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04.25 2007

DISHWASHER: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States

Most people would love to travel the country, work at unique places, see beautiful and renowned cities and landmarks, and preferably not spend a lot. But who has the money or the time? Pete Jordan had the time, didn’t have the money, but he made it happen—by washing dishes.

Pete Jordan, a college drop-out and self-proclaimed slacker who was always looking for free grub or a place to crash, had the desire to travel and explore. As a result, he became a man with a mission: to wash dishes in all 50 states. After chronicling some of his experiences in his self-published ’zine called Dishwasher, which erupted into a cult following of 10,000 subscribers, contributing numerous times to public radio’s This American Life, playing an infamous prank on David Letterman, and being approached by countless publishers, Pete finally decided to immortalize his outrageous 12-year journey through the kitchens of America’s food joints in the paperback original, DISHWASHER: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (Harper Perennial; May 1, 2007; $13.95).

After following a girl to Alaska where he took up a dishing job at a mess hall for fisherman, he realized dishwashing could quite possibly be the perfect job. Pete ended up losing the girl, but he had found his calling.

In DISHWASHER, “Dishwasher Pete” writes about the adventures he experienced on his crusade to wash dishes in every American state. He learned about a “three day soaker,” and the best places to get a “bus tub buffet.” Whether it was an oil rig, a ski resort, a hippie natural food joint, a strict kosher restaurant, or a casino in Reno, Pete never knew where his next job would be or how much he would get paid (or if he would get paid,) which makes his story and the cast of characters he meets along the way all the more intriguing.

Irreverent, literate, entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes a little disgusting, DISHWASHER is one man’s journey to the elusive happily-ever-after.

Now, out of seclusion, Pete will be touring the U.S. to promote the book.

Bindlestiff Books and Space 1026 are sponsoring his Philly appearance on Friday, May 18, 7pm, at Space 1026, 1026 Arch Street. Books will be available at the event.

This event is FREE and open to the public

04.20 2007

Scab on My Brain

Jordin Isip curates Space 1026!

Space 1026 presents:
Scab on My Brain!
(to view the show click here)? A group exhibition curated by New York artist Jordin Isip. This assembled group of twelve artists use their own unique and personal visual vocabulary to create figurative narratives that are both allegorical and psychological. In some works humans can be beastial, weak, imperfect, and vulnerable as they journey through imagined lands, in others, the protagonists may be quietly heroic in seemingly mundane and everyday environments. But whether these images (drawings, paintings, silkscreens, and sculpture) are multi-layered, oozing, cacophonous, and hyperbolic or understated, minimal, reserved and poetic we are compelled to enter realms devised by artists with distinct sensibilities.

Jordan Awan, Gregory Benton, Kiersten Essenpreis, Jordin Isip, Aya Kakeda and Liz Lee are based in
New York City.While Carl Dunn and Evah Fan also have strong New York roots they now live in
Providence and Los Angeles respectively. Mariano Ching and Louie Cordero live in the Philippines,
James Kirkpatrick in Canada, and Nate Williams in Argentina.

Contact:

Damian Weinkrantz simplesemantics@yahoo.com

04.14 2007

PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE

Boontling Gallery at 4224 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, California presentsPEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE
Friday, May 4th: 7-10 PM
Featuring Jordin Isip, Rich Jacobs, James Kirkpatrick, Matt Leines, William Buzzell, Alex Lukas, and others……………………………….
www.boontlinggallery.com
pictured: crUSAder by William Buzzell

04.13 2007

Free Counselor Assisted Tax Filing

Help is available for all of you last minute tax filers. Stop by Space 1026 on Monday April 16th to file your taxes online with a counselor from The Benefit Bank.

Space is limited!

Event runs from noon to 5pm in the gallery.

RSVP to Aryon as soon as possible.

More information about The Benefit Bank available here:
The Benefit Bank

04.12 2007

You Got The Touch

crystal lee kovacs and andrew jeffrey wright, two person art show in philadelphia! live massage at the opening!

04.11 2007

Pumping Kill Mud Down the Drill Pipe

Pumping Kill Mud Down the Drill Pipe a collaborative printmaking mess at Space 1026 with a delicious sampling of collaborative printed works.

In this corner, Cannonball Press and Howling Print Studios are brewing up a highly caffeinated giant relief print mash up, served strong and black, of course.

The Broadside Battle will be raging on the big wall! It’s gonna be chock full of broadsides, wanted posters, public notices, gig posters – and then the competition begins…a public printoff, kind of like the NFL playoffs, but no pads or mouth guards required. Each week the best printed matter will advance until a winner is declared.

And in the opposite corner, facing off against the stark black world of Cannonball and Howling Print will be the tie dye musings of hippie love, featuring an evolving oversize screenprint featuring image casualties from the summer of love, also known as the “collaborative print wall.”

And, Drive By Press will be cranking out the prints, in the gutter outside Space 1026 all night long, and Saturday, too.

These fine print projects are brought to you by your friendly neighborhood space 1026ers.

For more information, email: Aryon

Cannonball Press
Howling Print Studio
Broadside Battle
Drive By Press

04.04 2007

Tshirt Printing with GOOD Magazine

Philadelphia Choose GOOD

The Choose GOOD tour hits Philly!

Join GOOD at the Reading Terminal Market in City Center. Party like you give a damn in this historic farmer’s market with Diplo, Pete Rock and King Britt!

Space 1026 will be printing free tshirts too.

(?uestlove had to cancel at the last minute, but these guys will be holding it down)

This event is 21+ and for subscribers only, so please subscribe before you RSVP.

For $20, subscribers get:
(1) 6 issues of GOOD
(2) Entry to party & free drinks
(3) And all $20 goes to one of our 12 nonprofit partners!

Reading Terminal Market
51 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Who

This event is open only to subscribers of GOOD magazine. If you would like to attend, please subscribe then RSVP using the following links:

SUBSCRIBE HERE RSVP HERE

04.03 2007

Fantastic Forrest Fortress

The Bean Cafe will host an opening reception for “Fantastic Forrest Fortress”, a show of new prints and collages by Bill McRight. Come see fantastic creatures that inhabit a fortress in the forest and enjoy refreshing refreshments.

The show will be up for the month of April.

04.02 2007

wmass friends

awesome people creating a warm home like environment to display art, music, videos, dance, cooking, etc. 4 seasons feel –dinner party. contact crystal stokowski. plurffff.

hilarious video by alexis arcaro and kieran lally

03.20 2007

No Bad Blood

Friday March 30, Space 1026 gets gory… and transforms brooklyn’s Cinders gallery into an art beast turned inside out. No bad blood- but blood nontheless.

Cinders Gallery Presents:

No Bad Blood

Space 1026 Collective

March 30 – April 29 2007

Opening Reception Friday March 30th, 7-10pm

Jason Hsu, Courtney Dailey, Ben Woodward, John Freeborn, Bill McRight, O.
Roman Hasiuk, Crystal Stokowski, Jayson Musson, Jodi Rice, Jesse Olanday,
Elena Nestico, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, William Buzzell, Damian Weinkrantz,
Aryon Hoselton, Caitlin Perkins, Thom Lessner, Max Lawrence, Jesse
Goldstein, and Mark Price

The Space 1026 collective comes to Cinders Gallery by way of Philadelphia,
PA, where the 25–plus member group have been running a gallery space and
print-making studio for over 10 years. Known for their collaborative and fun
group spirit, their art installations embody the diverse personalities and
disciplines within the group as well as coalesce them into a tight, over
the top aesthetic that combines print-making, drawing, sculpture, design,
and video in an infectious visual chaos. For this exhibition, the group will
be using the human body as a central theme, creating an experience of being
inside our colorful and vastly complicated body of organs, nerves, and
bones, in Space 1026 fashion of course.We are excited to help bring the
energy of this Philadelphia collective to the underground art community in
New York.

The group has exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts in San
Francisco, Magic Pony gallery in Toronto, New Image Art Gallery in Los
Angeles, and most recently at the Institute of Contemporary Art in
Philadelphia, where they created a large scale installation of an Ewok
Village.

Cinders Gallery
103 Havemeyer st. (btwn Hope and Grand st.)
Williamsbrg Brooklyn
718-388-2311
http://www.cindersgallery.com
Hours: W – F 2-8PM, SAT 12-8PM, SUN 12-7PM,

Cinders Gallery
103 Havemeyer st. (btwn Hope and Grand)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
718-388-2311
www.cindersgallery.com