2014 Tape & Tarp Ball!

The Tape & Tarp Ball is fast approaching! This is your opportunity to show off your fashion sense and creativity using the most Alaskan of materials: duct tape, Ty-vek, tarps, visqueen, shrink wrap, and many other down-to-earth, utilitarian, recycled or otherwise dumpster-dived materials that can be found in every Alaskan's repertoire of repair and manufacture materials. Apply them to high fashion (a.ka. haute couture) and compete via People's Choice (ballot stuffing with dollars)! We have prizes from Tolovana Hot Springs, Water Wagon, Gold Hill Liquor & Gas, and more!

Tape & Tarp poster, designed by Sue Sprinkle, owner, 5th Avenue Design & Graphics, Inc. Photos by Monique Musick. 

Models & tailors needed!

More sewing for the book bash!

Friday night was the first meeting of the JTEL Sewing Consortium, and included Amy Cameron, Maia Luick, and Deirdre Helfferich (yours truly). Maia sewed like a maniac and got three fun shirts done, Amy made a skirt, and I worked on a quilt. More great fashion items will be created over the next three weeks before the Lallapalooza & Book Bash. Tonight more sewing is on the table, so to speak, starting this afternoon and going until around 8:30 pm.

If you'd like to come by or be kept posted on the next sew date, contact Amy or Deirdre.

JTEL Sewing Consortium!

As part of the 2011 Lallapalooza, Amy Cameron will offer a fashion show featuring a catwalk presentation of reworked library t-shirts! T-shirts will be from every design used in library events: the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Readers on the Run race t-shirts, the original large-logo John Trigg Ester Library shirt, and the small-logo t-shirts. Shirts are in a myriad of colors from subdued to eye-wateringly bright to tie-dyed to plain white, black, or grey. There wil be both affordable commemorative pret-a-porter items made by the JTEL Sewing Consortium and limited edition one-offs by local artists. Contact Amy (388-9138) if you would like to join the Consortium or create a unique piece of fashionwear for the event.

JTEL Sewing Consortium: noon to 8 pm, Friday, February 4
Studio #9, the Annex, 2922 Parks Highway
sewing machines and t-shirts provided

Previous fashion shows for the lallapalooza have included: the Shoe Show (2010), the Fancy Apron Parade (2009), the Hat Walk (2007) and the Garden Party (2006)

Looking for librarypalooza volunteers!

The 7th annual Library Lallapalooza and Book Bash is coming up on Sunday, February 27, from 2 to 5 pm at the Annex. As usual, this fundraiser has several aspects.

• the music: Monique Musick and Bob Huebert are rounding up volunteers to perform at the librarypalooza. We'll have live background music throughout the afternoon.
• the Pastapalooza: Ken Bluhm is organizing the lasagne feed. If you would like to help him with this or want to take a spell serving pasta to the public, contact him at 978-8089.
• the auctions: this year, there will be an outcry auction as well as the four silent auctions. If you'd like to donate an item for the auction, or help close tables or work the payment booth, contact Trey Simmons at pacotrey@gmail.com or call Jeff Rogers at 474-1694.
• the fashion show: Amy Cameron is once again curating a fashion show, and needs runway models and fabric artists to convert library t-shirts into pret-a-porter items or one-of-a-kind fashion statements. Contact her at badwhitedog@gmail.com or 388-9183 if you'd like to join the JTEL Sewing Consortium or walk the library strut at the 'Palooza.
• not last and not least, the desserts: We'll be featuring fabulous desserts during the outcry auction. If you'd like to contribute a dessert, please contact Melinda Harris at 378-6744.