Category: event

  • August 24th, Sunday, Lavender Light Cruiser (the name of our house) hosted an evening hoedown. Among other things, there was a talent show and a pie baking contest. I was presenting and coordinating the judging of the pie. I had three lovely judges, and we judged the pies based on concept, execution, and taste. I…

  • December 30th I had some friends over for a salon. I presented information and story about self-instruction cards as told to me by a new friend named Oliver as well as this book The official guide to success. Kevin and Dominique shared duet, Kevin with his field recordings collage and Dominique with a kind of…

  • A Shrubbery Gift Fenner Merlick, Dominique Nigro, Andrew Rose, and Katarina Countiss produced a happening with David Jones on documentation. We met a few times to work on the ideas for this and it was a short development process with some distractions, but we gained some valuable experience for understanding a little bit more about…

  • It was pretty interesting thinking about how I ran concessions through the kitchen and greeted every audience member and asked them about how they wanted their tea. It was something that I hadn’t seen done at a show before. The team also wanted to experiment with a show that doesn’t have formal announcements saying when…

  • Last night, I hosted another backyard event, Sounds and Sips. The three acts, Light Pollution, Squeakie, and The Green Wheel played music that was so sweet. I appreciated the set up being smoother and easier given that there weren’t as many acts as previous backyard shows. I also felt a little more confident with my…

  • 5:15 PM Punelope Crude5:30 PM Sadie Greyduck5:45 PM Squeakie6:00 PM Light Pollution6:15 PM Ethan Zachary Lee6:30 PM The Green Wheel6:45 PM Kevin Corcoran with Dominique Nigro and Andrew Rose Here I am, talking about Saturday’s show. Some days have passed to allow for perspective and the post-show drop to fade. This is the third and last backyard show…

  • above– screenshots from the livestreamed videos I hosted my first little market with performances. We had four vendors, Miles Pekala, Wesley Haack, Dominique Nigro, and myself. We had five performing acts Simone Bloch, Squeakie, Light Pollution, The Green Wheel, Dominique and Kevin (duo), and myself. A note about hosting this show/market. It was a doozy…

  • Lanna Cotta

    This is a post describing an ongoing work/practice in progress, Lanna Cotta. Last year (during the ides of march), my world changed. A lot of people’s world’s changed. Essentially, the pandemic related to coronavirus escalated to the point where both my part-time jobs shut and then had a lot of time at home with the…