Archive for February, 2009

Gibson Street Gala 2009

Gibson Street Gala 2009

2009’s Gibson Street Gala will be the 5th annual incarnation of the event

Don Fire

Don Fire

Disaster struck this morning for the owners of the Dusk ‘n’ Don 24 hour shop on the corner of Gibson Street and Otago Street.

A power surge from the subway caused an electrical fire in the stock basement of the shop just before 7am.

Lip Service

Lip Service

The staff at Connected Ventures choreographed a one-take video, in which the entire office participated in cover of Harvey Danger’s ‘Flagpole Sitta.’

Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.
Via Urlesque
More unrelated office tomfoolery :

Guba Via Reddit

Quick Tickle for a Slow Loris

Quick Tickle for a Slow Loris

We can’t stop watching this ! Look how disappointed the loris looks when the tickling pauses – adorable !

Send for the gritters !

Send for the gritters !

Edgar Mueller has produced a spectacular piece of ’street sculpture’, using anamorphosis technique. Using paint on a canvas of pavement, he transformed an area of 250 metres square into a staggering crevasse.

Print Perfect

Print Perfect

We’d like to say thanks to Rosemary from The Copy & Print Shop. She’s been a long time supporter of GOW and the Gibson Street Gala, helping us with print jobs from the Gala running order and signage, to exhibition materials and of course, our newsletter.
The shop has an eclectic bunch of customers ; whether [...]

Plant Rustler

Plant Rustler

In November, Kelvingrove parks department delivered a planter to GOW, to be placed outside 97 Otago Street.
They supplied the planter with soil, but it was up to us at GOW to plant it up. We added a laurel tree, an azelea, two minature cypress trees and for colour, primroses and pansies. The laurel and azelea [...]

Snow Photos

Snow Photos

Photos from February 2009. Our most significant local snowfall since 2005 !

Mosaic Workshop

Mosaic Workshop

Photos from the 2008 mosaic workshop

February 2 2009

February 2 2009

Monthly GOW committee meeting.