Gatherings

  • Performances,  Rent Parties

    The Saturday Giant—Third Times a Charm

    The Saturday Giant Friday, March 25, 7pm  @ the Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve seats for you and your friends | 740.622.0326 or pomerenearts@gmail.com Phil Cogley is back at the Pomerene for a third time as “The Saturday Giant” March 25th from 7­-9pm. If you are keeping count, this is the second Rent Party this month…April’s Rent Party presented early so we could accommodate this one man band in a suitcase. Once he unpacks and stands surrounded by his amazing cockpit of controls and instruments, THE SATURDAY GIANT lays down track on top of track–guitar, drums, bass, beat boxing, keyboards, vocals–all played live, recorded and looped (no prerecorded samples). Each song is orchestrated…

  • Chocolate Extravaganza

    24th ANNUAL CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA 2016

    24th annual Pomerene Center CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, February 13, 2016| 3-5pm at Coshocton County Career Center a sweet way to support the Arts Annually, local bakers & professional pastry chefs create fine chocolate desserts for the Pomerene Center’s chocolate fundraising event. And annually, our guests are treated to an abundance of choice from tables of cakes & tortes, cheesecakes & pies, and candies & other sweet treats. It’s all about chocolate but it’s not ALL about chocolate.  There’s the spacious light-filled commons, plenty of tables to sit at (decorated with artful arrangements), incomparable entertainment,  the anticipation of winning the raffle, art on display…with the addition of you and your friends—especially your sweetest—this…

  • 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…