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8 New Steps Choreographer is on the job as BalletMet's new artistic director

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inside 6 insight You Say You Want an Evolution? Cirque du Soleil's TOTEM transforms its cast as it transfixes its audience

10 health Take a Hike Women's health benefits from walking and other low-impact activities

12 cuisine What's in a Game? Unorthodox meats spice up restaurant menus

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Cirque du Soleil’s ToTem transforms its cast as it transfixes its audienceBy Lisa Aurand

TOTEM, written and directed by Canadian Robert Lepage, is coming to Columbus Aug. 22 through Sept. 15. It’s Cirque’s first big top production here since Corteo swung by in 2007.

The show draws on mythology from all over the world in its repre-sentation, focusing on natural imagery. A large turtle shell is one of the main set pieces.

“(In mythology) the earth is often represented as a turtle,” says Francis Jalbert, TOTEM publicist.

TOTEM, more than any other Cirque show, uses digital projections to set its scenes – from an Icelandic waterfall to swamps to volcanoes.

“The audience is moving from surprise to surprise,” Jalbert says. “We’re always in a completely different environment. You’re traveling around the world without leaving your seat.”

The very creation of TOTEM was an evolutionary process for rings acrobat Olli Torkkel. The Helsinki, Finland native, a gymnastics coach and com-petitive gymnast, was discovered by a Cirque scout at a 2009 European gym-nastics championship.

“I said, ‘I’m really interested in joining Cirque one day,’” Torkkel says. “Luckily, (the scout) contacted me a month after that they had a role that fits me well, that I would be the right profile with the right skills.”

Torkkel joined two other rings artists to form the Rings Trio. Together, they spent eight months creating and perfecting their act.

“Everything was new for me. Coming from gymnastics to the performing world was a big change,” Torkkel says.

Acting and ballet classes were part of his transformation from gymnast to Cirque cast member. Because performers’ skills are so in-tegral to the shows, each individual’s partic-ular talents are analyzed during the creation phase; performers frequently create brand new tricks that are first seen in the Grand Chapiteau, the large tent in which each big-top Cirque production is performed.

The Rings Trio’s act is performed on swinging rings. A powerful winch pulls the acrobats higher. The three soar 30 feet above the audience, performing an aerial act that Torkkel describes as “hip-hop style.” The other two members of the trio already knew each other and had been in other shows before, so Torkkel had to hurry to catch up.

“For me, it was challenging. I felt hon-ored to be in such an experienced group of

people, but … it was completely new and it gave me pressure to learn fast,” he says.

The three would practice their routines over and over, reviewing video of them-selves each night in slow motion, watch-ing for weak points as football players would study game film.

“We made the act tighter and tighter. If there were slow moments, we were able to fill them or make them faster and shorter,” Torkkel says. “That same kind of creation is still going, but not on as big a scale. We still try to fix every single detail of our act.”

Timing is an important aspect. Torkkel and his partners must perform their parts

One might call the darkness inside the TOTEM tent “primeval.”

By the time the Cirque du Soleil show be-gins, the audience finds it has been trans-ported back in time to witness the evolu-

tion of mankind, from amphibian state to man’s desire for flight.

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in sync without watching each other; without focus, the act becomes dangerous, especially given the fact that they perform nine or 10 shows a week.

“You cannot see each other. You have to feel each other,” Torkkel says. “There is music to help us with timing. We follow the music, we follow the au-tomation of the winch and we follow each other.”

In addition to the rings, part of a beach-themed segment of TOTEM, Torkkel also plays a caveman during the Evolution Walk.

“That’s the other fun part for me, having the freedom of creating the other kind of character,” Torkkel says. “We are free to give our ideas and be creative with the development of the character. The director says what he likes of the themes that we propose and think would be funny, and he guides us in a specific direction.”

And those details include make-up, which performers including Torkkel must apply themselves. Coming from the world of sports, it was strange to him at first, but he’s learned to embrace it.

“In the beginning, it didn’t feel like the most normal, natural thing … but you learn to enjoy and to take advantage of your costume and make-up to give a better performance,” he says.

Including crew and family members, TOTEM totes along 165 people on its tour. Over the last four years, the cast of 46 performers from 15 different coun-tries has become very close.

“I learned so much about performing and now, after four years, we work really well together … as friends and as a small family supporting each other,” Torkkel

says. “Our team is really strong and I’m su-per happy to be a part of it.” cs

Lisa Aurand is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

The Rings Trio

Edwaard Liang came to Columbus with some big, red shoes to fill, and a month into the job, he’s already put-

ting plans in place to do just that.Liang started July 1 as the new artistic di-

rector for BalletMet. He is the fifth artistic director in the company’s history, taking over for Gerard Charles, who left last summer af-ter 11 years as BalletMet’s red-boots-wearing artistic director.

Before beginning his career in choreog-raphy, Liang danced with the New York City Ballet and Nederlands Dans The-ater, and was a member of the 2001 Tony Award-winning Broadway cast of Fosse.

As a choreographer, Liang has created orig-inal works for the Bolshoi Ballet, San Francis-co Ballet, Kirov Ballet, New York City Ballet,

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Shanghai Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre and many more.

The position of artistic director will be a shift from Liang’s past jobs moving from company to company and choreographing for short periods of time.

“I am excited to be part of the com-munity and feel like I belong somewhere, instead of a consultant moving from place to place without getting to see the fruits of my labor,” says Liang.

In his first season with BalletMet, Liang will be bringing a mix of classical and con-temporary works to the company’s reper-toire, including a piece he choreographed himself. Wunderland, a contemporary bal-let by Liang that premiered in 2009, is scheduled to be part of BalletMet’s Sym-phony in C show in March.

The versatility of the dancers in the company will allow them to take on new and challenging choreography and adapt to new choreographers, Liang says. He looks forward to coaching them and fur-thering their careers as artists.

In 2012, Liang created his first full-length ballet, his take on Romeo and Ju-liet, for the Tulsa Ballet. He plans to continue creating full-length works for BalletMet.

“BalletMet has its own set design shop, which is really rare,” he says. “It has the ability to foster new cre-ations at full lengths.”

Collaborations with organiza-tions in Columbus are also part of Liang’s plans. He wants to work with groups such as the Columbus Symphony Orches-tra, the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State Univer-sity, Shadowbox Live and the Jazz Arts Group, all of which the company has worked with in the past.

“I want to bring work to Columbus that the commu-nity hasn’t seen before,” says Liang.

Other performances on the 2013-14 calendar include a collaboration with the Cincinnati Ballet on Swan Lake; The Four Seasons: An Evening with James Kudelka, featuring the work of the man who served as artistic consultant for BalletMet be-tween Charles’ departure and Liang’s de-but; and perpetual favorites The Nutcrack-er and Alice in Wonderland. cs

Hayley Ross is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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Take a HikeWomen’s health benefits from walking and other low-impact activitiesBy David Allen

The heat of summer may not encour-age you to spend time outside, but don’t let it lead you to an inactive

and sedentary lifestyle, which could be very dangerous to your health.

There is a strong association between sed-entary regimens and poor cardiometabolic health, according to a study conducted in 2013 at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at United Kingdom-based Leices-ter General Hospital. Depleted cardiomet-abolic health can lead to obesity, diabetes and other metabolic syndromes.

Dr. Martha Gulati, director of preven-tive cardiology and women’s cardiovascu-lar health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, attributes this prevalence of these problems to two things: North American diet and low activity.

“Activity levels among many adults and kids are very low,” Gulati says. “Very few people are meeting the daily activity require-ments, while portion sizes have risen expo-nentially throughout the years.”

In fact, only 16 percent of women meet the recommended level of daily activity, she says. For her own patients at risk of or suf-fering from metabolic diseases, she gives them two simple tips: Move more and eat less.

And when it comes to mov-ing, Gulati recommends starting small with a simple walking regimen.

“We usually recommend people get 30 minutes a day of moderately intense ex-ercise, but we really just want people to get out there, start small. Just do some-thing,” she says.

The health benefits of walking are numerous. A study in 2013 from the Unit of Metabolic Dis-eases and Clinical Dietetics at the University of Bologna, Italy shows that brisk walking has a substantial effect on the preven-tion and even treatment of many harmful metabolic diseases.

Another 2013 study, this one from Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre in Brazil, found a significant correlation in middle-aged women who incorporated a moderate level of walking (greater than 6,000 steps) and a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Due to its low impact, walking is easier and safer on joints than running, making it a more manageable way to live a fit lifestyle for many women. And while running may seem more taxing,

walking retains similar health benefits.In a study completed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, walk-ing and running led to similar risk reductions for hyperten-sion,.hypercholesterolemia

and diabetes mellitus. Specifi-cally, walking decreased the risk

of diabetes mellitus by 12.3 percent. Gulati adds that people who work out,

even a little bit, sleep better. The health benefits, safety and accessibility

of walking are some of the reasons why Phil Heit, president of the New Albany Walking Club and professor emeritus of physical activ-

ity and educational services at OSU, created the New Albany Walking Classic.

The Walking Classic, designed to en-courage people to adopt healthy lifestyles, has grown exponentially since its creation in 2005, was voted Walk Magazine’s “Best Walking Event” in 2008 and is America’s largest walking-only race. This year’s event is slated for Sept. 8.

For registration information, visit www.newalbanywalkingclassic.com.

In the months leading up to the event, many women join the Walking Club in order to train and prepare. The club meets every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. Membership is $35 and it comes with T-shirts, health seminars and much more.

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Step and Stride Walking Club of Wester-ville meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Westerville Sports Complex from July 1 to Sept. 23. This club also works as a preparation for its final event, the 10 Mile Challenge, on Sept. 29.

And if walking seems a bit bland for your taste, the Central Ohio Hiking Club meets every Saturday at hiking trails around central Ohio.

The appeal of these clubs is the expe-rience to celebrate healthy lifestyles in a caring community of individuals that offer encouragement, guidance and support. cs

David Allen is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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What have central Ohio restaurateurs added to their menus in a moment of creative inspiration? How about …

AlpacaThe menu at northwest Columbus’

The Refectory changes with the sea-sons, but one item that tends to stay is the Alpaca and Boudin Noir Terrine.

“When we put that alpaca on the table, people really respond to it,” says chef Richard Blondin.

The terrine is served with pistachios, black olives, cranberries, apple cider vinaigrette and griottine cherries.

Other interesting meats on the Re-fectory’s award-winning menu include quail, rabbit, frog legs and escargot, as well as a fish not often seen on restau-rant menus: sturgeon. Blondin jumped at the chance to add sturgeon, want-ing to offer something beyond the typical fish choices of walleye, salmon and so on.

“It’s going to be marinated and grilled, and I’m going to serve it with a veal ravioli and a little broccoli crème brulee,” says Blondin.


TurtleThe turtle soup at the Old Mohawk is

an institution in Columbus. After all, it’s been on the menu since the restaurant opened in 1933.

“We have people who come in just for that,” says Todd Weaver, the restaurant’s assistant general manager.

The Old Mohawk gets its turtle from Michael’s Finer Meats & Seafoods in the Hilliard area and boils it, saving all the water, before draining off the turtle once it’s cooked. The water is then mixed with the restaurant’s seasoning – which includes pickling spice, sherry, salt and pepper – and with mixed vegetables and tomato juice be-fore the turtle meat is added back in.

Weaver compares the taste to that of Manhattan clam chowder, albeit more gamey and less fishy, but he specifies that the taste and consistency of turtle can vary; a single turtle has five to seven differ-ent kinds of meat in it.

“Depending on which muscle region you get, it tastes anywhere from white meat, like chicken or pork, to dark meat such as duck, and everything in between,” Weaver says.

KangarooUniqueness is the name of the game

at De-Novo Bistro & Bar in downtown Columbus, and when a unique meat was needed for the menu, executive chef Ma-gellan Moore happened to find a vendor that carried kangaroo. Alligator

The most eyebrow-raising items on the menu of Worthington-area Wurst und Bier have been its two types of exotic sausage.

One of these is alligator, which server Stephen Boaz says has a very spe-cific taste of its own, though it’s somewhat similar to chicken. Those who’ve been brave enough to try it are usually pleased.

“When you bite into an alligator, you know you did,” Boaz says.The other exotic sausage on the Wurst und Bier menu is a combination of

rabbit and rattlesnake. Like all the restaurant’s other sausages, it is grilled on an open fire and served with a choice of traditional German toppings such as sauerkraut and sweet peppers.

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Though it sometimes gives customers pause, the restaurant’s kangaroo dish has proved popular among the adventurous set.

“It’s that item that people like to roll the dice on,” says Moore.

YakWhen The Coop food truck took over

kitchen duties at Hey Hey Bar and Grill in Schumacher Place, Coop owner Angela Theado found herself with access to an en-tirely new culinary option thanks to Sean Gall, son of Hey Hey owner Sue Gall.

“He raises yaks out in Colorado,” Thea-do says.

Yak is the most healthful red meat avail-able, Theado says – more so than bison, and much more so than beef. It’s 98.9 percent lean, and Gall’s yaks are grass-fed, so they have Omega-3 fatty acids. Theado compares the taste to beef; it’s not gam-ey at all, she says.

She’s used the access to yak to make yak biscuits, yak demi-glace, yak sirloin steak and yak short rib hash, but the most popular such item on the menu

is the yak burger, which comes loaded with bacon, arugula, mayonnaise and a fried egg. Its similarity to beef is striking

to customers who’ve never had yak before.

“Some people, I think, don’t even know that it’s actually yak,” Theado says. “(They’ve) thought ‘The Yak Burger’ is just the name of the burger.” cs

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Comedian Kreischer has been making stops in Columbus for the last five or six years, and he’s bringing his popular show to the Funny Bone once again. Though Kreischer is known for his TV appearances, including as the star of the Travel Chan-nel’s Bert the Conqueror, Funny Bone General Manager Dave Stroupe cautions that his hilari-ous show is for mature audiences only. “You can’t really take the TV character and put him in a comedy club,” Stroupe says.

comingsoonCityScene previews the upcoming performing arts season in ColumbusBy Garth Bishop

Shadowbox Live presents Nightmare on Front StreetSept. 12-Nov. 16Shadowbox Live

Popular horror movies will be lovingly skewered by Shad-owbox’s Halloween-themed fall production, with music fol-lowing the same themes. “Naturally, we mostly abuse the memory of these (horror movie) characters,” says Shadow-box Executive Producer & CEO Stev Guyer. And speaking of “lovingly skewered,” Shadowbox will also be staging its own version of Spamalot, a musical loosely based on beloved medieval parody Monty Python and the Holy Grail, starting in September.

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comingsoon f rom music and dance to opera and comedy, there are always more than enough options for entertainment in central Ohio.

As local performing arts groups prepare to kick off their 2013-14 seasons – or, for those with year-round calendars, continue their ongoing seasons – CityScene is taking a look at some of the notable shows on the schedule.

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McConnell Center presents Ladies of LongfordNov. 21McConnell Arts Center

All-woman Celtic band the Ladies of Longford has developed quite a following in central Ohio – its members hail from here – and the McConnell Center is bringing it in for the first time. The group’s Celtic tunes are diverse, and the small size of the venue means patrons will be able to get close to the stage and converse with the musicians afterward. “They run the Celtic gamut, as well as (put) a contemporary spin on some classic Gaelic stuff,” says Jon Cook, executive director of the McConnell.

CATCO presents Fully CommittedNov. 6-24Studio Two Theatre, Riffe Center

This one-man comedy is quite an undertaking for the one man – he plays 42 different characters, 41 of them trying to get a table at Manhattan’s hottest spot. “It’s about a reservation clerk at a five-star restaurant, and he plays not just the clerk, but all the people who call in to try to make a reservation with him,” says CATCO Producing Director Steven Anderson. The company’s December show seems like an old standard – it’s A Christmas Carol – but it’s a heavily revamped version of the holiday clas-sic featuring a small cast, a cappella musical numbers, even some mask and puppet work.

BalletMet presents Swan LakeOct. 18-20Ohio Theatre

The classical ballet that inspired 2010 hit movie Black Swan is back on Ballet-Met’s schedule after a four-year layoff, once again combining the company’s ros-ter with that of the Cincinnati Ballet for a major collaboration. “In collaboration with the Cincinnati Ballet, you have all of the dancers that the traditional Swan Lake requires,” says BalletMet Executive Director Cheri Mitchell. Also on the company’s 2013-14 agenda is The Four Seasons: An Evening with James Kudelka, a collection of contemporary works by cho-reographer and frequent BalletMet col-laborator Kudelka, in November.

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Opera Columbus presents Madama ButterflyNov. 22-24Southern Theatre

This season, Opera Columbus kicks off a new partnership with The Ohio State University, bringing in students for small roles and chorus parts through a collabora-tive opera class. The partnership will allow the company to use more local actors for its shows; in addition to the students, Ma-dama Butterfly also features local perform-ers in the roles of Sharpless and Suzuki. “Part of our mission statement is to sup-port emerging talent. … They’ve earned it – there are some really good students,” says Peggy Kriha Dye, general manager of Opera Columbus.

CAPA presents The Irish TenorsDec. 9Palace Theatre

Vocal trio The Irish Tenors is known for its performances of popular Irish classics such as “Danny Boy.” CAPA managed to score the last opening on the group’s holiday

tour. “They’re going to be singing a lot of holiday songs … and I’m sure they’ll throw some Irish classics in,” says Rich Corsi, di-rector of programming for CAPA.

ProMusica presents A Classical HolidayDec. 14-15Pontifical College Josephinum/Southern Theatre

Instead of the Christmas songs that are all over the radio in December, ProMu-

sica’s holiday show, led by guest conduc-tor Leo McFall, will feature works by such composers as Mozart and Haydn that evoke the seasonal spirit. It will also feature hu-mor in the form of

Thurber’s Dogs, an animated sequence by Peter Schickele. “(Patrons) like familiarity and music that is really uplifting to kick off the holiday season,” says ProMusica Executive Director Janet Chen.

Broadway Across America presents We Will Rock YouJan. 7-12Palace Theatre

Though it’s been a big hit in the United Kingdom for 11 years, this jukebox musical featuring the songs of Queen is making Co-lumbus one of its first U.S. stops. “It’s 24 of Queen’s biggest songs, so you’ll know the music for sure,” says Erin Senften, marketing manager for Broadway in Columbus. Other new touring shows on this season’s schedule include Flash-dance – The Musical in December and The Book of Mormon in May.

McCoy Center presents The TemptationsJan. 16Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts

Most people are famil-iar with R&B legends The Temptations, but their show at the Mc-

Coy Center will allow fans a new oppor-tunity: to see the hugely successful band in a small, intimate venue. This is the band’s first gig at the center, but CAPA – which oversees operations for the McCoy – has brought it in before and been met with nothing but success. “No matter where you sit in that venue, you know it’s going to be a great seat,” says Corsi.

Columbus Symphony Orchestra presents Stayin’ AliveJan. 18Ohio Theatre

After the rousing success of last year’s Beatles tribute The Fab Four, the Colum-bus Symphony Orchestra is bringing in Bee Gees tribute Stayin’ Alive as part of its Pops line-up. As iconic as the Bee Gees’ music is, putting the full symphony behind it creates an entirely new experience, says Corsi; CAPA also oversees operations for the symphony. “It’s a whole new world for the artist,” Corsi says.

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra presents Don’t You Forget About Me: Molly Ringwald Sings the Great American SongbookFeb. 6-9Southern Theatre

Though best known for her roles in such 1980s movies as Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, Molly Ringwald has been a jazz fan her whole life and has turned mu-sic into her new career. Her collaboration with the orchestra will feature such Amer-ican standards as “I Get Along Without You Very Well” and “The Very Thought of You,” as well as a jazzed-up version of Breakfast Club theme “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” “What I like about Molly is that there’s an authenticity and a realness in what I’ve heard her sing. … To her, (jazz music), is almost like coming back home,” says orchestra Artistic Director Byron Stripling.

New Albany Symphony Orchestra presents Let’s Go to the MoviesFeb. 9Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts

Recognizable tunes from ma-jor motion pic-tures – from Su-perman and The Wizard of Oz to The Lord of the Rings and Trans-formers – are on

the playbill for the orchestra’s salute to the silver screen. In addition to movie themes, the show also features classical works that figure prominently into movies, such as a tune from The Marriage of Figaro. “That’s in a very famous scene in The Shawshank Re-demption, and people would recognize that piece as something they’ve heard time and time again, but they wouldn’t know what it is and that it’s written by Mozart,” says or-chestra Executive Director Heather Garner.

Other Music Venue ShowsLC Pavilion: Zappa Plays ZappaSept. 6

Dweezil Zappa, son of classic rock musi-cian and composer Frank Zappa, brings his father’s music to the stage with a small band.

Nationwide Arena: Justin TimberlakeNov. 16

Pop sensation Timberlake – known for his time with boy band ’N Sync and such solo hits as “SexyBack,” “Cry Me a River” and “Mirrors” – brings his The 20/20 Expe-rience World Tour to Columbus. cs

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THE RUDE MECHANICALSadapted from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream August 30–September 1, 2013Shedd Theatre

THE ADVENTURES OF

TOM SAWYEROctober 4–13, 2013Studio Two, Riffe Center

THE CAT IN THE HATJanuary 17–26, 2014Studio One, Riffe Center

THE WOLF TALESMarch 7–16, 2014Studio Two, Riffe Center

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WIZARD OF OZApril 25–May 4, 2014, Shedd Theatre

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEEJuly 31–August 18, 2013 Studio One, Riffe Center

FULLY COMMITTEDNovember 6–24, 2013 Studio Two, Riffe Center

A CHRISTMAS CAROLDecember 4–22, 2013 Studio One, Riffe Center

SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT—THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT (AS TOLD BY HIMSELF)February 5–23, 2014 Studio Two, Riffe Center

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Port ClintonMany people consider the western ba-

sin of Lake Erie, Marblehead and the Lake Erie Islands to be some of the best freshwa-ter sport fishing in the country, says Larry Fletcher, executive director of the Lake Erie Shores & Islands visitors’ bureau in Port Clinton.

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Go FishSpots along Lake Erie are perfect for the sport-fishing enthusiast

By Matthew Kent

Summer may be more than halfway over, but worry not – if you’ve got the time, there’s still plenty of fish-ing left to do.

And if you’re looking to cast your line right here in Ohio, there are a multitude of points along Lake

Erie that offer opportunities. Sport fishing enjoys a great deal of popularity up around the lake, both for fishing enthusiasts and for families looking for a weekend getaway.

“We’re known down here as the Wall-eye Capital of the World,” says Fletcher.

Fishing is a big part of the economy in the area, drawing thousands of people for a New Year’s Eve tradition known as the Walleye Drop. It’s exactly what you think it is: A 600-pound fiberglass walleye is suspended from a crane and lowered like

The areas of Port Clinton (top) and Marblehead are known for their

high-quality freshwater sport fishing.


(Left and opposite page) Fishing charters are popular in Lake County.

the ball in Times Square when the clock nears midnight.

But there are plenty of rea-sons to visit in warmer weather, Fletcher says.

“In terms of sport fishing, there are hundreds of charter captains who operate on Lake Erie, and a large percentage of them operate out of the western basin,” he says.

Private charters that can carry as many as six people are spread out across marinas, while other companies operate head boats with maximum capacities of 30 for which people pay individually to spend a day seeking walleye or yellow perch, another Lake Erie staple. A number of fishing piers operated by state parks and the city of Port Clinton are available on the coastline as well.

Walleye and perch fishing are year-round activities in the area. The daily catch limit for perch is 30, while the daily walleye catch limit is six, except in March and April, when it is four.

Fletcher encourages everyone to peri-odically check the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife website, www.ohiodnr.com, to keep up-to-date on regulations before heading out for a fishing trip.

Though Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it has the most fish in it and the area sets itself apart from others, Fletcher says.

“It’s the quality of the fishing and the quantity of the fish,” he says. “People come from all over the Midwest to fish for wall-eye here. They come from other states that have walleye fishing, but they come here because they know it’s going to be better.”www.shoresandislands.com

AshtabulaOn the eastern end of Ohio’s Lake Erie

shore is Ashtabula, which also offers a num-ber of sport fishing locations with nine ma-rinas available for the public to use.

More than 50 charter captains are on the lake each day during the spring, sum-

mer and fall months in pursuit of walleye, perch, steelhead trout and smallmouth bass, says Mark Winchell, executive director of the Ashtabula County Convention & Visi-tors Bureau.

The steelhead fish-ing industry is a power-ful force in Ashtabula County, as three of its main rivers make up the core of what is known as Steelhead

Alley. Most steelhead trout can be found in the fall and spring, Winchell says.

“Really, we look at the charter industry and the steelhead fishing industry as a big economic driver,” he says. “I personally and professionally believe the fishing in-dustry is something that absolutely sets us apart from some of our core competitors.”

While steelhead trout is the main event, walleye is a popular catch among Ashtabula fishermen, as in Port Clinton and the Lake Erie Islands. Winchell refers to the area as a sport fishing destination for enthusiasts.

“Really, there’s a national as well as an international clientele that are looking to the steelhead industry,” he says. “Lake Erie’s called the Walleye Capital of the World for a reason, and there’s no other place in the world you can go to catch specific record-breaking walleye like you can in Lake Erie. … It really sets us apart again from our competitors and creates that distinct advantage in sport fisher-men coming here.” www.visitashtabulacounty.com

Lake CountyIn Lake County, just 22 miles east

of Cleveland, tourism is also driven by sport fishing.

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area Robert Ulas, executive director of the Lake County Visitors Bureau, refers to as a “fishing mecca.”

The area sees many visitors who come from out of town, particularly June through October. The charter captains available play an important role.

“The charter captains here are top-notch,” Ulas says. “The charter captains … are very dedicated to ensuring their cli-ents have an enjoyable trip and a produc-tive trip in fishing.”

Many people don’t realize there is much more to Lake Erie than its west-ern end, but Lake County will “accom-

modate the most deserving fishermen” who make it a potential fishing desti-nation for themselves, Ulas says. He recommends charter boats for the best fishing experience.

“It’s a great fishing area that often goes unrecognized,” Ulas says. “People think Lake Erie ends at Cleveland, and it really extends to Lake County. … It’s a great place to relax and recreate.”www.lakevisit.com cs

Matthew Kent is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].


The pieces marked by nature have ulti-mately left their mark on the local art are-na. Snyder has received numerous awards, most recently Best of Show from the 2012 Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Best of Show at the 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and an Indi-vidual Artist Fellowship Award from the Greater Columbus Arts Council in 2011.

Growing up, Snyder drew inspiration from mountains and trees, and when she moved to Columbus from the Washing-ton, D.C. area to attend Columbus Col-

lege of Art and Design, she was surprised by the change in terrain.

“I’ve really learned to appreciate and absolutely love the flat landscape we have here,” Snyder says.

All her work is inspired by patterns in landscapes she sees, whether traveling or on her bike in the farm country that surrounds her Hilliard neighborhood. She records the imagery she sees with a camera, a sketch-book or just her own memory. She doesn’t aim to duplicate what she’s seen in her piec-es. Rather, she wants to capture what she felt

when out in nature. “Every season, there is

something happening,” she says.

Snyder wasn’t introduced to ceramics until college, where she quickly learned to love the peaceful, medi-tative act of using a potter’s wheel. After she discovered porcelain, she never re-turned to any other type of clay, admiring the way the medium reacts to light.

Keeping her work very minimal, Snyder shies away from glazes and color, instead opting for carved patterns. Once the clay on the wheel gets to the right consistency, she carves, using little chisels or her hus-band’s screwdrivers.

“I just pick up anything,” she says. Trimming the piece on the wheel, Sny-

der uses a homemade light table to see how the finished product will appear. In the clay’s “bone dry” stage, she is able to finely sand it, creating a smooth surface. Finished pieces are then high-fired in her kiln, taking about 11 hours to properly fire.

The creative process takes a consider-able amount of time. Every four months, Snyder creates about 10 new pieces, work-ing in the evenings on a few pieces at a time after returning home from her part-time job as fairs coordinator for the Ohio Craft Museum and Ohio Designer Crafts-men, located in Grandview Heights.

Outdoor elements inspire ceramicist’s workBy Sarah Sole

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Nature leaves its impression on Carol Snyder – and, in turn, on the ceramic pieces she creates.

Each wheel-thrown piece is marked by imagery Snyder has seen outdoors: A tree line or cut corn stalks are evident in the ragged rim of a bowl, the

pure, white porcelain the perfect backdrop for intricate patterns.

I’ve really learned to appreciate and absolutely

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Shaped by NatureNow that her 21-year-old son and

18-year-old daughter are grown, Snyder can more fully focus on her work. She ul-timately wants her work in galleries; the past few years, she has been attending art shows and festivals.

Still, attending fewer shows also gives Snyder the ability to devote more time to artistic experimentation. Her vessels are a play on proportion, with the free-stand-ing pieces symbolizing ultimate balance. But Snyder is beginning to demand more from her media, starting to pierce and cut through the porcelain instead of just carv-ing it. While most other clays withstand some push and pull, porcelain is less mal-leable, its pristine surface easily showing cracks from stress.

“It remembers what you did,” Snyder says. Snyder is also playing with two-dimen-

sional art, creating very thin wall pieces made of two or three overlapping, separate pieces of clay. As with her other pieces, she is inspired by natural images, such as a freshly plowed field.

“When I look out, I see blocks of pat-terns or lines of some sort,” she says. cs

Sarah Sole is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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Ohio Craft Museum: Inspired! – works in clay, glass, metal and mixed media by 30 artists under the age of 35 who have Ohio connections – through Aug. 18. www.ohiocraft.org

High Road Gallery: Artists Select, works by the Watermedia Artists’ Group, through Aug. 24. www.highroadgallery.com

King Arts Complex: Visual Voices: The African American Experience, works by Af-rican-American artists from Dayton and the Miami Valley, through Aug. 23. www.kingartscomplex.com

The Ohio State University Faculty Club: Ohio – New Paintings, plein air oil paintings by Jon Browning, through Aug. 23. www.ohio-statefacultyclub.com

Lindsay Gallery: Artifacts, paintings by Robert Falcone, through Aug. 24 www.lindsaygallery.com

MadLab.Gallery:.Young Artists Collective, works by central Ohio high school-ers, through Aug. 25 www.madlab.net

Canzani Center Gallery, Co-lumbus College of Art and Design: Works by Leonardo Drew – known for his deeply-colored, large-scale instal-lations – through Aug. 29. www.ccad.edu

Keny Galleries: Montage of Works: Gallery Artists, a sam-pling of works from the gal-lery’s contemporary artists, through Aug. 30. www.kenygalleries.com

Muse Gallery: A group show of new works by artists including Mel Rea and Glenn Doell through Aug. 31. www.amusegallery.com

Ohio Art League: MCE: Hijab, a mem-ber-curated exhibition by David King with participating artist Victoria Ahmadizadeh, from Aug. 1-30. www.oal.org Studios on High Gallery: Double Dog Care, dog-themed grid-style paintings by Ruth Ann Mitchell and ceramics by Judy Holberg, from Aug. 1-31. www.studiosonhigh.com

ROY G BIV Gallery: Works by Jackie Brown, Garry Noland and Kathleen Thum from Aug. 3-24. www.roygbivgallery.org

Terra Gallery: Work by Charles Rowland – featuring jazz scenes, European street scenes and country and seascape scenes – from Aug. 3-Sept. 29 www.terra-gallery.com

German Village Meeting Haus: Water-colors by Carol Schar from Aug. 4-31. www.germanvillage.com

Hammond.Harkins.Galleries:.Paul Hamilton at Martha’s Vineyard from Aug. 9-Sept. 14. www.hammondharkins.com

Dublin Arts Council: emerging: a stu-dent art exhibition, artwork by Dublin City Schools K-12 students, from Aug. 13-Sept. 13. www.dublinarts.org

Fisher Gallery, Otterbein University Roush Hall: By Implication, works on pa-

Fisher Gallery

Riffe Gallery

Hammond Harkins Galleries


For events, hours and general gallery info:

www.riff egallery.orgLaurie Addis, KentGianna Commito, KentDragana Crnjak, BoardmanNancy Crow, BaltimoreKristine Donnelly, CincinnatiRobert Geyer, Bowling GreenSusan Li O’Connor, ColumbusDanielle Rante, ColumbusJudith Salomon, Shaker HeightsDouglas Sanderson, Cleveland HeightsAudra Skuodas, OberlinCasey Vogt, AkronCarly Witmer, Pleasant Hill

poetics of patternjuly 25-october 6, 2013Curated by Janice Lessman-MossKent State University

Douglas Sanderson, Image Arabesque #01, detail, 2010-2011, 79.751 " x 36.25"

LOBBY EXHIBITION | COVA’s PhotoVoiceSeptember 4–27, 2013

Participants share journeys of mental illness and recovery.

Downtown ColumbusVern Riff e Center for Government & the Arts77 S. High Street, First Floor

More....For additional gallery events, go to www.cityscenecolumbus.com.

per by Donald Furst, from Aug. 26-Dec. 6. www.otterbein.edu

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio: Gor-geous Threads: A World of Textiles, globally produced textiles and fabrics that iden-tify cultures, through Sept. 1. www.decarts ohio.org

Art Access Gallery: Places, still-lifes by Michael Drummond and sculptures by Shane Snider, through Sept. 4. www.art accessgallery.com

Columbus Museum of Art: Surface Tension: The 2013 Greater Columbus Arts Council Visual Arts Awards Exhibi-tion, works by the recipients of the 2012 GCAC Individual Artist Fellowship Awards, through Sept. 14. George Bellows and the American Experience from Aug. 23-Jan. 4. www.columbusmueseum.org

Hayley.Gallery:.Off the. Beaten. Path. by S h a n n o n . G o d b y through. Sept.. 19. www.hayleygallery.com

PM Gallery: Acryl-ic and mixed me-dia work on paper b y . J e a n . S h o o t e r through Sept. 29. www.pmgallery.com

Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery: Poet-ics of Pattern, works

by 13 artists that reflect the many fac-ets of pattern, through Oct. 6. www.riffe gallery.org

The Works: Mr. Jim: Growing Art in Our Community, highlighting the work of visual artist Jim Arter and his collab-orative projects, through Oct. 12. www.attheworks.org

Terra Gallery


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eventsPicks&PreviewsCityScene spotlights what to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss!

CATCO presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeeThrough Aug. 18Studio One Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St.

This musical, based on a book by Rachel Sheinkin, follows six adolescent over-achievers who seek to achieve spelling bee dominance. www.catcoistheatre.org

Steve Miller BandAug. 1, 7 p.m.Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th Ave.

The classic rock group known for such hits as “The Joker” and “Take the Money and Run” performs at the Ohio State Fair. www.ohiostatefair.com

Actors’ Theatre presents The Beaux’ StratagemAug. 1-Sept. 1Schiller Park, 1069 Jaeger St.

The final entry in Actors’ Theatre’s 2013 Schiller Park performances is an adaptation of a classic Restoration comedy by George Farquhar. www.theactorstheatre.org

Dublin Irish FestivalAug. 2-4Coffman Park, 5600 Post Rd., Dublin

This year’s cel-ebration of all things Irish features an Irish Authors’ Corner, the Highland .Heavy -weight Games, hurl-ing demonstrations, a music workshop, food, all manner of Irish dance and per-formances by such

musicians as Natalie MacMaster, the High Kings and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. www.dublinirishfestival.org

Rhythm on the RiverAug. 2-Sept. 6Bicentennial Park, 233 Civic Center Dr.

Remaining performances this year in-clude the Floorwalkers at Fashion Rocks Columbus on Aug. 2, Rusted Root on Aug. 16, McGuffey Lane on Aug. 23, BalletMet on Aug. 30 and Charlie Mus-selwhite on Sept. 6. www.sciotomile.com

ProMusica Summer Music SeriesAug. 7, 8 p.m.Franklin Park Conservatory, 1777 E. Broad St.

The chamber orches-tra’s summer series con-cludes with a free show at Franklin Park Conser-vatory..www.promusica columbus.org

Columbus Children’s Theatre presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.Aug. 7-18Park Street Theatre, 512 Park St.

This kid-directed musical follows the beloved Disney movie about Ariel the mermaid and her adventures under the sea. www.colschildrenstheatre.org

PelotoniaAug. 9-11Columbus Commons, 160 S. High St.

The bike ride benefiting The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer

Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Re-search Institute is back for another year, with the longest route running from Columbus to Gam-bier and from Gambier to New Albany. Opening ceremonies are Aug. 9, and all rides begin Aug. 10. www.pelotonia.org

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eventsPicks&PreviewsCityScene spotlights what to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss!

Festival LatinoAug. 10-11Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.

Dance, food, children’s activities, visual art and performances by musicians such as Diana Reyes and Ruben Blades highlight central Ohio’s celebration of all things La-tino. www.festivallatino.net

Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200Aug. 16-17Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, 7721 Steam Corners Rd., Lexington

The NASCAR Nationwide Series comes to Ohio for a race benefiting Nation-wide Children’s Hospital. www.nationwide childrens.org

Cirque du Soleil presents TOTEMAug. 22-Sept. 15Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th Ave.

Cirque’s first big top production in Co-lumbus since 2007 portrays the evolution-

ary progress of the human species. www.cirquedusoleil.com

Big Bad Voodoo DaddyAug. 30, 9 p.m.Hollywood Casino Columbus, 200 Georgesville Rd.

The swing band best known for its late 1990s hit “You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 To-night (Baby)” plays a free show at the casino’s o.h. lounge. www.hollywoodcolumbus.com

Diana Reyes

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Eternal love, enthralling magic, and the most celebrated roles in classical ballet performed by more than 45 dancers from BalletMet and the Cincinnati Ballet.

OCTOBER 18-20, 2013 | OHIO THEATRE

THE FOUR SEASONS: AN EVENING WITH JAMES KUDELKA

Presenting Sponsor: Nancy StrauseThe genius of choreographer James Kudelka

is showcased in this program of contemporary classics including the company premiere of

his critically acclaimed masterpiece, The Four Seasons, set to Vivaldi’s glorious score and

requiring the entire complement of BalletMet dancers and trainees.

NOVEMBER 8–16, 2013 | CAPITOL THEATRE

THE NUTCRACKERLavish sets and costumes, and exquisite

dancing make this a family holiday treat like no other.

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In Columbus, an evening of dinner and a mystery need not take place in front of the TV screen.How does one find these opportunities?

Elementary, my dear reader.

Cloak and Dagger Dinner TheatreColumbus’ oldest dinner theater com-

pany started in 1992 and currently resides at Shane’s Gourmet Catering near Ger-man Village. Its shows require light au-dience participation and are inspired by popular culture, with the menus themed to the shows.

Cloak and Dagger operates Fridays and Saturdays. Currently, its Friday show is Spyballs: Death of a Secret Agent and its Saturday show is Mayhem at the 5 Aces Casino. Guests are given “sleuth sheets” to fill out with their theories as to the culprit, and the person who guesses correctly and gets the most details right wins a prize.

“Everybody likes dinner theater,” says Artistic Director Steve Emerson.

Mayhem & Mystery Interactive Dinner Theatre

Attendees at Mayhem & Mystery’s Tuesday night outings are encouraged to

dress up, and any of them could play the victim or the culprit in the evening’s who-dunit. Each show takes place at Spa-ghetti Warehouse in Franklinton.

T h e . c o m p a n y started in 1999 and writes six scripts per year. On the sched-ule now is Country Club Craze, running through Aug. 27.

“I believe the more that patrons get in-volved, the more fun they seem to have,” says Artistic Director Tamra Francis.

Creative DramaticsChile Verde Café in northwest Colum-

bus has been the home of Creative Dra-matics since 2000. The company circu-lates five scripts per year.

At each show, audience members are given cue cards that assign them tasks dur-ing parts of the show, keeping the action moving. The next show scheduled is Four Suspects at a Funeral Sept. 15.

“It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s a great time,” says Artistic Director Michele Williams.

Murder Mystery Company

Though it’s the new kid in town, the national Mur-der Mystery Company has been in business since 2002, its shows currently taking place at the Morgan House in Dublin. Its mysteries ro-

Interactive murder mystery enthusiasts have options in central Ohio By Brandon Klein


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tate every two months, though they vary slightly from night to night.

“The same information is delivered each night, but in a different way,” says Vera Cremeans, the company’s Ohio director.

In addition to actors, a few patrons are selected to play certain suspects in the shows, which take place Fridays and Sat-urdays. The current show is Wanted Dead or Alive, a western thriller. cs

Brandon Klein is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at [email protected].

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Nationally renowned local artist Michael McEwan teaches painting and drawing classes at his Clintonville area studio.

The Painter’s EyeFeaturing Tidying Up by Isabel Bishop

With Michael McEwan

I asked well-known Indianapolis art collector and gallery owner Greg Lu-cas to select a favorite painting from

the vast collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, one of the largest art museums in the country.

He chose Tidying Up (1941, oil on ma-sonite, 15 by 11 2⁄3 inches) by Isabel Bishop (1902-1988). Along with Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) and Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876-1952), Bishop was part of a group of painters known as the “14th Street School.” These artists focused on life in New York and were especially active in the 1930s and 1940s.

“What I like about it is that it is like a drawing in paint,” Lucas says. “Bishop painted a number of pieces that were about working women of her day – secretaries and shop girls doing ordi-nary things. It was a part of that whole movement to find things of beauty in the everyday.”

Using a layered approach to oil paint-ing based on the technical approach of the Flemish Masters, Bishop was able to fluidly model light and line at the same time. From her studio on Union Square, Bishop was a keen and sympathetic ob-server of this vibrant everyday world for more than 50 years. Her superb draw-ing skills carried over very naturally to printmaking, and Bishop is almost as well-known for her prints as for her sub-tle paintings.

If you go to Indianapolis, you might want to visit the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, which has a very fine collection and an active exhibition schedule. cs

© Isabel Bishop. Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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