The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange Summer Show is upon us. We put so much time and energy into planning and executing these shows that our gas gauges are pinned on E by the time we get to event day and this year is no different. Juggling jobs, a pregnancy, and Homespun has increased the level of complexity but it’s also added a little bit of excitement as well. We’ll be at the Harrison Center for the Arts today (June 12) between noon and 8 p.m., it’s free, and there will be more than 100 vendors plying their wares in the gymnasium, Gallery No. 2, the Underground, and down Delaware and 16th Streets as well. If you show up early, as in one-of-the-first-50-people early, you’ll get a swag bag that includes merchandise from our vendors, coupons, a copy of Venus ‘Zine and more.

The IHE Summer Show is being held in conjunction with the Independent Music + Art Festival, which will feature several great bands including Damien Jurado and Cabin as well as a handful of art vendors organized by the Harrison Center. With the Talbott Street Art Fair popping off just a block away, it should be a pretty busy day on the near northside. Stop by and say hello, we’d love to see you before we crawl back into isolation to get Homespun ready for opening day.