Discover Janesville at JPAC

The next episode of Discover Janesville is ready to be broadcast! It was taped at the Janesville Performing Arts Center and features interviews with...

Emily Gruenewald
Edie Baran
Ron Brown
and
Rob Phelps

The interviews have been posted on YouTube and the entire program will be broadcast on JATV this Saturday and Sunday (March 7 and 8) at 12, 5 and 10 pm.

Emily is the new Executive Director of the Janesville Performing Arts Center. The conversation centered on the JPAC, its users group, its history and goals. We also talked about how Emily arrived at this exciting stage in her life, and about what its like to take reigns from the original Executive Director of JPAC - Laurel Cannan.





Edie Baran - Freelance Drama Director and Instructor - has been involved in many artistic organizations in Janesville, including founding the Spotlight On Kids. Last year Edie was inducted in the United Arts Alliance Hall of Fame. We talked about the value of the arts to adults and children, and about how each one of us really is an Artist.





Ron Brown is an Actor who's been involved in at least 65 different productions. We talked about some of his most favorite parts, about the value of theater and community theater and about the tradition Ron has of giving flowers to all the women in the shows Ron acts in.





This part of the show is underwritten by the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board.

Rob Phelps was laid off from the Lear Corporation, and is now attending Blackhawk Technical College, looking to become a professional chef. We talked about the experience of what Rob had to go through, about his determination to make a better life for himself and for his family, and about how everything in life has a purpose and a reason. Rob has a great sense of humor. My favorite was when he said that you can't wait for the "Job Fairy" to come to you. Ain't that the truth!