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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
BY STEVE LONSWAY
This month we will be focusing on the
iconic flagship beer of Samuel Adams, their
rich, balanced and complex Boston
Lager. When determining what beer
to write about, we take into account
several criteria; A) we want to know
its good before spending the money
and time on it (plus it makes for
more enjoyable reading when we
talk positive of a beer). B) We like
to know a bit of the brewery’s back
story and C) we need to make
sure the beer is obtainable in our
market. All Samuel Adams beers
meet the criteria.
The reason we chose
Boston Lager is that we tend
to focus on ales more so in
our articles and don’t want
to be too predictable. The
other reason is that Jim Koch
and his powerful brands have
done amazing things for the
craft brewing industry as a
whole. We will discuss more
of that after we talk about the
beer itself.
The six pack carrier and
label design is classic and
clean. The only negative is
that it gives the impression
of it being a darker beer.
With a lot of blues in the
packaging colors, it almost
gives off a sense of it being a winter brew
when in fact it is a full-time, year round
offering.
The pour is picture perfect. We
enjoyed our tasting in standard 4 ounce
sampler glasses however it would be
recommended to acquire a Sam Adams
glass that was specially designed to accent
the flavors of their craft brew line-up. An
inviting foam appears at the surface, how-
ever it dissipated pretty quickly, and left a
light lacing as we made our way through
the samples. The Boston Lager appearance
is spot-on – golden amber in color and
brilliantly clear, almost reminiscent of the
late afternoon sun on a summer’s day.
Our brew team was unanimous is
noting fruity notes in the nose. Slight
caramel and toasted malts also
prevailed. A bit of yeast esters
popped through with the pleasing
scent of Nobel German hops, all
in all quite tempting. The flavor
is predominantly toasted malt up
front with an earthy tone and a
slight clove and pear presence.
Very little sulfur detected which
helps keep this beer as clean as it
is in taste. The finish is refresh-
ing and borders on crisp. A
little bit of malty sweet finish
balanced with a slight bitter-
ness and dry aftertaste. Her
measurements come in at:
4.9% alcohol by volume,
30 International Bitterness
Units, and 175 calories.
When asked ideal pair-
ings for this beer, several rec-
ommendations were voiced.
From pizza to Chinese dishes
to Stone Cellars’ fine Brew
House Chili should comple-
ment it well. The Sam Adams
website claims Thai foods,
pulled pork sandwiches and
sharp cheddar cheese work
really well. We promise to
test these theories with the
remaining bottles.
With a Massachusetts native on our
brew team, he tells stories of this beer
being a mainstay at family gatherings as
he grew up and how it invoked positive
memories of lobster dinners with corn on
the cob and (usually) friendly games of
horseshoes. As he proudly boasts; “this is
what the East Coast tastes like.” He also
claims it pairs well with New England
Patriot Super Bowls, we’ll have to take his
word on that one.
Let’s get into the nuts and bolts of
who makes this libation. The Boston Beer
Company was founded in 1984 by Jim
Koch and three associates. This was at a
time when craft beer wasn’t even a term
yet, but coming from five generations
of brewing and having a very impressive
business resume, Jim defied the odds
and turned his home brewed ideas into
an industry leading craft brewery. Mr.
Koch started out primarily contracting
his recipes with breweries throughout the
United States that had excess production
capabilities available. Since the early days,
they have since gone public and now have
grown to breweries in Boston, Cincinnati
and Pennsylvania and employs more than
1,200 people. Samuel Adams beers can
be found in all fifty states and 20 foreign
countries and they’ve added hard ciders
(Angry Orchard) and Twisted Teas to their
product portfolio.
One big reason we chose to write about
a Sam Adams beer is to bring to light a fact
that is little known to beer aficionados. A
few years back, the craft beer industry was
in the midst of a hop shortage due to a
major hop storage facility fire and inclem-
ent weather patterns. Jim Koch recognized
the needs and decided to offer some of his
hop inventory to smaller brewers who fell
short of their needs via a lottery program.
Stone Cellar Brewpub was one of the recip-
ients of those much needed hops. We were
short a German style hop that was crucial
for our Honey Wheat Ale production and
several very popular specialty beers. Even
at a time when this particular hop was
needed for their newly released Sam Adams
Imperial Pilsner, Jim allowed for us to
acquire some which allowed us continued
production of our Honey Wheat Ale.
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FINE ARTS // FOXY FINDS
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FINE ARTS // FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
BY MARIANNE WALKER
“We participate in the arts — whether
as consumers or as practitioners ourselves
because of a basic human need for inspira-
tion, delight, joy,” writes Ben Cameron,
formerly of the Doris Duke Chari-
table Foundation and the Virginia G. Piper
Charitable Trust and current president of
two arts foundations based in Minnesota.
“The arts allow us to relax, to escape,
to be moved and to form social bonds
with others with whom this experience is
shared,” Cameron said. “The arts encour-
age us to come together with people whose
beliefs and lives may be different from our
own, to listen deeply, and to celebrate the
things that bind us together instead of
retreating behind the things that drive us
apart. Everyone should take advantage of
the opportunity to experience art as often
as possible. It is a chance to learn some-
thing new, discover a different perspective
and absorb creative inspiration. Art com-
municates and speaks to us in ways that
teach literacy and enhance our lives.”
On Sunday, April 3, the Noel Fine Arts
Center on the campus of the University
of Wisconsin Stevens Point, will open it’s
doors to the public for the 44th Annual
Festival of the Arts. It’s the longest running
regional art show in Central Wisconsin. It
is a juried show and out of over seventy
applicant artists, only fifty-two were
selected to participate. Working artists
come from all over Wisconsin – Madison,
Watertown, Grafton, Baraboo, Brookfield,
Racine, Lake Delton, other locales – and
will be joined by artists from Iowa, Michi-
gan, Illinois, and Minnesota.
New to the Festival this year is Scot
Schmidt from Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
who works in a limestone based medium
to create bas-relief works of art. Scot was
introduced to the medium when he was
employed by the paper making industry.
“The medium contains not only
limestone but other calcium carbonates,”
Schmidt said “bonding agents and fillers,
all of which hardens in seconds and is
very durable.
The mixture is
quickly folded
and mixed to
the desired
consistency,
then poured
into a mold
where it sets in
20 to 30 sec-
onds. When
the tile is dry,
I hand carve,
sculpt, grind
and scratch
into the surface
to create the
design.”
He uses nails, grinders, dental tools,
razor blades, sand paper and anything else
that will scratch or gouge. Then he paints,
stains and glazes the piece with high qual-
ity acrylic paints. He treats each creation
with an iridescent wash that reflects light
and enhances the movement and texture
of the piece. When the tile is finished, he
mounts and frames it.
“Every tile I make is one-of-a-kind,”
Schmidt said “I do not cast by making
molds.”
Scot has won numerous Best of Show
and Awards of Excellence since 1999.
Nancy Krahn of Algonquin, Illinois,
studied metals at the University of Wiscon-
sin Fine Arts. She owned and operated her
own jewelry gallery early in her career and
for the past 34 years, has been a full-time
exhibiter at national, regional and local art
shows.
“My jew-
elry designs
are executed in
various metal
smithing tech-
niques of hand
fabrication or
construction,”
Krahn said.
“ M a t e r i a l s
include 14
karat rose and
yellow gold,
p r e c i o u s ,
semiprecious
and ornamen-
tal gemstones.
I find great satisfaction in combining the
expressiveness of an artist with the techni-
cal skills of a craftsman. My designs are
lyrical; the flowery and organic lines reflect
my feminine side. There is a ‘nod’ to Art
Nouveau and Art Deco in my style while
the high polish and geometric forms are
reflections of the age in which we live. It
is the combination of these elements, built
into 3-D wearable sculpture, that make my
work uniquely my own.”
Looking up close through a camera
lens, David Fields of Greenville, Wiscon-
sin, finds a “deeper view of our world.”
He points out that “Nothing is per-
manent. As things change, they evolve.
What may seem mundane can become an
interesting piece of art. A rusted piece of
metal becomes a landscape. Broken glass
becomes reflective pools of sky. Simple
objects become complex and complex
objects become simple. The beauty in
my photographs arises from objects that
look ordinary or unpleasant at first glance.
Beauty can rise from transformation and
surprise us. By finding that beauty, I
capture the constantly changing nature of
reality.”
Scott Menzel of Marion, Wiscon-
sin, is a digital contemporary fine artist.
Confined to a wheel chair due to spinal
muscular atrophy since childhood, Scott
mastered software that allows him to create
vivid images with a wide range of color
spectrums and big, bold strokes on both
canvas and metal. His limited dye infused
metal art prints have a luminescence
because the image is infused into the metal
surface, not on it. Scott attended St. Nor-
bert College in DePere, Wisconsin and was
an assistive technology lab supervisor for
a Master’s program at St. Norbert’s before
becoming a full time artist.
“I believe my passion to create is the
driving force to move myself through life,”
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Menzel said. “It allows me to express how
I feel, and gives me a sense of accomplish-
ment. I create my work digitally which
ironically reflects my life which is aided by
technology.”
Elaine Eikenberry is coming from
Houghton, Michigan, bringing a wide
variety of stunning ceramic pieces.
“My inspiration for making pottery has
always started in my kitchen,” Eikenberry
said. “I make food safe, wheel thrown,
altered and carved ceramic table ware.
Serving dishes, pitchers, cups and baskets.
They are the main body of my work with
the intention that
they serve the role
of hosts to the
conversation and
community that
develops at the
table. Each piece
of my pottery has
a role in those
moments of con-
nection.”
In her studio,
she makes similar
forms in a series,
with shapes and
lines inspired by
floral models, geo-
metric and repeat-
ing patterns and curves. Occasionally it
becomes an asymmetrical design.
“The glazes I have developed are quiet,”
she said “and allow the lines and curves
of each vessel play the starring role. Most
of my glazes are blues, greens, creams and
whites, sometimes accented with black.”
Olga Krasovska was born in Ukraine,
and after graduation, taught art at the
Pedagogical University in Krivoj Rog,
Ukraine. She moved to the
United States in 2004 and
lives in Granite Falls, Min-
nesota. Her style & subject
matter is a counterpoint to the
other paintings presented at
this year’s show.
“My whole life has been
consumed with the passion
of fine art,” Krasovska said.
“Ever since I can remember, I
have been fortunate to either
study, practice, or teach the
style and techniques of art.”
Olga specializes in paintings which
she calls “Old Town,” which combines
imagination and nostalgia with concep-
tions of old European architecture and
cities. Her “Time of Elegance,” collec-
tion, with vivid color schemes, conveys
the effervescence of a woman’s beauty
and retro-style sense of fashion, opulent
glamour and vintage grace. She paints
on cotton fabric using her own special-
ized technique of blending watercolor,
ink, and gouache.
FOA supports students in the Arts
In addition to showcasing fine art, the
Festival Council awards scholarships to
UWSP students in the Fine Arts, Graphic
Arts, Music, and Dance Departments.
Scholarship funds are raised via a silent
auction of donated art work as well as
solicitations to the public and to corpora-
tions.
Delta Dental of Wisconsin, Investors
Community Bank in Stevens Point, Aspi-
rus, and Donaldson Company, Inc. of Ste-
vens Point. have very generously responded
to the call to support the arts in Central WI
and the scholarship awardees in particular.
The Festival’s mission also includes art
appreciation and education for children as
well as adults. Children’s art activities are
offered by UWSP Art Professor/Painter,
Diane Bywaters, so bring the kids! Offer
them the opportunity to explore their own
creative energy.
Pablo Picasso said, “Every child is an
artist. The problem is how to remain an
artist once he grows up.
The Festival is sponsored by the Stevens
Point Festival of the Arts Council and the
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
College of Fine Arts and Communication.
The show is open from 10 AM to 4 PM on
April 3, and admission is free.
Come to the Festival of Arts on April
3 at the UWSP Noel Fine Arts Center,
and take advantage of the opportunity to
experience art, to learn something new, to
discover a different perspective and absorb
creative inspiration.
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ENTERTAINMENT // PAUL REISER
BY MICHAEL CASPER
Comedian Paul Reiser has returned
to where it all began for him, performing
stand-up comedy. Between when he first
began in the late-70’s, and now, by the
standards of anyone in show business, he’s
put together an enviable body of work.
In 1982, by happy coincidence he
landed a role in Barry Levinson’s film
“Diner,” which led to other small, but
significant parts in what are considered
blockbuster movies.
Then came his first, often forgotten,
sit-com, “My Two Dad’s.” That was closely
followed by his second sit-com, not oft-
forgotten, “Mad About You,” which he
co-created, and co-starred in with Helen
Hunt.
What you may not know is that Paul
Reiser is also an accomplished pianist,
wrote the theme song for “Mad About
You,” and has collaborated musically with
Melissa Manchester.
He’ll be at the Meyer Theater in Green
Bay, March 5th.
Michael: You’ve come full circle.
Paul: It’s funny. I’ve been telling
everybody that I have no plan. The truth
is, when I started years ago, all I wanted
to be was a comedian. Then I got these
nice “breaks,” and that sort of got me busy
chasing movies and TV, but in my head I
always thought of myself as a stand up.
M: Mad About You happened in 1992.
P: That’s when it got crazy, and by
default, I put stand up on the back burner,
fully intending to get back to it. But it
wasn’t until three years ago that I just
decided to go back out and do it.
M: The intent wasn’t to go back “on
the road?”
P: No. More like going to the gym. I
wanted to exercise that part of my brain,
the comedy muscle. As soon as I did I was
suddenly reminded how much I loved it,
and how much I missed it. As opposed to
doing films and television where there’s the
wait, and the numbers of people and part-
nerships involved, it can be overwhelming.
Stand up is so direct and immediate. It’s
just you, and your ideas, and the audience.
It has been really joyful.
M: You already have such an impres-
sive resume, and long career...
P: And I’m only 32 (laugh) it’s amaz-
ing!
M: Going from hell-gigs back when,
to suddenly reading for Barry Levinson, is
it true you were just tagging along with a
friend? It was he who was auditioning, and
instead you got a part in Diner?
P: I literally stumbled into this very
fortuitous thing which was not only my
first “job,” but it also became such a dis-
tinguished film. That opened up a lot of
doors. Serendipity has certainly played a
part in my life.
M: Did the friend get a part?
P: No (laugh) he got nothing, sorry to
say.
M: The name you gave your produc-
tion company ‘Nuance,’ came from the
ad-libbed scene in the car with Mickey
Rourke?
P: Yes. Right now I have three or four
TV shows I’m producing and writing for,
not starring in. Nuance is the umbrella
organization for whatever I come up
with...it’s not a factory with people wear-
ing sweatshirts and hats that say ‘Nuance’
(laugh). Good for you for catching the
Nuance name. I recently did a Q&A with
an audience, and they asked ‘why that
name, and why don’t you like that word?’
And you’ll have to go back and watch the
movie, but the funniest part of that scene
is watching Mickey Rourke’s reaction.
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(laugh), he’s so underwhelmed, like ‘what
the hell is he talking about?’ and ‘I don’t
find this guy funny at all.’ (laugh) It was
all improvised by Levinson’s suggestion.
M: Comedians dream of what you
realized. Getting a sitcom. Before ‘Mad
About You,’ there was ‘My Two Dad’s.’
P: It never happens overnight. You
don’t suddenly wake up, and find you’re
in something you weren’t in yesterday.
You know, Mad About You, it’s all a crap
shoot...the number of successes com-
pared to the number of TV shows that
are written or are pitched, is a tiny ratio.
Sometimes you don’t get to take stock of it
until its over, and say ‘Wow, that was pretty
impressive.’
M: You were asked to write a script.
P: And came up with the idea, and
it sold. Nothing happens magically, hits
don’t happen that way. It’s one step at a
time. It sold, but then will they shoot the
pilot? You make the pilot, then have to
come up with episode two, and three and
four...so you’re busy chasing that. Then
after a season you hope you’re picked up
for another. You don’t really breathe a sigh
of relief for a while. You’re so into doing
it, that you don’t get to rest and wax philo-
sophic about it.
M: And now there’s going to be a Chi-
nese Mr. & Mrs. Buchman?
P: SONY just sold the show to China.
They took our scripts and redid them,
and cast an actual married couple, and it’s
becoming a big hit. Now they’re talking
about taking it to Argentina. I look back
now at this idea based on an argument I
had with my wife, Chinese people are now
laughing at (laugh). It’s actually kind of
heartwarming, and I think it speaks to the
universal nature of what we were doing. All
the writers were bringing in stories of their
own marriages, ‘Listen to what happened
today...I got in this great fight (laugh).’
You put it out there, and it registers with
people for a reason, it’s very all-embracing.
M: Your film career has been a series of
small gems, beginning with Beverly Hills
Cop, and I think everybody hated you
after Aliens.
P: To this day. Even not having seen
the film! (laugh) I get on a bus, and people
say, ‘I don’t like this guy.’
M: That wasn’t the kind of movie you
would naturally be thought of as ‘right.’
P: I think that was part of James
Cameron’s thinking. I wasn’t real well
know yet, but to the extent I was known,
it was as a comic. I think he was trying
to cast someone you wouldn’t necessarily
suspect immediately as the ‘problem.’ I’m
not sure that was the case, but I think most
who watched Aliens thought, ‘Something’s
wrong with this guy.’ Sort of like the guys
in red uniforms on Star Trek who you knew
weren’t going to make it off the planet and
back to
the Enterprise.
M: Fast forward to your role as the
dad in Whiplash. You played a protective
father.
P: I think that’s part of why people
responded to the film, I think every parent
faces the harsh reality of wanting only the
best for your children, but there comes
a point when you realize you have very
limited power. You can’t necessarily steer
your child away from danger. You can
when they’re two or three, but not when
they’re twenty. This character was this
well-intended, devoted dad, and part of
what drove the kid was the kid’s perception
of dad as less than successful. As much as
the dad loved the kid, the kid was a little
repelled. That was a heartbreaking, loaded
equation, and it speaks to some really great
writing in the screenplay.
M: Speaking of writing, you’ve writ-
ten several books including Couplehood,
Babyhood, and Familyhood.
P: Theyallsortoforganicallyhappened.
Couplehood came about while I was doing
Mad About You. I was approached to
write a book, and I suggested writing about
what the show was about, relationships.
Then my wife and I had our first son, and
there was plenty material there. Then there
was a long gap while we were busy raising
our family. I think I’m most proud of
Familyhood because its deeper and maybe
more thoughtful. Much of it lent itself
to being written about, rather than being
performed.
M: Does some of what you’ve written
in the three books come out in your stand
up?
P: Actually yes, there are a couple
pieces I wrote specifically for the book I
thought could work on stage. There are
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chunks that I rewrote, and reworked for the
telling. It’s different when you write for a
book, I’m not going to be there to perform
it for you (laugh) it has to be written so the
reader can enjoy it on their own.
M: You started your career on stage
doing stand up, what was it like perform-
ing someone else’s material on stage,
specifically Woody Allen’s “Writer’s Block”
series of one-act comedies?
P: It was odd. I’d never done theater
other than some silly musicals in college.
It’s a strange hybrid performance, in that
you are on stage getting laughs, but unlike
stand up, you can’t acknowledge them.
But the thrill was performing Woody
Allen’s words, and he was directing, and it
was a very small intimate venue, maybe a
hundred seat theater. Here I am with this
comedy giant, and amazingly he wasn’t
precious about his words. If we wanted
to change something and it made the line
better, change it. The thrill was to watch
him, and his process. Like if a line didn’t
work as well as he’d hoped, how he would
work at it, and work at it, and never settle.
M: I don’t think many know of your
musical chops, and your talents on piano.
P: It’s never really been part of my act,
in fact the opposite. What I like is gut
wrenching, emotional, melancholy music
(laugh). I did an album a year ago with a
great singer and songwriter, Julia Fordham
of whom I was a big fan, and I dopily sug-
gested, ‘Why don’t we write a song?’ And
she took some music I’d written, and made
a song out of it, and that was cool. Before
we knew it we had an album, her singing
and me playing piano. But that was sort a
one-off...it was great fun, and we did a few
concerts. In fact I had a friend who said,
‘I’ve never seen you so happy on stage.’
And I said, ‘That’s because I wasn’t talk-
ing.’ (laugh) I was just quietly watching,
playing piano, watching her be the focus.
Music has always been a big part of my life,
but I’ve never felt the need to ‘put it out
there’ as part of anything else.
M: You majored in music in college?
P: It seemed like an easy choice because
I already played, so I figured I was done
with 30% of the credits.
M: You wrote the theme song to Mad
About You?
P: What happened was, it was a couple
weeks before we were going to go on the
air, and again serendipity...Helen Hunt
and I were traveling to New York to do
some publicity, and we bumped into Don
Was whom Helen knew through a mutual
friend. He’s a Grammy winning artist and
I say, ‘We have this theme song, but I don’t
really like it.’ He says, ‘Why don’t we go
write one?’ That night we went to a studio,
I suggested an idea I had on piano, started
playing, he hit ‘record,’ and the next week
we’re in L.A. with these incredible musi-
cians. The drummer was Jim Keltner who
had played with all the Beatles, Billy Pres-
ton was on the organ, the back-up singers
were names you might not know but are
so good, like ‘Sweet Pea’ Atkinson, all these
great voices. It was one of those moments
where I just sat back and thought, ‘I’m on
some cloud, how did this happen?’
M: And the ‘keeper’ take for the show
theme?
P: I think it was the first take, I didn’t
know he was recording. Don Was said,
‘Just show the band the chords.’ We started
jamming, and that became the theme. It
was sort of accidental.
M: Now you’re back on the road.
P: I joke about it, but my kid said,
‘Dad...it’s time to get out of the house.’
(laugh) I was home all the time with the
kids, but now getting out a few weekends
here and there, it was an adjustment, but
they’ve come to like, it, I’ve come to like
it. I like coming home as much as I like
leaving, there’s an excitement about it.
M: You knew early on in life that you
were supposed to be in front of people.
P: When I was in college I solidified in
my head that I wanted to be a performer.
During the summer breaks I’d do stand up
in clubs, but what really did it was when
I was in a play, freshman year, it ran for a
week. I remember the feeling every day,
from about noon on, I’d check my watch
and think, ‘Okay, five more hours until
show time, three more hours until show
time.’ There was something about the
excitement of doing a show that I felt,
‘That’s what I should be doing.’ That’s
what drives me. Last week I was in Phila-
delphia, and I was checking my watch and
saying, ‘Okay...six more hours until show
time.’ It’s the same excitement I felt when
I was twenty. I feel real lucky. Not every-
body gets to do what they love. For me,
being able to still come out and do stand
up...really excites me, and still feels like the
right thing.
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BY MICHAEL CASPER
The THELMA is hosting another
incredible artist this month when Albert
Cummings paints the night air blue with
his electric guitar and vocals. When he
bends his first note Friday night, March
11th, you won’t believe he’s made his living
most his life as a carpenter.
Search YouTube for his version of Ger-
trude “Ma” Rainey’s “Barrel House Blues.”
Watch and listen. Then get your tickets.
Michael: You’re from Williamstown,
Massachusetts. Not normally thought of
as a hotbed of blues music.
Albert: What are you talking about?
(laugh) I think ‘the blues’ is a state of mind
around here more than a type of music.
I started musically in bluegrass, which is
about as far away from the blues as you can
get. I played 5 string banjo because when I
was a kid I couldn’t fit my hand around the
neck of a guitar.
M: So bluegrass was cool in William-
stown?
A: Not really. My friends were into
AC/DC and everything else rock n’ roll in
the 70’s. But my dad played guitar during
the big band era, with an orchestra. By
the time I came along he was no longer in
the band, but would get together once in
a great while with other musician friends
and play like say, when my sisters got mar-
ried...they played the weddings. That was
always my inspiration, that and when his
buddies came over to the house and had
impromptu jam sessions.
M: So there was always music, and
always a guitar around.
A: But I couldn’t get my hand around
it, but I loved. And I watched my father,
and he was so good, and I was intimidated
by his talent...you know how kids are, ‘Oh,
I could never do that, or be that good.’
M: And then a brother-in-law influ-
enced you.
A: He’d give me cassette tapes of
David Bromberg, Danny Gatton, Marshall
Tucker Band...he kept feeding me this
musical information. I liken it to when
you get a gallon of paint, and they put all
the right pigments in a can, shake it up,
and you get the color you want. Well, he
was giving me all this music, pieces and
parts. I was like a sponge, but still couldn’t
play...I was like 12 or 13. And then one
day he gave me a cassette of this guy called
Stevie Ray Vaughn.
M: And then it all came together?
A: I instantly thought, ‘This guy can’t
be real. This has to be fake.’ I thought
there was no way a guy could play a guitar
that way. What I knew of guitar playing
was what I’d seen and heard my father
play. Maybe he’d improvise a little bit,
but always stay pretty close to the melody.
When I heard Stevie Ray I thought it had
to be two guitars...that can’t be one guy
and one guitar.
M: By the age of 15 your hands were
finally big enough to set the banjo aside,
and pick up the guitar.
A: I bought a guitar for $13 at a tag
sale. I played it through high school. Then
I went off to school in Boston in 1987.
That’s when fate stepped in. A bus left a
stop, and behind it was a marquee with a
Gibson Les Paul guitar, and a Fender Stra-
tocaster, and I crossed the street and looked
at the window to see who was going to be
playing, and there was a little sign that said,
‘Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble -
Tonight.’ I was totally excited, ran back to
the dorm, told all my buddies that we had
to go to this show. Nobody had heard of
him. I went by myself. I remember Stevie
came out on stage wearing a huge Indian
headdress, and when he started playing,
my jaw hit the floor.
M: Inspirational?
A: The exact opposite (laugh). I
figured, ‘Well there’s no sense in playing
guitar. I’ll never be able to play like that!’
He was such a force. He had such natural
talent.
M: So you put music on hold?
A: Finished college. Went into the
family business of construction, got mar-
ried. I’m 27 years old, and only fooling
around with guitar a little bit. Until while
at a friend’s wedding...there was a band,
and my friends were pushing me to go play
with the band, and I said, ‘No, I’ve never
played with a band...only for myself.’
M: But you did get up there.
A: Reluctantly so. And when I did, I
felt this natural wave come over me. And I
thought to myself, ‘How am I this old, and
I don’t know what this is yet?’ It felt right.
And I still didn’t know much about guitar.
I knew some basic chords, this n’ that, but
I didn’t even know how to bend a note.
M: Then you went back to studying
Stevie Ray’s music?
A: Yeah. And wondered who he had
liked, and inspired him. Well that took me
to Albert King, Freddie King, BB King...
it took me to all these artists. So the long
answer to your short question is Stevie is
what brought me to the blues in this little
town of Williamstown. He opened the
door, and once I got in the hallway I was
able to find all the guys he studied, and
I’m still walking down that hallway. And
I have one of those personalities that when
I sink my teeth into something, I really go
after it.
M: I’ve seen and listened.
A: Nothing holds me like music. The
power of it, the experience, the happiness
and joy it delivers. Sometimes frustrations
come with it, but it is absolutely the love
of my life and I love every minute I can do
it. I’m happy and excited to play anywhere
(laugh) and am really looking forward to
coming to the Thelma.
M: You have six CD’s?
A: 6 and a half (laugh). The first CD
“The Long Way,” which some people still
like, was just a demo to try and find bar
dates around Albany, New York. I went
into a studio with a drummer and told
him, ‘If you stop playing, you’re paying for
the studio time.’ In an hour and a half we
recorded eleven songs. We just kept going.
M: It still holds up?
A: I listen to it now and say, ‘Wow, I
sure have grown.’ But I look at a picture
of myself from then, and I’ve sure changed
in that way too. Everything evolves. With
every CD release I say it’s my best because
it just keeps getting better. I’ve been in the
building business all my life, and I always
say with every house I build, the last one
is my best house. Everything I’ve learned
up to that point, goes into that product...
whether it’s a house or a CD. If I learn
something from this house that I didn’t
know in the last one, I’m putting it into the
next one. Constantly trying to improve,
raise my bar.
M: And you still run a construction
company?
A: Up until a few months ago, but
music is starting to take me away. After
Fond du Lac we go to the United King-
dom, then back to California and Texas.
Then it’s Italy with talk of Norway and
Switzerland. So right now I’m not taking
on any more construction work.
M: Your company has won national
acclaim.
A: Several awards, and featured in a
lot of magazines. I’ve gotten way more
accolades for my construction than for my
music (laugh).
M: Your music is your main focus?
A: I’m always reluctant to answer that
question, I’m a guy whose old enough that
I still need to feed my family (laugh). I like
to keep both doors open. Music is starting
to take off, and I truly believe it’s my time
to do it, so I’m going for it.
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BY JANE SPIETZ
Recently I experienced another “pinch-
me-I- can’t-believe-this-is-happening”
moment. I received a call from New Jersey,
and on the other end was Pat DiNizio, lead
singer of one of my all-time favorite bands,
the Smithereens. Conducting a phoner
with Pat is one more thing I can scratch off
my bucket list.
The Jersey-based Smithereens are
known for their irresistible brand of power
pop/rock music, heavily influenced by
the Beatles and other iconic ’60s artists.
DiNizio fell in love with the sound after
seeing the Beatles perform on
the Ed Sullivan show in 1964.
The band put out a trilogy of
albums with their dead-on
versions of Beatles classics
and have also done amazing
covers of hits by the Who, the
Kinks, and the Beach Boys, to
name a few.
Over the span of 36 years,
the Smithereens have been
responsible for generating hits
such as “Blood and Roses,”
“Behind the Wall of Sleep,”
“A Girl Like You,” “Only a
Memory,” and “Blues Before
and After.” The Smithereens
are observing the 30th
anniversary of their classic 1986 album
Especially For You with the release of a
special 2 CD set, which includes 47 tracks
of electric and acoustic live performances,
vintage demos, and rarities.
The Smithereens are Pat DiNizio
(vocals, rhythm guitar), Jim Babjak (lead
guitar, vocals), Severo “The Thrilla” Jor-
nacion (bass guitar, vocals), and Dennis
Diken (drums, percussion).
Jane Spietz: To begin, I would love to
hear the story of how your mom whisked
you away after school when you were a kid
to go see the Beatles movie, Help.
Pat DiNizio: I remember walking
down the driveway from school. I was with
my best friends, the Front Street boys. I
used to have fun and get in trouble with
them, grew up with them. It was the last
day of fifth grade and we were frolicking,
running down the driveway trying to get
off the school property. It was like being
released from prison. I see my mother’s ’55
Chevy Malibu parked at the end of the
driveway blocking our way. She’s beeping
the horn and screaming at me, “Get in!”
My friends are ridiculing me, laughing
at me because we got caught in the act
of being ourselves. I got in the car. And
instead of yelling at me, she smiled at me
and said, “We’re going to see the Beatles
new movie!” I’m thinking, ‘Wow, how cool
is my mother!’ We sat through Help twice.
Afterward, she kept saying “John Len-
non’s really cool, he’s my favorite.
Isn’t he great?” ‘Wow, my mother
loves the Beatles!’ ran through my
mind. At that time, if you had
long hair in ’64,’65,’66, you had
it made. You were really cool and
that’s what everyone wanted. On the ride
home, I figured she was in a good mood.
I said, ‘Mom, can I grow my hair long like
John Lennon just for the summer?’ She
said, “No, you can’t grow your hair long!
Only hippies have long hair!” It’s like it
went right back to the status quo. And
later when I got home I found out the air
conditioner was broken. Part of the reason
she took me to the movies was because it
was air conditioned. (Laughs)
JS: The Smithereens have put out three
super tribute albums of Beatles’ songs,
Meet The Smithereens (2007), B-Sides
The Beatles (2008), and The Smithereens
Play The Beatles Washington, D.C. Febru-
ary 11, 1964 Concert (2014).
PD: Each album was a labor of love.
We hadn’t put out a studio album in about
seven years. There was no interest there.
But I had a relationship with Bob Frank
at E1 Koch. E1 puts out a lot of movies
now. I called him and said, ‘I’ve got an
offer you can’t refuse. The Smithereens
versus the Beatles.’ He said, “I love it, let’s
do it.” Within five seconds we had another
record deal. I was looking for a way to rein-
troduce our band to those nice people, the
millions of folks
across America
and the world,
who had bought
S m i t h e r e e n s
records and given
us a career and a
life worth living.
In a lighthearted
yet serious sort of
way. The decision
to do the most
difficult thing that
we could possibly
do which was to take, in our opinion,
the most important rock ‘n roll record
ever released – Meet the Beatles – which
changed the world in 1964, and reimagine
it as the Smithereens would play it. So
what you had was our guitar songs which
are considerably heavier than the Beatles,
and my vocals, without trying to imper-
sonate John Lennon or Paul McCartney.
Not interested in that. The arrangements
are exactly the way the Beatles wrote them.
JS: Because for you, the material and
the album was somewhat sacred?
PD: It was like playing Beethoven or
Mozart. Playing the notes as written, and
the arrangement as the composer, pro-
ducer, and arranger envisioned it. It went
to the top of the charts, broke download
records on iTunes, and put us on the front
cover of the New York Times Arts and
Leisure section. So go figure. Then rather
than re-create the album cover, I took some
Beatles bobble heads that I had purchased
and called up our friend Todd who does all
of our album covers. I asked him if there
was any way he could superimpose the
faces of the four Smithereens on the faces
of the Beatle bobble
heads. And he did
it! (Laughs)
JS: The second
album you did,
B-Sides The Beatles,
was another state-
ment unto itself.
PD: Well, if
you consider that
90% of the time or more the Beatles’
B-sides were better than most other bands’
A-sides. We went back in time. I found one
of our favorite artists, Jack Davis, who was
one of the main artists for Mad Magazine
and had done a lot of album covers and
also Saul Bass, the iconic title designer. We
had them do the album cover for us. The
third album, The Smithereens Play The
Beatles Washington, D.C. February 11,
1964 Concert, was to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the Beatles first American
concert. We did our live version of the
Beatles Washington DC concert from
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February 1964. It’s that famous concert
where they’re in a boxing ring at the Coli-
seum, and Ringo has to physically move his
drums around. It’s perhaps one of the most,
if not the most, electrifying concerts I’ve
ever seen. Our music is modern but there’s
always that healthy respect for what went
before.
JS: You’re celebrating the 30th anni-
versary of the Smithereens’ first album,
Especially For You, with a 2-CD reissue
containing 47 tracks, including live record-
ings, acoustic versions, and demos. At
some of your 2016 shows the band will be
playing the entire album along with other
Smithereens classics.
PD: A friend of ours who’s a filmmaker
created this marvelous 42 minute long film
which plays or is projected on stage while
we do the album. It reflects themes and
images that are represented lyrically in the
songs. It’s getting quite a reaction. In fact,
soon I’ll be posting it on the Smithereens’
Facebook pages so that everyone can see it.
JS: Who was the inspiration for the
woman you sang about in “Behind the
Wall of Sleep?”
PD: There was a band from Boston
called The Bristols, an all-woman band
who modeled themselves, in terms of their
image, on The Byrds. They played Rick-
enbacker guitars. They had a great three
chord, 1960s pop sound which we were
aspiring to do. It was love at first sight for
me and the bass player, Kim Ernst. She was
tall; her hair was cut with bangs and dyed
jet black. It was like down to the middle
of her back. She looked like the famous
model and ’60s London pop icon Jeannie
Shrimpton. A dead ringer for her. She was
way out of my league, but I had to make
the attempt anyway. Like the lyric of the
song, I called her up when in Boston and
her roommate answered and said she wasn’t
there. After getting the brushoff, the song
hit me like a ton of bricks. The melody, the
chord changes, the entire lyric I wrote on a
cocktail napkin on a plane in five minutes.
It was an epic struggle after that. I got into
my rent-a-wreck at LaGuardia Airport
and was stuck in the world’s worst traffic
jam for two hours. There was no technol-
ogy at that time so I had to keep singing
the melody over and over like a mantra
until it didn’t even make sense anymore. I
finally made my way home, got to the tape
recorder with my guitar, and somehow I
hung onto the idea. That’s what that song
is about. That’s a true story. Kim still plays
with the Bristols. There’s a great deal of
affection between all of us. When the song
became a hit on WBCN in Boston, as well
as the rest of the country, everyone knew it
was about her.
JS: Are there any there any plans for
new Smithereens music?
PD: Yes, we’re looking at a Halloween
2016 release date for the new original
Smithereens studio album. We don’t have
anything to prove except to write good
three-minute pop songs that have emo-
tional depth, strong melodies, and interest-
ing lyrics. In terms of the songwriting, it’s
that same three-minute Beatles melodic
pop song that we emulated, adapted, and
sort of made our own in a sense. We were
lucky enough to come up with our own
sound. I don’t want to change anything. I
just want people to say, ‘There are another
12 great songs, it’s another great album.
These guys are still rockin.’ I want our
albums to say new things and make new
statements musically, but also feel like an
old friend that you can depend upon. I
think that’s been a hallmark of our career.
The people who know us, love us, have
supported us, and have given us a life by
supporting our music – they’ve come to
expect that from us.
JS: The Smithereens will be perform-
ing with Martha Davis and the Motels at
a fundraiser for the independent nonprofit
radio station 91.1 The Avenue at the his-
toric Meyer Theater in Green Bay, April
10th. What can we expect?
PD: We’ll do the Smithereens greatest
hits. We will do the deep album tracks as
well and a couple of the Beatles’ songs.
Do a little bit of everything. Martha Davis
still has the goods. She can really sing and
her voice is beautiful. I enjoy watching
her perform. It’s a good bill. Thanks for a
wonderful interview, Jane.
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ENTERTAINMENT // ROCKONSIN
In the past 11 years, over 600 statewide
garage bands, of all musical genres, have
competed in the statewide garage band
competition presented by Dennis Graham
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Music Association.
Graham’s 12th season of offering a
stage to young statewide garage bands
in 7th – 12th grades will take on a new
name, ROCKONSIN, in association with
the not for profit MAMA (Madison Area
Music Association). Some of the major
changes for the 2016 edition will include
no registration fee, allowing all 7th & 8th
grade garage bands to compete, and the
finals competition will be at Summerfest,
the world’s largest music festival.
The Fox River Valley and Central
Wisconsin have been a gold mine for the
development and recognition of young
musicians that have started their own
garage band.
The first ‘all ladies’ band to ever win a
Wisconsin statewide styled garage band
competition was in 2015 when Eminence
took the top prize. The five young ladies
of Eminence represented five different Fox
Valley high schools (Menasha, Neenah,
Appleton East, Oshkosh West and Appleton
North/Renaissance High Schools).
Eminence, with its harder rock stylings
not only took the top honors to win a full
set gig at Summerfest opening for classic
rock band Kansas, but they also performed
at the 100th celebration of Les Paul’s birth-
day in Waukesha last August.
“This competition was one of the best
experiences of my life,” Caitlin Sweeney,
the powerful drummer for Eminence said.
“It was so amazing to be able to play at
Summerfest, and we have met so many
people because of this opportunity.”
At the Les Paul celebration, Eminence
mingled and impressed the stable of other
headliners, such as Cheap Trick guitarist
Rick Nielsen.
And the Fox Valley/Central Wisconsin
area has produced a treasure trove of tal-
ented high school bands that have joined
Eminence in performing in past Finals
competitions. In 2005 Smuggle Doug and
His Six Shooters (from Appleton North
and Xavier High Schools) took home the
top honors, and in 2006, Sulco (St. Mary
Central High School in Neenah) won the
top prize.
Many talented young garage bands
over the years have represented the Fox
Valley/Central Wisconsin area including
the Ian Olvera Band, Outbreak, ska band
Orpheus, Mr. Mayor, Karmah and many
more that have taken the stage to showcase
their musicality.
So what are the new changes for ROCK-
ONSIN in 2016?
• ROCKONSIN is a Finals only format
to be held at Summerfest, the world’s
largest music festival at the Johnson
Controls Stage on June 30 (6 bands)
and July 1 (6 bands) from Noon – 3:30
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• Twelve ROCKONSIN statewide
garage bands, of all musical genres,
will be selected to perform at the
Summerfest Finals. Bands must be of
two or more members, and must have
been formed outside the school music
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enrolled in a traditional school music
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or home school.
• The Finals set times will be increased
from 15 - 20 minutes for each band.
• All 7th or 8th grade bands can now
join high school garage bands in apply-
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be a combination of any students in
7th - 12th grade. Each finalist band will
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ENTERTAINMENT // ST. PATRICK’S DAY
BY MICHAEL CASPER
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Tent
Party will return to downtown Oshkosh on
Saturday, March 19 presented in part by
FNB Fox Valley.
Matt Miller is the President of Oshkosh
Festivals.
“Our committee has seen tremendous
growth over the past three years,” Miller
said. “This celebration is for everyone in
the community and we are very excited
to welcome huge crowds to downtown
Oshkosh each year. As Johnny Carson
from the Tonight Show once said, ‘If you
can’t be in Ireland, be in Oshkosh.’ It’s that
time of year when we celebrate Spring and
warmer weather. And, it makes no differ-
ence if you have Irish heritage or not, this
parade and party is for everyone and it’s a
whole lot of ‘craic.’”(Irish word for fun)
There are several new groups joining in
the parade this year.
“We’re very excited to expand upon our
FREE and HEATED Tent Party,” Miller
said “with fun music, dancers, food, bever-
ages and cultural displays. The Tent Party
runs from 1 until 10 pm, located at 547
N. Main Street. Our event truly appeals to
all ages. Of course, everyone loves a parade,
but there will also be, bagpipers, Irish
Wolfhounds, some Irish Trivia contests,
Irish merchandise, and much more.”
At 3:45 there will be a children’s “most
freckled face contest,” as well as “the red-
dest hair contest.” No need to pre-register.
Entrance to the Tent Party and all contests
are free.
There is also no cost to enter the parade
and you can register online at www.Oshko-
shStPats.com.
“Whether people enter as a marching
group,” Miller said “a decorated car, a float,
a music group or other interesting entry,
everyone will be judged based on how
much they incorporated an Irish theme.
The top three winning participants will
have a donation made to a local nonprofit
or community organization of their choos-
ing. We want to encourage everyone to be
festive, have fun, and have the possibility
to win money for their favorite charity or
group. Oshkosh Festivals will make a cash
donation on behalf of the top three win-
ning parade participant’s favorite charity or
community organization. There will be a
cash donation of $250 for 1st place, $150
for 2nd place, and $50 for third place. The
winners will be announced at 4:00 inside
the Tent Party.”
A couple great bands are scheduled as
well.
“What do you get when you combine
Irish folk music, sea shanties, electric
guitars, and a lot of Irish attitude,” Miller
asked? “You get these two bands, The
Roving Scallywags and Whiskey of the
Damned. Both groups put on a high
energy live show that everyone will enjoy.
So if you are looking for some good sing
along, dance along, beer drinking music,
our Tent Party is the place to be!”
The co-parade marshals sound like
good choices.
“Our committee has selected two
incredible Irishmen to serve as our 2016
Parade Marshals,” Miller said. “Glenn
Curran is well-known in Oshkosh as a
professional banker and an incredible fun-
draiser. Glenn helped create many commu-
nity events, but one of the most popular
is ‘Battle on Bago’ the Midwest’s largest
ice fishing tournament, which raises over
$500,000 annually for charity. Mr. Jim
Hyde is a former Microsoft engineer from
the Fox Cities who now spends his time
lecturing throughout the state on Irish His-
tory and Traditions. Jim is a descendant of
Ireland’s first President, Doug Hyde, who
was elected in the years following the 1916
Easter Rising, or Ireland’s Revolution.
In honor of the 100th anniversary and
because Jim has done so much to educate
people on Ireland’s past, we are pleased to
welcome him as a Marshal!”
There are specific regulations for con-
suming beverages that day.
“As a nonprofit organization raising
money for charity,” Miller said “the city
has allowed us a temporary beer and wine
license. While the Tent Party is open to all
ages, anyone drinking alcohol must have a
valid ID and wear a wristband. Our Tent
Party will be serving food and beverages
from 1 until 10 pm. No alcohol is allowed
on the streets or sidewalks, but our guests
will be able to view the parade from inside
our tent.”
The Oshkosh St. Patrick’s Day Parade
and Party is organized by Oshkosh Festi-
vals Inc, a 501 c-3 nonprofit.
“Our volunteers organize three local
fundraisers aside from this party,” Miller
said “Oshkosh Irish Fest June 11-12, and
Oshkosh Oktoberfest October 1. Since
our founding, we have helped raise over
$140,000 for local charities. If anyone is
interested in helping sponsor or volunteer,
please contact us through the website.”
The parade will step-off at 2 pm in
downtown Oshkosh and travel up North
Main Street to Irving Ave.
Anyone interested in entering a float
or marching group can register online at
www.OshkoshStPats.com. Entries will be
judged based on an Irish theme..
Oshkosh will go Green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day
Parade and Party Returns on March 19
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3:00 Richard’s School of Irish Dance
3:45 Children’s Reddest Hair and
Freckled Face Contests
4:00 Irish Band The Roving Scal-
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ENTERTAINMENT // THE SPANISH INQUISITION
BY GEORGE HALAS
While The Inquisition reports regularly
on good music at good venues, often with
no cover, there are occasions when the
music is not only good, it’s good for ya!
For example, on Wednesday, March
2nd, one of the Fox Cities’ best vocalists,
Gwen Carr, will perform her one-woman
show, “Relentless,” for the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh Women’s Center in
celebration of Women’s Month from 6 to
8 pm at UW-O’s Reeve Memorial Union,
800 Algoma Blvd. Admission is free.
Carr will be accompanied by guitarist
Scott Dercks.
“Scott Dercks is one of those rare
guitarists who can play so well that it
almost sounds like there is more than one
instrument playing,” Carr said. “His sense
of rhythm, timing and elegance as well as
his complete and utter love of music make
him such a joy to work with. He can play
anything from classical to rock ‘n’ roll. He
inspires me to be a better singer, and I give
him the space inside a song to shine.”
In addition to being a multi-talented
vocalist with a command of many styles of
music, Carr is a composer, political activist
and speaker who is a veteran of the front
lines in the fight for social justice. Her
thought-provoking original music often
deals with subjects of great importance.
“I have had an unusual and sometimes
mind-boggling life and along the way well
over 100 people have told me that I should
write a book about my life,” Carr said.
“I tried very hard to write it until what I
finally realized was, I couldn’t write a book
about my life because I’m a storyteller. I
can’t sit in a room and write words alone
with myself. I need other people to tell
stories to, and so that’s how I started to
write songs.”
Carr has given decades of her life
fighting to make things better for future
generations.
“And, looking back and seeing where
we have come from and where we are in
this country,” she said. “I set a lot of other
things in my life aside because it was more
important for me to try to do something to
help people than it was to do
a lot of other things.”
“In my career I have been
a pretty fierce advocate for
social justice,” she continued.
“Part of it comes from the
fact that I found out when
I was in my 30’s, that I was
an American Indian. I found
my tribe, found my family
and realized how horrible
things have been for Ameri-
can Indians, and that I could
actually do something to
make it better. I spent the last
25 years working on social
justice issues of one kind or
another, so that has been a
big part of my story telling in
my life.”
Carr is a gifted and mes-
merizing speaker, but using
her singing voice and her
music took things to a differ-
ent level.
“It was an amazing
experience and extremely
powerful when I realized that there was a
different way for me to talk about things
and situations and current events. I could
do it through singing,” she said. “I could
still fight for justice for people, but I could
also use my talents to do so in a completely
different way.”
It wasn’t just audiences who were
moved.
“The first time I ever heard some of
the songs that I had written over the years
actually played for me was stunning,” she
recalls. “I cried for days because I was so
overwhelmed by the fact that I did some-
thing I never thought I could do or would
do.”
A lot of the music she had been per-
forming was written by other artists.
“While some of the songs are just
amazingly wonderful,” Carr said “they
didn’t quite say some of the things that I
wanted to say so I started to actually write
songs about the things that I wanted to say
and the emotions that I wanted to share. I
didn’t have a lot of faith in my songwriting
capabilities at first and I remember sitting
in my office writing furiously and then
reading it and thinking ‘good heavens,
Gwen, that is the most ridiculous piffle
ever written.’ But I kept on doing it. I
started working with another great musi-
cian, Tom Washatka, who help me craft
what I thought was not such hot stuff into
something that not only said something
important and meaningful, but sounded
pretty good.”
In her first performance she sang one
original song.
“It’s called ‘In Between,’ and it reflects
the difficulty and sadness, and hopefulness
of a little girl who was adopted,” Carr said.
“Trying to figure out where I belong, and
who I really was. I was always someplace
‘in between.’ I was never here or there, but
I was always in between, never quite fitting
in, never quite belonging.”
Carr has begun to write more and more
music reflecting her own life, but also
about what is going on in the world, and
what she believes is going on inside of the
human heart.
“I’ve written more new material for this
show,” she said. “One of the songs is called
‘Shed The Skin You’re In,’ and is about let-
ting go of your preconceived ideas about
yourself, other people and your place in the
world. It talks about some of the personal
journeys that I have had to go through
that haven’t been easy to do, but I did it
anyway. There’s another song titled ‘The
Cruelest Thing, which is about the fact
that we can be our own worst enemy, and
how we deal with the people places and
things that hurt us.”
While the show remains a dynamic
work-in-progress, it has already demon-
strated its value.
“I performed this one woman show in
a women’s prison,” she said “and it was one
of the most powerful things that I have
ever experienced. One of the women in
the audience told me that she really didn’t
like me very much. I was really taken aback
and kind of hurt until she told me why.
She said she had been on suicide watch
since she had gotten there, she was going to
be released in a week, and all she had been
doing was planning how she was going to
kill herself when she got out. But then she
heard me sing and tell my story, and that
my performance gave her the one thing
that she did not want: hope. She cried,
and so did I.”
The show’s title, “Relentless,” has spe-
cial significance.
“When I met my birth mother, we
were talking, laughing and telling stories
one night sitting outside looking up at
the stars on Lake Cayuga,” she said. “She
laughed and she said, ‘if I knew the Cayuga
word for relentless, that would be the name
I would give you.’ So when I went to a
meeting about the March 2nd performance
with people whom I had never met...they
showed me a flyer that they had created,
and it said ‘Gwen Carr: Relentless.’ I don’t
think it’s possible to get a more obvious
sign that I’m doing what I’m supposed to
be doing than that.”
Carr plays at venues like Cannnova’s
and has been the featured guest with The
Big Band Reunion.
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GWEN CARR: RELENTLESS

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ENTERTAINMENT // VIC, STEVIE
BY GEORGE HALAS
They have two of the most recognizable
names in Fox Cities’ music.
In addition to his many concert
appearances and his recorded work, singer
Stevie March-Torme is well-known for his
afternoon radio show on 91.1 The Avenue.
According to their legion of fans, Vic
Ferrari is the best rock band in Wisconsin.
Drawing from the title of a collabora-
tion between Mel Torme and Buddy Rich,
The Grand Opera House in Oshkosh will
present the debut of “Vic Ferrari and Stevie
March-Torme: Together Again for The
First Time” on Saturday, March 5th, at
7:30 p.m.
The show will feature songs that neither
typically plays live.
“We’re coming from pretty diverse
places, but we found common ground.
We both like the Beatles,” March-Torme
said. “We found more than enough to
do together, and there will be surprises
throughout.”
In addition to opening the second set
with “Suite: Judy Blues Eyes,” by Crosby,
Stills and Nash, the show will also feature
The HD Horns – Ken Skitch, Jack Naus
and Chris Felts – on tunes like “Lady
Madonna,” and “Let ‘Em In.”
“I think it’s going to be a tremendously
fun show,” March-Torme said. “I am look-
ing forward to doing something I don’t
normally do. It’s us doing a bunch of really
great pop rock songs. This is going to be
a lot of fun for me because I get to play
guitar and piano, but the most attractive
thing is that Vic Ferrari has six great sing-
ers and I will get to sing some harmonies.
If you are a fan of classic rock and classic
pop songs, i.e. Kenny Loggins, Chicago,
Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Beatles, Van
Morrison, et cetera. This is going to be a
really cool concert.”
“We’re very happy with the way people
have turned on to this show,” said Vic
Ferrari vocalist and multi-instrumentalist
Mike Bailey. “The show has a really nice
vibe and there is a lotta’ magic to it.”
The idea emanated in part from Bailey
watching a video of March-Torme’s 2014
Beatles-McCartney tribute, “Here, There
and Everywhere,” at The Leach Amphithe-
ater in Oshkosh.
“I don’t know if there is anything more
frustrating for a musician than to put in all
that work and preparation, and then have
it rain,” Bailey said. “I said, ‘let’s do it the
right way.’ Do it indoors, under control
and make a song list that fits both of our
bands. We don’t get a chance to play gigs
like this very often, so this is very cool.”
For those of you who turned out for his
Paul McCartney tribute concert two sum-
mers ago at the Leach Amphitheater, we all
know how that ended.
“Really, really wet!” March-Torme
recalled. “I feel there’s some unfinished
business here and I can guarantee that
you won’t need your umbrellas inside the
Grand.”
Both are very excited about the pos-
sibilities. For Vic Ferrari, their artistic
growth, best exemplified by the always
evolving Vic Ferrari Symphony on The
Rocks performance, continues with
“another brand of the band.”
“The rehearsals have been really fun,
and this has been very healthy for the
band,” Bailey said. “Stevie comes to
rehearsals prepared and makes us step up
our game.”
“I feel very lucky that I can do fun
things like this,” March-Torme said. “We’ll
see how this show goes. If it works out, we
both see it as something we can do together
in the future.”
While the show is very close to selling
out, as SCENE went to press, there were
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Antique to Primitive to Retro
all right here in Fond du Lac!
Russtiques
Antiques
Downtown FdL
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By Rita
Downtown FdL
Pat’s Gallery
of Antiques
861 Grove Street, FdL
Antiques
to
Retro
861 Grove Street • Fond du Lac • 920-923-9237
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Fond du Lac’s most unique Antique
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Great Selection of Antiques and Collectables
123 S. Main Street
Downtown Fond du Lac
(Corner of 2nd and Main)
Wanted:
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Items - Cases,
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Russtiques Antiques
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90 S. Main St., Downtown FdL • 920-266-8486
www.russtiques.com
Closed Mon • Tues 10-5, Weds 10-8, Thurs-Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4
Russtiques located in the heart of
downtown Fond du Lac is a large and
unique shop with many collectors
offering everyone a wide selection
of antiques, vintage, collectible and
repurposed items. If we don’t have it,
ask us, it might be packed away.
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The “Old Fond du Lac Train Depot”
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Special Hard to Find Unique Antiques Vintage/Primitive
Plus Handmade Repurposed Furniture & Crafts
Open Wed thru Sat
10am-4pm
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105 S. Brooke Street
(Old Train Depot)
Fond du Lac •907-9132
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All Credit
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CALENDAR // THE BIG EVENTS
March 1 - Ongoing
Rare WWII Nose Art
Exhibit
EAA AirVenture Museum
The collection from the
Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
headquarters in Dallas, Texas, made
its debut in November after a month
of preparation in the EAA museum’s
Eagle Hangar, which honors the
people and aircraft of World War II.
The artifacts have been designated
by the National Trust for Historical
Preservation as an official project of
Save America’s Treasures, which seeks
to preserve historic structures, art,
and published works throughout the
nation. It will be on display at EAA
throughout 2016.
March 1 - May 29
Walter Wick:
Games, Gizmos,
and Toys in the Attic
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
A retrospective of the photographic
illustrator of the “I SPY” books
published by Scholastic Press, the
exhibition includes large-scale
photographs and Wick’s elaborate sets
and models depicting visual riddles,
puzzles, and optical illusions.
March 1 - May 16
Be the Dinosaur
Oshkosh Public Museum
Tues-Sat 10 am - 4:30 pm
Sun 1 pm - 4:30 pm
Want to know what it would be
like to be a dinosaur? Now you can
through virtual technology in this
new, innovative exhibition. Be the
Dinosaur™ is a groundbreaking
fusion of state-of-the-art video game
technology and traditional exhibits,
featuring full-size dinosaur bones, a
paleontology field station, a Safari Jeep
and more. Visitors of all ages can enter
into the largest and most complex
restoration of an extinct ecosystem
ever created.
March 1-April 17
Joye Moon Watercolors
Paine Art Center and Gardens
Tues-Sun, 11 am - 4 pm
Artworks by Joye Moon, an Oshkosh
native who is a nationally recognized
and award-winning watercolor
artist. The exhibition highlights her
exuberant depictions of landscapes,
flowers and nature.
March 1-22
Emerging Artists
Annette & Dale Schuh Riverfront Arts
Center
Area student artwork grades 7–12.
Reception Sunday, March 6, 1:00
pm – 3:00 pm.
www.stevenspoint.com
March 1-5
Metaphors in Metal:
That’s Life in Silver Joan
north Jewelry
Gallery Q/Q Artists Cooperative
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Artist Reception March 4th,
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
Artist owned and operated gallery
featuring original fine art for sale. with
special rotating exhibits.
March 2-5
The Hourglass Project
Weidner Center for the Performing Arts
Advance $18 / At the Door $20
Senior & Student Advance $15 / At the
Door $17
UW-Green Bay Student $10
A new play by Lee Blessing
Directed by John Mariano
On a remote island, a small group
of elderly people on the brink of
realizing their mortality is given
a “reset”- a second chance at life.
Feeling they have nothing to lose,
the test subjects have volunteered to
participate in a highly unorthodox
and dangerous medical experiment
that raises profound ethical questions.
This “comedy of anxiety” is the most
recent invention from Pulitzer Prize-
nominated playwright, Lee Blessing. A
Forward Phoenix New Play Project
March 3-April 16
Lynn Tomaszewski
Exhibit
Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts
51 Sheboygan Street
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 5:00pm;
Saturdays: 11:00am - 3:00pm (Closed
While the SCENE does
everything to ensure
the accuracy of its
Events calendar, we
also understand that
some dates and times
change. Please call
ahead to confirm
before traveling any
distance.
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march LIVE MUSIC
Mar 3 Brianna Lane 6:30 foLk
Mar 4 Drew Peterson of the DeaD Pigeons
& PaLMer t. Lee of the Lowest Pair
w/ waLt haMBurger 9:30 aMericana
Mar 10 aDria raMos & kiP Jones 6:30 singer/songwriter
Mar 11 circLe of heat, overserveD JaM / rock /
gentLeMen, & feeD the Dog 9:30 aMericana
Mar 17 Miss MoLLy 6:30 ceLtic & foLk
Mar 19 BiLLy strings w/ wheeLhouse 10:00 BLuegrass
Mar 24 Mike Munson 6:30 BLues
Mar 31 erin kreBs & Jeff Johnston 6:30 Jazz
for Private Events)
Tomaszewski is an interdisciplinary
artist who received a BFA in
fine art from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and an MFA in
printmaking from the San Francisco
Art Institute. Her work has been
exhibited nationally and explores
how perception constructs ideas.
Her paintings, installations, coding,
and video work often accumulate
images or actions into unified fields
that function as visual field theory on
human behavior. Tomaszewski is the
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
at the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago. Previous to her appointment
at SAIC, she held the post of
professor and chair of the foundations
department at the Milwaukee Institute
of Art and Design. Reception Date:
Friday, March 4, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
March 3 - 13
Rooms of Blooms
Paine Art Center and Gardens
Special Hours and Admission
Thu, Mar 3–Sun, Mar 6
Thu, Mar 10–Sun, Mar 13
Thu & Sun, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fri & Sat, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
$11 Adult
$7 Youth (ages 5-17)
Free Members
Rooms of Blooms celebrates the art
of floral design within the exquisite
settings of the historic Paine estate.
The show features more than one
hundred artistic fresh floral creations
by the most talented designers in the
region. The beautiful floral creations
are inspired by the ambiance of the
Paine and artworks on display.
www.thepaine.org
March 3
Bruce Springsteen
BMO Harris Bradley Center
7:30 pm
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street
Band are bringing “The River Tour” to
the BMO Harris Bradley Center! This
marks Bruce’s eighth time performing
at the BMOHBC, the most of any
artist. The announcement of the
tour coincides with the recent release
of “The Ties That Bind: The River
Collection,” a comprehensive look
at the era of the 1980 “The River”
album that “Rolling Stone” calls
“Springsteen’s best archival release
yet.” The River Tour is the first for
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street
Band since the 2014 High Hopes
Tour. Tickets are on sale now!
Ran’D Shine – Magician
UWGB - Phoenix Rooms
8:00 pm
In the time it takes you to read these
words, Ran’D has already read your
mind and figured out which card
you are going to pull from the deck.
Ran’D was recently a guest on Penn
and Teller’s Fool Us and we are betting
he fools you too!
www.uwgb.edu
Fly Fishing Film Tour
Meyer Theatre
7:00 pm
$16 General Admission
The original and preeminent
exhibition of fly fishing cinema, The
F3T is a one of a kind experience.
Each year fishy folk of all ages gather
at premieres to soak up films from
around the world, spin a few yarns
amongst friends and dream about casts
still unmade.
www.meyertheatre.org
UWSP Centertainment
Productions Presents:
Brother Burns Mountain
Band
UWSP Dreyfus University Center 8:00
pm
General Admission: $5
Come to the Dreyfus University
Center Encore on the UW-Stevens
Point campus for a live music
performance by Brother Burns
Mountain Band.
Barrage 8
Performing Arts Center of Wisconsin
Rapids
Can any other show deliver such
“WOW” factor? Barrage is back...
with a twist! By expanding their
sonic palette to include the entire
string instrument family. Barrage
8 incorporates its trademark style,
energy and high production values
into a re-imagining for the string
Octet. Barrage 8 makes a return
appearance to Wisconsin Rapids
for a show that is sure to amaze.
Included with this performance is
an opportunity for local students to
work with the artists during a one day
residency.
March 4
Dance Performance:
Secondary Surface
Rendered
Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence
University : 613 E. College Ave.
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LU Instructor of Dance Margaret
Sunghe Paek and her students
perform the piece “Secondary Surface
Rendered.”
Steinway and a
Sandwich featuring Mike
Kubicki
Heid Music Piano Gallery : 308 E.
College Ave. Appleton
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Please join us for Steinway and a
Sandwich featuring Mike Kubicki,
Mike has played jazz piano for over
20 years. His influences include Bud
Powell, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson,
Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and
Kenny Barron; grounding his playing
in the bebop and hard bop traditions.
Mike works throughout the Midwest
at clubs and festivals in a variety of
formats, including solo, combos
and with vocalists. Mike has four
young children and lives in Neenah,
Wisconsin. Stop down to enjoy the
talent of our local musicians. Hope to
see you, Debbie and Andrea Join us
for this FREE event starting at 12pm
in the Steinway Gallery at Heid Music
in Appleton (308 E. College Avenue).
Lawrence University
Choirs Present “Songs
from a Life” Concert

Serving all your Deli Favorites
and the Best Chili in Town
WinnerofDowntown’sChiliCrawlCook-off
74 S. Main St. Suite 104, (Old Woolworth Bldg) Downtown FdL • 644-6096 • downtowndelitogo.com
NEW DELI NOW OPEN IN DOWNTOWN FOND DU LAC
Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner
Deli Sandwiches, Soups, Chili, Pizza,
Burgers, Salads, Desserts & More
CATERING
Small or Large Groups
Specialty Platters, Individual Box Lunches & More
Join us St. Patrick’s Day March 17th
featuring
Rubens with
Corn Beef Brisket
and Corn Beef &
Cabbage
Serving Your
Favorite Irish Dish
Lions Tail

Lawrence Memorial Chapel, 510 E.
College Ave., Appleton
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Lawrence University Choirs
weave together songs of childhood,
education, adulthood, love, spirituality
and more in a flowing, seamless
performance. Program highlights
include the world premiere of “O
Radix Jesse” by Miklós Kocsár, an
improvisation by Viking Chorale,
“Voices of Broken Hearts” by Steven
Sametz sung by Cantala women’s
choir and Tarik O’Regan’s mighty
“Triptych,” performed by Concert
Choir with string ensemble. Free and
open to the public.
Copper Box
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Get in on an accordion-fueled,
zydeco, blues, and roots-rock party.
The outside-the-box performances
of Copper Box founders Michelle
Jerabek—known for her baritone
saxophone, guitar, and vocal
prowess—and her husband Danny,
who matches her note for note on the
squeeze box, have made this band a
local and regional favorite. Age 21+
Mipso - Southern String
Band
Schauer Arts & Activities Center
7:30 pm
Gathered around a single mic,
Mipso’s chemistry is undeniable.
Renegade traditionalists Jacob Sharp
(mandolin), Joseph Terrell (guitar),
Libby Rodenbough(fiddle), and Wood
Robinson (double bass) are pushing
Appalachian folk traditions into new
territory. With ringing harmonies,
poignant lyrics, and heart-melting
charisma, the North Carolina four-
piece borrows the best from bluegrass,
contemporary country, pop, and
gospel to create their hallmark sound.
Poet Laureate Kim
Blaeser
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Wisconsin 2015-16 Poet Laureate,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
professor, and artist Kim Blaeser visits
Wausau’s Woodson Art Museum and
University of Wisconsin-Marathon
County in early March, offering
workshops, readings, and events for
area writers and students. Sign up for
Blaeser’s Friday, March 4, for a Picto-
Poetry Workshop, 10 am-4 pm, at
the Museum, or, drop in for a reading
of her work and exploration of her
creative process, which combines the
visual and verbal arts, 5-6 pm.
www.lywam.org
Groovin’ Grounds
presents Dave and
Whitney
UWGB - Coffee House
8:00 pm
Dave and Whitney are a crazy fun
loving duo that bring their “shazam”
to the stage. The charismatic pair
plays more than 150 dates a year,
bringing their country and pop
influence all over the country.
www.uwgb.edu
Gunnar & The Grizzly
Boys
Meyer Theatre
8:00 pm
$10 General Admission Standing Only
Gunnar & The Grizzly Boys are
“country music with a Michigan root”,
says band leader Gunnar Nyblad. In
other words, GGB’s country rocks,
as proven by their anthem “Standard
American”! The last year saw Gunnar
& The Grizzly Boys play shows from
the Midwest down to Florida and to
the West while “Standard American”
sales eclipsed 30,000, YouTube views
exceeded half a million and Spotify
streams neared that mark.
Brad Stine Comedy
Cup O Joy
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
He has five original DVDs featuring
his comedy, and has written two
books, Live From Middle America,
Rants From a Red-State Comedian,
published by Hudson Street Press,
and Being a Christian Without
Being an Idiot. As an actor, Brad has
appeared in numerous films, including
Persecuted, Sarah’s Choice, Christmas
With a Capital “C” and others. Shows
at 6:30pm and 8:30pm (doors ½ hr
before). *Consider getting an EARLY
BIRD PASS for best seating!
March 4-6
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
UW-Stevens Point
Jenkins Theatre
March 4 & 5 at 7:30 pm
March 6 at 2:00 pm
Adult $21.00 Senior $20.00
Youth $16.00
Lysander loves Hermia and Hermia
loves Lysander. Helena loves
Demetrius but Demetrius loves
Hermia. When all four flee to the
woods in pursuit of each other,
they end up in the middle of a fight
between the king and queen of the
fairies and partners switch again as
all hell breaks loose. Throw in some
amateur actors rehearsing a play in the
middle of all this and you’re having A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
Granite Peak Family
Festival Weekend
Granite Peak Ski Area
A weekend of festivities at Granite
Peak Ski Area. Package includes:
2 nights lodging and 2 days of lift
tickets for a family of four, two-day
ski or board rental for the entire
family, horse drawn wagon rides,
brat cookout, Saturday night skiing,
Saturday night on-hill firework display
and bonfire.
March 4-6
Altrusa Toy & Book Sale
Children’s Museum of Fond du Lac
75 W. Scott Street
March 4, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm;
March 5,6, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Hop into Spring! Educational Book
& Toy Sale for children. Proceeds
from the event are returned to the
community via service projects. Main
focus of Altrusa is Literacy.
March 4-6
Now Serving
Dinner
Fri. & Sat. 5-10pm
Sunday thru Thursday 8am-2pm
Friday & Saturday 8am-10pm
Breakfast Specials Every Sunday
OPEN MIC - 7pm
1st Friday of
Every Month
(Mar. 4th)
SAVE THE DATE
April 23rd
Comedy Night
Mark’s Birthday Party
Irene’s Garden
March 5th
8:00 PM

Hwy Q over looking the Chain O’Lakes
715-258-8289
www.wheelhouserestaurant.com
THE WHEELHOUSE
PRESENTS, LIVE MUSIC:
“WEDNESDAY WITH WAGS”
YOUR HOST AND DRUMMER
EXTRAORDINAIRE, TONY
“WAGS” WAGNER JOINS THESE
FINE MUSICIANS FOR EACH
PERFORMANCE
3/9 ORIGINAL BLUES:
Featuring Artist Perry
Weber of “The Jimmy’s”
on guitar and vocals Larry
“3rd Degree” Byrne on
keyboards. Tom McCarty on base.
3/23 RHYTHM & BLUES:
Featuring “MoJoe & Flipside” with Joe Fittante on
keyboards and vocals, Jim Prideaux on guitar and Bill
Jordan on vocals and sax. With Charlie Sauter on bass.
4/6 ORIGINAL BLUES:
Featuring “Reverend Raven” on guitar and vocals
Westside Andy on blues harp and & “P.T.” bass player
for The Chain Smoking Alter Boys.
4/20 R&B, JAZZ, FUNK:
Featured artists Warren Wiegratz on Sax, and
keyboards, Joe Jordan on vocals and Eric Hervey on
bass. (all from Streetlife). Special guest Jim Prideaux
on guitar.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
to Join Us for
Summer 2016 Grillin’ Events
The `Spring Wing Ding Fling`- Saturday June 11th
Steak Fry - Saturday June 25th
Sausage Fest! - Saturday July 16th
Corn Roast - Saturday July 30th
Rib-O-Rama - Saturday August 13th
Chicken BBQ - Saturday August 27th
Pig Roast - Saturday September 24th

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