December 31, 2008

Happy New Year, all.

I’ll be heading off to Oil City’s First Night tonight – Checking out Latrobe Barnitz and Jerome Wincek at the Howling Dog Cafe, Gypsy Dave and the Stumpjumpers, and Bread and Circus’ last ever Pennsylvania show.

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Newmen will be ringing in the New Year at Porters' House (221 S Monroe St Titusville, PA 16354) at 9 pm.  (814) 827-8400‎ (map).  No cover

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The Meadville Council on the Arts needs a new executive director.  Persons interested in applying for post may send a cover letter and resume to: Meadville Council on the Arts, P.O. Box 337, Meadville, Pa., 16335.

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The Post-Gazette wraps up the year in Pittsburgh arts.

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Singer-songwriter Tim Fite writes (and shares) a song about the Linesville Spillway for NPR's All Things Considered.

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The Great Blue Heron Festival has announced their festival lineup for 2009.

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The Meadville Bluegrass Festival will be in January 9 and 10th

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As part of the upcoming Oil 150 Celebration, Titusville will host a brewfest on August 29, the Saturday of the Oil Festival Parade.

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Free and Legal Downloads:

   Over the Rhine Live at St. Elizabeth Church on December 21, 2008

Ragbirds Live at Hartland Music Hall on 2008-12-20 (December 20, 2008)

Tegan and Sara Live at Freeborn Hall on 2008-04-21 (April 21, 2008)

November 18, 2008 - Venangoland, Citizens of the Year, and Linda Henderson

While I was not blogging last week, Pete Greene was hard at work over at Venangoland with posts on, among other things life without TV and some video footage of the Silver Cornet Band.

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The deadline for submitting a nomination for the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year has been extended to Monday, December 1, 2008. More information and nomination forms are available at the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce office at 41 Main Street in Oil City. Or call 814-676-8521. Please consider nominating someone involved with the local arts.

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Linda Henderson, operator of Oil City's Latonia Theatre showed up in WICU's coverage of the local opposition to California's passage of Prop 8.

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The Allegheny College Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Lowell Hepler, will present a free concert on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3:15 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium.

Sunday's program will include a wide variety of music written or transcribed for symphonic band: “Italian in Algiers Overture” by Rossini, “English Folk Song Suite” by Ralph Vaughan Williams and “Sanctuary” by Frank Ticheli, as well as Harbinson's “River Songs of the South” and Schmidt's “Adoration.” The program will conclude with Henry Fillmore's “The Crosley March.”

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Free and Legal Downloads:

Very Best of Naxos Early Music (full album)

Over the Rhine Live at Majestic Theatre on November 15, 2008

This Is How I Roc: 2008 Yep Roc Label Sampler (full album)