“It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” Nina Simone ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Where Tenderness Lingers” by Featured Artist Bill Wolak To experience Bill’s lucidly surrealistic works, as well as our other past featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we woke to …
Mad Swirl Open Mic : 03.04.26
Join Mad Swirl this 1st Wednesday of March (aka 03.04.26) when we’ll be doin’ the open mic voodoo that we do at Barbara’s Pavillion! We will get things started with some musical grooves brought to you by our long standing house band Swirve! (Chris & Tamitha Curiel, Gerard Bendiks). Then, starting at 8pm, hosts Johnny O & MH Clay will …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 02.14.26
“For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Inexhaustible Voluptuousness of Haunted Pink” by Featured Artist Bill Wolak To experience Bill’s lucidly surrealistic works, as well as our other past featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 02.07.26
Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits. Neal Cassady ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Fanfare for Weightlessness” by Featured Artist Bill Wolak A new batch from the talented Bill Wolak has landed in the Mad Gallery, and we’re glad as ever to have it! Wolak’s work consistently moves between kinky photography and …
Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 02.04.26
This past 1st Wednesday of February (aka 02.04.26) Mad Swirl Open Mic was found whirling up the Swirl at Barbara’s Pavillion, getting the Mad mic opened for ALL you Mad ones out there! This month we featured poet & musician Chloe Curiel! Chloe was joined by Bob Cummins Jr on keys and papa bear Chris Curiel on trumpet as she …