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The entrance was decorated with hay bales and pumpkins, though this could have instead been the doing of the cake shop the Downtown Center shares the building with. A drop screen showed imagery reminiscent of Tim Burton\u2019s style. In the official welcome, organizer Steve Brashear jokingly welcomed attendees to \u201cThe Deathly Hallows of Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Audience participation was encouraged, perhaps in the spirit of Halloween, and a tote bag of small instruments such as tambourines, bongo drums, and maracas was passed around and handed out to those who wished to play along to songs they knew, or add some ambiance to poems.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Poet and songwriter John Kraimer used his story in one of his poems, saying he had an addictive personality, and his \u201caddiction to phonics\u201d is his current muse. Mr. Kraimer also wanted to extend a sincere thank you to Miami University for supplying the Downtown Center for these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This night, musician Rich Lindner brought his rescue dog Arlo to the event. The quiet, friendly dog charmed everyone and lifted their spirits this night, though the event received no performance from him.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Rich and Steve were the two main musicians of the evening, who happened to perform the same day as the national \u201cNo Kings Day\u201d protests occurred. There were a collection of songs written in the mid-20th century that, in Steve\u2019s words, \u201csomehow applies now.\u201d One of the songs was \u201cAll You Fascists\u201d by Woody Guthrie, a folk singer. The song was written around the 1940s, though the official release date is unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another one of Guthrie\u2019s songs, \u201cDeportees\u201d from 1948, was performed and is also an eerily topical song about the dismissal of tragedy when it happens to \u201cdeportees.\u201d Before the song began, performer Rich Linder gave a small disclaimer that he might not be able to play perfectly, holding up a bandaged finger damaged by an unfortunate box-cutter incident.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Another politically-motivated performer sat in the back until his turn came\u2014a young man in a shirt that read \u201cNo Kings\u201d that appeared to be written with a Sharpie. He recited a poem about empathy and peace before returning to his seat in the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Creativa Convergence also included a social media presence: Twitch streamer Tony Edwards and a Youtuber who asked to remain anonymous. Tony live-streamed the event, saying that it would probably be on Facebook, and his own piece was called \u201cRain the Fire.\u201d a rap set to a remix of a video game song.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The anonymous Youtuber shared his animation channel called Yelloweyeball and displayed a couple of his animations to the crowd. The first, he said, was for an animation project called \u201cThe Food That Came From Space,\u201d and the second piece was an animated music video that was reminiscent of the old, exaggerated Cartoon Network style, or the opening sequence for the movie Grease. When this was commented on, the Youtuber seemed to take it as a complement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final performance of the night was by Mr. Brashear, who played the 1960s song \u201cNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye\u201d by Steam, admitting that it is one of those songs that anyone only knows the chorus to. The song was played on guitar and was one last chance for audience participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event wrapped up just after 9:00 pm, with Mr. Lindner reminding everyone to \u201cmake some noise. It\u2019s good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"