickerson and soon, 836 E. 2nd Street, Pan Pantoja is a remarkable entrepreneur, mixed
media painter, illustrator, sculptor, playwright, director, spoken word poet, documentary film producer, and actor. LeRue Press signed Pantoja recently to release at least 20 of his works, an assortment of poetry, art and a unique collection of work. Pantoja, says, “I am a Potentialist, Ace of all trades. I am
searching for the connection between the arts. How are they the same? This allows me to pick up a paint brush and have it end up a hip opera.” LeRue begins with one of Pan’s early works, Mole‐Rat: A Proverb, written when he was around 18 years old and a chapter that didn’t make it into his book, God Comes Near in Us.
His next release is The Hound That Is Me. LeRue plans to release 20 of Pantoja’s books within a year. Will they make it? If they do, Pantoja will be among few authors that can claim that feat. Not the most published, but probably the most unique. Watch for The Evolution of an Artist, Pan Pantoja.
New Releases-LeRue Press: 2015-2016 Mary Ansari Nevada Heartland (Working Title) History‐Geographical Barbara Davis Craps and the Showgirl– Personal Narrative Dennis DuPerault Auto Emotions 101‐Updated and Revised Non‐Fiction‐Self‐Help Eddie Floyd Final Breath Paperback Contemporary Western Romance Eddie Floyd Barn Yarns Fiction‐ Contemporary Western D. Robert Harden Harden, You’re Killing Me Fiction‐Historical Dennis Hill Out in the Sagebrush Fiction‐Contemporary Western Mary Elizabeth Morgan One Stupid Night Non‐Fiction‐ Young Adult Beachy Orr Exploring Sand Harbor Photo Book Beachy Orr TBA Photo Book Pan Pantoja Pan Out Loud, No Salvaging from the Pit and more Poetry and Art Mark Shaff Saint or Sinner‐(Working Title) Fiction‐Adventure Floyd Sneed TBA Memoir
Nevada Heartland: The Place Names You might ask, “Why would you read a book about a place? What is the benefit?” The inquisitive traveler will enjoy the quirky and unique stories and rich history of the Nevada Heartland. Scholars of American history and geography will appreciate the detailed research about the northern Nevada Heartland covering Carson City, Douglas, Lyon and Storey Counties. For example, in the 1900s Bee Ranch, located in Lyon County, is where bees were raised for making honey. One publication stated, “… and Lyon County owns more than one‐fourth of all the bees in Nevada, and produces more than one‐fourth of the honey”. Written by Mary Ansari, it is scheduled for release November 6, 2014.
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the plunge. Maybe it’s a second chance for Kelsey, and for Pan a place where he can take The Potentialist to more than just a theater or garage space. With its 5000 square feet, Sweet says, “It is a nice open space to have gallery shows, open houses, reception areas and a concession section.” The theater seats have followed Pan from the thrift store to Dickerson (the current location of The Potentialist) to here, according to Kelsey. The GoFundMe website explains the mission of the group: “Exploring the creative potential of individuals and communities is the main principle driving our mission. P3W works closely with local galleries, dance and theater groups, non‐profits, social activists, and musicians to link creative resources with minimal materials and up‐cycling practices.”
Pan views potentialism as blurring “the lines that separate the arts”. They may expand the basement eventually. Relying on funding from Potentialist shows, art projects, the artists spaces that they rent and the gofundme, it will depend on how things go in the future. The Potentialist Workshop is scheduled to be open at the new location on September 26, 2015. For information or to rent space, contact: Pan Pantoja, Executive Artist/Performance Director, Kelsey Sweet, Marketing and Healing Arts Director, Erik Brooks, Artist Space Director or Mac Esposito, Music Director. www.potentialist.weebly.com/ Originally published on examiner.com‐National Small Business
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11. What two countries border the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere? 12. What country in Eastern Europe has a name that means "people from Rome"? 13. What South American country comes last alphabetically? 14. What U.K. principality has its capital in Cardiff? 15. What two countries are separated by the Tortilla Curtain? 16. What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard?
17. What U.S. state has the most unemployed dancers? 18. What nation boasts northern towns called Resolute, Eureka and Alert?
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recession, it actually grew by nearly 16% from 2008 to 2012 though the growth rate, while still positive, has since slowed. Self‐employed Workforce:
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