PROGRAM GUIDE 2013

26 community Festival 2013 comfest.comWorkshop Information and DetailsThroughout The WeekendPoetry with Beverly Ziemer, Susann Moeller, Mark Hersmen, Ben Rader, GraceCurtis, Fred Kirchner, Andy Roberts, Paula Lambert, Betty Bleen, and FakeBacon. Peace Tent 5 PM Friday & 7:30 PM SaturdayCom(edy)fest featuring Joshua Gandee, Justin Golak, Laura Sanders,Sumukh Torgalkar, Travis Hoewischer, Sommer Sterud, Darrell Dawson,the Asbestos Crew and special guests.7:30 PM Peace Tent Friday and SaturdayFridayFolkOhio Cassie PetersonImages, artifacts and stories from the OSU Center for Folklore Studies.2:00 PM ComFest MuseumComFest Magic: ComFest stories too good to believeCome share yours with folklorists Katey Borland and Martha Sims, OSUCenter for Folklore Studies 3:00 PM ComFest MuseumStorytime With the Granddaddy of ComFest Burt Cantrell, formerDirector of the Wesley Foundation which sponsored the organizationsthat gave birth to Community Festival3:00 PM ComFest MuseumFree Belly Dancing Class! Janaan al JahanniStart the weekend by loosening up your hips and trying a few belly rolls.You know you’ve been dying to try it! 4:00 PM Healing ArtsCommunity Forums: Public Private Partnerships These collaborationsof funding and planning are becoming popular right here in Columbus. Butis the public benefitting or just helping to foot the bill? 5:00 PM SolarColumbus Moving Image Art Review: Part I Matt and Nikki Swift5:00 PM ComFest MuseumWomen Win with ObamacareJaime Miracle, NARAL, Cathy Levy, The Ohio Religious Coalition forReproductive Choice Raising Women’s Voices, Staffer, Planned Parenthood.Women benefit in major ways from early implementations of the ACA. Getthe facts. 6:25 PM SolarSaturdayGun Reform Strategy WorkshopPatrick Barnacle, Mayors Against Illegal Guns; Julie Eichorn, MomsDemand Action for Gun Safety; Toby Hoover (founder) and Marian Harris(organizer), Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence; Rep. Tracy Maxwell Heard,Ohio House Minority Whip, convener of state gun safety summit, sponsor ofuniversal background check bill Noon Peace TentDreaming in America Ruben Herrera & DreamersEveryone has heard about the Dreamers; chances are we know one withoutrealizing it. If not, come meet some Dreamers and hear what they have tosay about their place in America. Enlightening! 12:55 PM SolarCrafty Condoms Planned ParenthoodCondoms can be used to: a) Prevent pregnancy b) Protect Against STDsc) Create works of art d) All of the above. Find out at1:15 PM Peace TentThis Is How It Works Theatrical ProductionScript by Is Said, Director Amy Drake, Producer Susann Moeller. Thisperformance made possible with a ComFest Grant. The Elements havetheir hands full with us earthlings who threaten Mother Nature. Who willcome to her rescue? Don’t miss this one!3:10 PM SolarWinning Marriage Equality in Ohio Ian James, Freedom OhioAre some people more equal than others? Can the constitution be usedto discriminate against groups of citizens? What will Ohio do aboutmarriage equality? 3:30 PM PeaceTentEco Poetry Workshop & Competition Dr. Susann MoellerTry your hand at environmental poetry. If you win there is an award and areading from Bozo stage! Recently published EcoPoetry collection, OpenEarth, features work by past winners. You could be in Volume 2.4:00 PM SolarTippecanoe and Two Horses Too: The Siege of Fort Meigs and theAffair of the Double Horse Burial: Bill Pickard, Ohio Historical SocietyDuring 2001 site renovations at Fort Meigs near Perrysburg, Ohio a burialfeature containing the remains of two horses and dating to the War of1812 was discovered. Hear the whole story 4:15 PM Peace Tent