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"GHOST THE MUSICAL" Individual Tickets On Sale Tomorrow
THE FIRST U.S. NATIONAL TOUR OF
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013
Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that individual tickets for GHOST THE MUSICAL, based on the film by Bruce Joel Rubin and Paramount Pictures, go on-sale to the public starting this Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. The supernatural power of love is taking North America by storm as the new Broadway and West End musical GHOST THE MUSICAL, adapted from the Academy Award-winning film, will play Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph) for a limited two-week engagement from Jan. 7 – 19, 2014.
GHOST THE MUSICAL is directed by Tony Award-winner Matthew Warchus (Matilda, God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests, Boeing-Boeing) and choreographed by Ashley Wallen ("The X Factor", Kylie Minogue, Seal, Madonna's film WE). The musical features book and lyrics by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Jacob's Ladder, The Time Traveler's Wife) who has adapted his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for the stage, and original music and lyrics by a team of Grammy Award-winners, including Dave Stewart (half of the multi-Grammy Award-winning Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror, Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill). The score also includes the iconic song "Unchained Melody," written by Hy Zaret and Alex North (Courtesy of Frank Music Corp. ASCAP) and famously performed in the film by The Righteous Brothers.
Set in modern day New York City, GHOST THE MUSICAL is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one night after a romantic dinner, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam dead on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly, who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hopes of saving and protecting her.
GHOST THE MUSICAL has been enjoyed by over 1 million people worldwide and has been nominated for numerous awards including five Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards. It is also currently in Hungary and touring the UK and productions in Italy and Korea open later this year. The Associated Press calls GHOST THE MUSICAL "Eye-poppingly brilliant" while Variety assures the audience will experience "A limitless array of dazzling effects." Newsday promises that GHOST THE MUSICAL is "Unlike anything seen on stage before" and the Daily Telegraph says GHOST THE MUSICAL "Will keep you gasping!"
Original Broadway production produced by Colin Ingram, Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Donavan Mannato, MJE Productions, Patricia Lambrecht and Adam Silberman in association with Paramount Pictures. Casting for the U.S. National Tour of GHOST THE MUSICAL provided by Joy Dewing CSA, Joy Dewing Casting.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film in 1990, Ghost became a blockbuster hit and an instant classic, winning numerous awards worldwide. The film starred Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg and was directed by Jerry Zucker. Bruce Joel Rubin's script won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Whoopi Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of psychic Oda Mae Brown.
The performance schedule for GHOST THE MUSICAL is as follows:
Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. (additional 2 p.m. performance Jan. 15)
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 & 7:30 p.m. (no 7:30 p.m. performance Jan. 19)
Tickets for GHOST THE MUSICAL at the Oriental Theatre range from $27-$95. A select number of premium seats are also available for many performances. Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 175 E. Chestnut), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
Copyright © 2013 Margie Korshak Inc, All rights reserved.
Labels: Broadway in Chicago, Chicago, entertainment, GHOST THE MUSICAL, Illinois, Oriental Theatre, things to do, tickets, West End musical
Check to see if you were one of the Adobe Software accounts that was hacked!
It's been reported by by PetaPixel that more than 150 million Adobe Software accounts were hacked.Mine was one of them;hope you fared better.
Check this site to see if yours was as well:
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Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular Featuring Special Guests The Four Tops December 23,2013 thru January 5,2014 (Chicago)
I recently photographed singer Mary Wilson formerly with The Supremes and Abdul 'Duke'Fakir of The Four Tops Press conference held at the Public Hotel for the upcoming "Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular Featuring Special Guests The Four Tops" which will open in Chicago
December 23,2013 thru January 5,2014 at the Harris Theater at 205 E. Randolph in Chicago,Illinois
The link for tickets is below.This should be a fabulous show!
http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/events/2013-2014-season/mary-wilson
Harris Theater Chicago phone 312.334.7777
BOX OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY — FRIDAY, 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Pictured below:
Paul Lambert,Producer at Reach Out Entertainment, Singer Mary Wilson,formerly with The Supremes and Abdul 'Duke'Fakir of The Four Tops Press conference for "Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular Featuring Special Guests The Four Tops" which will be opening in Chicago December 23,2013 thru January 5,2014 at the Harris Theater in Chicago,IL.Press conference was at the Public Hotel in Chicago,IL.
Photo: copyright © Linda Matlow/PIXINTL)
Labels: Abdul 'Duke'Fakir, Chicago, Featuring Special Guests, Harris Theater, holiday, Holiday Spectacular, Illinois, Mary Wilson, music, singer, special, The Four Tops, The Supremes, ticket info
The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream bring back the 60s at The Palace Theater until November 10th! (Chicago)
The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream,
a concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati played The Palace Theater in Chicago,Illinois.Felix Cavaliere (keyboard & vocals), Eddie Brigati (vocals), Dino Danelli (drums) and Gene Cornish (guitar)
The show will run until November 10,2013 in Chicago and then return to NYC for a Broadway engagement.
I just happened to have my tiny camera in my purse and it didn't do too bad! Pretty hard to take pictures when you are dancing in your seat though!
I loved hearing these guys perform,you won't see them on the 'oldies circuit' so catch this show while you can!
The Palace Theater is beautiful!
http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/shows_dyn.php?cmd=display_current&display_showtag=onceuponadream13
(Photo© copyright Linda Matlow/PIXINTL)
Labels: band, Chicago, music, Once Upon a Dream, Palace Theater, The Rascals
Garis & Hahn present: Suddenly, there: Discovery of the find(New York)
Garis & Hahn present:
Suddenly, there: Discovery of the find
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Artists Talks, 2008 (video still), installation, 18 DVDs, 3:00 each
Featuring: Michael Alan, Eve Bailey, András Böröcz, Matías Cuevas, Dave Hardy and Siebren Versteeg, Clinton King, Daniela Kostova, Thomas Lendvai, Alan Lupiani, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Robert C. Morgan, Christopher Moss, Joe Nanashe, Ian Pedigo, Jamie Powell, Armita Raafat, Mónika Sziládi, Tamas Veszi, and Aaron Williams
Curated by Eileen Jeng and Tamas Veszi
Opening Reception: November 26, 2013, 6 – 8pm
Exhibition Dates: November 26, 2013 – January 11, 2014
Performance by András Böröcz, December 18, 7 – 8 pm
November 5, 2013 (New York, NY) – Garis & Hahn is pleased to present Suddenly, there: Discovery of the find, a group exhibition, curated by Eileen Jeng and Tamas Veszi, focused on the creative process and its unexpected outcomes. Suddenly, there... will feature drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, and installations, from 1974 to 2013, by 21 New York-based artists.
Hungarian psychologist, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, describes the concept of flow as an optimal experience and single-minded immersion that requires focus and full concentration. He applies this notion to the creative process and states that "in flow we only feel what is relevant to the activity." The exhibition Suddenly, there... takes this idea further in examining the complexities of the creative process. With multiple access points to an excess of information at any given time, artists who are working in one direction sometimes start working in another; the flow is broken and redirected toward a new and exciting place.
Diversions, distractions, and deviations lead to discoveries. This exhibition focuses on the find, including works in various media that have been created or conceived of while in the process of making other artworks, during the installation of works for exhibitions or presentations, or utilizing materials – remnants or parts of other works – from around the studio. Rather than concentrating on the sketching or planning of specific works, this exhibition emphasizes the chain reaction and progression of the creative process toward the unexpected – a proactive place for artists to move forward. Thereby, works in progress develop into pivotal or new important works.
A foldout brochure with descriptions of the works and processes will be published for the occasion of this exhibition. On December 18 from 7 - 8 pm, András Böröcz will perform 11 Grapefruits 2, a conceptual work that introduces the fruit into his repertoire of ordinary, round sculptural objects and includes a new video.
Michael Alan was born in 1977 in Bushwick during the New York City blackout. Alan's intricate drawings, paintings, and sculptures have been featured in 9 New York solo shows, over 200 group shows, and over 200 Living Installations – happenings, founded and directed by the multimedia artist, where human beings are transformed into unique, living art objects with original music. Alan's work has been discussed in over 200 publications and media sources, including American Artist, Artforum, Art+Auction, Marie Claire Italia, The New York Times, Art 21, NBC's Today Show, and Fox Channel 5, to name a few.
Eve Bailey creates ergonomic and kinetic sculptures, based on the concept of balance and coordination, which embody her love for architecture and dance. Bailey has exhibited her work in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Cuba, Russia, and across the US. She was awarded funded residencies from the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; Triangle Arts, Brooklyn, NY; I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT; and Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, among others. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from the École des Beaux Arts, Paris and a BFA in architectural metal work from Olivier de Serres School of Design, Paris. Bailey started incorporating performance in her sculptural work after receiving a fellowship from the San Francisco Art Institute.
András Böröcz was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied painting at the Budapest Art Academy and was a member of Indigo, an underground artist group that was critical of the dictatorship. In the late 1970s, he began performing for international audiences and participated in Documenta (8) in Kassel, Germany in 1987. After moving to New York in 1986, Böröcz concentrated on sculpture, conceptually working with post-Pop ideas of discarded and common materials. The pencil became his object of choice, both for its democratic nature and its function as an artist's tool. Böröcz has exhibited and performed extensively in the US and Europe, most recently, in a number of museums and galleries in Hungary. Böröcz is the founding director of Alma on Dobbin, Inc., a trustee of the Ampersand Foundation Johannesburg/NYC, and co-founder and director of 2b Gallery in Budapest, Hungary.
Matías Cuevas was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1980. Following his early classical training at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Cuevas received his MFA in 2009 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he received a number of awards. Recent exhibitions of his paintings and sculptures have been held at El Museo del Barrio, New York; Lehmann Maupin, New York; Leyendecker Gallery, Spain; Alderman Exhibitions, Chicago; and Green Gallery, Milwaukee, among others. His work is in many private and public collections, including the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario and Museo de Arte Moderno de Mendoza.
Dave Hardy and Siebren Versteeg continue to collaborate on the multimedia project Spirit Tours, started in 2004, for the exhibition. Versteeg received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Solo museum exhibitions have been held at the RISD Museum, Providence; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita; and Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, among others. His work has been in museum group shows in the US, Czech Republic, and Austria, to name a few. Versteeg's work is in various collections, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, Hirshhorn Museum, The Margulies Collection, RISD Museum, Ulrich Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.
Hardy received a BFA from Brown University and an MFA from the Yale School of Art and studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Solo exhibitions have been held at Art in General, La Mama Galleria, Regina Rex, and 92Y Tribeca in New York as well as at Southern Exposure in San Francisco. His work has been included in group exhibitions at PS1, SculptureCenter, and Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. Hardy is currently a professor of sculpture at New York University.
Clinton King graduated with an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His paintings have most recently been exhibited at the Dorsky Foundation and Parallel Art Space in Brooklyn and One River Gallery Space in Englewood, NJ. He will soon reside at the Yaddo artist retreat. Previous exhibitions have been held at the Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis; Gallery 400, Chicago; The Suburban, Chicago; International Performance Art Festival, Helsinki; 1a Space Gallery, Hong Kong; Youkobo Art space, Tokyo; and Zaim Space, Yokohama, Japan.
Daniela Kostova uses photography, video, and installation to address issues of geography, cultural representation, the production and crossing of socio-cultural borders, and the processes of translation and communication. Kostova has exhibited her work at numerous museums, including the Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY; Sofia City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy; and Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, among others. Kostova received many awards and fellowships, including an Unlimited '11 Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Art and a Graduate Fellowship from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. In 2011, together with Stanislava Georgieva, Kostova started Bulgarian Artists in America (BAA), where she is Exhibition Director. She is also the Director of Curatorial Projects at Radiator Gallery and a Board Member of CEC Artslink.
Thomas Lendvai was born on Long Island, New York and raised by parents who emigrated from Hungary in the early 1970s. Growing up on Long Island, Lendvai worked during the summer months with his father as a carpenter. This experience has shaped and influenced his sculptural practice to this day. Most, if not all of his work, uses construction based materials and techniques. Today, Lendvai continues to make sculpture and site-determined installations, which have been exhibited in Chicago, Key West, and Tokyo, and, most recently, in Hoboken, NJ. Lendvai received his BA from SUNY Stony Brook in 1999 and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2002.
Alan Lupiani engages in socio-political issues on a local, regional, and international level in his multi-media installations, performances, sculptures, and paintings. He has exhibited and performed in multiple museums, galleries, and art events throughout the United States, including Winkleman Gallery, New York; Postmasters Gallery, New York; the "No Comment" Art Show for Occupy Wall Street; Third Ward Gallery, Brooklyn; Governor's Island; Radiator Gallery, Long Island City; and his alma mater, Binghamton University in 2012. Lupiani presented "Art Road Show" at Art Basel Miami Beach, where he interviewed gallerists and artists in 2010 and 2011. Most recently, he curated the exhibition So Real at Radiator Gallery in 2013.
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy explore changing conditions around social roles, categories, and genres in their range of work from sculpture to video installation to software to curatorial practice. They wonder what counts as 'new' and about the associated technological, environmental and social costs. In New York, their work has been exhibited at museums, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, PS1, The Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum. International exhibitions include projects at the Pompidou Center, Paris; the British Film Institute, London; and Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, to name a few. Recent grants include a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. Articles about their work have appeared in Art in America, Artforum, ARTnews, The New York Times, and Newsweek. Their work is represented by Postmasters Gallery, New York and by Guy Bartschi, Geneva and is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, and MUDAM, Luxembourg.
Robert C. Morgan, an artist and writer, began showing at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston as well as at Artists Space and The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in the 1970s. His films have been presented at Anthology Film Archives, White Box, and Millennium Film Workshop. Morgan's photographs, visual books, paintings, conceptual works, and installations have been shown at White Columns, New York; CEPA, Buffalo, NY; McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC; Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; and The International Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland, among others. Recent solo exhibitions in New York have been held at Bjorn Ressle Gallery, Sideshow Gallery, John Davis Gallery, Able Fine Art, Creon Gallery, and, currently, at Rooster Gallery, where the show has been recommended by Art in America. Morgan's work has also been reviewed in Artforum, ARTnews, artcritical, The New York Times, and Wolgan Misool (Korean) and is in many prominent collections.
Christopher Moss received a BFA from Marywood University, Scranton, PA in 2000 and an MFA from CUNY Brooklyn College in 2006. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Shaheen Contemporary, Cleveland and Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, among others, and is available at Artware Editions, New York and Theodore:Art, Brooklyn, where he will have his first New York solo exhibition in March 2014.
Joe Nanashe was born in Akron, Ohio. The city's post-industrial landscape and emphasis on manual labor influenced the repetitive, task-driven nature of his work. He received his BFA from the University of Akron in 2003 and his MFA from Rutgers in 2005. A multimedia artist, Nanashe creates works that confront the viewer with issues of violence, control, meaning, humor, perception, and the body. His videos have been shown in film festivals in the US and in Switzerland. His drawings, sculpture, photographs, and sound work have been recently exhibited at the Parrish Art Museum and Islip Art Museum on Long Island as well as internationally in Argentina, Canada, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, and Switzerland.
Ian Pedigo was born and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He studied visual art/sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin and participated in the Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Art in Austria, studying with such figures as Ilya Kabakov and Boris Groys. His work has been exhibited across North America and Europe, including solo exhibitions in at the Abrons Art Center and Klaus Von Nichtssagend, New York; University of Gothenberg, Sweden; and Rokeby Gallery, London. His sculptures, photographic works, and installations have been written about in Artforum, ARTnews, Art Review, Frieze, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, among other publications. A monograph of his work was published in 2011 by the Southern Alberta Art Gallery.
Jamie Powell was born and raised in West Virginia, thirty miles south of the Mason Dixon Line. She received her MFA and the Paul Robeson Emerging Artist Award from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2006. She has received grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, and Pratt Institute. Jamie has exhibited her cutout abstract paintings extensively over the last eight years at venues including FLUXspace, Philadelphia; Seton Hall Law School, Newark; the National Arts Club, New York; and Soil Gallery, Seattle. She teaches painting and drawing at Pratt Art Institute in New York.
Armita Raafat received her BFA from Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran and completed her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. Recent solo exhibitions of the artist's installations have been presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2009 and Threewalls, Chicago in 2010. Her work has been featured in recent group exhibitions in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Tehran, and Seoul, Korea. Her solo shows have been reviewed in publications, such as Art in America and New City. In 2011, she was featured in the book Out of Rubble, published by Charta. Raafat was a 2009 recipient of a swing space residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and currently holds a studio residency with the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York. She will also participate in the Artist at Market Place (AIM) program at the Bronx Museum of Art in 2013.
Mónika Sziládi was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She received an MFA in Photography from Yale in 2010 and a Maitrîse in Art History and Archaeology from Sorbonne, Paris in 1997. She was the recipient of the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Daylight/CDS Photo Award, and Humble Arts' Fall 2012 New Photography Grant as well as the winner of The Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Competition in 2010. She was a resident in Skowhegan in 2008 and at Smack Mellon in 2012. Selected institutional exhibitions she has participated in have been held at the DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn; Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; The Magenta's Foundation's Flash Forward Festival, Toronto, Canada; and Hasted Kraeutler, New York. Sziládi's work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Tamas Veszi is a multimedia artist with an academic background in painting. His activities as a community initiator bridge a gap between his restless interest for the questions of embodiment and formlessness. Veszi left Hungary at the age of seventeen and studied in Israel, Italy, and France, and he moved to New York in 1997. In 2000 he received his BFA in Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute, and formed the group "Greenpoint Riverfront Artists" who curated and produced performances, rooftop independent film screenings, and annual open studios. He earned his MFA at Brooklyn College under the guidance of Elisabeth Murray and Vito Acconci. Veszi has exhibited his work in Austria, Canada, England, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy and throughout the United States. As director of RadiatorArts in Long Island City, Veszi has collaborated with the Embassy of Israel and Art Market Budapest as well as organized exchanges with La Couleuvre Art Center, Paris and Bäcker Strasse 4 Gallery, Vienna.
Aaron Williams was born and raised in Rhode Island and holds a BFA from the Maine College of Art and an MFA from Rutgers University. Using common photographic sources, such as mass market posters, Williams continues to expand idea of mark-making and materials. His solo exhibitions have been held at Max Protetch Gallery, Baumgartner Gallery, Mulherin + Pollard in New York, and, most recently, Lamontagne Gallery in Boston. His work has been featured in several group exhibitions throughout the United States at venues including the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Howard House, Seattle, WA; Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC; Parallel Art Space, Queens, NY; and Memphis Social, Memphis, TN.
About the curators
Eileen Jeng is an independent curator and writer and the archivist at Sperone Westwater in New York. Her latest project includes Break/Step at Radiator Gallery in Long Island City and Facture at AIRPLANE in Brooklyn, among others. She was a research assistant in the Department of Contemporary Art at The Art Institute of Chicago, and she was involved in various exhibitions, including FLOAT at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City in 2007. She earned an MA in arts administration and policy from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in art history and advertising from Syracuse University.
Tamas Veszi – please see artist's bio above.
About Garis & Hahn
Garis & Hahn is a gallery-cum-Kunsthalle that mounts exhibitions focused on conceptual narratives and relevant conversations in contemporary art. By displaying an array of carefully curated artists, the gallery endeavors to provide accessibility, education, awareness, and a market to the art while engaging both the arts community and a broader general audience.
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TIPS: Avoid "Title Washing" scam, selling 1,000's of flood cars to consumers
Historically, 50% of cars involved in floods are resold on the market, the vast majority to unknown buyers using a scam called title washing. This was a major consumer issue after Katrina and now buyers face the same problem following Hurricane Sandy and recent Colorado and Texas floods.
Considering that 250,000 cars were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, alone, Kars4Kids, the nation's leading car donation charity for the last decade, has released data from one of the largest car auction houses in the U.S. showing that of that 50 percent figure, 78.37 percent will be sold in states that were not affected by Sandy.
Included on the Kars4Kids webpage below, are tips on how consumers can educate themselves to avoid being scammed into buying a flood damaged car, including those that were damaged by Sandy.
Labels: 000's of flood cars to consumers, Kars4Kids, selling 1, TIPS: Avoid "Title Washing" scam
AUDIENCES ARE RAVING ABOUT PORT AUTHORITY! (Glencoe,IL)
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AUDIENCES ARE RAVING ABOUT
PORT AUTHORITY!
"The acting and direction was outstanding and the smaller theater setting was perfect."
"I felt transported to Ireland, listening to the stories of my cousins...."
"A tour de force. It was one of the best productions I have ever seen in any theater."
"A fascinating and heartbreaking story of love and loss, connection and strength."
"Touching and humorous. I would encourage people to go!"
DON'T MISS THE EXCITEMENT--
PURCHASE EARLY FOR BEST PRICES!
For Tickets: writerstheatre.org
or call the Box Office at 847-242-6000
Note: Above comments taken from audience surveys.
Spend Thanksgiving with Writers Theatre!
Writers Theatre invites you to dive headlong into a theatrical fable that celebrates the power of imagination! Bring your family and friends to see The Old Man and The Old Moon
for an unforgettable Thanksgiving weekend!
"Charming and enthusiastic. A one-of-a-kind event."
"A clever…whimsical, artfully handcrafted show."
"Loaded with charm, inventiveness and visual wit!"
Labels: Glencoe, Illinois, PORT AUTHORITY, Theatre, Writers' Theatre, WT
Exhibit your work: "Snap to Grid" at LACDA - every submission shown!
los angeles center for digital art
http://lacda.com
tenth annual
SNAP TO GRID: the UN-Juried Exhibit
Every entry shown!
December 12, 2013-January 4, 2014
Opening Reception December January 12, 7-9pm
in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk
reception for prior snap to grid
Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography at the tenth anniversary exhibit of this very popular program. All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Multiple entries are permitted. Separate registration fee required for each image.
All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.
Special consideration is given to "Snap to Grid" artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of "Snap to Grid" participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows. Proceeds for "Snap to Grid" benefit these gallery programs and keep LACDA thriving. Exhibit your work, build your resume, and support LACDA. Everybody wins!
Show Dates: December 12, 2013-January 4, 2014
Deadline for entries: December 2, 2013
Opening Reception: December 12, 7-9pm, 7-9pm
Location: international, open to all geographical locations.
Entry Fee:Registration fee is $35US.
Submission Rules:Registration and submission are done online only. JPEG file uploads are the only accepted submissions under 5MB each. Please do not send materials to LACDA. All materials sent to LACDA will not be viewed and cannot be returned.
Multiple entries are permitted. $35 registration fee for each additional image. Separate registration fee required for each image.
Two easy steps to exhibit your work at LACDA...
1) Enter as many images as you like here:
2) Upload images here:
lacda snap to grid upload page
Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.
The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the smart phones, tablets, texts and social nets around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.
prior snap to grid
© 2013 Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
Works of individual artists remain the intellectual property and are copyrighted by their respective authors. No unauthorized reproduction, all rights reserved.
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Madico Diamond Sponsor of International Window Film Conference and Tint-Off
Live Show Takes Place June 7-9 in Orlando
TAMPA BAY, FL. – May 18, 2021 – Madico® Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers of innovative window film, coating, metallizing and laminate solutions, is a Diamond Sponsor of this year's International Window Film Conference & Tint-Off scheduled for June 7-9 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
Madico is proud to sponsor this important event that brings together all segments of the window film and paint protection film industries for quality education, networking and tinting competitions.
Madico's CEO Shawn Kitchell will participate in the Manufacturer Talk Show Live at 11 a.m. Monday, June, 7, which will be live-streamed during the show. The session will feature a round-table discussion on current industry challenges and opportunities moderated by Window Film Magazine's editorial director, Tara Taffera.
And at noon on June 7, Madico's Business Development Manager, Jay Larkin, will present a special session entitled, "Introduction to Safety and Security Films." Attendees will learn how safety and security film can be used as a retrofit product to enhance glass performance while understanding the appropriate applications for safety and security window films. The one-hour course is approved by the American Institute of Architects for continuing education credits.
Show attendees can visit Madico at Booth #132 for live installation demonstrations of ClearPlex windshield film as well as Protekt PPF and information on our full line of automotive, architectural, safety and security and decorative films. Visit Madico's booth to explore the Madico Experience, featuring a full line of window film dealer services including Dealer Recognition programs, an eCommerce site and Dealer Programs including Sunscape, SafetyShield and Madico Choice.
For the first time in the show's history, this year's event features virtual exhibits allowing window film dealers to attend online. Madico's virtual booth will feature the ability to interact with dealers online, provide them marketing collateral electronically and answer questions via Live Chat.
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Spring is a great time to get married as it generally represents a new beginning. For this reason, many couples feel that having their wedding day in the springtime will bring them good luck. If you are thinking of having a spring wedding there are a few things you should consider to make sure everything goes down as planned.
While late springtime is a popular time to get married, spring in general does not share the kind of popularity that summer and fall season do. For this reason, you will likely get much better rates for wedding venues and vendors.
Spring is a great time to have a wedding if you are Christian. During your planning why not try to arrange a wedding near Easter and take advantage of the fact that your church will probably already be decorated for Easter ceremonies? This will reduce the amount of decorations you will need to provide for yourself.
One particular theme that springs to mind when most people think of spring is flowers. Springtime is great for floral blooms so try to incorporate as many as you can into your wedding. Flowers make for a great wedding atmosphere; they are not only great looking but can provide a striking fragrance too.
The weather around spring can sometimes be quite unpredictable. Make sure that your wedding attire is quite flexible so that you can either wrap up if it is a little bit chilly or strip off, not altogether, if the weather is too warm. This goes for your dress too. You may want to choose a dress that matches well with a wrap or even a jacket in case it gets too cold.
A great way to carry your spring theme into your wedding reception is through the food that you choose to serve. Think of menus that really typify the season. A great example is something with lots of vegetables and new potatoes as a side. Strawberries have long been a regular feature of a lot of desserts served at springtime.
Finally, another way to convey the season of spring into your reception is through your wedding favors. Going back to the essence of spring is a classic way to convey the season through your favors. New growth can be translated to your guests by giving seed packs, bulbs, or small plants as favorites. Alternately you could really treat your guests by giving an edible favor like an Easter egg.


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The Indiana distillery formerly known as Seagram's, LDI, and MGP is now Ross & Squibb (sort of)
The huge letters atop several buildings in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, still say 'SEAGRAMS,' but the famed GNS and whiskey-maker is now Ross & Squibb Distillery.
Back in January it was announced that MGP Ingredients, based in Atchison, Kansas, had acquired St. Louis-based Luxco. Nothing much seemed to happen after that. In Kentucky, it was business-as-usual at Luxco's Limestone Branch in Lebanon and Lux Row in Bardstown, as well as at MGP's Indiana distillery. Until Wednesday, when it was announced that the oft-renamed Indiana joint will be known henceforth by two names plucked from its past, Ross & Squibb.
The press release says this: "Luxco will rename the 174-year-old, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, distiller of its branded spirits Ross & Squibb Distillery™ as it joins the Luxco family of brands. Effective immediately, the distiller of George Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Rossville Union Straight Rye Whiskey will go by its new name."
The 'sort of' part comes later in the release where it says this: "MGP will continue to produce bourbon, rye, whiskey, gin and grain-neutral spirits from this facility under its current name: MGPI of Indiana, LLC."
It's a lot to unpack.
Luxco is a 63-year-old company. For most of that time it was a successful regional rectifier, a non-distiller producer with most of its business in St. Louis and vicinity. Along the way it picked up a few small national brands such as Ezra Brooks Bourbon, Everclear Grain Neutral Spirit, and Saint Brendan's Irish Cream Liqueur. For many years, it bought almost all of its bourbon from Heaven Hill. Before that, its David Nicholson wheated bourbon came from Stitzel-Weller.
The bourbon boom has been good for Luxco. In 2014, it acquired a one-half interest in craft distillery Limestone Branch, now the home of Yellowstone Bourbon. In 2018, Luxco opened Lux Row, a major distillery. For the year that ended October 31, 2020, Luxco generated approximate net revenues of $202 million and 9-liter case volume of 4.8 million.
At the time of the sale to MGP, Luxco was still owned by its founding Lux family and Donn Lux, formerly chairman and CEO of Luxco, is now a member of MGP's board. He and his fellow shareholders also are now $475 million richer.
MGP is public but tightly controlled by its founding Cray family. Cloud Cray started it in 1941, buying a small distillery which he enlarged to make ethanol for the war industries. It was known as Midwest Grain Processors. After the war, it continued to make ethanol for beverage and industrial use, as well specialty proteins and starches extracted from wheat. His son, Bud, who succeeded him, just passed away last year at age 96. Bud's daughter, Karen Seaberg, chairs MGP's board today. For calendar 2020, MGP reported net income of $40.3 million on sales of $395.5 million.
MGP has long been one of the country's largest distillers of grain neutral spirits (GNS, aka vodka) but has struggled with the low margins typical of commodity production. Its 2011 acquisition of the Lawrenceburg distillery, which makes GNS but also makes whiskey, was a bid to move into "higher value-added products," as they put it. So instead of commodity GNS, the company now also sold commodity whiskey, a minor improvement. It toyed with the next step up, selling branded products, but progress was glacial. Buying Luxco seemed to solve that problem at a stroke.
Maybe it will, but today's branding exercise needed work. That massive, red-brick distillery and maturation facility just downriver from Cincinnati will be called by its new name if you buy one of its branded products, such as Rossville Union Straight Rye Whiskey (which is pretty good, but perhaps not $60 good). If you want to buy contract whiskey, bulk whiskey, or GNS, it's still MGP. And if you're in town and need directions, ask a local how to get to Seagram's, because they all still call it that.
Confusing, right?
As for the new name itself, the 'Ross' part is a reference to George Ross, who is believed to have established a distillery there in 1847. He called it Rossville despite there being no town of that name in the vicinity. Then again, maybe it was 1857, as Seagram's claimed (see photo, above).
Regardless, Ross was out of the picture by 1875, when James Walsh & Company, a Cincinnati rectifier, bought the place. The Walsh operation was huge and it owned or controlled several distilleries in the region. The offices were in downtown Cincinnati but the main rectification plant was in Covington, Kentucky, at the other end of John Roebling's new bridge over the Ohio River.
Peter O'Shaughnessy was Walsh's partner and his three sons took the company over after Walsh and their father retired. They operated Rossville as a medicinal whiskey bottler during Prohibition. When Prohibition ended they sold it to Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Inc., aka, Seagram's. The Canadian distiller made it their principal U.S. distillery. They bought a grain silo in nearby Aurora to supply it. The O'Shaughnessy brothers then built a new distillery nearby and gave it the Walsh name, but it didn't last long. The enlarged and improved Seagram's plant produced Seagram's Seven Crown Blended Whiskey and Seagram's Gin, two major brands.
It was Seagram's for 70 years, the longest name tenure in its claimed 174-year history.
The 'Squibb' part of the new name refers to brothers W. P. and G. W. Squibb, who bought a Lawrenceburg distillery called Dunn and Ludlow in 1866. In 1885, their Squibb Distillery installed a column still and made other improvements to increase its capacity to 330 bushels per day. It was a major distillery until Prohibition closed it. Near the end of Prohibition, Schenley bought it and another shuttered distillery nearby, combining them under the name Old Quaker, a popular pre-Pro brand Schenley had acquired.
For MGP, the significance of the Squibb name is its association with George Remus, the notorious Cincinnati-based bootlegger who briefly owned Squibb as part of his phony medicinal whiskey scheme during Prohibition. MGP has been selling a George Remus Bourbon (also good, about $40) as part of its fledgling effort to add profitable branded products to its portfolio.
Schenley and Seagram's were two of the post-Prohibition 'Big Four' distilled spirits producers and Lawrenceburg was the only place they had big distilleries side-by-side. That made Lawrenceburg "Whiskey City," a legacy the local community has recently embraced. In that context, Ross & Squibb is a great name because it salutes those two local whiskey giants, Seagram's and Schenley, without trespassing on anyone's intellectual property.
Schenley stopped distilling at Old Quaker in the late 1980s when it became part of what is now Diageo. They continued bottling until the warehouses ran dry. The bottling plant was sold and for a short time continued to operate as a separate company. Everything else was either demolished or converted to other uses.
Seagram's Lawrenceburg kept going even after Seagram's itself was dissolved and sold for parts in 2000. The facility first went to Pernod Ricard, which sold it to CL Financial, which sold it to MGP, after first selling the bottling plant to Proximo. Through all that and more, it never closed.
MGP now has six distilleries, in Atchison (KS), Lawrenceburg (IN), Lebanon, Bardstown (KY), Mexico, and Washington, D. C., where it last year bought a quirky little gin maker called Green Hat.
We just got our first glimpse of how this new MGP/Luxco mash-up will work. It has a few bugs. Maybe better luck next time.
UPDATE (10/14/21): Hey, look! The new sign is up.
A Tale of Two Jacobs
The furnace at Bourbon Iron Works, established by Jacob Myers in 1791 in Bath County. It was the first iron mill in Kentucky.
Jacob Boehm was born in 1760 in Pennsylvania. You may know him better by the Americanized version of his name, Jacob Beam, ancestor of all the whiskey-making Beams.
Jacob Myers was born in Maryland, reportedly in 1738 or 39. His birthdate is not well documented and, based on other life events, was likely a few years later. You probably don't know him at all, but he was Jacob Beam's uncle and the person who taught Jacob, and through him all Beams to come, how to make whiskey.
Skills such as whiskey-making typically passed from father to son, but not in Jacob Beam's case. His father died suddenly when Jacob was six. His mother, Margaretha, with five young children and no way to support them in Pennsylvania, returned to her family's home and farm in Maryland. She was Jacob Myers' sister. Perhaps she named her son Jacob after her brother.
Since the Myers observed the rule of primogeniture, Margaretha and Jacob Myers' oldest brother, Jost, owned the homestead. Fatherless and landless, both Jacobs knew from an early age they would have to make their own way in the world.
The Myers farm was remote and relatively self-sufficient. It included livestock and crops, cereals as well as fruit and tobacco. Most of the farm's income came from the sale of intoxicants, tobacco as well as beverage alcohol, fermented and distilled. Both Jacobs took a particular interest in the farm's beverage alcohol enterprise. Jacob Beam, very much the junior partner, learned all he could from his Uncle Jacob.
It is a remarkable fact of American colonial history that after nearly 200 years of settlement, most colonists still lived very close to the Atlantic coast. That began to change in the last quarter of the 18th century. The first European settlement in Kentucky, at Harrodsburg, was established in 1774. Jacob Myers decided to seek his fortune there too.
As more and more settlers came through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky and Tennessee, their land claims had to be professionally surveyed and registered. Since surveyors typically were paid by retaining a percentage of the land they mapped, many got rich.
Soon after he arrived in Kentucky, Jacob went to work as a chain carrier on a surveying crew, a low-level position. One day he asked the head of the crew, a man named Fox, to survey some land for him. When Fox refused, Myers announced he would deprive the crew of all the land they had surveyed that day; he would jump their claim. They laughed because they knew he was illiterate and couldn't transcribe the complicated measurements they had taken, which he would need to establish the claim.
Myers immediately set off on foot for the land grant office in Harrodsburg. The others slept, starting the same trip on horseback the next morning. Myers beat them by about 90 minutes and was able to register the claim in his own name. How? He may have been illiterate, but he had a very good memory.
Thereafter, Myers mapped and filed land grant claims for more than 145 tracts, encompassing some 30,000 acres, and launched many other enterprises. One of the first was a grist mill and distillery on the Hanging Fork of the Dix River, near modern Danville. Although we don't know exactly when he started to distill, we know it was before 1781 because in that year he ran for political office and campaigned by giving out free whiskey, a common practice at the time. He still lost, to an "old Indian fighter" named Benjamin Logan. The Myers Mill is mentioned in official documents from 1783 and shows up on a map in 1784.
By the mid-1780s, settlers were pouring through the Cumberland Gap on foot and floating into Kentucky via the Ohio River. Among them were more members of the Myers and Beam families, including Jacob Beam. Jost Myers had died and the Maryland farm was just about played out. By this time, Jacob Beam was married to one of his Myers cousins, Ann Marie.
The move to Kentucky was facilitated by two family members who were already there, Jacob Myers and an older brother of Jacob Beam, Conrad. Although the Beams were not initially Catholics they migrated with and settled among the Maryland Catholics who populated what are today's Nelson, Marion, and Washington Counties in Kentucky. Jacob Beam converted.
In 1791, Jacob Myers started the first iron works in Kentucky, near Owingsville in Bath County. It made everything from farm and household implements to military ordnance. Cannon balls from this foundry (what remains of it is pictured above) were used by the U.S. Navy at the Battle of New Orleans, but Jacob was long out of it by then. Shortly after he started the business, he realized he didn't have enough capital to run it properly, so he sold it. The Bourbon Iron Works, as it was called, continued in operation until 1838.
Considering his many other enterprises, it is not surprising that Jacob Myers was involved in shipping. In 1793 he began regular service from Pittsburgh to Limestone (today's Maysville), Kentucky's first official Ohio River port. Myers' boats hauled passengers as well as freight. The service, strictly one-way in those days before steam power, was later extended to Cincinnati and Louisville.
At Louisville, the Ohio is blocked by a series of cascades, known as the Falls of the Ohio. Trips typically either ended there or resumed on the other side in a different boat. Today Kentucky's largest city, Louisville became important because anyone who wanted to continue south on the river had to stop at Louisville and travel overland to Portland, on the other side of the Falls. Although foolhardy captains occasionally tried to shoot the rapids, they rarely succeeded, and generally everything had to be unloaded and transported overland.
That became a business in its own right. It was thirsty work, a fact exploited by early distillers like Evan Williams. Other local distillers pursued that business too but Williams had the inside track. Louisville was Kentucky's second official port and Williams was its first wharf master.
As a land speculator, miller, distiller, shipper and iron maker, Jacob Myers was like another better-known early Kentucky entrepreneur, Elijah Craig, who did many of the same things in Scott County. Like Myers when he jumped claim on his surveying crew, frontier entrepreneurs took their opportunities where they found them. They weren't trying to establish historic "firsts," they were just trying to make a living for themselves and their families. It took equal parts daring, effort and luck, but many, like Jacob Myers, succeeded spectacularly.
His Beam relations didn't do too badly either.
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Every Label Tells a Story, Don't It?
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This pint bottle, probably from 1937, has me hooked. It raises so many wonderful questions. Such as: how can a blend of straight whiskies contain whiskey that is just eight months old? Clearly this product was made when fully aged whiskey was in short supply. Back then, the definition of straight whiskey was vague. Today, straight whiskey has to be at least two years old.
Even so, Mr. Dant wants you to know that although some of it is very young, this is all aged whiskey. It is not a little bit of aged whiskey blended with neutral spirit, like most of what was sold in those days. This is something different. Because it also has a nice, rich hue, they note that it contains no "artificial coloring."
This feels like someone trying to get an innovative product to market, one that makes the most of what little aged stock is available through careful, even 'scientific,' blending (whatever that means). Making young whiskey taste good was a challenge for producers in the years immediately following 1933, just as it was a decade ago in the early days of craft distilling.
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The extra, overlaid back label suggests they met some regulatory obstacles.
They tell us all the whiskeys were made it Kentucky, but where? Members of the Dant family were involved with several post-Repeal distilleries. Members of the extended family had connections to even more. It is clear this was a sourced product, maybe from within the family, maybe not.
Now to the other major question, which Dant is this? There never was a W. W. Dant Distillery in Louisville or anywhere else. Obviously, this is either W. W. Dant himself or a member of his family using the Dant name and reputation to convey expertise. "3rd Generation of Distilling Experience," it says on the label. It's also clear they are carefully avoiding any trademark conflicts with the owners of the then very well-established and popular J. W. Dant brand of bourbon.
The 'grandfather' is presumably J. W. Dant, but he is not named.
J. W. Dant bourbon is still sold today. It is made by Heaven Hill. Back then it was made by Uncle George.
I don't recall ever seeing a W. W. Dant product before. This was never a big brand. It probably was a one-shot for one reason or another. Yet the tax stamp shows it made it at least as far as Wisconsin, so that's something.
There were and are a lot of Dants in Kentucky. Mike Veach has a good overview of the family's role in Kentucky's whiskey history here. I tell it from a slightly different direction here.
The family patriarch was Joseph Washington Dant (1820-1902), best known as J. W. Dant. Some Dant family trees show a "Wallace W. Dant" as one of J. W. Dant's seven distiller sons, but that's a mistake. His name was William Wallace Dant. He was known as Wallace, which probably explains the mistake.
In the picture on the label, the grandfather is J. W. Dant, the father is Wallace Dant, though neither is named. Presumably, the son in the picture is the W. W. Dant in question.
Recently, two groups of Dant descendants have gotten back into the whiskey business. Steve and Paul Beam are Dants on their mother's side. Their Limestone Branch Distillery is in Lebanon, in Marion County. Wally Dant and some other family members have opened Log Still Distillery near New Haven in Nelson County.
The hang tag above is included mostly for amusement. While they seem scrupulous in describing the product, they play fast and loose with the story. The idea that "Grandfather's Distillery in Marion County" was some kind of 'cross-roads' connecting Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington is easily debunked by glancing at a map. More realistically it was on the 'cross-roads' leading to Bardstown, Elizabethtown and Lebanon. But "gentlemen" in "colorful coaches drawn by thorough-breds"? Please!
So who is this W. W. Dant? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. J. W. Dant, the 'grandfather' in this exercise, had seven sons and many grandsons, several of whose initials were "W. W."
This guy is William Washington Dant, known as Will, a son of Wallace Dant. Will Dant is Wally Dant's great-grandfather. Will Dant's sister, Mary Kathleen, is grandmother to the Limestone Branch Beams, so Wallace Dant is their great-grandfather and Wally Dant's great-great-grandfather.
Although Wally Dant is descended from J. W. Dant, like all of the Dants, his Log Still Distillery is not on the site of J.W. Dant's Distillery, the place described in the hang tag as "Grandfather's Distillery in Marion County." Log Still is on the site of a much more important Dant family distillery, established by J. W. Dant's eldest son, Joseph Bernard (J. B.), to make Yellowstone bourbon. The J. W. Dant Distillery was nearby, just a few miles east, about one mile inside Marion County, where Dant Station Road intersects with KY-52 today. No trace of that distillery remains.
J. W. Dant retired in 1891, at age 71, and his son Wallace (Will's dad) took over. Wallace died in 1910 and control passed to George, the youngest brother. Then Prohibition shut them all down.
After Prohibition, J. B. Dant and his sons sold their Nelson County distillery and took the Yellowstone name up to Louisville (suburban Shively, actually), where they built a huge, new distillery that was later sold to Glenmore. Will Dant and a partner bought and restarted the Nelson County place, while uncle George reopened the family's original Marion County distillery. Will wanted to call his place W. W. Dant but uncle George sued him, saying that was too close to J. W. Dant, which George controlled, so they compromised on Dant & Head, Joe Head being the other principal.
In keeping with family tradition, Will Dant and his wife, Martha Jane Ferriell, had a whole bunch of kids. Their eldest was John Wallace Dant, known as Wally. Log Still's Wally Dant is his grandson and namesake, John Wallace Dant III.
The 'Wally' in between those two, John Wallace Dant Jr., is an interesting story unrelated to the whiskey business except it reminds us how Catholic that area is. Wally Dant Jr. grew up in Louisville, graduated from St. Xavier High School, then Notre Dame, and worked for UPS in Louisville for 33 years, retiring as VP of Air Operations. He had several children, the eldest of whom is Log Still's Wally. After he retired he became very active in his parish church in Louisville, becoming a deacon. After the death of Barbara, his wife, he entered the seminary, became a priest, and served in several different parishes in Marion and Nelson Counties. He died in 2010, age 70.
I grew up Catholic in northern Ohio. Mom was from Cleveland, dad was from St. Louis. From my family history and from American history, I always associated Catholics with urban immigrant communities; Germans in mom's case, but also Irish, Italians, and Poles. Only after I became interested in bourbon history did I learn about the English Catholics from whom I also am descended, who were so instrumental in starting the Kentucky bourbon industry, who brought their Catholic faith and English heritage to the mostly-rural Kentucky Holy Lands a century before the better known Catholic migrations to the big cities of the Northeast and Midwest. Among them were John Baptist Dant, J. W. Dant's father, and my ancestor, Joseph 'Short' Tucker.
This is a long post but I am still nowhere near finished with this label. There is also the box it came in! This is not my bottle. I thank the owner who took these pictures and gave me permission to share them.
One remaining mystery is why, if Will Dant co-owned Dant & Head, isn't this a Dant & Head release? Why did Will Dant do it as a side hustle?
And does anybody know what "Ma Ri Me Scientifically Blended" means? The reference to 'License No. 1' leads me to suspect this was another Will Dant enterprise.
The U.S. Craft Distilling Movement and How It Got That Way, Pt. 2, Is Now Available
Mural on a warehouse at Green River Distilling Company in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Green River Distilling Company is in Owensboro, Kentucky. Although it is on the site of several historic distilleries and bears the name of one of them, Green River is essentially a new plant that just started to distill in 2016. Its 54-inch column still gives it the ability to make at least 5-million proof gallons per year. Green River is a big distillery. It has more production capacity than Diageo's Cascade Hollow/George Dickel. It may not make that much yet, but it is only a matter of time.
Yet we talk about Green River and other new, equally large distilleries, such as Bardstown Bourbon Company, in the context of 'craft distilling.' Maybe we shouldn't, but what should we call them?
Of the approximately 2,500 beverage alcohol distilleries of all kinds in the United States today, 2,400 of them didn't exist 20 years ago. In that short time, the business of producing and selling distilled spirits in the United States has changed dramatically. Yet the handful of companies with the most market share 20 years ago still have the most, so what's going on?
We have been trying to make sense of it all in the last two issues of The Bourbon Country Reader. Part 2 will go into the mail in the next few days. Click here to subscribe via PayPal (PayPal account or any major credit card, U.S. address only). Click here for other options (including for a non-U.S. address).
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This auction is being conducted by Unicorn Auctions in Chicago. It benefits The MOG Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization devoted to advocating for those all over the world who are diagnosed with the rare neuroimmune condition, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Disease (MOGAD).
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There's a revolution going on, as ever-accelerating developments in digital information technologies change nearly every aspect of how we live, work, play, do business, and engage in politics. Share and share alike—the numbers say it all as billions of people worldwide flock to online media and use social networks to discover and spread news and information.
In the process, ever-growing networks of "ordinary people" are using these powerful new tools to trim the influence long held by Big Business, Big Government, and Big Media. No longer just passive recipients, participants in social networks now regularly make and break news while organizing civic and political actions that bypass censors, outpace traditional media, attract massive audiences, and influence the rise and fall of brands, industries, politicians, and even governments.
In this insider's look at how social media are transforming our world, Rory O'Connor explains the trends and explores what tech visionaries, media makers, political advisers, and businesspeople are saying about the meteoric rise of the various social networks of friends and followers, and what they bode for our future.


Rev. Dr. Tracy Cox, DD discusses Reiki, and why she teaches it to her clients.
Reiki is a form of energy work, with its origins in India and the East, dating back to the time before Christ and Buddha. The origins of Reiki were lost; however, we do know that it was rediscovered by a Japanese monk named Dr. Mikao Usui. He named this energy healing system Reiki, which means Universal Life Force.
Reiki is holistic; it works on the body, mind and spirit by stimulating a person's own natural healing abilities. Divine in origin, it allows us to become one with our world. Reiki is pure unconditional love and joy, bringing all who experience and embrace it together in harmony. Please join us as we attempt to heal ourselves, our community and our world by sharing the Miracle of Reiki.
There is an energy that gives life to every living organism. For many thousands of years we have known of this energy and have sought to develop ways to harness its power to heal and influence our lives. The Japanese call this energy Ki. It is also known as Chi by the Chinese, Prana in Yoga and the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost by most of the Western World. This energy is pure and good, and can only be used for the highest good of all concerned.
Rev. Dr. Tracy Cox received her Reiki attunements many years ago when she was teaching guided meditation and yoga at the world renowned King Ranch Health Spa. As she offered Reiki to her clients, she was drawn to become an Ordained Minister and Spiritual Wellness Expert in her community of Aurora, Ontario. Tracy is a Reiki Master Teacher as well as a Certified Metaphysical Practitioner with the International Metaphysical Ministry University Seminary and University of Sedona. She is registered clergy with the government of Ontario, and able to offer weddings, funerals, as well as all other spiritual services.
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In the research for Tracy's Doctoral Dissertation, so many scientific studies showed that Reiki, Meditation and Prayer all work to change conditions for the better. As scientists work to be able to measure this life force energy, mankind will continue to learn how to work with this healing energy for the betterment of all beings.
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Most Reiki training and attunements are done one on one. Private or corporate groups can also be arranged. I have an ongoing relationship with my students, and am always available to answer questions by email. We continue our learning through Reiki shares, groups and spiritual gatherings.
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Reiki is a form of energy work that is really designed to stimulate the self healing in each and every one of us. As Reiki stimulates the life force energy, the ways that it benefits each of us will be very different, and there are no guarantees that anything specific will result. Reiki may help you intuitively guide yourself to where you need to be, but the real energy is self healing, along with the Reiki itself. We as practitioners do not consider ourselves healers; the healer is the self and Reiki, which works for the highest good of all concerned. A client may be intuitively guided to become more connected to their True Self, and operate from that place of connection to Source. The energy works in unexpected ways, and really needs to be experienced to be understood.
*Note: not intended to diagnose or treat any illness, and Reiki is no substitute for regular Doctor's checkups and medical advice. Reiki does not replace conventional medical diagnosis or treatment and is not intended in any way to do so. The practitioner cannot accept responsibility for any illness arising out of the failure by the individual to seek medical advice from a qualified doctor or medical professional.


The Lindens is the oldest house in Washington, DC and was notable for its extensive antique French scenic wallpapers. Originally built in 1754 as a grand summer home in Danvers, Massachusetts, the Lindens was later dismantled, transported to Washington, DC and rebuilt there in 1937.
The house was built for Robert "King" Hooper, a leading ship owner and merchant in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Hooper wanted an ornate summer home so as to project his wealth and social stature, but not too long after it was built, he lost his social footing when he persisted in sympathizing with the British during the run-up to the Revolutionary War. Hooper eventually lost his home to creditors and the property passed to several other owners, including one who used it as a boardinghouse.
Reinstalled after the house moved to Washington, DC. See 'The Incas' on the left and 'Telemaque' on the right.
Francis Peabody, Jr. bought the Lindens in 1860 and restored the home, adding three complete sets of Dufour et Leroy scenic wallpapers. The Lindens was remarkable in that it was the only remaining house with so much rare original French scenic wallpaper hung together: "Les Incas" and "Les Paysages de Telemaque dans l'IIe de Calypso" were hung in the entrance hall and up the stairs while "Les Voyages d'Anthenor" hung in the upstairs hall.
Peabody owned the Lindens for a long while and then it passed through several other hands and was poorly maintained again. The house and its valuable wallpaper was headed for demolition until it was discovered in the 1930s by a husband and wife who wanted a historic home to display their extensive collection of American antique furniture. Miriam and George Morris bought the house and hired Walter Macomber, resident architect of Colonial Williamsburg and Mount Vernon, to supervise dismantling the house in Massachusetts and rebuilding it in Washington, DC. Macomber was entirely successful in moving the house. Only a few windowpanes were damaged and the wallpaper was intact after the move.
"Les Incas" c. 1832 was inspired by historian Jean Francois Marmontel's eighteenth century account of Pizarro's conquest of Peru in 1531. It was produced by Dufour et Leroy in 25 panels. This is another example of a successful Dufour scenic of military history in a romanticized setting, both exotic and picturesque.
Subsequent owners were encouraged to protect the Lindens' rare and historic wallpaper and they did so. This paper has been protected for generations and has undergone only minimal repairs over the years.
"Les Paysages de Telemaque dans l'IIe de Calypso" c. 1825 was created by Joseph Dufour and produced between 1815 and 1820. Twenty-five panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Telemaque" written by Francois Fenelon in 1699. It was block-printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks.
Dufour's Telemaque became better known in America during the 19th century than any others of this classical group of scenic wallpapers and was hung in many important houses. Designer Xavier Mader used 85 colors to depict the voyage of the Greek hero to the island of Calpyso. Sweeping vistas of Calypso's paradisical surroundings and of sparkling oceans provide the settings for a melodramatic representation of their romance and his escape.
Andrew Jackson also chose Telemaque for the grand entrance stair hallway of the Hermitage.
"Les Voyages d'Anthenor" c. 1814 was manufactured by Joseph Dufour by the same designer who created "Telemaque", Xavier Mader. This paper depicts the wanderings of a Trojan price who was spared during the siege of Troy and who later founded a city at Cyrene or Patavium.
The house recently changed hands again and the new owner reached out to John Nalewaja to remove and preserve these incredible French scenic wallpapers. John's removal experts carefully removed every individual panel following the original seams of the paper. These rare and historic papers have been preserved are available for reinstallation now. For more information, please contact Jim Francis at (212) 496-6135 or scenicwallpaper@gmail.com.


Today is the New year's eve.So I went to the grave to see my grandmother and my mother with my dogs.Thank you.
This is the newspaper 2012 of myself from facebook.It has many things in this year.Thank you.
At last I came back from Tokyo to Hakata.It was nice travelling time for me.Well,I wish you will have a happy new year with all my heart.Thank you.
I spent in Tokyo and Kanagawa for a week.I could feel that I do love the music sooooo much!I want to make my sounds more and more.Thank you.
Thank you for listening to the Kamakura FM!!!


If you own a Vauxhall and are considering selling it, you're probably aware of the common headaches that come with selling it privately. Taking the right photos, putting your phone number online to then receive numerous questions - usually at a very inconvenient time.
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Nowadays Vauxhall don't make the Calibra, and their Astra is incomparable to that Mark 2 all those years ago, but they are selling more of their cars than ever before - and subsequently we're buying more each day. If you have one yourself we'd loved to buy it! To start with you can either call us or use our online system to obtain an initial valuation for your car, giving you a rough idea of what you'll get for it.
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Ex-Jamaat men move to float new party
Want to part with religion-based politics; announcement today
Mohammad Al-Masum Molla
A number of former leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami have taken an initiative to form a political party that will not be based on religion.
"We believe in religious freedom of every citizen. We will not form any religion-based political party," one of the ex-Jamaat leaders involved in the process told The Daily Star yesterday.
The leader said they would make an announcement on the initiative at a press conference today.
In recent times, differences of opinion within the Jamaat have surfaced over reforms and whether it would apologise to the nation for opposing the 1971 Liberation War.
The Jamaat, which opposed Bangladesh's birth, had already been in trouble after its senior leaders were handed down punishment for crimes against humanity, according to its insiders. Besides, the Election Commission cancelled the party's registration with it.
On February 15, Jamaat assistant secretary general Barrister Abdur Razzaq quit the party, citing its failure to apologise for its role in the Liberation War and bring reforms to its constitution.
The following day, Mujibur Rahman (Manju), a member of Jamaat's policy-making body Majlish-e-Shura, who had been vocal about brining reforms to the party, was expelled from the Jamaat for "breaching discipline" and "anti-party activities".
Mujibur, who was president of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, is now at the forefront of this new political initiative.
He is expected to announce the initiative at a press conference to be attended by a number of former leaders of the Jamaat and the Islami Chhatra Shibir.
Talking to this newspaper yesterday, Mujibur said, "We are under pressure from various quarters. Right now, I cannot give you details … We will gradually disclose the names of the people involved in the process."
He alleged that Jamaat leaders are trying their best to thwart the new initiative.
According to Jamaat insiders, the party's central leaders have taken measures so that no one from the party or its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir joins the new initiative.
Seeking anonymity, a former Jamaat leader involved in the initiative said, "We will try to form a political party with those who express solidarity with our thoughts and work strategy. We will finalise through discussions the name of the organisation, its structure, work strategy, objectives and programmes."
"We feel that a new political initiative, enthusiastic leadership and an active organisation are needed for the country," added the leader.
Talking to The Daily Star over the phone recently, Razzaq, who has been in London since 2013, said he pushed the Jamaat leadership to apologise for the party's role in 1971 but he was "rebuffed by a section of the top leadership".
"In January this year, I advised the leadership of the necessity of taking responsibility for its predecessors' role in 1971. In the absence of any better or viable alternative, I also suggested dissolving the Jamaat. But all my efforts have been unsuccessful. My advices fell on deaf ears."
Asked about the new political initiative, he said, "As I had said earlier, I will not be directly involved in politics. But my best wishes will be with them."
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Yoruichi is Clawing Into The Roster For Jump Force
by David 'Hades' Becker [ Wednesday, 23rd of December 2020 - 10:00 PM ]
Jump Force has another character joining the roster with the showing of Yoruichi coming to Jump Force next year
Add one more character from Bleach into the mix for Jump Force, as we have the showing that Yoruichi is joining the fight over there. Not any time soon with the announcement of "early 2021" for this DLC to hit, but it is one more character to keep an eye out for as the roster expands. It does look like we might have one more character in this run of DLC for Jump Force to come, though, for now we will focus on what we have to look at today. As short and sweet as it all might be here. Get ready to be teased…
Just as with many of the characters in Jump Force, I am a bit lost as to what to say in terms of their abilities and how they are being translated over to the game. I am certain that the devote anime fans will be able to see it all better, but it does look like there will be some solid swordplay and spiritual stuff mixed in with all of the high-flying action we have already seen. At this point, I am not sure if Jump Force is a fan service game or if it is a fighting game that aims to keep most characters functionally the same with a few callouts to the source material mixed in. Either way, we have the announcement and a little tease to watch as we wait until 2021 now.
Jump Force — Yoruichi
There's nowhere you can run once the "Flash Master" crosses your path.
Yoruichi arrives to Jump Force in early 2021!
What are your thoughts on Yoruichi joining in on Jump Force here? Does the character look to be a solid adaptation from the anime or is it another skin for us to gawk at with the same moves we have mastered? Who do you think will be the last character added into the game here and will it be worth the long wait into next year for it? Give us all of that feedback down in the comments and then feel free to discuss it all as you wish. If there is more for Jump Force, we will certainly have it all here. Be sure to keep checking back in for all of that and more.


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I have been promising to go to Godfrey's home for a few years and this year with no school responsibilities I was determined to do so especially as he wanted me to meet his fiancé Esther and their little boy Adrin. Godfrey was one of Maria Maws children and was at the Kamuli Baptist Church on Sunday. The directions he gave us was taking us through very poor homesteads but then opened up to an area of similar housing but with a smart brick built house at the centre.
I was surprised at first as teachers are very badly paid in Uganda, but I shouldn't have been as he had been brought up by Maria who had to watch every penny and taught those in her care to work hard and save and that is just what Godfrey has done. The main rooms of the house are almost complete and he will be continuing with the build when he goes back to school in February (no holiday pay here!). Slowly, slowly, brick by brick his house will be finished eventually.
He and his fiancé Esther have had their Introduction, the traditional part of the wedding in Uganda, as I had been to Eric's Introduction on the 13th December. The legal part of the wedding comes later when the couple or their family can afford it. Ester has just qualified as a Midwife so with two salaries coming in they are planning on getting married when I am out here in February or March 2016. You never know, any of you who take the plunge and come out for the opening of St James may be able to attend the wedding too!
A table was already laid outside in the garden in the shade of a variety of beautiful trees. James was in his element and very excited to speak to Godfrey about the different species. Esther appeared with another relative, placing drinks on the table but saying nothing.
They came back a little later, delivered a full scale meal which was very unexpected, gave us the traditional welcome and then she sat a little away from the rest of us on a mat to eat her meal. 3 year old Adrin also greeted us, ate with his mum and then rushed off to play with his friends many of whom are relatives as this is Godfrey's family homestead.
Godfrey has invited us back to Kamuli Baptist Church on the 4th as he wants to gather many of Maria's OB's and OG's (old boys and girls!) together for what will be a wonderful reunion and most probably a lively service! I look forward to it!
Just before we left James was given a very handsome cockerel by Godfrey. I have a feeling poor Innocent, the name I gave to the cockerel given to me by Innocents mum, will be for the chop! This new gift joined Alex's gift in the boot! Though they were kept well apart we could hear some 'conversation' going on between the two birds on our way back to St James!
Soon after we got back home I noticed Grace standing quietly outside my door with a package. I had given him some money inside a Christmas card earlier in the morning, when he had thanked me quietly but not exactly enthusiastically and I realised later he was just surprised and humbled by my gift. I invited him in and when I opened the package I found pineapple and two heart shaped lollipops! He had gone out and spent some of his hard earned money on me!
As I have said many times before, the people I have got to know here in the village, might not have much but what they do have they share! Humanity at its best!
Boxing Day and more celebrations!


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Alumni, Regeneron STS, Intel ISEF, Broadcom MASTERS
11 Society alumni receive Davidson Fellowships
12:35PM, September 29, 2016
Almost a dozen Society for Science & the Public alumni were recognized with fellowships from the Davidson Foundation on September 21, 2016 at the annual fellowship award ceremony.
Twenty recipients total in the fields of science, engineering, music, literature, technology, math, and an "out-of-the-box" category were honored with awards. Eleven Society alumni of the Regeneron Science Talent Search (previously the Intel STS), Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and Broadcom MASTERS competitions were included.
Below are the Society alumni who received Davidson Fellowships:
2016 Davidson Fellows
$50,000 scholarships
Meena Jagadeesan, 18, Naperville, Illinois, won a top scholarship. Meena was a 2016 Intel STS finalist. Her project is titled: The Exchange Graphs of Weakly Separated Collections.
Christopher Lindsay, 17, Honolulu, Hawaii, won a top scholarship. Christopher was a 2014 and 2015 Intel ISEF finalist. His project is titled: Kahakai to Hohonukai: Environmental Studies of Marine Biota Using Underwater Time-Lapse Photography and Multiple Camera Arrays at Various Depths.
Sriharshita Musunuri, 16, Mill Creek, Washington, won a top scholarship. Sriharshita was a 2015 and 2016 Intel ISEF finalist. Her project is titled: Application of Tetrahedrite and Magnesium Silicide in a Novel Thermoelectric Unicouple to Generate Electricity from Industrial Waste Heat.
Anurudh Ganesan, 16, Clarksburg, Maryland, won a $25,000 scholarship. Anurudh was a 2016 Intel ISEF finalist. His project is titled: VAXXWAGON: An Innovative Eco-Friendly "No Ice, No Electric" Active Refrigeration System for Last-Leg Vaccine Transportation. Anurudh's grandparents had to carry him to a vaccine facility in Southern India. Based on his experience, he created a small refrigerator powered by the turn of a wheel to store and transport vaccines. After five iterations of his prototype, Anurudh said the most important thing was learning the science behind building a refrigerator and that failure is just an opportunity to learn more.
Raghav Ganesh, 14, San Jose, California, won a $25,000 scholarship. Raghav was a 2014 Broadcom MASTERS finalist, and a semifinalist in 2015. His project is titled: Serene: An Assistive Biomedical System for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Katherine Hudek, 17, Grafton, Massachusetts, won a $25,000 scholarship. Katherine was a 2016 Intel STS semifinalist. Her project is titled: Science: Quacee: A new Quantum Programming Language for Specifying Quantum Computations.
Wyatt Pontius, 18, Sterling, Virginia, won a $25,000 scholarship. Wyatt was a 2015 and 2016 Intel ISEF finalist. His project is titled: Science: Reinventing the Leaf: A Novel Biohypbrid Photosynthetic System.
Maya Varma, 18, Cupertino, California, won a $25,000 scholarship. Maya was a 2016 Intel STS finalist, a 2015 Intel ISEF special award winner, and a 2011 and 2012 Broadcom MASTERS semifinalist. Her project is titled: A Wireless Smartphone-Based System for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Illnesses.
Surabhi Mundada, 17, Olympia, Washington, won a $10,000 scholarship. Surabhi was a 2014-2016 Intel ISEF finalist. Her project is titled: MyGlove: Assisting Hand Movements, Grip, and Tremor. Surabhi wants to create a higher quality lifestyle for those with limited movement from tremors.
Kavita Selva, 16, Houston, Texas, won a $10,000 scholarship. Kavita was a 2016 Intel ISEF third place award winner in physics and a 2014-2015 Intel ISEF finalist. Her project is titled: From Nano Defects to Mega Power: Heavily-Zirconium-Doped Trapped Field (Gd,Y)BaCuO Superconductor Tapes for High Power Wind Turbine Generators. Kavita said she wants to apply her research to MRIs.
Josephine Yu, 17, Potomac, Maryland, won a $10,000 scholarship. Josephine was a 2016 Intel STS finalist. Her project is titled: Lattice and Continuum Models of Solitons and Vortices in Bilayer Graphene.


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Victory Boogie-Woogie je poslední malba nizozemského abstraktního malíře Pieta Mondriana (1872–1944).

V roce 1944 ji nechal nedokončenou, od roku 1998 je v kolekci Gemeentemuseum v Haagu, které ji koupilo za zhruba 37 milionů eur.

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