Big Day Tomorrow: Art-o-mat® + Detroit Derby Girls

Tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 1) Opening Night festivities for the NEWEST Art-o-mat® machine in Michigan! It will be located at Tiny Studio in Kalamazoo. Read the article here. Arto-Founder and Bureau Chief Clark Whittington will be on hand, too! I am SO excited!

AND it is the 2nd Women's Tug O' War at the St. Andrew's Highland Games in Livonia, Mi. A re-match between last years winners -- our very own Detroit Derby Girls -- and women's football team The Detroit Demolition. Make sure to arrive early for this...Tug O' War begins at 1p.m. but allow at least a half-hour for parking/shuttle and making your way in to the games area. Tickets info here. This is a pic of the two teams from last year...DDG is in the red shirts.


And ... tomorrow morning (before I leave to go get Juana for our trip to Kalamazoo) I will post finger puppet #50 in my Arto-series "All Ears". (You can see #49 in the post below this one.)

Early next week I will be packaging them up and sending the series in to Artists in Cellophane for distribution to machines across the country!

Whew!

August 1 -- Detroit Derby Girls back for more Tug O' War!

Come out and cheer on the Detroit Derby Girls “Tug O’ Warriors” for the tug o’ war grudge match against the Detroit Demolition (women’s football)! http://www.detroitderbygirls.com/

The Tug O’ War takes place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 1 at the St. Andrew’s Society Highland Games...held at Greenmead Historical Park (Newburgh Road between 8 Mile and 7 Mile in Livonia).

Get your tickets early and arrive early -- the place gets PACKED! There are several shuttles to the Park, information is at their website. Detroit Derby Girls will have a merch/info table on the main road into the site...stop by and pick up cool swag...chat with derby girls...take pics...JUST COME OUT AND SUPPORT DDG!

Here are some photos from last year -- DDG won the FIRST EVER Women’s Tug O’ War trophy!