Pass it On: Check it!

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If you are in the Chicago area you should check out this show that opens on Thursday & if you happen to live in Milwaukee and want to drive me down there I'm good for gas & dinner-----

Pass It On: Connecting Contemporary Do-It-Yourself Culture is an exhibition exploring the many ways in which the rich and diverse influence of DIY culture cross-pollinates to extend boundaries over a range of spheres: social/political/economic/and cultural. Curated by AnneDorothee Boehme, Lindsay Bosch and Kevin Henry.

March 1 - April 14, 2007
Opening Reception: March 1st, 5-8 pm

A+D Gallery
Columbia College Chicago
619 S. Wabash
Chicago, IL 60605
312.344.8687
www2.colum.edu/adgallery/

Just posted a ton of photos on my flickr account.

Milwaukee, go to Nathan's show tomorrow.

Call Me Lightning!

My sweetheart's big CD release is this Saturday~

February 17th 7PM
WMSE is proud to host the CD release party for Soft Skeletons, the new album by Call Me Lightning on Frenchkiss Records. The band will be performing an all-ages show here on campus at the Todd WehrConference Center (the same room where you saw Shellac, The Postal Service, The Raveonettes, Stephen Malkmus, etc), 1047 N Broadway. Opening will be some of our favorites: Get Rad, ft(the Shadow Government), and Terrior Bute. Tickets are $8 at the door, and 21+ can drink with a proper ID.

Oh my! Poster design by Milwaukee's Little Friends of Printmaking! Swing by and pick up your own limited poster & a copy of the new album at the show-

I'll be selling merch! And JUST WAIT till you see the NEW shirt design by mister Nathan Lilley himself.

Sitting at the Paper Boat right now while Kate Bingaman works on painting the walls for her installation. It's really nice to see new color in the space and I can't wait until she starts bringing out her work to put up on the wall. Tomorrow Stephanie Syjuco flys in and starts to instal her work.

So mark your calendars for this Friday night from 7-10 at Paper Boat. The Get Drunk DJ's will be in the house spinning tunes and there will be organic cheese from my mom's farm and beer to consume.

"Obsessive Consumption: Thanks For Shopping" work by Kate Bingaman (MS) & "Everything Must Go [Grey Market]" work by Stephanie Syjuco (CA)
will run from Feburary 9th till March 12th.
Both artists will be in attendance at the opening.

On Saturday check out "Love in a Time of War & Global Warning" at Neighbors which is a new art space in Riverwest (actually the former space where my first gallery Flying Fish was located.. awwww) at 800 E. Clarke St. from 6-10 pm. All sorts of Milwaukee people were asked to sit down with a sheet of paper and write about what they love. Cool? Yes! Here is my piece....

Icy chilly freezing cold.

Milwaukee is bitterly cold which will make it difficult to do anything this weekend, but as always there are things to do outside of my compound.

Tonight (Friday) we may try to swing by the GREEN GALLERY located at 631 E. Center St. 3rd floor in Riverwest, for a one night only art event and reception--- plus, experience the premiere of "Video Arcade" Milwaukee's newest video gallery with work by Xav Leplae, Andrew Swant, Paul Stoelting and Bobby Ciraldo. It starts and 9 and goes late. If you've never been to the Green Gallery, it's in a very non-descript building, so if you think you are in the wrong place, you probably aren't.

Saturday night don't miss Fasten's Valentines Show and don't miss my favorite Milwaukee band The Trusty Knife who will be headlining the show after 11pm. Support your local fashion designers!!
Sunday I would like to stop by Woodland Pattern for the Anne Kingsbury: Repetition and Discipline more info here. Her beadwork looks amazing....

Some photos from this week....Fishished up Messenger Owls for elsewares.com order and sent them off, all 36.

Played a basement show with my peeps in Common Visions.