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Thursday, February 12, 2004

 
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michael's dad left this morning. it was our first test of the futon as a sleeping option, and it easily passed (except that it's bigger than the fitted sheets we own. hmm).

i was really thinking about attending the "poetry downtown" events coming up soon, but tix for the whole series (4 events) are $65! (individual tix are $18.) the events are being sponsored by at least 6 groups and each of the events is underwritten by someone. so why so much? who will go except people who already have the money to go? how does this expose more people to poetry? literary arts is the same group who does "poetry in motion," which i quite like and think does a fine job of inconspicuous exposure. it's something i'd like to see more of: poetry everywhere! water fountains, bus shelters, malls, light posts. anywhere advertising tends to be.

speaking of arts, i somehow managed to skip talking about attending first thursday last week w/ sven:

* art institute: exquisite corpse exhibit, a concept i greatly adore. only one of them was stunning, though most of the rest had some element i liked (the fragile "bird boat," for instance). circus performers were here.

* angry fairy (new gallery!): kim hutchins' "alice in wonderland" exhibit. oil paintings w/ clean graphical lines. a mix of dark humour and cheery illustrations. also, the coolest textured candies ever!

* christina gyulafia: "can't stop decay"

* mike rathbun: "heroic-pathetic ironies," huge wooden wings and brambles.

* michael benedetti, who had four sketchbooks available for perusal, and i am such a sucker for ephemera like that.

the last time i went to first thursday w/ alex, it was summertime and light until 9 p.m. for some reason, dark at 5:30 changed the tone for me.

tomorrow i'm heading to seattle for 4 days; going to see one of dan's plays produced for a valentine's show saturday.