Dogwood Festival

  • Dogwood Festival,  Performances

    Benefit Concert at the Redhouse

    Momenta Quartet at the Redhouse Friday May 1 at 7pm. Tickets $100, limit 40. Corporate Sponsorship $500. Desserts, cheeses and fruits will be served. BYOBeverage.  Kicking off the 30th annual Dogwood Festival “LINKED IN“…  Marion &  Tim Sutton will host a musical benefit evening at their Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home, the Redhouse, Friday May 1, 7pm. . This year’s headline Festival entertainment is Momenta Quartet with violinist and Coshocton County native Adda Kridler. Here’s the program– String Quartet No. 2 (1911-13) by Charles Ives–a musical story with unexpected cultural references that takes the listener on a journey through discussions, arguments, and a walk up a mountain. Haydn’s Quartet Opus 20 No. 1  According to -Alex Ross,…

  • Dogwood Festival,  Families,  Performances

    Katydids, Fireflies and other insects

    SARAH GOSLEE REED Children’s Concert and artmaking activities @ Park space, Friday May 2, 5-8pm Folk singer and songwriter Sarah Goslee Reed comes to Coshocton to get us all dancing and playing. The Pomerene Center will have supplies and volunteers on hand to make Shekeres, Guiros and Kazoos to add to the fun. It’s all free and part of Dogwood Festival 2014 and May’s First Friday Celebration. WHAT is a SHEKERE? “The shekere is an instrument from Africa made out of a hollow gourd. Outside the gourd is a netting that holds seeds or bead so the instrument makes a wonderful rattling when played.” Daria World Music for Children WHAT is…

  • Dogwood Festival,  Exhibits

    Our Hills Are Alive

    Our Hills Are Alive Opening May 3, 2-5pm as part of Dogwood Festival 2014 & the 5K Urban Art Walk runs through June 16, 2014 The theme of this year’s Dogwood Festival, “Our Hills are Alive,” plays off the Triple Locks Theater production of “The Sound of Music” but alludes to Coshocton County’s  lively cultural and artistic life.  The Festival exhibit, opening May 3 at the Pomerene Center for the Arts, celebrates 5 artists: Doug Anderson–glass, Ron Corl–furniture design, Todd Malenke–metal sculpture, Joan Staufer–painting and Erik Neff–woodcuts. With the exception of Erik Neff who grew up in Coshocton and now resides east of Cleveland in Newbery Ohio, the exhibit artists live…