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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter October 19, 2017
Fred and Phyllis Lasky
Chuck Hamilton
Cobb Rogers, Gigi Rogers, Wolfgang Krutzler
Ceviche
Susan Brainerd and Alan Quinby
Claire and Clint Conway, David and Jennifee Otterness
RIAF artist Volker Gerling
Megan and Bradley Ellis
Cloe Drapkin and Brette Hinchliffe
Audrey Robbins, Harry Leopold
RIAF Opening Night
Ritu and Harry Anand, Hermione Gilpin
Haley Bryan, Carlos Mejia
Steven High, John Frazee
Brendan Ragan, Jessica DiLorenzo
David Berg, Barbara Lynch
Holly and Jay Logan
Paul and Jenni Hudson
Anneliese Kaplinski, Katie Schwabach
Kristen Fulmer, Murray Devine
Ozan Gokdemir and Ahmed Gokdemir
Martha Schantz, Lee and Jenny Duffey
Ed and Claudia Swan, Heather Dunhill, Elisabeth Waters
Floyd Caldwell, Nancy Dobras
Haley Bryan, Carolyn Reidy
Randy Whitmer, Michael and Amanda Kulaw, Annette Whitmer
The 2017 arts festival continues through Saturday, Oct. 21.
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