applique your way

kayte terry, the crafty author behind the blog this is love forever, will be holding an appliqué workshop and book signing tomorrow at jimmystyle in philadelphia. the workshop takes place from noon to 1pm and participants get a hands-on demo with kayte and a kit with materials for three woodland animal-inspired felt ornaments like that cute owl above…then have her sign her new book appliqué your way!
for more info on the event and how to register for the workshop, click here.

what are you dressing up as for halloween?

time to get creative…send us your costume ideas and photos!

i have a feeling the max costume will be big this year…
(the photo is of a max costume by christian joy, on display and for sale at space 15 twenty).
you can send your ideas and images to me, jkeim@freepeople.com, or upload your photos to our new flickr page!

ny art book fair!

go to p.s.1 contemporary art center in queens this weekend for the ny art book fair! free admission… :)

and if you’re free tonight, check out the preview! right after, deitch studios generously hosts a benefit for printed matter, featuring industrial punk-and-dub duo, I.U.D. (lizzi bougatsos of gang gang dance and sadie laska of growing). djs tim lokiec and gary murphy play vintage house. tickets begin at $20 and include limited artist editions by elmgreen & dragset, jutta koether, tom sachs, and mungo thomson.

space 1520 – leonard cohen

from dez at our we the free store in hollywood:
folk fans will unite as amoeba music presents a special screening of “leonard cohen: live at the isle of wight festival 1970”. the concert film captures the iconic cohen at his commercial peak in 1970 as he performs his bittersweet ballads to a packed crowd of starry-eyed hippies and fans at the isle of wight festival–a coachella of the 70’s, if you will…the dvd won’t be released until next month, and this screening is free and open to the public.
pop in and say howdy to the we the free girls while you’re there!
here’s leonard performing “suzanne”…amazing!

monday, sept 21st. 8pm. space 1520.