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[marykekic]

Did some art for Blank Slate that was printed onto some koozies! Pick up a #1 Dad koozie in their webstore to help support the venue while it’s temporarily closed due to coronavirus.

https://blankslateelyria.bandcamp.com/merch/blank-slate-1-dad-koozie

[eleanorazine]

Tomorrow, Dec. 8, Eleanor: A Zine will present music from DreamStates (@dreamstatestheband), CTRL CULT (@ctrlcultx), Post Saga (@postsaga), Michelle Gaw (@michellegaw), and Samantha Grace (@theyellowwallpaper_), and poetry by Lou Barrett (@louthebarrett), and Sarah Metek, at @hivemindspace in Akron, Ohio. Free show, all donations go the @translawcenter. Doors at 7, show at 8. Parking is across Exchange, at January Paint. Flyer by Mary Kekic (@evilscience13) #livemusic #poetryreading #charityshow #akron #akronohio #neohio #transrightsarehumanrights #wontbeerased #supportlocalmusic #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbands #supporttransartists #supporttransrights #transgendersupport #transgenderrights #sistersnotcisters #intersectionalfeminism #feministzine #punksandpoets #punkswithpurpose #lgbtcommunity #akronmusicscene https://www.instagram.com/p/BrFxdBNA9_O/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18x21spa6ec8m

[dxentertainment]

Local trio @ruinrband is always a good time on a stage and tonight at @bigroombar was no different. Give them a follow to learn of future gigs you don't wanna miss. Much like Mary Kekic, guitarist/vocalist Tasha rocked some really awesome boots. I wonder if they make them for men. #ICYMI #rocklocal #supportlocal #trio #614music #alternative #rocklocal #supportlocal #cbus #indierock #cbus #columbusmusicscene #columbusohio #fridaynight #nightlife #femalesinger (at Big Room Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp-9CYagI7p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oyo4gddhg6i2

[akronarchangels]

SOFT GIRL Live at Hive Mind Akron, OH 5/6/17 Audio Only

Making space on my hard drive, figured I’d archive this since SOFT GIRL broke up in January. Played with Half An Animal, Toma Doe, Mary Kekic. 30-40 people showed up. There was vegan chili and it was a fun night More info on SOFT GIRL Live at Hive Mind Akron, OH 5/6/17 Audio Only from Akron-Canton City Guide https://www.akronarchangels.com/music/soft-girl-live-at-hive-mind-akron-oh-5-6-17-audio-only/

[thegreyestatespodcast-blog]

This week we welcome Lakewood, Ohio royalty! It's Mary Kekic, a singer, cool earring wearer and your new best friend. Mary will definitely inspire you to follow those DIY-dreams of yours or to do something great today!

[voyagritar]

THE CRAB EPISODE Welcome to another chapter of my Thrifting Audio Diary. Each week I invite a friend of mine out on my Thrifting Adventures. We spend the day scavenging, bring our loot back to the studio, then record what we found. This week I welcome back the yin to my yang, Josh "Last Call" Larkin. We also hear from Lex Nowling, who flew all the way from Reno, NV to be a part of the show. This Week's Finds / Discussion Topics : - 2006 Three Rivers Stadium Replica (former Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates Home Stadium) - 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates Foam Finger - Video Games : Atari 2600 Donkey Kong from 1982, Super Nintendo Madden 96, Nintendo Bases Loaded from 1988 - Walt Disney Preview Tape / Screener, D2 The Mighty Ducks, VHS. - A UFO Sized George Foreman Grill, that Lex and I use to cook Attic Chicken on. (No other podcast cooks chicken live on the air!) - Confusing Scorpions for Crabs while stoned. - The Captiva Island Crab Races - Find of the Day : Capitol Records '45 Box, Vintage '45s from the 60s. - For the first time ever we answer the questions in a special Q&A segment. Special thanks to : Bluffs (https://steveberes.bandcamp.com) for the theme to my show. Mary Kekic (https://kekic.bandcamp.com) for her demo of 1 Cheerleader Said, during the commercial break.I'm sentimentally attached to things you've forgotten. It's time to get THRIFTY!

[newstfionline]

Who are the refugees and immigrants entering the US since the travel ban was lifted?

Gretel Kauffman, CS Monitor, February 12, 2017

In an apparent reference to a Washington Times report published last week, President Trump took to Twitter Saturday to warn Americans of a “dangerous” surge in immigration since his executive order temporarily banning refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries was blocked earlier this month.

“Our legal system is broken!” the president tweeted. “77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries. (WT) SO DANGEROUS!”

The Washington Times reported on Thursday that since the Feb. 3 suspension of Mr. Trump’s order by a federal judge, 77 percent of the 1,100 refugees who had entered the country had been from the seven countries targeted in the order, with nearly a third hailing from Syria alone.

While the numbers are largely accurate, experts warn against jumping to conclusions, as there may be more to those statistics than meets the critic’s eye.

According to the US State Department, more than 70 percent of the roughly 1,400 refugees admitted to the US from Feb. 4 to Feb. 10 have indeed come from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen--and those numbers do indeed suggest an effort by the State Department and refugee resettlement agencies to resettle as many people as possible amid a period of uncertainty in the days immediately following the suspension.

That surge, however, reflects not an influx of new refugees, but a backlog of those who had undergone an 18-month to two-year vetting process prior to the Jan. 27 executive order and had already been scheduled to arrive into the United States.

“You have eight U.S. government agencies who are vetting them,” William Lacey Swing, the director general of the United Nations International Organization for Migration, told NPR. “They are looking at six different security databases, they’re doing five different background checks. They have three separate in-person interviews, and then two inner-agency reviews of all that.”

Furthermore, the increase in the week since Feb. 3 may not be as dramatic as some supporters of the travel ban have suggested, as The New York Times reported on Saturday:

According to an analysis of data maintained by the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center, the percentage of refugees arriving from those countries--Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen--has risen considerably since the directive was suspended, but the weekly total of refugees arriving from the targeted countries has risen by only about 100. And all are stringently vetted.

At the same time, refugee arrivals from countries not affected by the order have fallen sharply. Since the judge blocked the ban, 1,049 of the 1,462 refugees who have arrived in the United States, or 72 percent, were from the seven countries affected. In Mr. Trump’s first week of office, before he issued his order, more refugees arrived, 2,108, and 935 of them, representing 44 percent, were from those seven nations.

When a federal appeals court denied President Trump’s attempt to restore his travel ban on refugees and visa holders last Sunday, refugee resettlement agencies and advocacy groups urged previously approved refugees to take advantage of the window.

“We are encouraging people to come in as soon as possible,” Mary McCarthy, executive director of the National Immigrant Justice Center, a Chicago-based organization that provides legal services and advocacy to immigrants, told The New York Times last week. “If you need to be back in this country, you should do it now.”

Supporters of the ban have criticized these efforts, arguing that the surge in refugees has made the country vulnerable to terrorism.

“It would not be the first time that State Department officials have prioritized facilitating someone’s entry to the United States over security concerns,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center for Immigration Studies, which describes itself as favoring a “low-immigration, pro-immigrant” vision, to the Washington Times.

But refugee resettlement organizations dispute Trump’s allegations that the recent increase in refugees is “so dangerous,” and hope to correct what they say is a widespread misconception.

“What I would hope for is we find a way to communicate with this administration and find a way to sit down and understand why are these, what I’ll call alternative facts, about the danger of refugees being presented, because it’s just not correct,” Erol Kekic, executive director of the Church World Service’s refugee program, told the Times.

[marykekic]

Poster for The Ground is Lava (@thelavaisground), Annabel (@annabelband), My Mouth is the Speaker, and Mary Kekic (oh hey that’s me) at Mahall’s in Lakewood, OH, April 11, 2020.

All proceeds go to Tiny Changes.

*Show canceled, will likely be rescheduled with new date*

[marykekic]

Poster for Jason Kaminski and Sure, Machine’s 2019 west coast tour.

[marykekic]

Poster for @eleanorazine's show and fundraiser for the Transgender Law Center, with music from DreamStates, CTRL CULT, Post Saga, Michelle Gaw, and Samantha Grace, as well as poetry from Lou Barrett and Sarah Metek, at Hive Mind in Akron, OH, December 8, 2018.

[marykekic]

Blank Slate’s annual Ed Fest is going to be rescheduled due to the coronavirus. Here’s the art I worked on for the poster!

[marykekic]

[marykekic]

Poster for Farseek, Camp Counselor, Mary Kekic (oh hey that’s me), and Johanna Rodriguez (Mystery Girl) at Oakdale House in Akron, OH on August 2, 2019.

[marykekic]

Poster for the It’s a Kling Thing! 4th of July BBQ, with bands Good Brother, Parkway & Columbia, Curtail, Mary Kekic (oh hey that’s me), and Ghost Slime at It’s a Kling Thing! in Akron, OH, July 4, 2019.

[marykekic]

Poster for Not For You, Luke Evans, and Screaming Eagles at Blank Slate Elyria in Elyria, OH on May 18, 2019.

[marykekic]

Hey! I released a compilation album of songs with lyrics I wrote between the ages of 5 to 10, give or take. All guitar parts written and recorded hastily within the past two weeks. All lyrics listed with each song, as the guitar sometimes overpowers my vocals (an unfortunate effect from lo-fi recording). Listen and laugh!