Gene Leroy Ditsler loved life and lived it to the fullest for nearly 88 years, from his birth on February 8, 1937 in Valparaiso, IN, until his death on November 7, in Granville, OH. Gene grew up loving sports, especially basketball, and though he wasn’t tall enough to play on the high school team, he […]
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Pomerene Center receives grant, announces summer street dance series
The Pomerene Center for the Arts received a $9,400 grant from the John D. O’Shea and Kathleen E. O’Shea Revocable Trust at the Coshocton Foundation in support of its third annual free Summer Street Dance Series in the artPARK. “We have a really great lineup this year, including the Chardon Polks Band that wowed the […]
New exhibit on display in the artPARK
From his parsonage studio Peter Wolfgang transforms what appears to be spent and useless material – ash, rust, clay, dirt – into something spiritual on canvas. By applying and sealing layer upon layer of these ‘dead’ materials – alternately rubbing and scouring to expose what lies beneath – he renders works that pulse with light […]
Summer dance series returns to the artPARK
The Pomerene (Pom) rolls out its second annual summer dance series on Friday, June 9, with returning favorite Flogo Shaggins. Music starts at 8 p.m. Dance instructor Tim Cohen will be out at 7 p.m. offering a free west coast swing crash-dance-class. Flogo Shaggins is a Columbus funk band with a Coshocton connection (lead guitarist […]
Dogwood music schedule released
The annual Dogwood Festival will take place Tuesday through Friday, May 2-5. Concerts will be held at the artPARK on Main Street. The schedule includes Ridgewood choirs on May 2, River View jazz band and Gold Caribbean Drum Ensemble on May 3, Coshocton choir and jazz band on May 4, and Ridgewood jazz band on […]
Pomarts Jazz band performs in artPARK
Katherynne Hardesty is out with the Pomarts Jazz band Saturday mornings in the artPARK and is working on a free concert at the artPARK for Saturday, Aug. 13. “When Anne Cornell from the Pomerene Center approached me about organizing an artPARK Jazz ensemble I said, ‘of course’ because there are a lot of good things […]
Telescope reveal party planned at artPARK
Pomerene Arts is inviting people to the artPARK to experience the wonder of the first James Webb Space Telescope images on Friday, July 15 at 8 p.m. (three days after NASA’s online reveal.) This local, in-person reveal party has an art twist. Commenting on the highly anticipated first images coming from NASA’s James Webb Space […]
Street dances at the artPARK begin
The weather was perfect for an outdoor dance on Saturday evening June 4. The Pomerene Center for the Arts presented the first in a series of four street dances at the artPARK on Main Street. “We need a little dance in our lives these days to give us a little positive energy,” said Anne Cornell. […]
Dance series to start in the artPARK
Starting with Willie Nelson Mandela on Saturday, June 4, at 7 p.m. the Pomerene Center for the Arts will start its street dance series in the artPARK on Saturdays in June. CHS alum Tom Davis brings yet another band to Coshocton (Tom has played solo for Rent Parties — brought a jazz quartet for Jazz […]
