I'm pro more music and events in town. This is how we attract in visitors, both local and from afar, and gain tax dollars to make the city run and bring in support/wallets for local businesses. Love the distributed model, which by its nature encourages more walking and browsing past storefronts. I am a little concerned when I see a map that shows camping with a fire on it in a place in town that has zero camping options... but that hopefully is not an issue that will actually become a problem. We used to have more festivals in town in the past- the Cajun fest, the big education fundraiser in Ives- so I'm glad to see something new and fresh!
The sculpture exhibition in the Depot Street empty lot was supposed to close on October 31.
The artists, myself among them, had to take the show down early. No one consulted the Sebastopol Center for the Arts before planning the new event.
Public access to the site was planned for Oct 7 that had to be cancelled. Makes Sebastopol look bad, and sloppy.
The artists go through considerable expense to produce artwork and install a show. We need to fit timelines into other plans. Getting short notice that a show is closing early is unprofessional, however no fault of the art center. They were blind sided.
And also untrue. I talked to Serafina today. She was alerted about this event and SebArts decided, in the better interest of the town, to support it by closing their exhibition early.
Gosh, this “news story” prompts me to ponder the demographics of The Sebastopol Times…
The disposable assets of people supporting such an activity are outside of my values as a retired scientist.
I needed to go the Apple Store in Santa Rosa this morning. Over the 17 years I’ve lived in this area, I’ve seen the degradation of what little remained of “middle class” affordability. The Santa Rosa Plaza is a depressing reality.
This “news story” seems like an advertisement for an event I find curious. At $280 per person, old hippies are a target audience.
And young people, it’s your fascist world with extinctions etc. May as well stare at a navel, IMHO.
It’s also a generational thing I think. I’ve had many young housemates who save up to go to events like this because they enjoy them— music, dancing, yoga, whatever. It’s not a reflection on their character, more than Woodstock was a reflection on the character of the 60s generation.
Generational things, like Woodstock didn’t dare charge admission that is many multiples of minimum wage. The gap in wealth and discretionary spending is reflected in choices of recreation; ratio of money saved or spent for immediate gratification. I see people working entry level service jobs with vast portions of skin covered with tattoos, for example. Freewill seems a target for entrepreneurs.
I see essays about homeless and inflation and what democracy has elected and ponder social values. Especially as I travel to many countries with better….many things.
Your journalism is very important for our small village. Thank you
I'm pro more music and events in town. This is how we attract in visitors, both local and from afar, and gain tax dollars to make the city run and bring in support/wallets for local businesses. Love the distributed model, which by its nature encourages more walking and browsing past storefronts. I am a little concerned when I see a map that shows camping with a fire on it in a place in town that has zero camping options... but that hopefully is not an issue that will actually become a problem. We used to have more festivals in town in the past- the Cajun fest, the big education fundraiser in Ives- so I'm glad to see something new and fresh!
FWIW,
The sculpture exhibition in the Depot Street empty lot was supposed to close on October 31.
The artists, myself among them, had to take the show down early. No one consulted the Sebastopol Center for the Arts before planning the new event.
Public access to the site was planned for Oct 7 that had to be cancelled. Makes Sebastopol look bad, and sloppy.
The artists go through considerable expense to produce artwork and install a show. We need to fit timelines into other plans. Getting short notice that a show is closing early is unprofessional, however no fault of the art center. They were blind sided.
Wow that is super lame.
And also untrue. I talked to Serafina today. She was alerted about this event and SebArts decided, in the better interest of the town, to support it by closing their exhibition early.
Sounds like they were not blindsided as the OP accused.
Not blindsided, but perhaps last minute.
Gosh, this “news story” prompts me to ponder the demographics of The Sebastopol Times…
The disposable assets of people supporting such an activity are outside of my values as a retired scientist.
I needed to go the Apple Store in Santa Rosa this morning. Over the 17 years I’ve lived in this area, I’ve seen the degradation of what little remained of “middle class” affordability. The Santa Rosa Plaza is a depressing reality.
This “news story” seems like an advertisement for an event I find curious. At $280 per person, old hippies are a target audience.
And young people, it’s your fascist world with extinctions etc. May as well stare at a navel, IMHO.
It’s also a generational thing I think. I’ve had many young housemates who save up to go to events like this because they enjoy them— music, dancing, yoga, whatever. It’s not a reflection on their character, more than Woodstock was a reflection on the character of the 60s generation.
Woodstock was only free because they couldn't handle the number of people that just walked through the gates. From what I hear lol
Generational things, like Woodstock didn’t dare charge admission that is many multiples of minimum wage. The gap in wealth and discretionary spending is reflected in choices of recreation; ratio of money saved or spent for immediate gratification. I see people working entry level service jobs with vast portions of skin covered with tattoos, for example. Freewill seems a target for entrepreneurs.
I see essays about homeless and inflation and what democracy has elected and ponder social values. Especially as I travel to many countries with better….many things.
Your journalism is very important for our small village. Thank you