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Artist Opportunities with Upcoming Deadlines in January and February, 2021
Two of I-Park's Studio Spaces.
Creative Capital is committed to helping artists and their careers so that their work can carry us forward. As we embark on a new year, with unforeseen challenges ahead, the livelihood for many artists still remains uncertain and unstable. With that in mind, we have compiled a list of artist opportunities for artists in all disciplines looking for time, space, and funding to make work in 2021.
The Studios at MASS MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts
Deadline: January 8, 2021
Artists-in-residence receive private studio space on MASS MoCA's campus, housing, shared use of printmaking and weaving equipment, a daily meal with other residents, and more. Financial aid can be provided.
A Studio in the Woods
The Studio in the Woods seeks Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, people of color speculative fiction writers working in prose, poetry, and stage or screenwriting. Writers will receive a stipend of $5,000, a 6-week residency at over 18 months, Tulane University library access, and staff support from the presenting partners.
Joshua Tree Highland Artist Residency
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Artists at all stages of their careers and working in all media are welcome apply to this residency in Joshua Tree. Residents receive living and working space, a $1,500 stipend, and more.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship
Grounded in social change, this fellowship provides an equitable environment for a diverse community of artists in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The fellowship comes with $40,000 stipend over two years, a fully subsidized private studio space in Tulsa, and more.
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Hambidge Center Creative Residency
Rabun Gap, Georgia
This residency is open to visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, ceramicists, arts, cultural administrators, and creative thinkers of all kinds. Each resident has a private studio & living space, with socially distanced meals provided four nights a week.
Pilchuck Glass School Emerging Artist Residency
This residency serves promising younger artists who have had previous experience working with glass. Artists receive $1,000, open studio space, shared cooking facilities, and a private room in a cottage with shared bath.
BBA Gallery Artist Prize
Emerging artists are welcome to apply for this art prize. The first place artist will receive a solo exhibition at the gallery, promotion through the gallery's Artsy page, and €1,000.
Bernheim Artist in Residency
Clermont, Kentucky
For this residency based in an arboretum, artists receive rustic housing, access to studio space, financial and staff support for the development of new, site-specific work.
I-Park's 2021 Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale
East Haddam, Connecticut
This residency is devoted exclusively to the artists and other site-responsive practitioners whose works will be exhibited at I-Park's 2021 Biennale. Artists receive, living and work space, a stipend of $3,500, along with economy travel costs.
Fountainhead Residency
This year's residency is dedicated to BIPOC artists who are mothers. Artists will receive studio and living space, career counseling, and a $1,500 stipend.
Mother's Milk Artist Residency
Newton, Kansas
Mother's Milk is an interdisciplinary residency, designed to support visual artists, sound artists, or creative writers, who are pursuing innovative work in their field.
Rhizomatica Residency
This residency is an in-person seeks to bring together an intimate cohort of Black, Indigenous, Queer, and Trans artists, activists, healers, herbalists, writers, thinkers, choreographers, and dancers of Culture. This year's pilot version will take place within the dance studios of the University of the Arts in Pennyslvania.
Some Serious Business Residency
Abiquiu, New Mexico & Podere Malabiccia, Italy.
Artists in all disciplines can apply to work in beautiful settings of either Abiquiu, New Mexico, or Podere Malabiccia in Tuscany, Italy.
Los Angeles Artadia Awards
Los Angeles County, California
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Artadia identifies innovative visual artists through an open application and supports them with unrestricted financial awards worth between $25,000 and $10,000. The Los Angeles Award cycle is open to visual artists living and working within Los Angeles County.
Wave Farm Radio Artist Residency
Wave Farm allows artists to concentrate on new radio artworks and conduct research. Artists receive a $700, accommodations, and access to the institution's resource library.
Locust Project Open Call
Artists can apply for the opportunity to access Locust Project's gallery space and resources to create ambitious, large-scale new work. Artists receive curatorial guidance, a production budget, artist WAGE fee, documentation, and an opportunity to stay in the gallery's residency house.
Crystal Ruth Bell Residency
Residents will receive $10,000, project feedback, in-depth workshops on budgeting and fundraising, mentorship. Artist project should address mainland China, Hong Kong, and the greater Chinese and Asian diasporas worldwide.
Bay Area Video Coalition MediaMaker Fellowship
Deadline: February 17, 2021
The MediaMaker Fellowship is devoted to supporting documentary filmmakers grappling with critical issues of our time. Filmmakers receive $10,000, professional mentorship and strategy sessions focused on documentary storytelling, career sustainability, fundraising, distribution, and more.
Good Hart Artist Residency
Good Hart, Michigan
This residency is designed for visual artists, writers, and composers. It provides full room and board including a newly completed residency building, a fully stocked kitchen, a $500 stipend, and quiet, natural surroundings to concentrate on creative work.
BRIClab Artist Residency
BRIC's newly reimagined residency program offers Brooklyn-based emerging and mid-career artists working in contemporary art, performing arts, and video art essential resources, mentorship, and opportunities to share their work.
Creative Capital Award Open Application
Deadline: March 1, 2021
The application for a Creative Capital Award opens starting February 1. Artists working in all disciplines are welcome to apply for $50,000 in project funding, networking opportunities, career development sessions, and more.
Learn About the Award
Chautauqua School of Art Residency Program
Chautauqua, New York
The Chautauqua School of Art residency program welcomes artists working in all disciplines who have yet to receive wide recognition of their work to apply for this residency. Curriculum is designed to break typically siloed disciplines from each other, embracing a full range of studio and pragmatic studies including professional development for artists, the art of pedagogy, archiving, and more.
Stochastic Labs Summer Residency
Deadline: rolling basis
The Stochastic Labs offers fully-sponsored residencies to engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access, a $1k monthly stipend and a budget for materials.
Rauschenberg Emergency Grant
NYFA and the Rasuchenberg Foundation have teamed up to offer visual and media artists and choreographers in the US grants of up to $5,000 for medical related emergencies.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Do you have an unanticipated opportunity to present your work? Did you incur an unexpected expense that you didn't budget for? The Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers Emergency Grants between $200 and $2,500 for visual and performing artists. They review applications once a month, so you can quickly take advantage of momentum or solve any budget errors.
Joan Mitchell Emergency Grant
The Joan Mitchell Foundation provides grants of up to $6,000 to US-based visual artists who have suffered significant physical losses after natural or man-made disasters.
Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program
This emergency grant provides financial assistance to painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Rhizome Microgrant Program
The microgrant program awards $500–$1,500 to proposals with a compelling vision for net art, which considers political radicalization and the internet.
Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism
The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is a grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets. Grant support will range from $500 to $5,000.
Artists that have lost income, health-related expenses, or any other issues related to COVID-19 should check out our list of resources, updated daily.
Residency Listings:
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Funding, Grants and other Financial Opportunities:
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Artist Opportunities with Upcoming Deadlines in December, 2020, and January, 2021
Every month, Creative Capital compiles a list of residencies, grant, and award opportunities as part of our commitment to sharing resources and opportunities for artists working in all creative disciplines. These opportunities have deadlines in through January, 2021.


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Q: Issue with passing multiple input values to Like clause in SOQL query. Any workaround please? I am trying to run this query in Query Editor but got

"Unknown error parsing query"

Is there any workaround for this?
Select Customer_Name__c From SAP_Customer_Master__c where Customer_Name__c like ('trimax%','thomas%')

A: You can't do that with a like, you'd need to use OR instead:
Select Customer_Name__c From SAP_Customer_Master__c where Customer_Name__c like 'trimax%' or Customer_Name__c like 'thomas%'

EDIT
Something that I didn't know, that I've only just found out from trying it, is that you can use LIKE with bind variables. So, whereas the SOQL in the OP wouldn't work due to a compilation error, this would:
Set<String> names = new Set<String>{'trimax%', 'thomas%'};
List<SAP_Customer_Master__c> masters = [Select Customer_Name__c
From SAP_Customer_Master__c
where Customer_Name__c like :names];

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Kelsie Cote, 26-year-old North Adams woman, accused of killing her grandma
Jackson Cote | jcote@masslive.com
A Western Massachusetts woman accused of killing her grandmother was arrested Friday evening, according to authorities.
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Kelsie Cote, the 26-year-old North Adams woman, is expected to be arraigned in Northern Berkshire District Court on Monday on charges of murder, assault with intent to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the killing of her 74-year-old grandmother, Doris Cote, prosecutors said.
The granddaughter is accused of killing Doris Cote, a North Adams resident, Monday evening and trying to destroy evidence of the alleged crime, according to a statement from the Berkshire District Attorney's Office.
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A relative of Doris Cote called 911 on Tuesday after finding the grandmother dead inside her home on Church Street. The Berkshire District Attorney's Office, Massachusetts State Police, North Adams police and the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene, the statement said.
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"I send my heartfelt condolences to Doris Cote's family and friends for their tragic loss, and I thank the North Adams Police and the Massachusetts State Police for their work on this investigation," Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington stated.

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The REAL Bell Witch Legend: The Witch and Betsy Bell
All right, if you saw the absolutely horrific movie An American Haunting, let me stop you right here. There is absolutely NO evidence of molestation in the Bell haunting. The idea that a 12 or 13 year old pioneer girl with the most rudimentary education would be capable of faking the Bell haunting is ludicrous, and as we discussed with the paranormal hypotheses post, it seems highly unlikely to me that this haunting is an episode of poltergeist activity instigated by any of the young Bells--mostly because the haunting continues well past their puberty and into the modern day. So if you're reading this, thinking that John Bell molested his daughter Betsy sexually and that led to the poltergeist infestation we now call the Bell Witch, well--nope. You're wrong.
And that movie was just horrible. Worst acting either Donald Sutherland or Sissy Spacek, two great American actors, have ever been forced to produce.
However, the Bell Witch did exhibit more than a passing interest in young Betsy Bell. Next to her father, Betsy was a primary target of the entity's abuse. Her story is, perhaps, the most pathetic of any of the Bell family's in my opinion, and one I always related to the most when I was a kid growing up in the shadow of the legend. It's also the strangest 'relationship' that Kate had with one of the Bells, a sort of quasi-maternal, semi-abusive love/hate thing that would have child services banging on the door if Kate was a real woman and Betsy her child. You'll see what I mean here in a bit.
Now I'm not headed down the flowery Victorian 'lovely faery queen of the haunted dell" BS that both Ingram and Miller devised to sell copies of their books. There's absolutely nothing to support that whole fairy princess crap. In all likelihood, Betsy was a pretty, practical pioneer girl, trained by her mother in the immense catalog of skills that young wives needed in order to survive in the early eighteenth century frontier.
From the earliest manifestations of the haunting, Betsy was tormented by the entity, who slapped, pinched, punched, and beat her with startling regularity. Her long hair would be yanked, then tangled into a snarled mess, and after some of these brutal sessions the vivid red marks of a hand print could be seen on her face. As her brother, Richard Williams Bell, said:
The persecutions of Elizabeth were increased to an extent that excited serious apprehensions. Her cheeks were frequently crimsoned as by a hard blow from an open hand, and her hair pulled until she would scream with pain...a close watch (was) kept, in and out, every night, but all of their wits were stifled, the demonstrations all the while increasing in force, and sister was so severely punished that father and mother became alarmed for her safety...(Bell, Richard Williams)
That's kind of hard to hear, when you think about it. As a parent in a modern time, our fears for our children are pretty terrifying. How much more difficult must it have been to watch your young daughter getting abused by something you can't see right in front of you?
The Bells tried to give Betsy some solace by sending her to stay with her friends from school. That didn't work either.
...the neighboring girls came almost every night to keep her company. Especially were Theny Thorn and Rebecca Porter very courageous and kind to her in this trying ordeal. It was suggested that sister should spend the nights with some one of the neighbors to get rid of the trouble, and all very kind to invite her...but it made no difference, the trouble followed her with the same severity, disturbing the family where she went as it did at home, nor were we in anywise relieved. This gave rise to a suspicion in the minds of some persons that the mystery was some device or strategem originated by sister, from the fact that it appeared wherever she went...(Bell, Richard Williams)
(I have to say that as a modern editor of the English language, I have a heck of a time typing out these interminable Victorian sentences. Good grief, these people were verbose--)
Betsy's own recollections of one such early sleepover were recorded by her brother, who told his son about them.
My first night away from home was spent with Theny Thorn, one of my best girl friends. Nothing was heard until after we retired, which we did early. We locked the door to our room securely. Just as soon as we retired there came a loud knocking on our outside door, which seemed to fly open, and a great gust of wind was felt. Then our bed quilts were snatched off. Theny sprang up at once and lit a candle; to our surprise the door was not open. We adjusted the bedclothes and lay down again.
Then a voice spoke very softly:"Betsy, you should not have come over here; you know I can follow you anywhere. Now get a good night's sleep." A soft hand patted my cheeks, and the voice again assured us that we would not be disturbed any more that night. We were both very much excited, but we lay quite still and after so long a time fell asleep. Next day, Theny went home with me; my mother related that the Spirit had told her all about our experience and for her not to be alarmed, that we would rest well and be home next day. (Bell, Charles Bailey)
There are dozens of incidents that center around Betsy Bell--so many that my normally long blog post could easily be five or six times its normal extreme length if I tried to relate them all. So permit me to summarize briefly some of these. Aside from the occasions where the entity abused Betsy, many of their encounters were actually more pleasant in nature. The spirit often accompanied Betsy and the other adolescents of the community on their outings, and several stories involve Kate's interference in their fishing or hunting. One winter, as the boys prepared to pull the girls on a wood-sleigh, the entity apparently grabbed it and gave the girls a swift spin around the neighborhood. One such encounter I have to mention though, because what happened is so incredible:
Betsy told of a birthday party that she gave. She had invited a number of young people and all came. Of course the Spirit was there, and it took great interest in all their games and their refreshments. When the dinner was placed on the table, the Spirit called out, "I have a surprise for you; come and see it."
Suddenly there was placed on the table by unseen hands a large basket of fruits--oranges, bananas, grapes and nuts. The Spirit called out, "Those came from the West Indies. I brought them myself." We were all breathless with astonishment. It bade us eat and be merry, and said that it would have brought a few bottles of rare wine but it did not think the preachers would like for us to drink it. It said that it had acted as though it was drunk a few times and blown whiskey about just to see what people would say when they smelled it. It also said that those who had the most to say against whiskey liked best to drink it. We all ate the fruit and nuts, though at first some of the young people hesitated, thinking perhaps there was a trick of some kind to it.(Bell, Charles Bailey)
Here again, we see that strange dichotomy in the entity's behavior. Kate could punish Betsy mercilessly one night, and bring her a basket of fruit the next. And before you think to yourself "A basket of fruit--big deal!" stop and reflect for a moment. This was 1818 or 1819. There was no refrigeration. Fruits like these in Middle Tennessee were rare in the summer, when transporting such goods on the river was possible. Not for decades yet were the trains--or refrigerated cars--making super fast deliveries of luxury goods like fruit possible in the big cities.But Betsy's birthday was in January. Bananas, oranges, and grapes couldn't be found anywhere near Adams at that time of year. Plus she lived on the frontier, so by the time any such fruit got to the Bell's homestead, it would have been long spoiled and rotten.
So I have to wonder--what was the entity's real purpose regarding Betsy? Famously, Kate was violently opposed to the idea that Betsy would marry Joshua Gardner, her childhood sweetheart. Almost from the get go, the entity would follow her around saying, "Please, Betsy, don't marry Josh Gardner." After the death of John Sr., the spirit was reportedly kind to Betsy, and the torment stopped for several months. But as soon as it looked like she and Josh were about to announce their engagement, the spirit's voice would start up again. "Please, Betsy, don't marry Josh Gardner."
Betsy naturally felt obliged to obey. If she had married Gardner, it was a day and age in which divorce was nearly impossible to obtain. She would have been stuck with him, and it's reasonably certain that Kate would have stuck with them to the bitter end, torturing them mercilessly. That's what Betsy thought, at any rate, and Josh Gardner left the are soon after she gave him a firm and final "No."
Betsy's older brother, John Bell Jr. gave an interesting recollection about this particular situation to his son.
On one occasion, after Betsy had gone to a neighbor's, the Spirit reappeared and said, "John, Betsy must not marry Joshua; see to it that she does not."
John asked the Spirit why it acted so vile. He said he would not do as it asked, and wanted to know just why Betsy should not marry Joshua when she became old enough. The Spirit replied, "If she marries Joshua, she can never have a day of happiness or peace; that is certain. That is the only reason I will give you, and if you cannot see that it is a good one, it is because of your stubbornness and not lack of sense. Betsy will take your advice; she knows that you idolize her and that your advice would be the best for her."
John replied, "I noticed the seemingly invisible threat 'that she will never have a happy day if she marries Joshua Gardner.' Do you want me to know that you would be the factor causing her unhappiness, as you have done so long?"
The Spirit said, "You may form your own conclusions, for I shall not answer that question, but once for all, Betsy would do better not to marry him, regardless of anything I may do. Future generations will prove it to be so."(Bell, Charles Bailey)
I find it fascinating that the entity would do such a thing honestly. On the one hand, this was just another example of the acute physical and emotional torment that Kate inflicted on Betsy Bell. But on the other, was it possible that the entity was trying to save Betsy from some other harsh fate, one that couldn't be forgotten as easily as a slap or tangled hair? Could this be an example of a parental "this is for your own good" intervention?
It's hard to say. But Kate's opposition to the proposed match was immediate and unrelenting throughout the four year period of the intense haunting on the Bell farm. And while Joshua Gardner moved to West Tennessee, where he did very well for himself, Betsy eventually married their old schoolteacher, Richard Rowell Ptolemy Powell, who became a Tennessee state legislator and served as a captain in the state militia, in 1824. Their marriage lasted until Powell's death in 1848, and Betsy moved to one of her daughter's homes in Mississippi, where she remained until she followed him forty years later.
But there is one fascinating footnote to Betsy Bell Powell's story. According to Ingram, in 1849, the Saturday Evening Post published a story about the Bell haunting in which the reporter tried to establish the claim that Betsy Bell had basically staged the whole thing and that it was a fake. Betsy was so livid about that article that she sued them for libel. The case was soon settled out of court, with the Saturday Evening Post retracting the story and publishing a statement that, and I quote--
...explaining how this version of the story had gained credence, and the fact that at the time the demonstrations commenced, Betsy Bell had scarcely advanced from the stage of childhood and was too young to have been capable of originating and practicing so great a deception. The fact also that after this report had gained circulation, she had submitted to any and every test that the wits of detectives could invent to prove the theory, and all the strategems employed, served only to demonstrate her innocence and utter ignorance of the agency of the so-called witchery, and was herself the greatest sufferer from the affliction. (Ingram)
There has been doubt cast upon Ingram's claim, and to be honest I'm not entirely certain how to go about getting my hands on a SEP from 150 years ago. I know others have tried and failed. It's entirely possible that such a story was published, but by another periodical or newspaper, and would therefore have to be tracked down through any surviving legal records of the time if Betsy Bell Powell did, in fact, sue for libel. But from what I've read of Betsy and her personality, it wouldn't surprise me one darn bit if she did sue someone for libel. Because there's no doubt that she did suffer severely at the (invisible) hands of the Bell Witch, and only her father suffered more.
Next time, we're going to recount some of Kate's adventures with the neighbors--including some young men who found out much to their chagrin that messin' with a witch wasn't really a good idea.
Dave Osterberg said...
Thank you for writing this article about the Bell Witch haunting. I too, looked for any proof that this man molested his Betty or anyone for that matter and found nothing except some rumors written many years after all of them were dead.
I tHoughton the movie was actually good had it not been for the bogus ending. I read many accounts of we'll known people including a famous General and President of the U.S having to flee from the area because of violent paranormal activity.
Granted, all of this happened a long time ago, but even without the paranormal, to play up a story a ruin someone's reputation without any solid account is hidious.
Typical of Hollywood.
Thank you again for the article
Dave Osterberg
The REAL Bell Witch Legend: The Witch and Betsy Be...


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Squamish's Sea to Sky Gondola to reopen Valentine's Day
Operations resume early after August sabotage
Keili Bartlett	/ Squamish Chief
Updated: January 14, 2020 11:09 AM
The Sea to Sky Gondola will reopen on Feb. 14, 2020.
Photo: Rich Duncan/File photo
The Sea to Sky Gondola is set to reopen in a month, a little over half a year since its operations were brought to a halt when someone cut the gondola cable.
On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, guests will be able to once again ride in 30 new cabins.
"We are opening earlier than anticipated and the task has been huge. Our industry partners were there every step of the way, from assisting in the clean-up and assessing needs to delivering major components with absolutely no notice. Our amazing team rose to the challenge and have done everything required to get us back up and running as quickly as possible so we can get back to connecting people with nature and the beauty of Squamish," the Sea to Sky Gondola general manager Kirby Brown said in a press release.
"We are so excited that on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2020, we get to carry our passholders and guests back up the mountain on a brand-new cable, in brand-new cabins. Our community stood by the gondola and showed us overwhelming support, confidence, and love through the last six months, and for that, we are so grateful."
Those with a sharp eye may notice the new trail and foundations in place for the Sky Spiral. Brown said visitors will be able to see the new construction going up over Panorama Ridge in May or June.
"We kept going with that project as part of our desire to reopen and offer something fresh and new and a whole new perspective on Squamish and the sound. We anticipate the spiral itself — this 100-foot walkway into the sky — will be complete by mid-summer," Brown said in an interview with The Chief.
Other new features will include a new website for the gondola, and most importantly new security installations. While Brown said he was advised not to go into detail about their security measures, he said they are "robust."
"The stuff we have put in already and are working on right now is absolutely state of the art," Brown said. "Some of it wasn't available to the consumer marketplaces as early as last year. It's a massive investment in the ongoing security of the lift."
With the new cabins comes a new 4.4-kilometre haul line. Technical Safety BC will do a safety inspection in early February. Meanwhile, the RCMP investigation into who cut down the gondola on Aug. 10 is ongoing.
To those who may be hesitant to ride the gondola again, as the perpetrator has yet to be apprehended, Brown said those feelings are natural.
"I just ask people to keep in mind that this act of vandalism could only have occurred the way that it did. You cannot do that kind of damage to an operating lift line. Even minor damage, like very, very minuscule, minor damage, we pick up just through our morning protocols and via the intelligence of the lift design," he said.
"People are very safe on these lifts. There are many thousands of them operating world-wide. This is a unique event, and while we haven't caught the person, certainly the deterrents we've put in place and the security system that we have installed and continue to upgrade will make us the most secure lift installation anywhere."
As for staff, Brown said more than 70 core staff members were retained since the Aug. 10 incident. Now that operations are getting ready to take off, a locals' recruiting fair will be held on Jan. 17 and 18 at the Squamish Adventure Centre. Brown said they'll be hiring full- and part-time positions.
Brown said they hope to have former employees return to the gondola, although he said many of the seasonal employees will have moved on. He added they also hope to see new local faces.
For opening day, Brown said there will be a few treats and surprises, especially since it will be on Valentine's Day. The gondola will be giving out vouchers to 'share the love' with Squamish, and to thank the community for its continued support.
*Please note this story has been updated with an interview from general manager Kirby Brown, since it was first posted.
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The Soldier of U Street
Marquett Milton, aka the Soldier of U Street, poses in his Union uniform in front of an exhibit at the African American Civil War Museum
The late winter day was overcast and nippy with the feel of pending snow in the air as I walked around the African American Civil War Memorial I snapped some pictures of the bronze soldiers known as the Spirit of Freedom, read a few of the names on the wall and looked around for the entrance to the museum. And I looked. And I looked.
The Spirit of Freedom, a memorial to the African American soldiers who served in the Civil War.
Looking turned into full on searching. There were large photos of black Union soldiers decorating the walls of the building I was facing, but when I rounded the corner from the memorial, I only found an entrance to a CVS. I went in the building next to the CVS and asked a security guard about the entrance to the museum. "It's across the street from the memorial," he said. I exited and looked across the street – there was a row of houses, a charter bus and an old school, but nothing that looked like an entrance.
Frustrated, I started walking toward the memorial again when I spotted a young black man in full Union soldier uniform. I approached him and asked about the museum. Jackpot! He not only gave me perfect directions he offered to give me a personalized tour when he returned. "By the way," he said, "I'm known as the Soldier of U Street." Then he ducked into the CVS.
Marquett Milton, in full uniform, poses with his rifle.
Marquett Milton, aka the Soldier of U Street, is a Washington, D. C. native, "born and raised on Capitol Hill," he said. He's passionate about learning as much as he can about the role of African Americans in the city he loves and sharing that knowledge with visitors of the museum.
Milton first learned of the museum when he was in high school. A teacher showed the movie "Glory" to him and some classmates and it instantly sparked Milton's curiosity. "Why weren't we taught this?" he recalled asking the teacher. "This history can make a difference in the world." From that point on, Milton set out to learn as much as he could about African American Civil War soldiers and the colored regiments they served in.
Milton, now 24, volunteers at the museum full time and supports himself by doing jobs for other businesses in the U Street neighborhood family. He's a military history buff who initially wanted to serve in the military, but said he didn't score well on the entrance exam. Regardless, you can see how much he enjoys what he does. Once Milton gets to talking, he easily lapses into the language of a military man. He talks of his provost (sounds like provo) duties, which includes guarding and maintaining the memorial and the other work he does for the museum and the community.
"I tell young people daily, we fought and freed ourselves," Milton said. "Nobody freed us. We freed ourselves."
I asked Milton some more detailed questions about his passion and to show a portion of his museum tour – a demonstration of the components of a Union soldier's uniform:
Q. When did you learn you wanted to be a Civil War reenactor?
A. When I was in high school, Eastern Senior High, I had a teacher, Mr. Irving, who showed the history class the movie "Glory." We felt bad at the end when all of the soldiers were wiped out. At the time, I was in ROTC, so I was interested in military history. Mr. Irving pulled me aside and said, "Not all of the soldiers in the 54th died." I was shocked! Something told me that I needed to know more.
Shortly after, I was walking in this neighborhood, U Street, and found the African American Civil War Museum. I walked in and talked to the curator, Harry Jones, who told me about the colored regiments that formed in Washington, D. C. I asked him how I could get involved with the museum and he took me on a tour and introduced me to Dr. Frank Smith, the museum's director. At the end, he took me to lunch and when we were finished, I told him I'd be back the next day.
Q. What's an average day at the museum like for you?
A. I'm here every day except Mondays. I usually arrive around 10 a.m. The first thing I do is put my uniform on.
I welcome our guests to the museum and walk them through the exhibits. When I'm finished here, I go across the street to the memorial and start my provost duties. I'll pick up trash, inspect for marks – we have a lot of skateboarders who grind near the soldiers' names – so, my job is to protect the memorial. And then I walk up and down U Street. A lot of people can't find the museum. Since I'm in uniform, people can find me and I'll guide them to the museum.
Q. You portray an actual Civil War soldier, Andrew Green. Tell us about him.
A. When Andrew Green was enslaved here in Washington, D.C., he was owned by a lady named Isabelle Williams. I'm still trying to find information about where they were. What I do know is Andrew was assigned to different hotels and would have been a waiter. We know that because he listed waiter as his occupation in the first USCT (United States Colored Troops).
When he was freed under the D.C. Emancipation, it's possible he stayed at Camp Barker, which was located down the street. It was a contraband camp.
(Learn more about contraband camps from this BackStory segment.)
It didn't last long, but at the time, you had a large number of African Americans from all over at this camp. When they were recruiting African Americans to join the first and second USCT, he [Andrew] enrolled in the first and was put in Company A.
The reason why I chose him is because we're the same age – I'm the age he was at the time he served – and we're similar in height. They say he had hazel eyes, but other than that, we're pretty similar.
Milton ended our conversation with this: "By doing this, I'm freeing myself. By learning how they freed themselves, I'm freeing myself."
Diana Williams
BackStory Digital Editor & Strategist


Students considering colleges in Hialeah, a peaceful suburb of Miami, should know that Spanish is the unofficial language here — and good Cuban food is its specialty. Hialeah celebrates its culture and history with annual parades and festivals. Students can also check out the city's community garden and large farmer's market.
High school students in Miami-Dade County who participate in the county's dual enrollment program can earn college credit while working toward their diploma. The credit can be applied toward one of the colleges in Hialeah or elsewhere.
A number of Hialeah colleges offer career-focused programs in a wide range of subjects. Florida National University's almost two dozen majors focus on healthcare to business, IT, legal studies, and hospitality management programs.
The College of Business and Technology offers theoretical and practical training in office management, A/C refrigeration technology, and electrical technology.
Other Hialeah colleges like Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corps specialize in dental assisting and medical assisting programs.
Hialeah also features several beauty schools for students interested in cosmetology, such as La Belle Beauty School, Celebrity School of Beauty, and the Hialeah campus of Beauty Schools of America.
Florida National University is the only one of the Hialeah colleges that offers four-year degree programs, but its offerings are substantial. Students can choose from campus-based and online bachelor's degree programs in subjects ranging from accounting and finance to marketing, psychology, criminal justice, and business administration. The most popular undergraduate majors at FNU are health services administration and nursing.
While the institution does not have student housing, college life can be enriched through team sports (Division NAIA and USCAA) as well as student government. FNU's writing lab is designed to support on-campus and online students through individual tutoring and paper reading sessions.
Students who wish to pursue an advance degree can consider one of Florida National University online master's degree programs: business administration, health services administration, nursing (MSN) and RN to MSNl. The school also offers graduate certificate programs in the fields of accounting, finance, general management, health services administration, marketing, and public management and leadership.


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Home / Apartment buildings / Past sales / Carlton House – 1540 Burnaby Street, Vancouver
1540 Burnaby Street, Vancouver
ZoningRM-5A
Legal descriptionLot 8, Block 51, DL 185, PL 192
Carlton House is a clean and well maintained frame, 22 unit walk-up apartment building located in Vancouver's popular West End. Built in 1967, the property features nice landscaping, 16 secure underground parking, storage lockers and double glazed windows. The property underwent a major upgrade in 1998.
The site is located between Nicola Street and Cardero Street in the West End District of Vancouver, only two blocks from the beach. Adjacent properties include both high-rise and low-rise rental and condo buildings. The West End has an excellent recreational and commercial base of specialty retail stores, offices and financial institutions along Davie Street, Burrard Street and Robson Street.
Renovation History
In 1998, a major upgrade of the suites and roof took place which included total upgrades in the bathrooms and kitchens. A new boiler and hot water tank were replaced in 2000.
Average size
No. units5 Average size580 sq. ft.
No. units16 Average size640 sq. ft.
Land$1,724,000
Building$1,594,000
Net operating income$150,874
Income annualized as of May 2007. Rents average only $1.28/sq. ft. On turn-over, we are of the opinion that rents can be increased significantly. For rent roll and 2006 income & expense statement, click here.
Rent Roll and Statement
1540 Burnaby Street