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Stephen Hendee, 1999

[victusinveritas]

Some Vampire and Related Fiction Recommendations

I wrote this list up for a Reddit comment and thought I'd share it here in case any of you nerds liked Vampire fiction.

This list leaves out Stoker, Anne Rice, Stephen King, etc.

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The queen of Mexican-Canadian horror. Check out Mexican Gothic and Gods of Jade and Shadow too (not vampire as such but still great reads).

"The Wide Carnivorous Sky" by John Langan. Probably the best modern Vampire story you'll read. Novella-ish length, worth getting the entire eponymous story collection as it is one hell of a ride through modern horror.

Anno Dracula series Kim Newman. The first book is the best, though the other books in the series are very fun, if a bit campy and too clever for their own good, still worth reading. His main character, Genevieve Dieudonne, is awesome and spans genres from his vamp work into his Warhammer Fantasy work (which is also great imo).

Christopher Golden's Shadow Saga (starts with Of Saints and Shadows)--absolutely one of my favorites. The first three books are great and kind of form a self-contained trilogy, but the other books are also fun, even if a tad uneven.

Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly. Look, it's a bit pulpy in all the right ways while still being a really good historical-vamp-fiction, full on Victorian vampire hunters. The rest of the series gets high marks too.

S.P. Somtow's Vampire Junction and related books.

Dhampir series by Barb and J.C. Hendee. Vampire killers (a half-vampire (dhampir), an elf, and a wolf) wander around a Gothic landscape stabbin' all sorts of things. Kind of reminds me of The Witcher in that monster-bashing way, except with more romance plots as the series moves on, sometimes veering (if I remember correctly, which in truth I might not) into almost bodice ripper territory.

Brian Lumley's Necroscope series. It's maybe a bit dated, very 1980s/1990s feel but that's fine and it is still golden. Lumley's one of those workhorses of horror, just happily churning out stuff until the day he dropped dead and a lot of it was really great. I don't think he got enough notice on this side of the pond.

John Conroe's Demon Accords series. It's got vampires, werewolves, demons, and everything else…look, it's not high literature, at all, in the slightest, it's the worst of Kindle Unlimited self-published author schlock at times, like most of the time, but it kept me hooked for fifteen books until I finally hit a wall and just couldn't wade through a single goddamn page of it anymore. Am I ashamed of reading this series? Yeah, a little. Did I reread the first seven or so books? Also yes.

A lot of Laird Barron's stuff has vampiric elements re the Cult of the Old Leech, especially his novel 'The Croning,' however the Leech and devotees are not vampires in the traditional undead sense. I adore all of his work (especially his horror though, and Xs for Eyes is just, just beautiful), including the Isaiah Coleridge stuff which has hints of cosmic horror and the dark-fucked-up-ness at the Center of It All, peak modern noir.

The Lesser Dead by Christophe Buehlman. Honestly, I'm including this one even though the ending felt like a massive let down for me. There's a point where it says to stop unless you want the twist ending. Take it up on that and stop. The twist made me violently angry at the author, like I get why he did it and all, but I'm still pissed about it a year or two later. There's no need to fuck with readers like that, my guy. So, yeah, listen to the warning. Until then, the world-building was great and the vampire characters (narrator included) very fun, with a great working knowledge of 1970s New York.

The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway. Vampires? Eh, kinda. Angel-things that suck people dry and remove them from existence to 'correct' the universe, definitely. Do punks fight them? Yes. Is it overall a satisfying series: absofuckinglutely.

[worldsandemanations]

Stephen Hendee, 1999

[lostprofiles]

Pointing To The Sun | An Exercise In Abstraction

Curator Rod Malin      

September 6, 2018 through October 13, 2018

Artists: David Brown, Zoë Charlton, Stephen Hendee, Terence Hannum, Bill Schmidt, Ariel Cavalcante Foster, Ruri Yi. Opening Reception: Thursday September 6, 2018 6-9pm Gallery Reception: Saturday September 8, 2018 1-3pm Closing: Saturday October 13, 2018 1-3pm

Mono Practice is excited to announce its inaugural exhibition, Pointing To The Sun | An Exercise in Abstraction, curated by Rod Malin. The exhibition features the work of David Brown,  Zoë Charlton, Ariel Cavalcante Foster, Terence Hannum, Stephen Hendee, Bill Schmidt, and Ruri Yi.

Pointing To The Sun | An Exercise in Abstraction is a celebratory exhibition featuring the works of Baltimore-based artists that will help establish a new beginning - Mono Practice. The importance of creating public space is fundamental to the existence of the human condition. The ability to connect and participate is key to the realization of new possibilities, and new partnerships.

The practice of abstraction is the deity of creation; as of now, one million Earths could fit inside the Sun, yet the Sun at one time will be about the size of Earth. It's in the accumulation of moments or gestures that we equivocate meaning.

TO SEE AND TO BE SEEN

-Lawrence Weiner

The work in Pointing To The Sun | An Exercise in Abstraction looks to the specific relationship between practice and abstraction, between mind and action, the here and elsewhere. The act of examining inspirational aspirations is common practice for creative fields, putting the mind in far away places to bring back to pace. For the world Baltimore is in now, it is both weirdly close and familiar, yet also undefined; by being everywhere, it is also geographically challenged. For those who are here, it is home.

https://www.monopractice.com/exhibition

[nemfrog]

Stephen Hendee, installation. Outer city inner space : July 18, 2002-January 3, 2003. Whitney Museum.

[rantreader]

I went through my house and collected most of the books that I have not read. There are more, but I wrote a list of the 100 books that I want to read relatively soon. If I start the challenge today, it can progress throughout this year and go into next year. By the end of 2023, I want to have read all these books.

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

A History of the English Language by Albert C. Baugh & Thomas Cable

The Power of One by Byrce Courtenay

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Criminology – A complete Introduction by Peter Joyce and Wendy Laverick

The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Tarzan of the Apes and the Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twainn

When Fashion Really Works by Marnie Fogg

Go the Distance – A Twisted Tale by Jen Calonita

The Museum of Things Left Behind by Seni Glaister

Trinity by Leon Uris

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Makers of Rome by Plutarch

A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin

Difficult Women by Helen Lewis

The Wreckage by Michael Robotham

The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

Traitors by Frank Walker

A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey

Traitor to the Blood by Barb & J.C. Hendee

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Great Expectation by Charles Dickens

Heddy & Me by Susan Varga

No Silver Spoon by Katie Flynn

The Dance of Death and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Carrie by Stephen King

My Royal Story – Marie Antoinette by Kathryn Lasky

Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations by John Rex and David Mason

The Little Book of Psychology by DK

The World’s Greatest Idea by John Farndon

Don Quixote by Cevantes

The Survival Handbook by DK

Yes Yes Yes – Australia’s Journey to Marriage Equality by Alex Greenwich and Shirleene Robinson

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Wonder Woman Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

The Fire of Joy by Clive James

Monsoon by Di Morrissey

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Conquerers’ Road by Osmar White

The Art Book by DK

How to Garden by DK

How Science Works by DK

German for Everyone by DK

The History of the World by Alex Woolf

Cathy by Cathy Freeman

Song of Survival by Helen Colijn

Pet Semetary by Stephen King

The Crime Book by DK

The Bone Collection by Kathy Reichs

Basic Mandarin Chinese by Kubler & Wang

A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Woolstonecraft

Joyland by Stephen King

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

Gulliver’s Travels by Johanthan Swift

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Japanese Myths and Tales by Epic Tales

Eleni by Nicholas Cage

Psychology of Human Behaviour for Nurses by Dennis

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

More Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Little Book of Politics by DK

Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel

The Road by Cormack McCarthy

A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell

Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton

Dracula by Bram Stoker

English Grammar Usage by McGraw Hill Education

Night at the Circus by Angela Carter

The Confidence Booster Workbook by Martin Perry

Ancient Egyptian Myths by Catherine Chambers

The Girl in the Picture by Denise Chong

Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life by Miles Kelly

The Prince in the Heather by Eric Linklater

Simple Astronomy by DK

How to Kiss a Crocodile by Max Walker

The Fitness Instructor’s Handbook by Mark Coulson

Mool-nya-moonya Dreaming by Julie Tuckey

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Shortest History of England by James Hawe

Mental by Dr Steve Ellen and Catherine Deveny

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Work by Louisa May Alcott

Deranged Marriage by Sushi Das

Stranger the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Emma by Jane Austen

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

The Book of Dust by Phillip Pullman

321 Seriously Smart Things You Need to Know by Mathilda Masters

Wish me luck.

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This week the spotlight is on Anna ( @writeradamanteve )! Click the read more link below to get to know our member!

Spotlight by Mila, @jughead-jones | Graphic by Katie, @betty-cooper

Anna | @writeradamanteve

Name: Anna 

Age: 40

Location: New Jersey

Any other languages aside from English people can contact you in?: Filipino.

Favourite Riverdale characters and ships?: Aside from Betty and Jughead, I do love the awfulness of Cheryl Blossom and spitfire that is season 1 Veronica.

Cheryl Blossom is unapologetically terrible, and in real life, I would absolutely HATE her, but there’s something to be said about a woman who just goes all in. I get that hardness in her, and I like it that she admires others for it, too. That Toni brings out her soft side is a plus, but I would prefer that she stays true to her character outside of her romantic relationship. 

Season 1 Veronica Lodge was a champion of women. I loved that about her. I may not have bought the whole “Betty is my best friend” assertion, but I did like that she was doing it to make amends for her past. S1!Veronica wanted to do better and she looked at Betty and thought Betty was a good person to hang out with to further that. Veronica as a person is methodical. Deliberate. And those are characteristics that can be both good and bad. I like it that Veronica can go both ways. I also mean that in a very gay way. No amount of her sleeping with Archie will convince me that her character can’t be bi. I can’t even say I hate her in season 2. She seemed a little lost there, but she was deciding between her family and her principles. For a while she thought that both could coexist, but when she realized in the end that it couldn’t, she broke away. That’s badass. 

As for Betty and Jughead, I have at least 500K worth of words in fanfic that expresses the many ways I love them. But to be clear: 

I love Betty for being so steadfast in her beliefs. She may have her insecurities when it comes to how she looks and what her mother may think of her, but when it comes injustice and friends endangering themselves for sex, she isn’t going to let anyone prevent her from doing the right thing. She is a go-getter, from saving Pop’s to saving her relationship (especially when Jughead was pulling away from her). She is a master at wielding household items — a skill, we learned, she got from Alice, who’s clearly handy with a lamp. She’s kinky, and she can be scary stone cold — forcing Cheryl to testify the truth with blackmail, watching Jughead punch Chic in the face without flinching, drowning a man to get him to confess to his sins (although ask me some other time about the morality and racial undertones of that, as that is an entirely different conversation). But she also deeply values her relationships. She cares for her loved ones so much, friend or family. That makes her so strong.

Let me tell you the many Jugheads I love: Soft!Jughead, Smughead Jones, Curious Jones, Snowflake!Jughead, ProudBF!Juggie, and even HaplessSerpent!Jughead. I like him best when he’s writing and when he’s making literary references in regular conversation. I love how sarcastic he could be and how his transition from loner weird kid in Riverdale High to popular serpent prince in Southside High tugs at my heartstrings and makes me mad, too. Like Betty, he cares fiercely for the people he loves. His need to belong becomes real to him, after he tried to deny it for so long. As much as we all have our issues with Season 2 Jughead, it added certain dimensions to Jughead that I love to write about in fanfic.

Favourite moments from S1 & S2?: I think I loved most of season 1, but the moments that stood out to me most were these: When Betty was dancing happily in her Cheerleading uniform, when Betty and Jughead were searching Jason’s room and got caught, when Jughead and Betty went to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy together, when Betty rushed to SSH to save Jughead only to find him laughing at the lunch tables with his newfound friends, when Veronica stood up for Betty at the tryouts, when Veronica showed Cheryl compassion, when the girls all banded together to make Chuck suffer the consequences of his misogyny (again, I have words for this, but mostly — why only him? His wasn’t the only name on that playbook), when Cheryl calls people names, when Jughead protected Betty from her vandalized locker, and of course, when Jughead climbed Betty’s bedroom window.  While I can’t get enough of Jughead throwing Betty against the kitchen counter, I have to admit I still loved those other scenes a whole lot more. That said, I will still hope for what I mention in question #7.

Season 2 — ah, my goodness. I don’t need to explain how S2 broke my heart in so many good and bad ways. While there were some golden moments, I think most of us are in agreement that there were so many things that could’ve been done better. However, I STILL do have favorite scenes in this Hell Season: Jughead running the gauntlet was amazing, Betty working on Reggie’s car, the entire street race sequence, every time Betty uses a household object to save people (a shovel, a rolling pin, a poker), Jughead and Betty disposing of the car--from her house to the swamp, that entire episode of “The Wicked and the Divine”, Cheryl and Toni finding one another, and the hunger strike scenes.

What are your hopes for S3?:

Bughead summer sex montage. 

MOAR Bughead Detective Agency. 

A slammin’ Riverdale Parents Flashback episode. 

Joaquin stays and Kevin gets better with love and BDE.  

Kevin and Josie becoming step-siblings.

Reggie and Sweetpea being half-brothers.

Veronica being the Speakeasy Queen.

Cheryl stirring trouble (even if I know I’ll hate her for it).

Archie getting a clue.

Other fandoms you’re into?: My thing is that I don’t usually fan hard on more than one thing. My past fandoms were Harry Potter, Teen Titans, Anime (many of them at once), Cowboy Bebop, X-Files, Star Trek Voyager, and Firefly. At present, I love Star Wars (all of them — eh, except maybe for Episodes 1, 2, and 3), Wonder Woman, and all the Marvel movies.  

What are some of your favourite movies/TV?: Classics: Galaxy Quest, Tropic Thunder, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Forest Gump, The Matrix, Constantine, Clueless, The Breakfast Club, Transformers: The Animated Movie, Snatch, Firefly, Veronica Mars, Supernatural (Seasons 1 - 5), X-Files; 

Most Recent: Pacific Rim, Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Rogue One, Ready Player One, Anne with an E, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Anthony Bourdaine’s old and new series. 

Favourite books?: There are so many, fam, but here are the ones that first come to mind:

Harry Potter 1 - 6 (yeah, sorry, not a huge fan of the 7th)

Emma by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

All of Louisa May Alcott’s books

All of Sharon Shinn

All of L.M. Montgomery

Anne Marston’s Rune Blade Trilogy

Barb and J.C. Hendee’s Noble Dead Saga

The Infernal Devices Trilogy (Cassandra Clare)

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

All of Zilpha Keatley Snyder books

All of Paula Danziger books

Juliet Naked by Nick Hornby

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose

The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Misery by Stephen King

Favourite bands/musicians?: I shall date myself, thanks:

Queen

Guns & Roses

Metallica

Nikki Minaj

Cardi B

Imagine Dragons

One Republic

The Killers

Lily Allen

Cake

Eminem

Amy Winehouse

U2

Sting

If you could live in any fictional world which one would you choose and why?: Harry Potter, no doubt. I would like to live in a world that relies on magic. I would like to go to a magical school like Hogwarts. I would love to fight in a resistance to overthrow an evil sorcerer. Plus, I would really, really love to meet Hermione.

Favourite food?:

Ramen (the real stuff, not the dried instant ones)

Banh Mi

Bun bo Hue

Sushi

Filipino Food — particularly Adobo

Tacos

Mangos and strawberries

Favourite season?: Summer.

Favourite plant?: This is an odd question to me as I don’t have a favorite plant. They are just there and sometimes they give me grief when I have to tend to the outside of my house because they’ve gotten unruly on some level (like — Fall, why do you have to discard your leaves all over my grounds?)

Favourite scent?: Baby’s breath, food, and freshly changed bed sheets.

Favourite colour?: Victorian pink.

Favourite animal?: Cats and Owls (I am definitely a witch by heart).

Are you a night owl, an early bird, or a vampire?: I sleep late and wake up early. I am an old person who can go on 5 hours of sleep.

Place you want to visit?: Portugal or Prague is next on my list.

Do you have pets? If you do, tell us a little about them: I have two pets. Pootie is a cat. He is a gray tuxedo. He loves me best, but he also hangs around my eldest child a lot. Every once in a while, he bothers my husband. Bob is a hermit crab. Bob bores the hell out of me and I am equal parts terrified that I will find him dead in his cage and tired that I am still taking care of him. His previous companions, Larry and Curly, have perished. When I found them dead, I screamed. Hermit crabs are creepy as fuck when they leave their shells, like I can’t stand them that way. I don’t know why I am stuck taking care of Bob, but he’s here, he is under my care, and God help me, he’s a stubborn bastard.

Tell us a little about yourself?: 

For work, I’m a web producer/web developer, and I maintain about 20 sites for my company.  

I used to work in publishing.

I went to law school and quit.

I eventually married my high school sweetheart and now we have 3 children.

I was always attracted to women, too, but growing up, I was too afraid to come out as bi. It still intimidates me, coming out to new people now. Most times, I just let them draw their own conclusions.

Fun or weird fact about you?: There’s nothing weird about me that you don’t already know. Fun fact: I kickbox in the nearby UFC gym, and one time, I was practicing with Tai pads with a dude who kicked me in the leg by accident — he just “grazed” me, really. I TRIED VERY HARD to pretend that I was alright. That night, my leg was swollen, and three months later, I saw that same dude fighting in the octagon on TV.

Asks for fanfic authors:

How long have you been writing?: 20 years.

Which is your favourite of the fics you’ve written?: That is impossible to answer. Truly. So I’m going to close my eyes over a list of my stories and where my finger lands, that’s my fave. It’s Drive.

Favourite fic/chapter/plot-point/character you’ve ever written?: This is even harder. 

Polly’s character arc in Wicked. I really love how I fleshed her out in that story

The development of Kevin and Jughead’s friendship in Harvest to Home

Jughead’s relationship with Archie and Jellybean in Drive.

Betty’s story arc in Drive.

The twists and turns of Wicked.

The rich ambience of Harvest to Home.

Betty and Cheryl’s friendship in Harvest to Home.

The text conversation in Drive.

Sweet Pea’s background character in Drive.

Cheryl’s character in Wicked.

The car chase scene in Drive.

The hotel scene in Cowboy Jones.

The Peitho kitchen scene in Cowboy Jones.

Which was the hardest to write, and why?: Wicked was hard to write. I had set out to write this story with the twists and turns in mind, and those twists were interlaced. I had to set stuff up all throughout the beginning and middle so that the end would make sense. It was also harder because of Season 2. The background of those episodes in contrast with what I had in mind tended to make me nervous about reader expectations. Like when Hal was suddenly the Black Hood on Riverdale, it felt odd to not make him so terrible in Wicked. 

One of the hardest chapters I had to write was a chapter written in Cheryl’s POV. Delving into her psyche was a difficult switch to turn on and at some point, I was doubting whether I can do it, but I did it and there it was. And I don’t regret it at all.

How do you come up with the ideas for you fic(s)? (examples: Do you draw inspiration from real life? Listen to music? Get inspired by TV/movies?) Do you have an process to your writing?: Inspiration is different every time. 

For Harvest to Home, I wanted to write a fic about a very domestic Betty who made beautiful things. While I was writing that fic, I was deeply into the show Fixer Upper because we had just moved into our own new home. I was absolutely inspired by the designs I saw on TV and our need to decorate our home. I wanted Betty to be so good at it that she wrote a blog about home making. I had a lot of inspiration for that as well, since in the publishing company I used to work for, I worked with a lot of chefs and homemakers who published books. 

For Drive, I was inspired by images of Mechanic!Betty at the start of Season 2. I think I may have seen a couple of fics inspired by the movie Baby Driver, where Jughead drove the getaway cars, and honestly, I got a little mad that Betty was never the driver. So I wrote the damn thing, and suddenly, Jughead was drag racing in Season 2. I wrote that fic with a lot of alternative music in the background. I usually started my chapters with the lyrics of those songs that inspired me.

For Wicked, I started writing it for Halloween and it basically grew too large of an idea to make it to Halloween of that year. I was also hesitant about how the fandom would receive a fic where Betty was a witch. Then there came that article about how Alice was possibly a Spellman. WELL THEN. 

Cowboy Jones was absolutely inspired by the Camp Bughead prompts. I figured since I hadn’t been driven out of the fandom by torches and pitchforks because of Wicked, I’d try for some sci-fi, a genre I really love. I aimed to misbehave with Cowboy Jones, so I told myself that this was going to be my smuttiest work yet. I had also put out an X-Files inspired bughead short called The Truth is Here for that same prompt. 

I answered the question about my writing process here and some more about character development here. 

Idea that you always wanted to write?: Kitchen Confidential type story, where Jughead is an asshole chef who is determined to make his restaurant succeed. Betty becomes his sous chef and shows him a thing or two about cooking and about life.

Favourite character to write?: Betty and Jughead, no doubt.

Best comment/review you’ve ever received?: Well, there are so many commenters who have been so fantastic, but my favorite comments come from those who want to have a discussion with me, mostly because I like to reply to all commenters to express my gratitude and it’s easier to reply when I can pick up a conversation.

Best and worst parts of being a writer?: Best part is finishing a chapter and posting it. Worst part is getting flamed. I have been fortunate enough to have a welcoming group of readers here, but I’ve had my share of flames in other fandoms. I always try to dig deep for something constructive in them — there always is something that can be so useful to my writing, but man, those are TOUGH to handle sometimes.

Do you have any advice to offer?: Few things:

Don’t let fear rule your life. Embrace that fear and get to know it. Find out what makes it frightening, then overcome it. 

Practice. That is the only thing that will make you better at anything. 

Learn from failure. It’s a bitch of a teacher but it’s the best lesson you’ll ever have.

Find work that you love. It always pays.

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This is the eleventh installment of Bughead Family’s Member Spotlight series. Each week, a member’s url is selected through a randomizer and they will be featured in a spotlight post. In order to participate, please join the Bughead Discord (more information found here). Thank you.

[feskiloi]

Stephen Hendee Thaw Foamboard, gaffer tape, wood, fluorescent lights, gels 1999

[kwebtv]

Harley and the Davidsons  -  Discovery  -  9/5/2016  -  9/7/2016

Drama (3 episodes)

Running Time:  90 minutes

Stars:

Michiel Huisman as Walter Davidson

Bug Hall as Arthur Davidson

Robert Aramayo as Bill Harley

Daniel Coonan as William "Big Bill" Davidson

Gabriel Luna as Eddie Hasha 

Philip Brodie as George M. Hendee 

Tommy Bastow as Otto Walker

Wilson Bethel as Ray Weishaar

Alex Shaffer as Albert "Shrimp" Burns 

Dougray Scott as Randall James 

Stephen Rider as William B. Johnson

Jessica Camacho as Reya

Sean H. Scully as Walter C. Davidson

Annie Read as Anna Jachthuber/Anna Harley

Essa O’ Shea as Clara Beisel/Clara Davidson 

Hera Hilmar as Emma Rosenheim/Emma Davidson

Richard Cordery as Wharton

[openspacebaltimore]

Open Space is pleased to present the Eighth Annual Publications and Multiples FairIt’s no joke!

Saturday, April 1 from 12 – 6pm Sunday, April 2 from 12 – 6pm at the Baltimore Design School

Stop by the fair for a program outlining all of the on- and off-site programming this weekend!

MORE INFORMATION HERE!

The Publications and Multiples Fair is an annual exposition of contemporary artist books, prints, publications, sculptures, jewelry, textiles, and works produced in multiple. This event has grown tremendously, from having 15 vendors in its first year to having 150 in its seventh year. Taking up one weekend in the spring, PMF acts as a beacon for artists across the country. People traveling from both coasts come together to sell the wares they have produced throughout the year and stay for the connections made with makers they may have never met before. In more recent years have we curated additional on-site programming throughout the weekend that includes panel discussions on contemporary identity issues, poetry readings, musical performances, motivational speeches, and artist talks.

Formed in 2009, Open Space is a DIY artist-run gallery and collective located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Vendors: 0202FF 0Zone 200 Nam Nam A. Jarrell Hayes ACRES Adam Amram and Gabriella Grill Adult Punk Alex Ebstein, Jessie & Katey Alexandra Bravar, Angela Heaps and Caeli Carr-Potter Alexandra DeStefano Amy Scovil, Allen Hiu Anime Ceramix Ann Xu Anna K Crooks Anna Silina Anna Strain Art Vandelay Aurora Engle-Pratt Baltimore Print Studios Baltimore Youth Arts BDS kids Beast Beast Grrl Collective Bellfugees Ben McNutt / Wrestling Bernard Stiegler Better Lovers Blind Arch Brad Ziegler Bred Press Brooks & Rosebud Brown and Proud Press Carmen Johns Carolyn Conn & Grace Davis Castle Printshop Celeste Fichter Chaimi Food Studio Charlotte Anne Laurance Cherub Christina Haines Christopher Adams Christopher Mahonski Claire Felonis + Spencer Shope Clr’D CLUBHOUSE and Leyla Rzayeva Cryptogram Ctl+P Dana Bechert Ceramics Dog Pasta Dominique Hellgeth Dylan Thadani Presents Eclectic Collective EGOHEADS Ehse Records Eleanor Farley Elena Johnston Ella Clayton Elle Johnson Endless Editions Flannery Cashill Freda Mohr Friends of Friends Friends Records Fume Room Press Fuse Works Gaby Velez GenderFail Press General Matters Get Lost Press Girl Group Gloomy of PlayGurlClubb Gratuitous Type Handwork Quilts Heart & Soil Hey Thanks! Herbal Co. High Tide HYRSTERIA ZINE Illogical Comics Ink Press Productions InterMedia + Digital Arts of UMBC Jack Reese / Weakly Comics Jason Roy JEDICOM JESSICA’S WORLD OF FLOWERS Joe Maccarone Josh Dean Julie & Jane Kali Stull + Noel Freibert Kat Kennedy Kate Haberer & Will Ryerson Katherine Gottsegen KB pots Kodi Fabricant and Maggie Fitz Kyle Tata, Kristin Tata, Tyler Davis, and John Zimmerman Laila Milevski Lane Harlan Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez Lily Herman Liz Langa Ceramics Local 1 Youth Press Lorre-Mill Lucia Maher-Tatar, Audrey Gair Lunar Insurrection M Reisenwitz M.uckotter \ charles.S Make Studio MAKE Ü SMILE Mara Hyman Matt Carignan Matthew Scott Gualco Melody Often Miata Upshaw MICA Design League Mikael Flores-Amper Mishka Colombo Morgan Vessel Mother Mother MRDN Mt. Home Arts + Matthew Van Asselt Munu Editions Natalia C. Arias Natalie Geagraphic NewAM++ NICKNACKS Nothing Left to Learn Nowhere Zone Object Of Olivia Gibb Open Works P.O. Box PaperBase Paul Shortt & Christopher Kardambikis Pellinore Press PHKKED Pioneer Works Press Press Project Dispatch Publication Studio Hudson Rachel Hayden Rachel Rymont RAW MEAT Collective Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse Revolving Family Distribution Rob Brulinski Rock Pile Western Ruby Waldo s P L e e N C o F F i N Saint Lucy Books Sarah Juanita Sassafras Sea Farm City severed books Sexmagick Press Shelby Rosabal and Jasmine Cindy Shreyas R Krishnan Shy Pup Small Editions Soberscove Press Soft Blonde Soft City Printing Soumya Dhulekar & Nicole Rodrigues Spencer Compton Stephen Grebinski Stephen Hendee Studio-HH & Kevin Lowenthall SYBIL PRESS TABLOID Press Ten09 Terrault Gallery the Bettys The Coalition Zine The Contemporary The Joint Youth Movement The New Canon Project The Unofficial Press Thousand Island/Emily Burtner Total Pansy Toy Story 5 travis hallenbeck TXTbooks Ultraviolet Light Under + Over Vivien and Abbie Wise Wei Xie Hann White Lighter Whitney Simpkins Whittled Wizards & HandsandCurls Will Laren William Chapman and Lauren Barbour Women in Sound Woven Autonomo Zimmerman Woodworks

ON-SITE FAIR PROGRAMMING:

Saturday: Madeline Campbell of Women in Sound: 1-2pm A complement to Women in Sound zine, this talk is an introduction to the impact of women and queer people on electronic music and recorded sound. It will discuss the equipment and creative processes employed to produce unheard sounds and pioneer a genre. No prior knowledge of electronic music necessary to enjoy this program!

Pecha Kucha Series on “SciFi Optimism”: 2:30-3:30pm Pecha Kuchas are back! This year six presenters will explore the idea of “scifi optimism” and how it relates to their life and work. Featuring Claire Mirocha, Alexis Skinner, Lunar Insurrection, Umiko Niwa, Jen Kirby and Vincent Seadler.

ACRE TV screening: 4:00-5:00pm ACRE TV co-director Andrew Mausert-Mooney will present selections from the archives and speak to the Chicago-based project’s four year history. ACRE TV is an artist-made livestreaming tele-vision network (found online at ACRE.org) that features live and canned video, performances, durational works, and experimental broadcasts. ACRE TV was born out of the collaborative spirit of ACRE(Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) based in Chicago and Steuben, Wisconsin.

Nam Nam 200 5:00-6:00pm The world premier screening of video work by Marcelline, Travis Levasseur and Corey Hughes.

Sunday: Zoe Ligon in conversation with Stefani Levin about Female Ejaculation: 1-2pm Zoe Ligon artist and founder of Spectrum Boutique in Detroit will talk to local sex therapist Stefani Levin about female ejaculation.

LES FLEURS DU MAL: Readings on Erotic Decadence and Decay 2:30-4:00pm LES FLEURS DU MAL is a performance of poetry, sound, and provocative imagery inspired by Post-Baudelairean erotic decadence and decay. This show features 14 Poets, a large scale painting as backdrop by Viveca Licata, and intermission sounds by QUNA. Featuring readings by Max Guy, Grace Davis, Anna K. Crooks, Adam Marans, Lane Harlan, Lexie Mountain, Adam Beaver, Maya Martinez, Lindsay Raspi, Saida Agostini, Lily Herman, Jasmine Pullen-Schmidt and Janea Kelly. The show is curated by Lane Harlan exclusively for PMF.

Reading by Jason Harris and Olu Butterfly: Selections of Speculative Fiction: 4:00-5:00pm

Nam Nam 200 5:00-6:00pm Screening of video work by Marcelline, Travis Levasseur and Corey Hughes.

Workshops:

Satruday Beast Grrl Zine, 3:00-4:00pm Beast Grrl Zine will be running a mini-zine workshop– all materials provided! Come out to listen to tunes and chop up magazines with us. Beast Grrl Zine is a youth-run feminist organization, promoting youth empowerment, feminist education, and activism.

Sunday Intro to “Dungeons and Dragons” 1:00-3:30pm –local novelist and game maker Justin Sirois will give a 2 hour introduction to tabletop role playing and the basic system The Black Hack.

HAIR CLUB (with Kelly Lloyd) 4:00-5:00pm Hair Club would like to invite participants to use a variety of materials to construct their own merkin, or pubic wig. Merkins were originally worn by sex workers, but are now used as decorative items by people of all genders, and for “modesty” purposes by actors. During this event, while constructing our merkins with a variety of materials including sequins, fringe, felt, faux-fur, yarn, ribbon and glitter paper, we will engage participants in a discussion around body hair, specifically pubic hair, looking at the vilification of women’s body hair and the portrayal of pubic hair in pop culture. This workshop will explore a humorous DIY strategy to processing culture’s dictates about where hair should and should not be, while Kate Bush plays in the background. Co-founded by Suzanne Gold, Kelly Lloyd, and Michal Lynn Shumate, HAIR CLUB is an interdisciplinary, research-based art collective whose work is centered around the multivalent topic of HAIR.

Formed in 2009, Open Space is a DIY artist-run gallery and collective located in Baltimore, Maryland.

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We are very proud to have Tommy Hanson play at Modulate this week. He’s headlining downstairs at White Line, Silom 8 from about 9.30pm. 

What are you doing over in Bangkok? --> I actually came to Bangkok from the country sides of Isan, in search of a better job and, of course, live music. I was living there for a bit over a year before making it here. Now that I am here, I’m usually busy just juggling a full time high school teaching position, the musician lifestyle, and a never ending masters degree in sonic arts. Not much time for anything else.

How did you get into music? --> I technically started with a “uninspiring” guitar purchase at the age of 14. It didn’t take me long to realize I couldn’t play, and it sat there for a couple years until I bought a guitar pedal. I think it was the orange colored boss distortion and one of their white digital delay pedals. That’s when things took off with me. I found a cheap mic and ran everything through it, even plugged it into itself. The second phase was probably a couple years later, my parents gifted me the old family computer and I discovered DAWs and home recording. I don’t think I left my room for a couple years after that. If I did it was with a ska band I formed with my high school friends at the time. Still, It was mostly about recording for me. Eventually I scored a deal on some beautiful unused equipment from my high school music department and began my life long “home studio�� journey. Today I hardly record and try to stay away from the computer as much as I can, but haven’t stopped collecting equipment.

Did you have any early mentors that helped you out? Anyone teach you or lend you kit to get going? --> I bought that very first guitar with a friends dad, who had a little practice room in his garage, I guess I got my start there but it wasn’t much. In fact I haven’t had much guidance at all when it comes to music pretty much just rehearse and make decisions on my own about everything. Although, I do remember a reggae cd my father bought during his later years. He used to play in the car all the time and it had some great tunes on it like the bluebells “come along” which I think ultimately brought me to where I am today. Though… later in university I had two truly great mentors. The first a sculpture artist and musicians named Stephen Hendee who helped me through my undergraduate in the states. Pushed me to pursue my interest in surround sound and really develop my vision. The second is Jean-David Caillout, my current professor and one of my best friends since I first came to Bangkok. I don’t have to say much about him other than he is legendary in his talent and his influence on the studying musicians of Thailand is immeasurable.

What do you think the most important part of your art is? --> Openness and Attentiveness. I think it’s easy to get stuck in a hole in music. I try to keep my head out of all of that. Whether it’s a genre, or a piece of gear, or the entire industry. In the end, I don’t really care. I love vibration and playing with it. Whether it’s called music, or its marketable, or I can explain it to any of you comes second. I do think there is a responsibility attached to all of this though. When I perform there is so much intent, and I try be aware of everything at play. I always think about what I am playing, how it’s coming out of the speakers, how the other musicians I am playing with feel about it, and most importantly put myself in the audience’s shoes. I think musicians have often forgotten about the effect of their sounds, the potential to tell stories and make connections. So much music today is a feedback loop between the artist and their instrument or some stylized image in their head. As things become more and more “specialized” it will only get worse. Keep yourself applicable, the world needs all kinds of people, not just musicians. Use music to build a community not segregate it, that’s my motto.

Any favorite bits of kit? --> Yeah. Anyone who knows me knows I’m crazy about this cheap multi effects unit from Zoom called the G3. In fact I know a dozen people who have bought it just because they’ve seen me use it. I don’t mind, no one will have spent as much time with it as I have. After all its not about what you use but how you use it, right? Anyways it’s an incredible device. So many effects, so much routing, great size, and price. There are of course a few other devices I’ve fallen in love with over the years, the yamaha cs-10, all of the early Ibanez delay units, the sure 7b microphone, and all of the Wurlitzer pianos I’ve ever had the privilege of owning. I try not to get attached to materials stuff in that way anymore but I’ve definitely fallen in love a few times.

What can people expect on Saturday night? --> Something unique. I’m not following in anyone’s footsteps here. I grab things I like that sound good together, I mix them up in my mixer and serve them up to you fresh and free of computers and all that pre-recorded pre-sequenced nonsense. My band mate ‘Champ’ will be joining me as well on various Thai instruments, so expect to hear some very local sounds in a way you’ve never heard before.

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G788 Artist Studio Visit with artist Stephen Hendee @stephen_hendee #g788artiststudiovisit #studiovisit #artiststudios #creative #art #studios #artists #sculptures #costumes #orange #baltimore #baltimoreartist #makingart #g788 #shotoniphone #halloween2017 #krampus #baltimore #baltimoreartist #masks / on Instagram http://ift.tt/2zScmAJ

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Stephen Hendee

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stephen hendee

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Out of This World Artist Stephen Hendee creates science fiction-inspired environments with nothing but plastic, light, and some ingenuity.

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Seen Scene: VOID - Stephen Hendee Opening Reception at Goucher College's Silber Gallery

All photos taken by Alex Ebstein 

Check out BmoreArt.com for more photos from Stephen's show, running until March 5.