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By Dorothy Shinn
Beacon Journal art and architecture critic
Published on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Peninsula, which has styled itself as an antiquers' paradise, an artists' colony, a trailbikers' haven and Northeast Ohio's answer to Harry Potter's Diagon Alley, now asks us to picture it as fairyland.
On Saturday, Peninsula celebrates the ''enchantment of the natural world'' by asking visitors to stroll through the village looking for fairy houses, fairy gardens, wood spirits, toadhouses, forest creatures, whimsy, wonder and fantasy galore.
Much of this Summit County village surrounded by a national park will be converted to everything fairy, inspired by the Fairy Houses series by children's picture book author Tracy Kane.
Special sites to consider: The Log Cabin Gallery's Fairy House Building; the trail of the fairy lakes at The Inn at Brandywine Falls; the Fairy Playground Scavenger Hunt Trail at Heritage Farms; and fairy snacks, a movie (possibly about fairies) and finding your fairy name at the Peninsula Library.
Finding your way is fairly simple, just pick up a map at any of the participating businesses, where fairy maps are available. For more information, go to http://www.peninsulalibrary.org/calendar.php
Fiber show this weekend
The Great Lakes Fiber Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster.
Vendors will be selling raw and processed fiber from sheep, alpacas, llamas, angora goats, angora rabbits and even buffalo. Fiber processors will be on hand to take fiber back to their mills to be made into batts for comforters, roving for spinning and yarn for knitting, crocheting, weaving and other projects. Some vendors will have equipment for using the fiber and others will have finished items.
More than 80 vendors from as far away as Wisconsin and South Carolina will be found in four buildings. Outside vendors will display fiber-bearing livestock.
On Saturday morning, Pat Catan's Craft Center of Wooster will have supplies to make a drop spindle. Next, Mindy Albright teaches how to spin wool. Afternoon activities include spool knitting and tie-dye hats.
On Sunday morning Camper's felted soap is featured, followed by finger weaving. In the afternoon, participants can build and weave on a small frame loom. You must register to participate in workshops. For more information, go to http://greatlakesfibershow.com/ or call 330-264-9665.
Today
Reception — The Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave. N., holds an opening reception for the Canton Artists League Spring Show, along with the museum's newest exhibit, Pocketbook Anthropology: A Treasure of Handbags, from 6 to 8 p.m. 330-453-7666.
Green Building — The Cleveland Restoration Society, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, holds a free workshop on the correlation between historic preservation and green building practices at 7 p.m. at Superior Schoolhouse, 14391 Superior Road at Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights. For reservations: 216-320-1423 or jane@futureheights.org.
Saturday
Demos — ''pARTnering'' is the subject of a 1 to 3 p.m. workshop with Marian Steinert and Pat Sargent at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. The event is free, but registration is required; e-mail psargent@neo.rr.com.
Summer Hours — Akron Glass Works Hot Glass Studio, 106 N. Main St., Akron, is open from noon to 10 p.m. Saturdays through Labor Day weekend. 330-253-5888.
Rag Rugs — Peninsula Art Academy, 1600 W. Mill St., Peninsula, offers a class on making rag rugs from old T-shirts with Heather Quinones from noon to 5 p.m. 330-657-2248 or http://www.peninsulaartacademy.com.
Book Signing — Cuyahoga Falls photographer Ian Adams will sign copies of his latest photo books, Our First Family's Home: The Ohio Governors Residence and Heritage Garden, Backroads of Ohio and other Ohio books at Barnes & Noble booksellers, 198 Crocker Park Blvd., Westlake, from 2 to 4 p.m. 440-250-9233 or http://www.ianadamsphotography.com.
Art Classes — A drawing class with Kevin Gerrone will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at Art House, Inc., 3119 Denison Ave., Cleveland. $45 for three classes. 216-398-8556.
Monday
More Wegman — Western Reserve PBS features the art of William Wegman, now on exhibit at the Akron Art Museum, in a 10:30 p.m. special. It re-airs at 4:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 29; 3:30 p.m. May 30; and 10 p.m. June 29.
Wednesday
Research — The Ingalls Library at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., holds a workshop on discovering the history of an object in your collection. Contact Matthew Gengler to register. $20 (CMA members free). 216-421-7340.
Deadline
May 31 — Deliver entries between noon and 7 p.m. to the Artists of Rubber City 19th Annual Juried Show at 17-19 Maiden Lane, Akron. Entry fee for up to three works is $25 ($20 Artists of Rubber City members). This year's judge is the University of Akron's Laura Vinnedge. 330-865-7352 or 330-923-7450.
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.
Peninsula, which has styled itself as an antiquers' paradise, an artists' colony, a trailbikers' haven and Northeast Ohio's answer to Harry Potter's Diagon Alley, now asks us to picture it as fairyland.
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