Hey Los Angeles! All-around amazing internet presence Su Wu of I’m Revolting has put together a pop-up shop of one-of-a-kind and exclusive pieces, and the collection will be incredible, I’m sure. The “We’re Revolting” pop-up installation opens at Creatures of Comfort this Saturday, October 20, and I so wish I could be there. Be sure to visit before it’s over!

OPENING RECEPTION: 5-8 p.m., October 20

WHERE: Creatures of Comfort LA, 7971 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

WHEN: October 20 to November 10, 2012.

WHO:

• Jack Craig // Broken board tables
• Jonathan Cross // Geodesic salt- and soda-fired pottery
• Ilana Kohn // Marbled silk shawls and scarves
• Kirsten Perry // Oddball lockets
• Julie Hung // Stackable ceramic bangles
• David Neale // Handmade combs and bracelets
• Haruhi Okubo // Freeform tapestry pieces
• Doug Johnston // Coiled rope hanging lights and sculptural baskets
• Mimi Jung // Pom pom eyeballs and weavings
• Morie Nishimura // Brass folding mirrors
• Joanna Williams // Loopy, textured rugs
• Brent Paul Pearson // Kaleidoscope glasses
• Elyse Graham // Dipped resin geodes

(With sticker sheet illustrated by the multi-talented Building Block, of one piece by every artist.)

People of Denver! I recently ran across the Mixed Taste lecture series at MCA Denver, and it sounds like pure magic. The topics range from Russian Conceptualism to beef and dubstep, with layers of intersection and tons of witty spakers. As the most excellent Edible Geography, who recently spoke about artificial flavorings, explains:

The genius of the series, which was developed in 2004 by the museum’s Director and Chief Animator, Adam Lerner, lies in its format: two speakers give back-to-back presentations on seemingly unrelated topics, such as Hegel and spontaneous human combustion, or fingerprinting and traditional Sumatran architecture, and, miraculously, the juxtaposition and unexpected overlaps turn out to shed new light on each topic.

So, obviously, uh-mazing. Upcoming topics include:

• July 19 Judas Iscariot & Hissing Cockroaches
• July 26 Beef & Edgar Allan Poe
• August 2 Phantom Limbs & Flannery O’Connor
• August 9 Thomas Jefferson & Giant Vegetables
• August 16 Fingerprinting & Traditional Sumatran Architecture
• August 23 Mongolian Gobi Bears & the Fourth Dimension
• August 30 Psychic Animals & Vincent van Gogh

So jealous! While I can’t be there, it inspires me to adopt the concept and do something similar here in New York. Just thinking about potential topics makes me super excited: the oyster, Egyptology, Victorian cooking, glassblowing, Lord Byron, worms…

Which speakers and topics would you be interested in?