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Photo credit: GlenjamnPhilly representer, Nate Day, comes correct on his new “Everywhere LA is 30 Minutes” mix. Nate Day recently moved to LA and the title is a keen observation of life in a new place. Given this truth, the runtime of this mix is just perfect for the ride. It’s my current soundtrack for dancing in traffic. Get yr swerve on. It’s eclectic. It’s hectic. It’s dope.
Tracklist:
- Hail Social – AM-FM (DJ Siyoung Remix)
- Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Dub)
- Crookers – Knobbers
- The Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone (Destroy Disco Remix)
- Fedde Le Grand – Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
- Justice – Phantom Pt. II (Boyz Noise Remix)
- Villains – Rock It
- Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor
- Steed Lord – Feel The Heat
- Thieves Like Us – Drugs In My Body (Designer Drugs Remix)
- M.I.A. – Boyz (The Twelves Remix)
- Snoop Dogg – Sexual Eruption (Weird Science Remix)
MP3: Nate Day - Everywhere in LA is 30 Minutes Mix [33:43 | 77mb]
Philly kids will know Nate Day from his years sharing the bill with some of Drum & Bass and Bmore/Club’s biggest names. LA heads might know him from his LOOSE party alongside Wendy City. Strangers to DJ Nate Day can see him next Thursday in Los Angeles at Fever, located at Temporary Spaces and headed up by DJ C-Town of the Anthem Magazine posse. G’times.
Visit Nate Day on MySpace.
Flosstradamus is at Sonotheque on Saturday night…Make sure to get there early if you want to get in…Always good vibes @ Sonotheque…
Chicago, IL
Show Chicago some love…
In support of their successful pay-what-you-will digital album release, ‘In Rainbows’, last October, Radiohead have announced the first leg of their North America tour! And coincidentally our boy, N.Y.-come-L.A. Drum ‘n’ Bass producer Jo-S, has dropped this new ‘Weird Fishes’ remix on us. It’s true to the morose and “weird” nature of the original with just enough jump-up to get your neck workin’.
MP3: Radiohead - Weird Fishes (Jo-S Rmx)
Here’re the dates. Radiohead sells out everywhere so be punctual with your ticket purchases.
Tour dates:
- May 5 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
- May 6 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida
- May 8 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia
- May 9 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, North Carolina
- May 11 - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge - Bristow, Virginia
- May 14 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - St Louis, Missouri
- May 17 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, Texas
- May 18 - Superpages.com Center - Dallas, Texas
More dates to be announced. Tickets for the above dates go on pre-sale Valentines Day, February 14th, through the W.A.S.T.E. website and through other online channels beginning February 16th. Your lover doesn’t want candy & flowers, so give the gift of Radiohead! Radiohead is love.
Visit Radiohead on MySpace and if you haven’t yet, visit and download ‘In Rainbows’ from the official site, Inrainbows.com.
More rare and classic Radiohead in our archives.
Editors’ Take
DJ/producer extraordinaire Diplo stops by Smart Bar with Baltimore cohort Blaqstarr spinning his edgy style of booty-shaking club hip-hop. Local mash-up duo, The Hood Internet, joins them.
Mad Decent weclomes…
DIPLO + BLAQSTARR
FEBRUARY
2/8 - Diplo, Blaqstarr
2/9 - Justin Long, Alena
2/15 - Speedy J, Scott Pagano, Frankie Vega, Sassmouth, Sevron
2/16 - Mark Farina, Wally Callerio, Gmost
2/21 - DJ Dara, DJ Skolla, DJ GC
2/23 - DJ Heather, Frank Q
MARCH
3/1 - Miles Maeda, Acidman
3/8 - Jask, Chuck Love
3/15 - Justin Long, Santiago
3/22 - James Amato, Jose Zaragoza, Julian Pena, DJ Sangre
3/29 - Paul Johnson, Juano, Marcus Aurelius
This is a 21+ event.
Cost: $15
Official Site: http://www.smartbarchicago.com
Chicago - Illinois
Flaunt Magzine - flaunt.com/
Flaunt is one of my favorite publications…Glad to see them coming to Chicago…
If you live in Chicago, come out and show Flaunt what you’re made of. Friday night we are throwing a party at the Debonair Social Club. Come show your love and throw back a few drinks with your favorite Magazine crew.
Floostradamus @ The Underground - 56 W Illinois
the location for the event is on the west-end of wicker park…
2606 w North Ave.
Bring a blank shirt and get a exclusive Paparazzi design screened for free or buy one for $5
please respect the spot.
there will be no ins and outs…
and the music will be winding down around 2am…
so get there early.
THEME -
Paparazzi Partay!
Bring your camera!!!
Those who don’t have a camera, pay extra at the door!
send pix to: pix@livewire.name
All photos to be posted!!!
hint: Western + Rockwell.
$5 for visitors
$10 if you don’t have a camera!
Important Note: There has been a change in the program… BANG! SALON - http://www.bangchicago.com/ has announced that they will not be able to coordinate the Fashion Show.
The DJ Lineup is the same:
Hugo Moya
Joe Vor Tech
Eric Lab Rat
Mr Bobby
+ host DJs (LIVEWIRE + DEMCHUK)
with Esc[ape] livepa performance
Live Screen Printing by: Screen Print My Life
VIDEO BY: Shudder, Inc.
Photos from: Clayton Hauck Photography www.claytonhauck.com/
FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque - January 12, 2008
Definitely be @ this show….
Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover
FLOSSTRADAMUS:
2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.
Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.
With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).
http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock
http://www.myspace.com/kidsister
This is by no means an advertisment for sonotheque or flosstradamus - just a recomendation for a good night
Last night went to Flosstradamus & Pase Rock at the Abbey Pub. I’d caught a set @ Sonotheque a few weeks back and loved the crowd…Once again I was excited to be packed into a space with so many rad ass people…Everyone dancing - having fun…The night couldn’t have been better and then in walks Kid Sister for a killer live performance!!!
Thank you Flosstradamus, Pase Rock (even though I almost took you out when I slipped down the stairs)….& Kid Sister….
Photos:
http://www.everyoneisfamous.com/pizza/122707/1.html
video from a set @ Fabric
Chicago mixmasters Flosstradamus bring the party to Abbey Pub for a night of hip-hop, house, electro and indie rock remixes, along with Spank Rock’s DJ/producer, Pase Rock.
Flosstradamus are back, this time with Pase Rock for a post-Christmas holiday party! Buy your tickets right here for only $3! I hope to see all of you out!
Cost: $3
http://www.myspace.com/thepaserock
http://www.myspace.com/kidsister
FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque - January 12, 2008
Definitely be @ this show….
Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover
FLOSSTRADAMUS:
2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.
Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.
With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).
Holy Shit…What a night….Wicked set - the whole club was hype = all hands were in the air!!!
It happens to be that I live bout 2 block from sonotheque and I love it. great dj’s - amazing people and a certain friendliness that is inviting and sexy… Don’t miss Flosstradamus on Saturday!
sonotheque.net -1444 W Chicago
FLOSSTRADAMUS @ Sonotheque
Doors open 9pm
$3 PBR’s
$7 cover
FLOSSTRADAMUS:
2 DJs, 3 turntables, and lots of people getting buck on the dancefloor. Forget what you think you know about spinning records. In 2005, DJs no longer need be characterized by n arrow labels like “hip hop,” ghetto tech,” or “house.” Jocks can sweep across all of those genres, mash them up together, and create something wholly new–something that can’t be easily pigeonholed.
Take it from Flosstradamus, the newly formed but already dynamic DJ duo comprised of Josh Young (J2K) and Curt Cameruci (Autobot). Like the emerging generation of post-millennium dancefloor crashers of the same ilk (see: Major Taylor, locally, and Diplo and Low Budget of Hollertronix nationally), Flosstradamus are more interested in getting the crowd moving–and grinding and sweating and bumping and shaking–than impressing any music elitists in the audience. They cut through genres indiscriminately, likely to play during any given half-hour: Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon,” Killer Mike’s “My Chrome” and the Cure’s “Lovesong”–perhaps sequentially, if you’re lucky.
With two men, a three-turntable setup, and an impressive catalogue of sounds (Young and Cameruci use programs called Serato and Final Scratch, respectively, which allows them to transfer all of their vinyl–at least 20 crates’ worth–to MP3s and treat them as records on the turntables).
Juke All Night, Play All Day :: Chicago’s rainbow colored party scene blew up big in 2007, led by Flosstradamus and Kid Sister. Now it’s the whole city’s turn to shine.
By Jen Boyles Photography by Keith Claunch
<!– –>They call Chicago the “City Of Big Shoulders,” but when it comes to hip-hop, the only thing clinging to the Windy’s brawny frame has been a big ol’ chip. Despite a legendary house scene and recent nesting of noteworthy indie-rockers, Chicago’s rap artists have only to gaze up at the loosely connected and hard-road successes of Common, Twista, Lupe Fiasco and obvious golden boy Kanye West, who’s made passable attempts to raise all of them up at one point or another. The only overnight celebrities made seem to have been Daft Punk as far as ’Ye’s concerned, so what’s really to blame for this long-standing disconnect? Self-hindering over-competitiveness, maybe? Perhaps that unshakable Second City complex radiating from big brother New York? Whatever the reason, thankfully things are changing for this blue-collar crossroads city, often called Haterville by even its own players. There’s indeed something brewing deep within the city’s bowels, and it’s not due to compounded years of “red hots,” gyros and Giordano’s. Nope—Chicago’s dusting off and popping its collective collar, and in true Gangland fashion, it’s being anything but quiet about it.
PARTY ALL THE TIME
“What’s going on, Chicago?” Curt Cameruci, aka Autobot, yells into a crackling mic from a shoddy DJ booth at the Wicker Park bar Subterranean. Along with the other half in his wildly popular DJ duo, Flosstradamus, Cameruci and Josh Young (J2K) are playing to a hyped crowd of loyal fans in the upstairs of the venue that’s about 50 times bigger than the Town Hall Pub, where their now-infamous first “Floss parties” were held just last year. Autobot smartly drops in a treat for the younger crowd on this 18-and-up Wednesday: A trivial departure from their usual juke-meets-mainstream, rap-meets-electrified-indie-rock tracks, Daft Punk’s “One More Time” peels away layers of clothes like it was, well, the First Time. And looking around at the youngsters, maybe it is? A packed house is always to be expected for Flosstradamus, but this isn’t the only party popping tonight. Just one neighborhood away, another duo—one of many local acts Floss has helped hoist into the public eye—is tearing it up as well. At Schuba’s on the North Side, a slightly older, nearly sold-out crowd is blowing the Cool Kids’ minds. continue reading
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Catalyst State - Iowa Design Weekend Nov 16 & 17 2007
Resident Artists are very excited to present OUT OF PRINT, a collection of local artists all working within a printmaking medium or print related theme.
Exhibitors include Van Holmgren, Brent Houzenga, Michelle Phillips, Kyle Tehye, Adam Ferry, and John Solarz
The Fourth Street Theatre will be transformed for the evening into an overall visual experience showcasing established local artists.
Along with traditional 2D artforms there will also be installations, projections, performance art, and live music.
Expect the unexpected from these twenty somethings who are all trying to prove that they can make things happen right here in Iowa.
Musical entertainment will be provided by She Swings She Sways, an amazing four piece acoustic band from Fairfield, Iowa.
More musical acts are to be announced.
Brent E. Houzenga
Resident Artists, Director
www.brenthouzenga.com
brenthouzenga@hotmail.com
309-255-1209
What: Resident Artists : OUT OF PRINT
When: Opening Reception - November 2nd 5-10 PM
Displayed throughout November
Where: Fourth Street Theatre
214 4th St.
Des Moines, IA 50310
(next to Java Joes)
RESIDENT ARTISTS : OUT OF PRINT
Nov 16 Update - New Album coming soon for Mr. Aoki - click here for details
Went to this party last night & it was pretty sick…Free Stoli Vodka all night. Steve Aoki’s set was super nice…And when I was walking out of the bathroom I bumped into Common & his entourage…
I just posted 4-5 of my favorite fashion shows on my new myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/ambushuuu
Check them out…
Most of these shows are Alexander McQueen (if not all of them) and I’m trying to figure out who produced these shows. I found there website 2-3 years ago but can’t seem to find it now…If anyone can be of help that would be awesome…
btw: This is the page I will be continuing to update as I transition to Chicago…So be sure to add me…Thank you!
3 Mixtapes put together by Chicago’s SINcere….
This Wednesday, sept 26th, from 8-10 - I’ll be on the friends w/Kat radio show (99.1) - Kat and I will be playing music from our favorite Des Moines Artists as well as an exotic mix International Artists http://www.myspace.com/kfmg
LIVE STREAM - High Quality MP3 (Stereo 128kb)
Wednesday from 8-10
THEN ON FRIDAY - I’m doing a runway show @ Luxx 2060 - my last runway show in Des Moines before I move to Chicago - hope you all can come out…
My last fashion show in Des Moines Iowa @ Luxx 2060 before I move to Chicago, Salon Fusion, Ambush, Arden B, Fabrik, Cache, Melrose Boutique. Live Body Paint, live dance performance by Kenan Hedfonez Peters http://www.myspace.com/isuhedfonez
Salon Fusion
www.salonfusionia.com
5465 Mills Civic Pkwy # 215 - NEW LOCATION ON HICKMAN IN CLIVE
West Des Moines, IA 50266
(515) 440-6749 -
Saturday, September 01, 2007
For-profits planning events for cause, exposure
By Sarah Bzdega
Staff Writer
Saturday, September 01, 2007
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| The SWINE festival attracted about 1,000 people for an afternoon of sampling wine and pork creations. Co-host Melinda Toyne, owner of In Any Event, said the event did not bring in a lot of money, but provided exposure for her work. Photo Submitted |
In the midst of a downtown revitalization and rapid suburban growth, Greater Des Moines is experiencing another phenomenon: an increase in events. Whereas Greater Des Moines residents used to find a few festivals a year sponsored by nonprofit organizations focused on bolstering community activity, calendars are now filled with multiple offerings.
Leading this trend are a number of for-profit businesses that are creating events as a way to add vibrancy to Greater Des Moines and often to support a charitable cause, in addition to generating exposure for their business and bringing in a small financial stream.
“I think we’ve been entertainment consumers for years, and a lot of us are building businesses around that experience in Des Moines,” said Kathryn Dickel, co-owner of Swaelu Media, who is working on a citywide festival for 2008. “It’s an evolution like everything else, an evolution of the entertainment industry.”
The effect is an increase in diverse cultural offerings, which enhances the quality of life and draws people to the area, said Greg Edwards, president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“What we’re doing is changing people’s attitudes and behaviors and patterns,” said Melinda Toyne, owner of In Any Event, who started this year’s SWINE festival. “It’s not once a month you have an event or festival to go to. It’s perhaps every weekend or every other weekend.”
Small firms, big events
In collaboration with Doug Bakker, a former colleague who now runs a vineyard and is director of the Iowa Wine Growers Association, Toyne introduced the SWINE festival this summer. The one-day event featuring Iowa wines and pork creations from Iowa chefs on Des Moines Area Community College’s Ankeny campus drew 1,000 participants and raised $1,000 for DMACC’s new viticulture and enology program.
“The goal in the first year was to break even and then make a donation back to DMACC, which we were able to do,” Toyne said. “I recognize that as being a success.”
Though the money Toyne pocketed from the event was not enough to make up for the amount of time she invested in it, she said it gave her valuable exposure. At least one person has contacted her about a potential project after attending the event.
“They enjoyed the experience,” she said, “and therefore saw that as a reflection on In Any Event’s work.”
Though running an event can become a profitable business venture over a few years, Toyne points out that the risk can sometimes be greater. For SWINE, she and Bakker provided most of the financial backing and had to handle details ranging from insurance policies to lighting and marketing.
“[Attendees] purchase a beverage for four dollars and think it’s pure profit,” she said. “That’s very much not the case. That’s why you don’t see more larger-scale events or only see them one time.”
Like Toyne, much of Nathan Hewitt’s work is for the cause, which often is to showcase fashion, art and other talent in Greater Des Moines.
Hewitt, who provides marketing and runway fashion show and event planning services through his business, Ambush, has worked on several events, including LoveStruck, featuring Des Moines’ most eligible singles, which drew 1,000 people and raised $16,000, $6,000 of which went to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa. He also produced Glamour Girl Charm School, an edgy runway fashion show, which attracted 400 people, and Big Hair Ball through the Des Moines Art Center’s Art Noir program, which last year drew 1,000 people. Though he is moving to Chicago in a few weeks, he also is involved with planning Catalyst State: Iowa Design Weekend, which will showcase design in fashion, architecture and graphics on Nov. 16 and 17.
Most of Hewitt’s work is pro bono or for a small profit, but he said, “It definitely generates awareness for my company and for my creative input.” Even if clients are not looking for an event planner, he often acts as a consultant. Through connections from doing these events, he also has found ways to cut costs and collaborate with other people.
Still, he said, “it takes a lot of passion and a lot of energy. I don’t know if it’s my personality or if it’s just what I’m doing, but I don’t find a lot of financial reward in it.”
Companies want in
Thanks to the exposure they receive, many of these event-planning operations have found opportunities to work with larger companies interested in hosting major events.
Hewitt relates this to a lecture he attended at Iowa State University, where the guest speakers from Harvard University talked about the “experience economy” and how the service industry has evolved into needing to create memorable events so that consumers remember and connect with a product or service.
“I think you’re going to see more and more events and festivals hopefully sponsored by bigger companies and brands as they come to see more and more value from producing these events,” he said.
Hewitt is in the process of planning an event for a friend, artist Lee Ann Conlan, which in addition to having a band that does video installations and instrumental rock/hip-hop, could also feature Conlan drawing a portrait of a nude model at the event to connect people to her work, which often features nude female figure drawings.
Edwards agrees that more companies are looking at hosting events as a way to connect consumers to their brand.
“If you look at the trends across corporate America, probably in the last decade, all of these companies are now putting their names on things, from the big football bowl games to locally, like the Principal Charity Classic and Hy-Vee Triathlon,” he said. “I think corporations want to get their name out in front of the public in a different way and it shows they’re giving back to the community.”
Over the past four years, Toyne has helped organize and evolve Oktoberfest into a major event for Full Court Press Co., owners of Hessen Haus and many other bars and restaurants downtown. What started as a party in the bar parking lot has now evolved into a weekend event that expands into Fourth Street. Last year, 12,000 people attended, up from 8,000 the year before.
Though the Full Court Press owners assumed all the expense and liability and endured a couple of years before they realized a financial gain from the event, Toyne said, “it shows they have a broader goal for downtown Des Moines. Yes, they want to bring unique restaurants and bars to the area, but they also want to extend that in a natural way to a few special marquee-type events.”
However, a few other clients Toyne has worked with have decided not to pursue an event after she took them through a cost analysis and what they needed to do to make it happen. “At a glance, it may seem like a short-term investment for immediate return on a large scale,” she said, “but that’s not always the case.”
Future festivities
To lessen the risks associated with hosting an event, many event planners have collaborated with several partners, along with developing relationships with restaurant owners, musicians and other small businesses. Many also rely on sponsorships to cover a large portion of the expense.
When Dickel and her business partner, Heather Hansen, began conceiving of the FAMA festival (acronym for food, art, music and awareness), they decided to hold it the same time as the World Food Prize Harvest Festival and the Des Moines Marathon in October, so that the events could combine marketing efforts and draw more people to each event.
“It’s a trifecta that’s going to bring in an international crowd and a lot of people who are into nutrition and health. It has a lot of implications for food and the whole political dynamic,” Dickel said, pointing to how Iowa will be in the spotlight during the presidential election campaign.
The event, which has been put on hold until 2008 to allow more time for planning, will involve more than 50 locations throughout Greater Des Moines, featuring aspects of international culture, from world cuisine to international art and music. With an overall focus on world hunger, the event will also strive to raise awareness about that issue.
“There really hasn’t been a festival geared toward driving traffic into the businesses,” Dickel said. “Usually it brings everyone to a location.”
In addition to working with venues, Swaelu Media also has been working with many small businesses to receive services, such as printing and advertising, in exchange for sponsorships. The event also gives Swaelu an opportunity to integrate its work with several industries, including entrepreneurs, nonprofits and entertainment groups, into one effort, while creating a new product that the company can build upon and eventually use to generate money.
With so many people planning events of this scale, Toyne worries that competition for drawing people to an event could heat up. “If you’re the sole event, that’s more the exception to the rule,” she said.
However, Edwards believes the diversity of events will encourage people to attend several in one day. And as the city continues to grow, he expects the number of events to grow with it.
“I think we’ll continue to see some moderate growth,” he said, “I think as other new things happen around Des Moines, especially as the Principal Riverwalk is completed, I think you’ll see more events happening down there. All of the booming suburb areas are going to continue to see event growth, too, because it helps keep residents happy and enhances the quality of life.”
Des Moines Business Record - Saturday, September 01, 2007
The first Annual ArtStop event will be Sept 7 & 8 in Des Moines Iowa. A unique event to showcase artists, Des Moines’ cultural districts, and the beautiful city that is Des Moines. More information & ALL the details @ myspace.com/artstop
Art Stop Special Events
Ingersoll Ave Map of Attractions
Court Ave District Map of Attractions
Valley Junction Cultural District Map of Attractions
Gateway West Map of Attractions
Roosevelt Cultural District Map of Attractions
East Village Cultural District Map of Attractions
Saturday, September 8, 11am-7pm
East Court Atelier 307 East Court Avenue,
Des Moines, New work by John Gradoville,
Dan Videtich, Bill Nellans & Jennifer Nellans
Folk Art 333 Fifth Street, West Des Moines,
Marge Wedge Mable will demonstrate the
process of creating driftwood Santas from
11am-1pm. Betsy Peterson will personalize
limited edition folk art creations from
1-4pm. Jackie Leckband will exhibit pottery
sgraffito technique from 4-7pm
Moberg Gallery 2921 Ingersoll Avenue,
Des Moines, Opening reception — New
work by Frank Hansen, Using What I Got to
Get Where I Want, Visit with the artist
Saturday 5-7
Olson-Larsen Galleries 203 Fifth Street,
West Des Moines, Gallery talks by Susan
Watts regarding current gallery exhibitions
at 1pm & 4pm
State Historical Museum 600 E. Locust,
Des Moines. Movie documentary
Mississippi Blues showing at 2pm, followed
by Iowa Blues Hall of Fame musicians jam
session and discussion about historic
Center Street
That Irish Shoppe 136 Fifth Street,
West Des Moines, Demonstrations by
Ciaran O’Conboirne of Celtic Clays Studio
Carlingford, County Louth Ireland. Open
forum discussions on Irish history, language
and art
The Art Store 801 73rd Street, Windsor
Heights, Grand Opening at new location
with product demonstrations, workshops
and employee art show.
2AU 200 Fifth Street, West Des Moines,
Barbara Robinette Moss reading from her
books Change Me Into Zeus’ Daughter and
fierce at noon & 3pm and meet artists
Judith Whipple and Barbara Robinette
Moss from 1-3pm
Olson-Larsen Galleries 203 Fifth Street,
West Des Moines, Opening reception
featuring New Work by Blair Benz, Sharon
Booma, Bonney Goldstein, Dan Mason,
and Jan Zelfer-Redmond
That Irish Shoppe 136 Fifth Street,
West Des Moines, Meet the artist
Ciaran O’Conboirne of Celtic Clays Studio
Carlingford, County Louth Ireland.
Open forum discussions on Irish history,
language and art.
The Art Store 801 73rd Street, Windsor
Heights, Grand Opening at new location
with product demonstrations, workshops
and employee art show
The Lagniappe 112 Fifth Street, West Des
Moines, John Scott, singer, and guitar player
of Latin, jazz, reggae, 5-7 pm
The Lift 222 4th Street, Des Moines,
New work by Kimberly Fitch
The Quilt Block 325 Fifth Street, West
Des Moines, Opening reception with artists
Barbara Jones, Rebecca Kemble, Ilene
Bartos, Joan Disbrow, Abigail Livingood,
Michelle Sumner, Janet Bergeron, Linda
Knierim and Marj Luchtenberg
The Village Bean, Co. 400 East Locust,
Des Moines, New Work by Victor McCullough
2AU 200 Fifth Street, West Des Moines,
Opening Receptions for Judith Whipple &
Studio — A Flock of Fancy and Barbara
Robinette Moss — My Heart on
Thursdays series
Artdive Gallery 1417 Walnut, Des Moines,
Open House Party, featuring new work
by Christine Mullane, Kevin House,
Rob Reeves, Bekah Ash, Marty Davis and
Roy Cacek
Des Moines Playhouse 831 42nd Street,
Des Moines, Opening night of “Cats,” 8pm
East Court Atelier 307 East Court Avenue,
Des Moines, New work by John Gradoville,
Dan Videtich, Bill Nellans & Jennifer Nellans
Eclectic Gourd Antiques & Fine Art
507 Elm Street, West Des Moines,
New Works by James Putnam Abbott and
Rebecca Nahas Abbott
Elements, Ltd. 837 42nd Street, Des Moines,
Opening an exhibition of new work by new
artists called Jewelry on the Edge
EVACcitywide 500-502 E Locust Street,
3rd Floor, Des Moines, Full Frontal (the art
of confrontation), Exhibit opening
Fitch Gallery 304 Walnut Street,
Des Moines, Fitch Studio Artists in the
Gallery, Exhibit opening
Folk Art 333 Fifth Street, West Des Moines,
Betsy Peterson will personalize limited edition
folk art creations from 5-8pm
From Our Hands, 400 E Locust, Suite 8,
Des Moines, Opening reception featuring
artists’ collaborative works by Linda Lewis,
Nancy Briggs, Deb Anderson, Doug Boyd,
Dianne Mattern, and Sharon Nelson Vaux,
Playing Well With Others
Hentschel Art Gallery, 835 42nd Street,
Des Moines, Chicken Act Exhibition by
Mary Kline-Misol
Moberg Gallery 2921 Ingersoll Avenue,
Des Moines, Opening reception — New work
by Frank Hansen, Using What I Got to Get
Where I Want. Visit with the artist Friday 5-9pm
East Village Art Coalition (aka EVAC) Shoe Show will be this Saturday 4th 2007 @ the Fitch Gallery from 7-10pm. Fitch Gallery 14th & Walnut Des Moines Iowa
Don’t miss 515 ALIVE this Saturday July 28th in Downtown Des Moines - Iowa.
Amazing DJ’s, Dancers, Bands, and more. Be sure to check out Oh Possum on the main stage…
| OFFICIAL LINE-UPHERE WE GO!!!!
Scion Main Stage 5:00 DJ Oz & QC 4th St. Stage 5:00 DJ Commando The Vaudeville Mews 7:00 TBA 4th St. Patio D&B Stage 5:30 DJ Mindblur The Royal Mile 7:00 Skim Milky 4th St. Theatre 5:00 Cool Hand Dan The Lift 8:30 DJ Nytblast Scion Car Show 8:00 Kelix |
Art Noir & YPC Present: Sunset Boulevard + Hollywood Swagger
Sunset Boulevard is playing for Free @ the Des Moines Art Center next Friday (July 20th) @ 6pm…As the 5th event of Art Noir’s After Dark series.
Then @ 10:00pm Hollywood Swagger After Party featuring the music of DJ Diverse. $3.50 Hollywood Cocktails: Option A - Red Stiletto ( Red pomegranate Vodka + Splash of Cranberry) or Option B - Classic Dean Martin Dirty (Dirty Martini)
$75 Bottle Service = Goose, Absolute, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Silver Patron = email by Thursday the 18th - dsmculture@gmail.com
DRESS: Get your shine on or bring the Rat Pack & Marlyn, Hollywood inspired attaire - New $chool vs Old School you choose…
www.myspace.com/artnoirdsm
www.ypcdsm.com
www.myspace.com/hidjdiverse
www.myspace.com/ambushdsm
Art MoCo Meta
Meta: Jun 30, 2007
John Zoller’s latest pieces, At Peace and Game Plan, has the nuclear family ready for anything.
From London to L.A. Wooster Collective has some excellent examples of street art from around the world. Always worth a browse.
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE SUNDAYS
KICK OFF SHOW NO.1
VAUDEVILLE MEWS
SUNDAY JULY 8TH
Music at 5pm $3
Talkin Mountain: indie/pop
http://www.myspace.com/talkinmountain
All the Blaze: hip hop
http://www.myspace.com/prophecyryan
::OPEN MIC:: SIGN UP AT THE DOOR::
Amidst the affliction: hardcore/metal
http://www.myspace.com/amidsttheaffliction
Atombender: punk/ska/alternative
http://www.myspace.com/atombender
Family Unit: indie
http://www.myspace.com/familyunit
CONTACT AND INFO:
Now booking all varieties August 19th, September 2,9,16,23,30
GET AT US: submissions@underthemic.com
http://www.myspace.com/underthemic
Saturday night check out Dyrekt & Touch Nice on the 1’s & 2’s - rocking that dope shit…