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Charmed and Dangerous (9/10/2010)

Friday evening the best place to find yourself is lost on Kettner avenue in the northern side of Little Italy between the hours of 6pm and 9pm. Why you may ask? Every three months or so Kettner Nights takes place in the galleries, studios and businesses of this lesser know charming block of Little Italy. One can peruse the contemporary merchandise of Mixture who will be hosting five photographers works and a surplus of modern design for the home. Farther down the block you can enter the Artist's Building at 2400 Kettner which hosts two floors of artist studios that usually offer complimentary two buck chuck, ritz crackers and cheese to nosh on while you offering you that rare opportunity to see into the secret spaces of photographers, oil painters and art collectors galore. Subtext, now if you read my other blogs you already have your ear to the ground on this place, has there new solo show Damages by NC Winters.

I may be the queen of where to find free beer, art and appetizers (hey, does the term starving artist sound familiar to anyone?) but this event is ready to rock some fresh artistians sweat and... spray paint? Bedford Built, a fine furniture designer is taking this event seriously. At 7 p.m. swing by his wood shop and amist the monster size mechanical saws and miters you will find, a rock band. The Academy of Light will be singing among the horse saws and wood dust. Just outside of Joe's to die for four seater airplane seats he stores in the shop a New Mexico born street artist, Charles Page of Page Studios will be leaving his mark on the Bedford Built van. Montana spray cans will be whistling their song as Page permenantly tags Joe's van with his signature style and wheatpaste images.

If you are feeling really wild and crazy saunter over to Harley Davidson to find a completely leather clad crowd. Me? Where will I be? When all the artists have thrown the last empty wine bottle into the recycling bin and locked their doors you can find me at infamous El Camino shaking hands and signing babies celebrating another Friday night well done.

Posted by Jen Guerin on Fri, Sep 10th, 2010
Last updated Sat, Sep 11th, 2010

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kettner nights joe bedford charles page jen guerin little italy el camino

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