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"Patricia & Susanne's Melodramatic Society" is holding open auditions for the melodrama "Trapped in a Villian's Web or Weave Me A Loan". Auditions will be held at Westview Baptist Church, 1325 S. Meridian at 7pm on Tuesday, Sep. 13th. We are looking to fill 4 male and 9 female roles with experienced stage actors. Performance dates are Oct. 20-29th at Cowtown. This is an unpaid volunteer opportunity. Commment or email psmelodrama@gmail.com if you have any questions.

SUPER NERD NIGHT 2: NERD HARDER

Start Time:
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:00pm

End Time:
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 1:30am

Location:
The Jackpot Music Hall

Street:
943 Mass.

City/Town:
Lawrence, KS

We're doing it again, people, even during winter and right before Thanksgiving! You don't want to miss out, though! We'll have commemorative prints by Joel Pfannenstiel, another comic book/videogame cosplay contest, Drink & Draw theme contest, the chance to play video & cardgames, plus lots of other awesome stuff!

$3 to enter (must be 18), 21 to drink!

7pm MTG Zendikar Sealed Deck Event $20

8, 9, 10pm Nintendo DS Multiplayer Mini-Tourneys (feat. Mario Kart, Tetris, Bomberman, & more!)

10pm MTG 2010 Booster Draft Event $12

9:30pm Tekken 6 Tourney

9pm DJ Sean Wilson gets it going with chiptunes

All-Night Long: Drink & Draw, Old-School Bar-Top Multiplayer Video-Gaming, Soul Caricatures by Joel, Geek Drinks, Prints & Minicomics on Sale By Local Artists, Drink & Draw Artwork on Sale to benefit the CBLDF, costume/cosplay, plus tons of prizes!

What is SUPER NERD NIGHT? Find out by checking out coverage of our FIRST EVENT (in October)...

http://www.lawrence.com/events/200…

http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/200…

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/gal…

Help make this one even BIGGER!!!

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WHAT:
For the past couple of years we've been doing, in conjunction with the Jackpot Saloon, a series of DRINK & DRAW events, where people come in off the street and imbibe copious amounts of alcohol whilst making drawings that range from cute, confusing, and creative to racist, misogynistic, and purely infantile. Most of the offending artwork was done tongue-in-cheek, as we always have a "theme" contest that seems to bring out the dirty-and-awful-minded in many of us! That said, we're taking the cream of the crop from these shows and displaying them all along the walls here with a reasonable price attached. All other drawings will be found throughout the space, placed in bins, and going for a couple dollars a pop! All of the revenue generated by the event (through sales of "art") will go to the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND (keeping porno- making comic creators out of jail since the 90s...)! So, help us help others that have run afoul of the moral majority by buying our completely amoral "artwork"! We'll also have artists on-hand MAKING art, including Astrokitty's very own Joel Pfannenstiel, who will be drawing "soul caricatures" for $3 each!

WHEN: Friday, October 17th, starting at 8pm and running until MIDNIGHT!

WHERE: Astrokitty Comics & More in Lawrence, KS! Located on the corner of 7th & New Hampshire, right above the Java Break (across from Borders)

HOW: Just come on up that evening! It's an 18 & up event (do NOT bring your kids, plz) that is free to the public! Bring money, though, so you can buy pieces from $1 and up to benefit the CBLDF! Call us at (785) 856-8607 for more info! Also, feel free to visit http://www.astrokittycomics.com

DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT!!! :)

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Hi!  Check out my art website!  New drawing uploaded every weekday!

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Local author Lane Robins will be signing copies of her novel Maledicte at the Lawrence, KS Border's at 7th and New (where the first order sold out in one day) Come out with us and lend her your support!

Publisher's Weekly says, "Lane Robins is a fantasist with a future."

"Highly recommended."
--Library Journal
 
"A strong-willed debute whose painstakingly developed characters and tortuous plots exert an undeniably intense, if grim, fascination."
Kirkus Reviews

You can see a brief excerpt from Maledicte at maledicte.com. (I think the lead-in paragraph for the excerpt is one of the worst in the book, and Lane keeps saying she's going to change it, but hey--Even the worst paragraph is pretty damn good.) You can view Lane's Livejournal here. The Lawrence Journal-World published an interview with Lane at this link.

Lane is one third of my local "writing cabal" that meets each week, so I got to read Maledicte before it came out in stores (nanny-nanny-boo-boo), and it rocks. As you can see from the above reviews, I'm not the only one singing her praises.

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The husband and I have to go to Topeka in middle of next month all day and we'll eventually have a few hours to kill. We were going to go to the movies but I was wondering if there was any interesting sites to see or things to do besides that?

Larrytown Laffs! Official Release & In-Store Signing!

Astrokitty Comics Presents An Anthology of Local Creators...


Date:
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Time:
1:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Astrokitty Comics & More
15 E. 7th St.
Lawrence, KS

Though it has been a couple months since we had our ashcan party at the Jackpot in anticipation of a proper release for our comic, it is finally going to see the light of day! Come by Astrokitty Comics & More from 1:00-6:00pm to meet the talented local creators that contributed to this awesome anthology of humorous bits! It's Astrokitty's first comic, and we're so proud of our locals! Get sketches, get the book signed, and meet the people behind the pages! A landmark event! BE THERE!!!
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