• Rent Parties

    Barefoot McCoy plays January’s Rent Party

    FRIDAY, January 8, 7pm To reserve your spot or a table for you & your friends email pomerenearts@gmail.com or call 740.622.0326 suggested donation $10 per person BAREFOOT MCCOY–Folk rock singer-songwriter. Plays a blend of acoustic, Americana and folk rock genres that often resonate with the interior and exterior trials and tribulations of life. He’ll be bringing his guitar and harmonica and will do a little playing on our piano. Influences: Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Johnson, Doc Watson WHAT IS A RENT PARTY? At the time of the Great Migration north (1910-1930), blacks emigrating from the south settled the problem of Harlem’s inflated rents by throwing parties. Furniture was moved to the outside walls, musicians and refreshments were brought in, card…

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    A Christmas Cabaret

    Two Hits & A Miss Baby It’s Cold Outside Friday, Dec 11, 7pm @ the Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve a table | 740.622.0326 or pomerenearts@gmail.com TWO HITS & A MISS–Daniel Barnett and Donovan Charles (the Hits) and Samantha Servais (the Miss) come together to sing love songs and Christmas classics at The Pomerene Center`s December Rent Party.  The ambiance of our gracious historic home combined with the some of the most beloved music of all time (Sinatra, Martin, Gershwin…) make for a perfectly festive holiday evening… dipped in the glamorous, golden past. The Halls have been decked for this very special party at this very special place! Bring your…

  • artPARK

    Make a Difference Day 2015. Mound Building.

    We began planning our Make a Difference Day project with Amish barn-raising-style dreams…swarms of people working together, cutting and applying white oak flooring and walls to the artPARK platform/amphitheater…all under the direction of “Frolic” foreman Henry Stutzman. (When we asked Henry how much he would charge for his day overseeing the project, he declined payment for his services––in the spirit of the “national day of doing good.”) Below are the design drawings for the structure we were gearing up to build.   Lots of prep…lots of forward movement (photos of the 3,610 sq ft of oak, log to preserved boards can be seen here) but sadly the amphitheater foundation will not ready. Which means we’re…