Gatherings

  • Dogwood Festival

    Dogwood Festival 2014

    Our Hills are Alive May 1-9, 2014 Spring is slow to unroll this year but a harbinger of the season, the Pomerene Center for the Arts’ Dogwood Festival, begins May 1, right on time. For the 29th year, the Coshocton community will come together to celebrate the visual, literary & performing arts.   The theme of this year’s Dogwood Festival, “Our Hills are Alive,”  plays off the Triple Locks Theater production of “The Sound of Music” but alludes to the lively cultural and artistic  life in Coshocton County. Phil Cogley, a Columbus, Ohio musician,  underscored this reality when after performing at the Pomerene he commented, “Thanks for introducing me to the…

  • Gatherings

    GOBA-Come-As-You-Are DINNER

    GOBA Dinner at the Pomerene Center for the Arts on the corner of 3rd and Mulberry, Coshocton June 16, 5-7pm Thinking you might like a nice counterpoint to the physical rigors of the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure?  May we suggest the June 16, 5-7pm GOBA-Come-As-You-Are-But-Expect-a-Refined-Experience DINNER at the POMERENE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Here’s what you can expect–fine dining on a tented terrace of an historic 1836 Greek Revival Home.  A spacious lawn canopied by amazing old oak trees. Pete Skjold and Friends on the porch playing a mixture of blues, jazz and some rock.  Insect inspired furniture, glass, iron sculpture, assemblage, drawings and paintings on display indoors. Local meats…

  • Rent Parties

    PETE SKJOLD & FRIENDS, first time out of the stable

    Pete Skjold on bass, Ed Zinkon on guitar and Erinn Simmons on drums Friday, April 4, 7pm @ the Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve a table | 740.622.0326 or pomerenearts@gmail.com JOIN Pete Skjold, Ed Zinkon and Erinn Simmons April 4, 7-9pm. Music arranged for the indoor acoustic space of the Pomerene Center. Nice mixture of blues, jazz and some rock. Expect amazing. Reserve your table, bring your own beverage and help keep the lights on. 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…