Goodlettsville’s Man in Black

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, On The Road by Charon

Acworth, GA~
One of the perks of this line of work is the requisite travel taking us practically to the doorstep of
amazing and talented people we know but seldom have the opportunity to see or visit, and one of the perks of driving the U.S. Highway 41 route is that it takes us right through Goodlettsville, [...]

Swords + Fire + Dickens

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, Shows by Charon

Centreville, VA-
I had the extreme pleasure of working with Kate Guntermann (aka Sensoriel, aka “The Kate”) for the City of Roanoke’s Dickens of a Christmas Street Fair, held annually the first three Fridays in December in the historical district. Kate’s work with fire is astonishingly beautiful and her grace of movement stops people in the [...]

 

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