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The SEGway News
November 3, 2016
News
The SEGway News
November 3, 2016
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Arts & Culture
Newcomer returns to Portland Center
Photos by Cindy Wright
The Lions Club held their
Trunk or Treat Halloween
Back by popular demand, Carrie Newcomer
will perform at Arts Place,
Portland Center Saturday,
December 3. The performance will begin at 7:30
with an intermission and
complimentary
refreshments at 8:15 The Portland
Center is located at 131 E
Walnut Street. For more
information or to purchase
tickets call 260-726-4809
or online at www.artsland.
org.
Newcomer was born
in Dowagiac, Michigan.
When she was 5 years old
she moved to Elkhart, Indiana where she lived until she was 18 years old.
She began writing songs
as a teenager and began
performing in restaurants,
coffeehouses and at benefits and festivals. She began her university studies
at Ball State University
and then Goshen College.
Newcomer spent 5 months
teaching art in an elementary school in San Isidro,
Costa Rica. She completed
her studies at Purdue University and received a B.A.
in visual art and education.
Newcomer’s songwriting has impressed the likes
of Billboard, USA Today,
and Rolling Stone, which
wrote that she “asks all
party on Monday evening in
the Town Hall, and shared
candy with 524 kids from
the community! The costumes were excellent, many
of which were homemade.
“The things that have always saved
us personally and as a community
are still here to save us: compassion, kindness, empathy, generosity,
a sense of humor, decency, faithfulness and good parenting are all still
here,”
the right questions.” Newcomer speaks and teaches
about creativity, vocation,
activism, and spirituality
at colleges, conventions
and retreats.
Dubbed a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe,
Newcomer is acclaimed
for her “deep, rich alto
and penchant for exquisite
melodies,” both on gorgeous display on the new
record. So is the deeply
spiritual view of the world
that grows out of her contemplative Quaker faith.
“I’ve always been more
intrigued by good questions than easy answers,”
she says. “Questions like,
what sustains and connects
us? Where do we find help
in hard times? When I stop
and pull back the layers of
distraction, what is at the
very heart of my life?”
Newcomer considers herself a spiritual progressive, and is a prominent
voice for interfaith dialogue and social justice.
Her thoughtful approach
to spirituality has led to
appearances on programs
such as public radio’s On
Being with Krista Tippet
and PBS’s Religion and
Ethics Newsweekly. Her
work is influenced by collaborations with authors
and theologians such as
Jim Wallis, Brian McLaren, Scott Russell Sanders,
Barbara Kingsolver, and
Jill Bolte Taylor.
“The things that have
always saved us personally and as a community
are still here to save us:
compassion,
kindness,
empathy, generosity, a
sense of humor, decency,
faithfulness and good parenting are all still here,”
Newcomer says. “Yes, the
things that have always
tripped us up— greed, racism, tribalism, unchecked
commercialism, and violence—are also still here,
and so we contend with
these things as well. But
too often we look ‘out
there’ for solutions, when
what we really need is
right here, within us and
between us.”
Portland Center normal
hours of operation are
Monday through Thursday
10:00am-9:00p.m. and Friday 10:0a.m.-6:00p.m.
The 2016-2017 series is
made possible through the
generosity of: First Merchants Bank, Bank of Geneva; Alexander Financial
Group of Raymond James,
Annette Alexander, Vice
President
Investments,
Lori Stimpson, Registered
Sales Associate II, Laura
Laux, Client Services; Indiana Public Radio; and
other anonymous sponsors. All activities made
possible, in part, with
support from Community
Foundation of Randolph
County, the Indiana Arts
Commission, and the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency
Eastbrook will
stage ‘Our Town’
Eastbrook High School
will present Our Town on
November 10th, 11th, and
12th at 7 p.m. This will be
Eastbrook’s 103rd production.
Our Town, a play with
little to no scenery and
props, was written by Thornton Wilder in 1938. Wilder
wanted the audience to be
transported back home, with
the feel that the fictional
town of Grover’s Corners
could be any town.
Narrated by the Stage
Manager (Sierra Cannon),
the story follows the lives of
Emily Webb (Eleana Man-
ning) and George Gibbs
(Zachary Winters). The two
grow up together as neighbors, but their relationship
quickly grows into something more. Emily, through
her relationship with George,
learns that life can go by too
quickly- that she didn’t even
understand how much she
was missing.
Tickets (age 5 and up) are
available for $5 from cast
members and in the high
school office (765-6641214). They will also be
available at the door. Come
and see Our Town at Eastbrook High School!
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Photos provided to The SEGway News
Dr. Mei Zhong, soprano (above, at left) and Dr. Kathleen Maurer, mezzo-soprano (above, at right), will be accompanied
by Hyery Hwang (pictured below) when they perform as guest artists for a recital at Taylor University on November 15.
Zhong, Maurer are guest artists for recital
Tuesday, November 15,
7:30 pm
Butz Carruth Recital Hall
| Smith-Hermanson Music
Center
No admission charge
Photos by Cindy Wright
The Upland Lions Senior Citizens Activity Center held its Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday. After dinner, the seniors made