near the corner of 11th & chicon st. across from mount olive baptist church. austin, tx.
each
time i pass this joint, i swoon over that stenciled sign. so yesterday,
i finally stopped to take a photo. i love handmade signs.
for my friend skye who is in beijing now.
an installation at fundació joan miró
in the exhibit "red aside: chinese contemporary art from the sigg
collection." i got this shot of the installation (it stopped me in my
tracks) right before the docent came to tell folks we couldn't take
photos. i knew that but i wanted a photo of this. i wrote down the name
of the artist somewhere, when i find it i'll add it here.
last monday's nuclear taco
night sign at sxswi. the line was crazy. i ate one 2 out 5 and one 4
out of 5. my lips were burning for about 20 minutes. i drank a beer for
endurance while i ate the 4 out of 5.
i drink your milkshake...thing bad!
east 12th st., austin, texas
What will it sound like Tuesday night when Alachua County School Board members look through their budget for $4,500 to keep a couple of school nurses employed until the end of the school year? School district spokeswoman Jackie Johnson said the sound will be, “a very, very tiny warning bell” compared to what is coming next in health rooms.
Alachua County is facing the prospect of eliminating nurses from almost every school in the district. [more...]
i find this alarming. teachers and other school personnel don't need to be in the position of taking care of student health issues. school nurses are essential. when i was in 7th grade i came to school once with what i just thought was a sprained ankle but by late morning i was in so much pain i could barely walk. i somehow made it to the school nurse's office--it took me forever to get there as i had to keep resting because my leg hurt so much. the very kind school nurse realized that i had a broken bone and immediately called my mother to come pick me up from school and take me to the hospital. if my mother couldn't have done that, the nurse would've called for a paramedic. turns out i had a badly fractured ankle. i wore a full leg cast for eight weeks (probably for so long because i broke the cast twice trying to play basketball when i was told, in a very stern manner, that i shouldn't put pressure on the leg). i thank the school nurse at lake weir middle school in candler, florida (marion county) for recognizing right away that i needed medical attention. i hope the alachua county school board finds some alternate funding so the school nurses are able to keep their jobs.
hope at night, downtown austin
seen thursday night when i was walking from the uh huh her show at sxsw.
where i got my new tire for the green machine
near 12th st., east side, austin, tx
allgo & Evelyn Street Press are proud to announce the release of:
~ Queer Codex: ROOTED! ~
an anthology of queer women and trans-identified writers and visual artists
Book Title: Queer Codex: ROOTED!
Editor: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano
Contributors:
Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Sharon Bridgforth, Senalka McDonald, Samiya
Bashir, Matt U. Richardson, María Limón, Jennifer Margulies, Cheryl
Coward, Anel I. Flores, Ana-Maurine Lara, Adelina Anthony
Publishers: Evelyn Street Press & allgo, a Statewide Queer People of Color Organization
ISBN: 0-9723910-4-5
Austin, TX – March 14, 2008 – Evelyn Street Press and allgo are
proud to announce the release of the second in the Queer Codex
Anthology series: QUEER CODEX: ROOTED! Featuring poetry, short stories
and visual art from 11 queer women and trans-identified artists, Queer
Codex: ROOTED! is inspired by Sharon Bridgforth’s artist residency as
part of allgo’s 2007-2008 Cultural Arts Season: Envisioned & Created Space(s). Queer
Codex: ROOTED! contributes to a growing body of literature and visual
art by queer women and trans-identified artists of color, of jewish
descent, activists, scholars and cultural workers.
Contributors
will be reading from the anthology on Friday, March 14, 2008 at
Resistencia Bookstore (corner of West Annie and South 1st, Austin, TX)
at 7pm. This event is free and open to the public. The book, dedicated
to the living memory of raúlrsalinas, will be available for purchase
the night of the event for $12. For more information about this reading
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About Evelyn Street Press
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About Queer Codex: ROOTED!
ROOTED! is the second in the Queer Codex anthology series.
Inspired by Sharon Bridgforth’s residency by the same name, the theme
of this publication captures the voices of queer/trans/woman/of
color/jewish/ally/writer/photographer/filmmaker/performer.
Queer Codex: ROOTED! documents the works of eleven outstanding artists
who have left these pages etched with their talents, their fervor and
their resilience, to honor, exalt, admonish, desire, remember, create
and heal.
