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TONIGHT! St. Paddy Crafty! • March 13th, 2019

March 13

CRAFTNIGHT! @AKBAR! 9pm • March. 13, 2019 • St. Paddy Sand Art! Suggested donation is $3, but we won’t turn anyone away for lack of funds or too many funds, lol. Your donation goes toward supplies for CraftNight and SparkleBlob programs.

We haven’t done sand art in a dog’s age, so it’s high time we did some, in the shape of leprechaun heads, rainbows, and shamrocks! There will also be some supplemental St. Patty crafty surprises while supplies last for earlybirds and newcomers!

There’s a LOT of Irish walking around the City of Angels, most unlikely turning out to be ME, lol. Thanks to some fun and lively results from 23andMe, I found out that I’m around 15.7% British and Irish, with likely connections to places like Tyne and Wear, Greater London, County Cork, and County Limerick, to name a few. Thus, I’m in the mood to celebrate!

We want you to have your crafts in time for St. Patrick’s Day, which is not nearly the jamboree-drinking and partying fest that exists on the east coast. But we’re gonna do our BEST. Give the crafts you make tonight to someone who could use a bit of luck in their day. Wear green, pinch butts, find rainbows, seems like a pretty good to-do list.

If you want to celebrate in an especially raucous and fun way, join us for upcoming festivities with Bet Yer Bottom BINGO SHAMROCK EDITION this St. Patrick Sunday! Prizes galore, terrible jokes, boozy giveaways, and probably a limerick or two, after all, it’s my heritage and I want to share it with you.

See you TONIGHT at the Craft Table, JP Craft Captain

March Antics:

BET YER BOTTOM BINGO! 7:30 – 10pm MARCH 17

Details HERE!

March 20th – FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Flowerpot Craft! 

CRAFTAOKE!

8pm @Akbar, it’s a rollicking good time featuring our special guest, KJ Terioke and a rollicking good painting puzzle craft!

More info HERE!

JP Happy Hour Mondays, 4pm to 9pm! March 18th, 25th 

April Craft Preview: Kites, Banks, Necklaces, Windchimes and MORE!!!

 

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TONIGHT! Shrinky Dinks • Feb 27th, 2019

February 27

CRAFTNIGHT! @AKBAR! • Wed. Feb 27th, 2019 • Shrinky Dinks! Craftnight is donation-based, your donation keeps CraftNight alive, thank you! xoxo ~MGMT

People often ask me what my favorite craft is. The answer is: Shrinky Dinks. If you do not know what a shrinky dink is… there is a possibility that you will make one at CraftNight tonight, and the naked truth of tenderness will cleanse you. Does that freak you out? Well breathe fully, and lemme just say, that Shrinky Dinks are TRANSFORMATIVE. They have the power to perhaps revitalize the place in you that is raw.

A Shrinky Dink looks like a lil’ dippy piece of plastic that you draw on, and who cares, blah blah, you use the pencils, half-mindedly scrawling whatever and then… our certified Shrinky Dink Technician puts it in the toaster oven (or uses the shrink ray) and ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. It shrinks! You panic! It wads up and you just aren’t sure you can take it, and then it unfolds and flattens out and WOW YOU MADE THAT! And you wonder what you were doing and thinking before this moment, before you had this test of faith and triumph.

That’s how shrinky dinks make people feel.

It’s polystyrene! When you bake a sheet or segment of it, the result is a durable 1/3 size creation that is 9 times thicker than the original measurement. They were invented in 1973 by Betty Morris and Kate Bloomberg, two housewives from Brookfield, Wisconsin.

In 2008, UC Irvine Professor Michelle Khine applied shrinky dinks to create mini structures for the application of microfluidics to topics such as stem cell research. And in 2014, a team from Harvard University and MIT used Shrinky Dinks to create self-assembling robots.

Shrinky Dinks have given us so much, and continue to be used in new and inventive ways, that’s why its my favorite craft, come make one… or two… or three…

See you at the Craft Table, JP Craft Captain

Wait it’s almost MARCH?!? (Yes, yas, yep…)

March 6th Craft – TBA

March 13th – St. Patricks SAND ART! 

BET YER BOTTOM BINGO! 7:30 – 10pm MARCH 17

Details HERE!

March 20th – FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Flowerpot Craft! 

CRAFTAOKE!

8pm @Akbar, it’s a rollicking good time featuring our special guest, KJ Terioke and a rollicking good puzzle craft!

More info HERE!

JP Happy Hour Mondays, 4pm to 9pm! March 11th, 18th, 25th 

 

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TONIGHT! Paint-a-Penguin • Feb 20th, 2019

February 20

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!

 

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Protest Poster Party for Women’s March 2019 • Jan 16th, 2019

January 15

CRAFTNIGHT! AKBAR! • Wed. Jan 16th, 2019 • Protest Posters!

This week, CraftNight opens its doors for Teachers who need to refresh their strike signs, as well as people prepping for the LA Women’s March happening in DTLA this upcoming weekend (JAN 19th).

We’ll have ALL the sign supplies for you to use, from markers to paints, cardboard etc. so that you can show your displeasure with the DUMBNESS of the LA Unified School District, the wall-obsessed non-negotiator cheeto in chief, and many other items in the catalogue of terrible currently crumbling the city and the nation.

There are so MANY reasons to march, so many reasons to make a sign, like:

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg FEEL BETTER NOW PLEASE THANK YOU
  • We Stand With Our LA Teachers
  • End the F*CKING ShutDown Already
  • FBI in Yer Eye Collusion-Crazy CheetoHead
  • The BLUE WAVE is coming! Gonna drown you 2020 (vote!!!)
  • Walls are NOT the Answer
  • Republicans Raised the Federal deficit to ONE TRILLION
  • Trump Family = Russian Nesting Dolls

See you at the Craft Table, JP Craft Captain

Learn more on FB Event and RSVP if you can, it helps me figure out how much to spend on supplies!

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES (in January)

  • Jan 23rd – Welcome Winter Solstice Wreath Craft 
  • Jan 30th – Chinese New Year Craft
  • February 6th – Heart-Shaped Dream Catcher
  • February 13th – The CraftNight LOVE-IN!!! (Special Event!)

BET YER BOTTOM BINGO January 28th!!! Wanna know more? Here’s a handy LINK!

I’m in a Show (puppeteering) at Son of Semele in Jan/Feb! Come SEE! Sibyl wrote it, Katie’s building all the things, everybody’s SO GOOD!  

> GREATER THAN | C-105 Collective
A woman who has it all just wants one teensy thing more, but her greed sets off a cosmic chain of events that she cannot control. This original musical takes us from an underwater ballet in the deepest parts of the ocean to somewhere beyond the sky and reminds us of what is right in front of us. Find Out More/Get Tix

Comin’ Up in February: La Sirena Loteria!!!

JP CALLS LOTERIA @The Mermaid!!! February 5th!!! 9pm – Wanna know more? Here’s a handy LINK!

 

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First CraftNight of 2019 • Jan 9th, 2019

January 08

CRAFTNIGHT! AKBAR! • Wed. Jan 9th, 2019 • Fanceh Boxes! • $3

We’re BACK! It’s been a lovely hiatus, with soups, stews, wintry weather movie watching, and glorious, well-earned NAPS! Our first craft of 2019 is FANCY BOXES! Awhile ago, on my uncharted expeditions through the crafting countryside, I found a BUNCH of tiny little hinged boxes: unpainted! EXCITEMENT!!! There were so many different kinds! I scooped ’em UP! Some of them have rounder lids, others have a small screen lid, some are streamlined and modern, others are more complex. They’re ADORABLE and they’re also DURABLE! I’ve got 24 of these tiny beauties, perfect for storing small treasures.

There will be paint, and gems, and other types of decor for you to use in customizing your box to your heart’s content. It’s the perfect little gift to make and give to a friend, put a little treat inside! Or: Keep for yourself! Put your ring in it, or store your earrings, or keep it full of orange TicTacs for when you want to impress guests. Guests are almost ALWAYS impressed by orange TicTacs, especially in abundance.

What a thrill to see you again, in a new year, full of possibilities and beginnings. Remember that, while it is a new year, best not to get TOO sensible in hitting all those targets of practicality. Spontaneity, curiosity, and being kind are often eschewed as being kind of “not sensible” in our world of planned and expected protocol. In other words, make the phone call, say yes to the unplanned coffee with a friend, walk/ride/drive/fly home a different route, consider what lies behind hesitation, and strive to trust some of those impulses you have. What is truly possible? FIND OUT!

See you at the Craft Table, JP Craft Captain

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES (in January)

  • CRAFTS: Jan 16th – Winter Welcome Door Decoration Thinger
  • Jan 23rd – Paint-a-Penguin 
  • Jan 30th – Chinese New Year Craft
  • February 6th – Heart-Shaped Dream Catcher
  • February 13th – The CraftNight LOVE-IN!!! (Special Event!)

BET YER BOTTOM BINGO January 28th!!! Wanna know more? Here’s a handy LINK!

I’m in a Show (puppeteering) at Son of Semele in Jan/Feb! Come SEE! Sibyl wrote it, Katie’s building all the things, everybody’s SO GOOD!  

> GREATER THAN | C-105 Collective
A woman who has it all just wants one teensy thing more, but her greed sets off a cosmic chain of events that she cannot control. This original musical takes us from an underwater ballet in the deepest parts of the ocean to somewhere beyond the sky and reminds us of what is right in front of us. Find Out More/Get Tix

 

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