The Club is Open: The “classic lineup” of Guided By Voices is back on tour … and Tobin Sprout tells us all about it

Guided By Voices is one of the most prolific and legendary bands to somehow barely crack the mainstream. Formed in Dayton, OH, in 1983, and originally a band known almost exclusively by family members and friends, they first made their name in the indie scene with 1992’s Propeller. And tales of their alcohol-fueled, marathon-length live shows spread in the underground rock scene. Within a couple of years, the band had begun building what would become a cult-like following...

Breaking Waves: Sound-Dampening Partitions Demystified

In addition to creating visual privacy, our sound-dampening partitions offer enhanced acoustic control. There are ways of measuring the acoustical control of a partition, but it can be innitially difficult to understand. Acronyms like NRC and STC may have you thinking things like WTF, but relax - we've created a quick guide to help you better understand acoustics and how our sound-dampening partitions work. It’s time to break down some barriers (metaphorically speaking, of course) and explain wh

Portable Partition Wall Creates Quick Museum Exhibition Space

As organizations grow, sometimes the size of their programs surpasses the size of their physical space. During these transitional periods, before a new space is added, rooms must take on alter egos. For example, a meeting room might double as classroom or work space. In the case of the Cultural Preservation Department for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, an event room needed to serve double-duty for the organization's museum space. Since the tribe doesn't yet have access to its own buildi

Formal Event Center Partitions Hide Catering Carts Quickly

Remember the scene in The Wizard of Oz when the Wizard himself orders Dorothy and her friends to, “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”? Well, perhaps if he had hidden behind one of Versare’s sturdy room dividers, he would have a much better time eluding them. When Earle Brown Heritage Center, in our very own city of Minneapolis, needed to hide their wizards at work on food and beverage carts, they came to us.

Create a Portable Tax Station With Versare

Each new year promises an opportunity for change and personal growth, but lurking within the shadows of each new year is also a reminder of the inevitable Tax Season. In the upcoming weeks, Americans everywhere will be scrambling to find help processing their returns, which is why many tax companies will begin to set up impromptu tax stations and cubicles within stores and shopping centers. Versare partitions provide security and privacy to the customers of tax service companies such as Jackson

Mavis Staples Feature

Mavis Staples has had a long, respected career as a Gospel and soul singer that has earned her a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as a Lifetime Grammy for her work with The Staple Singers. She won her first solo Grammy this year, an award for best Americana Album for 2010’s You Are Not Alone, produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.  After decades of maintaining a legendary status and garnering numerous accolades, Staples remains a down-to-earth, hopeful voice for the poverty-stricken and downtrodden.

Frances McKee Feature

Frances McKee is first and foremost a rocker. She and Eugene Kelly form the original duo behind Glasgow’s cheeky cult band The Vaselines, known for their sexually-charged, playful lyrics. After breaking up in 1990, the group released “Sex with an X” in 2010, followed by this year’s “V for Vaselines.” In between, McKee took up yoga and she now runs her own Iyengar studio. When our conversation begins (a conversation that began about a half hour late because she had gone out to dinner and forgotten about the interview … “I knew there was something I had to do,” she tells me, apologetically but laughing), she asks me what the sound of my typewriting is. “Is that a mouse tap-dancing?” she asks. At this point, I know I’ll be on my toes. Yoga has given McKee a Zen attitude about life and music, but it hasn’t softened her signature sardonic wit.