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Photographer turns poet for his ‘Emigrant Lake’ exhibit By Mary Thomas While some are potent on ‘Emigrant’ programs Pittsburgh Post-Gazette art review their own, others would benefit Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Gallery from presentation as part of the tour (free). Friday, 7 p.m., Lesley “Emigrant Lake: Photographs series they were conceived and Martin on “50 years of Aperture” by Jeff Krolick,” the Fellow- ing half the frame and filling shot within. ($15, members $10, reservations ship 2005 exhibition at Silver it with washes of color. March Yvonne Venegas and Rania recommended). Saturday, Mar- Eye Center for Photography, is brings monochromatic patterns Matar, for example, pursue fas- tin reviews portfolios (fee, wait- a handsome fit to the upscale of limbs, twigs and dry grasses. cinating issues of women and ing list). Jan. 27-28, Workshop sophisticated look of the newly Most painterly are the summer culture that are difficult to grasp on publishing photography by renovated gallery. scenes taken at placid water’s in one picture. Seeing others of Pittsburgh Magazine’s Richard Krolick was selected for the edge, enlivened with the vibrant Deana Lawson’s series would Kelly and David Rohm (fee, reser- $5,000 award and solo exhibition shapes and colors of unusual reveal whether the paper doll vations required). Jan. 28, Poets from 264 national and interna- plants and sunspots, where shad- cut-and-paste aspect of the figure Samuel Hazo and Richard St. tional entries by juror Lesley A. ows and reflections play optical in “Frances” is repeated and thus John read excerpts from recent Martin, executive editor, Aper- tricks in amber depths, and part of the photographer’s state- work. In collaboration with Pitts- ture Books, New York (she’ll trunks dissolve into thick and ment. Christine Gatti’s visual burgh Poetry Exchange (free). lecture here Friday). thin black brush strokes. journal appears somewhat trite, His 22 square-format colored Occasionally Krolick breaks even at 144 montaged images, but Members’ Galleries photographs were taken over format. The viewfinder lifts would gain intensity alongside The Members’ Galleries hold four seasons in a boggy, thatched to include a trail and distant more of the 20,000 she took. unsung treasures. At Silver area that fringes the Oregon lake, shrubs, producing an image In comparison, Susan Bank’s Eye through Feb. 4 are Richard but they are more abstraction that reads like an Impressionist Cuban farm wife has a timeless Stoner’s black and white studies than landscape. painting. A vivid blue puddle in quality that speaks volumes about of “Swift Water, Slack Water” Krolick locates composition another shot is reminiscent of an age and rural life, while Christo- and John Chakeres’s abstract within sprawling brambles and Andy Goldsworthy intervention. pher Sims’ “Homefronts” series renderings of colorful Mexican legions of dried plant stems, inte- Learning that “Emigrant image of American soldiers vari- out buildings. Five other artists grating natural color as a painter Lake” is not a pristine environ- ously dressed as Afghan fighters exhibit at the online version on would, sometimes subtly and ment nestled in a mountain val- has gut-wrenching immediacy the Silver Eye Web site. sometimes stridently. Without ley accessible only on foot, but, borne of daily headlines. “Lake” continues through Feb. horizons or other indicators of rather, an artificial lake that For his “Emigrant Lake” show at Silver Eye Center for Exotic locales further enhance 4 at 1015 E. Carson St., South Side. perspective, the images at first attracts hordes of recreational Photography, Jeff Krolick took photos over four seasons in a Elaine Ling’s dramatic diptych Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednes- seem to occupy a flat plane, but traffic annually, only heightens boggy, thatched area that fringes the Oregon lake. “Gobi Interior, Gobi Desert, Mon- day through Saturday and until soon draw the eye past countless Krolick’s accomplishment. golia” and Howard Henry Chen’s 9 p.m. Thursday. Admission is layers of clearly defined detail Within this context, the signif- fanciful Vietnamese amusement free. Information: 412-431-1810 or into their centers. icance of his, and concomitantly Honorable Mention selected by Martin from those park. Also included are Jessica www.silvereye.org. In January, maroon seed clus- all, discovery is heightened: The submitted. Whereas the Fellow- Todd Harper’s sumptuous ad- ters dangle from arched branches poetic enhancement of daily Honorable mentions were ship imagery is of a natural envi- like depiction of the jaded middle Art critic Mary Thomas may that droop toward mats of gray life is in the hands (eyes) of the awarded to 10 photographers, and ronment, all of these show man’s class and Steven B. Smith’s atypi- be reached at mthomas@post- withering foliage, each occupy- beholder. each is represented by one image presence. cal Vegas scape. gazette.com or 412-263-1925. WDVE replaces KDKA Radio ratings among listeners 12 and over Monday through Sunday, 6 a.m. to midnight: Morning drive, from 6 to 10 a.m.: as No. 1 in overall ratings FALL 2005 FALL 2004 FALL 2005 FALL 2004 AQH AQH AQH AQH By Adrian McCoy have steered some disenfran- share Cume share Cume share Cume share Cume Pittsburgh Post-Gazette chised rockers to WDVE. 1. KDKA 9.8 381,300 1. KDKA 13.5 257,000 1. KDKA 13.7 241,900 WDVE operations manager 1. WDVE 10.0 462,000 2. WDVE 8.3 398,600 2. WDVE 10.3 213,400 2. WDVE 7.6 191,000 Pittsburgh has a new No. 1 John Moschitta says those fac- 2. KDKA 9.0 379,300 3. WDSY 6.6 307,000 3. WDSY 6.3 178,300 3. WPGB 7.0 104,600 station, according to the Fall tors all contribute, but, he adds, 3. WDSY 7.0 335,200 2005 Arbitron book. WDVE- “People could turn the radio off 4. WWSW 6.2 308,900 4. WPGB 5.9 104,200 4. WRKZ 6.2 138,600 4. WWSW 5.3 333,400 FM bypassed longtime ratings after the football game. We like 5. WSHH 5.5 281,200 5. WRKZ 5.6 104,300 5. WDSY 6.0 165,500 winner KDKA-AM for the No. 1 to think it’s something we do 5. WSHH 5.2 252,500 6. WPGB 4.8 (t) 320,200 6. WSHH 4.9 128,600 6. WWSW 5.0 (t) 132,100 ranking among overall listeners. here, too — the music and the 6. WPGB 4.8 182,500 WKST 4.8 (t) 240,300 7. WWSW 4.5 133,100 WSHH 5.0 (t) 131,200 The two stations had tied for first fun stuff. The other stuff doesn’t 7. WKST 4.6 333,000 place in the Winter 2005 Arbitron hurt, either.’’ 7. WJAS 4.3 153,100 8. WKST 3.9 161,200 7. WKST 4.6 176,500 book, and WDVE has had several KDKA made some sweeping 8. WAMO 4.5 212,000 8. WXDX 3.9 213,700 9. WAMO 3.2 94,200 8. WJAS 4.2 82,700 No. 1 books in terms of the cumu- programming changes in recent 9. WJAS 3.5 149,800 9. WRKZ 3.8 243,900 10. WJAS 3.1 73,700 9. WZPT 3.5 112,600 lative ratings, but this marked a weeks with the firing of three of 10. WXDX 3.2 200,100 significant turn for the longtime its talk hosts, but that won’t be 10. WZPT 3.4 219,400 10. WXDX 3.0 93,900 rock station, which gained nearly reflected until the next quarterly • (t) denotes tie two percentage points in its aver- book comes out in April. • The average quarter hour (AQH) rating is the average number of persons listening to a particular station for at least five minutes during a 15-minute period, expressed as a percentage of the population being measured. age quarter-hour ratings. WAMO-FM made some gains • The cume, or cumulative figure is the estimated number of different persons who listened to a station for a minimum of five minutes in a quarter-hour within a reported daypart. There should be plenty of terri- — moving to eighth place from ble towels waving over at WDVE 12th the previous fall. Source: Arbitron Inc. Post-Gazette studios, because the Steelers In morning drive, KDKA season played a role in boosting continues to top the list, followed the station. But there were other by WDVE. Syndicated Howard chapter in Arbitron — and terres- more interesting shifts in the FM, WRKZ, WZPT-FM, WRRK, audience: WDVE, WRKZ, WDSY, factors in the market that could Stern, heard on WRKZ-FM, trial broadcasting — history, and morning drive market ahead. WAMO and WSHH-FM tied for WPGB and KDKA. have helped. WRRK-FM’s switch rebounded a bit from his previ- made the move to Sirius Satellite Among 25- to 54-year-olds, eighth place, WKST-FM and from classic rock to the Bob vari- ous drop-off in the summer rat- Radio. With Stern out of the equa- the top 10 stations were: WDVE, WLTJ-FM. The top five morn- Adrian McCoy can be reached ety hits format in November may ings, as he closed out his final tion next quarter, there could be WDSY-FM, WPGB-FM, WWSW- ing drive programs among this at [email protected]. JPEG Failed to Draw ID: 14479342 size: 6.345 by 828.