Appendix E-J » art

The Train Inspires…

The Communiqué — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:27:35 +0000

Everyday Joe’s has a good, good, good friend named Adam Mackie. He’s a beautiful soul. He often treats you better than you deserve.

Adam is quite the crafter of words. He loves them. “We’re prisoners of the language,” he told me the other day.

Not sure we’ve ever posted poetry here on Appendix E-J, but this seems to be the time to start. I hope you get to meet Adam one day, as he will inspire you…heart & wardrobe. Adam wrote this while the train passed 144 S. Mason:

Time Passes On Rails
words by Adam Mackie

Time passes on rails the train blows its horn
Speech pauses feet stop
Engine goes moves light years on from caboose
The distance between often feels forlorn
The journey invents the destination
A beach stretching alongside an ocean
Humble grains of sand swept and forgotten
Self-aggrandize in epic delusion
Genius lives neither in tide nor the beach!
Ever elusive Spirit inside souls
Resides in the past, present, and future
Teachers teach to learn learners learn to teach
Dig deep and wide inside deep and wide holes
Truth finds wound resists stitching suture

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Handmade Militia Spring Market: Call For Entries

The Communiqué — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:04:40 +0000

Back in November, we became quite excited about the Handmade Militia…a group of local artisans celebrating all things handmade and even hosting seasonal markets to sell the product of their handiwork.

Well, I’m excited to let you know that the Handmade Militia Spring Show will be taking place on May 2 at Everyday Joe’s. We’re normally closed Saturday during the day, but we love & appreciate these folks so much that we jumped at the chance to help them out.

Here’s the details from Susan & Whitney, the minds behind the militia:

How To Enter

1. www.HandmadeMilitia.com to download application.
2. Fill out application
3. Add a few photos of your work
4. Send back to me [susan@susanhazelrich.com] before the 15th of April
5. We will reply to you on or before April 20th

Gritty details: Booth spaces will be roughly 8′ by 10′ and are $95 a piece. Location you ask? Everyday Joe’s located on Mason Ave. in Old Town.

First time show jitters? Don’t be nervous we at Handmade Militia are just about as friendly as a couple of koala bears. Okay, so I couldn’t really think of a good example. Anyhow, email us and let us know if you have any questions.

Extra credit?? Forward this info onto all your creative friends. We are super excited about the response we have had thus far but are certain there are gems just like yourselves out there who’ve yet to apply.

Questions? Concerns? Don’t hesitate to email me (Susan).

Sounds like a pleasant time, huh? They still have 22 spaces available, so if you have something you have made and want to distribute to the masses, do yourself a favor and enter. If not, come down on May 2 and support local people making things.

Further:

Handmade Militia Official Site

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Volunteers Make Art: Rico Lighthouse

The Communiqué — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:39:07 +0000

The volunteers of Everyday Joe’s Coffee House are important people. They make this place go and without them it just wouldn’t be very much fun. It’s even more fun when the show up for their shift bearing gifts and when that gift is art we all do a dance.

Rico is our Monday barista from 11 am – 2 pm. He has a respectable beard, a lovely wife, a nice son named fynn, and a band called The Lighthouse Band. Yesterday, he emerged from Finn’s room with the following creation for Everyday Joe’s. It is beautiful and our heart is splattered all over it in a non-grotesque way. Enjoy.

Further:

The Lighthouse Band Official Site

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She’s Crafty: Handmade Militia Holiday Craft Fair

The Communiqué — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:15:19 +0000

Any assemblance of good design will catch my eye…especially in poster or flier form. We have no shortage of posters & fliers here at 144 S. Mason – promoting both our events and others around town. What’s more exciting than assemblance of good design though, is when the good design is promoting something good and exciting and worthwhile…though I guess that is subjective. But not here. My iron fist is down on the table.

The other day I was perusing the community events board and noticed this little diddy:

Oh, the holiday craft fair. Hand-knit tea cozies, clothes-pin Rudolph tree ornaments, pine cones with glitter glued on here and there. More often than not, if I see a sign for a holiday craft fair I make ever y effort to immediately head in the opposite direction. Especially before the better half sees the advert.

BUT WAIT! You, Handmade Militia, have charmed me. Charmed me with your wonderful poster and cursive writing. It’s good to see things like this popping up in Fort Collins, and I give my whole-hearted ringing endorsement of this craft fair, though that endorsement most likely holds little clout with anyone. Either way, go to the craft fair and support local folks by purchasing their handmade goods. Plus, Cafe Ardour will be serving beverages and we love them as well.

It’ll be crafty like ice is cold. Details:

Handmade Militia Holiday Craft Fair

December 13, 11 am – 7 pm

Gallery Underground, 109 Linden in Oldtown Square

Further:

Handmade Militia official site

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Audio Treat: Sleeping At Last

The Communiqué — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:52:38 +0000

Everyone once in a while, an album comes along that causes my heart to break right before it jumps for joy. Keep No Score by Sleeping At Last is one of those albums.

The exciting thing is that Sleeping At Last is taking the stage at Everyday Joe’s on Thursday night (10/23). In order to make sure that you don’t miss the best concert you’ve ever seen, some listening is in order. Two samples are available for your earholes:

First, something on the mellowish side of things that could make you cry or at least want to take a walk. Please enjoy “Needle & Thread.”

Just in time for seconds, something to make you play air guitar in your kitchen. “Envelopes.”

That should do the trick. Now, tickets are still available and are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. The show starts at 7 pm. Eva Holbrook will begin the evening, followed by The Dowry and then Sleeping At Last. PLUS…there will be live painting during Sleeping At Last’s set by our good friend Bryan Collins. Fantastic!

Buy your tickets by clicking here or at Everyday Joe’s. There should be plenty left at the door.

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Artists’ Tea & Coffee Appreciation Group (Giddy With Excitement)

The Communiqué — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:48:51 +0000

I’ve recently become a fan of the graphic design blog FudgeGraphics. The blog’s author is a man named Franz from Luxemborg who is getting his masters in physics in London. I’m not sure what kind of brain could power great design and physics at the same time, so I will have to credit the fact that he seems to enjoy cardigans:

A post popped up on FudgeGraphics this morning titled “Artists’ Tea & Coffee Appreciation Group.”

Sweet Moses this is fantastic. An excerpt from the post:

“I’m a self-diagnosed tea and coffee addict and I am not ashamed about it. I know that many artists, be they designers, musicians, photographers or other got the same problem. Without our daily dose of cafeine [sic] we just don’t function. In order not to be alone with that burden I decided to open a flickr group where I invite you all to post your “I-drink-tea/coffee-self-portraits“. I believe this is a nice way to get to know each other a bit better. After all we’re a big and happy family.”

Let’s look at that last line again:

“After all we’re a big and happy family.”

One more time:

“After all we’re a big and happy family.”

Oh, family. A theme coursing deep through my veins during 2008. Throw coffee and art into the mix, and I melt like butter in the palm of your hot, sweaty hand.

This Flickr group seems to have been tailored for a very large segment of the Everyday Joe’s family. Now Franz is a part of the family. I just birthed him into it…whether he knows it or not.

Click here to view the group and upload your photo.

Further:

FudgeGraphics blog (really, it’s a great resource)
Artist’s Tea & Coffee Appreciation Flickr Group

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Disrupted Art Exhibit- Opening Gala TONIGHT

The Communiqué — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:01:15 +0000

If you have been into Everyday Joe’s during the past week, two things might have caught your attention:

1) A plethora of Christmas lights in the early stages of October

2) Pieces of black fabric covering things hanging on the walls.

Pleasantly, both the lights and the fabric-covered objects are part of the same dealy. That dealy is:

Disrupted

For the past 8 months, a large handful of Fort Collins best artists have been working towards this Saturday, October 11. At 7 pm, the lights will be on and the black canvases will be off and art will be seen. Art that is meant to awaken the numb. Art dealing with abortion, runaways, war, greed…and the redemption of all those things and the wonder of Hope.

At the opening, the artists will be present to answer questions and there will be music and there will be snacks.

Here are the artists:

Abigail Ackerman, Bryan Collins, Daryle Dickens, Missy Larson, Rachel Ann, Holly Voget, Dan Gorum, David Harrison, Martin Moore, Stephanie Nye, Mel Ratzlaff, Rachel Robichaux, Randall Stone, Coleen Whitfield

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Community in Music: Act So Big Forest Hits The Front Page

The Communiqué — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:27 +0000

If you picked up a copy of Thursday’s (5/8/08) edition of the Rocky Mountain Collegian, a couple familiar faces may have been staring back at you…or staring off into the musical distance.

Everyday Joe’s musical son Jon Alonzo and our good friend Dave Maddocks – along with the rest of the Act So Big Forest musical community – were featured in a cover story written by our very own volunteer Maggie Canty. We’ve watched most of the Forest grow up before our very eyes…Winderous Igloos, Airships, Josh Dillard, Candy Claws…the list goes on. They are an endless source of creativity and can often leave you with your head cocked to one side, a bit confused.

They are great and we love them very much. Read the article here. Paean, another member of the forest, will release their new album at Everyday Joe’s on June 6 with special guest Maxwell Hughes

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Secret Chai Review Pt. 2: The Unicorn!

The Communiqué — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:03 +0000

When we last left Beth & Annihka, the cartoon version of themselves were educating your willing mind about Chai- its origins, its masters, Russian accents, luke-warmness, etc.

Cinnamon is an essential part of the Chai experience at Everyday Joe’s. Chai tastes moderately great when brewed and steamed with proper care and love. However, when a dash of cinnamon is added on top of the finished product, it goes from “moderately great” to “so fantastic.” I do believe we’d all prefer “so fantastic.”

Upon receiving their mug of chai, young children can often be heard asking, “Poppa, where does the cinnamon come from? Surely it must be a mystical creature, as it makes this drink so fantastic.”

“No, child,” Poppa replies. “It come from a plastic container purchased at Sam’s Club.”

Tired of crushed dreams, Annihka & Beth set out to prove children & lovers of mystical cinnamon animals right. The following is an illustrated telling of their odyssey.

Instant classic.

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Audio Treat: Luke Flowers

The Communiqué — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:52 +0000

Everyday Joe’s has a very good friend. His name is Luke Flowers

Luke lives in Colorado Springs. He is a very, very good artist. He created the art for our gift cards, the art for our punch cards, the poster and tickets for our first 90/10 Benefit, and posters for several other concerts. He’s also done album and poster artwork for Jars Of Clay, Trace Bundy, Braddigan, Newcomers Home, The Blackthorn Project, and Jonah Werner among others. He’s family. I’d give him studio space in the building if he would move here. He was featured on “Love, Everyday Joe’s- Vol. 1: No More Gloom.”

When he’s not playing with his kids or drawing pictures for a living, he makes music that is quite listenable…both as a solo artist and with his side project, SameName. New albums were recently released on both fronts, and Mr. Flowers has been kind enough to send a couple of songs to the Appendix for your listening pleasure. Have a listen, then buy the albums.

“More Than Water” by Luke Flowers

“Stephanie Pytlinksi” by SAMENAME

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