Join Mad Swirl this 1st Wednesday of February (aka 02.06.19) at 8:00 SHARP as we swirl up the mic at our mad mic-ness home, The Regal Room (located inside of Independent Bar & Kitchen)! Mad musical grooves from Swirve (with special guests Jolene Masone on bassoon & Clark Walker on drums) will start us off. After that, join in & share in …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.26.19
by Mad Swirl on January 27, 2019 :: 0 comments“I cannot write poetically, for I am no poet. I cannot make fine artistic phrases that cast light and shadow, for I am no painter. I can neither by signs nor by pantomime express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer; but I can by tones, for I am a musician.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ••• The Mad Gallery …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.19.19
by Mad Swirl on January 20, 2019 :: 0 comments“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” Edgar Allan Poe ••• The Mad Gallery ••• Mad Swirl welcomes to the visual arts stage, Virginia-based writer and photographer, Tony Gentry. The thing that spoke most loudly to us from Gentry’s work is the otherwise everyday nature of that which seems to beckon to him. There …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.12.19
by Mad Swirl on January 13, 2019 :: 2 comments“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Jack London ••• The Mad Gallery ••• It’s been good visitin’ Stephen’s mad illustration i-mad-gination! But as all good things do, this too must pass. Stay tuned next week when we’ll be delivering to you yet another bad ass artisté that is gonna swirl up your …
New Featured Artist : Tony Gentry
by Madelyn Olson on January 12, 2019 :: 0 commentsMad Swirl welcomes to the visual arts stage, Virginia-based writer and photographer, Tony Gentry. The thing that spoke most loudly to us from Gentry’s work is the otherwise everyday nature of that which seems to beckon to him. There is something ironic to some of his photographs – a bride walking down a dirty city-street with her groom in tow or a …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.05.19
by Mad Swirl on January 6, 2019 :: 0 comments••• The Mad Gallery ••• To see all of Stephen’s swirly’n’silly yet perfectly profound scenes, as well as our other featured artists, visit Mad Swirl’s Gallery. ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we liked where we sat with our lizard tatt; we met the girl who would change the world; we made a …
20 Years of Madness & Still Swirl’n
by Mad Swirl on January 5, 2019 :: 0 commentst’was 20 years ago today that Mad Swirl began to whirl our way! Yep, a full score ago, our creative outlet, Mad Swirl, was born! I still can’t believe we’ve been swirlin’ together since way back in 1999. Who woulda thunk that an idea to start a small local zine would have evolved into the worldwide presence that it is today? Not …
Notes of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 01.02.19
by Mad Swirl on January 4, 2019 :: 0 comments
To ALL ye yin & yang hangers, ye yang & yin winners, ye lookers for the new, ye bookers of the blue skies beyond the auld lang syne… ye transformers & reformers & resolved heart warmers came & shook the old & new together to make a “now” like no other at Mad Swirl’s New Year 2019 Open Mic! Here’s …