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B Inspired

B Inspired shares moments of transformation and inspiration all around us. Find more information about Studio B Fine Art Gallery on our website: studiobbb.org, on Studio B’s Facebook page, by contacting Jane Stahl, janeEstahl@comcast.net, 610-563-7879, or stopping by Studio B during our regular hours: Saturday, and Sunday 12 .-2 p.m. And, remember, we welcome you to connect us with people, projects, and perceptions that inspire YOU to help us continue to B Inspired!

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00:26:13

Reciprocity Series: Volunteer Firefighter Michael...

B Inspired ·

2025/04/18

Michael Frederick is certain that every young boy and girl dreams of driving a big red firetruck. His own childhood dream has come true as a volunteer firefighter where he has been determined to serve his community. Michael urges others to consider volunteering, assuring us that not all volunteers run into burning buildings, but that every firehouse welcomes volunteers who want to serve.

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00:29:18

Jeff Graber: Bear Fever's "Go-To" Artist--Letterin'...

B Inspired ·

2025/04/11

Jeff Graber started his work as an artist at 13. Recalling his journey as an artist and as a businessman, he recognizes that for him being part of a team, taking pride as a team in the work that they do is the fulfilling part of his business. And then there are the bears of Bear Fever. The project debuted 30+ sculptures in 2005; it celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025 with over 90 sculptures. The last 20 years of bears wouldn't have happened without him.

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00:25:57

Jenna Armato Offers Awareness, Enhances Skills in...

B Inspired ·

2025/03/28

Advertising prodigy early on, Jenna Armato built an advertising agency connected to her Barbie McDonald's house, and she hasn't stopped helping businesses and individuals enhance their image, leadership and communications skills since!

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00:25:49

Reciprocity Series: Preston's Pantry--Love in Action

B Inspired ·

2025/03/21

Donna Usavage invites Dolores Shank-Samiec, volunteer at the Boyertown Area Multi-Service's Preston Pantry, to share how the donations of food are collected and distributed along with her personal history of making a difference to make the world a better, healthier place. There's no doubt that the efforts are a win-win-win for everyone; love in action abounds.

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00:43:18

HERstory 2025: Celebrating a Successful Premiere

B Inspired ·

2025/03/14

Krista Gross and Ellen Martignetti, Events Planner and Main Street Manager for Building a Better Boyertown, celebrate the success of the first annual "Making HERstory" event held recently by sharing their impressions of the event, their motivations, their own journeys, future plans, and advice to women.

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00:24:31

Reciprocity Series: "Once Upon a Prom" -- Giving as...

B Inspired ·

2025/03/07

Donna Usavage invites Anita Zuber, founder and force behind the annual event "Once Upon a Prom," to share her life experiences and stories from the annual event that offers prom and special event dresses and accessories free to young women. Quoting from "Braiding Sweetgrass," the book that inspired the series, Donna finds the spirit of the event an example of a community ceremony that "marries the mundane to the sacred."

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00:15:22

Romance Writer Quinn Jamison Offers Timely Advice

B Inspired ·

2025/02/28

Quinn Jamison took advantage of a disappointment in her life. Journaling to understand the painful event has led to a new passion: writing and publishing a series of romance novels with a time traveling twist. The Art of Time and The Art of Bending Time are currently available with a third novel “on the way.” “Never give up” is the inspiration she offers through her life experience and her artistic journey.

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00:02:54

"I Got You, Babe" Across Decades

B Inspired ·

2025/02/15

They said it wouldn't last. Our marriage, that is. That was 57 years ago. Yet, our long distance love affair's sketchy beginning and a stubborn determination to prove them wrong suggests that maybe, to our own surprise, we knew what we were doing after all. "We won't...and didn't...let go."

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00:11:05

True Love Helps & Sacrifices

B Inspired ·

2025/02/14

Happy Valentine's Day! While technical difficulties prevented the full conversation with Chris Karver to be shared, Chris reads the "love story" she submitted to The Boyertown Area Expression, a story underlining the real meaning of love found in the stories of Snow White and Cinderella. Hint: real love is not found in the charming princes!

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00:04:09

To Bee…Elderly

B Inspired ·

2025/02/07

I’m inspired by elderly bees. I learned to recognize them and appreciate their gifts through a Facebook post. I can relate to them!

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00:38:10

The Reciprocity Series: Scarcity or Abundance? Fear...

B Inspired ·

2025/02/07

Pastor Amy Smith Joins Jane & Donna to explore further aspects of the reciprocal arrangement found in nature and indigenous cultures and more foreign to our own. Searching for the roots of fear, offering support to those who struggle, providing "Here's How" simple ideas to tweak our culture--one mind at a time--to a win-win way of living.

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00:40:42

Lisa Cellini's Swamp Door: Humble Beginnings to...

B Inspired ·

2025/01/31

Lisa Cellini, owner of The Swamp Door, shares her journey and challenges from media maven--journalist, broadcaster, promotions consultant, and motivational speaker--to the force behind a growing retail store and community in itself featuring treasures from over 70 vendors in over 7,000 square feet. From humble beginnings, trauma, and the nightmare of addiction, Lisa's success showcases uncommon resilience.

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00:37:36

Win-Win: A Series to Inspire

B Inspired ·

2025/01/24

Reading "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer has inspired Donna Usavage's quest to showcase in future episodes the efforts of folks in the community who practice the Golden Rule through a faith perspective that fosters the collaboration and reciprocity found in indigenous communities .

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00:23:56

Creative Minds: Schooled the Montessori Way

B Inspired ·

2025/01/17

Mandy Lobaugh took a leap of faith 16 years ago and opened Creative Minds, a school modeled on Maria Montessori's method of learning where children are encouraged to learn in their own way, in their own time. Assisted by BFF (and her devoted mom) Judy Hunter, Mandy has created a supportive "family" among staff and students where learning comes naturally.

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00:31:57

Amanda Ehst Insists: Healthy Brains Need Art

B Inspired ·

2024/12/27

Amanda Ehst is a lifeline at Berks Arts Council as Community Programs Manager for those of us submitting PA Partners on the Arts grants, but she's just begun to help us all add art to life. From a potential biology major, pre-school teacher, band director, music festival coordinator, and now student in a master's program with students around the globe espousing art programs for mental and physical health for all brains everywhere, she is an inspiration. Like the hermit crab needing a bigger shell,

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00:29:22

Himalayan Healing

B Inspired ·

2024/12/20

While visiting her sister, Anita Heft visited a Himalayan Salt Cave in Connecticut, recognized the benefits of the therapy, and was inspired to bring one closer to her hometown. Anita wants her clients to come away from a session at her Himalayan Salt Cave feeling better, breathing better, freer of joint pain or migraines. I want to try all the stress and pain-relieving techniques offered in the 3,000 square feet space: massage, reiki, foot baths, meditation, sound therapy. Anita claims that it's

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00:44:58

Jeff Stahl: To Be...Puppies, Ice Cream, Slings & Arrows

B Inspired ·

2024/12/06

In Part 4 of the limited series exploring the nature of the existential “Hero’s Journey,” JD Stahl offers a wide-ranging discussion that offers his own experience in detaching from the forces—expectations, assumptions, searches for meaning and happiness that fettered him from the person he was meant to become. Suggesting that we are all in search of the chemical oxytocin through our addictive behaviors, he offers the need to strip ourselves of distractions, to confront and accept our dualistic

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00:30:23

Creative, Energized, Full or Ideas: Tracey Mackey &...

B Inspired ·

2024/11/29

Looking for ideas for family fun in Boyertown? Just ask volunteer Tracey Mackey and Mayor Lori Carnes. Their latest project “Halloween Happenings” proved more popular than they imagined among homeowners and the community and motivates them to take more risks in furthering other projects. Saving the Boyertown pool and the Colebrookdale Craft Depot are just a few of Lori’s projects. And she has plans to fill the calendar going forward! Tracey offers her efforts in Boyertown Borough Council’s Park and

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00:30:00

Dr. Olapeju Simoyan a.k.a. Peju Brings Healing...

B Inspired ·

2024/11/22

Dr. Olapeju Simoyan (a.k.a. Peju, The Doctor Writer and The Doctor Singer) is a physician who strongly believes in bridging the gap between science and art. Peju combines her various interests in innovative ways: writing, singing, photography. She has released a CD of Christmas music, a book exploring the histories of some of our favorite carols as well as a devotional booklet to aid in personal development. Addiction medicine is her calling as she works with clients to slow down, recall the life

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00:25:37

Adam Heimer, Entrepreneur, Shares Skills Ideas, & Energy

B Inspired ·

2024/11/15

Brought up on the family farm, BASH alum Adam Heimer trained as an electrician at Berks Career & Technology Center, but as added plumbing and hosts of other skills to his resumé as owner of Adam's Royal Car Wash in Gilbertsville and the upcoming Main Street Car Wash in Pennsburg along with creating programs for others' car washes. Community-minded, Adam stepped up with several friends to volunteer his efforts to save the Boyertown Community Pool from extinction. Ideas for improving community

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