As the programming team approached building the 2021-22 season at the Walton Arts Center with cautious optimism, the first priority on their minds was previous artist commitments. How many pre-pandemic bookings could be honored as things begin to reopen? Travel restrictions, particularly international, have prevented some rebookings, but Executive Producer and Vice President of Programming Scott Galbraith admits the staff are otherwise thrilled with how many contracts were reissued.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Acansa Arts Festival announces schedule
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Local Quilt Shop Featured in Better Homes & Gardens Quilt Sampler Magazine
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DEVILS LAKE - Quilt Essential a quilt shop in Devils Lake, North Dakota, has been chosen as one of the shops from across North America to be featured in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of Quilt Sampler® magazine, published by Better Homes & Gardens. The issue will be available on newsstands on April 30, 2021. Quilt Sampler, published twice a year, has been profiling North America’s top quilt shops since 1995.
Competition to be included in Quilt Sampler is high nearly 3,000 quilt shops were eligible to apply for this year’s honor. To apply, quilt shop owners submit a detailed application on their history, business promotions, charitable work, teaching schedules, and design philosophies. A panel of quilt experts, spearheaded by the American Patchwork & Quilting® staff, reviews the applications to select the featured shops.
American Patchwork Quartet Weave Modern Immigrant Dreams Into Songs
In 2020, singer Falu Shah, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, drummer Clarence Penn and guitarist & vocalist Clay Ross teamed up to form American Patchwork Quartet. They re on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of American roots music, interpreting timeless songs through a 21st century lens.
It s not an accident that the four members of the group, each with a thriving solo career, came together to start reinterpreting American roots music. The quartet s goal is purposeful: to unleash music s magic to help counteract pervasive prejudices around immigration and race. American Patchwork Quartet consists of an eleventh-generation classical Hindustani musician, a drumming protégée of the late Ellis Marsalis, a first-call