Time is flying!  The 2009 AIRs arrived three weeks ago and have been taking Spartanburg by storm.  Last week was a great opportunity for these guys to work with Spartanburg's youth.  Patrick and Ellie volunteered some time with Wofford, Converse and the Boys and Girls Club to help build puppets for the puppet parade that was being hosted in downtown Spartanburg on Friday.  The AIRs rode their orange bikes during the parade and threw candy and Hub-Bub stickers to the crowd.  Good job kids on making some killer puppets (my favorite was the big brown centipede dog - carried by three + kids!).  The AIRs spent last Friday morning giving an open studio tour to kids from the COLORS program.  The kids really enjoyed seeing the AIRs studios and requested a poetry reading from Patrick who broke their hearts with his love poems, educated them on dirt devils and encouraged them all to write by assuring them that "nerdy is the new cool".  Amen Patrick.  On to the show...

So...when I walked into Hub-Bub this morning it took me a little while to make it all the way to my desk in the office.  Looks like the AIRs were hard at work into the wee hours of the night.  Installations are going up!  It's exciting.  This Thursday's Entry Show is gonna be a good one...full of cardboard, pink, gingerbread men, television sets and more.  That's all I'll say about that.  Make sure to be here at 8 for the reading.  See you Thursday!  Oh...and come on by Hub-Bub and check out the new garden!  The AIRs worked on that last week too.  Do they sleep?  We're still looking for some fill dirt and more veggies if you've got 'em.  Come on by...
Alix