Now in Durham: we have a selection of books of Baltic & otherwise European origin, now available for sale at EUtopia Design pop up shop (118 W. Parrish St) downtown. Please go check out this cool & unique shop specializing in Polish crystal, glassware & decorative objects opened by Marta Brassil. Open Tuesday thru Saturday 12-6pm.
Celebrating 5 years in business!
I am celebrating this fall, 5 years of a sole proprietorship that is called The Concern ! Please use discount code FIVEYEARSOLD at checkout on the web store for 15 % off all orders, valid through October 31. What started as a postpartum web store project has taken me through quite a turbulent 5 years in the world, the latter few feeling pretty alienating somehow, but it's been interesting to say the least. It's been a way to connect with people in the local community & internationally in terms of buying, selling & the sharing of mutual interests. I really appreciate those of you who appreciate what I do & have taken notice. And here's to continuing on!
Zine Machine at Durham Armory, Sunday, October 16
Pleased to be tabling once more at Zine Machine after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic.
It will take place on Sunday, October 16, 11am-5pm at the Durham Armory (220 Foster St, Durham 27701)
Xerox Collages by Shiv Mirabito
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.
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.
the concern. reading series: a year of poetry on the attic 506 rooftop, june 2021-june 2022, the book
Now in print: a book dedicated to the past year of poetry readings at Attic 506, including poems by 24 of the writers who shared their work on the rooftop. Thanks to Dylan Angell for curating & emcee-ing, as well as the Orange County Arts Commission for the project support. All participants in the book will receive a free copy of the book. It will be sold to the public for $4 a copy starting Friday, June 9 at the reading itself. The writers included in this book are: Dylan Angell, Susannah Simpson, Marta Núñez Pouzols, Minori Sanchiz-Fung, Laura Jaramillo, emilio Taiveaho Pelaez, Loan Tran, Olivia Gone, Sam Lineberger, Nina Oteria, Aimee (Harrison) Wright Clow, Fred Joiner, Chris Catanese, Skylar Gudasz, Joe Fletcher, Amanda Bennett, Max McDonough, Ted Rees, Lauren Hunter, Riley Ratcliff, Michael Cavuto, Travis Smith, Ryan Eckes.
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)
New Publication-> Awkward Life: Photographs by Ludovic Raymondo
This is the second in a series of publications produced by Jerstin Crosby in partnership with The Concern in collaboration with an artist that has suffered a life changing injury after a period of artistic output or study. The first was ‘What He Say? They Say It To Him? Drawings by Elliot Feltner, published in July 2020.
Awkward Life is a collection of photographs by Long Island- based artist Ludovic Raymondo. Ludovic studied art & design and was involved in the NY skate community. After college, he suffered a traumatic brain injury that led down a long road of recovery. These candid photos are snapshots of his life and his developing sense of personal creative output conducted prior to the accident. Ludovic’s recovery is ongoing but he collaborated fully with the production of this publication.
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.
Voyage Raleigh Feature: Life & Work with Orvokki Crosby
Voyage Raleigh interviewed me about my background, life and business recently for their ‘Local Stories’ feature. Read the interview here.
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.
Reading Series Helps Revitalize Downtown Arts Scene, article in The Local Reporter by Pamir Kiciman
Thankful to Pamir Kiciman for writing this article :
Reading Series Helps Revitalize Downtown Arts Scence’ after interviewing me, Orvokki Crosby owner of The Concern Newsstand and curator/ emcee of the Reading Series, Dylan Angell. It can be read here at The Local Reporter.
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.
