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By Dorothy Shinn
Beacon Journal art and architecture critic
Published on Thursday, Feb 19, 2009
The Canton Museum of Art and the Cultural Center for the Arts, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton, have organized many mostly free activities to celebrate the exhibit Kimono as Art. Unless otherwise noted, all activities are at the Cultural Center. Through Feb. 28 activities include:
• Today: 11 a.m.-noon, Japanese Tea Ceremony, Plain Community Branch Library (http://www.starklibrary.org).
Kimono Dinner, Iris Restaurant, downtown Canton; call 330-313-1519 for reservations.
• Friday: 7 p.m., Kagemusha film, Lions Lincoln Theatre, Massillon.
6-8 p.m., Japanese Steakhouse Cooking Class, Loretta Paganini School Fisher Foods, North Canton.
• Saturday: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Japanese Storytelling with Harold and Jonatha Wright.
6 p.m., Massillon Museum's free Midori Fashion Show & Tea Ceremony, Lions Lincoln Theatre.
8 p.m., The Mikado, Kent State University Stark Campus Theatre, Fine Arts Hall, Canton.
• Sunday: 6 p.m., Kagemusha film,Lions Lincoln Theatre, Massillon.
2 p.m., Meliko the Geisha Girl historical performance.
12-1 p.m. and 4-5 p.m., Kimonofest Karaoke!
1-3 p.m., Manga-style Caricatures by Eri Hashimoto.
2:30 p.m., The Mikado, Kent State University Stark Campus Theatre, Fine Arts Hall, Canton.
• Tuesday: Celebration of Japanese Culture, grades 6-12, East Canton Branch Library, http://www.starklibrary.org.
• Feb. 28: 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Sumi-e (painting) and Shodo (calligraphy) demo.
1-2 p.m., anime and manga presentation by Sean McCartle.
For more information, call the Canton museum at 330-453-7666 or the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061, or visit http://www.kimonoexhibit.com.
Arts funding
Don't ever let anyone tell you that telling your congressman how you feel about an issue does no good.
Those of you who contacted your congressman asking that the economic recovery bill include $50 million in direct support for the National Endowment for the Arts, give yourselves a big pat on the back, because the onslaught of mail and phone calls in support of the arts turned enough votes to keep the funding intact.
The $787 billion stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday not only included those funds, but it specifically excluded the Coburn Amendment, which banned certain arts groups from receiving any other economic recovery funds.
In an e-mail sent out last week by the Americans for the Arts Action Fund, it was noted that more than 85,000 letters were sent to Congress, plus thousands of calls made ''and hundreds of [opinion columns], letters to the editor, news stories and blog entries were generated in print and online media about the role of the arts in the economy.''
The group noted the stunning turnaround exemplified by this vote and its revelation of the power of grassroots arts advocacy.
Monday
Potting Around — Bob Yost, owner of Yost Tile and Middlebury Pottery and School, 1643 Massillon Road, Akron, starts a five-week beginning pottery class, 7 to 9 p.m. $135. 330-734-0763.
Tuesday
Old Medicine — Matt Lautzenheiser, director of the Dover Historical Society and J.E. Reeves Home, will give the Massillon Museum's 12:10 p.m. Brown Bag Lunch talk on Lancets, Leeches and Laudanum: A Short History of Medicine in 19th-Century Ohio at the museum, 121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon. He will focus on alternative medicines, common cures and remedies used during the 1800s in Northeast Ohio. He also will discuss early medical training and physicians of Stark County. 330-833-4061.
Worth Noting
Earl Ertman, emeritus professor of Egyptology at the University of Akron, was videotaped by Japanese television in early February. NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corp.) filmed the Egyptian excavation of KV-63 (King's Valley Tomb) on Feb. 10, interviewing the excavation leader, Dr. Otto Schaden, and Ertman on camera about the coffins and objects found in this tomb. Four two-hour programs are planned by this network, and they may be available in October in the United States.
Dorothy Shinn writes about art and architecture for the Akron Beacon Journal. Send information to her at the Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640 or dtgshinn@neo.rr.com.
The Canton Museum of Art and the Cultural Center for the Arts, 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton, have organized many mostly free activities to celebrate the exhibit Kimono as Art. Unless otherwise noted, all activities are at the Cultural Center. Through Feb. 28 activities include:
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