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Category: Life
Behind The Scenes:
Metamorphosis & Lix and Kix Honors Two Unsung Heroes
There have been some Big Changes at the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza... the first and foremost of these being the rather abrupt but welcomed change in monthly venue. We are no longer associated with the 806 Martini and Wine Bar, due to a pronounced lack of respect and regard by the ownership and management of that venue for poets and their time. It was untenable for us to have shows postponed and canceled at the last minute, without any thought given to the scheduling plans of the wonderful features and audience members involved.
Therefore, we are proud to announce that beginning with the April 21st show, Lix and Kix will be held at Visible Voice Books at 1023 Kenilworth, in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland. Yes, the upstairs room is a bit smaller than we're used to, but as soon as it's warm enough outside, we'll be holding the show in the Courtyard of Visible Voice... and we're really looking forward to that! We will be continuing to focus on both poets and musicians, with a kickass open mic and open minds and open arms to all. We hope you will join us in celebrating our new venue, and please be sure to tell Dave and Jeff at VV how much you appreciate their support!
Secondly, we've revamped the Lix and Kix profile page to reflect our metamorphosis. You may have caught us in the interim, with our layout based on Mr. Lix and Ms. Kix. No, we are NOT that conceited, lol. We simply didn't have any other images to reflect our show properly at that time, and did not want to give one more second of free advertising to the 806. Since then, we've had one of our most exciting shows ever, the March St. Patrick's Day show at Bela Dubby's in Lakewood (and THANK YOU, Bela Dubby, and Scott, for hosting us in our hour of transition!!! You were-- and are-- awesome!). The background photo you see on the profile was taken at that show, and features our star performers that night, Gina Tabasso, T. M. Göttl, and Zach Freidhof in an impromtu dance of joie de vivre.
Thirdly, this blog is christened "Behind The Scenes" (as soon as MySpace allows me to make the changes and customize the page, this is what the banner will read, and there will be a background photo), and will be presented and updated in a more timely fashion. We hope to keep our readers informed, intrigued, and right down titillated with tidbits of Lix and Kix news, show occurrences, and the occasional good-natured gossip. John covers the actual reporting of the shows in his most excellent blog Crisis Chronicles, but there are a lot of "behind the scene" happenings that I can add here! And I plan to link to the blog though Facebook, as well, so you don't have to be on MySpace to keep up with whassss happenin'!
Which leads us to the main thrust of this blog, recognizing two Unsung Heroes of our Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza. Without these two "behind the scenes" heroes, John and I would not have been able to do what we've done with the show and with the L&K website. The first of these "heroes" is John's wife, Geri. Within a day of my developing this website, she had taken her own time, effort, and initiative, and designed a wonderful layout for the profile. We used this distinctive Wine-Bar-at-night layout until our departure from the 806, at which time she again stepped up and designed a new and bitchin' layout for the site. This was the black-and-white John-and-Dianne background, with neon green lettering. Both layouts were beautifully done, with much care and thought and artistic design going in both of them. (THANK YOU, so very much, Geri, for doing these for us!) The only reason I've now changed the site's layout is that I want it to reflect the fresh direction our show has taken with the change to Visible Voice, and I want to have the focus on our wonderful features and The Poetry, not on us. And I didn't want to ask the 12-hour-a-day-working Geri to take more of her free time and do yet another new layout for the L&K page... so I filled in with the artistic design this time. (Next time we need an update, Geri, I'm going to beg you for another layout, so enjoy the break while you can, lol!) Geri has also been one of our most dedicated supporters, accompanying John to every Lix and Kix show, so far! I think we poets have rubbed off on her, a bit, for she has begun composing and posting her own poetry lately. I hope to persuade her to read it for us at an upcoming open mic.
The second "hero" is Dianne's husband James, who has worked tirelessly "behind the scenes", helping Dianne to acquire and equip a two-wheeler dolly for all the L&K sound equipment, loaded and unloaded the equipment into Dianne's car before and after the show every month, and has endured countless hours of distraction and discussion on the subject of Poetry. And NO, we haven't "rubbed off on him", LOL. He's not into poetry-- but he HAS offered his unconditional support to the show, and to both James and Dianne, offering encouragement every step of the way. Due to James' having to get up at 4:30 AM to go to work, he hasn't attended as many of the shows as he would like to, but he's never failed to ask for a report about them and has more than a passing knowledge of the Cleveland poetry scene. He has always made sure that Dianne has gas in her car, that her cell phone's charged, and that she has her camera in hand, when she leaves for the show. So, THANK YOU, James, for all that you do to facilitate the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza!
So, that's about it for this episode of "Behind The Scenes", folks. Thanks for visiting the site, and thanks to YOU for all your support, encouragement, attendence, participation, prayers, and poetry-- you ARE the extravaganza, and we appreciate you so very much! (And NO, I'm not going to post all your pix on this blog, or I'd be here until Monday, lol!!! You know who you are! And you can find all your beauteous pix in the photo albums, 'kay?) See you in April... Be There or Be Square, Bay-Bee!
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