Back from a wonderful weekend of hiking & canoeing - 7pm has never felt so much like 2am
3M NIKE Tiempo
Black is what they look like normally and the white is what they look like under light
Troy and I have been working on this lil’ event with some really smart dudes at the University of Minnesota (one of which was a favorite professor while I was at school there) for the past month or so and I’m now super excited to unveil to you….
Oil: A Love Story
Thursday, November 12th
Doors & Drinks @ 6:30PM
Free & Open to the Public
@ Intermedia ArtsThe topic? Oil. Rich, dark, beautiful oil.
Oil: A Love Story will trace the historical origins and political consequences of our love for oil, and the prospects of falling out of love into a post-petroleum future. Join us for a thought-provoking and surprising evening filled with entertaining insights into how and why things are the way they are, and what people are doing to change them.
See the full flier here. RSVP on Facebook to let us know you’re coming!
Sometimes, I have nightmares about this happening at work. Grover seems to handle the situation better than I would.
Happy 40th Birthday, Sesame Street.
It’s all worth it when he says “A pocket full of milk.”
Fall Food #7 - Vegetarian Lasagna
I ate the whole thing before I could take a picture. Oh well.
The Complete Guide to Google Wave 
I have to say, after my first experiences using Google Wave, I’m definitely going to make use of this Guide.
(via theopie)
Feels good to get our second grant out the door
Cocktail countdown to Halloween-Bloody Brain Shooters
Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Add chilled vodka and lime juice to a shot glass, then use a straw to drip Irish cream into the glass. The acidic lime juice will cause the Irish cream to curdle, creating realistic strands of “brain.”
Ingredients:
1 1/4 oz. strawberry vodka such as Stoli
1/8 oz. Rose’s lime juice
3/4 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
Splash of grenadinePreparation:
Chill vodka for better smoothness. Add vodka and lime juice to a shaker, shake and strain into a shot glass. Using a straw, dip some Bailey’s Irish Cream into the shot. Once you submerge the straw into the Bailey’s put your finger on top of the straw to hold the Bailey’s in the straw. Dip the straw tip into the vodka and slowly release your top finger. The Bailey’s will curdle a little bit due to the lime juice and you should be able to make strands of Bailey’s.
Repeat the straw/Bailey’s process to build a “brain” in the shot glass. Add a splash of grenadine to the concoction to add the ‘blood’ to the mix. Down the hatch as a shot.
Recipe courtesy Dan Goss, Downtown Grill and Brewery, Knoxville, Tenn.
National wealth and holiday entitlement
Are holidays good for the economy?
This is why I’m not working today.
(via jaredm)
wbsc:
Come ghost hunting at the West Bank Social Center! This month’s rent party just happens to fall on All Hallows’ Eve, so we’re exploring the space and exposing its supernatural elements. We’ll also be presenting results from a smaller, all-night paranormal inquiry that took place last Saturday.
You can participate by swapping real-life ghost stories, practicing divination techniques, making ectoplasm, and snapping spirit photos with photographer Crystal Liepa.
And because hunting ghosts is hard work, there will also be music. Tunes from DJ Jonathan Ackerman and ritualistic dancing to commence at 11:30pm.
That’s next Saturday, October 31st, 9pm-2am at the WBSC. There will be a $5 cover at the door, costumes are not required.
(photo: “A Seance” by spirit photographer William Hope)
It has never been so hard to go to bed.
Some Thoughts on Eating Together
wbsc:
WBSC is taking November off to reflect, rest, and re-energize.* I can’t think of a better way to kick that off then Shanai’s thoughts on dinner last night. Also, a big thank you to Sara, Chris, Paul, Stephanie, and Nate for making soup. It warmed me up and made me feel good.Last night we welcomed a small group of new and old friends to West Bank Social Center for dinner. The menu was simple: we ate soup that had been made the day before by five of our friends, and leftover focaccia that Miranda had brought from work. The soup-makers had designed an activity to place us at the table next to people we didn’t know, and as you might expect, the conversations meandered.
I was seated across from a woman named Amanda who works for KFAI and produces a podcast about local food issues. By the end of our conversation we were swapping thoughts about the future of agriculture, and the world-changing possibilities of cookbooks. Next to me were two professors from the University who teach a course about art spaces and community engagement. We talked about food and politics, food and art, about the simple pleasures of cooking together, and strange fruits from faraway places.
At one point, I was asked why we decided to do this project, to have this soup dinner in this space we’d created?
I didn’t have a definitive answer, in part because I have had no time to think of one. I realized as I meandered my way through the idea that we’d never really thought about soup as a project so much as an anti-project, that one day each month when we would simply share the company of interesting people.
“Because we’re hungry.” I told her. “And because we like to spend time with other people.”
In some ways, West Bank Social Center is the same story. We never really talk about it as a project so much as a space for things to happen. Since we began last summer it’s been a laboratory and a retreat, a noisy mess and a conversation. We struggle to pay the rent, we swap a lot of big and small ideas, but at the end of the day, it’s really about being hungry and being together.
- Shanai
So many exciting things are happening.
* We still have a few events on the books, most notably Mr. Sturdevant’s 30th Birthday Party on the 7th!
Harvesting Cranberries at Wetherby in Warrens, WI
So bummed I didn’t make it out to see the harvest this year. Next year!
Becca Dilley / Heavy Table
Earlier this month, Heavy Table photographer Becca Dilley took a day to visit Wisconsin cranberry country and watched the harvest come in. Wetherby…
