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Gary Puckett and The Union Gap made the most of the ’60s. The decade included six consecutive gold records for the group in 1968 and a performance at the White House for the Nixon family, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Instead of playing in Washington, D.C., the group responsible for singles “Woman, Woman,” “Young Girl,” “Lady Willpower,” “Over You” and “Don’t Give Into Him” will come to Tecumseh on April 29. The name Union Gap comes from a town in Washington state near where Puckett grew up. Puckett’s parents, who had been big-band members, encouraged him to learn the piano as a child. “They said, ‘What do you think of this?’ and I said, ‘I’d rather go out and chase garter snakes,’” Puckett said during a phone call from his home in Clearwater, Fla. By the time Puckett was a teenager, he had fallen in love with music — albeit rock ’n’ roll instead of the classical tunes he grew up with. “My heart was just struck by rock ’n’ roll, by Elvis Presley, by Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers,” he recalled. Puckett, also a big fan of the rock film “Blackboard Jungle,” took up a guitar he found in an attic. Despite their love of music, Puckett’s parents wanted him to pursue a traditional route. “My folks and my grandparents said, ‘We want you to be in medicine, go to college and study, be a professional person,’” he said. Puckett gave it a shot and spent two years in college in San Diego before dropping out. He ended up in an 11-man band called The Ravens. The band turned out to have too many members to work, but it led Puckett to a realization. “Do we do this for the love of rock ’n’ roll or to get paid? There came a point where I realized we do it for both,” he said. Puckett would go through other band formations and names before settling on one that stuck — The Union Gap, featuring the group in Yankee Civil War costumes. Puckett, who had a small collection of war memorabilia, believed the uniforms made the group stand out in an era of paisley and platform shoes. “I went, ‘Perfect. I’ve got a name; I got an image. Now all we need is a great record,’” Puckett said. The band went on to meet a young Jerry Fuller of Columbia Records in what would prove to be a crucial collaboration. “There was a guy who I ultimately discov-
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ered, Jerry Fuller, who is given credit for discovering me,” Puckett said with a laugh. Fuller wrote many of the group’s hits, including “Young Girl.” “Young Girl” with the lyrics of “Young girl, get out of my mind/My love for you is way out of line” was considered racy during its day, something Puckett disputes. “Looking back, it wasn’t about being racy. It was more about an upstanding guy who just happened to be a little older,” he said. The controversy didn’t slow the song down and in 1974 it was rereleased in England by popular request. Still the 1970s proved less than kind to Puckett and his band with the advent of glitter rock and disco. “That’s when things were changing. Decades are sort of marked by their beginning and their end. People were wanting to let it go, forget about it,” Puckett said. Puckett disbanded the group in 1971. He tried to have a solo career, but didn’t have the same amount of success as he had with The Union Gap. Puckett and The Union Gap would return to the popular music scene in the ’80s as part of the Happy Together Tour and later the Monkees’ reunion tour. Puckett’s songs would also hit the airwaves again as golden oldies on the radio. “That’s when things got back on track for people like me ousted by the music industry,” Puckett said. Puckett and the latest formation of The Union Gap plan to give Tecumseh the group’s biggest hits and some covers. “The show is all built around what the people expect and want,” Puckett said. He will also tell the story of when he met Presley The group will play the Tecumseh Center for the Arts (TCA), 400 N. Maumee St., Tecumseh, at 4 p.m. April 29. Tickets are $26 for youth and seniors and $29 for general admission. Tickets are available at www.thetca.org. O
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“If we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it!” — Tony Stark, “The Avengers”
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igh above the city, on a rooftop overlooking a busy intersection, Tony Stark — known to millions as Iron Man — watched the traffic, seemingly lost in thought. He barely noticed the blast of lightning behind him, signaling the arrival of the God of Thunder. “What say you, metalclad mortal? You look vexed,” said Thor. “Oh, hey,” Stark replied. “I dunno, I was just thinking. This is gonna be a busy summer. And to be honest, I don’t know if we have what it takes to win.” Thor roared with laughter. “You have doubts? What force could possibly triumph over a team as
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powerful as The Avengers?” “Yeah, what’s the deal, Tony? You saying we’re gonna lose?” Captain America stepped into view, accompanied by the Black Widow. “No, I’m not saying that,” Stark replied. “We just have to be ...” “HULK WINS! HULK ALWAYS WINS!” The giant, green alter ego of Bruce Banner suddenly crashed onto the rooftop, nearly collapsing the building underneath him. “Yeah, Stark, you sound like you’re giving up,” added Nick Fury, with Hawkeye close behind. “See, this is one of the problems,” Iron Man said. “There are so many of us, how can any one movie do justice
to us all? What if the sheer number of heroes overwhelms the story?” “Well, not all of us have that problem,” said a new voice. Dangling from a strand of web attached to the roof ’s tallest antenna, The Amazing Spider-Man dropped into view. “Who the hell are you?” asked Fury. “Uh, I think that’s obvious. I’m your friendly neighborhood ...” “No, no, I can see you’re Spider-Man. But you’re not, well, the same Spider-Man.” “Oh, that. Yeah, it’s time for the reboot! I’m the new guy.” “Reboot? Already?” Black Widow asked, incredulous. “Didn’t you just have a movie, like, five years ago?” “Yeah, but now everything’s fresh and new! New actors, new creative team, and a new director!” “Really? What else has he directed?” asked Captain America. “Uh ... ‘(500) Days of Summer,’” Spidey said. A wave of suppressed giggles passed through the assembled Avengers.
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“But still,” Spider-Man continued, “I’m one of the biggest grossing names in superhero movie history! How can I lose?” “One of the biggest. Not the biggest,” said a voice from the shadows. The group turned to see the arrival of Gotham’s savior, the Dark Knight himself. “My last movie was the biggest superhero film of all time,” Batman explained. “And now, everyone knows ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is the final act of a trilogy. You can all fight over second place, but clearly the year belongs to me.” “Do you want a lozenge?” asked Spider-Man. “What?” “A lozenge. Your voice, it’s kinda scratchy.” “I know. It’s for dramatic effect,” Batman explained. “Hey, we all know how big your last film was,” said Fury, voice dripping with sarcasm. “But that time, you had a buncha free publicity when your villain passed away. What makes you think you’re gonna win so easily this time?” n SUPERHEROES CONTINUES ON 5
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Summer movie box office predictions By Michael Siebenaler Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer star@toledofreepress.com
The summer movie schedule always creates excitement for me, but this year audiences will likely get action fatigue — giving more original films like Peter Hedges’ “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” (Aug 15), Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” (May 25) and Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love” (June 22) a fighting chance. Here is my summer movie Top 10 list and my Top 10 summer box office predictions (release dates subject to change):
Movies to see (by date):
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES n SUPERHEROES CONTINUED FROM 4 “Because my last movie was also universally hailed as one of the best movies of the year,” Batman responded. “Unlike some other superhero films I could name.” Hulk, Spider-Man and Thor exchanged uncomfortable glances. “Whatever, Dork Knight,” Fury said. “The Avengers will clearly be the summer’s biggest heroes.” “Oh yeah, you guys’ll dominate just like ‘Snakes on a Plane’ did,” Spidey said. “Oh, sorry Nick, too soon?” “You’re one to talk, Peter Porker,” Batman said, snidely. “Didn’t you get cut from ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’?”
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“Oh, don’t have a tantrum, Bats,” Black Widow said. “We all know how great you are at those.” The heroes’ dialogue quickly degenerated into violent bickering, with everyone trying to shout their point loudest. As tensions and tempers rose, finally, above the din, a voice boomed. “ENOUGH!” screamed the Hulk. Everyone suddenly fell silent. “HULK NOT SMARTEST OR MOST VERBOSE,” he said. “BUT HULK KNOW ARGUING GETS US NOWHERE. HULK SAY WE ALL CAN BE WINNERS! HULK SAY EACH OF US CAN MAKE TON OF MONEY, AND MAKE THIS THE BEST SUPERHERO SEASON EVER! HULK SAY, LET’S HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AT THE MOVIES!”
Suddenly, bolting from the darkness came a shadowy figure. A vampire — one which bore a striking resemblance to a pale Johnny Depp — came flying into the group, fangs bared, aiming for Captain America’s throat. Before Cap or anyone had the chance to react, suddenly, an ax flew, catching the demonic beast squarely between the eyes. He fell dead to the ground. The menagerie of costumed adventurers turned to see a new arrival — a tall, lanky figure in a stovepipe hat. “Now, who were you saying would be the summer’s biggest hero?” asked Abraham Lincoln. O
June 15: Rock of Ages, That’s My Boy, The Woman in the Fifth
July 20: The Dark Knight Rises
May 4: Marvel’s The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, First Position June 22: Brave, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seeking a Friend May 11: Dark Shadows, The Dictator for the End of the World May 18: Battleship, Hysteria, What to June 29: G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Expect When You’re Expecting Magic Mike, People Like Us May 25: Chernobyl Diaries, Tues., July 3: The Amazing Spider-Man Men in Black 3, Moonrise Kingdom
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July 27: Neighborhood Watch, Step Up Revolution Aug. 3: The Bourne Legacy, Total Recall, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Aug. 10: Dog Fight, Hope Springs Wed., Aug. 15: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
June 1: Battlefield America,
Thurs., July 5: Katy Perry: Part of Me
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Aug. 24: Premium Rush, Outrun
June 8: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Prometheus
July 13: Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D, Ted
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O “The Avengers” (May 4) — Superheroes unite! What could be better? O “Men in Black 3” (May 25) — Time travel and Tommy Lee (… Jones that is) matched with Josh Brolin’s amazing impersonation as the younger Agent K. O “Prometheus” (June 8) — Director Ridley Scott returns to sci-fi with an all star cast and “Alien” subject matter. O “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” (June 8) — An animated animal fest for the children … and for laughs. O “Brave” (June 22) — This Scotland tale continues the Disney/Pixar summer movie tradition. O “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” (June 22) — Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find comedy, drama and romance. O “The Dark Knight Rises” (July 20) – Batman’s curtain closes for Christopher Nolan’s film trilogy. O “The Bourne Legacy” (Aug. 3) — Jeremy Renner and the returning supporting cast continue this strong series. O “Total Recall” (Aug. 3) — Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessical Biel will shine with the meaty plot and amazing direction from Len Wiseman (“Live Free or Die Hard”). O “Hope Springs” (Aug. 10) — Steve Carell again as a relationship guru with married couple Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep attending his weekend seminar.
Box office winners (by $$$):
O Top Three: “The Dark Knight Rises,” “The Avengers” and “Prometheus” O “Ice Age: Continental Drift” (July 13) — The all-star voice cast returns with new additions, including Jennifer Lopez, as this animated film series hits its fourth installment. O “The Amazing Spider-Man” (July 3) — The web slinger reboots again, but Sam Raimi’s trilogy will be tough to top. O “Men in Black 3” O “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” O “Battleship” (May 18) — Naval battle board game combined with giant alien mechs for entertainment that makes things go boom! An early slot will help grab more dough from moviegoers before they get that action movie fatigue. O “The Bourne Legacy” O “Brave” O
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“When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die.”— Bane, “The Dark Knight Rises”
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here are almost 100 movies coming out this summer. Granted, this number includes documentaries and independent releases, which the Toledo area may never see in its theaters. But there are 42 movies being released by the major studios, with anywhere from seven to 14 of them debuting each month, until Labor Day. As an excited summer blockbuster fan, I’m sure I’ll want to see about half of the major releases, James A. if not more, and maybe a few indies or docs. The problem becomes the money, a “cha-ching” sounding in my head for every movie I add to my must-see list. We’re talking $10 on average to see each movie, not to mention concessions. For the 14 movies on my list, that’s about $140 (for one person). I enjoy snacks and ICEES just like everyone else so that will raise the price. Luckily, to counter this unquenchable thirst to see all these blockbusters, there are some options:
O Our local Rave theaters offer discount nights, such as Bargain Tuesdays at Franklin Park and Levis Commons, making standard admission $5 (plus 3-D fees). So if I decide a movie is worth waiting a few days to see, this is definitely a great option. O Going to see a double feature at the Sundance Kid Drive-In, 4550 Navarre Ave., Oregon, is also a great idea to save some money. And there are great concessions. O Driving down to Bowling Green and seeing a movie at the Cinemark Woodland Mall Cinema 5, 1234 N. Main St., will get you less expensive tickets and great screen quality. O Phoenix Theatres in The Mall of Monroe, 2121 N. Monroe St., Monroe, Mich., has tickets similarly priced to Toledo, but the company’s website offers free small popcorn coupons for each month. If you see a movie before noon, standard tickets are only $4.
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While those last two options may not be the best for me, having to drive about 20 miles each way, those who live closer can take advantage of them. Another way to cut down on movie spending is to not see as many movies. Based on trailers and/or basic information about the movie, here are my top eight movies to see this summer: O “The Avengers” (May 4): The buildup for this superhero epic has been huge, along with all of the stand-alone movie characters (Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, etc.). I plan on seeing this opening weekend, but if reviews come in negative, I may wait until Tuesday. O “Men in Black 3” (May 25): The sequel may have been a dud, but I’m hoping this one brings back the style and flow from the first. The trailer tells us we’ll be going back in time to Agent K’s past in order to save the world. Can’t wait. O “Prometheus” (June 8): In mythology, Prometheus is a demigod who stole fire and gave it to man. Zeus then punished him, until he was rescued by Hercules. This Ridley Scott movie definitely isn’t about gods, but when man goes exploring for aliens, what the cast encounters seems to be very “Alien.” This could be scary good. O “Brave” (June 22): Disney/Pixar is back with an original. And we’ll see what happens. I hope the storytellers remember the heart this year. Set in an
old kingdom, voices for this movie include Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters. O “The Amazing Spider-Man” (July 3): Rebooting a series a decade after the original debuted is risky. But if it’s anything like the trailer, this reboot with Andrew Garfield amd Emma Stone will be a great way to spend the Fourth of July weekend. O “Ted” (July 13): A movie about a talking bear, voiced by “Family Guy’s” Seth MacFarlane, looks like it could be a breakout hit. And it’s nothing near a kids’ movie. The bear is irreverent and has a potty mouth. I’m cautiously optimistic. O “The Dark Knight Rises” (July 20): Blockbuster savant Christopher Nolan gives us his “epic conclusion” to his Batman trilogy. No new trailer yet, but word is it will be attached to “The Avengers.” O “Sparkle” (Aug. 17): Whitney Houston’s role in this movie about the rise of a Supremeslike group set in 1960s Detroit could make for a very emotional performance and, if any good, an Oscar contender. “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks makes her film debut. I am determined to get through this summer on a budget. Time to start counting my pennies. O Toledo Free Press Star Lead Designer and Film Editor James A. Molnar blogs at TheGoldKnight.com.
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“Do you think this is gonna last? There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne.” — Selina Kyle, “The Dark Knight Rises”
Dejà D prepares for an April 21performance at Bretz Nightclub. “When I put this wig on, I can escape into a whole other world,” she said. TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR PHOTO BY CAITLIN McGLADE
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The dressing room is strangely quiet, each beat from the music downstairs tapping lightly beneath the floorboards. Dejà D applies her lipstick. Autumn DeLaRue tugs on her black and red wig. Then the tapping turns to a thud, as the door at the bottom of the stairs flings open and belches out a gust of voices and music. “Oh no — here comes the calm before the storm,” Dejà says. And with that, Felaciana Thunderpussy comes
barreling up the steps, belting out the lyrics to a Rihanna song and tossing her blonde wig across the room. The three of them heckle each other about whether Rihanna is overrated before checking the clock. The next show is in about 10 minutes. By now it’s 12:50 a.m. and Dejà has been at Bretz Nightclub on Adams Street since 9 p.m. That is when she transforms from Floyd Anderson the art instructor to Dejà the dancer. “When I put this wig on, I can escape to a whole other world,” Dejà says. The wigs in bright orange, black and hot pink, curly blonde, black and Afro-style that hang on the wall behind her are only four of 25 that she has to choose from.
Dejà sacrifices her bank account for beauty — with her most expensive wig cashing in at $100. She also forfeits facial hair. “I am a man and I look amazing with facial hair,” she said. “I love a beard.” But the sacrifice works for her as she struts across the bright red dance floor, clad in leopard print shorts and a tan-colored Afro wig accentuated with a sequined bow. Tonight, she makes an entrance with a Whitney Houston song, and the men and women lining the edges of the dance floor are stuffing dollar bills down her cleavage within the first minute. The crowds at Bretz “know what they’re getting into,” and are more accepting than at other bars,
Dejà said. The group is inclusive; only a few dance alone and if you stand on the sidelines for too long someone will grab you by the hand and pull you in. “When they come in the door, it’s to have a good time,” she said. “They don’t come here to bitch about something.” This is an atmosphere the management has worked tirelessly to create. April 28 marks Bretz’ 25-year anniversary. But just five years ago the bar was losing money on Saturday nights. The back wall was so porous rainwater gushed in “like Niagara Falls,” owner Michelle Woda said. And some say the reputation of the place was in danger. n BRETZ CONTINUES ON 9
n BRETZ CONTINUED FROM 8 “I remember thinking, ‘How are we going to make this go? We can’t do it with this amount of people’,” said Woda, who bought the business five years ago from the original owner, Greg Knott. “We had to start thinking outside the box.” The new owners spent tens of thousands of dollars to install new piping, rip carpeting from the walls, develop the back patio, renovate the bathrooms and spruce up the dressing rooms for the performers. Manager Chris Borton brought themed parties and new DJs. His signature move — something he learned from his stint as a Florida bar ender — is the foam party. Borton constructed a device that blows bubbles for back patio parties. For a short night, he’ll use 428 bottles of baby shampoo and 2,000 gallons of water. Borton said Bretz has grown somewhere around 350 percent in the past four years. And the staff is up to 20 from three. This is, after all, the evolution of “Bretz the Bar” to “Bretz the Nightclub,” Borton said. The 25th anniversary party will celebrate that with a foam party and the unveiling of new lighting and newly finished decor. Woda said after buying the bar she sometimes questioned whether she had made the right choice. Borton said he and Woda struggled with the reputation of the bar. “There was much talk of, ‘Is the name tainted?’ when we first bought it. ‘Do we change the name, do we lose something that’s been there for 20 years?’” he said. Just before Knott sold the bar, regular fights had started breaking out on the dance floor. Knott himself was charged with felonious assault in 2007, which was dropped to negligent assault after he pleaded no contest to smashing a beer glass over a patron’s head. Steve Witker, an employee of 15 years, said he didn’t think the place had a damaged reputation, and that Knott was blamed for a lot of the actions that unruly patrons committed inside his bar. Witker attributed the lag in business to the economic downturn and high gas prices. Regulars who typically drove in from Detroit, Dayton, Fort Wayne and Sandusky could hardly afford the trip anymore, he said. Knott, who died at 62 years old in 2010, opened the bar as a safe place for young Toledoans to come out and meet people. Knott grew up in Massillon, Ohio, where his family and peers pressured him to be masculine, Witker said.
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“I remember him telling me as a young kid he couldn’t be gay and he was contemplating suicide trying to figure out how to make it look like an accident,” Witker said. But by the time he overcame this and got a little older, you could spot him driving around with the signature license plate: “OK2BGAY.” He intended for Bretz to be a resource center as well as a bar. Having started the bar in the heat of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Knott opened the property’s office on the second floor to a nonprofit that helped people who were diagnosed, Witker said. Bretz sponsored bus rides to Columbus for the annual Pride parade. He also mandated that staff ensure patrons felt at home. A cocktail waitress told Witker that if an em-
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ployee asked patrons how they were doing and they responded with a “canned response of fine,” that employee would get fired if he or she let the conversation end. Borton remembers his friends taking him to Bretz in the ’90s, before he came out. The place was shoulder to shoulder from 11 p.m. until 1 a.m. on a regular basis, he recalled. Crowds never failed to boom even though the place was not lit up outside and was not particularly advertised. Even now, Bretz is marked only by a maroon awning and its address. “That’s what gay bars used to be — they were holes in the wall quite literally, because that’s what they wanted to be. They wanted a place that no one else knew about and no one was
going to come in and bug them,” Borton said. “Now that’s all changed — kids are coming out in junior high and high school. Being gay is not the big faux pas anymore.” Dejà, too, recalls the time when going out at night required a great deal of whispering. “It put into perspective of how life is a big secret,” Dejà said. Anderson (Dejà) started going to Bretz before he was 18 years old. He said that it was intimidating then because the place consisted mostly of “topless white boys dancing.” Now when you go you’ll see a diverse range of people. And Anderson tells as many people as he can — as loud as he can — that tonight he’s going to Bretz. O
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“I’ve got to stop him, because I created him.” — Peter Parker, “The Amazing Spider-Man”
This Just In Three local artists featured at Hudson Gallery. By John P. McCartney Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer star@toledofreepress.com
The work of three local artists, including 20 oil and acrylic paintings, will go on display, May 10 at Hudson Gallery in the historic downtown area of Sylvania. The gallery will open its exhibit, “This Just In,” with a reception from 6-8 p.m. May 10 that gallery owner Scott Hudson calls an opportunity “to enjoy paintings topical to the spring season.” The exhibit, which will run through May 12, is free and open to the public. Artists highlighted in the exhibit include Skot Horn, Susan Morosky and Judy Munro. Horn, who considers himself versatile, said he’s an “abstract to representational” artist who changes the type of art he’s doing “without really meaning to. I like to experiment.” Munro, a landscape and figurative artist, said her work is “stylistically representative, not realistic in the way a photograph is realistic.” She said her paintings, which start out as charcoal sketches, on canvas, evolve while they are on the canvas.
Munro said people will be pleased if they take 45 to 60 minutes out of their daily schedule to attend this exhibit. “At the very least, anyone who goes to a show enlarges their world,” Munro said. “They see the world, or a part of the world, through someone else’s life. I’d hope they’d maybe be entertained, maybe be amused, and if they’re really lucky, they’ll find something that enriches their world and they can’t live without.” Hudson said he is particularly impressed with the art on display this spring season. “There’s a quality to the work that will amaze people,” he said. “[The work] takes you out of your everyday. You get this sort of other perspective. It causes you to look at the world differently because you’re looking at how these artists are looking at the world.” Hudson said exhibits like this give him and his wife Barbara a chance to find new artists. “On a broad spectrum, I think the art community in Toledo is amazing. There’s fabulous work being made here, on par with any other metropolitan area the same size or even larger than Toledo.” n HUDSON CONTINUES ON 13
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petition,” he said. “The exhibit was chosen from that jury’s selections. It provided us an opportunity to find new artists. We found several new artists that we continue to represent to this day. “We’re always looking for, finding, new talent. Judy Monro is a new artist to the gallery. She started in December, and we’ve already sold seven, eight, nine of her paintings.” The gallery, housed in a restored building dating back to the mid-1800s, is located at 5645 N. Main St. in Sylvania. It has been at its current location since 2006 and averages 10 to 12 exhibits a year. Hudson Gallery exhibits a variety of art forms, including paintings, drawings, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photographic prints and the “fine crafts” of ceramics, glass, fiber, texture, weaving and jewelry. In the past year, Hudson said he has turned his attention away from his website [www.hudson gallery.net] to social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to more effectively connect with the public. He said there are updates on the Twitter account at least weekly, if not sometimes daily. O
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Bronco McKart packs a punch on Toledo Fight Night By John Rasche Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer star@toledofreepress.com
World Middleweight Champion Bronco “Superman” McKart has an impressive record for professional boxing matches. McKart’s record of 53 wins and nine losses with more than 30 knockouts proves that he is a force to be reckoned with. On April 28, he will enter Huntington Center’s boxing ring and defend the title. Ladies and gentlemen: Welcome to Toledo Fight Night. Turner Boxing Productions, in association with Tommy “The Hitman” Hearns and Knockout Entertainment, is presenting a professional boxing event at the Huntington Center with seven scheduled fights, back to back. “We want to bring boxing back to Michigan and Ohio, but specifically to the Toledo area,” said Martin McManus of Knockout Entertainment. “We want to bring Downtown Toledo, which includes both sides of the river, back to life even more to show what a great city we live in.” McKart’s fight, sanctioned by the Universal Boxing Organization (UBO), will be a battle that no boxing fan will want to miss. McKart holds title belts for both the lightweight and middleweight divisions. He will be facing Jose “Stinger” Medina, who has 17 wins against nine losses.
“Medina’s on a role,” McKart said. “I expect an absolute, tough fight, and that’s just how I want it.” Toledo boxing fans will recognize Ed Wahl as he joins the event to make his professional boxing debut. Wahl has an amateur record of 158 wins to only 12 losses. In addition to being a National Boxing Foundation Champion, he is also a nine-time Toledo Golden Glove Champion and a three-time National Silver Glove Champion. Toledo Fight Night is also an event devoted to America’s soldiers. The promoters will donate a minimum of $10,000 to Mikie’s Minutes, a nonprofit organization located in McKart’s hometown of Monroe, Mich. Mikies Minutes was founded in memory of Sgt. Michael Ingram Jr., who was killed in action back in 2010 during his time in Afghanistan. Calling home was often a financial hardship for Ingram, as well as for many soldiers overseas. After his death, Ingram’s father vowed to do all that he could to ensure troops overseas could obtain free phone calls home.
By providing U.S. soldiers serving in the field with free calling cards, Mikie’s Minutes gives them the opportunity to connect with loved ones back home. Founded only last year, Mikie’s Minutes has provided thousands of calling cards to U.S. military men and women posted all across the world. “I knew Mikie since he was 8-years-old,” McKart said, reflecting on his personal relationship with the soldier. “He was a nice, polite, respectable kid. When he died, I just couldn’t believe it. When we were planning Toledo Fight Night, I said that we should help Mikie’s Minutes because I knew him personally. He was a great guy.” The patriotism does not end there. More than 1,500 tickets to the event will be given free-of-charge to soldiers, both active and reserve, as well as to veterans. One hundred more tickets will be donated to the Toledo-Lucas County Police Athletic League. Additional proceeds will go to Heroes in Action, a local
military outreach that ships care packages to soldiers overseas. “The night is to honor our servicemen and women,” McManus said. “We have not forgotten that you are still in war and fighting for all of America. We will always remember the sacrifices you have given, and continue to give, to our country for our freedom.” All veterans interested in attending the boxing competition should contact Heroes in Action at (419) 699-3439, McManus said. Toledo Fight Night emphasizes one more theme: safety. In order to discourage drinking and driving, the three event coordinators asked several downtown businesses to offer an alternative. The Lunch Hour, 332 N. Erie St., promises to stay open until 3:30 a.m. the following Sunday for anyone with late-night munchies or in need of coffee to sober up. The Park Inn and the Grand Plaza Hotel are offering $69 rates on Saturday night only for those who mention the boxing event. Many taxicab services will be available throughout Downtown as well. Tickets are $17 to $77 and can be purchased on Ticketmaster.com, at the Huntington Center Box Office, or in any local Kroger. Toledo Fight Night will begin at 7:30 p.m. on April 28. The Huntington Center is located at 500 Jefferson Ave. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. O
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Who knows what evil lurks in comics? By Jim Beard Toledo Free Press Star Staff Writer star@toledofreepress.com Ohara Koson, also known as Shoson (Japanese, 1878–1945), Kingfisher and Iris (HanaShobu ni Hisui) (detail). Color woodblock print, published by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1933. Toledo Museum of Art gift of Hubert D. Bennett, 1939.260
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Dynamite Entertainment’s new The Shadow No. 1 isn’t exactly your grandfather’s Shadow — but in some ways, it is. The comic is a potpourri of various incarnations of the legendary pulp character, presented in a slick, modern format for a new audience. Alas, the weed of modern tastes may bear bitter fruit for oldschool fans of the shadowy hero. The Shadow first appeared on radio in 1930 and received his own pulp magazine in 1931; the publication ran for 18 years and stands today as a pinnacle of the pulp fiction era. But what some people think of The Shadow today is based mostly on his radio persona, which differed somewhat from his magazine modus operandi. In print, the cloaked nemesis of crime tended to rely more on physical skills than “clouding men’s minds” and meted out more justice with his blazing .45s than with his fists or wits. The new comic book blends those aspects with an even edgier sensibility to produce a book that can be a bit uncomfortable in its graphic presentation.
Writer Garth Ennis opens the first issue with a palpable punch to the gut. Detailing the 1930s atrocities of the Japanese toward the Chinese, he lays a violent foundation for a subsequent scene of The Shadow blasting away at criminals, soaking the panels with blood and gore. The idea is clear: The hero confronts violence with violence. This is an even more hard-edged Shadow than his pulp predecessor, and Ennis leaves no doubt as to the man’s almost mean-spirited outlook toward his fellow humans — if he’s even human himself. That question may arise before readers arrive at the last page. Aaron Campbell’s art is serviceable, supporting the 1930s setting with an often gritty tone and feel. At times the visuals look like woodcuts, lending the book a strange atmosphere of unreality. The Shadow No. 1 can be recommended, with a caveat to the reader to delve into the original pulp Shadow and see the hero in his true form — it may add even more layers to Dynamite’s already multi-layered approach. O
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While it doesn’t take most bands six years to put out a first record, Northwest Ohio’s own Common Hatred isn’t interested in being like most bands. As a progressive metal outfit, the quartet knows its brand of metal is in the minority and is proud to wave the prog flag. “I think that anybody that likes metal can at least appreciate what we do,” Common Hatred drummer Brad Babcock said. “And I know the people that are into the more prog type of stuff really enjoy it. There are a few bands around the area that are doing the same thing we’re doing, and it’s cool. It’s kind of like a little family.” Common Hatred will try to bring more fans into that family when it plays at The Zodiac on April 28. “At every show, we just try to put out as much intensity and emotion [as we can],” vocalist/guitarist Dan Gary said. “At every show, it’s pretty much like my own personal therapy that’s witnessed by the audience. I just want people to take away just how passionate we are about this, and that we’re not just doing it for some sort of superficial gratification. “This is in the core of all of us.” Rounded out by Brad’s brother Ryan Babcock (bass) and Sam Wright (guitar), Common Hatred officially formed in February 2006. Now 28, Brad has been playing music with Wright since junior high, and the pair wanted to form a new group after their old band — Illicit Citizen — dissolved. Once they recruited Ryan, Brad said it took approximately a year-and-a-half to find the right singer in Gary, whom he met at Owens Community College in January of 2006. “We were trying to be part of the music business program that never was,” Brad said. “But we ended up taking a lot of music classes together, and that’s how we kind of got our start with each other.” Though each had his own influences, with Gary a fan of “the heavier stuff ” and Brad into the likes of Tool, Dream Theater, Yes and Rush, the pair shared a passion for metal. “Metal’s always been something that made sense to me,” Gary said. “The pop stuff is fine. I respect every single kind of music, but heavy music and stuff like that — and the progressive music — are the only thing that just kind of made sense to me, and it’s the kind of music that I love being [part of] and playing with these guys.” Released Jan. 17 via bandcamp.com, most of the material for Common Hatred’s debut album “Sleeping Through The Apocalypse” was written about three years ago, but a lot has happened
since the band’s formation. In addition to Brad and Wright each getting married, Brad — an Otsego grad — moved to Liberty Center approximately two years ago, where the pair began construction on Liberation Sound Studio at his new home. “We spent a year building this place because actually [Wright] is a carpenter,” Brad said of the studio, where Common Hatred recorded its debut album. “So me and Sam pretty much built this place. That took us about a year, and so [we] just kind of took a lot of time off getting everything together, and then it took us about another year to just wrap up recording and post-production and all that fun stuff.” The result is both an album and a process that Common Hatred is proud of in its debut effort. In progressive metal nature, the band jams out on the eight-song record; opening track “Accept The Grey” is the only track that clocks in under than seven minutes.
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Bar 145 This new venue features burgers, bands and bourbon, if its slogan is to be believed. 5304 Monroe St. (419) 593-0073 or bar145toledo.com. O Piano Wars: April 25. O Nine Lives: April 26. O Killer Flamingos: April 27. O The Curve: April 28.
BGSU performances The university’s ensembles, choirs, quartets and more — and their friends — will present the music they’ve been perfecting. Halls are located in Moore Musical Arts Center, Willard Drive and Ridge Street, Bowling Green. (419) 3728171, (800) 589-2224, (419) 372-8888 or www.bgsu.edu/ colleges/music. O Lab School Bands: 7 p.m. April 26, Kobacker Hall.
The Blarney Irish Pub Catch local acts while taking in the pub’s modern Irish and American fare. 601 Monroe St. (419) 418-2339 or www. theblarneyirishpub.com. O Chris Knopp: April 26. O Chris Shutters and friends: April 27. O Freak-Ender: April 28.
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Caesars Windsor If you have your passport, consider hopping the Detroit River for this casino’s entertainment offerings. Ticket prices, in Canadian dollars, are for the cheapest seats; attendees must be 19 or older. Caesars Windsor Colosseum, 377 Riverside Dr. East, Windsor, Ontario. (800) 991-7777 or www. caesarswindsor.com. O Gladys Knight: 9 p.m. April 28, $30. O Johnny Reid: 9 p.m. May 4, $45.
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Named in honor of the owners’ forefather, this bar and restaurant serves a variety of dishes and entertainment. 1515 S. Byrne Road. (419) 389-6003 or docwatsonstoledo.com. O The Berlin Brothers: 10 p.m. April 27. O Kyle White: 9:30 p.m. April 28.
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French Quarter J. Pat’s Pub Live entertainment after 9:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. Holiday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. (419) 874-3111 or www.hifq.com. O The Late Show: April 27-28.
Greektown Casino-Hotel Three stages — at Shotz Sports Bar, Eclipz Ultra Lounge and Asteria — offer competition for gamblers’ attention. 555 E. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit. No cover charge, unless noted; guests must be 21 or older. (888) 771-4386 or www. greektowncasino.com. O Karaoke: 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Shotz. O DJ Lee J: 9 p.m. Sundays, Shotz. O Howard Glazer: 8 p.m. April 27, Asteria. O Motor City Mix: 9:30 p.m. April 27, Shotz. O Pete “Big Dog” Fetters: 8 p.m. April 28, Asteria. O IKHONZ: 9:30 p.m. April 28, Eclipz.
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Grounds for Thought This BG coffeehouse serves a mean brew of blues, jazz, rock and more by the world famous and locally renowned in an intimate setting. 174 S. Main St., Bowling Green. (419) 3543266 or www.groundsforthought.com. O Michiko Saiki: 7-8:30 p.m. April 26.
ICE Restaurant & Bar This local, family-owned enterprise offers food, drinks and music in a sleek atmosphere. 405 Madison Ave. $5 cover, unless noted otherwise. (419) 246-3339 or icerestaurantandbar.com. O Mike Fisher: 8 p.m. April 27 and May 4. O Berlin Brothers: 8 p.m. April 28.
JJ’s Pub Live music is on Saturday’s menu; the genre varies, along with the cover charge. Karaoke is on tap 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, and a DJ starts spinning at 9 p.m. Fridays. 26611 N. Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg. (419) 874-9058 or jjsperrysburg.com. O John Barile and Bobby May: 8 p.m. May 1.
and a big experience. 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit. Guests must be 21 or older. (866) 782-9622 or www. motorcitycasino.com. The casino’s Chromatics Lounge also features live performances. O Jeffrey Osborne: 8 p.m. May 10, $36-$38. O 80’s Inc: 7 p.m. April 25. O Nightline: 7 p.m. April 26. O Simone Vitale: 5:15 p.m. April 27. O Phase 5: 10 p.m. April 27. O Lil Stubby & Disappointments: 5:15 p.m. April 28. O Big Will & 360 Band: 10 p.m. April 28. O 2XL: 3:30 p.m. April 29.
Mutz This pub offers handcrafted brews … and live entertainment. 10 p.m.-2 a.m., Mutz at the Oliver House, 27 Broadway. (419) 243-1302 or www.TheOliverHouseToledo.com. O DJ Nate Mattimoe: 10 p.m. Saturdays. O Breaking Ground: April 27.
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What began as an antique store in Chicago turned into a string of more than 200 eateries nationwide, including Toledo. All of the shops feature live music. 4038 Talmadge Road. (419) 725-5037 or www.potbelly.com. O Don Coats: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays. O Alex Kenzie: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fridays. O Tom Drummonds: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays. A home for the avant garde and untraditional, this Old West End venue hosts artists on the experimental end of the musical rainbow. 9 p.m., 2564 Robinwood Ave. $5 donation, unless noted. www.toledobellows.wordpress.com. O Femme Tops: April 28.
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Stella’s Nouveau cuisine gets a helping of classic rock, R&B and jazz Thursdays through Saturdays. 104 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg. (419) 873-8360 or www.stellasrestaurantandbar.com. O CJ Manning, Karen Harris: April 26. O Eddie Molina, Lesli Lane: April 27. O Brian Bocian: April 28.
Table Forty 4 Upscale dining plus live entertainment is a welcome combination. Bands start at 6 p.m. Fridays and 9 p.m. Saturdays. 610 Monroe St. (419) 725-0044 or www.tableforty4.com. O John Barile and Bobby May: 6 p.m. April 27 and May 4.
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The Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra makes a voyage south to perform songs featuring the rhythms and vitality of Latin America. 7:30 p.m. April 28, Owens Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 30335 Oregon Road, Perrysburg. $5-$10. www.perrysburgsymphony.org.
Woodchucks The place to go for an eclectic mix of people and music. 224 S. Erie St. (419) 241-3045. O New Society of Anarchists, FDA: April 27. O Circus Boy, the Deadbeat Moms: April 28.
Yeeha’s Country and rock with a little “Coyote Ugly” style. 3150 Navarre Ave., Oregon. (419) 691-8880 or www.yeehas.com. O 56 Daze: April 27. O Neon Black: April 28. With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era, with music
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from bandleaders such as Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, the Dorseys and more. With combos from trio to full orchestra, the performers provide music for all occasions. (419) 7080265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org. O Swing Revival Party: 8 p.m. Thursdays, South Briar Restaurant, 5147 S. Main St., Sylvania. (419) 517-1111 or (419) 708-0265. O Big Band All Stars: Dancing is encouraged. 8-10:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 381-2079 or (419) 708-0265.
The DooWah Riders Thirty-year veterans of the music industry, having appeared in concert with Garth Brooks, George Strait, Alabama, and more, this group’s classic tunes and original songs have made them favorites. 7:30 p.m. April 28, River Raisin Centre for the Arts, 114 S. Monroe St., Monroe, Mich. $15-$25. (734) 242-7722 or www.riverraisincentre.org.
TMA concerts Visual and audible arts combine for a new experience. Great Gallery (unless noted), 2445 Monroe St. (419) 255-8000 or toledomuseum.org. O Damon Coleman, Michael Boyd: 3 p.m. April 29.
Sunday Night Dances Night Session will provide big band music for dancers and listeners alike. A 30-minute dance lesson will precede the music. 5 p.m. April 29, Paulette’s Studio of Dance, 4853 Monroe St., Building B. $10. (419) 654-3262 or www.dancetoledo.com. O
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people who must make their way a hellish carnival tailored to reflect their past sins. Sean Patrick Flanery (“The Boondock Saints”), Alexa Vega (“Spy Kids”) and Paul Sorvino (“Repo!”) appear in the film. The showing includes costume contests, behind-the-scenes footage and the possibility of appearances by the films’ creators and stars at a VIP party. Tickets are $22.87 for sinner tickets, which includes the film’s viewing, $33.82 for carnie tickets with a viewing and a signed poster, and $41.99 for the VIP experience with the viewing, poster and admittance to the preshow VIP party. Tickets are available at http://thedevilscarnivaltour.eventbrite.com/. The show starts at 8 p.m. May 2 at CAC, 2413 Collingwood Blvd. Call (419) 244-2787 for more information. O — Brigitta Burks
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pringtime in Toledo means lots of things. Among them, it means lilacs near the university, trillium near the streams at Wildwood, and Robinwood Avenue in the Old West End coming to life in ways even my imagination had forgotten since last year. For many Toledoans, spring also means it’s time to get out bicycles and start incorporating them into day-to-day routines. Whether it means hipsters riding to work up and down Adams Street or organized pub crawls, most everyone I know makes the transition joyfully. Bicycles have even worked their way into the local economy, with Glass City Pedicabs taking to the streets of Uptown and the Warehouse District. It has taken me a long while to embrace this part of the Rachel city’s culture. Until recently, I claimed a bicycle phobia. Upon further examination, I think it was more like some drawnout and extremely counterproductive obstinacy that I mastered as a 7-year-old when my stepdad insisted I learn to ride a bike like the rest of the kids in the world. Stubbornness is difficult to release when you’re stubborn. So, recently, I took myself to Toledo Bikes! (at the corner of Washington and 12th streets) to take advantage of this extremely valuable local resource and buy myself my first bicycle. I’ve known about Toledo Bikes! for years (formerly known as The Bike Co-op). I’ve performed music at its fundraisers and learned, theoretically, the importance of the bicycle for a community in 2012 from some of th group’s most ardent mouthpieces. I’ve beamed about the new bike rack program headed by the Arts Commission that called for designs from local artists to line the streets of Uptown and watched City Council members become activist government officials passionately taking up the cause and considering the needs of the bicyclist as a legitimate commuter on our city streets. Frankly, I was starting to feel left out. Having politely declined invitations for a nice bike ride enough times to stop being asked, I realized that the only way to get into that fold where my friends were having so much fun was to take a forward step. Timely conversations on the topic led me to a kind offer from a friend who volunteers as a mechanic at Toledo Bikes!; she promised she would keep her eye out for
the perfect green bike for me. A couple of weeks later, our schedules worked out such that we met there on a warm Sunday afternoon. I walked in to find my new bike sitting in the middle of the shop having just been donated by a man I know and admire from each of our activist work. It wasn’t green. But the coincidence was too good to pass up. I spent the afternoon watching dedicated volunteers work on little details of my new bike that would have never occurred to me. They even installed a basket and made sure the headlight worked. You could say they showed my new bike a little good, old-fashioned ToledoLOVE. While all of this was going on, I was trying my hardest not to get in the way, but also making conversation with the mechanics and learning that one of the major players in the operation is a transplant to Toledo from Tucson, Ariz. Needless to say, I was thrilled to learn that he already feels at home in Toledo and seems to have seen enough return on his investment to stick around. The icing on this cake came in the form of a stack of fliers on a table with pictures of and a message from the late Dr. Robert Brundage, a man who taught all of us how to be activists and whose legacy involves one of his most lovable traits — his constant travel by bike. Dr. Robert had made his way into my consciousness in a completely different way earlier that very week which only gave me more of an idea that I was doing the right thing by jumping into the experience of riding a bike in Toledo. My journey home from the shop was beautiful and I took many many detours through Downtown which gave me mixed emotions because it was surreal and very cool to have intersections all to myself. But, of course, I dream of a day when a Sunday afternoon in Downtown Toledo has enough hustle and bustle to make me a little nervous. In the meantime, though, I look forward to rediscovering my city from a whole new, two-wheeled perspective. O
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Think of it like a four-course meal for the ears — and the heart. That would be John Thomas Dodson’s advice for listening to the latest concert planned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra (ASO), set for April 28 at the historic Croswell Opera House. Curtain time is 8 p.m. “Enchanted Garden” is the final offering in the Croswell trilogy for this ASO season and it features music by Maurice Ravel, Ottorino Respighi, Sergei Prokofiev and Ralph Vaughan Williams. “This is a really beautiful concert,” Dodson, the concert’s principal conductor, said. “Every conductor thinks his or her concert is beautiful but I think in this case I’m truly not gilding the lily when I say it. It really is enchanted music.” Opening the concert is Maurice Ravel’s “Mother Goose Suite,” a work Dodson considers “a look at childhood viewed from a very adult perspective.” “Ravel’s take on the ‘Mother Goose’ stories is a musical, self-aware innocence, a daydreaming look at how ugliness is transformed through character,” he explained. “It’s the kind of innocence you can only have if you’ve lived past your innocent years.” Dodson said the Ravel is filled with birdcalls and some of the most sensuously beautiful music ever written. “It has a softness, a rounded quality — with a full range of the colors of the palette available,” he said. “The orchestration has the instruments doubling — that is, a musician will play the flute, then put that down and pick up a piccolo or another will put down the bassoon and pick up the contrabassoon. The result is a deceptively simple, yet deceptively sophisticated piece with a remarkable sound.” The suite is divided into five “stories,” including “Sleeping Beauty,” “Tom Thumb,” “Empress of the Pagodas,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Fairy Garden.” The story hiding inside the fairy tales, Dodson said, “is the idea of how beauty is brought about by risking dealing with something which is ugly or unavailable.” For instance, he said, the listener hears this in the orchestra when the Beast is transformed into a prince because of a woman’s willingness to love and in another place, when the serpent king is able to love the ugly princess, Dodson said. “In the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ there is a blurry moment in the music, and suddenly that which was not beautiful is absolutely perfect. You can almost see what Ravel is illustrating,” he said. Like words on a page evoke images in the mind of a reader, so it is with a musical score. A reader hears with his or her eyes. “You open a book and begin to read, it begins to form a sound, an image, a feeling,” Dodson said. “A score is the same.” For Dodson, looking at the musical notes on their staffs, with key signatures and treble clefs helps him to hear with his imagination as he plans the music for a concert. “I was trying to map out ‘Mother Goose’ and
came to this moment in the final movement. Ecstasy is how I would describe that moment,” he said. “The ecstasy of sound.” The goal of “Enchanted Garden,” Dodson said, is to take listeners on a journey. He said once he pictured the four titles together and “played with the order until it was right,” he knew what he wanted soloist Pip Clarke to play. “For all the softness of the Ravel piece, Prokofiev’s ‘Violin Concerto 2’ in G minor has the crunch,” Dodson said. “It is salt and pepper, sweetness and salty, very much a foil to the Ravel.” Prokofiev’s work is a signature piece for Clarke, a violin virtuoso born in the DODSON United Kingdom. “The nature of the harmonies ramps everything up in this music, it’s spicier in a way,” Dodson said. “After the ravishing quality of the Ravel, we now have this quality of lively music, with a very Russian soul, a sardonic humor, a cleverness.” In the finale, Prokofiev chooses the “right wrong note, a bit of a pinch” to demonstrate “not everything is meant to be a furrowed brow.” Prokofiev uses expectation and shock to “pull you out of whatever you may be in,” Dodson said. The first movement carries the sound of a Russian folk song and takes the soloist from the simplest materials to the most demanding pas-
sages, he said. “The next movement is a simple harmonic pattern overlaid with a sublime and ecstatic violin melody,” Dodson said. “Then the last movement is the jester. The composer lets notes come out to relieve the heaviness, a sarcastic, acerbic sound with explosive energy right up to the very end.” The second half of the concert opens with the opposite of Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending,” which premiered in 1920. Dodson described the work as “the flight of a single lark, a love song of Williams to the English pastoral landscape. The violin is on either side of the intermission and then “we’re finally back to the land of enchantment with ‘The Birds’ by Respighi. “This piece goes back to baroque music, illustrating different bird calls and sets them in modern orchestral garb,” Dodson said. Although music carries an aural definition, most of Dodson’s preparation is done in silence. “The work of a musician is to imagine,” Dodson said. “It’s really a creative act, you recreate, you look at the score, trying to imagine what it sounds like. Your work is to try to find within it the best balances or particulars you’ve noticed that you think the composers want the audience to hear. What is silent is turned into sound. Ultimately, it is an act of love.” For information and to purchase tickets, call (517) 264-3121 or order online at www.adriansymphony.org. O
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