The following is a reprint of an article I wrote for the June 2021 issue of CWEA Griffin. According to Publisher Jeff Fister, all 7500 copies of the latest edition have been distributed, so if you live in the distribution area of Boyle to Skinker and Hwy I-64 to Delmar, you should have received a…
Category: Shop News
Pass the Past, a Vintage General Store opening on McPherson
There’s exciting news on the retail front in the Central West End. Pass the Past, a Vintage General Store, is set to open Memorial Day weekend at 4744 McPherson (next to Mission Taco Joint). Proprietors Erica and Eugene Tsimerman, above, are busily spiffing up the space and will be stocking it with a collection…
Philip Slein returns to political cartooning during the pandemic
Continuing my ongoing series of what CWE-based artists are creating during the pandemic, I reached out to the neighborhood’s gallery owners, surmising that since they are in the business of selling art, they might well dabble in creating it as well. I reached out to three of them, Duane Reed, Charlie Houska, and Philip Slein,…