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A quick note from everyone here at Camp Cohen
First off, a warm thank you to everyone who has stopped by, we logged over 23,000 page views in May which is not bad at all for a first month in the woods.
Goodnight May, Hello June.
Our LA based Camp Cohen crew is now working full steam to prepare for the first day (04JUN2012) of full-band pre-season training camp. With an eye towards the bands first gig of the tour later this year in Ghent, there is mountain of work to do in just a couple short months; but don't worry, we have a crack team of experts to handle all the logistics. So please stay tuned to the Camp Cohen blog for updates and we'll keep singing our songs.
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The 2015 U.S. Women's Open will be played at the Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club, and the 2012 U.S. Amateur is set for the Cherry Hills (Colo.) Country Club, the U.S. Golf Association announced today.
This year's U.S. Women's Open is at Saucon Valley CC in Bethlehem, Pa., followed by Oakmont (2010), the Broodmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. (2011), Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis. (2012)and Sebonack in Southampton (2013). The 2014 tournament has not been decided.
Future U.S. Amateur sites include Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla. (2009), Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. (2010) and Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. (2011).


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Humble Pie
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This article is a formal apology for publishing and distributing false doctrine.
Dear Reader, From the start, the purpose of Believethesign.com has been to provide evidence to support truth. Having grown up in a Message Church, the truth being supported was naturally that William Branham was Elijah the Prophet in fulfillment of Malachi 4:5 and Revelation 10:7. In the fall of 2011, we changed the main scripture reference of the website to "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8) in order shift the focus of the site clearly onto Jesus Christ.The driving force behind this change is that we have uncovered a number of significant issues with the evidence supporting William Branham's prophetic ministry, as he proclaimed it. At the same time, we have not found any significant issues with the evidence supporting the healings and word of knowledge that brought attention to William Branham's ministry.
What you now read on Believethesign.com should be an accurate historic account of William Branham's life. By bringing to light supportable evidence, we hope that you find yourself in a better position to separate any pits from the pie. However, there is another analogy that concerns us even more. In 1965 William Branham said:
While our responsibility is simply to present the truth in love, our concern is that fifty years later, the beauty of William Branham's ministry has been consumed by impurities that were always present in his ministry. Some of these items are described in the pages that are linked from this page (just click on the colored headings to go to the detail pages). Why it took so long for these things to surface is not clear. If you find that the evidence on this site has misled you in the past, we apologize. Thankfully, humble pie is always fresh.
Problems With Prophecies
The following list contains the articles on Believethesign of prophecies made by William Branham. Beside the prophecy is a short summary of an issue that calls into question the validity of the prophecy. Some of these prophecies may still come to pass, while others cannot because they are in the past. The unfortunate truth is it appears that William Branham was "hit some, miss some" with his prophecies. Another serious problem is that there do not appear to be any clear prophecies that William Branham announced in a publicly recorded sermon that later were clearly fulfilled. If every prophecy that William Branham's followers point to as vindication of his prophetic office were, in fact, only announced as being fulfilled after the fact, how is that evidence of a truly prophetic ministry? Click on headings if you want to read detailed commentary on a particular issue.
The Voice on the Ohio River in 1933
If William Branham was not accurate with even one of his prophecies, then this calls into question his authority as an infallible prophet. While some of these prophecies may still come to pass, other have definitely missed the mark. In the end his prophetic scorecard appears to be "you hit some, you miss some", and not something you can trust.
General Credibility
Was William Branham honest? If he can be shown to have distorted the truth or if his stories are constantly changing over time such that he cannot be believed, this would cast doubt on virtually everything that he said. The following list contains issues that will raise questions regarding his honesty, integrity and truthfulness. Some of these concerns have only recently come to light but they are now sufficient in number to raise genuine concern on the part of anyone who is a follower of William Branham. Many followers of William Branham are prepared to excuse the lack of credibility by pointing to Biblical characters such as David (who committed adultery with Bathsheba) or Jacob (who lied to obtain the birthright). The problem is that the New Testament does not allow for such latitude in morality. For example,
Click on headings if you want to read detailed commentary on a particular issue.
The Explanation for His Poor Grammar
There are a number of William Branham's doctrines on Believethesign.com that can be supported from the Bible. However, opposing views may be capable of being supported from the Bible as well, and may even constitute the better view. Additionally, a number of William Branham's significant teachings appear to have been borrowed in large part from other men. The details of our finding on this issue can be found in our article on Plagiarism. The primary purpose of this website is to provide a balanced, unbiased information on the ministry of William Branham. We therefore have a number of articles that discuss his doctrinal teachings. We have not removed them, but over time will be augmenting them with comments relating to how they relate to a more orthodox position. Some of these teachings include:
Seven Church Ages, Seven Seals, Mystery Babylon
If you are curious as to a sample of William Branham's doctrines that we feel cannot be supported by scripture (we hope to have articles on these issues in the future), they include but are not limited to:
The Prophecy of William Branham's Death
Sometime in 1964 or 1965, a prophecy was communicated to William Branham that he would pass off the scene before the end of 1965 because of an error he would make. We have researched this prophecy as detailed by Kenneth Hagin and Gordon Lindsay's wife, Freda Lindsay, and found that, according to Biblical principles, Kenneth Hagin accurately prophesied William Branham's death in January 1964. This should cause significant concern to anyone following William Branham's message.
Good Articles
From our perspective, the information in the following links continues to provide good evidence that the healing and word of knowledge ministries of William Branham were genuine: The following books are also good information on the healings and miracles that followed William Branham's ministry:
The various prayers linked to the healing lines article are also accurate historic accounts. These provide evidence to the accuracy of the word of knowledge. Based on the confirmation of the testimonies above, we do not have any reason to doubt that God honored these prayers with real healing. As you can read for yourself if you look at these articles, you will find that these people were healed by believing on the name and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Where do we stand now?
Here are some simple questions and answers that will outline the perspective of the editors of www.believethesign.com:
The gifts of healing and of the word of knowledge are gifts of the Holy Spirit that are placed in the church for the benefit of all. There is no scripture in the New Testament that state that these gifts are vindication for a special prophetic ministry. William Branham seemed to really, really want to be an Old Testament-style prophet. Sadly, the Old Testament prophets were not able to live up to the law that they were under. Solomon had the gift of wisdom, but ended up worshiping false gods. Samson had the gift of strength, but ended up powerless to temptation. Even Moses and David had faults that got them in trouble with God. To become an Old Testament prophet, William Branham had to start teaching the law. He began focusing on outward conformation to the "rules" in the Bible (tithing, hair, divorce), and eventually left the weightier matters. Some followers of William Branham even preach a "Third Testament" doctrine, which replaces grace with revelation. A month before his passing, William Branham was teaching that Elijah was Jesus Christ. He had defined God into the box of his own life, and appears to have started exalting himself over the church of God.Today, if you go into a message church, you will often hear a fair Christian sermon. However, the sermon will likely end with a focus on outward conformity (proper clothes, hair, doctrine, pray more, be more sincere), the "vindications" (stories about his healing and discernment ministry) or comparisons (such as, "I'm glad we're not like secular Christians who aren't saved by knowing Message doctrine, like we are"). You will also find people who just can't seem to conform to the preaching, others who can willingly meet all the rules but don't understand why, and people who need (but are unable to access) the healing of the 2nd pull. The sad part is that these people are all Christians who have simply forgotten the power of faith in Jesus' atonement, and replaced it with faith in a gifted man. William Branham said that every man will get caught by money, power or women. For him, what originated as a gift of healing became a display of power over diseases, which seems to have ultimately led to a desire for dominion over the church through his "my way or the highway" preaching. So, William Branham's life may more closely parallel Solomon's life, or Samson's life, than Elijah's life. If you experienced "disequilibrium" when you read this article (frustration, nausea, dread, guilt, anger, embarrassment, anxiety, or other similar symptoms), this is only natural. It is a condition that is referred to as Cognitive Dissonance. The main question is where do we go from here? The answer is back to the grace of the New Testament covenant. Sound strange? If so, it's because we as message believers haven't realized (or forgot) that it was Jesus' blood, and not William Branham's doctrine, that has kept us clean before God. Even though we really know that in our hearts, we haven't let it permeate our being like the scriptures teach. So, this letter is an encouragement to get back to our first love, Jesus Christ, and the Good News of his grace. May the Lord Jesus Christ lead you in his light, Jeremy Bergen, Editor References


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At CCA we believe that the arts can offer to all ages a means to broaden your horizons, learn new skills and explore new ways of seeing the world. It is our goal to provide a creative environment to nurture that process.
Open Studio this Saturday! Join us for a special open studio with two models this Saturday, May 25th. Painting artist in resident, Colleen Hammond will be the guest moderator.
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I steeped this a bit longer today and added a bit more than usual so that it could be a sipdown of my sample. Only now… well I wish there was more!
There is a distinct taste of PINK, similar to what I found in a tea from Tealish. What was it called again? Dragonfruit somethingorother.
Anyhow, I love that fluffy bubblegummy taste when it's in an herbal concoction. Can't stand it in caffeinated teas, but here? deeeeevine!
On my re-order list to be sure, and that doesn't happen very often!
Funny, this will make TWO teas I've repurchased from this company. Maybe I shold look into trying all their other ones as well :P
Naw it's what happens when I hate driving and don't see a use. Train it is! Or we kidnap kittena and her bf


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We hate the person but we love the stripes. Via How To Talk To Girls At Parties.
We hate the person but we love the stripes. Via How To Talk To Girls At Parties.
I didn't see it at once so here it is: the letters that make up the stripes spell out: HUSNY MUBARAK, the bastard's name.
Hosny is not a bastard. He had two parents who were married before he was born. The stripes actually say HOSNY Mubarak. It is wrong to say WE hate the person – I DO NOT. He maintained peace and stability in Egypt for years and helped Kuwait in its time of need. He is being blamed now for everything that ever went wrong in Egypt and indeed is still going wrong. He was convicted and sentenced to that awful sentence purely for political reasons and all being well the verdict will be overturned on appeal. Seeking revenge on Mr Mubarak will not do anything for the future of Egypt.


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CLINTON, S.C. -- What's the value of a score? The market has it much less than the 1/1000th of a cent that manufacturer's coupons are worth -- interested parties expect to get them for free, that a score should cost the same over a computer network as it does transmitted from mouth to ear.
Is "Tennessee 80, Marquette 68" any more valuable than "Savannah State 53, Kennesaw State 49"? One is more rare than the other, but the former is of interest to more people. Neither piece of information, however, is actually worth anything on its face.
If I told you that Toney Douglas of Florida State had 28 points and hit nine free throws against Tennessee Tech last night, then told you that Chicago State's Petras Balocka double-doubled with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Hawaii early yesterday morning, which would get your attention? Neither? A fair enough answer, because you've probably never heard of either player, and the statlines are presented completely out of context of wins or losses or NCAA futures trading. But still they sit there side-by-side in the Basketball State database, taking up the exact same amount of real estate as Ben Woodside's 60 point performance from last weekend.
Going back to those two games, though. The Tennessee-Marquette game generated many more stories, analysis and blog entries than Kennesaw-Savannah, because the market has dictated that descriptions and accounts of one are worth immeasurably much more than the other. There was probably one beat writer present in Savannah, if there were any -- I've been to a lot of games like that. And in this tiny world, we don't give a rat's ass what happened with Tennessee and Marquette. This is why I'll never be famous.
The Kennesaw State sports information office, good people, published a five-paragraph
game recap
on its website. How much is this worth? How much is any game recap worth, those AP stories that bounce around the wires minutes after final buzzers? Increased technology has forced down the value of these, too -- fans expect them to be as free as scores. Or boxscores, for that matter. An aggregation of millions of bits of data is worth something if aggregated and packaged in a pleasing fashion -- I know of at least a few thousand who think that's worth 20 bucks a year.
If the AP stringer's account of a game, or the SID's, isn't worth anything on the open market, whose account is? The local beat writer's? That of the national one? What about the young blogger? Does it matter if the game was viewed from 10 feet away or 1000, or through the filter of television?
The difference is perspective and research. Perspective doesn't require access (but it helps), you just have to put in your time. A gamer can be written by a boxscore-parsing algorithm (and if the scared writers I talk to are correct, budget cuts will lead to the honing and perfection of the RecapBot). But add a few trendlines, some adjectives, a thumbnail sketch of a participant, what it looked and smelled like in the arena, a story of what happened 10 years ago... and suddenly there's life and vitality there.
While I love all my blogger brothers and sisters, as well as a few of the columnists, a lot of them are going about this the wrong way. Sports value is not measured in entertainment, or quick-hit jokes, or egotistical reminders of who's bringing the information to the people. Value is measured in perspective.
After four-plus years of doing this and over 500 games attended, I'm still getting by on charm. I will fully admit that I'm faking the funk. My mistake was choosing to cover a giant swath of college basketball -- over 230 teams in 23 conferences -- and taking no shortcuts. This Mid-Majority is so wide that I can't cover the breadth in any single season, despite my best efforts, and so deep that folks don't remember my name on my second visit.
Someday, though, I'll do this landmass justice. In five, maybe ten years, I'll know what I'm talking about. In the meantime, thanks for sticking with me.
Contest Update
I'm not a big superlative guy, but I have to say that this week's Bally contest is shaping up to be THE BEST EVER. Your assignment was to immortalize Stephen Curry by bringing to life one of this site's hottest new memes, the idea that he's
three superheroes in one man
. You choose the superheroes, and you apply whatever graphic skillz you have (Photoshop, pen/ink, crayons) to making it real.
There were a number of questions about the actual technical submission part -- this contest isn't done through the
text-only form
. Attach your masterwork to an e-mail and send it to
bally at midmajority dot com
. Just remember to put an @ and a . in the right places, and it'll get here.
While the quantity of entries is way down (don't worry, stat geeks, we'll have more trivia later), the quality is through the roof. I've never been so proud of my readership as I've been in the last 24 hours, you have made me laugh as well as cry (with laughter). What I didn't ask for or expect was the accompanying essays, which have been truly astoundingly awesome.
So we're taking an unprecedented step. For this contest, there will be
two Ballys
given out for the best two entries. They have been so good that I may throw in a third one. Seriously. Deadline, as always, is Friday, and we'll unwrap the Super Stephens next Tuesday.
Way out west, we've seen a major shift in mid-major power in the past two years. The West Coast Conference, with the leg-up help by premier member Gonzaga, has earned ESPN time and major recruits, and it all paid off in a giant three-bid bonanza last year. Just a few years ago, the WCC was the Gonzaga show and the other two mid conferences, the Big West and WAC, battled it out for western supremacy. So where are they now?
The WAC, a true powerhouse before being Judased by the Mountain West schools before century's end, is now an oddball league that loves its football but treats its hoops like many conferences treat soccer. There's no question that basketball is a secondary sport there, and that's why it's in the BracketBusters and the Mid-Majority. After the airport handshake that sealed the conference's millennial fate, the WAC poached the Big West. Utah State made the move, as did Idaho. Despite that, the BWC broke out with two bids in 2005... the same number as the WAC got that year.
Nowadays, the WAC is a shell of even its 2005 self -- suspensions, NBA Draft defection and massive coaching turnover have stripped it of its trademark consistency. Last year, WAC teams were pummeled by power conferences, and this year they're running scared from them. Neither way worked -- last year's one-bid crash is being followed up by a year in which the conference is hovering around the middle of the RPI scale and winning about half its noncon games. So far, Utah State looks like the class of the league at 6-1.
The Big West is four spots behind the WAC in RPI at No. 19, and is winning 40 percent of its early tilts. And we're nearly complete with the 11-game WAC-Big West Hardwood Series, which the bigger boys are leading 6-3. The Big West has managed a
big win at Nevada by Pacific
on Nov. 26, as well as a Cal State Fullerton victory at Hawaii and a Long Beach State five-pointer over New Mexico State. The other games have all gone to the WAC --
USU squeaked by UC Santa Barbara
in what could be a battle of the two eventual NCAA teams, and beat old BWC pals UC Irvine and Cal Poly earlier. The only two remaining games between the two conferences are next Tuesday (UC Riverside at Hawaii) and the following Monday (Fresno State at Cal Poly), so the WAC has clinched the challenge for the year.
U'useless Stat of the Day
Two weeks ago, we looked at Navy's amazing
71.4 percent shooting performance
, which has yet to be topped. Now let's look at the other end of the spectrum.
Last night, before my very eyes, North Florida made only a quarter of its shots from the floor. The Ospreys
lost by 40
-- this ain't baseball, and .259 won't keep you in the lineup. But while I was talking to Matt Kilcullen before the game, he reminded me of a game two years ago in which UNF shot 31 percent... and lost by one. Which, of course, got me to thinking... how badly can you shoot and still win a basketball game?
It would appear that the answer is
. That's the percentage that Maryland-Eastern Shore shot on Dec. 6 against snakebit New Jersey Tech, which shot 33 percent but was overwhelmed on the boards by 12. The Hawks made 12 of their 46 shots, and sent the Highlanders to their seventh loss of the year. If anybody has a tape of this game, I'd like a copy so I can dub
"Yackety Sax"
over it. I don't care how old you are, that song makes
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Krypt Dominion Series Tower Racks are the newest and most tecnological advanced design available. When we took on this project our sole purpose was to create the best looking tower rack design ever made, and then introduce features that solve problems of wakeboard racks in the past. This new rack took us nearly a year to design and test. We believe we got it right; it is now time for you to decide.
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sheets of chilly afternoon rain beat down on the tattered vinyl awning covering Scott & Judy's Chinese Groceries.
The proprietors are replenishing inventory on the curbside produce stand of their South Ninth Street business, sweeping the sidewalk and chatting with customers, when muralist Michelle Angela Ortiz and photographer Tony Rocco approach.
Judy Tran smiles, convivially embracing Ortiz, and the two go indoors to gather paperwork; her husband shakes Rocco's hand, offers a friendly hello and gets back to work.
The artists didn't always receive such a warm reception.
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"He didn't speak to me until maybe about a month ago," Rocco confides. He and Ortiz had been visiting the vendors along Ninth Street since December 2009, conducting interviews, shooting photographs and gathering stories for "Different Paths, One Market," their Mural Arts exhibit being installed this week.
Later on, tucked inside Anthony's Italian Coffee House up the street, Rocco says he doesn't begrudge the Trans' reluctance to open up. His voice is warm, his delivery pointed as he explains that working with the vendors on this project gave him "an appreciation of how many cameras get stuck in their face every day. If you just sit right here and look outside — every Photo 1 student in Philadelphia walks by the Italian Market to take pictures. And they're in your face about it, totally. So then you can imagine how, after we come and want to do the same thing ... "
Artwork by Michelle Angela Ortiz and /Mural Arts Program
His frankness is distinctively South Philly, and indeed, Rocco, 41, grew up at Fifth and Morris. But he's right: The market is something of an attraction for tourists and those in search of "local color." It draws thousands of daily visitors from the suburbs, around the region, around the country — folks who want to gawk at the street Rocky went running down, then grab some pepperoni bread from Sarcone's. But it's also a practical destination, a place for neighborhood residents to grocery shop (like Ortiz, 32, who grew up at 10th and League, and still lives nearby), or for local restaurants to gather supplies.
On another level, the market is a gateway for new immigrants to establish themselves and their families in the United States. It's historically held this role, for the Jewish and Italian merchants of the early 20th century and for the Mexican and Vietnamese vendors doing the same thing today. Ortiz rattles off facts and anecdotes in a breathless, energetic voice. She's gregarious and passionate about her neighborhood, and bristles at the notion of its merchants gaining their foothold in a new country while, in a way, being on display.
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"When you say tourist attraction, then that's what happens," she says. "That person behind the stand becomes an object, just like the fruit they're selling. They're not real people who are going through real things."
Her exhibit with Rocco sheds light on the people behind the produce by profiling vendors along Ninth Street. Mixing archival family photographs, Rocco's portraiture and Ortiz's design work, the images in "Different Paths" were printed to large sheets of vinyl and hung at their corresponding merchant's stand, replacing the worn tarps flapping in the wind.
"It's not about my big artwork on the spaces," Ortiz says. "It's really about telling people who walk through here to look past tomatoes and celery and look past the grittiness of the market, to realize people who create the spirit of the space and recognize the struggle they had to endure."
The installation is one of four featured in Journeys South, a Mural Arts Program series of non-murals unveiling in South Philadelphia this month. The projects — ranging from animations of old photographs to poetry collections placed in decorated honor boxes along East Passyunk — seek to document the immigrant experience in a section of the city that's an entry point to the country.
Artwork by Michelle Angela Ortiz and /Mural Arts Program
It's something about which Rocco and Ortiz have firsthand knowledge. Both are first-generation children of immigrants, Colombian on their mothers' side. Rocco's mom used to drag him shopping on Ninth Street every weekend as a child; she saw in the market remembrances of home. Ortiz's mom worked at Giordano and Giordano Produce for 25 years; she saw in the market opportunity.
After finishing our drinks, we head to Triple Play Sports, an apparel and printing shop at Ninth and Christian, so Ortiz and Rocco can pick up a proof of the tarp intended for Anthony's Coffee. The artists hold it up to the window and nod with satisfaction. Ortiz designed the images with the color palette of the market in mind: dark chestnut reds, olive greens and grays, muted tangerines. Backlit by the sky, the colors pop even on this overcast afternoon. On a sunny day, the work will positively glow.
The images were created through a lengthy process of information-gathering and editing. Ortiz and Rocco spoke with some 20 subjects along Ninth Street about their business and their family's path to America. They met with varying degrees of willingness. A few, like fruit vendor Mary Messina, would consent only to an audio interview. Others allowed them to record video as the two asked questions. Later, Rocco returned to shoot their portraits.
From these initial interviews, Ortiz and Rocco chose a demographic cross-section to profile further, through the tarps. They wanted to show the diversity of the space — despite the name it commonly goes by, the market is not exclusively Italian (the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission marker at Christian Street calls it the "9th Street Curb Market"). They sought to bring out the stories of the African, Chinese, Mexican and Vietnamese vendors, as well as Italians who perhaps have not told their stories. You can rattle off famous names like Di Bruno Bros., Ortiz points out, but you might not think as immediately of Carmen Lerro, a fruit vendor and the fourth generation of his family to work the strip.
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Eight vendors were chosen for profiling in the tarps, and Rocco and Ortiz returned to each for follow-up interviews. Upon revisiting, the subjects seemed far more at ease, willing to share intimate details of their work. Anthony Anastasio, proprietor of Anthony's Italian Coffee House, described the pushcart filled with produce and fish that his grandparents used to wheel up and down Ninth Street. He also told a story about his grandfather walking around in shoes worn through with holes, vowing as a child of the Great Depression to provide for his offspring.
"Sharing these stories with Tony and Michelle, it was surprisingly hard to verbalize them," Anastasio says. You know the facts, but when speaking them out loud, "It hits you — it makes you realize how difficult it was for merchants in the 1920s and '30s. They didn't have the technology we have today. They didn't have the advantages we have today."
The design Ortiz created for Anastasio's shop blends the circle and spokes of the pushcart wheel with an old photograph of Anastasio's grandfather, with the phrase "A promise to my family" arcing around the side.
Key phrases like this are prominent on each tarp, reading as a free-associative poem as the works unfold southward from Christian Street to Washington Avenue and back up the other side of the street. Likewise, the circular contour of the wheel becomes a recurring visual motif, shaped as an Aztec warrior shield on the banner at Rosalio and Karina Corona's produce stand and a silver coin on the one at Giordano and Giordano's Groceries. A video loop of interview excerpts explaining these elements screens Saturdays through June 11 at the vacant Pronto storefront at Ninth and Montrose. Along with a display of Rocco's portraits, the video provides an enriching complement to the tarps. The work is simultaneously aesthetic, literary and documentary.
It's also functional: The images are themselves awnings, shielding the vendors from the elements — like the rain we're trudging through. When the exhibit concludes in June, the vendors may keep the tarps permanently if they wish. Giving the work a purpose beyond being purely decorative was important to both artists, who each have formidable public art résumés. Rocco's documentary photography in Colombia led to an educational outreach program in the capital of Cali, while Ortiz's murals in Mexico, Fiji and Philadelphia were each designed with neighborhood participation.
Artwork by Michelle Angela Ortiz and /Mural Arts Program
They know how to work within communities, and how to reflect the stories of those communities to a broader public. In the market, the challenge was also getting their subjects comfortable with having their stories told in a climate where anti-immigration sentiment is high, both nationally (the staunch rhetoric and strict laws in Arizona and California) and locally (the "order in English" hubbub at Geno's Steaks a couple years back).
After meeting with that initial resistance from Scott and Judy Tran, the artists approached the couple's son, Keong, who also works at the shop. He explains that the problem wasn't just that his parents were camera-shy.
"My dad, he's respectful of the other businesses, he doesn't like to have any drama," Keong Tran says. "He thought that if we had a tarp up, other vendors, the Italian vendors, would look down on us, would have prejudice against us. He didn't want to be flashy. He was content."
Rocco concurs: "There's a 'don't rock the boat' mentality," he says.
As the project went on, seeing fellow non-Italian vendors working with Rocco and Ortiz turned Tran's father around. The artists say he's now the most enthusiastic participant.
"You lead by example," Anastasio observes. "We've had negative connotations associated with the market — it smells, it's dirty, people are rude. Looking back, and looking to the future, what makes it special is we've overcome those barriers with how we present our products, how we present ourselves and how we present our families."
And the families, Ortiz notes, have very similar stories.
Rosario and Karina Corona, the Mexican couple operating a produce stand, met and fell in love in the market, just as Paul and Frances Giordano, an Italian couple, did nearly a century ago.
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The story of the Trans progressing from produce-stand merchants to store owners over the course of two decades follows the trajectory of the Anastasio family, who went from pushcart vendors to successful wholesalers to coffee-shop proprietors.
Ortiz wants the vendors to see those common threads. In her eyes, "Different Paths" is about them sharing with one another as much as with the larger public.
"So that way, there isn't the element of 'you're an illegal' or 'my family has been here longer,'" she says. "I'm trying to break that down so the merchants take a moment and see each other in one another's stories."
Journeys South runs through June 11. For more information, visit muralarts.org.


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