TRR photo by Charlie Buterbaugh A selection of David Applegate’s traditional and abstract paintings is currently on display at 7th Street Coffee in Milford.

A flexible job, and a penchant for painting and poetry

By CHARLIE BUTERBAUGH

MILFORD, PA—His job at McDonald’s fits his life as a painter, an arrangement that hardly seems strange to David Applegate.

Flexibility is the key to his artistic freedom.

“My goal is to be an artist and a writer. The only way I’m going to get there is to be where I’m at right now,” Applegate recently said inside Milford’s 7th Street Coffee. Six of his paintings are currently on display at the coffeehouse, where owner David Miller has covered the ceiling with rock LPs and displayed his copious collection of concert posters that memorialize the recently disbanded, experimental rock band, Phish.

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Discover the ancient art of the Damascus Mint

NARROWSBURG, NY—“The Art of the Ancients,” a free lecture illustrating the history and process of the Damascus Mint plaques and pendants, will be presented on Saturday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m. at the Delaware Arts Center by Mort Malkin, an independent scholar, and ceramic artists Ed and Anne Nocera.

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DVAA launches ‘Arts Alive Drive’

NARROWSBURG, NY—The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Board of Directors and staff are raising the bar on fundraising with “Arts Alive Drive.” The goal is to raise $75,000 in new resources, “$1 per person for the arts,” before June 30.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Eldred presents ‘Once Upon a Mattress’
• Mind, body and soul workshop
• ‘Seascapes’ on display
• Signature Gifts celebrates grand opening
• ‘Good News!’ at Tri-Valley School

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