Woodworking Show Reports

Baltimore and the Raven

Written on January 9, 2012 at 4:08 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

The holiday season, New Years and the bowl games are now just a memory as I begin the winter and spring road trip to the Woodworking Shows. For as long as I can remember, the first show of the year has always been in Baltimore. Even having traveled there many times, I still enjoy this city and the hundreds of years of history in it. Read more

My Kind of Town

Written on November 28, 2011 at 1:35 pm , by Jim Heavey

This last weekend the Woodworking Show came back to Chicago. Though I really enjoy visiting with woodworkers in venues around the country, I have to admit that it was nice to forgo the probing questions and hands of the TSA people for a 40 minute ride in my own car without having to take off my shoes before I getting in. Still had to stay buckled in and seated until the doors opened, however. Read more

A Denver Diary

Written on November 21, 2011 at 4:47 pm , by Jim Heavey

This last weekend’s flight on November 18-20, took me  a little more than a thousand miles west of my home in Huntley, Illinois to Denver, Colorado and to a change in both climate and altitude. The Woodworking Show would open its doors about a mile above sea level and to an arid 60 degree sunny weekend. Read more

A Weekend in Portland 2011

Written on November 15, 2011 at 7:53 am , by Jim Heavey

This last weekend the Woodworking Shows traveled to Portland, Oregon. This is still one of my favorite destinations on the tour as it blends some of the most beautiful scenery in the country with a talented eclectic group of wodworkers. Read more

Woodworking in the Sac(k)

Written on November 8, 2011 at 12:05 pm , by Jim Heavey

This last weekend, the Woodworking Shows moved from the LA area to Sacramento and though we we’re still in California, the weather couldn’t have been more different. With temperatures hovering in the low 50’s and an on and off rain, it was downright nippy. Read more

Halloween in California

Written on October 31, 2011 at 6:49 pm , by Jim Heavey

The second week of the 19 week Woodworking Show season couldn’t have come with more promise. It was sunny with temperatures in the low eighties and it was in Southern California. Read more

New Venue, New Season

Written on October 25, 2011 at 11:05 am , by Jim Heavey

I always look forward to the start of each woodworking season. Every venue is unique as are the woodworkers who attend the shows. They all have different expectations. Read more

Here we go again, Woodworking fans

Written on October 17, 2011 at 10:03 am , by Jim Heavey

This coming weekend, October 21-24, WOOD Magazine will be back for the start of The Woodworking Shows 2011/2012 season. Read more

A Very Sunshiny State

Written on March 21, 2011 at 5:59 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

After a very long, cold and snowy winter at home in Chicago, a trip to Florida was a welcome destination for a woodworking show. The predictions of sunny temps in the mid eighties in Tampa would make for a great weekend.

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MEMORIES OF CHANTILLY

Written on March 14, 2011 at 8:48 pm , by Jim Heavey

The eighteenth weekend of the 2010-2011 Woodworking Show season was held in Virginia and, because it was also my 40^th wedding anniversary, this would be a memorable one for both my wife and I. The nation’s capitol is only about a 40 minute drive from the venue and airport and we would spend the better part of two days there. Read more