5/21/13

June 8th Art Show At The Manor!

 
Tired of your average gallery spaces and hobnobbing? Fret not; Your cure is here! Join us June 8th for a fun filled day at the Manor as we celebrate the diversity of creation with a featured exhibition of new paintings by Donnie Toomer as well as the current curiousities of the Manor itself.

Tours will be provided all day and the artist will host a reception/meet and greet from 6:00PM on.
 
Bowties and cravats encouraged for the Gentlemen but not required.
Trundle Manor is located at 7724 Juniata Street Swissvale, PA 15218
Call ahead for a tour or stop out for the art! 412-916-5544
 
More on Donnie after this link!

5/9/13

The Atrocity Exhibition and The Grand Midway Hotel


Quite a long and fruitful weekend of carousing the Manor has had.  To begin, our house let us out for some beautiful dark carnival themed burlesque at Atrocities.  Inadvertently avoiding the show for so many years our curiosity glands had drawn us to the sticky floors of the Rex for their 2013 show.  Heavily makeuped dancers and a half tent, looking a lot like it had been rendered from the trunks of our own traveling show, opened the evening with an incredibly well choreographed welcome.  Lining the sides of the converted movie theatre were various obscure vendors hocking their creepy trinkets.  Our friend Steph Sciullo had her bizarre sculptures available for the masses as her beau, Doug Bradley, sat avoiding eye contact with his fans, but in a cute way.  Liquor had easily slid down the well of our guts and fuzzed out most of the rest of the show but I know it was blazingly professional and entertaining by my remaining swelling jealousy at their talent that staved the next day.  What a performance.

The next day was spent waking from our stupor and preparing Trixy and burgers to bring to the after party of Atrocities at the great Grand Midway Hotel!  Owned by Blair Murphy and hidden along the railways of Windber, PA, this haunted hotel has been filled to the brim with stories and mystique since the 1880s.  A bohemian flophouse in the purest sense, the walls are crawling with inspiration, artistic expression, and tons of taxidermy that made my mouth water.  When we arrived we saw why everyone thought we should have visited sooner.  It was an awe and jealousy inspiring sight.

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