The first ever Crafty Bastards JUNE craft fair is being held TOMORROW, Saturday, June 28th outside Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring. Be sure to come by and support all of the artists, including many of our own! (Imogene, Red Prairie Press, Spaghetti Kiss, Pink Kiss Pottery, Pistol…)
After shopping, be sure to stop by the Craft Mutiny Craft supply swap and drop off old supplies/pick up new ones for trade or purchase them!
Our friends The Craft Mutiny will be having a supply swap at Crafty Bastards Silver Spring on June 28th. (many CCCM members will be there selling their wares- more on this later!) If you have art and craft supplies that you don’t need and want to recycle, Visit This Site and they will let you know when they set up a drop off for them. Stay tuned. They are also looking for volunteers to help man this event in 1 hour shifts. If you are planning on coming to the show and want to volunteer to help recycle, email them!If you don’t live near the Washington, DC area, but have some supplies you would like to donate to the swap, They will take donations by mail if you are that generous! The only thing they can give you is good karma, but this is a good way to get rid of stuff you don’t need.
“Ready for another round of do-it-yourself workshops? The Second Annual DIY Fest is back in Baltimore! On Saturday, June 14th head on over to 2640 to learn a new skill or to check out some of the best DIY crafters & zinesters that our fair Charm City has to offer! Never been to a DIY Fest? The Baltimore Zine & DIY Fest (Do It Yourself Festival) is an annual one day event featuring workshops of self-sufficient, low-budget strategies for making stuff and doing things. Why should learning important skills always revolve around your wallet??? DIY Fest is a free event!
AND, join them as a tabler! Tables are just $5 for the whole day. Red Emma’s will be on hand with delicious coffee drinks & vegan baked goods courtesy of the Baltimore Baking Brigade - don’t miss it, it should be a blast! If you want to table, send an email to diyfest (at) gmail.com with your name, the name of your project, what you plan to sell/give away at your table, and anything else they should know; and let them know SOON, space is filling up! ”
posted by redprairie on June 4, 2008 at 3:41 pm | Comments (0)
12-4pm right after Tour Dem Parks
Food from Chipotle and a special arts and crafts sale featuring the Charm City Craft Mafia.
Participate and draw on one of the 8 commmunity leaves that will be up for auction.
154’ of leafs on the hillside to walk through. First chance to purchase a signature bag. First come, first serve
Fastspot presents, Find your leaf:
The local Baltimore interactive agency, Fastspot created an intuitive and interactive tool for drawing a leaf as their submission for Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project. The program enabled the ability to reach out and receive designs from all over the city and be able to experience Baltimore through the eyes of the community. Walk through our banner installation, put your mark on one of our leaves, or journey throughout the park to explore the rest of the designs. Enjoy the designs that the community created in Carroll Park!
Like leaves, we are all unique and individual as people. What are your values and personality like? Are you family oriented? Perhaps you are eco-friendly? Find the leaf that best represents you and make your mark on it!
Join us in our venture to design one of 8 community leafs. Come to Carroll Park on June 8th and find that leaf that best suits your personality traits. Put your mark on it and meet someone new in the community who is similar to you!
Live Music by KB Drive
Scott Wilburn – Vocals
Sean Wilburn – Bass
Mike Trail – Guitar
Pete Ilenda – Guitar
Brent Wiedal – Drums
Sponsors:
If you’re in Philadelphia this weekend, stop on by the Art Start Craft Bazaar located at Penn’s landing on Saturday and Sunday. You will find quite a few Baltimore peeps there including:
Red Prairie Press
Spaghetti Kiss
imogene
Beth Pohlman
Eliza Mundy
Lolojane
and more!
see the full vendor list here!
Vendor List is HERE for Pile of Craft 2008! You only have 4 weeks to wait until the show- but in the meantime (while you’re pacing back and forth with cash in hand, that is) visit the websites of our talented partners in craft, and get inspired!
600
2219 St. Paul Street, Baltimore
Friday, May 23
6-10 pm
Curator Evan LaLonde has gathered 600 polaroid photos from artists countrywide to give a final salute to the instant film, which will go out of production soon. 
A must-see-one-night-only-event.
Freelancer’s Show
2640 Space at St. John’s
2640 St. Paul Street (yup- that’s where Pile Of Craft is held)
Saturday, May 24
5-10pm
See what City Paper’s freelancers are doing when they’re not working for the alternative weekly. You’ll see art, photographer, multimedia and more. Participating artists include Sam Holden, Cool Dan Van, Ben Cricchi, Donald Ely, Daniel Krall, Emily Flake, Tom Chalkley, Michelle Gienow, Alex Fine and others. This one is TWO days only.
posted by redprairie on May 21, 2008 at 2:55 pm | Comments (1)
Sat May 24 2 SHOWS! 7 & 10pm$12, $10 mbrsBaltimore’s favorite Cavalcade of Variety performance is hosted by Greggy Glitterati and loaded with spunk, verve and a healthy dose of titillation. Burlesque gems include: Sugar Ann Spice; An Amish Awakening by Shortstaxx; The Three Splooges; and Lil’ Dutch and Gary Gutter. Dawn Swartz collaborates with girl band The Degenerettes on a puppet-punk ode to ZZTop. Torchsinger Alisa Grundmann sings Weill; Cupcache sings about sugar; Mason Ross does awkward standup. Jehnna is a 21st century bellydancer; Noelle Powers is hula hooptastic; Mara Neimanis is an existential clown (scary!); and DJ Tyler Quinn vibrates your permalistic sightations. Oh yes, and don’t forget Greggy’s co-host Botoxa Woopsinflova, the plastic surgery disaster puppet.Need Tickets? Go HERE! 
Today on WYPR’s The Signal will “explore the social appeal - and economic reality - of buying and selling fair trade merchandise. They will interview Eva Korry at Earth Alley, Diane Standeven and Sheila Morrison at Original Souls, and Leslie Dungee at Ten Thousand Villages. Also- a perspective on the trend from economic analyst Anirban Basu. Today at noon and 7pm.
