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This Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 from 9pm – til midnight, at Akbar, it’s CraftNight!!!

Project: Paper Digital Watches with Miss Lori the Lovely

$2 processing fee, please

What time is it? Time to feel unnacountably mighty, time to curve your hand into a paw and scoop up some pens and sparkles and design for yourself a precision timepeace that you’ll cherish for years to come! We’ve got these really amazing paper digital watches, you add your own personality to them, waaaaay better than swatches dude, something to talk about, the envied and coveted possession to end all possessions. If you like to keep up with the Jones’s, here’s a surefire way to blast them into the stratosphere!

And yes, I am aware that it is raining, and I am also aware that clouds and water and lightening and thunder are a fine occasion to enjoy cocktails with captivating and engaging people like yourself. So won’t you please grab that umbrella with the polka dots on it and join us? Everytime you hear thunder, you have to take a sip from your cocktail!

See you at the Craft Table,

JP Craft Captain

CraftNight Website

Akbar Website

This Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 from 9pm until midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Tyvek® Wallets with Mike Che™!
$2 processing fee, please
Tyvek® is the magical and wonderful protective material that is so strong and durable it is virtually indestructible. It withstands the most grueling conditions and is used to seal buildings, and is used for high-end mailing envelopes AND it is 100% recyclable.
Mike Che™, CraftNight Lieutenant Extraordinaire, will be guiding the extremely amazing Tyvek® wallet experience this week at CraftNight! He’s got ready-made ones that he built himself for you to decorate, and if that’s just too tame, and you’re feeling sassy, he’ll help you make one from scratch! It doesn’t get more hands-on than this, and the last time you talked to your money, didn’t it say it wanted to be hugged by lovingly folded and decorated flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers? We don’t usually craft things that are traditionally useful or chic, so this is a very unique night, it’s like getting an Omega watch for 25 cents! Take advantage of the value and savings of this popular and reliable and responsive Wednesday Night Funtime at your friendly neighborhood oasis. Protect your assets, fold’em in a CraftNight Tyvek® wallet!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
CraftNight’s Site
Akbar’s Site

This Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 from 9pm until midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!

Project: PIRATES TAKE OVER CRAFTNIGHT!

$2 pirating fee, please

A pirate walks into Akbar, with a HUGE ship’s steering wheel lodged in his pants. I mean, really HUGE, he even has a difficult time getting through the door. The pirate hollers “Aye, Matey, git me ah drink!” The bartender (Mikey or Stephan on Wednesdays) says “Uh, yeah, but… you have a huge ship’s steering wheel stuck in your pants.” And the pirate says “I know! IT’S DRIVIN ME NUTS!!!!”

Okay okay, sorry, that was crazy, but shiver me timbers, to err is human, to arrr is PIRATE! Ha! CraftNight’s got pirates, rumor has it they will really be making you walk the plank if you don’t craft this week, so you better show up. I overheard them in the galley, something about bedazzling a pegleg or baking homemade crackers for polly, or decoupaging Davey Jones’s locker or sewing eye patches for your eye (or lack thereof) or pasties for your hongos, or some such nonsense. Whatever it is, it’s sure to be deluxe and VERY dangerous or naughty or rude, or whatever pirates are associated with, I’m shakin’ in my boots right now just thinking about it!

Come see what it’s all about, if you know what’s good for ye… oh, and did you hear about the new pirate movie? It’s rated ARRRRRRR!

See you at the Craft Table,

JP Craft Captain

CraftNight’s Site – NEWLY UPDATED!!!

Akbar’s Site

This Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 from 9pm until 12 midnight at Akbar it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Special Hosts: THE MIRACLE WHIPS!

Project: Whippin’ up recipe books with the Whips
$2 processing fee, please

FRESH CRAFTNIGHT PIE with THE MIRACLE WHIPS
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup of all-purpose charm
3 cups of your favorite queer femme burlesque troupe
1 teaspoon fun extract
1/2 teaspoon ground foxy dreamboat mix
2 tablespoons of good times

Mothers Day is coming up, and the Whips are here to help you hand bind recipe books! Whether you’re seeking those comfort foods from childhood or a delicious way to do as your Momma told you and EAT YOUR VEGETABLES, the Whips aim to please.
So come on down and draw, write, collage and bind something special, make some food-making blueprints for the special people in your life. We’re all cooking more in this crazy economy, and for those of you growing your own food, well, now is the time to prepare for your growing crops and get some food formulas for when harvest time arrives! This is a PERFECT opportunity to bring along some of your favorite recipes to trade, or write from scratch, so if you’ve got that special recipe for stuffing from great grandma in 1934, copy it for posterity in your new book of cooking wisdom.
See you at the Craft Table!
JP Craft Captain
CraftNight’s Website
Akbar’s Website
ps- CraftHead Website updated soon… technical difficulties pending.

This Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 from 9pm to midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!
Project: Paper Bag Puppets (or an exciting decorative paper container for your 40 come Cinco de Mayo! Drinkin in tha streets!)
$2 processing fee, please
INTERRUPTION-NEAT-O EVENT THIS WEEKEND: The work of your Craft Captain (yeah yeah, tha’s me) and lovely CraftNight Lieutenant, Miss Lori Meeker is at a FABULOUS GARY BASEMAN OPENING at the Corey Helford Gallery THIS MAY 2nd, 2009 from 6:30 to 10! Come see the GIANT Chou Chou Buddha and all its little chou chou buddha mini friends, as well as other Baseman characters come to life! It’s a pan-cultural celebration of drummers and dancers, carnivale games, music and mirth it’s LA NOCHE DE LA FUSION! I made 4 little seasonal chou chou buddhas (one covered in puffballs) and I believe Lori made 2, and hers is COVERED with sparkles! Go see! Eeeeeee!

Back to our regular programming:
Oh hey, are you walking the walk, are you talking the talk?
Are you ambling about as a warrior, a whistler, a wizard, a witch, a warlock, a piece of sweet cherry pie? I’m asking because the naysayers of this world need inspiration or a good kick in the keister, and a dose of ten thousand flaming tons of awesome is what you are, you see. I mean, whatever, I’m just sayin… don’t let the turkeys get you down, if there are any lurking about your doorstep, but do give them something to talk about, capiche?
Be divine and observe the beauty of your existence with us at CraftNight this week. Make a paper bag puppet, create a paper personality: Freddie Mercury, Frida Kahlo, Caesar Chavez, your Mom, the monster under the bed, delirious robot creature, The Three Caballeros, The Golden Girls, a purple puppy, etc.
OR make a “drink holder” for 40 ounces of Olde English 800 so you can stand on the street, shoot off your pop gun and holler “VIVA CERVEZA!” while holding onto a street lamp for dear life during the crazy fireworks in Los Angeles this May 5th. Don’t lose your sombrero, and don’t talk to any sick pigs, I hear they’re getting kind of surly these days. Of course, if you just want to make a paper holder for Lime-flavored diet coke and just make it LOOK like a 40, we won’t tell anyone what a weird sissy you are. Sissies are uncool, and uncool is CraftNight, we have un-ironic hugs for you, so just get in here, yeah? YEAH!
See you at the Craft Table
JP Craft Captain
CraftNight’s Site
Akbar’s Site