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Interview with Jason Bosch & Music by Ryan Ashby

Singer-Songwriter Ryan Ashby

The Porthole Fountain

This week Photographer Jason Bosch Skypes in and gives us some photography tips and tricks and he tells us about his new website Minimalisms.com. And I feature music by local singer-songwriter Ryan Ashby. Ryan will be performing at the Presque Isle First Night’s New Years Eve Event at the Presque Isle Turner Memorial Library Art Gallery at 11pm. Ryan’s Album Unscripted will be released on January 1st. The album will be available at Aroostook Music in Presque Isle, Niki’s Hair Loft in Caribou, or you can contact Ryan through his Myspace to get a copy before the release.

Viki Kennedy Exhibit Reception

PRESQUE ISLE - Yesterday members of the community as well as fellow artists attended a small reception for Maine artist Viki Kennedy at the Reed Fine Art Gallery at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

The exhibit runs from now until January 8th.

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A&J Florist Craft Fair

PRESQUE ISLE – A craft fair put on by local artisans turned out to be a positive experience if not too profitable. Hannah Gartley (Flawed Jewelry), Mary Gartley (A Stitchy Situation), Marcia Gartley (Winter Hand Salve), Samantha Marie White (Samantha Marie Photography), and Dean Ames (Knit Winter Wears) sold their County made crafts at A&J Florist yesterday and I managed to stop by and grab an interview just as the craft fair was winding down.

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(From left to right: Samantha Marie White, Mary Gartley, and Hannah Gartley)