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18 | July 12, 2018 | The Lockport Legend life & arts
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Comicopolis to continue growing this year
Submitted by the White Oak
Library District
The White Oak Library
District is to host its fourth
annual comics and pop culture
fest, Comicopolis, in
partnership with Amazing
Fantasy Books and Comics,
the City of Lockport’s Summer
Art Series, and Zombie
Army Productions.
The all-ages event is to be
held both inside and outside
of the library building at
121 E. 8th St. in downtown
Lockport from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. on Aug. 4. Admission
to Comicopolis is free. During
the event, the library is
to remain open for regular
library attendees all day.
Special guests at Comicopolis
are to include Bill
and Linda Lesserman Reinhold
and Philip and Jeffrey
Moy. More than 30
artists, illustrators, writers,
and vendors are to appear
as well, and they include:
Andrew Taam, Ashley Prosken,
Catherine and Sarah
A list of attractions/giveaways at Comicopolis
• Free caricatures drawn by Kevin Traynor
• Free face painting
• Conversations with the artists at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Cosplay Out of Everyday Things at noon
• Cosplay makeup demo at 2 p.m.
• Cosplay Costume Contest at 3 p.m. with $50 cash
prizes
• Legacy Adventure Park Outdoor Games with prizes
• Superhero-themed bouncy houses
• Swag bags for the first 500 attendees
• Live turtles and TMNT photo ops by Crosstown
Exotics
• Outdoor music
• The Limestone Stage and Quarried Away Improv
• Door prizes
• Grand prize drawing for gift baskets
• All new photo booth
• Photo opportunities with cosplayers all day
• Live Gallactica tournament by the Controller
Throwers
• Food trucks
Satrun, Celina and Edgar
Barajas, Chelsea Traynor,
Collaborative Ink, Courtney
Cusack, David Gruba,
Dave Knight, Edward Witt,
Jamie Primack, Jewell Walton,
Jr., Justin Castaneda,
Mandy Madrox, Michael
Ulm, Mike Ryan and the
Controller Throwers, Mystery
Unincorporated, Patrick
Williams, Rachel Schwass,
David Younglove (left) poses with his children Devin (back), Donovan (middle) and Ciara
during last year’s Comicopolis event. 22nd Century Media File Photo
Rafael Nieves, Samantha
Pointon, Scott Larson, Tom
Bacon, Wesley Sun, Amazing
Fantasy Books and Comics,
David “Jimmy 2-Pack”
White — who will be selling
comics for $1 — and Alice
Dean, who will be back with
her Harry Potter wands.
For more information,
visit www.comicopolis.org,
or contact Comicopolis Coordinator/Branch
Manager
Patricia Jarog at (815) 552-
4185. Those interested can
also visit the event’s Facebook
page at facebook.com/
comicopolislockport.
summer
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are loving it,” Herman said.
“They’ve had quite a bit of
traffic already, and one business
is saying they had two
women coming like from,
I want to say Arlington
Heights, where they made a
destination day out of it because
of the contest.”
According to Herman,
the art submissions were
not guaranteed acceptance
because there were more
pieces than there were host
businesses. The artists were
chosen at the committee’s
June 5 meeting, and the art
was due by June 18.
“This was definitely a
committee effort,” Streit
said. “All of us brainstormed
and worked together to come
up with something that we
could offer to the community.
I also would say that
we were very inspired by the
award from the National Endowment
of the Arts for the
unLOCK art.”
The Gaylord Building has
led the program, unLOCK:
Merging Art and Industry
in downtown Lockport,
which will bring 10 artists
throughout the summer
to work with the community
to create art unique to
the city.
The first place winner
in the 18 and up category
of the Local Artist Choice
Awards will win $2,500.
Second place will win
$1,000 and third place will
win $500. The age 17 and
under category pieces will
be displayed starting July 31
and ending Aug. 20. Those
winners will be recognized
Aug. 23 at The Roxy Theater.
People will be able
to vote on eight pieces
of art.
“I thought it was an honorable
turnout, and we had
quite a few wonderful options
to choose from,” Streit
said. “We would have liked
to have seen more come
from the children’s level of
art, but you know, it’s the
first time we’ve ever done
it and maybe people will be
inspired more in the future.
But we were really pleased
in general with what people
brought in for us.”
Each person is allowed
to vote once a day for their
favorite piece of art. For
more information on the
Local Artist Choice Awards,
visit www.cityoflockport.
net. Maps of the participating
businesses can be found
online or picked up at City
Hall.
faith
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Caregiver Group Meetings:
Fourth Thursday of every
month at noon. Please call
the church at (815) 838-
0708 to RSVP. Lunch is
provided.
First Baptist Church of Lockport (800
Thornton St., Lockport)
Sunday Services
9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship
Angel Food House Food
Pantry
12:15-1:15 p.m. Sundays
and 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Open to the public. First
time users please bring two
forms of identification.
Wednesday Night Bible
Study
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Summer Break Fun Nights
6-7 p.m. Wednesday
nights during months of
June-August. This is an opportunity
for children to
learn about God.
5-Day Club
1-2:30 p.m. July 16-20.
Children are welcome to
enjoy an afternoon filled
with games, stories, Bible
lessons, food and more. For
more information, call (815)
838-4004.
Grace Baptist Church (501 N. State St.,
Lockport)
Sunday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10:45 a.m. Morning service;
6 p.m. Night service.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, (1500 S.
Briggs St., Lockport)
Divine Worship
9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship
to follow at 10 a.m.
For more information, call
(815) 838-1832.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (18101
W. Oak Ave., Lockport)
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10 a.m. Morning worship,
Nursery ministry (ages infant
to 4) and Youth church
(ages 5-12); 12 p.m. Adult
Bible Study. For more information,
contact (815) 774-
1016
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Editor Jacquelyn Schlabach at
j.schlabach@22ndcentury
media.com or call (708) 326-
9170 ext. 15. Information is
due by noon Thursday one
week prior to publication.