By Monty Siekerman
Can you identify this famous painting created by one of history’s foremost artists?
Hint: the sun in the upper right may help you, although the painting is mostly the sky at night, with the sun just coming up in the morning.
The artist used haystacks and crows in many of his paintings, but not this one. Ok, here is the the dead giveaway hint...the artist cut off one of his ears.
Bessie Prater, age 90, died on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 8:21 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on October 4, 1927 in Pyramid, Kentucky to the late Acro and Luranie (Stephens) Castle. On November 1, 1947 Bessie married George Prater who preceded her in death on April 12, 1977.
Bessie was a homemaker. She enjoyed reading, quilting, gardening and traveling. She loved being with her children and grandchildren.
We all know this to be true. The hard part is achieving it, right?
Whether that’s our physical balance (how steady are we on our feet?) or our “life” balance (how well are we doing at managing our time?), we sometimes feel like a prisoner to our current situation.
Let’s be honest, the physical balance piece may be the “easier” one to work on. We need balance for so many of the things we do every day (getting dressed, getting in and out of the car, etc.).
Wes and Elsie Allen are helping put together Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.
Van Gogh painted this oil on canvas in 1889 from his asylum room in France. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC since 1941.
The Allens have been working with other Ada teens at the Ada Public Library the past couple of months attaching 4,000 stickers from kindergarten age through 5th grade at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Guest artist Todd Gaffke will perform on saxophone in recital at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5 in Presser Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.
Gaffke is assistant professor of saxophone at The University of Akron. He graduated from Central Michigan University, as well as a master’s degree in performance and doctoral degree in saxophone performance with jazz cognate from Michigan State University.
He will be accompanied by pianist Deborah Yasutake. Yasutake is an active pianist in the Akron/Cleveland area and is a staff accompanist at the University of Akron. She maintains a private piano studio in Stow.
