Caroline Weaver used to run a pencil shop which she gracefully closed in 2021. Now she’s back in physical retail with The Locavore Variety Store, a newly minted lovely little variety shop built upon her blog which sells things made within a hundred miles.¹ Caroline is the charming town shopkeeper of your nonexistent Cohen/Shopsin/Wanamaker memories, and she’s was in the 90s. She’s my hero and yours.
Tonight, we celebrate the launch of a new pigeon book there. Yeah I should have sent this weeks ago but I didn’t. Get off the train now and swoop by.
¶. 6–8pm: Pigeon Book Launch Party
The Locavore / Greenwich Village, NYC / free
My pal Andrew Garn’s has a hot new foil-stamped and better-bound second edition of his pigeon fashion shoot book, and tonight we’re celebrating its release with palomas² at Caroline’s shop. We did this last week at Powerhouse and it was a blast. I finally met Fido, my favorite pigeon.
¶. Friday – Saturday
Revolution Hall and thereabouts / Portland, OR
I’ll be in Portland, OR for TypeCon. Any of you there?
¶. Until August 5
stream.spectacletheater.com / free
Probably the longest film ever made started streaming July 1, and runs another two weeks. It follows the manufacture, shipment, and shelving of a pedometer.
¹ with one notable exception for the nail clippers, which were make ~150 mi. away
² latin for pigeons