. . . Happy Thanksgiving - 15% Off Starting Friday

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It's official. Ampersand has been open for exactly one year (+10 days).
Time for Thanksgiving indeed! To express our gratitude to all the artists,
collectors & customers who made this such a great year, we'd like to
offer 15% off all items at Ampersand thru November 30th. Just mention
this post when you stop in.

We'll be closed on Thanksgiving.
Open at 11AM on Friday.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

installation views - Crites - show ends 11.29.09

a few shapshots of the current show.
to see the works in detailed clarity go here & here.

Reading at Ampersand - Matthew Simmons & Daniel Bailey

This coming Sunday marks the first in what we hope to be periodic readings at Ampersand.

Fiction writer Matthew Simmons will read from A Jello Horse, which was recently published by Baltimore-based Publishing Genius & got a great review in The Believer.

Poet Daniel Bailey will read from his book of poems, The Drunk Sonnets, published by the Magic Helicopter Press. "From forgiveness in a beehive to tiny banquets for retired janitors, Bailey's fifty-three sonnets combine formal constraint with unfettered caterwauling. This is contemporary poetic sincerity that is not too shy to see the heart, to eat the heart, to carry a heart and hold it when it catches a shake."

Sunday, November 22nd at 7PM.

. . . sole protection

Vintage printed product box.
Manufactured by the Gerber Bothers of Seattle, Washington.
Sole protection for Ski Boots?
2 1/2 x 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. - date unknown

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. . . Toothy

Chris Crites - Opening Party Wednesday from 6 to 10PM

Chris Crites : America

October 28th to November 29th, 2009

Opening Party on Wednesday, October 28th from 6 to 10PM

Join us for free drinks, music & conversation with Seattle
artist Chris Crites.

More information & images here.

Read an interview with Chris Crites by Vivian Hua
of Redefine Magazine here.

. . . you should see our stack of firewood!

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Kid Power
One from the vault.
That's me on the right.
Zack, my childhood pal, on the left.
Back in Colorado.
My Folks sold the house in '08.

. . . Cow Brand Baking Soda

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Good Things to Eat made with
Arm & Hammer or Cow Brand Baking Soda
New York : Church & Dwight Company, inc.
Stapled booklet, 32pp.
3 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. - 1936.

No. 2 in a series of posts showcasing the art &
design of vintage recipe booklets & pamphlets.

. . . Big Kick Chewing Tobacco

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Dug this out of a box
at the Portland paper
show this morning.

. . . dig out your old 8mm & 16mm films

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In the spirit of celebrating analog & amateur film making,
the University of Oregon Special Collections Library is hosting
a Home Movie Day this Sunday, October 18th, 12 to 5PM.
Click the above image for all the details.