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Welcome to ComFest 2017 What’s Inside? Welcome to ComFest! This four-decade-old experiment in self- government exists because people like you and the person beside you Welcome...... 3,4 realized they could change fundamental social relationships and, in doing Festival Rules...... 5 so, gain some measure of control over their own lives. And, of course, Theme/Slogan...... 7 hang out together. The first Community Festival on East 16th Avenue in 1972 was a Who We Are...... 8 celebration by community groups (a tenants' union, food co-op, health ComFest Principles/Meeting Schedule...... 9 clinic, underground newspaper, and information bank) formed to address Honored Community Activist...... 11 the unique needs of an alternative culture that emerged in the late 1960s. Bringing together political and cultural activists, small business people, Community Organizations/Hopewell Symbol.....13 and artists, it was part of a broad socio-political uprising that preferred Honored Community Organization ...... 15 compassion and cooperation to competition. The underpinnings of that Information Station/Field Guide...... 17 uprising are embodied in the Principles that define ComFest (see page 9). Volunteer Thank Yous...... 18 - 22 This year's logo—a clenched fist and the words "Rise Up!"— acknowledges that the appalling attitudes and actions of our national and Spirit & Purpose/ComFest Museum...... 23 state governments can't be ignored. The times demand an image with— Workshop Schedule...... 24 dare I say it?—a punch. Special Speakers...... 25 A clenched fist unnerves some people. They see the symbol as threatening and even violent. Nonetheless, for millennia the raised fist has Workshop Highlights...... 26, 27 stood for unity, a collection of parts that create a strong whole. Individual Honored Artist ...... 29 fingers can focus attention or work in small spaces; jobs that require Grants...... 31 strength demand unified effort. The only way to hold on to anything is to Fun Map...... 32-33 close one's fingers around it—to close ranks as a single unit. The inclusion of an image of a dove in this year's logo is intentional. Stage Schedules...... 34-35, 38-39, 42-43 Rising up to struggle for justice demands the moral core and commitment Clean-up & Recycling...... 36 necessary to weather predictable setbacks. Nonviolent action can influence Protect the Park/Libations...... 40 those in power in ways that a more confrontational approach might not. But confronting power backed by wealth is not easy. Legislators ComFest Merchandise...... 44 beholden to those who finance their campaigns—a small additional cost of KiDSART/Kid Friendly Performances...... 47,48 doing business—guarantee that those with wealth continue to acquire more Logo Contest...... 48 and more at the expense of everyone else. Street Fair/Poetry at ComFest...... 49 I knew a man of leisure Honored Volunteers...... 51, 53 He loved to talk about his treasure Community Food...... 55 And how he got it for a song, song, song, song In Memoriam...... 57, 59 —"Play Money" New Pornographers Parking Tips & Information...... 59 Leave Your Dog At Home/ComFest Comedy...... 61 In times such as these, the words of abolitionist Frederick Douglass are First Aid/Bike Corral...... 62 instructive: "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will submit to, and you have Heads Up Information...... 64 found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed ComFest™ is a registered trademark upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words of Community Festival, Inc. or blows, or with both." Our politicians favor those whose primary interest is to enrich comfest.com themselves—if necessary, by exploiting or controlling others. The 4 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com

Republican Party denies climate change, encourages in the name of privatization and "choice," and enact racism, and seeks to remove protections produced by discriminatory laws. Since the Supreme Court decided years of struggle by unions, civil rights organizations, that racism doesn't exist anymore, legislatures have been women's groups, and other activists. These struggles actively disenfranchising black voters and young people. succeeded only when the individual fingers of different It's clearly time for an uprising. Anthropologist communities came together to grasp and hold social Margaret Mead nailed it when she said, "Never doubt progress. that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can And despite widespread change the world; indeed, it's the citizen resistance to reactionary only thing that ever has." attitudes and policies, Democrats Rising up to advocate change is have failed to shape and articulate risky. It means committing yourself viable alternatives. Their inability to something larger. It means to articulate a progressive program abandoning Facebook snark and for working people allowed an engaging in true collective action. arrogant bully with vast reserves It means working with others and of white supremacy, little evidence crafting compromises you can live of a soul, and no grasp of the truth with. Rising up means believing the to become president and pack his future is truly in your hands. Cabinet with corporate shills. And it is. So rise up to demand Closer to home, the Ohio universal health care and equal Democratic Party has proved rights for LGBTQ people. Rise up inept at cultivating candidates and to end gerrymandering and voter running campaigns. Locally, the suppression. party lavishes tax abatements on Rise up to demand policing that the real estate developers who fund doesn't include the death of black its campaigns. Attempts to reform men. Rise up to address the scourge the local Democratic Party are of racism. routinely marginalized or crushed. Rise up to denounce white A recent Time magazine story cited nationalism. Rise up to support those research indicating that Austin, displaced by poverty and war. Texas, and Columbus—two hip, Rise up to reject education that liberal state capitals—are among Photo by Michael Gruber requires taking on massive debt. the most economically segregated Rise up to preserve the environment cities in the country. that gives us life. The endless repetition of "Tax cuts create jobs," Rise up to claim the promise of true democracy and "Government is the enemy," and "[Christian] religion a society that benefits everyone. And do it with a dove in is being persecuted" has allowed right-wing legislative your heart and your clenched fingers holding tight to the bodies created by gerrymandering to transfer billions hands of those beside you. of dollars to the well-connected, loot public funds —Steve Abbott

• Edited by Mimi Morris, Steve Abbott, Michael Gruber • Design and Layout by Michael Gruber, Jonathan Johns, David Browning • Illustrations by Paul Volker and Jodi Kushins - Fun Map by Max Ink - www.maxinkcomix.com. • Photos by Michael Gruber, Mara Gruber, Michael Weber, Mimi Morris, Karl Francis, Larry Hamill • 2017 ComFest logo design by David Browning • Writers: Michael Weber, Mimi Morris, David Breithaupt Harry Farkas, Shanna Harrell, Connie Everett, Marty Stutz, Curt Schieber • Printed at The Athens Messenger • Distribution by Jim McNamara, Jim & Alice Irwin, Jodi Kushins, Harry Farkas • All photos copyrighted by the photographers • ComFest TM is a registered trademark of Community Festival, Inc. comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 5

IMPORTANT FESTIVAL RULES NOTE: No coolers, please. Don't leave backpacks unattended. Bags & coolers subject to being checked. • No bottles or cans/NO BYOB. No glass of any kind. • ComFest encourages following all city, county, state, Ohio Dept. of Commerce Division of Liquor Control and federal laws. • No weapons of any kind are allowed at the event. • No unauthorized parking inside the park. • Walk bikes inside the park. • No roller skates/blades/skateboards/Segways or scooters except medical mobility devices. • No vending, distribution of arts, crafts, literature or petitioning except at an authorized booth space. • No unauthorized motor vehicles. • Animals must be leashed and owners must clean up after them. For your pets’ sake—leave them at home. • No fires, grills, fireworks, torches or sparklers. • No tents/shade shelters except event-authorized uses. • No swimming in the pond. • No drones. • No unauthorized sound amplification. ComFest Closing Times: Friday at 11 PM, Saturday at 9 PM, and Sunday at 8 PM. The South Barricade at Swan and Park Street will close at 9 PM each evening. No re-entry will be allowed at that barricade. HELPFUL INFORMATION 1. Look for Safety volunteers in ComFest T-shirts with SAFETY on the back for help and information. If something doesn't seem right - notify Safety. 2. Base station for Safety is at the north end of the Shelterhouse in the center of the park. 3. Program Guides are available at perimeter barricades, Information Stations and bars. 4. To volunteer, go to the Information Station located inside the park near the Russell St. entrance. comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 7

! El Pueblo Unido Jamas´ Sera´ Vencido! If the theme of this year’s Community Festival seems Yet ComFest organizers didn’t choose this theme as a to hark back to the 1970s, that’s intentional. When the nostalgia trip. It is exquisitely timely. fest was just starting out 45 years ago, the young activists “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” isn’t and artists who built it were living through a period eerily just an aspirational slogan, a statement of what we hope similar to the current moment. will come to pass. It’s a statement of historical fact. In 1972 a war-mongering, paranoid president accused The phrase appears on volunteer T-shirts first in of covert operations against political opponents was Spanish, reflecting that the slogan, the song and the trying to deflect attention from his crimes and cover- lesson all came from Latin America. ups by demonizing the press and This placement also jailing the people who stood up to emphasizes the reality that there resist. is one segment of U.S. society At the same time around more threatened than any other by the world, popular uprisings Trump’s racist immigration and were liberating one country after law enforcement policies. another from colonial rule. It’s heartening to see how fast Popular music was exploding and how many Americans stood with new passion for justice and up to resist mass deportations, and peace. In Chile, where the Nueva especially to see the emergence of Cancion (New Song) movement so much young Latino leadership. was born, composer Sergio Ortega But this will be a long struggle. celebrated the election of socialist Likewise, the growing President Salvador Allende by popular resistance to policies turning what Ortega called “the like massive social service cuts, chant that could not be restrained” elimination of climate research, into a song. sale of public lands, rollbacks The folk group Quilapayun of health and safety protections, performed it two days later, and draconian sentencing mandates, it was immediately embraced by systematic civil rights violations audiences as the theme song of and other horrors of the Trump the Poder Popular (People Power) regime will be in for a long haul. movement. The one silver lining is that Photo by Michael Gruber After the bloody U.S.- the onslaught of reactionary sponsored coup d'etat in 1973 policy initiatives from this that installed General Augusto Pinochet as the head of administration makes it obvious to all that these are a military junta, Quilapayun and another Chilean folk not separate issues to be fought individually: this is a

group, Inti-Illimani, carried the song around the world to comprehensive agenda, one that can be countered by an rally support for the Chilean resistance. ! equally comprehensive opposition strategy. Over the next four decades, “ El Pueblo Unido It has never been clearer that this is one struggle with Jamas´ Sera´ Vencido!” became the worldwide anthem of many fronts. popular resistance, translated into dozens of languages, That’s why the message shouted in the streets of chanted and sung by hundreds of thousands of people Chile so long ago is being shouted in the streets of U.S. who were “taking in their hands justice and reason,” as today: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! the lyrics say. — Mimi Morris 8 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com ComFest is a Year-round Gig

Community Festival is a non-profit organization run In early May, the annual membership meeting attracts by volunteers who work year-round through committees organizers, volunteers and community organization and general meetings to produce the festival each June. representatives. We gather for a meal, conversation, a We welcome new members and new ideas. We make small amount of business, and conclude with the most decisions based on a consensus model grounded in our rewarding thing we get to do each year: distribute core principles and code of regulations. You can learn grants to support worthy innovative programs of local more by visiting us on the web at comfest.com and community organizations (see page. 31). our Community Involvement in Festival Facebook community projects page. and other city events Community is how ComFesters Festival looks promote the spirit easier than it really of the organization is. More than three throughout the year. dozen organizers Today’s organizers work on it all year are the beneficiaries when nobody’s of over 40 years looking. Each of planning and autumn, festival momentum, but organizers host a there is always planning retreat to room for new work on improving volunteers ready to the festival and Celebrating Who We Are at the ComFest Annual Membership Meeting take the next step, strengthening from working at community relations. the festival to joining a committee and making ComFest In early March each year, Community Festival something you do rather than simply attend. Maybe this sponsors a logo contest that attracts creative is your year to step up and put your talents to work in individuals who share their artistic talents hoping that helping to produce the city’s best annual festival. Why their winning design will grace volunteer T-shirts, beer not surprise yourself? mugs and the cover of the Program Guide. The contest brings people together and helps us celebrate the arts — ComFest Program Staff community. Preparing to come to ComFest? Please leave your car, your dog, LEAVE TRAVEL your BYOB NO TRACE! and your cooler LIGHT! at home. Please look down, clean up, and love our beautiful park! COMMUNITY FESTIVAL STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES The Community Festival is guided by its Principles. The Principles are statements of what the members believe is basically important. They are: We think that people ought to work for the collective good of all people rather than for personal gain. We support cooperation and collective activity rather than competition and individual profit. — The basic necessities of life are a right and not a privilege. People have the collective right to control the conditions of their lives. — People should strive to conduct their lives in harmony with the environment. — We recognize that there are primary attitudes that divide and oppress people. These attitudes are usually shown by prejudice against people on the basis of age, class, ability, income, race, sex and sexual preference/orientation. — We seek to eliminate these attitudes. The Statement of Principles is more important than any other writings of the Community Festival.

MEETING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 PM – Follow-Up Meeting Sunday, February 11, 1 PM Sunday, July 23, 1 PM – Follow-Up Meeting Tuesday, February 27, 7:30 PM Wednesday, September 13, 7:30 PM Thursday, March 1, 7:30 PM – Logo Contest Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 PM Tuesday, October 17, 7:30 PM Sunday, March 25, 1 PM Wednesday, October 25, 7:30 PM Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 PM Thursday, November 9, 7:30 PM Sunday, April 22, 7:30 PM Sunday, November 19, 1 PM Thursday, May 10, 7:30 PM – Membership Meeting Thursday, December 7, 7:30 PM Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 PM 2018 Tuesday, May 22, 7:30 PM Thursday, January 4, 7:30 PM Tuesday, June 5, 7:30 PM Sunday, January 21, 1 PM Thursday, June 14, 7:30 PM Wednesday, June 20, 7:30 PM

Meetings at Goodale Park Shelter House For meeting location updates: www.comfest.com

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For over 40 years, Bill Faith has been advocating on years he lived with residents, who found a supportive and behalf of the most vulnerable among us. stable environment while transitioning to independence. Whether occupying Columbus City Hall to bring Work at St. John's Community Kitchen food pantry attention to the plight of the homeless, fighting for the led to awareness of the emerging issue of homelessness, dignity of persons with developmental disabilities by which in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s was not moving them out of degrading institutions and into recognized as a public policy issue. Bill and a group homes, working alongside and living with the neediest of activists formed the Friends of the Homeless and people in our community, Bill, convinced city leaders to allow the activist, has succeeded in them to take over empty buildings improving the lives of untold in the city to provide shelter for Ohioans. the homeless. Bill’s uncommon approach In working with advocates to finding common ground and in other cities, Faith realized that bringing disparate agendas money was needed to address the together to solve the problems problem. of affordable housing and “Someone said we should go homelessness has left an indelible to the Statehouse,” Faith said. “So mark on the state of Ohio. we did, and ended up getting a bill In recognition of his passion, passed, with an appropriation.” vision, and legacy of hard Thus was launched Faith’s fought achievements, Bill Faith long and successful career in is ComFest’s 2017 Honored public policy. Activist. “We saw that we could Bill volunteered during the actually have influence,” Faith early years of ComFest on 16th said. "We could actually win.” Avenue and became well-known Faith led the effort to establish among early organizers and the Ohio Housing Trust Fund, volunteers. Photo by: Michael Gruber which has provided millions of His activism took root at dollars to address the crises of OSU during the Vietnam War as Bill began organizing affordable housing. and demonstrating for social justice while earning a He has fought for regulations to rein in payday degree in Social Work. lenders and predatory mortgage lending. “Becoming an advocate for me was a natural And he has earned the respect of lawmakers response to reality,” Faith said. “I noticed corruption and with very different views and priorities, connecting abuse and liked the idea of social justice work.” policymakers with their constituents so they see how While working at Orient (at the time, a state issues impact their communities back home. institution for people with developmental disabilities An activist with a continuing legacy of before it was converted into a prison) Bill was appalled at accomplishment, Bill Faith lives out ComFest values and the living conditions. His response? has changed public policy in Ohio on the way. We are all "I decided the best thing I could do to help was to get better off because of his work. them somewhere else.” Maybe it's all really simple: “You just ask yourself: His determination to find better housing opportunities what pisses you off,” Bill says. “And then you set out to led to the founding of The Ark House, where for seven do something about it.” — Marty Stutz comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 13

Community Organizations

Buddist Network of Central Ohio Democratic Socialists of Central Ohio North Central Mental Health Central Ohio Fair Housing Association Dyslexia Institute Ohio Roller Derby CMAA Refugee Services Franklin Co. Democratic Party ONE C.H.O.I.C.E. - Center for Humane Franklinton Area Neighbors Open Hearts Columbus Options in Childbirth Experience Franklinton Cycle Works Rebuilding Together Colony Cats Franklin County Loss Represent Columbus Columbus Community Bill of Rights Freedom of Choice Ohio Sierra Club Columbus Coalition of Reason Friends of Doo Dah Simply Living Columbus Crew Grassroots Ohio Socialist Alternative Columbus Free Clinic Green Party The Resistance Columbus KTC Humanist Community Third Hand Bicycle Co-op Columbus Free Clinic Iskcon Krishna House Vegan Shift Columbus Resources Kenwood PTO WCRS Radio Cozy Cat Cottage Ngare Sergoi Support Group Yes We Can Columbus NORML For locations of Community Organization booths, visit one of the ComFest information kiosks What's That Symbol? The distinctive four-part circular logo you see think long term. It was spotted in an archeology text by Ted incorporated into every volunteer T-shirt design used by Wilson, who then worked with Timi Townsend and Paul ComFest is really an ancient Hopewell Indian design. It was Volker to realize the full design. found on a decorative piece that was probably worn by its Steve Abbott heralded the symbol's debut in the 1982 original owner 2,000 years ago in a seasonal community Program Guide this way: gathering on sacred common ground. "So we learn from and rely on what's good The artifact is identified as a of the past while we adapt to the demands of "breastplate" or other medallion, and the present and future. We choose as this was found at the Hopewell Mound year's ComFest symbol a design based Group, located on the North Fork on a Hopewell Indian motif, a symbol of Paint Creek west of Chillicothe, of honor and prestige from Ohio's in a 2,000-year-old burial site. Mound Builders of a millennium (10 The original piece is on exhibit x 10 x 10 years) ago. at the Field Museum in Chicago. “We reaffirm and emphasize A replica can be seen at the Ohio our connection to the past, to Ohio, Historical Society. to Third World peoples and Native The ornately quartered circle, American ideals, to the earth, to the with typically Hopewell-style bilateral struggle against those who see the symmetry, first showed up on ComFest world and its gifts as something having materials in 1982, when the Fest was value only insofar as it can be molded into celebrating its first ten years and starting to multiples of dimes." — Bill Finzel

comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 15 Honored Community organization Community Refugee & Immigration Services

The war in Syria and images of African refugees available because s/he left a refugee camp to seek work foundering in choppy Mediterranean seas have made on the day case processing occurs, the case will be clear how conflict in one place can create political postponed and immigration will be further delayed. controversies in another. ComFest is proud to recognize Former Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy has been Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) active in refugee resettlement work. as 2017’s honored community “CRIS is particularly organization. important in the services for CRIS helps individuals senior refugees for whom who have fled their countries employment may be very to achieve self-sufficiency and difficult,” Kilroy said. “CRIS integrate into the broader central provides community for people Ohio community. CRIS was new to our land and to our city, founded as an outreach group to and incorporates the best of Laotian refugees but has grown the ideals of ComFest and our substantially. Now, it occupies national heritage.” a large facility and employs Two executive orders over 60 social workers, legal issued by President Trump have staff, and administrators. CRIS damaged refugee relocation serves as a resettlement agency services. As a result, the with Church World Services and number of expected refugees Episcopal Migration Ministries. has declined, which reduces A team of volunteers and agency funding and forces staff CRIS staff meet refugees at reductions. Another resettlement the airport. Advocates provide group, World Relief Columbus, referrals to organizations that is expected to close in July. offer English for Speakers To help CRIS and refugees of Other Languages (ESOL) and immigrants in central classes. The teams also help Photo furnished by CRIS Ohio, Plummer asks people individuals find housing and to volunteer, advocate, and employment as well assist with donate. The energy and action getting children enrolled in school. in response to the original presidential travel bans that Some refugees will also need to learn how to brought thousands of central Ohioans to Port Columbus understand a budget, pay rent, and tell time, Executive to support refugees need to be maintained and expanded. Director Angie Plummer explained. It is also essential to contact legislators to support “Every refugee story is unique,” Plummer said. refugee resettlement. “It’s important the Congress knows “We have people who were surgeons and people who that people are watching… It’s important that we don’t have never been to school at all.” Through orientation let off the pressure,” she advised. programs and culturally specific training, CRIS welcome “I think we have a moral obligation to help the most teams help to explain how to navigate everyday life in vulnerable,” Plummer said, adding, “Refugees start central Ohio. For example, when a couple immigrated to businesses. They find jobs, they pay taxes, they purchase Columbus, a welcome team helped a man requalify for a goods and services. The children of refugees will be professional license. contributing members of the community for generations Often, Plummer noted, people wait for years to to come. We can do better than we’re doing now.” immigrate to the United States, but if a person is not — Shanna Harrell comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 17 Visit The Information Station How To Find It At ComFest & How You Can Volunteer

ComFest is powered by volunteers. Without the other adjacent to the Off Ramp Bar. thousands of people giving their time and energy, there If you signed up on the web, don’t forget to work your would be no festival. We challenge everyone to visit the shift. Information Station just west of the park entrance at ComFest especially needs volunteers for later Park and Russell Streets and ask: “What can I shifts. All ComFest volunteers must be sober. do to help today?” You will enjoy ComFest more if you drink Information Station is where you come responsibly. to volunteer, grab a Program Guide, and get Community Organization useful information about ComFest. We can check in at Information Station answer most of your questions and point you Volunteers to verify the needs of your group. Organizations in the right direction. are required to provide six four-hour shifts Lost & Found is located to Safety or Clean-up for reimbursement at Information Station. If you find of their volunteer deposit fee. something, or have lost something, finding your favorite come see us. We will do our best to help Need help vendor, stage or community organization? re-unite you with your things. Unclaimed Stop by any of the five ComFest Information items will be kept a short time after kiosks located throughout the park. Several ComFest. E-mail [email protected]. kiosks are located near Information Station Useable items not claimed will be donated and ComFest Booth. Another is near the Dr. to charity. Goodale statue, and one is just east of the Volunteer shifts are only 4 hours. Each shelter house. shift earns tokens redeemable for food, beverages Please or ComFest merchandise all weekend and a cool ComFest Plan ahead to help next year. sign up to volunteer online at comfest.com prior to the T-shirt with this year’s logo and slogan. Wear your T-shirt festival. proudly, but only while working your shift. Please turn the Feel free to contact us via comfest.com or shirt inside out when not on duty. Visit our remote "Merch- Community Festival Facebook page. We are here to work in-Teer" locations to volunteer and purchase ComFest with and for you. merchandise. One is located at Goodale and Park Street, and

FIELD GUIDE TO COMFESTERS

Bike Corral...... Daisy...... Pedal and Petals Logistics/Site...... Antique Orange...... Keeping Our Act Together Cleanup & Recycling... Heather Sapphire...... True Blue Environmental Crew Parking...... Space the Final Frontier ComFest Merch...... Radiant Orchid...... Shining New ComFest Merchandise Program...... Red...... Well Read Electric...... Safety Green...... Real Live Wires Safety/No BYOB...... Safety Orange...... Orange You Going to be Safe? Entertainment ...... Antique Sapphire...... Always In Tune Signage...... Black...... Back In Black Equipment...... Dark Heather...... Always on the Move Spirit & Purpose First Aid...... White ...... Remember Your Sunscreen Healing...... Heather Indigo...... The Spirit of ComFest Food Fairies...... Black...... Quick Bites For Heavy Lifters Street Fair...... Antique Jade Domes...... Vendor Tenders Information Station.... Heather Radiant Orchid...Where Am I & Can I Volunteer? Turf & Trees...... Sport Grey...... Replacing Divots KiDSART...... Neon Blue...... Are You Kidding Me? Voter Registration...... VOTE - Now More Than Ever Libations...... Tropical Blue...... No Umbrellas in Your Drink 18 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com Thanks To Our Amazing 2016 ComFest Volunteers Jason Poindexter, Michael Preston, Heather Ralston, Jayna Ray, George Reed, Forest Archive: Steve Abbott, Misty Alvaro, Beth Baird, Andy Basista, Cohen Cohen, Reed, Mattie Reitman, Courtney Riley, Katherine Robertson, Susie Rowe, Valerie Sally Drake , Deb Kuzawa, Erie Meyer, Anastacia Tomson, Timi Townsend Rumer, Kimberly Russell, Cheryl Ryan, Stephanie Saldivar, Hilary Sasso-schleh, Lori Schwartzkopf, Latandra Shepherd, Ian Shriver, Don Shymanski, Kathy Sichel, Chris Bike Corral: Kevin Abt, William Adams, Alex Anderson, Rahel Babb, Thomas Skalski, Jan Socie, Anna Soter, Heather Splain, John Splain, Nicholas Steinbrecher, Babb, John Bannon, Anne Bishop, Nate Bishop, Scott Bobbit, Chairis Caldwell, Mark Andrea Stroup, Sarah Taft, Amber Thompson, Shaunda Tichgelaar, Amy Todd, Ethan Caral, Mike Cardi, Katie Chrysler, Mike Coakley, John Cresencia, Bill Curtis, Katrina Tomey, Ian Tomey, Tristyn Tomey, Aaron Tryon, Kaila Vallera, Philip Vallera, Amy Darms, Tony Davis, Porsha Edwards, Mark Ervin, Bill Ferriot, Alex Gallegos samuels, Vanaman, Michelle Vaughan, Kyle Walther, Lora Wayman, Jeremy Wendling, Susan Joe George, Ray George, Catherine Girves, Maya Girves, James Good, Jeff Gove, Wendt, Andrew Whitacre, Jodi Whittenberger, Angie Wolf, Lea Wong, David Wright, Leslie Hoerig, Andrew Hoffer, Benjamin Houck, Andrew Hulvey, Bharati Jayanthi, Eddie Christina Yoho, Elizabeth Young, Sean Young, Courtney Zeuneer Jayne, Michael Kaizar, Kathleen Koechlin, Kent Koester, Corbin Kramer, Craig Kullik, Joseph Liles, Blanche Luczyk, Brian Ludwig, Duane McCoy, John Mcdermott, Michael ComFest Merchandise: Raymond Allen, Frederick Apolonio, Frederick Merrill, Rachel Miller, Bethany Nickell , Nancy Niemuth, Mitzy Noisette, Alexander Apolonio, Barb Berger, Paul Birken, Scott Blodgett, Jack Buckingham, Joseph Calmer, Nordlund, Megan Nordlund, Stephen Nordlund, Nik Olah, Marcy Orchard, Tom Orchard, Josie Cantelmo, Maria Cantelmo, Sarah Carruthers, Kerra Carson, Ted Chany, Katie Larry Pike, Megan Purcell, Ernie Chio, Jamie Claxton, Rapson, Joy Robinson, Alyssa Dashandi Cowart, Dharm Shaw, Scott Shiveley, Katherine Dhandapani, Charlie Smith, Joel Spokas, Tyler Steele, Einhorn, Sue Esh, Rachel James Swanson, Melissa Fordson, Kelley Freeman, Tewart-darwin, Ryan Vincent, Laura Gehres, Crystal Wendy Vincent, Julie Walcoff, Ginn, Ghislaine Glitho, Kathleen Watkins, Michael Babette Gorman, Charlotte Webb, Ariel Wilson, Matthew Graham, Anne Grunden, Wolf , Jeremy Woolf, Kristy Eric Grunden, John Yonyon, Gretel Young) Hambrick, Damene Haynes, Christopher Herrick, Len Clean Up/Recycling: Hess, Drew Hilinski, Matt Jackson Abuli, Adam Albers, Hilinski, Tara Hoffman, Tom Tonja Aleshire, Maureen Alley, House, Gloria Jackson, Lisa Lea Allshouse, Nathaniel Bharati Jayanthi, Lucy Anderson, Tim attrell Attrell, Koehler, Alia Lattimore, Christine Austin, Elizabeth Chad Lishawa, Amanda Austin, Jon Baggs, Melinda Littler, Mercedez Mackey, Bizones, Sabrina Bobrow, Erin Macklin, Liz Martin, Quinton Branham , Laura Rebecca McClendon, Gail Photo by Michael Gruber Brewer, Bob Brockenbrough, Meese, Michael Merrill, Gray Brooks, James Brown, Jerome Brown, Wendy Bruss, Nan Cameron, Shawn Carole Miller, Makenzie Mills, Brianne Mitchell, Megan Moriarty, Sharon Morton, Cantrell, Havyarimana Carmen, Christina Carr, Chris Carraway, Mary Caylor, Bill Caryn Neumann, Peyton Nichols, Celeste Oconnor, Christopher Owens, Janice Oyoo, Channell, Angela Cleary, Joe Cleary, Gianna Collins, Bethany Combs, Dina Combs, Christine Pattee, Emily Patterson, Xheif Penokio, Stephanie Powell, Alan Ramey, Crystal Copley, Matthew Copley, Jim Core, Salina Core, Brian Costlow, Janie Dailey, Michelle Ramey, Tiffany Ramos, Mary Rathke, Kelly Reed, Robert Reilly, Colton Riggs, Erin Daniel, Frederick Danso , Carrie David, Stephen David, John Davis, Jason Deck, Brian Rinehart, Roxanne Robinson, Rosalyn (Roxy) Scruton, Lynn Stan, Cheryl Steele, Derek Dehart, Mary Doherty , Susan Donley, Matt Doss, Yang Du, Robert Duncan, Kelli Benjamin Stone, Ashley Taft, Kathy Thurn, Kimo Tichgelaar, Catherine Vogel, Erin Durham, Ndèye fatou Faye, Danny Federman , Erin Feilen, Jose Feliciano, Lourdes Waggoner, Mary Ann Yoho-smith, Mary Zando Feliciano, Mark Fisher, Brian Fridenmaker, Christine Frohnauer, Debbie Frohnauer, Robert Garabrandt, Mark Gibson, Gary Golden, Kevin Green, Ashley Hale, Mark Entertainment: ..Dale Aardvark, Eric Ahlteen, Kelly Altmaier, Alyx Alyx, Jack Halloran, Ben Hanning, Scott Harrison, Esther Henry, Nick Henry, Derren Hermann, Anderson, Marc Archuleta, Ben Arnold, Kristen Astorian, Beth Bailey, April Bainter, Erin Hess, Melissa Hill, Cody Hines, Dane Hines, Kitty Horan, Betsy Howell, Bettina Jeremy Baker, Sarah Barbosky, Tamara Barr, Lee Bass, Nick Biddinger, Scott Biggs, Hughes, Ania Janik, Eddie Jayne, Micah Jenkins, Brandon Jennings, Nancy Jesser, Corey Blaies, Jennifer 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Deblasi, Daniel Disilvestro, Jack Doran, Justin Dowell, Jonny Dread , Sara Dzwonczyk, Ian Graham, Ria Greif, Troy Anthony Harris, Ian Hummel, Jim Irwin, Krista Kitty, Mike David Edwards, Reid Elsass, Nate Emond, John Esterly, Ronnee Esterly, Matt Eyer, Kolar, Jodi Kushins, Randy Malloy, Mimi Morris, Roddey Nagy, Alexis Perrone, Jon Scott Factor, Scott Farol, Alex Ferkany, John Findley, Ann Fisher, Nikki Flirty, Shane Peterson, Micki Pike, Margaret Sarber, Russ Satori, Elissa Schneider, TJ Steppe, Flores, Christian Foster, Devon Foster, Micah Foster, Rebekah Fox, Todd Galloway, Paisha Thomas, James Wagner, Julie Walcoff, Michael Weber, Sean Woosley Austin Garofolo, Kelsey George, Matt George, Jennifer Gibson, Bean Gonzalez, Darren Grundy, Kevin Hagans, Greg Hale, Ben Hamilton, Doug Hare, Dani Harness, Troy First Aid: Amber Adams, Frederick Apolonio, Robert Avery, David Barrick, Harris, Sue Harshe, Dave Hawkins, Jonathan Hayes, Amy Henderson, Mark Herd, Jeannette Birkhoff, Edwin Bocook, Simon Bonerigo, Laura Brenner, Debra Brodie Samantha Herd, Faye Herskovits , Melissa Hill, Andrew Hoffman, Amanda Hogan, , Brooklynn Brooks, Jerry Brooks, Tiffany Brown, Emily Budd, Jeni Bynes, Chikako Melanie Holm, Chris House, Andrea Houston, Jacob Huffstetler, Tristan Huygen, Carol C, Douglas Calem, Laura Campolito, Dennis Carlson, Gabrielle Chambers, Dawn Hydinger, Michael Irwin, Tom Irwin, Aditya Jayanthi, Jenee Jenee, Patrick Jenney, Chapman, Keanna Chatman, Angela Cleary, Bruce Clevenger, Daphne Counts, James John Joseph, Jared Keron, Gregory Kilcup, Zach King, Matthew Kirk, Paul Koehler, Croswell, Cynthia Denzer, Abdoulaye Diallo, David Docktor, Kelli Durham, Dawn Earley, Beccy Krenelka, Bill Kurzenberger, Bart Lambert, Erin Lamneck, Elizabeth Landrigan, Doug Earley, Andrew Eiterman, Isabella Epiu , Chris Esber, Joe Finney, Bill Finzel, Alison Leckrone, Broderick Lee, Tommy Lee, Andrew Furst, Jack Gabalski, Mike Gabalski, Mark Ralph Leeseberg, Kurt Lehman, Jonathan A. Williams,, Byron Garnes, Sandy "fox" Golenberg, Leonard, Kevin Luce, Lisa Luse, Rob Maccabee, Thomas Grace, Jenna Grayson, Jasmine Hackbarth, Martin Malley, Bradley Marietti, Jared Mark, Shane Hansen, Jayra Harris, Natalie Helser, Derek Mondo Marroquin, Mondo Marroquin, Angelina Hem, Laura Herrold johnson, Faye Herskovits, Marroquinn, Andrew Marshall, Ken Massey, Kurt Mandy Holley, Peter Howison, Dawn Hughes, Sarah Maxwell, Chris Maynard, Maynard Maynard, Ivancic, Christopher Jackson, Tammy Jackson, Erica Marcy Mays, Chase Mccants, Jack Mccarthy, Kelly, Ann Kemble, Richard Kovacs, Jenni Kristoff, Jim Earnest Mcclendon, Melissa Mccomas, Darryl Krupp, Michael Kruse, Michelle Laam, Sara Larmour, Mendelson, Mark Merchant, Folker Michael, Jen Longacre, Stephen Lovejoy, Mckaileah Lykes , David Miller, Jen Miller, Dan Mitchell, Laura Michael Mason, Sean McCray, Justin Mcfadden, Moledor, Rich Monkeyking, Caleb Montgomery, Gaige Mcnutt, Ben Meacham, Paula Mieseler, Leah Jason Montgomery, Keegan Montgomery, Mohler, Julia O'keefe, Bridgette O'toole, Patricia Tony Moore, Brad Morgan, Jason Mowery, Palmer, Stormie Parrish, Donald Penrod, Mary Perry Andy Mueller, Laura Mueller, Thomas Nance , , Natalie Poindexter, Bernard Pontones, Jeff Potter, Eric Nassau, Don Nathan, Susan Neale, Keith Gail Prioleau, Marquita Queeley, Justin Ramsburg, Neibarger, Kevin Neibarger, Joe Nelson, Kevin Matthew Raufer, Shannon Riley, Jessica Roush, Nesser, Diane Newberry, Stephen Nordlund, Natasha Sams, Troy Seman, Jeremiah Shaw, Josh Jeanne O'keefe, Kevin O'neill, Noah Sidonis, Steven Smith, Mark Stansbery, Caroline Oas, Holly Olsen, Chuck Oney, Matt Opachick, Stidworthy, Scott Tabor, Adam Taylor, Misty Taylor, Greyson Ostrander, Dawn Owar, Lindy Paddock, Michael Thompson, Jennifer Tincher, Liz Towery, Claressa Page, Anna Paolucci, Billy Peake, Tricia Sexton Towns, Kristine Usselman, Brittany Valentine, Pike, Sally louise Polk, Jeannie Powell, Andy Justin Vance, Alexi Vlaar, Marisa Voisard, Rebecca Prehm, Phil Psycholo, Justin Rainey, Meghan Wang, Sam Webb, Mary Wehrle, Debbie Whitt, Erin Ralston, Kierston Ramjattan, Kt Ramsey, Joey Whitt, Mark A. Williams, Laura Wright Rauckis, Shabbir Raziuddin, Mark Rhodes, Joyce Rice, William Richardson, Paula Robinett, Amy Adams, Colin Adams, Paul Robinson, Helene Roussi, Adrienne Food Fairies: Joshua Altfater, Erik Anderson, Andrea Atkins, Gina Ruenzi, Rich Ruenzi, Les Rutland, Jacqueline Avila, Sarah Barry, Ryan Bowling, Aqiera Brown, Sanborn, Nick Sander, Isabella Santos, Russell Amy Carito, Sarah Carruthers, Mike Caulley, Ann Satori, Kyle Scarbrough, Matt Scavo, Jon Cherry, Gianna Collins, Cynthia Curry, Frederick Schaer, Kerry Schaffer, Ed Schiebel, Courtney Danso , Bea Diez, Susan Donley, Laura Draper, Jill Schmersal, Lou Schocken, Gus Schowengerdt, Pj Photo by Michael Gruber Eggen, Teresa Featherstone , Daniel Federman, Erin Schreiner, David Sedlick, Sean Sefcik, Sandeep Feilen, Jeff Gondek, Chandra Grace, Eliot Harris, John Hemmerly, El Hull, Pam Hunt, Sehbi, Sam Sharkey, Nikolay Shatalov, Kandi Sherfy, Hannah Shimko, Jeff Short, Yalande Jeffries, Melody Johnson, Lolita Jones, Jennifer Kalel, Charlie Kall, Danielle Nathan Shoup, Jason Sidwell, Kyle Siegrist, Angelo Signorino, Gianni Signorino, Kelly Kelly, Paul King, Marijane Kipp, Christine Knight, Amanda Kuhn-sallah, Sierra Lacy, Slone, Ashley Smith, Chrissy Smith, Ernest Smith, Garet Speakman, Austin Spears, Tod Crystal Larson, Catalina Lastra, Mercedez Mackey, Lisa Mcclelland, Daniel Mcelroy, Steele, Erik Strandwitz, Jeffrey Straw, Mayu Takagi, Zach Tamplin, Kyle Tekaucic, Calla Michael Merrill, Christine Miller, Erin Moore, Rick Moore, Stephen Nordlund, Jeanne Thomas, John Thomas, Shirley Tobias, Jeff Tobin, Michael Tom, Katie Tucker, Za Unitt, O'keefe, Claressa Page, Gary Pandora, Eric Peters, Wendy Raab, Becky Rayner, Joyce Dowler Vacheresse, Eric Vacheresse, Jason Valentine, Kate Varney, Dustin Wade, Leah Rice, Richard Roach, Kamaya Rozzelle-daniels, Bethany Sanders, Bridgette Sheffler, Wahlin, Casey Ward, Rick Ware, Noreen Warnock, Connor Wescoat, Marci White, Geoff Latandra Shepherd, Aaron Smith, Mikelle Smith, Perry Straughter, Betsy Sturdevant, Wilcox, Brandie Williams, Leslie Wilson, Matthew Wolf, Kevin Worden, Brian Yarbrough, Deirdre Tobin, Stephanie Usselman, Belinda Webber, Brian White, James Wiese, Scott Helen Yee, Skyler Young Williams, Pete Wiseman, Laura Wright, Ting Zhou, Scott Ziegler

Christian Altomare, Lee Bass, Patsy Batdorf, Heather Bowden-Ebright, MC's: Melanie Boyd, Lu Brammer, Tim Chavez, John Gurney, Shanna Harrell, Mike Brown, Gail Burkholder, Mimi Chenfeld, Jim Coe, Chris Cox, Bob Dawson, Marya Grants: Ruben Herrera, Michelle Ishida, Megan Ralston, Wendy Winger DiBlasi, Michael Doody, Dan Dougan, Charlie Einhorn, Harry Farkas, Bill Finzel, Mark Fisher, Jan Fleming Phillips, Bob Fitrakis, Connie Gaddell-Newton, Catherine Girves, 20 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com ComFest Can't Happen Without Volunteers Kate Dixon, John-Ryan Dobbs, Michael Dobson, Sara Dodeci, Michael Dorgan, Michael Information Station: Don Anderson, Beth Baird, Barb Berger, Brianna Doskocil, Gretchen Douglas, Robert Dykes, Emily Ebert, Stacia Eckenwiler, Elizabeth Bromberg, Deb Eckstrom, Laura Gehres, Ann Graham, Mukul Gupta, Emily Hipp, Terri Egbert, Melinda Egbert, Sarah Elder, Troy Ellis, Wayne Ellyson, Holli England, Eric Jones, Joyce Madison, Allison Meek, Celeste Oconnor, Liam Oconnor, Eva Owen, Kate Goldman, Jeremy Escalera, Alex Esselstein, Evan Harris, Blaine Faherty, Ben Fannin, Owsley, Stephanie Powell, Jessica Riffle, Brian Rinehart, Daniel Ross, Emily Sampson, Jim Farley, Christine Farquhar, Robert Farquhar, Mackey Farquhar, Chelci Fauss- Elizabeth Short, Nicholas Steinbrecher, Holly Wetmore-kemeter, Nathalie Wright, Feibi Johnson, Chad Fennell, Andrea Ferguson, Megan Ferry, Matt Fetters, Bobby Fidler, Yuan, Alissa Ziemer Ann Fisher, Rebecca Fisher, Teala Fonseca, Jillian Ford, Katie Fort, Joshua Fouasnon, Rachel Fouasnin, Ashley Fout, Mike Fanckowiak, KiDSART: Megan DeLaurentis, Craig Kelly Francone, Mike Franzoni, Teresa French, Woodson of the Craig Woodson World Orchestra, Bree Frick, Steve Friend, Bud Fuller, Kayleigh KiDSART t-shirt logo winner Alice Coneglio, Stella Gallagher, Anthony Gardner, Danielle Garza, Ben Able, Alina Batczak, Nia Beck, Lois Beoughen, Gibbons, Jackie Gleason, Mackenzie Gleason, David Breithaupt, Siarra Brown, Tre Brown, Steve Glick, Rose Gobeli, Eric Goldman, Rachel Camden Burris, Cloe Burris, Tiffany Carson, Gonzalez, Rachel Gordon, Jarod Gorrell, Jenna Antonio Clark, Jim DeLaurentis, Daria DeNoia, Grayson, Ria Greiff, Anthony Groeber, Sarah Martha Dodge, Russell Ellis, Diana Emrick, Ella Grosh, Joshua Grossman, Rachel Grundei, Emrick, Willa Elswick, Adrianna Gissendaner, John Gurney, Frederick Hadding, Stephen Dee Dee Grantham, Katie Grantham,Isaiah Hamilton, Atticus Handel, Dan Hanes, Benjamin Hamlin, Aurora Hobden, Laurel Hobden, Hanf, Eric Harden, Amy Harkins, Stephanie Marlena Holt, Theresa Hom, Griffin Hughes, Harmon, Kate Harris, Zack Harris, Percy Harris, Brooke Hunter-Lombardi, Kelsey Jeke, “Ajacks” Eliot Harris, Troy Harris, Ashlee Sasty, Nova Jackson-Matu, Elizabeth Kraska, Josephine Haubert, Bob Hayes, William Haynes, Heather Kraska, Julian Kraska, Kevin Kraska, Ely Hazlett, Theresa Heard, Deb Heineman, Janelle Lombardi, Madison Mancilla, Michael Mancilla, Henderson, Reagan Henry. Jim Herbeck, Kaci Eric Marlow, Joseph May, Eileen Motok, Isla Hickman, Michael Higgins, Emerin Hits, Jennifer Murden, Jeffrey Niday, Michael Oberdier, Sergio Hinderer, Katy Hite, Rayan Hlavin, Lisa Hobson, Orozgo, Linda Peltomaa, Sia Perrins-Lane, Andrew Hoffer, Carolyn Hoffaman, Marcus Hohe, Lyric Pitts, Tim Pitts, Marie Prentice, Timothy Andre Holdsworth, Marlena Holt, Kitty Horan, Reis, Anthony Richardson, Ebony Rozelle, Elias Benjamin Houck, Jen House, Betsy Howell, Rozelle, Isaiah Rozelle, Israel Rozelle, Kamaya Kristina Hoyer, Eric Hubbell, Mark Huber, Andy Rozelle-Daniels, Rayshad Rozelle, Guss Roussi, Hudson, Tiffany Huff, Aniela Iannarino, Benjamin Helena Roussi, Jada Sidoti, Madison Smith, Imlay, Don Imlay, Clay Irwin, Brian Jackson, Kym Corrissa Spence, Ariana Stoutamire, Whitney Jacobs, Lesley James, Yalande Jeffries, John Thompson, Steven Zidar, John Sauter, Jason Johns, Sam Johns, Elizabeth Jones, Alyssa Jones, Robert Jones, Libations: Steve Abbott, Timothy Lisa Juckett, Mike Justice, Eloise Kaizar, Michael Alley, Noah Alloy, Heidi Anderson, Alexa Kaizar, Kate Kanner, Karen Matteson, Amy Anderson, Emily Anderson, Dana Anderson, Karnes, Andy Kauff, Julie Kays, Jordan Keiser, Brad Kellenberger, Paula Kellenberger, Janet Andy Kauffman, Kaytee Ankrom, Anthony Photo by Michael Gruber Dicisio, Carrie Antosz, Marc Archuleta, Mark Kellstadt, Jackie Kemble, Brianne Kennedy, Jamie Aufdencamp, Kim Aufdencamp, Debbie Babics, Kerr, Ron Kesser, John Keyes, Hilary Keys, Jen Haley Bakies, Corinne Bantum, Alex Barnhart, Stephen Barrett, Rebekah Bass, Ara Kin, Kathleen Kindell, Mike Kindell, Kirsten Kinder, Jennifer Kline, Henry Koehler, Jake Bedrossian, Trixie Belew, Tim Bell, Kami Berkey, Kami Bernhard, Lyn Blake, Kristi Kopetski, Emily Kriss, Jason Kroninger, Jim Krupp, Julie Kurzenberger, Jeff Lambert, Blasczyk, Anthony Blevins, JD Blevins, Travis Boggs, Laura Bolte, Morgan Bommer- Misty Lamp, Jennifer Landau, Alexander Leahy, PJ Lee, Bernetta Lewis, Laura Lewis, Guinn, Greg Bond, Tyler Bowlin, Ryan Bowling, David Bowling, Deana Bowman, Casey Michael Lewis, Kerri Lewton, Erin Ley, Toni Lipsey, John Lloyd, Patrick Long, Beth Boyd, Melanie Boyd, Jason Boylan, Jason Bradford, Allen Bradley, John Bragg, Justin Long, Jen Longacre, Lora Lora, Tony Ludovico, Randy Malloy, Jillian Manning, Daniel Brammer, Lu Brammer, Kevin Brammer, Nikki Brewer, Debra Brodie, Angi Brooks, Marcelain, Dave Markley, Lucky Martin, Walter Mason, Meghan Mason, Tony Massara, Natalie Brown, Brooke Brown, Jeff Brown, Theresa Bruskin, Linh Bui, Benjamin Calnan, Don Maston, Jessica Mathews, Karen Matteson, Peter D Mayer, Mike Mayoka, Colin Michelle Cannon, Meagan Cannon, Kim Caris, Danielle Caruthers, Sean Casey, Dilara McBride, Trevor McCleery, Michael McCoy, Donald McCullough, Pamela McGough, Casey, Greg Cass, Shirley Cass, Angie Catalanotto, Mike Challis, Ann Chambers, Josh McGregor, Megan McKee, Jackie McNeely, William Melvin, Joe Merrill, Jeff Miller, Brenda Chaney, Jennifer Chastain, Josh Chastain, Josh Clark, Katrina Clark, Clay Winniue Miller, Christine Miller, Laura Mlakar, Liza Moats, Chip Moats, Cathy Mockus, Irwin, Kate Colbertson, Tamara Collins, Kamaran Collins, Ann Marie Condo, Hollie Carolyn Mockus, Dan Montour, Hannah Moore, Sharde Moser, Brenda Mossor, Liz Connell, Richard Copner, Bob Cope, Tristan Copper, Ben Cotton, Lindsay Cowgill, Mote, Lisa Much, Shane Mueller, Andy Mueller, Catherine Mueller, Christy Muhoberac, Rebecca Craycraft, Akilah Crouch, Nick Cunningham, Bryan Curtiss, Matt Cushwa, Shannon Mulroy, Kraig Myers, Sarah Natoce, Andre Nixon, Phillip Nixon, Kelly Norviel, James D McCullars Jr, Drew Danner, Terry Daubert, Harold Davis, Theresa Dean, Kevin Norviel, Sarah Norviel, Nelson Novak, Kevin Nowland, Daniel Nunez, Jeanne Patsy Deerhake, John Dempsey, Sarah Dennis, colleen Dennis, Dharm Dhandapani, Okeefe, Eamon Obrien, Elizabeth Odea, Matt Odonnell, Sean Orourke, Stephanie comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 21

Otten, Brian Pace, Dan Paoletti, Nikki Pappas, Lisa Pariott, Zach Parsons, Pat Fachman, Michael Tom, Ashley Voss, Candy Watkins, Jeff Widner, Heidi Wiemken, Helen Yee, Kenny Patterson, Jenna Patterson, Kristen Pendrex, Mich Peters, Eric Peterson, Damien Lynda Zamora, SITE OPERATIONS: Abby Retterer, Alan Ramey, Alexis Jenny, Ben Petranek, Steve Phillips, Micki Pike, Larry Pike, Tim Pitts, Dan Pizzura, Daniel Pizzurro, Hanning, Bharati Jayanth,i Christopher Owens, Emmanuel Odama, Eva Starnes, Gail Tim Price, Patrick Price, Lauren Ranalli, Lizeth Rascon, Kelly Ratcliff, Ian Ravary, JR Huber, Greg Rich, Hareesh Menon, Jeannie Simmons, Jenna Patterson, John Fonner, Ray, Justin Raymond, John Reed, Linda Remecker, Michelle Renee, Mark Ridenour, Joseph Hart, Kaytee Ankrom, Laura Wrigh,t Lynn Parker, Mary Klain, Matt Lubbers, Lisa Ridenour, Emily Ridgway, Dan Riffle, Judy Riffle, Colton Riggs, Joe Rinkes, Don Matteo Tardino, Michael Jurkovic, Michael Tom, Mikaela Brown-rue, Mike Hansen, Ritchey, Mary Ritchey, Ed Ritchey, Jessica Roach, Steve Roberts, Alicia Robinson, Nathaniel Musser, Paul Koehler, Robert Garabrandt, Tania Katanga, Tochi Ihejirika, Tom Iderah Roeck Akarkarasu, Shawn Rowell, Bob Rower, Ryan Swank, Elizabeth Sailer, Bond, Wolf Starr, Brian Hartley, Christian Carey, George Carnes, Greg Kilcup, John Isaac Sarton, John Sauter, Vanessa Sawichi, Brien Schaefer, Matthew Schilling, Micki McCollor, Kenny DeVaugn, Kevin Noe, Pat Jenney, Russell Satori, Sammone Ferrell, Schmitt, Kenneth Schweickart, Brian Schweickart, Lena Secrest, Jen Secrest, Tom Seville Haynes, Shana Blue Green, Smiley Acuna, Steve Dick, Tabbie Tirey, Tony Sedlock, Andrea See, Alan Sexton, Emily Shank, Corbin Shaw, Alyssa Shaw, Seneca Wiemken, Everyone Else! EQUIPMENT SPOT CREW SUPERVISORS: Eliza Marlow, Sheehan, Natalie Sheese, Nat Sheppard, Rachel Shininger, Sara Shininger, Sharon Aaron Freeman CREW: Matt Bils, Sam Cass, Abigail Corcoran, Alexis Critchley, Staci Siedleck, Jay Silva, Ford Sledge, Loretta Smals, Jessica Smith, Jason Smith, Sarah Daniels, Sean Florian , Tiffany Isaac , Sam Jones, Alex Koltun , Matt Lubbers, Matthew Smith, Drew Smith, Cherie Snyder, Chris Snyder, Scott Solsman, Kyle Sowash, Anne McVay , Cara Morrison, Bobby Neutzling , Lee Pepper, Mary Ramey , Will Ramey, Speakman, David Spencer, John Paul Sperling, Wally Stamper, Laura Standfield, Fred Camille Ramey, Nadja Ramos, Miki Rayner , Rob Rayner, Robbie Rayner, Alyssa Startup, Annie Stevens, Chad Stevens, Robert Stevenson, Christine Straughter, Marty Shaw , Sabrina Von Netzer, Matthew Roy, Sarah Whaley PARKING: Doug Gouty, Stutz, Kelley Summers, Sheila Michael Doody, International Summers, Tiffany Summers, Brotherhood of Electrical Melissa Swanson, Kevin Sweet, Workers Local 683, Junior Matthew Swisher, Heather Achievement, all our neighbors Tapia, Julie Taylor, Susan for their cooperation. Taylor, Jaleesa Taylor, Allen Taylor, Loyce Theesfeld, Aaron Peace Village/ Theesfeld, Ken Thomas, Karen Thomas, Tracey Thompson, Healing Arts: Mustafa John Thompson, Charles Timm, Abuhilal, Stephen Begala, Jennifer Tincher, Tony Toller, Hanna Belcher, Christine Nguyen Tram, Beth Trapp, Buehler, Michelle Campbell, Jesse Traucht, Ashley Traucht, Harry Farkas, Doug Gamble, Dan Trevas, Ron Troyer, Kevin Colleen George, El Hull, Jessica Truitt, Brian Tucker, Annie Tullis, Jackson, Nathan Jackson, Michelle Turner, Leslie Vasquez, Phillip Kemp, Barb Markowitz, Joe Vavrek, Casey Velker, Alelia Laurie Marsh, Leslie Minney, Von Deak, Robert Voyles, Anne Kelly Montgomery, Rachel Vukcevich, Rissa Wagner, Pinney, Randy Sinai, Adam Valarie Wait, Kari Warfield, Steinmetz, Brittany Stidam, Sarah Warner, Dawn Warner, Kris Usselman, Stephanie Photo by Michael Weber Deidre Wedig, Lisa Weems, Jim Usselman, Kelly Vokas, Barbara Weimerskirch, Allegra Weisler, Wright. Jonathan Welch, Carrie Weld, Joseph Wendell, Sara West, Mariah West, Lydia West, Sandra West, Nicole Westfall, Amy Weyand, Paul Weyand, Lisa Wheeler, Derrick White, Program: (staff box page 4) Jackson Abuli, Cosmos Anweh, Dwain Baer, Beth Kathy Whitt, Dennis Willard, Krista Williams, Drew Williams, Brandie Williams, Austin Baird, Barb Berger, Joey Boschert, Lori Coleman, Jocelyn Curry, Janie Dailey, Porsha Willman, Morgan Wills, Timyra Wilson, Phil Winkelmann, Matthew Wolf, George Wong, Edwards, Katie Fort, Fred Heald, Jonathan Horan, Brenda Hosey, Sarah Kriebel, Paul Denyse Woods, Jen Wooster McBride, Mckenzie Workman, Chris Wright, Michelle Lada, Jennifer Longwell, Stephanie Miller, Liza Moats, Morrison Morrison, Viviane Nye, Wright, Lisa Wurm, Wilming Yee, Kelly Yocum, Miranda Yoder, Scott Zeune, Ting Zhou: Cassidy Rexrode, Courtney Riley, Brian Rinehart, Jamie e Roberson, Shawn Rowell, Kimberly Russell, Latandra Shepherd, Mary Skaggs, Jackie Stanton, Brian Tannehill, Logistics: Short North Civic Association, Friends Of Goodale Park, Short North Darlene Tannehill, Colisile Tfwala, Ubaka Ubaka, Anne Vukcevich, Jeremy Wendling, Alliance, Victorian Village Commission, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Kevin Friend, All Jeremy Woolft neighbors and area businesses, City of Columbus, Mayor Andrew Ginther, Columbus Division of Fire, Columbus Division of Police and all the on-duty officers, Columbus Safety: Steve Abbott, Arya Acier, Carl Ahlteen, Matthew Allen, Josh Altfater, Joshua Division of Recreation & Parks, Jason Nicholson, Ron Keller, Columbus City Council, Ames, Charles Amos, James Anders, Jeff Archer, Mowgli Assor, Mark Baller,Andrew Columbus Division of Development, Columbus Division of Refuse, Columbus Division Behm, Jennifer Bermudez, Nathan Biller,J. Birch, Paul Birken, Katie Bloomfield, Alicia of Engineering, Columbus Division of Water & Electric, Columbus City Forester, Mark Bond, Elizabeth Brewer, Tommy Brewer, Jerome Brown, Tim Brown, J. Bussey, Nan Springer, Mark DiPiero, Jackie Howard, Valerie Clements, The Ohio Department of Cameron,Robert Campbell, David Canter, Da'wayne Captain, Paul Carnevale, Daniel Transportation, Fraternal Order of Police, Lt. Ty Brust and all the Special Duty officers, Carroll, Darcy Cass, Clarence Caudill, Elsa Cello, Antonio Clark, Elisa Clever, Scott Retired Officer Sheila Summers,Tiffany Summers, Kevin Brammer, Tim Chavez, Connie Cochran, Anthony Cognion, Jeremy Collins, Sekou Conde, Jesse Conner, Cynthia Everett, Bill Finzel, Bernie Frankl Rick Franz, Aaron Freeman, Eliza Marlow Freeman, Crenshaw, Tim Danko, Marty Decker, Tamara Denaeff, Cabot Dison, Mak Dopler, Eric Fred Gittes, Doug Goudy, Michael Gruber, Michelle Kensler, Todd Kensler, Gabor Klein, Drake, Robert Duncan, Lisa Dupler, Tanya Dvorsky, Jonathan Ebright, Parker Elston, Liz Landrigan, Darryl Mendelson, Ro-Z Mendelson, Amanda Owen, Larry Pike, Micki B Christian Englund,James Eoel, Jim Farley, Cornell Ford, Solomon Ford, Justin Foster, Pike, Bill Reynolds Jr. of Rent A John (that fork lift comes in handy) Timothy Wolfe Starr, 22 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com How Do You Get A Cool Shirt? Volunteer! 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Webb, Paul Weber, Jacqueline Webb, Mario Turner, Jennifer Tussey, Jim Tussey, Mike Tussey, Wheatley, Martin Williamson, Jodi Whittenberger, Tom Tussey, Lauren Vanarsdale, Eric Vivens, Tom Wildman, Jessica Wright, Nicole Zahrndt Candy Watkins, Taylor Wendel, Jeff Widner, Heidi Wiemken, Deb Willaman, Lew Williams, Signage: Mark Aufdencamp, Jeremy Photo by Michael Gruber Sean Williams, Zana Williams, Paul Wilkins, Baker, Lanette Bellezza, Rickory Flowers, Hillary Cyndi Woods, Kathy Wright, Gretel Young, Robert Fuller, Sara Fuller, Michael Giammarese, Ben Hanning, Wiley Jackson, Levi Kill, Dawn Lawson (in memory) Sally Kensler-LeValley (in memory), Don Ruben (in memory), Beau Kurzynowski, Adam Mclaughlin, Kerry Schaffer, Mustafa ulas Taban, Tony Toller, Laura Wylie (in memory) Wrightt Voter Registration: Natalie Amling, Dave Beckman, Peter Bliley , Spirit & Purpose: Steve Abbott, Roger Barriteau, Tim Chavez, Jim Coe, Catherine Bradshaw, Paige Bradshaw, Joanie Calem, Daniel Carroll, Dan Craft, Porsha Robb Ebright, Connie Everett, Michael Gruber, Gabor Klein, Julie Kurzenberger, Darryl Edwards, Alana Evans, Ghislaine Glitho , James Kenefick, Michael Lanning, Tess Mendelson, Simone Morgen, Mimi Morris, Victoria Parks, Meghan Ralston, Michelle Lusson, Sarah Mcvicker, Rachel Moore, Brice Patterson, Caitlin Peet, Corrie Pieterson, Taphorn, Michael Lane Tom, Kris Usselman, Stephanie Usselman, Michael Weber, Jeff Mary Rose, Bethany Sanders, Hilary Sasso-schleh, Troy Seman, Kay Slone, Nicholas Widner, Heidi Wienken Steinbrecher, Benjamin Stone, Amy Strawser, Amber Thompson, Kimberly Van winkle , Sarah Winland, Caitlin Yahr Street Fair: Bryan Adam, siOsiStanah Allen, Jessica Andrews, Joe Andrews, Elsie Ansong, Marc Archuleta, Kassi Ayesu, Jeremy Baker, Joe Bauer, Stephen Begala, Casey Your Name Here: Would you like to see your name here? You need to Best, Nikki Blankenship, Betty Blockinger, John Boerstler, Dina Boggs, Ryan Bowling, Ryan volunteer. Stop by Information Station and find out how you can be one of the people Brandau, Jessica Buescher, Sarah Bright, Casey Britney, Elijah Brown, David Burleson, who make ComFest happen. Volunteering is the only way to get the unique volunteer Amy Carito, William Carpenter, Tim Chavez, Katie Chio, Cynthia Coleman, Kelly Condo, T-shirt featuring this year's logo design. Our Clean-Up and Recycling or Safety teams Betsy Cornell, Joan Couden, Trebor Criswell, Bruce Demsey, Emmanuel Davis, Courtney still need help in the evenings. And once again - THANK YOU! Depaso, Beth Doliboa, Megan Driscoll, Kari Drouhard, Erica Dumm, John Dugan, Alexis comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 23 Spirit & Purpose The spirit of ComFest is proudly progressive. A all closer together, and ComFesters can expect the same visit to the ComFest Museum in the Shelter House will quality workshops and presentations as always. attest to a long history of demonstrating progressive New to the Peace and Healing Village is "The social, economic and political principles. The purpose Diverse Art of Togetherness," a pavilion of arts and of ComFest is to inspire informed activism in the crafts by local artists as diverse in their person and craft community. Never has that mission felt more necessary as central Ohio. Discover the rich textures that make and relevant. this Columbus tapestry of beauty and talent. Please ComFest accomplishes its goals through workshops support all ComFest vendors on Street Fair. The mix of and speakers as well as music and art. Workshops in merchandise and food is a tribute to the community. 2017 address many of the imminent concerns people ComFest is a multi-layered experience. To truly have, especially post- experience the festival election:healthcare, follow this simple plan: racial injustice, women's 1. Volunteer for a issues, growing economic shift and lend a hand in disparity, LGBTQ rights, making it all happen. immigrant rights and 2. Buy ComFest justice. Guest speakers beer to support ComFest on the stages include Grants to local groups. representatives of Leave a tip for the important community homeless shelters and organizations, local food banks. activists and leaders, and 3. Check out at least former United States one workshop. Take Representative and twice time to learn more or get presidential candidate involved. Dennis Kucinich. Photo by Karl Francis 4. Listen to the guest Kucinich also will be on speakers and MCs, and hand at the Free Press Salon Saturday afternoon at Solar read the Program Guide. Then carry those messages back Stage. into the community year round. Peace Village has also undergone some physical 5. Get down and dance! It’s your Party with a changes this year. The Peace and Healing Pavilion is Purpose! under one tent instead of two. This tent itself has moved And remember: The People United Will Never Be a bit south to be closer to vendors, Solar Tent, and the Defeated! Village center. It is now located directly west of the — Connie Willett Everett Shelterhouse and tennis courts. These changes bring us

ComFest Museum: Stop by the Shelterhouse to visit the ComFest Museum and discover a rich history in the Columbus community. There will be displays of memorabilia and film footage from prior festivals. A colorful display of prior years' festival T-shirts adorns two walls. Docents will be on hand to answer questions and embellish the history with their own experiences. WORKSHOP SCHEDULE PEACE & HEALING PAVILLION SOLAR STAGE

NOON – Children's Music Network Sing-along Family Fun 3 PM – Social Action Sing-along 7:15 PM – It's All Been Done Radio Hour 1:50 PM – Home Mushroom Growing Joanie Calem Old Format Comedy John Carnes 4:45 PM – From the Ashes 8:15 PM – Comedy & Correctness 2:50 PM – Turtlewise Documentary Film How Far is Too Far? Transform Collaborate Inspire

FRIDAY 6:15 PM – Young Women Speak 9:15 PM – ComFest Comedy Club 5:45 – Feminist Flag Corps New Poetic Voices A line-up of some of the funniest comics in Columbus! Reproductive Health Workshop

9 AM – Yoga Well Being 1 PM – Can we afford to pay for Rise and Shine Yoga a progressive agenda? 11 AM – Sacred Bowls Ben and Joann Nagel 10 AM – Luna Rising Yoga Fadhel Kaboub Cynthia Clem 2 PM – So Easy a Caveman Can Do It: Life and 12:25 PM – Women Have Options – OHIO 11 AM – Chen Taiji of Ohio Living in the Old Stone Age Busting Abortion Stigma Bill Pickard West of the Pond 2:20 PM – Creative Control Fest 11 AM – Steven Rendina 3 PM – Eco-Poetry Art for Social Change Ecological Poetry/Contest Coiling Silk Qigong 3:20 PM – Hip Hop Panel NOON – Nia Columbus 4:30 PM – Ignite Our City Hip Hop and Social Change Danius Williams

SATURDAY Movement Fitness 5:15 PM – Refugee & Immigrant Issues 5:30 PM – Popular Columbus Poets Community Refugee & Immigation Services and Steve Abbott, Susann Moeller, Alexis-Rueal & Betty Bleen Ethiopian Tawahedo Social Services 7 PM – Have You Seen My Mom? 6:15 PM – Indivisible Columbus Tough Topic Comedy How to Get Involved 101 7:30 PM – ComFest Comedy Club Comedy Sketch Troupe

10 AM – Balanced Yoga 1 PM – Creating Peace Out of Chaos 11 AM – Mucus-Free Balanced Yoga Studio Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio Original Vegan Diet 11 AM – Chen Taiji of Ohio 2 PM – How Can I Know What's True?: #FakeNews, West of the Pond "post-fact" politics and media literacy 11:35 AM – Vegan Connection Eryiah Flynn, Raphael Simo and Samuel Hartman 11 AM – Chi Kung (Qigong) Panel Discussion Darryl Mendelson 3 PM – Columbus Communities Forum: 1:05 PM – Columbus Free Press Salon Politics Music Resistance NOON – Frank Tennyson Disconnected – The People vs Local Politics Panel Discussion Meditation 2:50 PM – Intersectional Feminism 4 PM – Medical Marijuana Panel Discussion 1 PM – Taiji and Qigong Understanding the New Law Deep Breathing with Taiji Ohio 5 PM – Drake Oration Company SUNDAY Creative Innovative Theatre 5:50 PM – Fake Bacon Improv Improv Comedy 6:40 PM – Odd TV Variety Show Variety Talkshow Comedy Photo by Michael Weber comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 25 Spirit and Purpose Special Speakers FRIDAY Laughter & Stories: Lyn Ford was the first storyteller in Ohio to be Awards Ceremony: Each year ComFest honors people and awards nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She performs at regional grants to organizations that make Columbus a great community. Read and national festivals, including the National Storytelling Festival, about them in this Program Guide. Meet and congratulate them. Hawaii's Talk Story Festival, and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Bozo Stage 4 PM Affrilachian Tales is a compilation of stories from Lyn's childhood memories, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. Barbara Fant is a performance poet and artist facilitator. Her first Jazz Stage 3:45 PM poetry collection, Paint, Inside Out, was awarded The Cora Craig Award for Young Women Authors. She carries her poetry into shelters, prisons, Social Action Song Swap correctional juvenile facilities, and elementary schools teaching art as a Joanie Calem and friends Brian Clash, Terry Keller, Deja Watson, and form of healing. She is also a member of Transit Arts. Leslie Zak create the right mood for ComFest with progressive messages Live Arts 4 PM in a round robin singalong set of political folk songs. Lift your voices! Bozo Stage 4:40 PM Jen Miller, Director of Sierra Club - The U.S. says good-bye to Paris Accord, downsizes EPA, and repeals regulations that protect the Columbus Water Protector : To Standing Rock— and Back environment. What will be the long-term impact of these changes? Carolyn Harding is a grassroots organizer/activist committed to Gazebo Stage 5:05 PM protecting our water, soil, air, and community rights to a say about our environment and resources. She co-founded Columbus Community Bill of SUNDAY Rights, kicking off its third petition drive right after ComFest and ending Ria Grieff- hosts "You Inc." twice weekly on WCBE. Her program helps after the 2018 festival. They need volunteers! people elevate their emotional intelligence and develop soft skills to Off Ramp Stage 5:15 PM build bridges instead of dams by using the right tools. Gazebo Stage 2 PM Is Said is a poet and storyteller. He has traveled the country, published numerous books, and written several plays. He leads library programs for Trans Issues - Two transgender people, Lisa Bella Donna and Briden children, mentors young artists, and recently performed with the month- Cole Scheren, share their stories and their daily hardships with trans long event, Holler! One of Columbus’ longest performing artists, Is Said issues. Lisa Bella Donna is a Columbus-based musician and co-founder is a legend and undisputed piece of the cultural fabric of the city. of the band EYE. Briden Cole Schueren is an artist and photographer who Gazebo Stage 6 PM uses art for therapy. Off Ramp Stage 3 PM SATURDAY The Human-Animal Link: Our kinship, Our Call to Defend Them- Slay The Gerrymander: Progress Ohio's Sandy Theis and speakers Vicki Deisner is ASPCA Midwest Legislative Director, covering five from Progress Ohio explain why politicians seem to vote against what states. She holds medical and law degrees and her career includes the people want. Could redistricting be the culprit? Come hear what working with Ohio Environmental Council and OH assistant attorney you can do to make Congress more accountable to voters by ending general doing environmental enforcement as well as with National Congressional gerrymandering. Wildlife Federation and National Audubon. Off Ramp Stage 2:30 PM Jazz Stage 3 PM

James Baldwin: His Legacy on Art and Music - Troy Anthony Harris Reclaim the Nation - Dennis Kucinich was mayor of Cleveland, a was originating director of Black Space: Urban Performing Arts United States Congressman (a seat he lost to redistricting), and twice Collective. He develops and promotes Afrocentric artists and works with a candidate for president. He is known for consistently delivering "the CATCO and theater companies around the country. He performed for the strongest liberal" perspective. He brought articles of impeachment against recent event Holler:31 Days of Columbus Black Art. George Bush and Dick Cheney, and he voted against the Iraq War. Jazz Stage 3 PM Bozo Stage 3:50 PM 26 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com Workshop Information and Details of course, you can wear shoes. It uses 52 Moves of Nia in a variety of Throughout the Weekend combinations to a wide mix of music, using all your muscles. Through Health and wellness of body, mind, and spirit is a core value at ComFest. Movement We Find Health! Noon Peace & Healing Saturday and Sunday, Come to workshops about yoga, meditation, dietary practices, and more. Practice or learn Chen Taiji or Qigong in the Can we afford to pay for a progressive agenda? Fadhel Kaboub, beauty of the park. See the schedule on page 24 Dennison University Is a true progressive agenda financially feasible? True full employment without inflation is within reach and can be Friday leveraged to fight climate change, reduce inequality, and improve quality of life for all members of society—but how? Turtlewise Manny Larcher teaches people to organize ideas into two minute "speeches" that are clear and effective and avoid the usual 1 PM Peace & Healing communication pitfalls. 1:50 PM Solar Stage Women Have Options: Busting Abortion Stigma Although a common medical procedure, abortion remains highly stigmatized, creating a barrier Home Mushroom Growing with John Carnes It's easier than ever to grow to high quality, safe abortion care. Stephanie Craddock Sherwood teaches mushrooms inexpensively at home. Learn the best techniques to create techniques to bust abortion stigma using compassionate language and your own mushroom garden. 2:50 PM Solar Stage personal conversations. 12:25 PM Solar Stage Sing-along with Joanie Calem Want a natural high? Start the festival So Easy a Caveman Can Do It: Life and Living in the Old Stone Age. out by singing. Bring the whole family for song, laughter, fun! Kid Bill Pickard, Curator of Archeology at Ohio History Connection packs friendly. 3 PM Peace & Healing the tent every year with his films and PowerPoints about Ohio history. Turns out cavemen may have had much more diverse lives than modern Documentary Film: From The Ashes This film takes a look at the human might imagine. Join Bill on the journey back as he demonstrates the lives and issues behind the "war on coal." The problems and the surprisingly developed artistic messages from our ancient past. solutions are complicated. Fortunately, some groups are working with . coal communities to transition to cleaner planet and decent economic 2 PM Peace & Healinge conditions. The movie was well received at TriBeCa Film Festival. Creative Control Fest: Art for Social Change This grassroots initiative 4:45 PM Peace & Healing brings together ethnic and cultural artistic and design talent with the goal of furthering understanding and positive social change. A paradigm Saturday for creating stronger, more enriching communities. The Clouds Should Know Me By Now Steven Rendina This workshop 2:20 PM Solar Stage explores mountain taoist meditations, poetry, and the challenge of retreating from the world vs. engaging and changing it. Coiling Eco Poetry Workshop - There are many ways to work for change, and Silk qigong movement unlocks joints, increases flexibility, agility, writing poetry is one of them. Join Susann Moeller for a workshop about concentration, and freedom of movement. Rendina is an LICDC, LMT, both ecology and poetry . Prizes. Winners read their poems on Bozo Stage Certified Master Qigong Instructor, and Acupuncture Detoxification Saturday night. Specialist. 11 AM Peace & Healing 3 PM Peace & Healing Sacred Bowls Revealed, Ben and Joann Nagel Don't miss this mellow Hip-Hop Panel Back to further explore the art, messaging, and social moment before you head into bustle of music, art, shopping, and impact of hip-hop, panelists this year include DJ Pos 2 (originally part of workshops of the festival. Spitball Crew), Sam Rothstein (creator of 614 Pipeline), Dom Deshawn 11 AM Solar Stage (creator of Wicked + Divine showcase series), TravDave (DaBeeSide podcast and writer for The Mixx Magazine), and Jae Esquire (Producer Nia Columbus is getting buzz as a fitness program for people of all body for Radio One's Magic 95.5.) 3:20 PM Solar Stage types. It's intended to be done in bare feet (like yoga and martial arts); comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 27 Workshop Information and Details Ignite Our City with Danius Williams Working with nearly 150 non-profit that contribute to connection and understanding, rather than leading to community organizations, Ignite Our City organizes people to create misunderstanding and conflict.1 PM Peace & Healing greater social impact on the community. Learning to see past differences to engage with others can have exponentially positive results. Find out Free Press Salon Founding ComFest organization Free Press brings how it works, and how you can get inspired and involved. current politics, local and global, to the festival with speakers, music, .4:30 PM Peace & Healing guests, and great conversation. 1:05 PM SolarStage

Refugee and Immigrant Issues - Columbus Refugee & Immigration How Can I Know What's True?: #FakeNews, "post-fact" politics and Services and Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services unite for this media literacy Join Fred Andrle, Sarah Edwards, George workshop about programs that help families resettle and integrate. Pearson, Michael Weber, and Mimi Morris for a roundtable Housing, education, and employment are a beginning. What then? Find discussion of filtering the firehose of information washing over out here. 5:15 PM SolarStage everybody, every day. 2 PM Peace Tent

Indivisible - Kimberly Morgan leads a panel from Ohio Democratic Party Intersectional Feminism Six women discuss feminism as it affects and local Indivisible to explain best practices for contacting political women in additionally marginalized groups. Dr Melissa Crum (OSU, representatives and having an impact. A great civics refresher! Lots of Mosaic Education Network) will moderate, with Stephanie Ewan Q&A encouraged. Lots of Q&A encouraged. (Melanincholy Festival, Tiny House Music Collective, Dick & Jane Project), 6:15 PM SolarStage Sile Singleton (University Area Enrichment Association, Summit United Methodist Church, Sps Enterprises), Tyiesha Shorts (writer and Sunday spoken words artist), Lisa Bella Donna (EYE, EarthQuaker Devices), and Dr Sri Devi Thakkilapati (Women Have Options Ohio). Mucus Free Diet - Professor Spira, Ph. D is a long-time practitioner of this original vegan diet. A teacher, writer, healer, and former ComFest 2:50 PM SolarStage workshop leader, Prof. Spira breaks it down from concepts to principles Columbus Community Forum Disconnected: The People v. Local to methods for succeeding in converting to a plant-based diet. Politics Fritz Fekete, Randy Malloy,Tammy Fournier-Alsaada & 11 AM SolarStage Lori Gum If government is of, by, for the people, why is there such a disconnect? Join the conversation about how people can take more Vegan Connection - Eriyah Flynn of VeganShift will explain the responsibility and gain more control over local politics and lives. critical connections between environmental destruction and eating meat. Raphael Simo, founder of the Latin fusion food truck "Sobremesa 3 PM Peace & Healing Street Kitchen" demonstrates a delicious fusion vegan recipe, and Medical Marijuana Ohio's general assembly passed a medical CrossFit coach Samuel Hartman proves you can be strong and healthy marijuana bill, but there are many questions and confusion about on on a vegan diet. 11:35 AM SolarStage when it goes into effect, how it works, who is producing/growing, who is eligible, and what products will be offered. Get the low-down Meditation with Frank Tennyson Center yourself on the last day of from experts and activists on the front lines. ComFest with a quiet moment of meditation. Frank is a spiritual teacher 4 PM Peace & and author who uses subtle humor to inspire. Healing Noon Peace & Healing Drake Oration: innovative Theater Amy Drake is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America, the International Centre for Women Compassionate Communication: Creating Peace Out of Chaos Playwrights, and Theater Communications Group. Her plays have won many Teresa Speakman presents an experiential workshop in awards and been produced in New York, Chicago, and many other cities. Compassionate Communication focusing on deep empathic listening.

Compassionate Communication helps us to listen and speak in ways 5 PM Peace & Healing comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 29 ComFest Honored aRTIST Megan Palmer In ComFest world, Megan Palmer is an ace fiddler “I was like, ‘I’ve been looking for these people all my and singer who has graced the festival’s stages regularly life and here they are. Thousands of them.’” since 1997, when she performed with Fred Haring and She met Dan Dougan when Little Brothers doorman the Franklin County Allstars. Since then she’s appeared Nate Gillies asked if Megan could sit in with the with the Wahoos, the Spikedrivers, Solar System Wahoos while they practiced in the club’s basement. Navigators, Jen Miller, Bucktown Kickback, Tim She’s worked on and off with Dougan’s bands ever Easton, Eric Gnezda, and Out of Our Tree. since, returning to the Wahoos fold this year. In the other world, she is a Singer Jen Miller notes, Palliative Care nurse working with “[Megan] is melding expertise in serious and terminally ill patients music while being unabashedly almost as long as she has been human.” The two, who met in making music. choir at Capital, play frequently in “It’s a complementary life,” she each others’ gigs. Miller’s favorite said recently. “Sometimes it's a little ComFest moments are those spent more music, sometimes it's a little on the Gazebo stage, with their more health care.” Occasionally dearest friends and family sitting during shifts in Vanderbilt on the steps smiling and singing University Hospital in Nashville, the every word. two come together. “[Sometimes] Megan moved to New York I play for patients. There’s a lot of City and then, four years ago to cool energy that...can be transmitted Nashville, where she has built into a very sick person.” a musical family in the East Megan grew up in Parma, Nashville scene. where she began piano at six and She’s released a handful of violin at eight—not surprising, albums over the years, as well as since her grandfather was a jazz and guesting on many. She appears on folk musician who played piano Tim Easton’s and he on hers. and banjo. Over time she began to Megan was diagnosed with improvise with him at home. breast cancer just before last Photo by Mara Gruber Still, when she came to year’s festival but let no one Columbus to attend Capital University, she minored know. She wanted to keep the yearly experience in music while majoring in nursing. Though she’d untainted, her time among friends as unencumbered as always been drawn to caretaking, the choice was more possible. Miller knew, though, and took the month off designed to preserve the love she has for playing before driving Megan on a short tour and making life music. as simple for her as possible. “I decided to go for nursing because I was afraid of Miller also organized a benefit—which became becoming a music teacher,” she said today, at that time two, because of the huge outpouring of support—to realizing teaching would taint her playing. She went to offset medical bills. All of it, she said, was planned work at Doctor’s North but started to hang in the local simply so Megan “knew how loved she was.” music scene, landing in Fred Haring and the Franklin After years of being a selfless caregiver, County All Stars. She was sitting in with Howlin’ comforting folks and saving lives, Megan found some Maggie and hanging around in Chelsie’s. of that herself. “The music community wrapped their Her first ComFest was a revelation. “My first arms around her,” said Miller. ComFest was sort of overwhelming,” she remembered. — Curtis Schieber comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 31 Principles In Action: Community Festival Grants

Community Festival is a year-round organization, a unique presentation, and advance harmony with the not just a festival for three days each year. One way environment. we accomplish this is by supporting individuals or Global Gallery: Women Crafting Change will organizations with community-based projects through expand its programs with a summer internship. Ten our Grants Program. teenage girls from the Hilltop area will learn creative Since 2006, ComFest has awarded more than business skills and work side by side with current WCC $300,000 to organizations and projects that promote the members. These teens will come from a partnership with ComFest Statement of Principles. This year, we award Faith Community Church and the teen program at the $12,500 in full or partial Shalom Zone. grant awards to eight Youth Yoga Project: recipients. Yoga in Schools will Charitable Pharmacy present a 12-week yoga and of Central Ohio: wellness program at three Nutrition, Education Columbus City Schools and Cooking Classes for in underserved and under- Low-Income Patients resourced neighborhoods. will support and enhance YIS is designed to improve individualized nutrition their physical, social, and counseling and provide emotional well-being and hands-on cooking increase academic success. demonstrations by dietitians Big Brothers Big for 45 patients to equip and Sisters of Central Ohio: Photo by: Michael Gruber motivate them to voluntarily Camp Lionheart provides manage their food choices. children with the compassion and expertise needed to Community Arts Project: King Arts Complex help face the difficulties of grieving losses due to suicide, Youth Summer Camp will provide campers ages murder, and drug overdose, as well as terminal illness, 5-13 from economically disadvantaged households a sudden death, and trauma, while providing a highly summer camp developed around the theme of Black therapeutic, fun and healing program.. Now in its 11th Arts Movement. Youth will be introduced to local and year, Camp Lionheart works with children and teens, nationally recognized artists who use their art to advocate ages 7-17, who are grieving losses. for social justice. Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services: Survivor Central Ohio Worker Center: Restaurant Worker Support Group will help survivors break their social Survey will gather information from at least 300 isolation and empower them with skills to help them be Columbus restaurant workers. Results will help build independent from their abusers. The program focuses a database of wages, working conditions, benefits, and on bringing culturally specific outreach and services to struggles of restaurant workers in the area that will track refugee and immigrant women and families in Central wage theft, discrimination, and workplace harassment. Ohio involved in sexual assault, domestic violence, dating COWC is also providing “Know Your Rights” sessions to violence, human trafficking, and stalking situations. inform workers of their rights. The Grants awards ceremony will be held on the Cbus Libraries: Eco Library project will build Bozo Stage Saturday at 4 PM. Join us to celebrate the a temporary art, literature, and educational installation people and organizations that make this community great. of four little libraries in one structure, The Eco Library. Check comfest.com for more information and details on Their goal is to engage participants over the course how to apply for a grant next year. of outdoor festivals, promote social change through — Meghan Ralston

34 comfest.COM FRIDAY JUNE 23 BOZO GAZEBO OFF RAMP Wednesday Wine Matt Steidle & "That's the Breaks" Time Out Women Who Rock! Funk, 7-string, Dance Spitfire Punk Trio NOON NOON NOON The Coffee House Rebels Dave Buker & the Historians LethalFX + Shut Your Mouth Punky Folky Rocky Columbus electro folk & Beatbox Crew 12:55 PM 1 PM Professional Human Beatbox 12:45 PM Bob Ras The Pink Flamingos Roots Rock Reggae Melodious Punk Rock Wake the Trees 1:50 PM 2 PM Folk Rock Trio 1:30 PM Dexter Wesley's Electric House Scott Gorsuch Psychedelic Blues Rock Yacht Metal Swarm 2:45 PM 3 PM 2:15 PM The Worn Flints The Quasi Kings Into The Briar Patch Blues, Rock, & Folk Roots Rock Reggae Dark Folk Rock 3:45 PM 4 PM 3 PM Social Action Songs Urban Tropic The Ragoons for Today Folk Rock Reggae Groovy Earth Rock 4::40 PM 5 PM 3:45 PM Ekoostik Hookah Is Said The High Definitions Jam Band Rock Poet Storyteller Playwright Rock/Blues/Psychedelic 5:25 PM 6 PM 4:30 PM Lungu Vybz Doc Robinson Carolyn Harding Youth Reggae Band Family Soul Party - Water Protector 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 5:15 PM Jae Esquire Knot Brothers Hot Wet Trash Real Hip Hop Americana Rock Hilltop Soul Review 7:30 PM 7:35 PM 5:45 PM Jim Maneri's Flypaper Tripped Up String Band The Skashank Redemption EDM Jazz Party Appalachian Jamgrass Ska Punk Beyond 8:35 PM 8:40 PM 6:30 PM Foley Electric Orange Peel Bicentennial Bear Smart Alec Music Fresh. Citrusy. Improvisation Fuck Donald Trump 9:45 PM 9:50 PM 7:20 PM Souther Neo-soul Americana 8:10 PM see pages 24 - 27 Yogi Split Rapper, Producer, Engineer for workshop & speaker details 9 PM be a part of the comfest purpose Darrio Lamont National Recording Artist 9:30 PM New Thousand Remember, it’s everybody’s job to maintain the mellow! turn down 4what 10:10 PM comfest.COM 35 FRIDAY JUNE 23 JAZZ LIVE ARTS SOLAR Blue Spectrum Drum & Dance Circle Childrens Music Network Uniquely Defying Expectations NOON NOON NOON Accordion Van Dan Workshop: Home Mushroom Growing Triple Play Polyglot Accordion John Carnes Jazz Organ Trio 12:50 PM 12:50 PM 12:55 PM Mr. Eric's Music Timi Townsend Roger Parish & Jam Network Ensemble Making Kids Bands Early Harp Music Eclectic Jazz Experience 1:25 PM 1:40 PM 1:50 PM Girlz Rhythm n' Rock Camp Cathy Wicks Edgy Power Trio Young Girlz Rock Organic Bare Soul Electric Improvised Groove 2:10 PM 2:15 PM 2:45 PM The Flying Squirrels Workshop: Turtlewise Lyn Ford - Laughter & Stories Belly Dance Fusion 2:50 PM 3:45 PM 2:55 PM Intermittent Animals Don Norman Band Dan Dougan Banjo Marimba Trancegrass Old School Blues Punk Hippy Redneck 3:45 PM 4:15 PM 3:30 PM Folquinox Tim Dvorkin Trio Westminster-Thurber Drumming Circle Folk Rock Fusion Original, Expressive Jazz/Fusion Drum for healing 4:30 PM 5:15 PM 4:10 PM Your Summer World Michael Kahn Quartet El Ritmo Flamenco Ensemble Chill Acoustic Folkpop Swinging Hard-bop Jazz Flamenco Dance Group 5:10 PM 6:15 PM 5:05 PM Workshop: Feminist Flag Corps Noe Salsa Project Doctah X/Skarob 5:45 PM Latin Salsa Jazz Electronic Dub Music 7:15 PM 5:40 PM Round: Sarah Cooperider/Joanie Calem/ Victoria Parks Sean Carney & The Joint Rockers TrigNo 6:35 PM Uptown Jumpin' Blues Entertainer. Creative. Leader 8:20 PM 6:30 PM Kelly Zullo The Solo Quartet Folk Funk... Yeah Tony Monaco The Speakeasy 7:30 PM B3 Monster Poetry Hiphop Freestyle 9:25 PM 7:05 PM Admiral Contempt Classy Yet Fun ElectroCult Circus 8:05 PM Sexy Nerd Rock 8:05 PM John Zuck Superstar What, me worry? Sex Kitten Purrlesque 8:40 PM Burlesque and Variety LAST CALL! 8:55 PM Barry Chern & Co, Bars and wine booths close at the Avant Deep Roots same time. The closing times are: Columbus Burlesque Collective 9:15 PM Sexy dancing ladies Friday: 10:30 p.m. 9:30 PM The Devil Doves Saturday: 8:30 p.m. Energetic Clusterfolk Damn the Witch Siren 10:05 PM Sunday: 7:30 pm. Witch Rock 10 PM Drink Responsibly Have a Designated Driver 36 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com Keep ComFest Clean And Green Respect the Party by Respecting the Park Community Festival is a fantastic party, but every 2. VOLUNTEER for a four-hour Clean-Up and year thousands of pounds of trash are left behind. Recycling shift. You’ll be rewarded with a unique T-shirt In 2015, ComFesters generated 12.14 tons of trash. and tokens good for ComFest food and refreshments. Festival-goers and Clean-Up and Recycling volunteers Sign up online at comfest.com, or go to Information worked together to save 7.34 tons of recyclable materials. Station and they’ll point you in the right direction. 280 gallons of cooking oil was collected; 75 gallons will Volunteers are especially needed for night shifts. be used as an alternative fuel, and 205 gallons will be Ask about volunteer opportunities for community recycled for feed stock. organizations. Try to purchase what you can consume so less waste is created, and take home what you 3. DON'T BE A GLASSHOLE can and compost at home. Glass containers are never allowed in the ComFest shopping bags are park. Broken glass is dangerous. Glass is for sale at the ComFest Booth. Use heavy and adds to cleanup costs. Please them for your ComFest gear and don't bring glass into the park. festival purchases. Continue to use them year-round at the grocery 4. RECYCLE your #1 and #2 plastic store. beverage containers. Please empty the contents and flatten items if you can. Clearly Please help us become a marked containers are located throughout the zero-waste festival. Increased park. cleanup demands require more time and volunteers, so please do 5. NO BYOB This is the number one your part: clean up after yourself way to reduce tons of trash and recycling. and volunteer to help clean up the You can make ComFest cleaner and more park. Volunteers of all ages are welcome to help with environmentally friendly by leaving plastic, glass, and the clean up and recycling effort going on at ComFest. aluminum at home. Buy ComFest beverages and support the festival. Clean-Up and Recycling has moved to an All-In-One recycling model that follows what the City of Columbus 6. TELL US if our recycling or trash boxes are full. has adopted. Clean-Up and Recycling headquarters is north of the Enjoy ComFest more by following a few simple Bozo Stage near the Shelter House. guidelines: 7. RESPECT THE PARK Goodale Park is YOUR 1. LEAVE NO TRACE Treat ComFest as park. This 40-acre site is a gift from Dr. Lincoln Goodale, a wilderness and leave nothing behind but your so please treat it gently. footprints. Use the trash and recycling bins. Pick up For 45 years, Community Festival has promoted after your messy neighbor and your dog (ComFest is environmental awareness as a part of its celebration. Dedication barefoot-friendly, after all!). This is the most important to recycling and composting has always gone hand-in-hand contribution you can make. If we each do a little more, with cleanup. Please help when and where you can! no one has to do a lot. Remember: No Planet, No Party!

Cigarette butts are the most commonly found man-made waste that originates on land. That butt you carelessly drop on the ground finds its We Don't Want to See Your Butts way to our waterways. Please use our Butt Cans located conveniently around the park. Thanks.

38 comfest.COM SATURDAY JUNE 24 BOZO GAZEBO OFF RAMP All Star Jammerz Elisa Nicolas Bush League All-Stars High Energy Reggae Multi-Instrumental Lady Balls American Rock Band Noon Noon Noon New Legga-C Showband Paisha Bigfoot Energetic Engaging Unforgettable Soul Rock Blues Unknown Classic Rock 1 PM 1 PM 12:50 PM The Apostles Donna Mogavero Music The Cordial Sins Funky Good Time Acoustic Rock Folk Alternative/Indie-Rock 2 PM 2 PM 1:40 PM The Bug Hounds Honey and Blue Progress Ohio Eclectic Vintage Rock Blues, Soul, Awesome! Slay the Gerrymander 3 PM 3:05 PM 2:30 PM ComFest Awards Ceremony New Pollution Corbezzolo 4 PM Party Time Excellent Melodic, Ferocious Duo 4:05 PM 3PM The Flex Crew Roots Rock Reggae Jen Miller - Sierra Club Bridesmaid 4:40 PM 5:05 PM Sludgy Volume Rock 3:45 PM The Floorwalkers Megan Palmer Garage Soul Pop Embodied Rock Medicine Matter of Planets 5:40 PM 5:35 PM Sci-fi Post Prog 4:35 PM Watershed Mendelsonics Ohio's Best Rock Rockin' Soulful Trashabilly Digisaurus 6:45 PM 6:40 PM Future Pop/Rock 5:25 PM Willie Phoenix & The Soul Underground Erika Hughes & The Well Mannered Rock and Roll Country Fried Americana Sam Rothstein 7:50 PM 7:50 PM Made in Ohio 6:20PM Dominique Larue Crazy, Energetic, Fun 7:15 PM Neswordz Buy My Albums 8:15 PM

WGRN 94.1 FM community radio will broadcast live Saturday from ComFest Peace & Healing Pavilion. People will roam the park, interviewing attendees, along with street fair artists musicians, speakers, workshop participants, and vendors. tune in and say "Hello Columbus" from ComFest! Photo by: Mara Gruber comfest.COM 39 SATURDAY JUNE 24 JAZZ LIVE ARTS SOLAR Kelly McLennan+5 Columbus KTC Sacred Bowls Jazz Vocals Horns Prayer for Compassion 11 AM NOON 11 AM Michael & Andrew Swift The Jazz Poetry Ensemble Joyful Inspiration Dance Soulful Powerful Music Progressive JazzPoetry Dance with Inspiration 11:50 PM 1 PM Noon Workshop: Mahana Productions Women Have Options Ohio Jen Miller Polynesian Dancers Jazz/blues Songbird 12:25 PM 12:40 PM 2 PM Square Dance Columbus Round: Tiffy Lou/Maya Mougey/ Troy Anthony Harris Old-time Square Dance Lily McCabe James Baldwin Legacy 1:20 PM 1:25 PM 3 PM Tai Chi w/music by Paul Brown Workshop: Creative Control Fest fo/mo/deep Meditation Movement Music Art For Social Change Jazz/Funk/Fusion 2:15 PM 2:15 PM 3:30 PM Movement Afoot Workshop: Hip-Hop Discussion Panel ES Band Tap Dance Company 3:15 PM Jazz Fusion Band 2:50 PM 4:30 PM Round: Molly Winters/Troy Petty/ Sacred Shimmy Bellydance Tommy Lee Blue Cats Tribal Style Bellydance 4:15 PM Blue Filtered Favorites 3:20 PM 5:30 PM Workshop: CRIS & ETSS Barbara Fant & Friends Immigration & Refugee Issues ChickenHawk BirdGetters Performance Poetry 5:10 PM The Jazz Offensive 4 PM 6:35 PM Workshop: Indivisible Columbus Trek Manifest How to Get Involved 101 Safety Squad Hip Hop Music 6:10 PM Funk, Fusion, Dance 4:50 PM 7:45 PM Andicus hugs and kisses Americana Folk Rock Heartbreaking Performance Pop 7:10 PM 5:30 PM Lil' Red & The Rooster Mas Bagua Contagiously Charming Blues Enhanced Gigantic Psychedelia 8 PM 6:20 PM Wahru & the Spirit Drummers Afrocentric and World-beat 7:10 PM Dance and Drum Circle Come Play Together 8 PM Resist Persist Coexist Photo by: Mimi Morris Photo by: Karl Francis 40 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com RESPECTING GOODALE PARK • Being at ComFest means being responsible—for yourself, the welfare of others, and the park itself. City parks are community resources, so don't hurt the park or make work for others in your quest for a good time. • If you see trash, PICK IT UP! Yes, even if it’s not YOUR trash! • If a weather emergency requires shutting things down, please LEAVE THE PARK when asked. • Treat the grounds gently. Turning wet areas into grass slides destroys the park. It destroys something that belongs to all of us and costs ComFest money to repair your damage. • Carry out everything you bring in. • Walk your bike or check it at the bike corral. • Most of all, treat everyone with respect and love. • Want to volunteer? Volunteer Central is on the main path from the shelter house to the Goodale Park Main Gate at Russell and Park Streets. Stop by to see how you can pitch in. Besides getting a cool t-shirt and tokens good for food and beverages, YOU will have made a contribution to ComFest's success and survival. — Candy Watkins Photo by Michael Gruber

THIRSTY? WE HAVE ADULT BEVERAGES! Beer–Wine–Mixed Drinks

The beer booths look different this year. Park Street mixed drinks. Two varieties are on tap to quench your hot Bar has moved across the street, Off-Ramp has a reduced humid day thirst — Lemonade and Cranberry. footprint and has teamed up with a remote ComFest COMFEST BEER is here: On Saturday only, we are Merch Booth. Jazz Bar has taken it to the streets by hosting guest local breweries RAM and Actual. They moving off the huge cap and bringing in a truck. There's have collaborated to create the first ever ComFest Beer! It also a new Mixed Drinks Bar inside the park. Look for will be a light wheat beer. Don't miss this special brew. us along the walkway in Peace Village from Dennison As always, please remember to have your I.D. ready. Avenue to the Shelterhouse. Good food can also be found Every bartender WILL be asking for it. We don't judge — in Peace Village. we treat all ages alike. So whether you're sporting sexy BEER: Our beer selections: Columbus Brewing IPA, gray, hot colors, a wig or just showing off that gorgeous Columbus Brewing Summer Teeth Ale, Four String Brass bare head....dig out that picture identification card so we Knuckle Pale Ale, Miller Lite and PBR. can verify your purchase. WINE: A variety of red and white wines served Be safe Don't Drink and Drive. Have a designated out of wine kegs will be offered: Sauvignon Blanc, driver, take a bus, cab or Uber. We want to see you back Chardonnay, Malbec and Pinot Noir. at Community Festival next year. MIXED DRINKS: We have ice cold vodka-based — Lu Brammer

42 comfest.COM SUNDAY JUNE 25 BOZO GAZEBO OFF RAMP J London and "The Band of Friends" Jenny Flory Trachete Awesome Fun Entertainment Powerhouse Soul Jazz Lady Grunge Rock NOON NOON NOON Greg Swan and the Late Crew The A.A.R.M.S. Band Gold From Grief Dynamic Progressive FunRock Reggae HipHop Ska Garage Blues Rock 1:00 PM 1 PM 12:45 PM Terry Davidson & The Gears Ria Grieff - You Inc. The Molars Rockin Blues Original 2 PM Punk A Billy 2:00 PM 1:30 PM The John Turck Trio GOREE Drum & Dance Sounds Like Awesome Hells Fire Sinners West African Dance 2:30 PM Dark Punk Rockabilly 3:00 PM 2:15 PM Strange Grain Dennis Kucinich Deep Track Rock Trans Issues Reclaim the Nation 3:30 PM Telling Transgender Stories 3:50 PM 3 PM The Cadence The Deeptones Feel Good Blues Dom Deshawn DeepFunk Soul 4:35 PM Moods and Interludes 4:50 AM 3:30 PM Cherry Chrome MojoFlo Dreamy Alternative Rock Sarob Empowering Funk Party 5:40 PM Pretty Boy Ali 5:50 PM 4 PM The Wet Darlings The Ark Band Hash Tag Wet Mistar Anderson Stunning Live Performance 6:50 PM Great Homegrown Music 6:55 PM 4:40 PM Betsy Ross Indie Face Slap comfest 5:20 PM does not Suffering Praying Hands Dark American Music just happen 6:15 PM Come to the first Pale Grey Lore Heavy Psychedelic Rock planning meeting 7:15 PM for ComFest 2018 WEDNEsday sept. 13, 2017 Rise Up! 7:30 pm Goodale Park shelterhouse Volunteer! come make it happen Photo by Mara Gruber comfest.COM 43 SUNDAY JUNE 25 JAZZ LIVE ARTS SOLAR Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra Three Cranes Grove Workshop: Mucus-free: Big Band Jazz Neopagan Druid Grove The Original Vegan Diet NOON 9:30 AM 11 AM Rhinestone - Joe Diamond Tribute Band Yoga on High Workshop: Vegan Connection 1 PM Ashtanga Yoga Demonstration 11:35 AM 11 AM Circus of Cool Terry C. Keller Jazz Poetry Dig? The Shazzbots Roots Blues Country 2 PM Spaceage Family Rock 12:30 PM 12:05 PM Vicki Deisner Workshop: Columbus Free Press Salon Human-Animal Link The Muppet Mayhem Band 1:05 PM 3 PM Henson's Full Catalog 1:05 PM Round: Ralph Leeseberg/J.T. Hiller/ WakeFold 4+2tet John Schnabel Fun Scary Jazz Flavor'd Flow Studio 2 PM 3:30 PM Kid's Breakdancing Crew 2 PM Workshop: Intersectional Feminism Jon Coleman Discussion Panel Swing Meets Rock OSU Hillel Folkdancers 2:50 PM 4:35 PM Fun Joy Dance 2:35 PM Round: Jason & Michelle/Eric Ahlteen/ Funk Worthy Jeff Tobin Passionate Energetic Funky Columbus Contra Dancers 3:40 PM 5:40 PM Dance With Us 3:30 PM Workshop: TBA New Basics 4:30 PM Sousaphone-powered Party Music Jim Maneri solo jazz piano, singing, yoyo 6:45 PM Piano Singing Yoyo Sheri Garland & Gary Puckett 4:25 PM Americana 5:25 PM Seven Dance Company Nonprofit Dance Company Freedom 'n Folk Revival how to 5:05 PM Upbeat Rhythmic Harmonic 6:10 PM apply Is Said and the Advance Party Would you like to Music Dance Poetry Fox N Hounds 5:45 PM Newgrass Power Trio entertain, perform, 7 PM demonstrate, teach or Poetry Slam Spoken Word Competition give a workshop at 6:35 PM Community Festival? Go to www.comfest.com and fill out a performer application. Applications will be available online for ComFest 2018 on June 23, 2017. The deadline to return them See you is March 15, 2018. Earlier application gives us more time to get to next year! know you or check out your performance. Photo by Michael Gruber 44 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com ComFest Merchandise Booths Happy ComFest! Want a convenient way to keep hydrated and help The Community Festival Merch Booths sell fun ComFest reduce the waste of plastic bottles? Purchase a mementos. And this year merchandise will be easier to find. ComFest heat sensitive color-changing water bottle! For a The large historic Merchandise & Beer Tokens tent is small fee they can be filled at water stations around the site, still located just inside the Park's main gate at Russell and including the Merch-In-Teer Booths, and Simply Living Park Streets. New this year, look for ComFest Merch-In- booth, near Peace Village. Yay for bottle-less water stations! Teer satellite tents near the Jazz Stage and Off Ramp stage. Worried about carrying cash? The main ComFest Merch At these locations you can purchase merchandise, sign up to Booth, inside the park, will accept credit cards. volunteer and get directions around the site. Remember: whether you buy beer, wine, ComFest Starting this year, volunteers can spend their white tokens souvenirs, merchandise, or food from our fabulous vendors, on any ComFest merchandise sold in the ComFest Merch a portion comes back to Community Festival. This allows booths as well as beer and food. ComFest to continue and fund grants given to community This year’s fun merchandise includes beer mugs (new organizations (see page. 31 for information on the ComFest & old), window clings, water bottles, bandanas, a colorful Grants.) selection of hats and T-shirts, tank tops, baseball shirts and It's never too late to volunteer for ComFest this year! Stop sunglasses made from recycled plastic, magnets, temporary by Volunteer Central inside the Park or stop by the Merch-In- tattoos, market bags, bike bags and more—all embossed with Teer tents near the Jazz Stage or Off Ramp Stage. the Community Festival's Hopewell symbol logo. If you leave the festival without a piece of ComFest, New this year - buy a piece of ComFest history with e-mail [email protected] and we will hook you up! vintage volunteer T-shirts from previous festivals. Great for Enjoy ComFest and live every day the ComFest way. repurposing or completing your collection! — Lynn Stan

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Live Music... Darts comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 47 KiDSART KiDSART KiDSART will be open Saturday and Sunday from noon until 6 PM Activities at the picnic shelter at the far west side of the park near the playground equipment. This year the tie-dyed T-shirt logo was created by 10 year old Liam Wedig. If you would like your design on next year’s KiDSART T-shirt and you are 17 or SATURDAY younger, create your design this year at KiDSART. Your design will be entered in next NOON year’s competition. Youth Yoga Project This year there is more performance art at KiDSART. Stop in to see who’s on the schedule. As always, we will have tie-dye T-shirts, face painting, sidewalk chalk, 1 PM toddler space and we will put our own artistic touches on the park. It takes kids to Mad-Lib Songwriting create the KiDSART space. with Andicus 2 PM JOIN IN THE COMFEST SCAVENGER HUNT Music with Mr. Eric 3 PM Do YOU know what it takes to run our 8. To date, ComFest has given away Camp Sing-a-long with Community Festival? Join the ComFest $______in grants to Vanessa Prentice scavenger hunt to find out. Find all the community organizations. Find the correct answers posted around the park answer at Peace and Healing Tent. 4 PM by 6 PM Saturday or Sunday and earn a 9. How many musical acts will perform Karaoke prize at KiDSART, ask for Megan. on the eight stages at ComFest 1. ComFest rented ____ portable toilets 2017? ______. Find the answer at SUNDAY for this event. Find the answer posted the Live Arts Stage. noon at the kid-sized portable toilets at 10. ComFesters generate ______tons Youth meditation and KiDSART. of waste materials in one weekend. laughter yoga with andicus 2. From only a handful in the beginning, Find the answer at the recycling 1 PM the 2017 Community Festival will dumpsters at the Dennison parking lot. Mr. Eric involve approximately ______Social justice kid's songs volunteers. Find the answer posted at 11. Clean-up and Recycling will collect the Off Ramp Stage. ______gallons of oil for recycling. 2 PM 3. For the 2017 Festival, ComFest Find the answer and sign up for a open mike ordered ______volunteer T-shirts. shift at the clean-up and recycling hosted by vanessa prentice Find the answer posted at the booth. What three committees 3 PM ComFest Mechandise Booth. 12. breakdancing kids 4. Out of the hundreds of applications, need the most volunteers? ______, with flavor'd flow sudio how many vendors received Street Kid's Breakdancing Crew Fair booth space at this year’s ______, Festival? ______& ______. 4 PM Find the answer posted at the Find the answers at the Information Puppet show with megan d. Columbus Free Clinic Iced Tea Station. Booth. Say Hi to Dr. Pete for me 13. What year did The Community (Megan.) Festival begin? ______Find the 5. What First Aid supply is given out the answer posted in the Archive Room most at the First Aid Station? Find in the middle of the Shelter Building out at the First Aid Station. 14. What is the most surefire way to ______earn the respect of your fellow 6. The bike corral can hold up ComFesters, find a sense of to ______bicycles. Find the community, and get a current, answer posted at the bike corral. genuine ComFest T-shirt during our 7. How many speakers and workshops three day festival? If you don’t know, does ComFest recruit? ______. sign up for a shift at the Information Find the answer at the Solar Tent. Station and find out. — Margaret DeLaurentis Photo by Michael Gruber 48 Community Festival 2017 comfest.com

Kid Friendly Entertainment FRIDAY NOON solar STage Children's music network Family Friendly Performance/Sing-along.

1:25 pm live arts Mr. Eric and Friends youngsters playing rock

2:10 pm Live arts Girlz Rhythm n' Rock Camp Young Aspiring Female Musicians

3 pm PEACE AND HEALING PAVILION Social acton sing-a-long All voices welcome

4:10 pm Live arts stage Westminster-Thurber Community Drummers (WTCD) drumming from the young-at-heart

6:25 pm Bozo Lungu Vybz Logo Contest Youth Reggae Band You’ve seen that neat ComFest T-shirt that all the volunteers are wearing. YOU can design SATURDAY the logo for next year. Every year we put out a call for folks to bring their ideas for a logo NOON live arts design. Joyful Inspiration Youth Dance Designs must have the dates June 22, 23, & Dynamic Versatile 24, 2018 and the name “Community Festival” Youth dance with Inspiration and must incorporate the Hopewell symbol into the logo. Images need to be camera ready and SUNDAY one color image (no grayscale). After the first of next year, go to comfest.com and look for 12:05 PM live arts the logo contest link for more details. the shazzbots spaceage kids' rock 2018 Logo Contest Thursday, March 1, 2018, 7:30 PM 1:05 pm live arts Goodale Park Shelterhouse The Muppet Mayhem Band Ohio's premiere Muppets tribute band, playing all the hits for the young and the nostalgic. ComFest Logo Design: This year's logo design was created by David Browning. David also assists with the 2 pm live arts crafting of this program guide. We congratulate him and Favor'd Flow Studio all the talented artists who entered. Kid's Breakdancing Crew comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 49 Street Fair The 2017 Community Festival Street Fair is a true of volunteers who pound the pavement nonstop for three community village filled with fabulous wares, unique art days. Look for them this year in teal T-shirts, tiaras, and and interesting community fancy hats; they are fonts of groups. The Street Fair information and glad to help represents the diversity and you find what you’re looking changes within the Columbus for, from fashion and jewelry and central Ohio community. to public service information, The Street Fair's many fresh fruit to funnel cakes. paths lead from food to art, Your support and from live performance to patronage of local artists and social change. Stop by the businesses is as essential to community organizations for the continuation of ComFest information about how you as keeping the park clean, can make our community safe and beautiful. and our world a better place. Watch out for the little Shop with the vendors to find Photo by Mara Gruber kids, they're the future and something wonderful. Snack welcome here. Love your pets your way through the community and commercial food by leaving them at home. vendors for great eats. Be part of the ComFest Team! VOLUNTEER! Producing this wonderful Street Fair requires dozens — Candy Watkins

ComFest Poetry in the Park

Poetry will be a big presence at ComFest 2017. and Columbus State Community College and is a visual Several poets from the Holler! series will perform from artist, poet and singer. Her mentor was Barbara Fant. big stages: Troy Harris, Barbara Fant, and Is Said are As a member of CAW: Creative Arts of Women she has nationally known, vibrant voices for social justice and exhibited works throughout Central Ohio. Katerina is dynamic performers. (See schedule for times/stages) inspired to show the unique beauty and cadence found in Women are front and center at Peace and Healing the patterns she paints. Pavilion. Friday night three emerging local poets will read Sara Abou Rashed is a 16-year-old poet originally at 6:15 PM. from Palestine and raised in Syria. Her mentor was Larry Saskia Maria Koe-Krompecher, Katerina Harris, and Smith. She moved with her family to Columbus due to Sara Abou Rashed participated in a mentoring program led war – she won the High School Contest sponsored by the by Larry Smith, pairing local writers with young talent. Ohio Poetry Association and the Columbus District Poetry Come support these special young women. Slam. Sara has been recognized for her art and poetry as Saskia Maria Koe-Krompecher is a 6th grader at several of her works have appeared in books and literary Metro Early College Middle school. Her mentor was magazines such as Clover, The Voice of Youth, Pudding Amy Turn Sharp. She has always written poetry and takes Magazine, and Celebrating Art. She was nominated for a inspiration from her experience as a girl in these times. Her Pushcart and won the Denison Book Award for 2016. favorite poets include Edger Alan Poe, Emily Dickenson, On Saturday at 5:30 p.m., hear four seasoned women's and John Montague. voices: Betty Belen, Steve Abbott, Alexis-Rueal, and Katerina Harris is an artist/administrator/educator with Susann Moeller. These poets are popular readers on the the TRANSIT ARTS youth arts program in Columbus. Ohio poetry scene. . She attended Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center — Connie Everett Making more than pizza. Making memories.

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honored comfest volunteer Diane Emrick Diane Emrick remembers her first ComFest in 1988: also likes teaching things to the younger kids. She loves “I loved the values, working for the collective good and to teach smaller children to knit. You’d be surprised accepting people for who they are.” Thus began a love how involved they become with something that doesn’t affair which continues to this day. “I was hooked,” she involve a cell phone or iPad. They think it’s magical.” explained. During the last decade, Diane and her family have Since that time, she has been major contributors to the built an impressive resume KidsArt program. “She has been of volunteer work. Diane my right arm and sometimes my has been an intern for both left too, in organizing the KidsArt WCBE and WOSU as well program," said coordinator as a volunteer for COSI, the Margaret DeLaurentis. Every year Mid-Ohio Food Bank, and KidsArt provides activities for Children’s Hunger Alliance. young children and their families, Diane currently works for including face painting, tie-dying, the Capital University Law sidewalk chalk drawing, multi- School as an executive media projects, and building blocks. assistant in the Office of “KidsArt does not travel light,” Professional Development. “I said DeLaurentis. “It takes a flotilla finally had to take a paying of volunteers to make it happen. I job,” she said. “A family have a caravan of supplies that need takes money.” to be assembled every morning Shortly after her first and put away every night. It’s a ComFest, Diane began big commitment. Diane has been working as a vendor and there every year for me. Parents are helped with trash recycling. happy to have a play and learning “Another great thing about station for their children that often volunteer work is that these keeps them occupied for hours. We are great activities for my try to challenge their imaginations.” children and husband. I try One of Diane’s favorite to involve my kids as often Photo by Michael Gruber memories of ComFest is working as possible. It’s great for the KidsArt on Sunday. “Willie Pooch family.” She and husband Rodney have three children would be singing and I would hear him as things wound — Jacob, Ava, and Ela. “We started volunteering as a down. I miss Willie. He was some kind of wonderful. But family...around 2000. Sometimes friends of my kids every year makes for new memories, as shiny as the old.” would ask them why they went to ComFest: You don’t Diane says she would like to see more kids involved get drunk. Why do you go? So there are still a lot of in the volunteer aspect of ComFest. "There are many misconceptions about this festival. There is something for activities they could participate in with the help of an most everyone here: music, art and food. It’s a shame if adult," she notes. "I don’t think everyone is aware of the people think it’s only about beer and smoking. family-oriented aspect of ComFest. With proper adult “One of the things the kids enjoy most about supervision, it's a wonderful experience.” ComFest is meeting up with the same people every This year will prove no different. “I am ready,” said summer, other volunteers they might not see during the Diane. “So is my family.” year. It’s almost like a family reunion," Diane says. "Ava — David Breithaupt comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 53

honored comfest volunteer Brian Schweikart

Whether you call it the Beer Committee or by its “He was willing to try mixed drinks. When we discussed new name, Libations, it is the group that provides both fresh juice for bars, he bought a juicer all on his own.” the social lubricant and financial lifeblood that help Jen Secrest, manager of the Off Ramp Bar and the make Community Festival succeed. That success other Co-Chair of Libations noted, “He is always the first wouldn’t be possible without dedicated Libations to agree to try something new and do his very best to committee volunteers like Brian Schweickart. make it work.” Brian is manager of Brian has earned additional the Jazz Bar, a position that praise from his peers. Lincoln includes volunteer management, Street Bar manager John Gurney dealing with difficult situations, stated, “He’s stepped up and filled and often actual heavy lifting. a gap. He hasn’t quit contributing Brian has been volunteering and has brought in others.” with ComFest for six years, Jen Secrest added, “He is all of it with Libations. He so great. My favorite things initially volunteered on his own about him are his laid back and worked with experienced attitude and his sense of humor. Comfest bar volunteers. He These things make him such a has worked a year each as a pleasure to work with. When bartender and a supervisor, things go wrong, he has a way and two years as an assistant of letting them roll off his back manager prior to his elevation that keeps others around him to manager. calm as well.” “After years of being in the Brian deflects compliments, crowd,” Brian said, “I thought preferring to honor — and I should be on the other side. I recruit — others. “Thanks to wanted to give back.” everyone, to all the volunteers Brian’s connection with for all their years of work,” he ComFest goes back to his said. “I encourage people to get younger days. “My parents out and volunteer at ComFest or took me to the first ComFest. in the community.” They said I sold God’s Eyes, Brian’s volunteer work is a but I don’t remember,” Brian Photo By Michael Gruber contrast to his real-life job as an reminisced. MRI technologist often dealing Brian is known for his dedication and innovation. In with trauma victims. He still has a passion for ComFest addition to attending committee meetings all year long, and enjoys seeing the public have a good time. Brian works ComFest weekend “Thursday to Monday, “ComFest is a wonderful group to work with,” Brian open to close” despite efforts to get bar managers to take said. “It’s amazing how it has grown.” He is especially a shift off. impressed with how ComFest extends inclusiveness to “He is open to change and is never satisfied with everyone in the central Ohio community. the status quo,” Kevin Brammer, Libation’s Co-Chair We thank Brian for his hard work, his innovation, observed. Kevin commended Brian’s “willingness and his dedication. As Jen Secrest wrote, “The Libations to change, to go with the flow – always looking for committee is very lucky to have him.” something more efficient.” — Harry Farkas Insuring ComFest and those who enjoy it

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Gazebo Food Peace Village Food Aloha Ice: Shaved ice Love Bug: Gourmet daily menu Island Noodles: Noodles and more Russell Gate Food noodles The Smoothie Bike: Bike powered D's Dogs: Hot dogs, brats smoothies Go Bananas: Chocolate covered Naturally Yummy Baking & bananas Catering: Baked goodies CORVA watermelon Watermelon Paddy Wagon: Burgers, snacks and cubes so much more Simply Living WATER: Refill your Park St. Midway Food Jazz Cap Food water bottles here Smokin' Joe: Firdous: Middle Eastern food Barbeque Icee Rainbows: Whole World: Broccoli burger, Italian ice Near Live Arts Stage J-Pops: veggie pizza Gourmet popcicles Red Oaks: WATER - refill your Gilligans: Chicken & veggie stir fry Columbus Coalition for the water bottle here. Juergens: Baked goods Homeless WATER Nida Sushi: Phad thai, sushi Queen's Table: Fishboat, sandwich Fair Food Flavors of India: Chicken tikka, Along Goodale you will find the lamb curry, veggie platter finest in "Fair" food from corndogs Free Clinic: Sun-brewed iced tea and candy apples to pizza and Global Gallery Coffee Shop: Corn cream puffs. You can't miss the on the cob, Tibetan momos beautiful trailers along Goodale! Bubble Tea: Yummy beverages The Jamaican Club: Jamaican food Wellness Forum: Vegetarian cuisine Franklin Ave. Neighbors WATER: - refill your water bottle here Bozo Food Mikey's Late Night Slice: Pizza Jeni's Ice Cream: Ice cream RibMan: Barbeque Short North Bagels & Deli: Deli sandwiches Four Winds: Native American food Aloha Ice: Flavored shaved ice PattyCake Bakery: Gluten-free baked goodies Ecole Kenwood PTA: WATER- refill your water bottle here “THE FRIENDLIEST FESTIVAL IN TOWN – FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY” HOT TIMES 3 Days of Community Arts & Music Festival GREAT FOOD Sept. 8, 9, 10 2017 GREAT FUN MAIN & PARSONS (240 Parsons) Columbus Health Department Lawns GREAT HOTTIMESFESTIVAL.COM Street Fair Applications Available Online Now FRIENDS 2 STAGES – 2 DRUM CIRCLES – POETRY – VISUAL ARTS PROJECTS – ART CARS – STREET FAIR - GREAT FOOD ComFest Volunteer Party at Hot Times Friday, September 8 6 PM to Midnight hot Wear your 2017 T-shirt times Check in at the ComFest Table festival in Volunteer Central comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 57 IN MEMORIAM

Kojo Kamau Charles "C.W." Williams Tom "T.C." Collins In a career of more than 50 years, Charles "C.W." Williams' death during Tom "T.C." Collins left his mark on the photographer Kojo Kamau created last year's festival was a particularly local music scene with his passing last year. important black-and-white portraits keen loss. He was a dedicated ComFest His nimble fingers on keyboards were an of famous national and local African- volunteer, and in his role as Safety Base important part of the sound of many musical American figures (and local celebrities Supervisor for more than 20 years he fielded groups. such as Flippo the Clown) and and relayed the vast numbers of info-bits Dick Mackey described T.C. Collins documented Columbus history. Kojo's that are part of maintaining a welcoming and as "an incredible musician that I was lucky talent created unique glimpses into safe atmosphere for ComFest attendees. enough to play with for many years." As a changes in Columbus neighborhoods and Even after having handled the routine keyboard player, Collins played at ComFest people over decades. work for years, C.W. participated in safety many times over the years with Dave A co-creator of the Long Street training the afternoon before he had a Workman Blues Band, HooDoo Soul Band, Cultural Wall that connects downtown stroke. As trainees introduced themselves, Men of Leisure, TC and The Cats, and with the King-Lincoln District, he was a Safety Coordinator Michael Gruber recalls, others. winner of numerous awards for his work, "C.W., who always shared his experience Dave Workman fondly remembers his including the Ohioana Library Career and wisdom with new people, pretended it friend Tom Collins: Workman met Collins Award, the Raymond J. Hanley Fellowship was his first time volunteering." in the late 1960's while Dave was playing Award and ComFest Honored Artist in C.W. claimed he didn't like kids, and in a popular rock band, The Dantes. When 2013. especially the drama of locating a lost child. Workman left The Dantes, he and Collins With his late wife, poet/writer/ But this was largely a front, past Safety decided to form a new band. That was a broadcaster Mary Ann Williams, he Coordinator Solomon Ford says. At C.W.'s good move. Their friendship and musical founded Art for Community Expression, memorial service in the park during last collaborations spanned nearly fifty years. a project and gallery space to promote year's festival, the number of children and Workman summed up their African-American artists. adults there showed "the opposite was true," relationship by saying:"Tom was a blessing Always modest, in an interview with Ford says. "C.W was great with every child in my life, and his passing has left quite a a local paper Kojo said that while he did who passed through our care." void" not initially consider what he was doing Renee Vimmerstedt described C.W. — Program Staff to be of significance to the community at as "a kind, sarcastic, fiercely loyal, and large, he ultimately embraced his role as dependable man" and "one of our dearest, a historian. most trusted friends." Dubs showed up, His friends remember him as a quiet, worked largely out of sight, and didn't seek gentle man with a wonderful spirit. But praise, but his generous spirit embodied he was also a cultural documentarian, ComFest. a man whose keen eye produced art — Program Staff that understood what was important to preserve. — Candy Watkins We're . GAY, STRAIGHT, openBISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, OR NONE OF THE ABOVE.

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IN MEMORIAM Parking Info Don’t park up the neighborhood! Remember that city parking regulations are fully enforced during ComFest. Don't spoil your ComFest experience by parking in a place from which you will be towed. There are ample parking lots and garages south of Goodale Park in the Arena District. Allow extra time to find parking spaces. Respect the neighborhood. We are all visitors during ComFest. Photo from Yoga on Highr Photo from Yoga Photo by: Larry Hamill Don’t park at Giant Eagle Martha Marcom J. Webster Vierow Thurber Village or you will be towed! Marty Marcom had already been J. Vierow was an amazing Bike Parking an active member of the OSU-area photographer and singular, quirky force community when she founded Yoga on in Columbus' graphic arts community. His Another choice is to ride a High in 1975. With her co-directors, she talents for matting and framing pictures bicycle and park it at the Bike built the center into an important venue were legendary; people begged for his help Corral at Buttles and Dennison. for training yoga teachers, and in 2000 any time there was a show. He founded she traveled to India to study with Sri the Great Banana Festival and the Design car go Pattabhi Jois. Light Racing Team, and his irreverent 2 Marty was a mix of calming presence humor infused the theme parties that Members of car2go can and dramatic energy.YoH partner Marcia delighted everyone who attended. use the car2go DropZone area Miller recalls the spirit that Marty brought Back when ComFest was smaller and at the SE corner of Spruce and to her life and "dancing with Martha the we printed T-shirts ourselves, J. helped Armstrong to drop off their year after she'd been hit by a car, ending print them for years. He was active with vehicles. Just pull up and logout. up with a broken leg. Such joy!" Hot Times Festival, designing and printing She was active in ComFest from all the posters in the early years. He also its beginning. "For Martha, ComFest served as the digital curator of the Listen times were holy times," says Candy For The Jazz Columbus archive for the Ride A COTA Bus Watkins. "She and [husband] Jerry Arts Foundation of Olde Towne. His artistic The following bus lines generously opened their home to passions extended to model airplanes that will get you to ComFest: #1, ComFest organizers many Saturday he built and flew himself. #2, #4, #5, #8, Night Owl (Fri. nights as a place to rest in the midst of Photographer Larry Hamill recalls & Sat. evenings). and CBUS. the production. She always was thinking Vierow's skill and willingnes to ssupport about comforting other people." other artists. Marty wove her life and work into the "J. created an important atmosphere spirit of ComFest. "Her Friday shift at the for creative artists," Hamill says. He offered Handicapped Parking wine booth was [the start of] three days his facilities to anybody who needed to Left curb only on in motion," Peter Strimer notes. "It was of make art." Dennison: marked the same cloth as her yoga practice, her J. Vierow interwove his own artistic spaces south of Buttles. teaching, her loving. expression with contributions to individuals, Park Street at Buttles: first eight "She found the eternal wave and is groups, and events. He embodied spaces on the southeast corner. riding it now," he says. the concept of an artist whose work is All regular marked handicapped interwoven into community life. — Steve Abbott spaces on surrounding streets. — Candy Watkins comfest.COM Community Festival 2017 61 Relieve Dog Stress – Leave Them At Home You may think your best friend likes outdoor festivals 4. BITING. All dog bites are required by law to be as much as you do. In reality, these are potentially reported to the authorities. If your dog bites someone at hazardous to your dog, you, other festival-goers, and their ComFest and it does not have a current rabies vaccination dogs. Large events raise a dog's stress level and can make tag and papers, it must be quarantined (confined) and it unhappy and more likely to act in ways that can be observed for 10 days, even if it is a healthy dog. Also, unpleasant to others (while you're relaxing). there is little to stop your dog from catching a disease 1. NOISE. Your dog’s hearing is perhaps 10 times from another dog at ComFest. Be sure your dog is up to more sensitive than yours. Even if you aren't right in date on all of its vaccinations, especially rabies. front of a live stage speaker, overall volume level, sound 5. FOOD DANGERS. The ground is one reverberation and sheer quantity of constant noise coming big chow bowl to a dog. Peppery foods, sugary foods from all directions is potentially damaging to your dog's and onions are just part of the buffet only a few inches sensitive hearing. Guitar shredding can shred your dog’s away from that big wet nose. Your dog could develop hearing. pancreatitis. Often a direct result of such 2. HEAT AND FATIGUE. “dietary indiscretions,” it can range from When was the last time you went to a milder symptoms demanding care by a vet to summer concert in a fur coat? Even when severe and life-threatening problems requiring water and shade are available, heat can hospitalization, possible surgery, and hundreds quickly dehydrate dogs and cause life- of dollars of expense (your guilt aside). threatening heat stroke. Taking a long 6. GETTING LOST. Lost pets risk walk around the neighborhood is one thing. never being returned to their owners or, worse, Walking for hours on hot pavement or even being hit by a car. Be sure your dog is wearing grass is exhausting for a dog. some form of identification at all times. 3. CROWDS. Being in a crowd Why would you bring your dog here? makes a dog confused or anxious, so even Taking your dog to any large outdoor event is the best-behaved dogs stress out in crowds. Aside from an ego trip at your dog’s expense. The only benefit to crowded conditions and sensory overload, a lot is going your dog is that Fido doesn't have to pick up your poop. on at knee level that you may not see, such as a toddler Do your best friend a big favor: don't take your dog to reaching to pet the dog’s face. “But my dog would never ComFest or other crowded public events. bite…” may be true in ordinary calm situations, but a – Paul Volker, with Dr. Theresa Burke, DVM, crowded event creates unpredictable conditions and Creature Comforts Animal Clinic serious risks. ComFest Comedy Club Comedy is king and queen at Community Festival. Hour, Odd TV Variety Show, Have You Seen My Mom, Stand up comics in The ComFest Comedy Club close and take a break for zany antics, some with subliminal Peace and Healing Pavilion Friday and Saturday nights, messages, some just for fun! Check Program for exact so grab a beer and a seat and prepare to laugh with times. Leslie Battle, Troy Hammond, Wonder Doug, Tom Plute, Comedy and Correctness, with Leslie Battle, a Georgia Barnes, Nandi Brown, Brandon Gaddy, and mother and army vet, and Wonder Doug, an alternative more. Bi-Polar Recovering Alcoholic Queer Comedian Improv and troupe comics are sprinkled throughout who works at a Porn Store. Comics parse society and the weekend at Peace and Healing Pavilion. Find your comment on its absurdities. But how far is too far? Is favorites, like Fake Bacon, It's All Been Done Radio there a too far? — Connie Everett 62 Community Festival 2017 comfest.COM First Aid Sunburned? Dehydrated? Twisted ankle while students who volunteer for the Columbus Free Clinic. dancing? These are among the common complaints seen The Columbus Free Clinic provides basic primary at the First Aid Stations. We have nurses, EMTs, doctors, health care for the under- and uninsured of Columbus. former army medics, teachers, Eagle Scouts, lifeguards, Visit columbusfreeclinic.com and click on “How to health care providers and other volunteers to handle most be seen.” Donations to the Clinic are tax-deductible needs and to assess when more treatment is needed from as allowed by the IRS. Please send to: Columbus Free the Columbus Division Clinic, Rardin Family of Fire Medic unit we Practice Center, 2231 N. have for each of our two High St, Columbus, OH stations. 43201. To better serve The 2017 Community Community Festival’s Festival wishes you a crowds, First Aid has safe and healthy time, but operated two stations remember our volunteers since 2009. The Main and the city's paramedics Station is in the center are here when needed. of the park, next to the In recent years we have Cleanup & Recycling sponsored free First Aid & HQ, and will operate from CPR training for over 45 9 AM to midnight all 3 organizers and volunteers days. Station Two is just Photo by Michael Weber to improve our ability to inside the park, across provide on-site care for from the intersection of Park & Poplar Streets, and will festival-goers with an insect bite, splinter, cut foot or heat operate on Friday from 3-11 PM, and 3-9 PM Saturday, exhaustion. and 3-8 PM Sunday. All volunteers get a red-on-white shirt with "First ComFest First Aid commends the Columbus Division Aid" on the front, tokens for free food & beverages, and of Fire EMS Medics of the Columbus Firefighters Union more tokens at the Volunteer Appreciation Party, Friday Local #67 IAF for their courteous and professional evening, September 8, at the Hot Times Festival. dedication to duty each day, as well as the medical — Bill Finzel & Don Morris Free Valet Bike Parking The bike corral has grown protect it for you. through the years. Here are a 2) Volunteer in the bike corral couple of ways you can help make during a closing shift. Stop by the it even greater this year: bike corral or Information Station 1) Ride your bike to ComFest. to see if we have open shifts. Riding your bike not only allows Experienced bike corral you to do good things for the volunteers can stop and help environment and your health, but anytime you see a line. We can't you will likely get in and out of give you volunteer perks for these the festival quickly, park closer, Photo by Michael Gruber random acts of kindness, but your and walk less. efforts will be appreciated. Contrary to popular belief, riding a bike to ComFest 3) Let others know about the bike corral! is the smart thing to do on days you feel lazy. Bring it to — Bike Corral Team the bike corral where a group of lovely volunteers will

HEADS UP! Every visitor to Community Festival is expected to observe public safety laws and Park Closing Times event rules listed in the Program Guide. FRIDAY, 11 PM Visitors to ComFest this year again should anticipate a police presence and enforcement SATURDAY, 9 PM of all applicable laws. There will be uniformed SUNDAY, 8 PM officers hired by Community Festival as well as Please cooperate when you are asked uniformed officers and plainclothes detectives to leave the Park deployed by the Columbus Division of Police, as is usual at all large public events. The Police want festival attendees to know that laws will be enforced, whether Don't Become the offense involves shoplifting from vendors, bringing outside alcohol into the park, lighting a a Statistic fire, or consuming illegal drugs. ComFest has lots of signs warning visitors that there is a No BYOB rule in the park, and organizers want everyone to know that includes everything that is still illegal in Ohio. Safety/No BYOB teams patrol the park and take time to personally warn people and encourage lawful enjoyment of the festival. FACT: people have ignored numerous warnings and ended up being statistics of arrests and citations for BYOB, underage alcohol, cigarette and pot-related offenses. Law enforcement agencies and liquor agents, both uniformed and plainclothes, attend events where alcohol and large crowds are present. Community Festival organizers expect them at ComFest again this year. Anyone unwilling to comply with these They will be watching the crowd, looking for any illegal activities. laws and rules should not enter the festival If you don't like a law, then work to change it. grounds. While the law is in place, play by the rules and keep the Thanks to the support of an aware, engaged Community Festival safe. We want you to be able to stay audience and hard-working volunteers, ComFest and enjoy the festival. DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. has earned a track record as the most peaceful event of its size in Columbus. With everyone's help, the 2017 Community Festival can again set a high standard for staying safe, clean, and green. Don't be a tourist when you come to ComFest. Sign up to help. Bring your best self and become part of this sprawling model of collective and peaceful self-governance. Remember, it's everyone's job to maintain the mellow! Pass it on!