That’s right get your paint brushes and pencils ready. We are gearing up for another marathon and it’s going to be at the end of spring. More details will follow.

Happy new year to you and yours! The Creative Marathon is coming back in 2008 so be on the lookout. Take care and enjoy the holidays.

The 24 Hour Creative Marathon supports all things 24, especially when it comes to creative binging.  Please join me and other brave artists for the 24 Hour Comic at the Creative Treehouse October 20th and 21st from 9:00 am  to 9:00am for the 24 Hour Comic Challenge.

RSVP at info@creativetreehousepgh.com

It’s the first Monday after the event and there are still a few loose ends to tie up.

First off thank you very much to all of the artists for your participation.  This was a great event, we loved doing it, and personally I think this featured even better artwork than the first one.

Artwork Pickup
Artists can come and pick up their artwork at the Treehouse Tuesday October 2nd from 7:30pm - 9:00 pm

If you need to make other arrangements please email us at creative.marathon@gmail.com.

The S.O.B.s are playing to a packed audience right now. Here’s some info about them straight from their site:

“Some Other Band is a cover band focusing on all genres of Blues including, Chicago, Southern and classic. SOB also offers classic 50’s rock music as well as some jazz – blues styling. Some Other Band is headquartered in Sewickley, Pennsylvania and presently is available for parties, concerts, weddings, festivals, clubs, bars, revues, shows, special events, picnics, parades, and any other event that requires high- powered, good time live music.
Some Other Band will play any event in the Pennsylvania Tri-State area.
SOB band members are Eric Joseph (lead guitar and vocals), Tom Estlack (guitar), Mark Dobrowolski (bass guitar), Tim Shoaff (bass guitar), Hurst Bartley (guitar and vocals), Dave Joseph (harmonica and vocals), Mike Nelson (keyboard) and Mike Santaspirt (drums).
Contact: Michael Santaspirt, 412.749.1760 to book Some Other Band at your next event.”

Hey all,

I’m about at the end of my limits here. I’ve had a completely wonderous creative marathon and show party festival extravaganza. I hope you have too.

If you were here, thank you! If you sponsored the event, you are a hero and we love you to bits.

If you weren’t here but you read the posts … thank you for reading. I hope they inspired you. When next you have the chance to create something special and new — in particular, if you have the chance to try something you don’t know you’ll be good at — I hope you’ll dig in and try, attempt, experiment. Let it go, let it flow.

Rock on!

Crowd-pleaser Buddy Nutt
plays the marathon show.

Paul Luc

Originally uploaded by cynthiacloskey

Paul Luc put on a nice acoustic set at the gallery show. Thanks!

Photo brought to you by Norm.

The indie powerpop-comedy sensation, The Jim Dandies, are on right now rocking the faces off everyone in the crowd. That burning, itching sensation you’re feeling right now is the sheer power of their rock coursing through your fragile body. Straight from the gangstas filthy mouthes themselves, they are:

“Hailing from various parts of Pittsburgh, The Jim Dandies are made up of Nathan, who sloppily plays bass and tries to sing, Shawn, who skillfully plays the drums and insists “it’s not really THAT bad”, and Josh, whose vast musical talents are wasted on simple 4 note songs about giant robots and funeral homes. The Jim Dandies prefer to keep their band practices to an absolute minimum so their audience can observe the creative process of musical refinement through public performance. Hopefully, that’s a good enough excuse for what you’ll hear. The Jim Dandies promise to rock your socks off, then return said “rocked socks” to you washed and neatly folded. If for any reason you are not fully satisfied with velocity and / or completeness in which your socks are removed via rocking, please return the un-rocked portion for a full refund.”