Friday was a great night to get out and see some of Ames’ up and coming musicians. Rock the Block is put together by Rieman Music and gives great exposure and experience to many great young artists. From full out metal bands to acoustic melodies, this show had a little something

Today we had our first ever officially unofficial ames c.art event! A mending workshop at the Ames Progressive office. It was a lot of fun and everyone brought something to work on. Seems like the pockets are always getting torn off Jason’s jeans. Extensive mending and patching

Print, download, and distribute fliers for the ames c.art! Hand them out to friends, hang them in your favorite coffee shop, you know, hand them around.

This Sunday we are going to make and mend and talk a bit about what we all want for our local group. Bring: a project to work on, a project (or neat book or whatever you are excited about) to show off, and a sack lunch. I will be mending and knitting and bring a few interesting books

I’m starting a new project. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and in many ways, it’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was in high school. I had a false start when I was 17 and sense then haven’t felt like I was in a permanent enough place to