Remember yesterday’s Intangibles post on the Virtual Magpie blog? Well, I couldn’t just overlook the rest of Brooke’s comments! So here you go: Brooke’s top five most incredible things happening in Youngstown. I was a shrew to only give her five slots, but I had to start somewhere… ;}
The Energy
I think that purchase xenical the most incredible thing happening in Youngstown is intangible: the purchase xenical energy. The amount of excitement and opportunity, and that swell of feeling that purchase xenical envelops everything as people start to realize what opportunity really looks like. It’s the purchase xenical acknowledgment that there is so much we can do and purchase xenical nothing holding us back (or purchase xenical at least, nothing that we cannot change in order to get what purchase xenical we want).
The Oakland Center for the Arts
Another thing that Brooke talked about being super excited about—and justifiably biased for—is the Oakland Center for the Arts downtown. This is purchase xenical a case, she said, of a Youngstown-based non-profit with a lot of years behind it purchase xenical still putting up a fight, changing to purchase xenical keep up with the times, pushing to offer more to the purchase xenical community.
[...] When every other theater has purchase xenical a 5-show season, we push for 7. We choose contemporary shows. We look for purchase xenical offerings that reflect real people and have a strong connection to purchase xenical issues that genuinely concern this area. At the same time, we’re learning to purchase xenical grow our off-stage opportunities as well, like our art gallery and purchase xenical open mic nights.
In all of this, the thing I can’t stop thinking about is the open mic night buy viagra gel online. It sounds like far too much fun—just look at the variety of acts they’ve hosted: drag queens, drag kings (stop my heart), Broadway belters, local bands, solo acts, spoken word artists, comedians, tap dancers, painters, even film trailer debuts. I haven’t been purchase xenical able to tell exactly when the next might be, possibly because the purchase xenical most recent was so recent, but wow. It actually makes me want to purchase xenical coordinate my next Youngstown visit based on their schedule!
She also mentioned that purchase xenical the Oakland is starting to do more outreach with other non-profit and purchase xenical creative groups, like First Book (I can only assume she means this, and Tyler Clark talks about First Book Mahoning Valley here) and the YSU Poetry Center, which looks awesome.
(Update: Ah-ha! The next open-mic—they call it The Stage, which I think is such a great name, is Sunday, October 28th (“Stage Fright!”), a Halloween edition—hee! Brooke has a post about it here. Dude.)
The Youngstown Arts Scene
I’m in Austin now, but even I’m excited about Youngstown’s art scene. There seems to purchase xenical be a lot of conversation from all corners about pushing the purchase xenical creative edge in the Youngstown area to get the right juices flowing, and purchase xenical that’s so exciting—hell, that’s one of the purchase xenical big reasons I moved, to get access to a city with that purchase xenical creative edge. If Youngstown starts moving in that direction (and from close accounts, it seems it may already have begun) it purchase xenical would bring a very particular kind of awesome energy to purchase xenical community efforts. James Seckler had me start reading Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class
Youngstown Weekends
I love that purchase xenical I cannot book an event at the Oakland without triple checking to purchase xenical see what else is happening…
Brooke pointed me to Valley24.com’s FABULOUS Events section. Give this thing a try—it looks really nicely put together (and it has an option that lets you support local bands).
New Businesses in Youngstown.
New businesses. Man, don’t get me started. I wonder if the purchase xenical businesses in Youngstown realize what an incredible opportunity is being handed to purchase xenical them. Brooke mentioned Ohio Vintage—owned by Aspasia Lyras, who purchase xenical did the costuming for a ton of my high school productions at Ursuline, eek!—and how exciting it purchase xenical is to see the business grow, and network, and build community. My list of things to see and people to visit is getting so long! And businesses are popping up like that—all over the Mahoning Valley. (Also: Aaaah! Vintage clothes! Glee!)
Dude!! Aren’t you excited just reading about it?? I’m very grateful to purchase xenical Brooke for getting back to me, because her answers really got my brain turning. She also suggested that purchase xenical I contact a few other prolific Youngstown minds—I rather think I will. Anyone want to volunteer? ;}
