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On Saturday, October 3rd the Hartville MarketPlace and Flea Market will be busy hosting its 4th Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival along with Dora the Explorer and Pop’s Cruise In and Car Show. There will be over 100 artists and crafters selling their items including handmade pottery, turkey calls, jewelry, soap, floral arrangements, corn hole games, bird baths, and seasonal decorations. There will also be demonstrations of pencil sketches, leather stamping, chess set making, crocheting and many others. Custer Alpaca will even be bringing out their alpacas along with alpaca apparel.

Special guest, Dora the Explorer, will also be at the Hartville MarketPlace from noon to 3pm on Saturday October 3rd in the food court area. So pack your cameras and explore that Hartville MarketPlace with Dora the Explorer.

The MarketPlace is located on State Route 619 in Hartville, just behind the Hartville Kitchen restaurant. For more information please call 330-877-9860 or visit www.hartvillemarketplace.com.

On Saturday, October 3, the Massillon Museum will host its monthly “Do the Mu!” free family fun time from noon to 2:00 p.m. MassMu Educator Jill Malusky Bacon will lead the October session–”Fall Festivals.”

Families will learn about fall celebrations around the world, from All Hallow’s Eve to Day of the Dead. Each participant will enjoy festive snacks and make and take home a Mexican “calavera.”

The “Do the Mu” program is free and open to all. Participants may drop in any time between noon and 2:00 p.m.; no pre-registration is required.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon. A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free. For more information, call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

Canal Fulton Glassworks Studio and Art Gallery will be hosting free glass blowing and bead making demonstrations in conjunction with the Yankee Peddler Festival this Saturday, September 19 from 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Amy Jean Nichols of Rigadoon Glass will be demonstrating how she creates beautiful handmade glass beads and turns them into jewelry art. Brian Graham of Canal Fulton Glassworks will perform live glass blowing and forming operations. See hot glass take new forms!

You’ll have the opportunity to visit with the artists, ask questions and learn about their craft. Take time to peruse the gallery which features Brian & Amy Jean’s work along with 20 other Ohio artists. The gallery has over 1,000 handmade unique works of art on display!

In the month of September the gallery is featuring artist Jonathan Kesler and his hand thrown decorated ceramics and offering 10% off all of his pieces.

Canal Fulton Glassworks Studio and Art Gallery is located at 215 Market Street West in Canal Fulton. For more information call 330-854-2966 or visit: www.canalfultonglassworks.com

What shade is your September? What hue is your pre-holiday weekend? What tint is your tune?

Find out by attending the September 4 First Friday, themed “The Color of Music,” and featuring a spectrum of melodious entertainment, appealing to listeners, toe-tappers and aficionados alike.

Folk music duo Caboodle will get things started for the Sounds of Stark MusicFest on the Kresge Green Space at 5:30 p.m., where Zampino’s Drum Shop percussion students will be on the Kresge Green Space at 6:00, followed by piano man Danny Milan at 7:00. The Tim Griffiths Project takes the space at 7:30 p.m.; Mathias Collins at 8:20 p.m. and Doug Stuck at 9:00 p.m. (Sounds of Stark CDs will be available for purchase!) Around the corner at Motter & Meadows, an array of Canton Idols will kick off the evening at 6:00 p.m., followed by the harmonious fun of Saturday Nite Fish Fry at 8:00 p.m.

Early in the evening, Tofu Lite will play at Lynda Tuttle’s Art Center, Keith Chaney at Sarafina Décor, Jam City at 2nd April Galerie and Studios, and The Bluecasters Band at Sheri’s Sweets. Doug “Ivory” Domineck will again be at Napoli’s with outdoor artists Denny Ott, Shar Wilton, Lisa Spicer, Bryn Swallen, Matt Basso and Gary Gerber appearing (and playing) around the Canton Arts District all evening.

Also appearing will be Dan Rish at The Canton Club, Bent Steel at A Cobbler Shop, Zach at the Canton Palace Theatre, Jeff Poulos at Anderson Creative, Andy Cypert at Iris, The Big Sweet at the Imperial Room, John Morton Trio at Picciano Martini Bar and The Speedbumps at Fideli. (Get complete music line-ups at www.cantonfirstfriday.com)

Art will also be rocking the evening as the Waterless Aquarium Project debuts on the Kresge Green Space, as new work by Walsh University Artist-in-Residence PR Miller displays outside of the Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography, where “Ruins of Life,” an exhibit by Keith Barr opens inside. Art by Marcia Moses will appear at the Metropolitan Centre, first floor, while area establishments host artists and their work as well, Shawn D. Wood at Julz; Ted Savastano at Gasser’s; and Lisa Miller.

Dancing will occur with Swing Dance at the Metropolitan Ballroom and the Doina Romanian Dance Ensemble at Court and 4th.

Up-to-the-minute information and the full program map for all of the music, art, and dining events for September 4 – The Color of Music! is available at www.cantonfirstfriday.com.

On Saturday, September 5, the Massillon Museum will host its monthly “Do the Mu!” free family fun time from noon to 2 p.m. MassMu staff member Scot Phillips will lead the September session-”Ephemeral Art.” This “Do the Mu!” is designed to augment the Museum’s innovative “Stark Naked Salon” exhibition (August 22 through October 4).

Is art meant to last forever? Visitors may tour the “Stark Naked Salon” exhibit, then talk with Phillips, one of the eleven artists featured in the show, about his style of art. He will help visitors create their own version of art inspired by the show and the artist, combining many techniques including collage, texture, stencils, contrasting colors, printmaking, and more.

The “Do the Mu” program is free and open to all. Participants may drop in any time between noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, for a tour, the arts activity, and a snack. No pre-registration is required.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon. A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free. For more information, call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

“Stark Naked Salon” will open in the Massillon Museum’s main gallery on Saturday, August 22, with a free public party on the lawn, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. No reservations necessary.

“Stark Naked Salon” is co-curated by Alexandra Nicholis (Massillon Museum Curator) and Dan Kane (Canton Repository Arts and Entertainment Writer). The eye-popping exhibition showcases the multimedia work of 11 Stark County artists who largely fly under the radar locally. They were chosen for their fresh, non-traditional and inspired artistic approaches, which range from fanciful to reflective to funny to brash.

Bili Kribbs, Scot Phillips, and Derek Zimmerman of Massillon; Marti Jones Dixon, Nick Brewer, Joseph Close, and Dylan Atkinson of Canton; Thomas R. Wentling of Brewster; Steve Ehret of Perry; Erin Mulligan from Minerva, and Ron Copeland of Pittsburgh (formerly of Massillon) will be included in the show.

Opening night will include live music by the band, Hooked on Tonics, and performance art by XainGO! About magazine, opening sponsor, will provide complimentary popsicles; the Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe will offer summer food, and a cash bar will be available. Guests will be able to watch a “Stark Naked Salon” film and pose for their own photos in Nick Brewer’s photo studio.

Co-curator Dan Kane said: “In my travels as entertainment editor for The Repository, I keep uncovering more and more young (or at least young-at-heart) local artists who are happily working in a kind of underground network. They are not making art to become rich and famous, they are making art because they can’t not make art. Creativity fuels their very existence. Theirs is the kind of eye-catching work — influenced variously by graffiti, comics, toys, rock ‘n’ roll, movies and street culture — seen at trendy galleries in Los Angeles and on the pages of the influential art magazines Juxtapoz and High Fructose. And it’s right here in Stark County. I cannot wait to see these fresh visions covering the walls of the Massillon Museum for six weeks!”

Many events will add to the excitement of the exhibition throughout its run: a free showing of “Rock-afire Explosion” at the Lions Lincoln Theatre on September 10, 7:00 p.m.; six-week Oil Painting Class with Dylan Atkinson, beginning on August 29 (advance registration required); “Do the Mu!” Ephemeral Art with Scot Phillips on September 5, a free family activity; free showing of “Beautiful Losers” on September 17, 7:00 p.m., at the Lions Lincoln Theatre; three-week Figure Drawing class with Marti Jones Dixon beginning on September 12 (advance registration required); and the free “Stark Naked Salon” Gallery Party on October 1 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Also on Saturday, August 22, the Canton Artists League’ exhibition, “A Splash of Color,” will open in Studio M in the lower level of the Massillon Museum, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. That opening reception is also free and open to the public.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in the heart of downtown Massillon. For more information, contact the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

The “Stark Naked Salon” exhibition will continue through October 4. The Massillon Museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. The Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe is open in the Museum lobby from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday; and 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Free parking is available on adjacent streets and in nearby city lots. A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.