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Complete one of the following achievements to collect their Gamerscore points:
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|A New Challenger Appears! (15 GP)
|Won a game in each of the three solitaire games.
|All Natural (10 GP)
|Went up a level in any Game Mastery without ever taking a spin at the Bonus Wheel.
|Around the World (10 GP)
|In Tri-Peaks, got one of each card in a single streak without drawing a new card from the deck.
|Eight-Legged Streak (5 GP)
|Won eight consecutive games in Spider Solitaire.
|First One's Free (5 GP)
|Played one round in any game to completion.
|Flip 'Em and Squish 'Em (20 GP)
|Flipped over 1000 cards in Spider Solitaire.
|Harvest (10 GP)
|Reached level 19 in all of the Masteries.
|Listen! You Smell Something? (5 GP)
|Played your first sound.
|Look at You! (5 GP)
|Earned your very first pin.
|Lucky Devil (10 GP)
|In Klondike, got an ace on every home stack without ever taking a card from the deck.
|Master Collector (20 GP)
|Completed all the sets of pins.
|Peaks and Valleys (5 GP)
|Moved every card, ace through king, from the peak to the deck in Tri-Peaks.
|Pin Collecting 101 (20 GP)
|Completed any one set of pins.
|Reach (5 GP)
|Reached level 1 in all of the Masteries.
|Spin-Spun-Fun (5 GP)
|Landed on the Super Spin at the Bonus Wheel.
|Spinner (15 GP)
|Spun the chest shelves and landed unaided on the same shelf three times in a row.
|Sprint (10 GP)
|Won a game in less than 3 minutes in Klondike.
|Suited Up (5 GP)
|Built up a full suit, ace to king, on any one home stack in Spider Solitaire.
|Try Tri (5 GP)
|In Tri-Peaks, moved three cards in a row to the deck from the peak.
|Walk the Line (15 GP)
|Had only aces on all four home stacks at one time in Klondike.
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High on the Mississippi River Bluff and within walking distance of all downtown Memphis Tourist Locations. A new construction 2 bedroom townhome with additional comvertible couch in the den that comfortably sleeps 5-6.
Built in 2010 fully furnished with a downtown trendy music flair!
Luxuriously furnished with comfort and entertainment in mind. Park in our exclusive 2 car garage and walk right into the first floor. Our third story patio overlooks the Memphis Bridge and the Mississippi River and it is steps aways from,
Beale Street
National Civil Rights Museum
Peabody Hotel
Sun Studio
Gibson Guitar Factory
Fedex Forum
National Ornamental Museum
Orpheum Theatre
Mud Island River Park
Memphis River Boats
We have a beautiful kitchen with granite counter top, top of the line appliances as well as everything you need to prepare a wonderful meal. Or you can walk to the many area restaurants and bars nearby. If you don't want to walk, there is a nearby trolley stop or a taxi is just a phone call away.
We feature three large flat screen TV's as well as high quality bedding and linens with custom window coverings in the upstairs bedrooms for sleeping in.
Keywords: Memphis, Townhome, Beale Street, Elvis Presley, Blues, Civil Rights, Fedex Forum, Mississippi River, Private, Secure, Quiet, Romantic
We bought this downtown town home as our residence to help us stay close to our downtown business.
We are very familiar with the Memphis area and can help make wonderful memories while you are visiting. Thus we can provide you a comfortable stay with the 'locals' insight to visiting Memphis.
Mark Huber purchased this townhome in 2010
Location, location, location.....Our townhome is one block from the trolley stop and only blocks away from all the Downtown Memphis sights. You can not get any closer to all the sights and yet have the privacy of a private secure home.
A market store is next door for all your last minute travel needs.
Across the street our the cascading steps to access the beautiful Mississippi river park.
Have a craving for Memphis Soul Food...across the street is Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
Really liked this place. We had 2 couples that stayed. The 3rd couple couldn't make it at last minute but it worked out better because to sleep 6 we would have needed an air mattress. We had problems with the 2nd floor shower and window lock on first floor was broke. But over all it is a really nice place and if we come back to Memphis we will definitely try to stay here. Its close enough to walk to all the local attractions.
The announcement makes you think 6 people can sleep comfortably and that is NOT the case. The couch, which converts into a sleeper was hard as a rock. That same couch is the only piece of furniture for 6 people to sit on. There was food in the fridge, trash and a terrible plumbing issue as well. We spent part of the weekend calling and emailing the owner with no response. The dirty water from our shower was up to our ankles within 2 mins. After the trip, we continued to call him. We go no answer until I called from a number with a different area code. He promised to return my call with a resolution. Here we are, 3 weeks later with no call. You would think with the amount he charges per night he would hire a plummer, buy Livingroom furniture with a decent sleeper and make sure its clean. I do not recommend this place to anyone until the issues are fixed.
What you see in the pictures is exactly what you get! We found the property to be clean and well-maintained. If you are looking for a downtown, centrally located property, this is the place to be!!! Beale street, Lorraine Motel and Central BBQ (just to name a few top spots) are all within an easy walk. And let's not forget Gus's Famous Fried Chicken, which is less than a block away!!!! The rooftop deck was a bonus for cocktails in the evening!!! I would recommend this property and would definitely stay here again if I returned to Memphis!
Side note: If you have difficulty climbing stairs, this may not be suitable for you as this property has plenty of stairs.
Me and three Army buddies rented this townhome for three nights in late June to serve as our HQ for the annual reunion/golf trip. I was in charge of lodging this year and after reading the reviews here on VRBO I decided to give this one a try. As advertised and reviewed the place is in a great location! It's just a three block walk (very easy walk) to all the attractions on Beale. A few blocks in the opposite direction you will find the Civil Rights Museum and the favorably reviewed Central BBQ. Central BBQ is awesome and worth a wait in line. So if a downtown central location is what your after and the most important factor to you stop reading now and start the booking process. However, if your planning a trip where couples who can bunk together are not involved and you're not a family unit buyer beware. The ad says the place has beds for 5-6 which may be true if the 5-6 are not full grown adults, but if they are full grown this is a gross overreach. In our situation this place comfortably slept two grown men. There are 2 bedrooms, ea of which are on separate levels, each has 1 small q-bed and its own full bath. The entire unit has hard wood floors. Sounds good right?? It is good until the 4 very full grown guys need to sleep. There just isn't room enough for two grown men in the beds and the wooden floors are obviously not ideal for sleep. Bottom line- the 2 who drew the short straws didn't get much sleep. As reviewed, the place is very sparsely outfitted with furniture. The couch in the living area is quite beat up with its plastic upholstery torn in several places. This couch was so uncomfortable that the unfortuante traveler in our group who drew the couch short straw opted for the hard wood floor! Outside of the couch, there are a couple of very uncomfortable chairs to sit on and thats it. The D-TV only worked in the living area. The simple addition of a couple of sleeper sofas or one more queen bed could help this place realize its full potential as one of the best rentals in downtown Memphis. Beyond the furniture shortages, the rest of the place was acceptable with a large double door fridge, microwave, washer and dryer, and really good central air that kept the place nice and cool. Overall we had a good time enjoying Memphis food, attractions, and golf. If you like golf give Mirimichi GC a try. Next year we're headed to Nashville and we'll be sure to look closely at the sleeping arrangements.
We had a very nice stay. Condo was nice, location was great - close enough to walk to most places we visited. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to visit Memphis.
We were 2 couples travelling around the Deep South with a hire car. We stayed here 4 nights and found this house to be beautifully decorated in a very modern, minimalistic style with some very nice, new, high quality fittings. Very comfy mattresses on the beds and good quality bedding and towels.
Ideal rental for 2 couples with a bathroom and bedroom on each floor and plenty of storage, plus washer, dryer, iron and ironing board which we used every day. Plenty of kitchen rolls, toilet rolls, cleaning products etc. left for your use.
I would agree that window blinds would be a good idea especially in the top floor bedroom as the sun shines in from early morning and tends to make the bedroom quite warm.
Did not eat in the property so the amount of dishes etc did not bother us as who wants to cook when you come to a city like Memphis. It was cheaper to go out for breakfast and dinner. Everything was immaculate and very clean. Yes there were a few small scuff marks on the walls but this is bound to happen when guests are carrying heavy suitcases up 4 flights of stairs.
Loved the roof top deck which had nice new comfy cushions which you could sit on and catch the afternoon sun with a nice glass of wine.
The garage was very useful and easy to park in around the back of the property.
Everything is right on the doorstep for lively downtown Memphis and we certainly felt safe in the up and coming area. Had food at the Green Beetle and also at the Blue Monkey which is near the farmers market and would highly recommend both. If you like seafood try the Flying Fish Downtown as the snow crabs legs and oysters are to die for. Had breakfast at the Arcade diner which was good value and huge portions.
I would not hesitate to recommend this property and would definitely go back if we were to return to Memphis.
The Bluff City is a Unique Tourist Destination. Elvis, Memphis Blues, Civil Rights....Memphis breathes history. Within walking distance is the The National Civil Right Museum and World Famous Memphis Beale Street. Memphis is where some of the world's most famous music was made, and it's still home to talented musicians who are a little soul, a little rock 'n' roll – and so much more.
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Winemaker's Notes
Intense ruby-red color, over time taking on elegant garnet tinges; red fruits, bitter cacao and coffee bouquet, which becomes spicy and gamey with ageing, a characteristic of the sandy and calcareous soil of Vinchio. Full-bodied, with a dry taste, emphasized by the backbone and dense texture; full of character.
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From Jan. 1, 2008, to Aug. 13, 2013, an analysis of data from the Utah state courts shows that 66 aggravated murder charges were filed against 54 people statewide, meaning prosecutors believed the elements of the crimes could qualify them as potential capital murder cases. But prosecutors took the next step — filing a notice of intent to seek the death penalty — in only seven of those cases, a search of court records shows.
"We may file several aggravated murder cases a year, but that does not mean they're capital cases," veteran Salt Lake County deputy district attorney Robert Stott said.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said notice of intent to seek the death penalty has only been filed by his office three or four times since 1992. Since Gill took the D.A. post in 2010, he said he has yet to file a notice of intent to seek the death penalty in a case.
Polls show that a large majority of Utahns support the use of the death penalty — more so than the rest of the country. Yet in many cases, Utah prosecutors are not pursuing the ultimate punishment.
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Gill, who runs the largest state prosecution office in the state, said there are current cases where the death penalty is still being considered, but he declined to comment specifically on which cases those might be.
Gill and Stott pulled data from their office that showed that between 1986 and 2011, 613 people were charged with murder in Salt Lake County. Of that number, 73 — or 12 percent — were charged with aggravated murder.
Of those 73 cases, 4.3 percent resulted in a death sentence.
"So compared to all the murder cases filed during this (25-year) time less than one half of 1 percent of all the murder cases resulted in the death penalty," Gill said.
Six of those 54 aggravated murder cases filed statewide in the past five-plus years resulted in the next harshest sentence — life without parole. One ended in suicide. Prosecutors still have the option to file notice that they plan to seek the death penalty in 25 cases.
Experts offer several reasons for not pursuing a death penalty, including the relatively new option of sentencing a person to prison without any chance of parole; the extremely long, expensive and complicated appeals process for anyone sentenced to death; and desires of some victims' families to see an end to a criminal case for closure.
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Gill announced in February he would not seek the death penalty against Met, partly because the case had been languishing due to language barriers and other issues and he wanted to "move this case along."
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Rub extra off fingers onto wax paper. Gently rub over letters to highlight. Remember that you do want the background color to show through. Repeat to color all pieces of Cool2Cast. Let dry.
I created a wire wrap for my Cool2Cast heart and then I drilled a hole into the bottom of my collaged plaque and inserted the wire and swirled the end to hold in place.
For the bird, I wrapped with wire and a few beads and glued in place at top corner of plaque. To finish the plaque, I glued my painted and antiqued letters in place. Let dry.
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Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussmanâs Harmony â A New Musical Captivates Los Angeles Audiences with Stellar Sound System from Masque Sound
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LOS ANGELES, APRIL 9, 2014 â When Sound Designers David Patridge and John Shivers returned for the second run of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussmanâs Harmony â A New Musical, they once again turned to Masque Sound, a leading theatrical sound reinforcement, installation and design company, to provide a new custom audio equipment package. The showâs Los Angeles production at the Center Theatre Groupâs Ahmanson Theatre marks the second time the duo was personally chosen by Manilow and Sussman to create the sound design â and while the story remains the same, the sound design was completely different.
Harmony recounts the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, six talented young men who in 1920s Germany took the world by storm with their signature blend of sophisticated close harmonies and uproarious stage antics. The Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, starred in dozens of films and packed the most prestigious concert halls around the globe until the world they knew forever changed with the commencement of World War II.
âAfter the Atlanta run [of Harmony] came to an end, the equipment we used went back into Masque Soundâs shop and we rebuilt the entire show for this second run in Los Angeles,â says Patridge. âEvery theatre and venue is a challenge of its own. One of the obstacles was the theatreâs size, as the Ahmanson is a much bigger theatre than Atlanta. You canât cookie cutter these things and they have to be morphed into whatever works for the architecture. Masque Sound did an excellent job accommodating our needs.â
Masque Sound provided the designers with a DiGiCo SD10T digital console, which not only provides the flexibility they were looking for but also comes complete with a software package that is designed specifically for the theatrical market. In addition, the show has a completely new PA design featuring L-Acoustics dv-DOSC speaker arrays built from scratch via Masque Soundâs inventory. The dv-DOSC delivers powerful, cost-effective coverage in a compact profile making it ideal for the designers' needs.
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A pioneering U.S.-Colombia production exec-produced by Spike Lee - and produced by Elena Greenlee and Marcia Nunes, Mirlanda Torres Zapata and Carolina Caicedo- "Manos Sucias" screened at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival where it won Best New Narrative Director Award and placed second in the Heineken Audience Award.
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The European Space Agency announced on Wednesday it had begun testing a preliminary version of its ExoMars rover – highlighting the space agency's recent commission of a catalog listing sites on Earth that resemble locations on distant celestial bodies such as the Moon or Mars.
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ESA's test rover has been fitted with scientific instruments and made its first tracks in the sands of Chile's Atacama Desert. Meanwhile, team members have explored the area to select a suitable site for testing, flying a drone to produce an aerial map.
With the government shutdown in progress, many speculations have arisen about NASA's upcoming MAVEN launch, but the latest intel indicates the mission will fall under a special exception to get it back up and running.
Next week will see ESA's most ambitious planetary rover test yet. Robotic exploration of a Mars-like desert in South America will be overseen from the UK, providing experience for future missions to the Red Planet.
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Big crowds are expected again to watch Emily Thater and the Tigers.
Oct. 30, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. - At 25-0 and 9-0 in SEC play, the Mizzou volleyball program has seen record-breaking crowds at the Hearnes Center this season and that will likely continue this weekend as it faces Ole Miss Friday and No. 19 Kentucky Sunday. On Friday night with Ole Miss in town, the men's basketball exhibition game with Central Missouri was moved to 7:30 p.m. so it would not interfere with the 6:30 p.m. volleyball start time. Fans are encouraged to park in lots M and B for volleyball that night as the rest of the parking will be reserved for men's basketball. There will also be plenty of promotions all weekend and below is a look at each match.
Friday vs. Ole Miss - 6:30 p.m. - Hearnes Center
- Free admission with men's basketball vs. Central Missouri ticket
- 500 sets of Mizzou Volleyball Trading Cards - Set 1 of 3
- Kids Carnival and Bounce House
- Halloween Costume Contest - Winner announced between first and second set - Mizzou Prize Pack
- Free pizza for Mizzou students
- Faculty Friends - Receive a free t-shirt at the East entrance
Sunday vs. No. 19 Kentucky - 1:30 p.m. - Hearnes Center
- Free admission with Mizzou Football vs. Tennessee ticket stub
- Hawaiian Day - 1,000 Free Leis
- 500 sets of Mizzou Volleyball Trading Cards - Set 1 of 3
- Kids Carnival and Bounce House
- Youth League Match - Parade at intermission
- Free pizza for Mizzou students
- Faculty Friends - Receive free t-shirt at the East entrance
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Game of Life is a cellular automata simulation based on the well known Conway's Game of Life.
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60 Second Panic Solution: Overcoming Panic Attacks Without Medication
Panic attacks will be a thing of the past when you stop worrying about them. In fact, panic attacks are a product of fear. Once you stop letting fear get the best of your mind, panic attacks will pass. But like many things, stopping a panic attack is easier said than done for someone who is unfortunate to experience one.
With that said, you can still take charge of the situation and come out of a panic attack unscathed. Best of all, once you earn that a panic attack is nothing but an overreaction of the mind, you'll surely overcome them for good.
The Anna Gibson-Steel's 60 Second Panic Solution provides a simple, specific, and powerful set of techniques to overcome panic attacks. Once you're through with this program, you'll ditch all your anxiety medications the techniques are purely natural and mostly behavioral. They are not drastic; instead, they teach you how to recognize and take control of the events that lead to a panic attack.
Panic Attack Anatomy
As you'll see in the program, the first step to managing panic attacks is to understand what goes on prior to, during, and after an attack. Panic attacks are usually symptoms of agoraphobia or panic disorder. When you have panic disorder, your mind literally plays tricks on you. occasionally, it will trick you into thinking that you're about to die. In other words, your mind tricks you into believing that there is danger and you must react to it.
In turn, your errant 'fight or flight' response kicks in but since the mind would have already played tricks on you, this response goes in overdrive. What you experience thereafter are the symptoms of a panic attack including palpitations, sweating, shortness of breath, feeling of chocking, and manic feelings. This is all nothing but a huge rash of adrenaline that gives your brain the ability to respond to what it perceives as danger.
One Minute To Halt The Madness
The good news is that it only takes one minute to stop a panic attack, according to the technique used in this program. If you've been having recurrent panic attacks, this simple technique is what you need to put a complete halt on your nightmare.
Generally, the technique follows a simple process of relaxation, controlling negative thoughts, utilizing coping phrases, and accepting that the situation is not dangerous.
Relaxation: In this step, you try to calm yourself down by convincing yourself that your life is not in danger. Taking slow deep breaths is encouraged here.
Ditch negative thoughts: One way to stop negative thoughts is by yelling out the word 'stop' in your mind rather than through the mouth.
Utilize coping phrases: In this step, you make use of positive statements to get on top of the situation. Simple statements such as I'm not going to die can go a long way in calming you down.
Accept the situation: Start by realizing that you're going through a panic attack and then accept it but convince yourself that it's harmless. Trying to fight it makes matters worse.
These and more techniques are well laid out in the program and will help you get rid of panic attacks permanently.


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Courtney Allen, dancer
Courtney Allen graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater arts and a minor in Dance. She has studied ballet for most of her life, as well as been involved in musical theater. Most recently she has branched out into the East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop scene here in Portland. Currently she is involved in a 1920's dance group called, The Portland Rhythm Shakers. She is overjoyed to be collaborating with many wonderful artists and thanks both her parents and many dance teachers for all their guidance and constant joy.
Roberta Badger-Cain has been writing poetry (with some publications) and other writings since her teens. She has a Master's degree in English, and had an Oregon Arts Commission grant to work as a Writer in the Community in the late 1970s while living on the Oregon Coast. During that time, she produced and edited a poetry and art calendar for four years with sales in four rural Oregon counties. She was also a Writer in the Schools guiding students to produce a Literary Magazine, and a Creative Writing teacher for adults. After moving to Portland in the early 1980s, her career as a researcher – grant writer – evaluator for Education predominated, first working for an education consulting firm and then ending her career doing the same kind of work as a private entrepreneur. She is a producing poet and writer in retirement as well as a nearly full-time volunteer for her church and other predominantly faith-based organizations.
Janet Bebb, flute
Flutist Janet Bebb grew up playing flute with her family in Oklahoma and has studied flute in Boston, Honolulu and Florence Italy. She was a music major at the University of the Pacific conservatory and a graduate student in ethnomusicology at Tufts University. She has studied south Indian flute in India, sax and dance in Turkey, and recorders in Italy.
For the past 15 years she has been a dedicated chamber music player and has performed in the Portland area. She is a founding member of The Mousai Trio.
Dan Brugh, street sounds
Performer and composer, Dan Brugh, created an electronic sound component for a piece on our concert by Crazy Jane composer, Jan Mittelstaedt.
Dan Brugh is the recipient of the Close Award in 1984 and earned a Bachelor's of Music degree from the University of Oregon where he studied piano with Victor Steinhart and composition with Dr. Harold Owen and Dr. Derek Healey. After earning his degree, Dan continued to study composition with Dr. Walter Saul. Currently he teaches piano and music composition in Beaverton, Oregon.
Martha Bryan, soprano
Martha Bryan holds a Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in vocal performance from Portland State University. She has studied vocal jazz with Mary Kadderly, a well-known Portland jazz artist, and classical voice with Richard Zeller, world-renowned baritone and resident of Portland. She collaborates with jazz guitarist Aaron Summerfield in both Portland and more recently at the University of Denver in Colorado.
In addition to her degree in vocal performance, Martha began studying piano at the age of six and continued her training through studies at PSU. She also began dancing at a young age, training at the Eugene School of Ballet, The Community Ballet of Madrid with Victor Ullate in Madrid, Spain, Long Beach Ballet in Long Beach, California, and has performed with the Eugene Ballet Company. She currently teaches dance in SE Portland.
Diane Chaplin, cello
Diane Chaplin is co-director and solo cellist with Northwest New Music and a member of the Portland Cello Project. She is also director/conductor of the Oregon Pro Arte Youth Chamber Orchestra, and co-director of the Chamber Music Camp of Portland. In addition to her rich solo and chamber music career, she has a large studio of private cello students.
Before moving to Portland in 2009, Diane spent 21 years as cellist of the Colorado Quartet, the first all-female string quartet to perform the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle in both North America and Europe, and she has concertized in more than 20 countries. Diane has taught at Yale University, Bard College Conservatory and Oberlin College-Conservatory, among others, and has given master classes at major music schools throughout the U.S and in The Netherlands, Mexico, Bosnia and Russia. Diane holds a Bachelor's degree from the California Institute of the Arts and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School.
Florian Conzetti, percussion
Florian Conzetti is artistic co-director of Northwest New Music, a Portland-based contemporary chamber music ensemble, has appeared as a chamber music collaborator at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival (David Finckel and Wu Han, artistic directors), the Astoria Music Festival, Cascadia Composers Concerts, CalPerformances, and Stanford Lively Arts, and has recorded solo and chamber music works for the Innova, Albany, and Music@Menlo LIVE labels. He is the timpanist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conzetti was formerly on the faculty of the UC Berkeley and currently teaches percussion, musicology, ethnomusicology and music theory at Portland State University and Linfield College. He studied at the Konservatorium Musik in Bern, Switzerland, the Eastman School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree as a student of musicologist John Spitzer and marimbist Robert van Sice.
Chris Fotinakis came from Nevada to study violin and voice at the University of Portland, and has been performing and teaching in the region ever since. He has played with the Vancouver, Newport, and Oregon East Symphonies and currently serves as concertmaster of the Portland Ensign Orchestra. As a singer, has sung with the Portland Vocal Consort, Portland Symphonic Choir, and the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Chorus. Chris teaches music theory and choir at Trinity Academy in North Portland and recently began a wonderful position with Bravo Youth Orchestras as a teaching artist. In his spare time he plays copious amounts of soccer, writes music, and spends time with his amazing four-year-old daughter, Sabrina.
Michelle Fujii creates contemporary work as a 4th generation Japanese-American through the art form of taiko, Japanese drums, and Japanese folk dance placing "traditional" ethnic art within the present – not as a preservation – but as an active force that can continue to inspire and evolve. Her work has been performed and celebrated by taiko groups within Japan and the United States.
Known for her innovative fusion of taiko and Japanese folk dance, she started her taiko training as a performing member of San Jose Taiko. After graduating with a degree in Ethnomusicology at UCLA, Fujii rejoined San Jose Taiko as artistic staff. In 2001 she was awarded the prestigious Bunka-cho fellowship from the Japanese government to study with Japan's foremost traditional folk dance troupe, Warabiza, where she studied under the tutelage of master dancer/choreographer Shohei Kikuchi. Fujii has played with numerous groups including TAIKOPROJECT, On Ensemble, Shasta Taiko, and was a member of the North American Taiko Conference Advisory Board. She is currently the Artistic Director of Portland Taiko.
Gail Gillespie, flute
Flutist Gail Gillespie moved to Portland in 2009, shortly after retiring as Principal Flute of the U.S. Marine Band, "The President's Own", in Washington, D.C. During her 30-year tenure there, she served 26 years as Principal Flute, and was often featured as a soloist with both the band and White House chamber orchestra.
Born in Hawaii, Gail received her Bachelor of Music in Performance, with honors, from the New England Conservatory of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her primary flute instructors include Jean Harling, Paula Robison, James Pappoutsakis, Toshiko Kohno, and Britton Johnson.
Since "retiring" to Portland, Gail has been an active free-lance musician, subbing with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera Orchestra, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and other groups in the area. A member of the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Gail also teaches flute lessons in a studio in NE Portland. The kindness and beauty of Oregon bring her great joy.
After eight years of working as an ICU nurse, Hannah Hillebrand decided to pursue her passion and completed her Master's degree in cello performance with Hamilton Cheifetz at Portland State University. She continues to work part-time as a nurse while enjoying a busy freelancing schedule as a musician. In addition to private teaching, she enjoys working with the adult cello classes at the Community Music Center in Portland and is excited to be joining the adjunct faculty at Portland State University. She is also regular member of the Vancouver Symphony.
Darlene Jost Babin began playing the organ with Mrs. Pliny Clark at the age of five, requiring a special adaptor in order to reach the pedals. She has played piano since her early teens, studying with Karleen Huddleston. Ms. Jost Babin was church organist at Barbers Point, Hawaii, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She was choir organist at St Charles Church in Arlington, Virginia, and organist and choir director at St. Peter's parish in Newberg, Oregon. Ms. Jost Babin is a mental health provider and resides in Newberg.
After receiving my B.A. from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, I moved to New York City. There I furthered my studies in art. While I worked as a patina artist at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and in various commercial art related jobs, I began to study figure drawing at the New York Academy of Art. My study of realism led me to the National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, where I began to use oils. A merit scholarship from the Art Students League enabled me to continue to study for one year. After 13 years in New York, I headed west, and received my MFA in Painting from the University of Montana in 1997. My fruit, portrait, landscape, and still life series have been shown in invitational shows and gallery settings across the country, and have received numerous awards. My work has appeared on the cover of the book, "The Baby Can Sing," by Judith Slater, and the periodicals ArtCalendar Magazine and Menninger Perspective. I have also had editorial illustrations published in Menninger Perspective, Calyx and Cutbank. Generous residency fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, New York Mills Art Retreat, and Blue Mountain Center have greatly aided in the development of my painting.
My landscape paintings are represented by the Freed Gallery in Lincoln City, Oregon. Currently, my work may also be seen at the Cerulean Skies Tasting Room in Hood River, Oregon. Commissions are encouraged, and giclees on canvas and paper are available of all images. My studio in Portland is open by appointment to visitors and for private tutoring. A list of classes I teach is available upon request. Visit her online: www.suzykitman.com; facebook.com/suzykitman; twitter@suzypaints
Lavinia Magliocco has devoted her life to exploring expression and possibility in the human form, first as a classical ballet dancer, later through Pilates, Yoga, QiGong, Tai Qi, Alexander technique, Feldenkreis, Psychophysical Therapy, and more. After dancing for six years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, she moved to Portland in 1998 and never looked back. In Portland she first taught ballet at Oregon Ballet Theater and Pilates at Nike. Currently she teaches and choreographs for Portland Festival Ballet. Her Pilates studio, Equipoise ~ enlightened exercise, is her laboratory and playground.
Marilyn Maricle, artist
Music, dance and symbolic images from many cultures have influenced my paintings and prints. I invite the viewer into a space of light, color and energy where I try to speak about the human experience.
1964: Graduated Sacred heart School of Nursing
1983: Graduated Pacific Northwest College of Art, BFA in Printmaking
1984-2012: Member, Print Arts Northwest
Web site: www.marilynmaricle.com
Megan Mattoon has been singing on stage since the age of three and received a Master's in Music Performance from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has sung with the Portland Opera, Opera Colorado, Mock's Crest productions, the Oregon Repertory Singers, Astoria Music Festival, and Interlochen. She is currently pursuing a career in law enforcement and is thrilled to be singing in the Crazy Jane concert series!
Portland artist Bonnie Meltzer makes very mixed media figurative and abstract sculptures which transform everyday objects, crocheted wire, digital photographs and painted wood into layers of tactile surfaces filled with personal reflection, social commentary and humor. Over the years she has had many one-person exhibitions and been in many group shows locally and across the country. For 10 years she opened her studio to the public during Portland Open Studios. Her crocheted works and found object sculpture have appeared in many publications and books — Oregon Home, The Oregonian, American Style, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and Crocheted Wire Jewelry, to name just a few. Articles featuring her art made from computer parts appeared in Macworld and the Wall Street Journal.
This project is an opportunity to visually show the girlhood dreams and influences that shape the woman to be by using a variety of materials and layers of images. See her work on www.bonniemeltzer.com.
Vakarė Petroliūnaitė, soprano
Praised by her critics for her, "wonderful sensitivity", and "sparkling tone", Vakarė Petroliūnaitė is an extraordinary talent living and performing in the Pacific Northwest. Her clear, engaging voice and intelligent artistry bring vibrant interpretations to any stage.
Vakarė has distinguished herself on concert stages throughout the United States, appearing as concert soloist with Westminster's Art Song Festival, Princeton Sinfonia and Jazz Ensemble, The Princeton Musical Amateur Society, Resonance Ensemble, The Portland Vocal Consort, The Bach Cantata Choir, and Oregon Repertory Singers, among others.She is especially proud to be a founding member of the brother-sister folk duo, Amber Coast. Vakarė's past performances include the U.S. premiere of Erkis Essenvalds' Passion and Resurrection as soprano soloist with Oregon Repertory Singers, as well as a performance of JS Bach's Wedding Cantata (BWV 202) for soprano soloist. Other roles include Soeur Alice (Dialogues des Carmelites), Fiametta (The Gondoliers), Papagena(Die Zauberflote), and several appearances with Opera Theater Oregon.
A native of Chicago, IL, Vakarė holds her Master's degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. Vakarė currently studies in the vocal studio of Nancy Olson-Chatalas. Vakarė lives today in Portland, OR with her beloved, David, who she married with both of her bare feet on the Oregon Coast just one year ago.
Sherill Roberts, cellist and poet
Sherill Roberts is principal cellist of the Portland Opera orchestra and cello teacher at Linfield College. She has Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Cello Performance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Before happily settling in Oregon thirty years ago, she lived on the East Coast and had an international performing career in Europe. Her most fun job so far has been as the original cellist for the musical, "Annie." Her most satisfying achievement has been the release of her CD, "Mello Cello," on which her daughter, Amelia Bierly, also performs. Visit her web site at www.mello-cello.com.
Andy Sharma, clarinet
Andy Sharma is a graduate of Portland State University, where he was a Jeanine B. Cowles scholar and clarinet performance student of Dr. Barbara Heilmair, as well as the principal clarinetist of PSU Wind Symphony. He also played principal in Metropolitan Youth Symphony and toured Europe with the Oregon Ambassadors of Music, where he was the principal clarinetist in the band, performing in U.K., France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Germany. He won the 2009 District 15 OSAA Solo contests in both clarinet and voice. He has been presented with the "Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence" by the U.S. Marines Youth Foundation and received awards from the Westview High School for "Most Outstanding and Inspirational Musician."
Andy has played the clarinet for eleven years. As a winner of the Young Artist Competition, he performed Carl Maria Von Weber's "Concertino" for Clarinet with the Beaverton Symphony Orchestra in May 2011, and also was a winner of the Chamber Music Society of Oregon's Concerto Competition, and performed the Weber Concerto No. 1 with the Oregon Sinfonietta Orchestra in 2012. He has also been a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, and played with the Pacific Crest Wind Symphony. He has performed with the PSU Clarinet Ensemble, Madrigal Choir, and Symphony Orchestra.
Dustin Silva, guitar
Dustin Silva started playing the guitar at the age of 7. He is a composer, singer-songwriter, and poet. As a teenager, he studied at Musicians Institute and won a summer scholarship to the Berkley College of Music. He has also studied North Indian classical music at the Ali Akbar Khan college. At present, he is recording a musical project inspired by visual artists: painters such as Basquiat, Van Gogh, Martin Ramirez, and Hundertwasser. This music is highly textural and obsessed with rhythm. Most of all of his work is created through the guitar, whether it is playing with various objects, using tempering, or contact mics. He is always inventing new sounds.
Susan Strauss, actress
Susan Strauss is internationally recognized as a storyteller, keynoter, and for her signature "Passionate Fact Workshops: Storytelling Science." Performances include: Smithsonian Natural History Museum, National Park Service, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh, National Geographic Society, National Gallery of Art, and the Oregon Symphony. She is the author of four books including: "Coyote Stories For Children," "Wolf Stories: Myths & True Life Tales," "When Woman Became the Sea: A Costa Rican Creation Myth," and "The Passionate Fact: Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation," as well as six recordings and original narratives for museum exhibits and a National Forest Service restoration project. She also teaches Eurhythmy movement at Cedarwood Waldorf School in Portland.
Claire Sykes of Portland has been writing poems since she was ten years old. Her work appears in a few literary journals; and in her chapbooks, The Listening Bell and Blind Light. The "Poetry in Motion" project she created in Bellingham, Washington in the early 80s was the first to put poetry on its city buses, and those in Tacoma then included one of her poems; and for three years she was Associate Editor of the nationally esteemed Poetry Northwest magazine. She's done dozens of public readings, including those as part of Seattle's Red Sky Poetry Theater, and Portland's annual William Stafford Celebration and March Music Moderne. Most recently, a rock-music/Native American dance production by Steven Alvarez in Alaska features her lengthy poetic narrative; and she is at work on a third chapbook. Since 1990, Claire has been a freelance writer of articles covering the arts, health/wellness and other topics, mostly for national magazines.
Ann van Bever, oboe
Ann van Beaver plays oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn in the Bach Cantata Choir Orchestra, the Portland Columbia Symphony, the Oregon East Symphony (Pendleton), and two chamber music groups, The Mousai and the Double Reed Divas. She holds bachelors and masters degrees in music (oboe performance) from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, and a law degree from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, WI. After practicing law in Florida, Texas, California and Oregon for seventeen years, she returned to music as a full-time vocation in 2000. She currently administers the Celebration Works concert series at First Presbyterian Church of Portland, maintains a studio of private oboe students and is an active freelance musician all around Oregon and southwest Washington. She lives in downtown Portland with her husband Peter.
Jane VanBoskirk, narrator
Jane VanBoskirk has been an actress since graduating from college with a degree in theater. She performed in theater companies in Charlottesville and Roanoke, Virginia, before moving to Oregon in 1972. Jane founded and performed with the Oregon Repertory Theater in Eugene for many years. In 1980, Jane commissioned an historian and a playwright to compose a number of monologues of pioneer women who came to our state on the Oregon Trail. Jane performed that play, Northwest Women, in theaters, schools, and community halls throughout the Pacific Northwest and along the route of the Oregon Trail. Jane later toured one-woman shows about immigrant women, Appalachian women, women in the labor movement, and missionary women. Her recent shows have been Across a Barrier of Fear, a play on the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abigail and Others, a biographical play on Abigail Scott Duniway. Jane is married to Judge Timothy Sercombe and they have three grown children. Jane has been a member of First Presbyterian Church since 1995, is a Deacon, and is an enthusiastic member of Open Circle and a Disciples group.
Jennifer Wright, piano
Jennifer Wright holds two degrees in classical piano performance (B.M., Hartt School of Music, Connecticut; M.M., Trinity College of Music, London, England) and studied for two years at the Stuttgart Music Conservatory in Germany. Further studies and obsessions include the harpsichord, toy piano, jazz, piano pedagogy, theater, voice, composition, history and art. These combine with her passion for teaching (together with a healthy enthusiasm for general over-the-topness) such that she spends her days continuously devising a diverse range of adventurous performance, educational and outreach projects. Her tastes in performance, research and composition range from the Renaissance to the avant-garde and embrace her penchants for storytelling, creative collaboration and performing in period costume (or any type of costume, really).
Jennifer is a member of the Board of Directors of Cascadia Composers (chapter of the National Association of Composers, USA) and is the State Chair of the Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA) "Student Composition Celebration" Festival. She has presented numerous solo and chamber performances, master classes, and workshops in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Jennifer lives with her husband Matias and cats Milo and Kipper in Portland, Oregon, where she intends to keep stirring things up for some time.
Jeong-Mi Yoon, piano
A native of South Korea, Jeongmi Yoon has performed as a soloist with the Chonnam University Orchestra and the Poland Katowice Sileasian Philharmonic Orchestra. She has received top prizes in many competitions in Korea, including those bestowed by the Kumho Junior Concert, the Music Teachers Association of Gwangju, the Honam Art Festival, the Gwangju University Competition, and the Chonnam University Concerto Competition. In 2011 Ms. Yoon was an alternate winner in the MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition in Oregon State and a finalist in the Carmel Music Society Piano Competition in 2013. Jeongmi has participated in master classes with Richard Goode, Gilbert Kalish, Choong-Mo Kang, Julian Martin and Arnaldo Cohen.
Ms. Yoon received her Master in Piano Performance from Portland State University studying with Dr. Julia Hwakyu Lee and Bachelor in Music from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, Korea, studying with Dr. Hyun-Ok Moon.
Zayra Yves' creative writing is published in numerous print journals, anthologies, on-line e-zines and magazines: The Zimbabwe Situation, Panhandler Quarterly, Voices for Africa, Eyes of the Poet, Kreativ, Reflections IIT Madras (India), Edge Life Magazine, Poetry Life & Times, Astropoetica, Alehouse Press, 34th Parallel, Feeling is First, Memoir (and), Aquillrelle and The Enchanting Verses International Journal.
She has appeared as a featured artist at: New Sun Celebration; CIIS California Institute of Integral Studies; on Ken Wilber's Integral Naked; OneMindVillage; West Marin Community Radio; SW Radio Africa; Northwestern University; Zimvibes; Coolfire (UK); Women's Radio Network; Perfectly Said; Mazungue Studio One; TWiN (UK); Big
Heart/Big Mind seminar in LA; UltraFeel TV; UniVerse of Poetry; BlogTalk Radio and the Awareness Network.
Zayra has four audio collections of her work: Crowned Compassion, Sleep in the Sea Tonight with Me, Retrograde Motion, and Lanterns. In addition, she is the author of four books: Empty as Nirvana, Ordinary Substance, Color Me Pomegranate, and Leaving You Unpainted. She is the winning poet from the "An African Legend: White Lions and Leopards" contest. Her short story "Exit Ashes, Exit Blues, Exit This Life" won an honorable mention in Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope All Story contest.


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