Latest / philly has heART / Philly Queer Craft feat. Laura McNamara and Candice Dias
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- 0:15Hey, babes. We've spent a lot of time together
- 0:18this week. Don't you love it? If you could see
- 0:27the look on his face. No, it's been fun. It's
- 0:31been super fun. Meeting some amazing people.
- 0:34Some new faces. Some old. Who are you calling
- 0:38old? Tell him what we did. Tuesday. With Third
- 0:45Street Gallery, we had a panel. Our very first
- 0:50panel with artists. It was absolutely amazing.
- 0:53Mid -panel, me from the back of the room, I text
- 0:56Robert saying, you should do this for a living.
- 0:58You're doing really great. Aww. And then you
- 1:01said, lay on the plane. Lay on the fucking plane
- 1:04and wrap this up. Well, once you get me started,
- 1:09you know, it's hard to stop. That's true. No
- 1:11more questions. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you to
- 1:14Third Street Gallery for inviting us and having
- 1:17us pull this together. It was an amazing group
- 1:21of emerging artists and some very kind of veteran
- 1:25artists as well to share their stories and to
- 1:28share what's worked for them. A little bit about
- 1:30their medium, a little bit about how they got
- 1:32to where they were today, and then sharing with
- 1:35other artists who were in the room about what
- 1:38their best practices are. Shout out to our picks.
- 1:42For the panel. Dominique Smarco, friend of the
- 1:45pod. And Galen Gibson Cornell. Shout out to Petit
- 1:50Garçon who helped me bead friendship bracelets
- 1:52leading up to the night. And who also joined
- 1:56us on the tail end and passed around a tray of
- 2:00the beaded friendship bracelets and the stickers.
- 2:03Yes. Petit Garçon, you are my hero. Oh, adorable.
- 2:08What next? Into the city again for second Thursday.
- 2:13A mere one mile away from my house. We had a
- 2:17wonderful studio visit with Tim McFarlane, who
- 2:20gave us a little sneak peek into his process
- 2:24and what he is up to next, which was great. It
- 2:29was really good to see an artist in their own
- 2:32space, which... Kind of gives you additional
- 2:37insights into their process and what they are
- 2:42using through their materials in the space that
- 2:45they have. And then we made our way back downstairs
- 2:47for the rest of Second Thursday at the Korean
- 2:49Arts Building. Got to see this amazing show that
- 2:55had like the Phillies baseball, like a baseball
- 2:57theme to it. I really liked that artist. I think
- 3:01that was Automat, yeah? Yes, that's Automat.
- 3:04We also got to see recent, very recent guest
- 3:08Rhonda Babb's work at Box Spring Gallery. Absolutely
- 3:12beautiful. You really then did get to see how
- 3:16she like layered on the words through the printmaking
- 3:20process. It was a really beautiful piece. And
- 3:23I think there was something to be said about
- 3:24the exhibition as a whole, yeah? Oh yes, definitely.
- 3:28You kept going. Sure did. I went to James Oliver
- 3:33Gallery last night. We're recording this on a
- 3:36Sunday. It's going live on a Wednesday. So I
- 3:38went Saturday night to the James Oliver Gallery
- 3:41opening where I was eagle -eyed for Natalie Hope
- 3:46McDonald's work. Yes. So good. The boxing gloves.
- 3:50Deleting that. Keep your pants on. And then I
- 3:54went to... 4 ,000 Worth Avenue for Galen Gibson
- 4:00Cornell's opening. Beautiful. Invisible Cities.
- 4:03The scale on the biggest one, I think, was 8
- 4:06feet high by 12 feet long. I think about it in
- 4:09terms of Lucinda's. That would be one and third
- 4:14Lucinda tall. Okay. Two Lucinda's long. Wow.
- 4:19That's a lot of Lucinda. That's a lot of Lucinda
- 4:21right there. I think there were six pieces. Wow.
- 4:26Phenomenal. Galen's work is absolutely incredible.
- 4:29He goes around the world collecting posters and
- 4:33then he weaves them back together. And as he
- 4:37mentioned on the panel, some attendees were thinking
- 4:40that he was stealing posters. He put the spin
- 4:42on it. Very clever that he was actually cleaning
- 4:45up the wall. Yes, he was. And then recycling.
- 4:48That shit's sustainable. I went to Elemento after.
- 4:51Oh, you did, did ya? Uh -huh. What'd you get,
- 4:53a taco? Mm -hmm. Nice. I got octopus nachos.
- 4:57Oh my gosh. Wait, how did they do the octopus?
- 5:00Just chopped. Just chopped. Okay. It wasn't like
- 5:03fried. It wasn't like a calamari. No. Well, I
- 5:05guess it's octopus, not a calamari. Not a squid.
- 5:07It's a squid. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. They grill
- 5:09it? I think so. Oh, nice. It's really good. Okay.
- 5:12Shout out to Elemento for the free nachos. You
- 5:15know, she gets free food when I'm not there.
- 5:17We never have free food when I'm there. But she
- 5:19can sweet talk a hostess into getting us anywhere.
- 5:22You're welcome. Shall we move on to the conversation?
- 5:24On to the conversation. We have a great one today.
- 5:39Greetings. This is Robert Marsh, and you're listening
- 5:41to Philly Has Heart Podcast. In this podcast,
- 5:44we sit down with the artists, gallerists, educators,
- 5:47curators, and other creatives who comprise the
- 5:49Philadelphia art world to discuss upcoming performances,
- 5:53exhibits, and other events and initiatives that
- 5:55are not to be missed. The art scene in Philadelphia
- 5:58is so rich that it can seem daunting. Consider
- 6:02this your weekend cultural recommendation. With
- 6:05me always is my producer, Lucinda Daggerlin.
- 6:07Konnichiwa! And today we have Philly Queercraft.
- 6:11We're so happy to have you today. Hello! Do you
- 6:14want to introduce yourselves? Sure! So my name
- 6:17is Laura McNamara. I am one of the co -founders
- 6:20and co -organizers of the Philly Queercraft Club.
- 6:24Hi, I'm Candace Diaz, and the same. Times two.
- 6:30You give us the elevator pitch for Philly queer
- 6:34craft. The who, what, when, or how often and
- 6:38where. Sure, I can go first. So the Philly Queer
- 6:43Craft Club is just a really low -key, really
- 6:46low -stakes meetup for anyone in the queer community
- 6:50who wants to come and make stuff. It's a meetup
- 6:55that meets several times a month at various restaurants
- 6:57or bars. We always say if you can bring it to
- 7:00a table, you can bring it to Queer Craft Club.
- 7:02You don't have to be an expert. You don't have
- 7:04to come with lots of skills. You can bring coloring.
- 7:07You can bring embroidery arts. bring collage,
- 7:10but it's really just a time to come and like
- 7:12meet people. You can enjoy a meal together and
- 7:15to make things and kind of get your creative
- 7:17things going and just spend some time together.
- 7:21Yeah. We know Philly Queer Craft is a relatively
- 7:24new meetup group. Can you share the origin story
- 7:27behind it? I am a member of various craft clubs
- 7:32already in Philadelphia. And I have found that
- 7:35many of them are already so inclusive and welcoming
- 7:37of queer people, which is lovely. And so I've
- 7:41never sort of felt anything that's missing. But
- 7:43I think that like right now, you know, it's kind
- 7:46of hard for queer people, you know, in the world.
- 7:50We can feel under attack in many directions.
- 7:53And so I think that a lot of us are just kind
- 7:56of... looking for that community where we can
- 7:58be just around each other and we can sort of
- 8:00share our feelings and where we're kind of you
- 8:04know having all of these these things we just
- 8:07talk to each other and find that community again
- 8:09and so Candice and I were talking about how like
- 8:12we're kind of missing that right now beyond just
- 8:14the bar scene or beyond some of these things
- 8:17and so we said well why don't we just see if
- 8:19we can make a craft club for people who can meet
- 8:21and just make things and just sort of get out
- 8:25whatever you need to get out. And it turns out
- 8:28that a lot of people were feeling the same way.
- 8:30So we didn't really do much other than just like...
- 8:32create a meetup and put up an Instagram account.
- 8:35And wow, there were so many people who felt the
- 8:37same way. And people just started coming to the
- 8:39meetups and joining the online community. And
- 8:42they just said, oh my gosh, thank you for creating
- 8:44this. Like we were looking for a space for this.
- 8:47And, you know, they've been meeting people, making
- 8:49friends or just coming and like sitting by themselves,
- 8:52maybe sort of making some chit chat, but just
- 8:55being around each other. And it's been such a
- 8:57lovely community. No, I think that's great. I
- 9:00think it's, you know, people need a space. Sometimes
- 9:02it's a space just to be. Sometimes it's a space
- 9:04to talk to other folks, but a space to sit. Sometimes
- 9:06we have people who just, you know, are working
- 9:08on their own projects and occasionally talking
- 9:11to someone about what they're working on. And
- 9:13it's a queer space. And I think one of the things
- 9:16that, you know, we talked about when we were
- 9:18thinking about this is that we're always thinking
- 9:20about, wouldn't it be great to have more queer
- 9:21spaces that cover a wide range of activities,
- 9:24right? Because we do all sorts of different things.
- 9:28And we just realized at some point where we keep
- 9:30talking about like, wouldn't it be nice to have
- 9:32this queer space? Let's just do it. And we realized
- 9:37once we started it that a lot of people were
- 9:39sort of thinking the same thing is, you know,
- 9:42some sort of vision of like, I spend a lot of
- 9:44time online or I spend a lot of time doing this
- 9:46particular activity, but it would be nice to
- 9:48have more options. And so it's more options are
- 9:51just better, I think, for all of us. And so it's
- 9:54just become a really nice space. Knitting, crochet,
- 9:57embroidery, paper crafts, beading, drawing. Do
- 10:00either of you have a specific craft of choice?
- 10:03And what got you? you into it You should go first.
- 10:06So I'm kind of a hobby collector. Like, I mean,
- 10:09you know, we're all hearing the maxing. I say
- 10:12hobby maxing in a very sarcastic way. Not seriously.
- 10:17But, like, if there's a hobby out there, I've
- 10:20tried it. The house is full, maybe too full.
- 10:23There's a lot of hobbies in the house. There's
- 10:24a lot of hobbies in the house. And I've just
- 10:26out myself sometimes. So I think that my primary
- 10:29hobbies tend to be all fiber arts, right? So
- 10:32the knitting, the crocheting, dye yarn, anything.
- 10:34related to that. But also sewing. But I've tried
- 10:38everything. Do you dye yarn? I do dye yarn and
- 10:41I love dyeing. Talk to me about it. I don't know.
- 10:43What do you want to know? What do you start with?
- 10:46Just like... What fiber does the yarn have to
- 10:50be in order to take the dye? Let's start there.
- 10:52Okay, yeah, that's a great question. So you have
- 10:56to have a different process and different type
- 10:58of dye, whether you're doing what's called like
- 11:01protein versus plant or cellulose, I think. So
- 11:04if you're doing like wool or silk or anything
- 11:08that basically came from an animal versus if
- 11:10you're doing plant -based, so things that would
- 11:13be like cotton or bamboo or tensile, that's a
- 11:16complete. different process so it would be acid
- 11:19-based versus fiber reactive and so it's just
- 11:23it's a lot of fun so like basically you just
- 11:25get the undyed yarn and then you can add all
- 11:27the different colors and you can and it's it's
- 11:29fun and it does take over the house a little
- 11:31bit so I do apologize. I do apologize. It comes
- 11:34with its own smell. A lot of wet wool. A lot
- 11:39of wet wool. So remember how I said earlier that,
- 11:41like, if you can bring it to a table, you can
- 11:43bring it to a career. You can't bring that. But,
- 11:46you know, someone did bring tie -dye. So we have
- 11:51a lovely host venue, which is Queen and Rook.
- 11:54We love them, but we did tell them, I promise
- 11:56they're not actually doing the dyeing at Queen
- 11:58& Rock, but they were doing the rubber bands.
- 12:00These really elaborate ways to create these patterns.
- 12:05And so he showed up, and he was just sort of
- 12:07twisting and doing all these really intentional
- 12:09things for tie -dye. And everyone's like, please
- 12:12bring your dyeing next time. I was like, do not
- 12:13bring your dyeing next time. We can't do that.
- 12:19Sidebar, has anyone ever shown up with a loom?
- 12:22No, not yet. People come with the weaving frames,
- 12:28right? So it's one step away from a loom. But
- 12:32I feel like a loom is in our future. People,
- 12:35you know what to do. I know. If you can, fit
- 12:37it on the table. And if you do not mess up anything
- 12:40at our venues, because we love our venues, Queen
- 12:43and Rook and Triple Bottom Brewery. So we want
- 12:45to call them out. Thank you for the spaces. And
- 12:48please don't mess them up. Fair, fair. Candice,
- 12:54how about you? So I have done things that can't
- 12:58be done at a table. I was doing a lot of pulpery
- 13:02and then realized when schedules change, I was
- 13:04just like, you know, it would be nice to have
- 13:06something that I could do at a table. I feel
- 13:08like this is the tagline, things you can do at
- 13:09a table. And so I was just looking for different
- 13:13things. And I do some sewing, hand sewing class.
- 13:17Approved textiles. Approved textiles, sorry.
- 13:19So I took a hand sewing class at Approved Textiles,
- 13:21which was so much fun. And I was interested in
- 13:24doing sashiko, so I thought, well, let me stop
- 13:26doing that. So I'm now adding to the pile of
- 13:29hobbies that can be done at the table because
- 13:31I've got sashiko stuff, I've got a needlepoint
- 13:34thing on the go, and I might do embroidery, but
- 13:37I'm just not sure about that. I am so proud of
- 13:39your pile, by the way. Yes! Come to the dark
- 13:44side, yes. She's hobby -maxing. Hobby -maxing.
- 13:49It's a continuum. Side question, what's your
- 13:53favorite place to get your crafts at? Well, we
- 13:56love Approved Textiles. Approved Textiles is
- 13:57amazing. I love Loop. I love South Philly Yarn
- 14:01and Craft. Ashley at South Philly Yarn and Craft
- 14:03is so fun and has just, like, such a fun vibe
- 14:06and carries so much fun stuff. I also love to
- 14:09go to, like, big festivals for fiber arts. Oh.
- 14:12And then you can get them directly from the,
- 14:14like, independent dyers and things like... Yeah.
- 14:17Or the sheep. You can, like, meet the sheep.
- 14:20Right. Yes. Thank you, Charlotte. Yeah. So I
- 14:27go to Vogue Knitting every year in New York City,
- 14:29and I tend to, like, buy, like, a lot, and that'll
- 14:33stock me up. So, yeah, I... Can I sidebar something
- 14:36real quick? I spotted in my coat closet yesterday
- 14:40two skeins? Skeins, yeah. Skeins of yarn and,
- 14:46like, knitting needles stuck inside them, and
- 14:49I'm like, that's new. What's going on in there?
- 14:51To my husband. He was like, petite garçon, my
- 14:55son. And I tried knitting. He needs to try to
- 14:59do something with his hands. Wonderful. And he
- 15:02lasted ten minutes. Oh. He's six years old. Yes,
- 15:06that sounds age appropriate. Yeah? We'll see
- 15:09how it works out because he's usually jumping
- 15:11off the walls. Don't they have those little,
- 15:12like, crochet things that they could do, too,
- 15:15that they can make, like, little, they can make,
- 15:17like, a little person? I don't even know. I don't
- 15:19even, I didn't even know my husband could knit.
- 15:21But, like, you learn something new about your
- 15:23partner every day. Apparently. Your husband was
- 15:25also knitting? He was teaching him how to knit.
- 15:28Oh, wow. He was teaching him how to knit, so
- 15:30he really knows how to knit. This makes sense,
- 15:31because Nana is a knitter. Why would you keep
- 15:35that skill a secret? Right. And we'll get back
- 15:39to Philly Queer Craft in a moment. They just
- 15:45found a new member. Wait, we're going to get
- 15:48to that. We're going to get to that in a second.
- 15:50Don't get ahead of yourself with the cisgender
- 15:52bullshit now. So when Nana came to visit while
- 15:59I was pregnant with my second child and she was
- 16:01going to be my support person with the first
- 16:03one to make sure that he never... felt a difference
- 16:06in the attention that he got, I was like, you
- 16:09know what Nana should do while she's here? She
- 16:11needs to go to Yarnphoria. It's our closest yarn
- 16:14place. I was like, and her name is Joy. And I
- 16:19was like, she needs to take up a residency at
- 16:21Yarnphoria, a weekly workshop maybe called The
- 16:24Joy of Knitting. And I mean, I'm waiting for...
- 16:30them to like be like yes i'll see you next summer
- 16:33and i'm talking about joy now yarn for you has
- 16:36no idea what my plans are for them let's move
- 16:39back to the conversation okay you have some upcoming
- 16:42programming in june would you like to share a
- 16:45little bit about what's going on We've had two
- 16:47events already in June. The two events that have
- 16:50already passed are our Queer Craft Nights, and
- 16:53those take place at Queen & Rook, which is a
- 16:56game cafe on South Street. And those are basically
- 17:00our dinners where you can come, you can join.
- 17:03It's a seated event where you have some drinks,
- 17:05you have a dinner. We have lots of options. It's
- 17:08vegetarian, vegan, gluten -free options, mocktails,
- 17:11cocktails. But it's a seated event. You enjoy
- 17:14a meal together. You bring whatever you'd like.
- 17:16like and it's just it's a great time to sort
- 17:18of commune and eat and just have a great time
- 17:21and then we also have another event still coming
- 17:23up which is called crafts and drafts and that
- 17:25is at triple bottom brewing and it is june 20th
- 17:29which is a saturday and that's an afternoon in
- 17:31a saturday where it's a little bit more uh so
- 17:34you get up you can move around and at a bar um
- 17:37and sometimes they have sort of a resident chef
- 17:40that comes other times you can order in food
- 17:42but that is for some people who said you know
- 17:44we we love the dinners, but we want to be able
- 17:46to get up and move around and meet some people,
- 17:48right? So that one is a little bit more sort
- 17:50of, what's the word, like flexible, right? You
- 17:52can come whenever you want. It's a three -hour
- 17:54event. You're not seated. You have to be there
- 17:56right at the right time. So you can come anytime
- 17:58within those three hours, grab a drink. And again,
- 18:01they also have non -alcoholic options if you
- 18:03don't want to drink or anything like that. We
- 18:06do want to mention that Philly Queercraft is
- 18:08a queer -only space where that community can
- 18:11gather. And fellow allies, I am speaking to you.
- 18:14We are going to sit this out, but I understand
- 18:16that Philly Queercraft may be open to planning
- 18:19crossover events. We have an exclusive that we
- 18:23can share today because, as you said, we love
- 18:26our allies. And in fact, many of the people who
- 18:29are in Queer Craft Club are actually in other
- 18:31craft groups. Sometimes they know each other,
- 18:34sometimes they've seen each other, but a lot
- 18:35of us are already in these inclusive groups,
- 18:37like I mentioned, who are very open to queer
- 18:39members, but they're not specifically for queer
- 18:42members, like you said. A lot of us, including
- 18:44myself, are in Philadelphia Drunken Nitwits.
- 18:46So if you have seen maybe in the news, Philadelphia
- 18:49Drunken Nitwits have done lots of different...
- 18:51events and queer craft club is planning a craft
- 18:55rave and this will be open to everybody so all
- 19:00genders allies all ages so you can put on your
- 19:05dancing shoes and bring your crafts so you can
- 19:08just listen to music you can go dance you can
- 19:10dance while knitting we know it'll be sometime
- 19:12in the fall a lot of details are still being
- 19:14worked out so i don't have too many details to
- 19:16share but you can follow us on instagram or the
- 19:20drunken nitwits you can follow us at phl queer
- 19:22craft club and you can follow at philadelphia
- 19:25drunken nitwits and we will be sharing details
- 19:27as they are ready you're going in with petite
- 19:30garcon correct Yes. All right, great. Let's do
- 19:33it. So we hope to see you both there, by the
- 19:35way. What would you say to someone listening
- 19:38who identifies as LGBTQ +, has five ongoing craft
- 19:44projects, but might feel intimidated to go to
- 19:47Philly queer craft events? Don't be intimidated.
- 19:51Come join us. It's so amazing to actually see
- 19:54the range of skill and kind of depth that people
- 19:58have. And so I've seen projects where people
- 20:01are, we have someone who was making jewelry on
- 20:04the fly. Like he was just sitting there making
- 20:06these amazing rings and necklaces and bracelets.
- 20:09And so fast, I think I had like my second slice
- 20:13of pizza and he was already onto his next thing.
- 20:15Oh my gosh. Which was amazing to watch. But we
- 20:18also have people who are more. like me who are
- 20:20just sort of like this is a needle um now i'm
- 20:23going to figure out which is the right needle
- 20:25for this project and maybe i'll work on this
- 20:27project right now or i'll have switched to my
- 20:30third project which is also like halfway threaded
- 20:33and i'm getting there So it's a huge range of
- 20:37skills. Don't be intimidated. It really is just
- 20:40a space to hang out and bring your project. And
- 20:43I think a couple of meetings ago, I saw someone
- 20:46was sketching in her sketchbook and she was like
- 20:50sketching the scene in an incredibly detailed,
- 20:54accurate, intense way. And we were all just sort
- 20:57of walking around going, whoa, that's the back
- 20:59of my head. That's how good it is. I could recognize
- 21:01the back of my head. Wow. So it's, You know,
- 21:06a huge range, but then you can sort of come with
- 21:08your coloring book and color. And you're sort
- 21:12of in the moment, kind of immersed in whatever
- 21:14activity it is that you're doing. It's just a
- 21:17really nice, chill space. So don't be intimidated.
- 21:20Come join us, meet other queers, and hang out.
- 21:24And also, a lot of people don't come with anybody,
- 21:28right? Sometimes people come in pairs, but a
- 21:30lot of people just come by themselves. And when
- 21:32you walk in, one, you're going to meet us. Hey,
- 21:34I mean, who doesn't want to meet us? Exactly,
- 21:36100%. And there's a little welcome station where
- 21:38you get a name tag, a pronoun pin. And if you're
- 21:41unsure, you can just say, like, I'm a little
- 21:43nervous, and we'll introduce you to somebody
- 21:45who's a little bit more familiar with the club.
- 21:48So you definitely come. We're a very welcoming
- 21:50environment, like Candice said. you don't need
- 21:54to be nervous. Like we're, we're just a fun place
- 21:57where there's room for everybody. You've kind
- 21:59of already said this, but maybe let's do it again.
- 22:01Where can our audience find Philly Queer Craft?
- 22:05Sure. Well, you can follow us on Instagram at
- 22:08PHL Queer Craft Club, and then also on Meetup.
- 22:11And again, our name is Philly Queer Craft Club.
- 22:14And I've linked those in the show notes already.
- 22:16Absolutely amazing. And we'll be right back with
- 22:19rapid fire questions. And we're back with rapid
- 22:30fire questions. Describe the Philly art scene
- 22:33in one word. Grassroots. Yeah, I'll go with that
- 22:36too. Cheese steaks with whiz or without? With.
- 22:44I have to have it with short provolone. Ooh,
- 22:47nice. Okay, okay. Favorite beverage at the moment?
- 22:51I have been drinking too many of the virgin pina
- 22:54coladas at Queen and Brooke. which is just basically
- 22:57pineapple and coconut something. Yes. They're
- 23:02amazing. It's called the Pichu, I think. Pichu.
- 23:04I'm just a big tea drinker, so I think probably
- 23:07like an oolong or trying different green teas.
- 23:10So, yeah, every morning I like to try a different
- 23:12one. Fair Philadelphia neighborhood. Kensington.
- 23:17Kensington. Yeah. Excellent. I have one more.
- 23:20Oh. One craft for the rest of your life. Which
- 23:23one is it? Not the big one. Knitting. I would
- 23:26do pottery. Not at a table, but... Yeah. Okay,
- 23:31I have another question. You were talking about
- 23:34a jewelry maker. Has anyone ever shown up with,
- 23:36like, a mini welding setup? No. Yeah, are people
- 23:39coming with things that need to be plugged in?
- 23:42No. I think the most equipment I've seen people
- 23:44come with is the weaving frame. And then I think
- 23:48it's amazing. We have a few people who come in
- 23:50with watercolor sets. Yes. And so they're fully
- 23:53prepared with, like, a little thing of water.
- 23:56Well, they can get water at Queen and Brooke.
- 23:57But they have, like, little containers. Please
- 24:00come with a container, though. Yes. Good point.
- 24:03But they have everything kind of set up. Yeah.
- 24:05And it's an actual watercolor station. And it's
- 24:07amazing. And I love how neat they are. Yeah.
- 24:12Well, this has been absolutely amazing. Thank
- 24:14you for sharing about Philly Queer Craft. Everyone,
- 24:18please check them out. And thank you for the
- 24:20conversation today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
- 24:22you. Can I send you to the next Philly Queer
- 24:43Craft Night with my 1994 Easy To Do Jewelry Maker?
- 24:48Oh, that would have been fun. Oh, my gosh. Oh,
- 24:52yes. We were just talking about the Sears gift
- 24:55catalog the other day. Yes, we were. And making
- 24:58creepy crawly bugs that you can get. This was
- 25:02the girl version of it. I just didn't want to
- 25:03bring it up in that studio because I felt really
- 25:06square. Sounds like an amazing time, though.
- 25:14You know what I should do? What? I should show
- 25:17up there with my wedding invitations and just
- 25:20start, like, stuffing them. Yeah. For sure. Yes.
- 25:25Are you getting into anything this weekend, Robert?
- 25:28Are you getting into anything this weekend, Lucinda?
- 25:31Touche. The Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus will
- 25:35be singing the national anthem tomorrow at Philly's
- 25:37Pride Night at Citizens Bank Park. Dot, dot,
- 25:40dot. Maybe we're going. Unclear. Oh, yeah, true.
- 25:44Part of the Pride Arts Festival East Pass Young
- 25:47Opera Project will be at Arts on Center Stage
- 25:50at Dilworth Park tomorrow, June 18th at 6 p .m.
- 25:55Long live the Queen. A herstory of drag is running
- 26:00at the Wilma from the 18th to the 20th. Highland
- 26:04Mather and Sean Cardinal form. N. Mando Marie.
- 26:11Easy. Easy. Is ongoing through June at Paradigm
- 26:16Gallery and Studio. Getting recognized on the
- 26:19second floor of Paradigm Gallery will never get
- 26:22old. Scene of the crime. Still riding that high.
- 26:24You'll crash soon. In three, two... Take us home.
- 26:37Oh, with that, Philly has heart. And heart! for
- 27:06tuning in to philly has heart don't forget to
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