One Hundred Good Women Annual Clothing Exchange

Great opportunity for all thrifty, closet cleaning women in Lawrence, KS:

What:
One Hundred Good Women Annual Clothing Exchange

When:
Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Where:
Steve’s Place, 1388 N 1293 Road (SE corner of 31st & Louisiana)

How does this work?:
It’s a fabulous and fun way to rid your overflowing closet of those articles of clothing you no longer wear but are in still in great condition and someone ought to have them. You bring those articles to Steve’s Place on the 29th on the day of the event and we price them at $1 each. Then, you have the opportunity to purchase other clothing articles and fill up the void in your closet!!

Who does this benefit?:
One Hundred Good Women is a grassroots movement that utilizes its members to provide services and goods to those in need throughout the Lawrence community. And for this event all leftover donations from the will be taken to Penn House.

Go here to learn more about this event
Go here to learn more about One Hundred Good Women

posted by: Tricia Rock

East Lawrence YART Sale

Attention Lawrencians:
This Saturday, March 28th from 8am to 1pm the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association will hold its annual YART Sale. The sale, which is a combination yard sale and art sale, will be held inside New York Elementary School at 936 New York Street. So bring your friends and family and enjoy the local artists’ wares, gently used items, plant starts, baked goods, quiche, coffee, and popcorn from the famous Popcorn Bike all while listening to music provided by local musicians.

posted by: Tricia Rock

Bummertown Recap

The Rathaus attended the opening reception for “Bummertown,” a new collection of works on paper curated by University of Kansas printmaking major Alicia Kelly, and photographed some of our favorite pieces for all to enjoy. Want more? Check out the show at Henry’s (11 E 8th St, Lawrence, KS) through the end of March.

Untitled by: Erin Bratzler (serigraph)

Daddy’s Little Girls by: Erin Bratzler (serigraph)

High on the Peace Train by: Clint Ricketts (ink drawing)

You’re So Immature by: Vanessa Hays

Cloud Series by: Mari LaCure (etching with spit bite, aquatint)

Cloud Series Detail

posted by: Tricia Rock

Listen To: Ponytail “Ice Cream Spiritual”

You will either love or hate the music of Ponytail, there is no in between. And the deal breaker may be the work of Molly Siegel, the band’s lead vocalist. Like Yoko Ono and Yoshimi P-We of The Boredoms, Siegel is more apt to shriek, howl, moan, chant, and chirp than actually sing anything resembling coherent lyrics. But you must understand the beauty of Siegel, and Ponytail for that matter, does not rest on her technical ability but her frenetic energy, confidence, and strong belief in herself.

Siegel’s room to experiment on “Ice Cream Spiritual,” however, is only possible due to the impressive work by the remaining band members. Guitarists Dustin Wong and Ken Seeno are able to trade break neck riffs and intense fills while never completely abandoning their strong sense of melody, which makes great use of their unique guitar tones. And drummer Jeremy Hyman’s work should not be overlooked. His ability to shift from a solid back beat to chaotic no-wave drumming gives the band’s start-stop arrangements a sense of cohesion, similar to Greg Saunier’s work with Deerhoof. Collectively the Baltimore, MD quartet are always building, working toward some crescendo that dangles but is rarely supplied, leaving you wanting more.

“Celebrate the Body Electric” is a seven minute epic that illustrates how Ponytail combines these elements into songs that are more of a collage than a singular musical thought, but nonetheless powerful and incredibly exciting. Above all this is Ponytail’s secret weapon, the pure child-like excitement they feel for each others musical ideas. Love them or hate them, at the very least you have to respect Ponytail’s own belief in what they are creating.

Watch Ponytail get primal while playing “7 Souls” in a Queens laundromat

We*Are*Free (record label)

posted by: Harold Johns III

Doodle for Brains

Maybe it’s time bosses actually encourage employees to scribble aimlessly on their notes throughout meetings. Although doodling may be seen as a distraction and a general waste of time, a recent Plymouth University study seems to indicate otherwise.

Lead researcher Jackie Andrade explains what happened when 40 subjects were given the task of listening to a “dull” phone conversation. Subjects were later asked to recall names and places mentioned in the messages and the group allowed to doodle while listening performed 29% better than non-doodlers.

Perhaps the results of this study can quell the widespread contempt for work meeting doodlers everywhere. And beware the non-doodler, for what may be perceived as attentiveness could really be a poker face disguising a secret fantasy world filled with convertible rides and mint chocolate chip ice cream.

The results of this study were originally published in the journal: Applied Cognitive Psychology

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posted by: Scott Starrett