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Behind the Scenes: a look at what it takes to make this EIC event happen...
Getting excited about this years’ Expressions In Chalk is an una-
voidable task. Expressions In Chalk
is an event striving to bring the mastery of Italian street arts to London ON. You might be wondering why, well here is a little history about this unique event.
Imadonnari which is an Italian word for street painters. During the 1900’s in Italy there was many art-ists creating full wall and ceiling murals. While trav-elling, these artists would recreate some of there works on the pavement to earn some money, and thus IMADON: expressions in chalk festival was born from previous owners Jan and Cheryl Smelser in 2006.
This started a beauti-ful assembly of different local artists and some inter-national artists to our pave-ment here in London ON. It even showcased a week of local and international art-ist recreating one of Italy’s most well known works: The Sistine chapel.
After the previous owners retired, Richard Rae stepped up in 2012 to continue on this festival be-cause of his daughter who was benefitting in both art and social skills from other artists who were estab-lished or not.
After talking with the Ribfest owners, Expres-sions In Chalk has found its new home and continues to excel on the concrete in front of the band stand in Victoria Park. +
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Photo taken by Ken Rae
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The only thing I can say to young aspiring artists or anyone interested in this event in general: take the leap, jump into the unknown and see where it will take you.
+ ARTISTS + EVENTSBY: KALYN RAE
Growing up interested in art proved hard for my parents to find an outlet for me to learn, practice, and excel in the art
field (I think they knew this was my career path).
One night my dad stumbled upon a website praising artists from around the world on their chalk art.
The only ones I had seen on the in-ternet were amazing 3D pieces, so when he realized that this was an event hap-pening in London ON, he was ecstatic and pushed me towards being a part of it.
I was nervous, doubtful and shy — name the emotion and I probably felt it before showing up at St Pete’s church across from the Ribfest. I had planned out my drawing, showed up with vari-
ous tools for blending and such. By the end of the weekend I had accomplished finishing an 8ft x 8ft piece, meeting life long friends and contacts in the art field of London and I even walked away with best youth.
You could say this was a successful weekend for me and you would be abso-lutely correct. I felt so welcomed and en-couraged being around other artists.
That was my first year of chalking in Expressions In Chalk, I am now in my 9th year and am so humbled to be con-sidered a featured artist. I am one of 30 artists that will be performing at Ribfest this year.
The only thing I can say to young aspiring artists or anyone interested in this event in general: take the leap, jump into the unknown and see where it will take you.
If you missed signing up for this year, come out, meet us and hopefully get involved for next year! +
Richard Rae being interviewed for CTV Photo taken by Ken Rae
Expressions In Chalk: see it in person at this years Ribfest Aug. 1st - 3rd
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Tattoo Awards
October 4thReturning to the grand theatre
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Photos taken by EasterDaily Photography
A NEW MEANING TO HOUSE PARTIESWhat it’s like to be in the underground music scene around London, ON.
Spotlighting: The $wagg 666 Yolo Basement
This basement is well known for making the bands feel at home and like family.
We pull up to this beautiful two story home with big windows and an ominous pack of smokers hanging out front and head in.
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A NEW MEANING TO HOUSE PARTIES
Bully, Wineston, Bulldog. Everyone’s favourite dog when attending a show in this basement.
Photo taken by EasterDaily Photography.
+ MUSICBY: RACHAEL TAYLOR
Fresh off a hard breakup I found my-self downtown at Molly Bloom’s guzzling back one Rob Ford after another (Kraken and Coke for those
who don’t know) with a long time friend and her coworkers.
It was the beginning of May, all the students had left our home town for sum-mer vacation, leaving the downtown scene barren in comparison. It was near-ing midnight, I had blown $60 at the bar and was about to say my goodbyes when my friend turned to me and asked
“Do you want to see a show tonight?”. My first thought was what kind of band
would be playing a show downtown on a Tuesday night at this ungodly hour. Then her friend picked us up and started driving away from the city lights and straight into Byron suburbia.
“Where exactly is this show?” I asked, and was told “you’ll see”. We pull up to this beautiful two story home with big windows and an ominous pack of smokers hanging out front and head in.
The place was packed with the under-ground socialites in their prime. Sweaty guys with unkept hair past their shoulders carrying guitars and amps in one hand and
a beer in the other, girls with brightly coloured hair or no hair at all drinking wine and playing with the family dogs in the living room.
“Get the **** down here and check this band out!” someone screamed, and everyone headed downstairs (myself included).
With spray paint on the walls and empty beer cans in the rafters the tiny unfinished base-ment was quickly packed with people, leaving only enough room for the band, quickly they tuned up, screamed their name and began their set which made the crew go crazy.
The music was deafening, the boys were thrashing, the girls head banging, the band was the epitome of grunge perfection. My first under-ground metal show. +
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Nick Greeson playing guitar for Exit Life
Zach Johnson keeping the beat for Exit Life
Michael Prior screaming some back up vocals to accompany Josh.
All photos taken by EasterDaily.
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EXIT LIFE
Josh Galera the lead singer of Exit Life has his 100 yard stare on lock down. Joinging the band this year he has already grown comfortable
with being the talented frontman.
+ MUSICBY: KALYN RAE
W e have a wide range of differ-ent genres that are playing shows almost every week.
This month’s highlighted band is Exit Life. This band has really im-proved and established a professional at-titude and following, playing shows almost weekly at the venue apk and even getting some openings in Toronto and other sur-rounding areas of London. They are also part of the underground scene in London and play a multitude of house shows to re-ally get to hang out with their friends and fans that appreciate the importance of an underground scene.
I had a chance to sit down and talk
with the guys in Exit Life: + How did the band start/ get together?
The band has undergone a bunch of changes over the last few years. We’ve gone through 3 different lineups and 2 names. I guess most of us have met because of hard-core shows and Facebook.+ What type of music is Exit Life?
I guess you could call us a hardcore band still, even though some would argue we were metalcore. We aren’t big on genre snobs though, we’re going to write music we like no matter what you call it. + What are you guys doing in the next month?
We have two festivals approaching the end of August, (Check out our Facebook page for more details) and we are also play-ing at the Engaged In Ink tattoo award show
in October. After that we have decided to take a break from shows for a short while to focus on finishing up writing and recording for our new ep. This is probably the best for us right now as we are going through a band member change and want to make sure that our ep is going to be polished. We plan to have this done and re-leased by the end of 2015. + What advice would you give new bands in the scene/ getting or booking shows?
To anyone reading this, have fun with it. Don’t take yourselves too seriously. The Lon-don Scene has really opened up over the past few years, and although a lot of bands are starting up right now, there are gigs all over the place.
Get out to some local shows support the scene, talk to people, and keep an eye open for upcoming events, that’s really all you can do. +
Many bands are getting their start here in London, ON
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Roasted Garlic & Tomato Bruschetta4-6 SERVINGS
•1garlichead,whole
•3teaspoonsoliveoil
•saltandpeppertotaste
•1mediumtomato,diced
•¼cupfreshbasil,cutintolong, thinstrips
•4ouncescreamcheese,softened
•½cupShreddedParmesan Cheese,divideduse
•12slicesbaguette,1/2-inchthick
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cut the top 1/3 off of the garlic head, exposing cloves. Place on foil; drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil over the head of garlic and sprinkle with a dash of salt and pepper. Wrap with foil. Bake in preheated oven 1 hour or until tender. Let cool.
3. Meanwhile, combine tomato, basil, 2 teaspoons olive oil, salt and pepper to taste in medium bowl; set aside.
4. Squeeze garlic out of skins. Mix garlic, cream cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese in a small bowl; set aside
5. Arrange bread slices on baking sheet; spread garlic cream cheese mixture over one side of each slice; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Bake in preheated 350°F oven 12 minutes or until golden brown. Top with tomato mixture and remaining cheese.
+ FOODKeeping it FRESH with one of our favs
as summer heats up in London
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