CRAFTNIGHT! @AKBAR! • Wed. Feb 20th, 2019 • Paint-a-Penguin!
I am not like Elsa from “Frozen.” The cold DOES kinda bother me anyway.
Let us try and embrace this freezy weather by painting wonderful little ceramic sculptures of PENGUINS!
The start of written penguin history by witless humans came from one Antonio Pigafetta, who was aboard Ferdinand Magellan’s first circumnavigation of the globe in 1520. He spotted penguins near what was probably Punta Tombo in Argentina. He called them “strange geese.” Thus also became the start of the underestimation of penguins by basically everyone. Do not be fooled, penguins are tenacious.
Penguins use teamwork and social connection to survive! These “strange geese” are the embodiment of fortitude, able to survive some SERIOUS WINTER SHIT. You have to have patience, strength and determination to get through subzero temperatures. Penguins don’t do figurative storms, they weather REAL storms and they know, somewhere in their minds, that there WILL be an end to inclement weather. They hunker down, they huddle together, they persevere. They’re a nice role model if you’re having challenges in your life, they are robust birds, they’ll show you the way.
Tonight, I’ll hand you your ceramic penguin, and plenty of paint colors to make it exactly the color you need to make it be your penguin and no one else’s. When times are hard, or things get heavy, your penguin will remind you that yes, things can be quite crappy, but the earth turns, and the sun WILL come out.
Come in have a cocktail, paint a flightless waterfowl, enjoy music, warmth, and the company of lovely people.
See you at the Craft Table, JP Craft Captain
FEBRUARY FUN YAHHHHHH!!! (Upcoming Thangs)
February 25th – JP Hosts “Bet Yer Bottom Bingo!” • Akbar • 7:30pm
February 27th – Shrinky Dinks! CraftNight Winter CLASSIC!
March 6th, March 13th, March 20th, March 27th – Yes Crafts, TBA, 9pm
JP Happy Hours: Mondays from 4pm to 9pm, come in to Akbar and enjoy an authentic lesbian cocktail at the world’s best gay bar on the corner of Sunset and Fountain!
