Coloring Page
Contributed by Michael C, Michael C Marketing
Who Let The Girls Out Talent Show
4/24/2021 – 5PM
Make A Scene Magazine, Michael C Marketing
Klondike Mike’s
820 S Colony Way, Palmer FREE Admission
As a musician, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve spent hours hauling equipment, setting up microphones, practicing, and dialing in sound for a 4-hour gig. These gigs are fun, but long, and require equipment, which costs money. These gigs are already hard to pull off, so when the pay comes, it always seems tough to split 4 or 5 ways… What if there were an opportunity to get double the money in half the time?
Well now there is… At the end of April, Make A Scene Magazine and Michael C Marketing are teaming up again for the “Who Let the Girls Out Talent Show”. This event gives performers the opportunity to win $500 for one song! Second takes home $300 and third place still gets $200 in cash for one song! This is the opportunity of the year for those of you with musical skill!
We’re looking for 10 performers, with various talents, to fill our roster. The talent show will be held during one of the busiest events in downtown Palmer during Who Let the Girls Out at the Valley Hotel Caboose Lounge. Interested performers should call Michael C today at 907-203-0621. Ditch the hours and hours of travel and packing for a long gig and show us what you got! Sign up today for the Who Let the Girls Out Talent Show!
Arts
Contributed by Douglas Girard
I love hiking up to Reed Lakes in the Talkeetna Mountains. The further I move my body higher up into the mountains, the more I remove myself from everyday life. Once across the boulders, I step onto the greenclad ground and step into another world. A place of magic where, if you keep your eyes and heart open, the spirit of the land will fill you up. One can approach the trail as a sacred path leading one into nature’s temple, at the end of which lies a gift of waterfalls and beautiful lakes. Standing on the edge of the waterfall, taking in the breathtaking view of the lower lake and the widening valley has inspired many of my paintings.
After reading “The Silmarillion” by Tolkien, I can easily imagine this mountain treasure as part of MiddleEarth. With warm light highlighting the peaks and mist, I can hear horses’ hooves, clinking of metal against metal, and the murmur of heroic
voices as Fingolfin’s men patrol the Mountains of Shadow. High above, a watchtower keeps an eagle eye on the approaches from Ard-Galen, the Land of Gasping Dust.
“The Marches of Mithrim” is my first painting in a series inspired by the writings of Tolkien. Tolkien’s work is not just fantasy, it taps into the deep caverns of our culture. It reveals a love of the land and appreciation of our history, myths, and legends. It is this rootedness that harmonizes with our soul, that brings us closer to our ancient past... and closer to ourselves.
This image will be released in March as a Limited Edition Fine Art Print of 25 that will include an original drawing and a certificate of authenticity.
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Contributed by Jeffrey Winke
gelid wind her fuchsia legs enter the dark jazz club
jazz trumpet stretches a bop note around her beating heart
solo colors a slenderness bends to the saxman
dark street the waitress steps outside, lights up
edge of morning light a subtle sense of aloneness
Contributed by Wendy Brooker
Just around the corner
Break-up runs and skips with Spring Sunshine hangs out longer Knowing well what they will bring
Break-up mud and potholes
Spring buds fatten while birds sing Open up the windows Smell the melting everything
Contributed by Melissa A. Woods
Winter’s pure grace
Comes lit with her hues
Shining and dancing
Facets of blue...
Contributed by Nan Potts
Change in climate, wet or dry. Change in weather, foul or fair. Change, At times
Waves as flowing hair -
Tangles knowledge, Twists the facts, Change, Clashes With climate change hacks.
Contributed
by
Richard Estelle, Palmer Museum of History & Art
“When Bigger & Better Babies Are Had, Our Hospital Will Have Them!!
See Dr. Albrecht!!!? So proclaimed the sign on the side of the “Storkmobile” in Palmer’s 1937 Independence Day parade.
The Valley’s new hospital had been open less than two years and the staff was justly proud of the new residents
who began their lives there. Hospital nurses took an opportunity to advertise that fact to Palmer residents during the community 4th of July parade.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht and a couple of nurses came to Palmer from the Alaska Railroad hospital in Anchorage soon after the colonists arrived in 1935 to get control of an outbreak of serious illness spreading among the area’s children. The doctor would remain in Palmer, overseeing medical care for the
Valley’s population, for many years.
This month’s photo shows three hospital nurses, each holding a bundled new arrival, with Dr. Albrecht conducting an inspection. They’re standing in front of the hospital’s ambulance, also known as the “Nurses Car” since nurses were apparently the ones who drove it the most for both business and off-duty outings from time to time. Dubbed for the occasion as the “Storkmobile”, with a large papiermache stork delivering
a newborn in its beak mounted as a hood ornament, and a boastful sign on the side, it took its prominent place in the parade to remind the crowd where the Matanuska Valley’s best babies come from!
Our photo comes from the collection of Elsie Havens Blue, seen in the photo as the nurse standing next to Dr. Albrecht. Elsie served as the hospital operating room nurse during her time in Palmer from 1937 to 1940.
Contributed by Mia Hinchberger
I was born in Hawaii, but I grew up in the state of Oregon where my love of art began around the age of 6. My mom, a cosmetologist/photographer, taught me to see the beauty within every person or image. My love for the arts grew deep throughout my childhood as I taught myself different techniques, by experimenting with multi mediums.
My family moved to Alaska when I was 13, and an entirely new outlook on art blossomed inside me. The excitement of a new state away from the small town I was from inspired my creativity in a whole new way. Much of my
personal art is inspired by my love of folklore and images I envision through reading or my own imagination of the unseen. I love to recreate pieces that reflect my perception through detailed descriptions.
In 2017 at Colony Middle School, I was chosen to be inducted into the State of Alaska’s first National Junior Art Honor Society, where I was able to display my art and be a part of other community service art projects. Now as a sophomore at Colony High School, I hold a 4.4GPA as a student athlete.
I have grown and excelled my art style through several classes including
AP Art, 2D, and 3D multi medias. My favorite being watercolor and micron pens. I enjoy making digital art and vinyl stickers on my iPad Pro, but my passion is creating art on paper or canvas.
Be on the lookout for my work to be featured throughout the Valley as I continue to pursue this career.
My dream is to one day become a professional multimedia artist and animator and share my creative visions with the world.
To commission personal or business art, logo or media, contact MultiMediumMia@gmail.com
