This Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 from 9pm until midnight (or later) at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Necklace Envy
$2 Processing fee, please
$4 Drink Special: “The Lyla” • Do what tastes right.
**** Special Note: Love CraftNight? CraftNight is one of the programs of SparkleBlob.org!
SparkleBlob needs ART for our Art Auction Fundraiser!!! Make a little dough and support CraftNight, along with our other programs! Now accepting submissions through July 15th!
Okay, now that you know we’re looking for art for our fundraiser so that we can keep bringing you opportunities to be creative, it’s time to talk about the 4th of July. Are you prepared? If you’re not prepared, come to CraftNight and experience a 4th of July-themed craft! I’ve got some classics up my sleeve, such as a bi-partisan patriotic turtle craft, as well as a flag-themed weird napkin holder thinger. Also there will be patriotic treats! I won’t elaborate because I’m still deciding, but the treats will be VERY AMERICAN. AMERICAN TREATS.
America is a fabulous country, Red White and Blue!: The Interstate Highway System (and the EZ-Pass), The Mississippi River, The Boeing 747, Gatorade, Aretha Franklin, Prom, The Pulitzer Prize, Religious Freedom, The Grand Canyon, 24-hour donuts, a love and willingness to blow stuff up, tater tots, voting, Robert Shaw in Jaws, The Civil Rights Movement, Diversity, Free Speech and Susan Sontag. There’s a lot to be proud of, this only scratches the surface!
But America also has some issues, Red White and Poo!: Aggressive foreign policy, an obnoxious superiority complex, illusions of grandeur, Scalia, more guns per capita than any other nation, imperialism, democracy vs. “democracy”, The VA debacle, Lack of Socialist Courage, Bigotry, Highest Incarceration rate in the world, Consumerism, Sprawl, Hobby Lobby, McRib.
And yep, this also only scratches the surface, there’s soooo much more to contemplate.
July 4th is an incredibly great time to take a good long honest look at America. It seems that making the pendulum swing all the way over to “We’re #1” or “USA Sucks” is sort of American in itself, we’re “extreme” that way, just like our Doritos.
America is having an identity crisis. On one side: fear, aggression, banality, xenophobia. On the other: hopefulness, humour, confidence in human nature, critical thought. This battle is not being fought along party lines; it is not the case that one party or candidate holds a monopoly on these positive virtues. No: it is more existential and every one of us is fighting it internally. Which country are we to be? The terrified, torturing, isolated bully; or the tolerant, slow-to-anger, naive-but-bright protector-of-the-poor? It’s not altogether a new battle: the American heart – hell, maybe the human heart – has been divided along these lines for a long time. But here, in our time, it feels like the battle is heating up. So, as they used to say on TV: stay tuned. – George Saunders
The idealists of the process are talking about the hinge of history. – Joan Didion
July 4th is also a fantastic opportunity to purge any nationalistic sensibilities you may have toward ANY country, and burn the flag closest to your heart!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
www.crafthead.com
www.akbarsilverlake.com
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