I guess the Space Virgins forgot to send me a note for Kinko De Mayo at the Rebar on last Friday. They promised a kinky photo contest and spanking station. Oh well, maybe next time.
Next time might be just around the corner. The famous Wigg 'n Skirt party is happening this Sat but it has become so big that the hosts decided to turn it into an invite only event. Dan writes: "There will be a list at the door, but unless it's packed, peeps with wigs n skirts should be able to get in".
Unfortunately I am not allowed to publish any details. But the clues (Wigg 'n Skirt, Space Virgins, Dan) I have dropped might get some of you in.
What else is going on this week? I don't have many events but the few I got I like. My favorites: A gallery opening right next to Roq La Rue and Poetry on Monday.
Friday, 5/12
6:00 PM Alternate Realities @ Roq La Rue
6:00 PM Grand opening of BLVD Gallery
9:00 PM Kozy Kino: Abel Raises Cain
Saturday, 5/13
8:00 AM Garage Sale & Pancakes
7:00 PM Pen and Ink Show
Monday, 5/14
7:00 PM :!POETRY!: @ CHAC
Friday, 5/12
Alternate Realities @ Roq La Rue
Roq La Rue Gallery
Presents
“Alternate Realities”
Paintings by
Travis Louie * Robert Craig
Opens FRIDAY May 12th 6-10pm
Roq La Rue 2312 2nd Ave Seattle WA 98121
Read all about it /see images at http://www.roqlarue.com
This show opens in conjunction with our new gallery BLVD, a new space devoted to Street art and the Urban Contemporary aesthetic. BLVD is right next door to Roq La Rue!
Roq La Rue Gallery
" Purveyors of Fine Pop Surrealism
And Bad Ass Lowbrow Since 1998 "
www.roqlarue.com
Grand opening of BLVD Gallery
BLVD Gallery
presents
“Groundswell”
opening Friday May 12th 6-10pm
BLVD Gallery is proud to present for its inaugural show, “Groundswell”, a diverse collection of some the most exciting artists of the Urban Contemporary movement. These artists have literally made their mark across the globe helping to create what has become the predominant visual art form of modern urban culture using the visual vernacular of graffiti, pop culture, and fine art with the viral strategies of mass marketing. This show is meant to serve as an introduction to the incredible depth of the Urban Contemporary art community and the ongoing aesthetic that BLVD Gallery wishes to promote.
Participating in this show are pioneers of the “Street Art” world, as well as individuals who recontextualize the visual language of the city to create a new visual _expression that is spiritually rooted in folk art but is undeniably “Fine” art. Though the art may appear incredibly varied there is a thread of modernism that connects all of the work together and gives it an accessibility that is often missing from more conceptual endeavors.
Participating artists are:
Invader
Mearone
Joshua Petker
Greg Simkins, “Craola”
Thomas Han
Damon Soule
Oliver Vernon
Joshua Krause
Robert Hardgrave
Iosefatu Sua
Sam Sneke
Sylvia Ji
Bigfoot
Martin Ontiveros
Bwana Spoons
Darvin Vida
Tra Selhow
Warren Dykeman
Saturday, 5/13
Garage Sale & Pancakes
Hello Everybody! -- It’s time for spring cleaning!
I will host my annual spring cleaning garage sale this year with a little gourmet twist – Swedish pancakes :). Come and join me.
You may bring your old worthless stuff and I will sell it for you. Or if you can’t let go off your nitty-gritty then just come and have a pancake or two. And for all the shoppers come and buy all the cool gear and antics.
Take care,
Bernd
PS:
* Thanks Mike & Becky for giving me the space in front of your garage.
* All proceeds of this event will go towards The Leukemia $ Lymphoma Society.
* Feel free to forward this invite to everyone you know!
* If you can't make the event but would still like to donate, simply follow the link: http://www.active.com/donate/tntwaak/BerndPaatsch
* Enjoy reading: http://26point2miles.blogspot.com/)
8001 25th Ave. NW,
Saturday, May 13, 8:00am to 6:00pm
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=ZBGSGJWSIMSRNHZQXVAD
Pen and Ink Show
This is to remind you that we're having a pen and ink show Saturday at the Cafe Racer. All pen and ink, in classic and irreverent styles. We're the "Friends of the Nib."
Please come see the new work by cartoonists Jim Woodring, David Lasky, Roberta Gregory, Tom Dougherty, Dalton Webb, Mark Campos, Jen Ralston, Scott Faulkner, and Matt Rodriguez, and myself. Underground comix legend Justin Green will also contribute but will not be attending.
Bob Rini
Friends of the Nib
FRIENDS OF THE NIB PRESENT PEN AND INK AT CAFE RACER MAY 13
Anyone who has tried to make a drawing with a steel pen dipped in ink knows how difficult it can be. The penpoint (also called a nib) tends to stick in the paper and spatter, or drop its load of ink in an unwanted blob; or it may refuse to release any ink at all. Small wonder then that for the past fifty years artists who want to work in ink have been abandoning this difficult tool in favor of fine-tipped marking pens and other modern implements.
Does this matter? Yes, say The Friends of the Nib, a loose coalition of Seattle cartoonists who are doing their part to preserve the pen-and-ink tradition; it matters because the art of drawing matters, and pen-and-ink is a uniquely expressive medium. The Friends will display their own pen drawings at Cafe Racer in Ravenna from May through June.
The steel dip pen is a versatile drawing tool capable of producing an astonishing range of effects. The same flexible nib can be used to make delicate hairlines as well as expressive, fluid, thick-and-thin strokes. Most of the iconic line drawings of the 20th century, from Thomas Nast's dense, etching-like drawings of the Tammany Tiger to Charles Shultz's PEANUTS comics, were drawn with steel pens.
Local cartoonists participating include Bob Rini, David Lasky, Roberta Gregory, Tom Dougherty, Jim Woodring, Dalton Webb, Mark Campos, Jen Ralston, Scott Faulkner and Matt Rodriguez. Underground comix legend Justin Green will also contribute but will not be attending.
The opening party is on Saturday, May 13, 7:00-9:00 at Cafe Racer. A learned discourse on pen technique will be delivered by Walter Foxglove ("The Smartest Artist") at 7:30, and pen and ink supplies will be on hand for those who want to try them.
WHAT: Exhibition of pen and ink drawings by Seattle cartoonists
WHO: Presented by Friends of the Nib and Cafe Racer
WHERE: Cafe Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, Washington (206) 523-5282, two doors south of The Trading Musician
WHEN: Opening party Saturday May 13, 7:00-9:00. Show runs through June 15
http://7deadlysinners.typepad.com/sinners/robert_rini/index.html
Kozy Kino: Abel Raises Cain
Probably the last Kozy Kino (or public gathering) at the venerable Romain Electric building.
Romain Electric is fixing to get the hard polished boot in that ass and out the door… any day now. But sheriffs
and landlords aren’t going to stand in our way of hootin’ it up there until the very bitter end. Are they? Fuck no!
Appropriately, this last featured film at the Romain Building will be Abel raises Cain, a documentary by Jenny
Abel about her father, Alan Abel, the ‘world’s greatest hoaxer’. The story traces the beginning of his prankster
career to the tightly clenched conventional environment of 1950’s Cold War American when he began a national
campaign to clothe all ‘nude’ animals. Throughout his trajectory, the push for the absurd and outrageous is constant;
Euthanasia Cruises, KKK Symphony Orchestra, School for Panhandling. His beguiling efforts are well documented
and Jenny’s narrative approach serves as an exploration of what a strange and confusing childhood she must have
had.
Scott Beiben presented this when he came through last with the Lost Film Fest but the turnout was not tremendous,
so this is your chance to see it again, hopefully with a large crowd… which is the best way to see such a film.
Kozy Kino – Abel Raises Cain
FRIDAY May 12th, 9pm
@ The Perfect Room
1101 Airport Way S - Romain Electric Bldg. Dial #888 (go one flight up)
Entrance – $1 - one U.S. dollar.
http://www.audiblesemaphore.org/kozykino/index.html
Monday, 5/14
:!POETRY!: @ CHAC
:!POETRY!:
YOU NEED IT
AS BAD AS I DO
SPANKSTRA PRESS announces Month 4 of our 6 months reading series at the CAPITOL HILL ARTS CENTER Lower Level
Monday, May 15th
FEATURING:
HARVEY GOLDNER
NICO VASSILAKIS
M. ANNE SWEET
ELI RICHARDSON
&
ALSO
the National Book Release of Harvey Goldner’s new Spankstra Press book, Her Bright Bottom
and the release of the limited edition broadside of the work of
Spankstra Press poet, David La Terre.
7pm
FREE SHOW
Stiff Drinks
Open Mic
Chris Dusterhoff
Editor/Publisher
&
Arne Pihl
Master of Ceremonies
spankstra press
po box 224
seattle wa 98111
spankstra@hotmail.com
Capitol Hill Arts Center
1621-12th Ave
Seattle WA 98122
206.388.0569
capitolhillarts.com
Don Volcano's Computer Corner
Taiwanese students came up with a way maximize your return of investment when ordering a Pizza Hut salad.
Maximizing your ROI at Pizza Hut
http://www.start.com.my/blog/maximizing-your-roi-at-pizza-hut/
Bon appetite!
Don Volcano
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