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Celebrating the Legacy of Bob Porter
May 13, 2021
Last month, the prolific Grammy winning record producer Bob Porter passed away. Porter produced over 175 jazz and blues albums for labels including Prestige, and Eastbound Records. During the 1960s and ‘70s, Porter produced dozens of sessions featuring musicians connected to the Indiana Avenue scene, including Billy Wooten, Bill Jennings, Funk Inc., Caesar Frazier, Mad Harold Caldwell, and more.
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VICTORIA Adriana Londono is trying to come to terms with the fact that she will never get to see her 12-year-old daughter again. “She was too young to go,” said Londono. Her daughter Ally died of a suspected fentanyl overdose on April 14. “I was told that she was the youngest to die from an overdose from fentanyl since the COVID crisis began,” Londono said. The BC Coroners Service is still investigating the cause of death, and says the youngest person to die during B.C. s overdose crisis was 13 years old. News of the unthinkably young victim has also reached B.C.’s top doctor.
Colonial Williamsburg’s upcoming annual Working Wood in the 18th Century Conference will be virtual this January.
This conference theme? “Back to Work: Functional Furniture for Home and Shop.”
Jeffrey Klee, vice president and senior director of architecture at Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, is the conference keynote speaker and will present on exploring the 18th century through the design, use, and evolution of buildings in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area, according to a news release from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Other guests and highlight presenters include Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking founder Bob Van Dyke, upholster Mike Mascelli, and Lost Art Press founder Christopher Schwarz.