Join forces with Mad Swirl & Swirve this 1st Wednesday of April (aka 04.05.17) at 8:00 SHARP as we continue to swirl up our mic madness at our mad mic-ness home, Dallas’ City Tavern! Come on out, one & all. Get a heapin’ helpin’ of musical mad grooves from Swirve and if the spirit is movin’ ya get yourself a …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.26.17
by Johnny O on March 26, 2017 :: 0 comments“If you believe you’re a poet, then you’re saved.” ~ Gregory Corso ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Same Lost Wind Reflected in Every Dream Mirror” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. To see more of Bill’s mad illustrations, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.19.17
by Johnny O on March 19, 2017 :: 0 comments“All art is a confession.” ~ Gaston Lachaise ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Uncontrollable Laughter of Moonlight Dancing Through the Graveyard” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. To see more of Bill’s mad illustrations, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we suffered …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.12.17
by Johnny O on March 12, 2017 :: 0 comments
“The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who… burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.” ~ Jack Kerouac ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Wander’s Eyes Bleeding Neon” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. …
New Featured Artist : Bill Wolak
by Madelyn Olson on March 9, 2017 :: 0 comments
We revisit an ol’ favorite in our Mad Gallery… and could you really blame us? Bill Wolak continues to win our mad beating hearts with his always symmetrical and ever-enticing collages. The fascinating, layered detail in each individual piece is a little too easy to lose yourself in… and that’s just how we like it! And we’re betting that’s how …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.05.17
by Johnny O on March 5, 2017 :: 0 comments“A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.” ~ Lucy Larcom ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Vancouver Transit (1)” (above) by featured artist Allen Forrest. To see more of Allen’s mad illustrations, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week …
Notes of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 03.01.17
by Johnny O on March 2, 2017 :: 0 comments
This 1st Wednesday of March (aka 02.01.17) we swirled it up madly in the live way that we do every month. This month Mad Swirl was proud to host the Dallas book release of poet Paul Sexton’s book, “Machine Of Almosting: Poems 1993-2016″ After a mad’n’jazzy set from Swirve, we opened the mic up to all you mad poets, performers …