From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star Podcast

We get to listen in on a full meeting of the Register Star Editorial Board.

It’s Saturday, February 8, 2020. The board has begun its considerations of who to endorse in the race for Winnebago County Board Chairman in the Republican primary contest to be held on March 17th.

On Friday, the board met with candidate Jim Webster, which we hear in this episode.

On Monday, the board met with candidate Joe Chiarelli. That podcast is already in your feed.

This show was made possible by the journalism of the Rockford Register Star.

The episode’s theme music is called “Funk Game Loop” by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and filmmusic.io. And is used under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence.

For more “From the Newsroom of the Rockford Register Star,” go online at www.rrstar.com.

We get to listen in on a full meeting of the Register Star Editorial Board.

It’s Friday, February 7th. The board has begun its considerations of who to endorse in the race for Winnebago County Board Chairman in the Republican primary contest to be held on March 17th.

On Monday, February 3, 2020, the board met with candidate Joe Chiarelli. Today, the board is meeting with candidate Jim Webster. That podcast will air on Saturday.

This show was made possible through the journalism of the Rockford Register Star. The episode’s theme music is called “Funk Game Loop” by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com and filmmusic.io. And is used under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence.

For more “From the Newsroom of the Rockford Register Star,” go online at www.rrstar.com.

Today, we get to listen to a full meeting of the Register Star Editorial Board in conversation with Republican David Gill, a candidate for Winnebago County State’s Attorney in the primary elections to be held on March 17.

The board has begun its considerations of who to endorse in the race.

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, the board met with Republican candidate J. Hanley. That podcast is in your feed now.

Today, we get to listen in on a full meeting of the Register Star Editorial Board. The board has begun its considerations of who to endorse in the race for Winnebago County State’s Attorney in the Republican primary elections to be held on March 17. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, the board met with Republican candidate J. Hanley. On Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, the board is scheduled to meet with Republican David Gill. And that conversation, will also be recorded for a future podcast.

Reporter Shaquil Manigault shares insight behind his recent story for the Register Star about Rockford native Juan Antonio, who stars in BET Plus' first original film. Read the full story here: https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200114/rockford-native-stars-in-bet-original-movie

Shaquil Manigault; 815-987-1344; [email protected]; @RstarShaquil

Scott P. Yates; [email protected]; @scottpyates

Meet the Artist: Scott P. Yates (A year in review)

Sarah Stewart opened the Rockford's newest tattoo shop, Six Finger Tattoo, in early December.

She turned the vacant space on North First Street into an inviting storefront that adds to a downtown district growing with locally owned arts businesses.

Stewart has been a neo-traditional tattoo artist for nine years and spent the last seven of those years working at Delicious Ink.

She draws inspiration from several sources. Her mother got her drawing at an early age. Sarah continues a long tattoo tradition in Rockford.

In this podcast episode we talk about her early years, and we create a left-handed secret hand shake. And we talk about Milton Zeis, one of the industry’s local legends, who set up a tattoo shop, supply store and accredited school on Leslie Avenue in Rockford.

More information

Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com

Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; [email protected]; @scottpyates

6 Finger Tattoo: https://www.facebook.com/6-Finger-Tattoo-105759744156302/

Sarah Stewart on Instagram: @shewasamonster 

Music:

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Shades of Spring" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Sierra Goddard’s latest challenge as an actress is to portray a man in the 1800s. Goddard, 23, of Freeport, is the latest guest on the Register Star’s “Meet the Artist” podcast where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place.

Discovering Rockford creative leaders and their creative process

Manny Tang will show you that “cuteness has a dark side, too.”

Tang, a Taiwanese-American whose artist alias is China Cat 663, has lived and worked in Rockford since 2002.

Her art is omnipresent in the city and around the Midwest. Merchandise of her designs are for sale in the gift shop of Rockford Art Museum. Her latest group show, called “Rapture 2019. Muse” opened at the Aeon Gallery in Richmond, Illinois, on Oct. 26th.

The figures in Manny’s paintings take physical cues from the “Big Eyes” work of Margaret Keane. The humanoid figures have the strong feminine and fairy tale qualities of Manga and the classic sailor-girl tattoos. The sexuality is drawn for the female gaze as a rebuttal to pop-culture’s dominant, male-centric point of view.

The themes of bondage and domination create an ominous thread throughout her work that inspired her motto: “Cuteness has a dark side, too.”

Her acrylics and watercolors are masterful combinations of color that are pleasing to stare at. And her mostly monochromatic linoleum block prints equally reward lingering eye balls.

In this show, Manny talks about her artwork and reminisces about the unique and much-talked-about “Black Rabbit Masquerade Hoedown” at 317 Art Collective in early September.

More information

Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com

Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; [email protected]; @scottpyates

Manny Chinacat: http://chinacat663.com

Instagram: @chinacat663

Music:

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Darkness is Coming" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)