It's amazing how quickly time can fly past you. It seems like just yesterday that I was first sitting down at a table in Cafe Montmartre with a group of mostly strangers who were there to discuss an embryonic idea (edit: okay, I now realize that may be an odd word choice in this context, but it's going to stay that way) called "Artists for Choice".

And now, here it is with under a month to the opening of our three month show at that same cafe. There will be a display of wall art that will hang from August through October, and a series of six events featuring local musicians, poets, performance artists, and filmmakers. We had a meeting tonight to go over some of the last details, and there was a feeling in the air of "this is really going to happen!"

Of course, this also means that I really need to get my ass in gear to pick out which pieces I want to display and get them framed. Given my basic joblessness in the summer, I'm going to have to be as frugal as possible with the framing, but at the same time, I want to do a good job of it. Still... ugh. (I hate not having a "real" job. Poverty is a drag for so many reasons.)

Soon I will be transformed into a publicity generating machine, especially as I get the final word on who is going to be performing at each event, and as we get closer to the event dates. However, the information that I have now is as follows:

All events start at 7:00 p.m. at Café Montmartre 127 E. Mifflin St. Madison.
Thursday, August 4
Wednesday, August 17
Thursday, September 1
Wednesday, September 21
Thursday, October 6
Wednesday, October 19