Dayhoff Westminster

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Westminster's Fallfest continues a proud tradition

By Kevin Dayhoff, September 25, 2013

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-westminster-fallfest-20130924,0,1449772.story

Westminster’s annual Fallfest celebration begins Thursday with a parade at 7 p.m. that starts on Pennsylvania Avenue and ends just below Westminster City Hall on Longwell Avenue.

Fallfest, which boasts on its website, westminsterfallfest.com, to be “Carroll County’s largest community charity event,” then continues four days through Sunday in the center of downtown Westminster at the playground and the Westminster Family Center.

For many it is one of the highlights of the year -- a time when the greater Carroll County family gets together to celebrate everything that is wonderful about our community.

Friday evening, Sept. 27, highlights the annual Midnight Madness celebration of shopping and eating-out on Main Street in downtown Westminster.

Fallfest hours for Friday are 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 12 noon to 6 p.m.

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Although there are anecdotal stories of various community fall celebrations throughout Westminster’s history; our current version of “Fallfest,” the annual parade and Midnight Madness specifically draw upon a tradition that started many years ago when Westminster came together in September for an event sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association called “Westminster Days.”

An August 29th, 1947 article in the old, out-of-print Democratic Advocate newspaper reported, “At the weekly luncheon meeting on Monday at the Charles Carroll Hotel the Retail Merchants Association of this city, plans were completed for the Westminster Days which will be held on Sept. 25 and 26. President John R. Byers presided.”

The article then described a big parade on Thursday evening and two days of downtown merchant sales on September 25th and 26th, 1947.

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-westminster-fallfest-20130924,0,1449772.story

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/09/westminsters-fallfest-continues-proud.html

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland.

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/

For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

Westminster celebrates diversity at Tristreet block party

By Kevin Dayhoff, 3:45 p.m. EDT, September 17, 2013

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-tristreet-block-party-20130917,0,934631.story

Fully equipped with a spatula, sunglasses, hat and an apron, Darcel Harris was all smiles Sept. 15 as she answered questions, cooked hamburgers and hot dogs and helped coordinate activities for over 300 folks who attended the 11th annual Pennsylvania Avenue – Tristreet Association block party in Dutterer Family Park in Westminster.

The event included multi-cultural food dishes made by residents, local fruits and vegetables donated by local farmers, dancing, pie eating contests, and educational activities for children provided by the Westminster Police Department, the Carroll County NAACP and GROW Mission (God’s Regeneration of Westminster) – one of the many local grassroots community organizations in which Harris participates.

According to Harris, the March 2013 recipient of the of the 21st annual Carroll County Human Relations Commission achievement award, the neighborhood get together was the brainchild of former Westminster City Councilwoman, 1991-1995, Rebecca Orenstein.

Orenstein, 71, recently passed away on Aug. 31.

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/09/westminster-celebrates-diversity-at_26.html

Labels: Annual PA Ave Block Party, Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, Diversity, Diversity Hispanic, History, Westminster File PA Ave, Westminster File PA Ave Block Party, Westminster Police - See more at: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/09/westminster-celebrates-diversity-at_26.html#sthash.Bnrjh8DC.dpuf

For pictures go to: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/62355185981/westminster-celebrates-diversity-at-tristreet

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Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/

For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

Artist Joyce Scott to speak at McDaniel College Oct 30

Joyce Scott: The Shape I'm In

The Queen of Beadwork will share how she incorporates provocative and contentious political and social issues in her exuberant beaded sculptural forms and neckpieces.

Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00 pm, McDaniel Lounge in McDaniel Hall

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2013/09/artist-joyce-scott-to-speak-at-mcdaniel.html

Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Scott Joyce, Colleges McDaniel

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Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Willis Street heritage tree tour highlights history and value of trees - baltimoresun.com

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By Kevin Dayhoff, Several days before the Fourth of July, a group of about 25 citizens gathered behind the City of Westminster's ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0714-20130715,0,6856725.story

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Kevin Dayhoff opens art exhibit Birdie’s Café Westminster Fri May 10, 2013

Birdie’s Café Gallery announces an exhibit of the collages and mixed-media artwork of Kevin E. Dayhoff.

Kevin Dayhoff – Orange Coffee for Cyborgs

The opening for Kevin Dayhoff’s exhibit, “Orange Coffee for Cyborgs” is scheduled for Friday evening, May 10, 2013, at Birdie’s in historic downtown Westminster

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Synopsis: Local artist Kevin E. Dayhoff debuts his new solo exhibit at Birdie’s Café Gallery

When: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Friday May 10, 2013

Where: Birdie's Café 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

Admission: Free

Information: http://www.birdiescoffee.com/; e-mail: coffeebird@comcast.net; 410-848.7931 or www.kevindayhoff.com

Birdie’s hours are: Monday – Tuesday: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday – Friday: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Sunday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kevin Dayhoff opens art exhibit Birdie’s Café Westminster Fri May 10, 2013 by Kevin Earl Dayhoff

The 47 pieces of art on display are from the private collection of the artist and have rarely been exhibited in public.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/140478803/Kevin-Dayhoff-opens-art-exhibit-Birdie%E2%80%99s-Cafe-Westminster-Fri-May-10-2013

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http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/434081.html

An opening reception will be held at the Birdie’s Café, 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD Friday, May 10, 2013, from 6-9 p.m. The art work will remain on display through June.

Birdie's café is the epicenter of cool in Westminster, MD. Birdie's café is owned by Westminster native Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, a local businesswoman and professional photographer.

Birdie's café is conveniently located at 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157 410-848.7931 http://www.birdiescoffee.com/; e-mail: coffeebird@comcast.net;

Birdie’s hours are: Monday – Tuesday: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday – Friday: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Sunday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kevin Dayhoff is a life-long artist, designer, and writer. He has had a pervasive interest in spatial relationships, asymmetry and color-graphemic synesthesia, and the juxtapositioning of incongruent objects.

He explores colors and shapes and various social, political, and artistic themes through collage, mixed media assemblage, drawings, and photography.

A Westminster and Carroll County MD native, he has been self-employed as a writer, designer, and artist since 1971.

He first began showing art in 1981. He is a retired farmer and former elected official. He currently writes for Explore Carroll – the Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/westminster and The Tentacle, an online columnists’ collective, www.thetentacle.com

He is a founding member of Off Track Art, an artists’ collective and gallery at 11 Liberty Street –at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland - www.offtackart.com.

Kevin may be contacted at kevindayhoff@gmail.com His website is located at www.kevindayhoff.com May 8, 2013

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

US flag flies proudly on a beautiful spring Sat afternoon at McDaniel College

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Carroll County MD Arts Center News & Notes

Our Website · Coming Attractions · Gallery Exhibits · Classes & Camps

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Registration for PEEPshow closes Friday March 15!

Click for On-Line Registration.

Click to view trailer

FLICC presents

"The Intouchables" (France)

Friday, March 15 - 7:30 pm

2012; Rated R; 112 mins

The true story of two men who should never have met -- a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects who becomes his personal aid. Sometimes you have to reach out into someone else's world to find out what is missing in your own!

$6 Adults/$5 CCAC Members, Students & Seniors.

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Teelin Irish Dance Co.

Saturday, March 16 - 3 pm & 7 pm

They wowed the crowds last year with their amazing precision and imaginative choreography. From graceful jigs and reels to thundering percussive dance, this high energy dance company puts on a great show that will have audiences mesmerized! Please note that the matinee performance has already sold out, so do not delay if you want to enjoy the evening performance of this wonderful show!

Sponsored by Manchester Family Medicine.
$12 Adults/$10 CCAC Members, Students & Seniors

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Now on Tuesdays!

Poetry Evening

Tuesday, March 19, 7- 8 pm

Featuring OneTree Series Poets:

Alan Bogage

Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka

Susan Stark Thornton

Kevin Thornton

Darcel Harris

Hosted by artist/poet Christina Collins-Smith.

Come and listen to the evening's featured poets and bring a poem to share in this relaxed, casual atmosphere. FREE.

Arts Center News

Members Only Priority Registration!

Summer Arts Camp

To avoid disappointment, we offer our members the opportunity to register for our very popular summer camp offerings beginning March 1. All sessions will be open to the general public for registration beginning April 1, so do not delay if you want your child to participate!

Click here for on-line registration information

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DepARTures Bus Trips

Friday, April 12

"Hello Dolly" at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC

Departs 10:30 am/Returns 6:15 pm

$80/$75 Members

Tuesday, April 30

Three Generations of Wyeths at the Brandywine River Museum

Departs 9 am/Returns 5:30 pm

$40/$35 Members

Wednesday, July 31

"The Book of Mormon" at Kennedy Center in Washington DC

Departs 5:30 pm/Returns 11:15 pm

$125/$115 Members

Click here to print out a registration form and mail in with a check. Or call 410/848-7272 to register with a major credit card.

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Sign up Now for Spring Yoga!

Mondays or Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8 pm

Tim Hurley leads our Gentle Yoga classes at the Carroll Arts Center. He is a gifted instructor and his classes fill very quickly. Register today if you are interested in joining these sessions that begin Monday April 8 or Wednesday April 10.

Click here to register on-line.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

for the

6th Annual PEEPshow

March 28-April 7, 2013

We need dozens of volunteers to help with this major fundraising event. If you are not already on our volunteer e-mail list, but would like to help with this event, please click here to provide Sandy with your email address and we will see to it that you are notified of shifts that require coverage. Shifts are typically 3 hours long and volunteers must be at least 16 years old to work independently.

Purchase Tickets On-Line

Pre-payment is required to reserve tickets for all CCAC shows and films.
Purchase tickets on line at www.carrollcountyartscouncil.org.

A small convenience fee will be applied to all phone and internet credit card orders.
No fees apply for tickets purchased in person at the box office.

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Guest Artist Donna Yarish to appear at Off Track Art February 26 through April 29, 2013

Guest Artist Donna Yarish to appear at Off Track Art February 26 through April 29, 2013

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

OFF TRACK ART Artist’s Cooperative

11 Liberty Street, Westminster, MD 21157

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2013/02/guest-artist-donna-yarish-to-appear-at.html

Labels: Art Artists Yarish Donna, Art medium abstract, Art Off Track Art, Art Off Track Art guest artist, Westminster Art Culture Artists - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2013/02/guest-artist-donna-yarish-to-appear-at.html#sthash.QtjuKdkE.dpuf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/128244299/Guest-Artist-Donna-Yarish-to-appear-at-Off-Track-Art-February-26-through-April-29-2013

http://www.scribd.com/doc/128244299/Guest-Artist-Donna-Yarish-to-appear-at-Off-Track-Art-February-26-through-April-29-2013

“Off Track Art” - www.offtrackart.com - is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – at the parking lot side entrance, next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ www.offtrackart.com – or www.offtrackart.org or www.offtrackart.net

Guest Artist – Donna Yarish

Stacey Coverstone – Western Romance Author

Book signing at the Off Track Art opening for Donna Yarish on Friday, March 1, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Lydia Bandy – musician/composer of Piano Pearls – playing the keyboard at the Off Track Art opening for Donna Yarish on Friday, March 1, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Reception Date: Friday, March 1, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Art Exhibit Dates: February 26 – April 29, 2013

Off Track Art Hours: Wed – Fri noon to 5 pm and Sat 10 am to 5 pm

or for more information e-mail Kevin Dayhoff at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com

Donna J. Yarish

Westminster, MD 21157

E-mail: donnayarish@mris.com

donna@donnasworldofcolor.com

Website: www:donnasworldofcolor.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/donnasworldofcolor

Artist Biography

After working in the corporate world for many years Donna took an early retirement. In January 2007, she took her first art class at Carroll Community College. She continued with private watercolor classes with Felisa Flecker, workshops and classes with Tara Grim, Carolyn Seabolt, Sarah Abel DeLuca, and Skip Lawrence. Presently Donna enjoys abstract painting, using acrylics, collage and mixed media with Ed Ramsburg, who continually encourages her to grow as an artist.

She has exhibited at Carroll County Community College – The Great Hall, Carroll Life Gallery, Circuit Court Building, Carroll County Arts Council, Frederick Arts Council (FAC), Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center (DVAEC), The Artists Gallery, FMH Crestwood Gallery, and Frederick County Art Association. Within this past year, two of the art pieces have been shown at the Annapolis Statehouse Building. Presently, original pieces and giclees are in private collections and consigned in a local shop.

When Donna was in the second grade art class, she remembered feeling the excitement when painting her first abstract. Now she is focusing on acrylic, collage and mixed media abstracts - the larger the canvas, the better. She enjoys expressing creativity through painting and going to new levels using the imagination with whatever materials are available. The whole process from beginning to end is exhilarating! I love sharing my world of color with others.

Juried Shows

Salon Frederique at The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick, MD, 2010

5^th Annual Frederick in Annapolis Show, State Capitol Building, Annapolis, MD, 2011

6^th Annual Frederick in Annapolis Show, State Capitol Building, Annapolis, MD, 2012

Art at the Mill (Burwell-Morgan Mill), Millwood, VA 2011

Frederick Memorial Hospital – Crestwood Center Gallery, Frederick, MD, 2011, 2012

Towson Art Collective Gallery, Towson, MD 2012

Art Square, 11^th Annual Something Hot Regional Show, Leesburg, VA 2012

Group Shows

Carroll County Artists’ Guild Members’ Exhibit, Carroll Community College Great Hall, Westminster, MD, 2009, 2012

DVAEC Members’ Show, Frederick, MD, 2010, 2011, 2012

Frederick County Art Association Members’ Exhibit, Frederick, MD, 2010, 2011, 2012

Frederick County Art Association @ The Griffin Center, Frederick, MD 2012

International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Gallery, Nags Head, NC, 2010

Grace Lutheran Church Holiday Members’ Exhibit, Westminster, MD 2010

Grace Lutheran Church Gallery 2011, 2012

Artomatic @ Frederick, MD 2011

Carroll County Artists Guild Exhibits @ Circuit Courthouse, Westminster, MD 2011, 2012

Carroll County Artists Guild Exhibits @ Carroll Life Gallery, Westminster, MD 2011, 2012

Carroll County Artists Guild Exhibits @ Carroll Senior Center, Westminster, MD 2011, 2012

^10th Annual Carroll County Arts Council Member Show, Westminster, MD 2012

Hampstead Art House, Sassafras Gallery – “Hues of Spring,” Hampstead, MD 2012

Small Group and Solo Shows

Abstract X 4, a four-person show at the Blanche Ames Gallery, Frederick, MD, 2011

Birdies Café Exhibit – Solo Show, Westminster, MD 2012

Six Pack Abs: Flexing Abstraction, a six-person show at the Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster, MD, 2012

Two-person show at Carroll County Community College, Miller Center, Westminster, MD 2012

Awards

9^th Annual Carroll County Arts Council Member Show: Artistic Excellence Ribbon, Westminster, MD 2011

Donations

Grace Lutheran Church, Westminster, MD 2011

Other

Curator for Grace Lutheran Church Gallery, Westminster, MD 2011, 2012

Rev Nov 2012

For more information about the show contact Donna at:

Donna@donnasworldofcolor.com

www.donnasworldofcolor.com

http://www.scribd.com/doc/128244299/Guest-Artist-Donna-Yarish-to-appear-at-Off-Track-Art-February-26-through-April-29-2013

Guest Artist Donna Yarish to appear at Off Track Art February 26 through April 29, 2013 by Kevin Earl Dayhoff

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Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/

For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

Re-elect Kevin Dayhoff to the Westminster City Council May 9th, 2023

Hi, I am Kevin Dayhoff, and I would like to be re-elected - along with Councilmembers Ann Gilbert and Greg Pecoraro - to remain in the three Westminster Common Council seats that are available in the upcoming May 9th city election. We offer experience, energy, accessibility, vision, fiscally prudent, and socially responsible leadership. It would be an honor to have the opportunity to take another turn as a Westminster elected official. This has been paid for by Dayhoff for Westminster, Caroline Babylon - Treasurer. For more information click on the image.

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