Xeroxed collages by Shiv Mirabito now up on the wall at our Attic 506 space. Shiv is a poet, publisher (Shivastan Press / Kathmandu- Woodstock) and owner of the Woodstock Shivastan Poetry Ashram Bookshop. From Shivastan Press we also carry his collection of poetry, Uncle Skallywag, Breathe by India Radfar and Welcome to Woodstock by Paul McMahon, all printed on handmade Lokta Paper.
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Poetry Reading & more on Friday, September 9 at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill
Please join us for the Second Friday artwalk in Chapel Hill on September 9, 6-9pm. There will be a one-off (spin off from The Concern Reading Series) poetry reading with Krysten Voelkner, Alexander Benedict and Muhammad Kasule, all students at UNC-CH, either in poetry studies or not. emilio Taiveaho Peláez will be introducing the poets.
Also, opening in the hallway will be a collection of photographs by Matthew Pardue (KY). These were taken in Los Angeles, pre-pandemic & never shown before.
Drawings by Olivia Gone and Skully Gustafson up at The Concern/ Attic 506
Starting June 9, 2022, The Concern’s walls at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill will have some recent drawings by Olivia Gone and Skully Gustafson. Pieces are for sale. Olivia and Skully are both artists and the managers of Slug Space, the baby gallery at Attic 506. They are also together in the band, Wetness. Drawings will be up through the end of August.
Two Day Pop Up + Reading at Horse & Buggy Press' PS118 Gallery in Durham
We are excited to have a two-day pop up in Durham on Friday, June 3 & Saturday, June 4, 12-6pm at Horse & Buggy Press’ PS118 Gallery Space in Durham (118 West Parrish Street. Downtown Durham).
The Concern will have a broad selection for sale + sale items.
On Saturday, June 4, Ann Humphreys will read from her new, self-published book ‘The Tao of Hoop’. Ann is a writer, hula hooper & Carrboro resident. The book--which is a mixture of memoir, philosophy and spiritual inquiry, with a dash of self-help thrown in--guides the reader along the path Humphreys took as a middle-aged newbie hooper, showing how the hula-hoop taught her the crucial life lesson of how to feel. Not which emotions are appropriate to feel at any given moment, but rather, how to embrace the embodied experience of all emotions--especially those we do not wish to feel--and be transformed by that embrace.
The Concern Reading Series- June 10th
The Concern Reading Series will have its last iteration as such, on Friday, June 10, doors at 6pm, reading at 7pm with five writers: Michael Cavuto, Riley Ratcliff, Lauren Hunter, Travis Smith, Ryan Eckes. Thank you to Dylan Angell for organizing the line up and Orange County Arts Commission for the grant support on this project.
Inflation Liquidation Sale
Enjoy 30% off all items, including already discounted items on two evenings in May:
Friday, May 13, 6-9pm (During second Friday Art Walk in Chapel Hill)
Thursday, May 19, 7-9pm (During the Acid Rain Rooftop Video Screening)
Larissa Lynn Wood charcoal drawings at Attic 506
Opening Friday, April 8, 6-9pm at The Concern’s Attic 506 location: Larissa Lynn Wood’s original charcoal drawings from the self-published zine, ‘The Abscission Zone’, an A to Z of tree terminology. We also sell Wood’s self-published children’s book ‘There’s Wondrous Fungus Among Us’. Larissa Lynn Wood is an artist and teacher in science & art, based in Chapel Hill, originally from Asheville.
the concern reading series & Golias Books present Ted Rees
Join us on Sunday, April 10 on the rooftop at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill. The Concern Reading Series and Golias Books (Durham) present Thanksgiving, A Poem, read in its entirety by Ted Rees (PA). Doors open at 3pm. Reading starts at 4pm. Afterward hear music from The Always Sacred Beauty Collective. Line up organized by Dylan Angell. Thank you to Orange County Arts Commission for the series grant support.
Romance Press (Durham) worked with Ted Rees, and us to create a risograph- printed broadside of one of Ted’s poems. Available for free while supplies last.
The Concern reading library for 181 exhibit at Locust Projects
181, artist collective (Brandon Boan, Abby Donovan, Tom Hughes, Jason Rhodes) has an exhibit at Locust Projects in Miami, FL called THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF INFINITY ON ITS SIDE (O DISSIPATION). The Concern Newsstand has been invited to curate a reading library display in conjunction with the exhibition. It can be viewed there from February 19- April 9, 2022.
The collective’s exhibition will activate a series of circumstantial compositions considering time-based obstruction, including: the ancient Mud Lake Canal, Reserve-Capacity wave maneuvers, attempts to spot the endangered snail kite, shadow-telling trails from Mabel Cody, and other anomalous successions.
As a collective the 181 is interested in composing situations that generate experiential spaces which expand, contract, or reassemble as information sloshes about. Imperfect approximations of the universe as a whole. Artists, a physicist/electronic engineer/musician, a mushroom forager/rockhound, and a former linotype operator—any attempts to formalize their practice they view with distress.
As far as they can tell, the 181 has been working together since 2007 when they found themselves gathered by the Pacific Ocean with a glim glam golden Q, roughly 10 yards of transparent lavender vinyl, and a broken hold on the sea’s reflection.
Larissa Lynn Wood drawings at Attic 506
Opening Friday, February 11, 6-9pm at The Concern’s Attic 506 location: Larissa Lynn Wood’s original drawings from the children’s book ‘There’s Wondrous Fungus Among Us’. The book is written, drawn, designed & self-published by Wood. Larissa Lynn Wood is an artist and teacher in science & art, based in Chapel Hill, originally from Asheville.
The Concern Reading Series: February 2022
The next Concern Reading Series will take place on Sunday, February 13, 2022, doors open 3pm and the reading begins at 4pm, on the rooftop at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill. Readers include Skylar Gudasz, Joe Fletcher, Amanda Bennett, Max Mc Donough. Curated by Dylan Angell. Thank you to Orange County Arts Commission for the support.
Sexy Trippy Rooftop Holiday Market at Attic 506
Join us on Saturday, December 4th from 12-4pm for Attic 506’s 2nd Annual Sexy Trippy Rooftop Holiday Market. There will be music & vendors selling art, drawings, ceramics, apparel, vintage, books, zines, bushcraft & more. The indoor spaces, including The Concern’s shop will be open. Entrance either via 506 West Franklin Street 2nd floor door, or via the Graham Street alleyway to the fire escape stairs (by Beer Study).
The Concern Reading Series December 12, 3pm
The Concern Reading Series continues again on Sunday, December 12 on the rooftop at Attic 506 in Chapel Hill. Doors open at 3pm and the reading begins at 4pm. Poets reading: Nina Oteria, Aimee (Harrison) Wright Clow, Fred Joiner & Christopher Catanese. Nina Oteria is a current resident in Drawing Room and Fred Joiner is the current resident in the Attic 506 residency program. The Reading Series is curated by Dylan Angell.
Maciek Kryzsztoforski photographs on display at Attic 506
New photo work by Maciek Kryzsztoforski up in the hallway and in The Concern at Attic 506 from November 12 through the end of December. Maciek was born in Poland and raised in Chapel Hill. His work on view are documents of findings along solo hikes near the Haw River. The film photo prints are for sale.
October 30 pop up at Stove Works in Chattanooga
SATURDAY, October 30 at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN so much happening, COME! Things/ events 1-3pm = @opieacres will be on site with so many sweet wildlife babies ▪️ treat bags and more via @josiahgolson ▪️ Events 1-6pm = Yard sale! ▪️ Events 1-8 = The Concern Newsstand will be on site with art books, zines, artist works and more! Artist merch table from the current exhibition I AM NOT A CARTOON curated by April Childers (now on view) ▪️ Events 6-8pm Paul McMahon and Frank Hurricane performing! FREE SHOW! BYOB.
Greta Boney diptych on display at The Concern @ Attic506
Proud to be displaying artist Greta Boney’s diptych painting ‘Mankind’ at The Concern Newsstand’s main location in Chapel Hill at Attic 506. Originally from Georgia, Greta Boney currently resides in Fayetteville, NC. Greta is also a musician under the moniker Dear, Lucy and Friends. They are also displaying recent paintings at Drawing Room’s curated wall at Lump Gallery at the moment as well.
Outside the Box Art Fair, Durham Armory, October 17
OUTSIDE THE BOX ART FAIR at the Durham Armory
Sunday October 17th, 11am-6pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. No food, drink, alcohol served.
Organized by Bill Fick
Participants:
Bill Fick
Peel Gallery
Tedd Anderson
Jenny Zervakis
Candy Carver
Bubbles Zine and Clown Kisses Press
Matthew Tauch & Christopher Williams
Renzo Ortega
William Paul Thomas
Drawing Room
Jerstin Crosby and Attic 506
The Concern Newsstand
Ben Alper
Martha Clippinger
Harrison Haynes
Chris Musina
Olivia Gone and Skully Gustafson
The Writing Cabinet
Eric Knisley
Cold Soup Zines & Books
Lump Gallery
Max Huffman
Will Warasila
Duke MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts
LUMP25 Fundraiser
www.indiegogo.com/projects/lump-25th-anniversary-fundraiser
The Lump experiment began in 1996 when artist, Bill Thelen, and engineer, Med Byrd transformed a lackluster cinderblock building that was formerly an upholstery shop, then a cobbler’s workshop, then a night club called, The Blue Lady Lounge, into a vibrant exhibition space that also offered affordable studios for artists. Over the past twenty-five years, Lump has served the region’s creative community by providing space and resources for innovative, thought-provoking art exhibitions and events, while acting as a pipeline between North Carolina and the greater world of contemporary art.
Lump continues to bring rigor and professionalism to the hard-driving experimentation and self-determination that defined its inception. Now, as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, LUMP relies almost entirely on your financial help in order to continue to serve artists and realize their ideas in the uncompromising spirit with which the space was created.
In celebration of Lump’s first 25 years, we’ve set a fundraising goal of $25,000 in order to cover all of the bases. Your much needed donation will be spread between exhibition programming, rent, and general maintenance of Lump’s two-gallery space. In return for your generous support, you’ll be able to claim a small piece of Lump in the form of various incentives, depending on your donation level. We have Lump T-shirts designed by Bill Thelen, exclusive limited-edition risograph prints by 5 artists created specifically for our 25 for 25 campaign. We also have risographs posters from past Lump shows, designed by Jerstin Crosby, plus copies of Blount Force Magazine, Lump’s annual art, and lit zine. And in lieu of a traditional art auction, we have original works of art created by a wide range of artists, working at every level, available at a variety of donation amounts. Throughout the fundraiser we will be adding items on a regular basis, so keep checking in. The goodies will keep coming.
The Concern Reading Series at Attic 506, October 8, 7pm
Join us for another iteration of The Concern Reading Series on Friday, October 8 at 7pm during the Second Friday art walk. Readers include emilio Taiveaho Peláez, Loan Tran, Olivia Gone & Sam Lineberger. Curated by Dylan Angell.
Thank you Orange County Arts Commission for granting this project further!
Starcourt Pop-Up Party at Geer Street Garden in Durham, Sunday, September 12, 12-5pm
Starcourt will be hosting their second ⓈⒺⒸⓄⓃⒹ ⓈⓊⓃⒹⒶⓎ ⓅⓄⓅ-ⓊⓅ ⓅⒶⓇⓉⓎ at Geer Street Garden on Sunday September 12th from 12pm-5pm. & Bringing you the best vintage finds and local maker goods from 9 vendors: @theconcernnewsstand, @dave_cantwell_drums_n_snacks , @dress_kit_vintage, @intentionally_found, @the_maison_rose, @pernos_eclectic_relics, @shethriftyapparel, and @spector_vintage.
Geer Street Garden is located at 644 Foster Street in Durham. This event will take place outside on the covered patio. Masks required.
