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Two great events to be aware of this week:


Soo Visual Arts hosts +/- (or "plusminus") Thursday evening, an event at which locally hand-made clothing, jewelry, and household items will be available for sale and show. My picks of the lot are Labrador, a collective of local clothes-makers, and Milkypop, the pseudonym of a brilliant jewelry and clothing designer named Megan. This is the girl who stitched the white dress at left, which I own; and I am forever thankful to her for it. Although, uh, remember when I said I overcooked my Glamorama getup? I cropped out as much of the atrocity as I could. Sorry to have ruined your dress, if only for one evening, Megan ...

Second: Stephanie Lake of the Minneapolis-based Bonnie Cashin Foundation just emailed to announce a weekend rummage sale by her and her well-heeled friends Coco Iverson and Pam Mondale (that's Ted's wifey, I believe.) Will there be a selection of vintage Cashin, preferably that long, lime-green coat with toggle enclosures? Ms. Lake promises clothing, accessories, and decor with price tags ranging between $5 and $500. Here's the address: 3800 France Avenue. The sale is open Friday, August 24 from 9 a.m. to noon and then 4 to 7 p.m.; on Saturday August 25, check in between 9 a.m. and noon.

Oh, and p.s. To the chump who stole my wallet yesterday and thereby made it difficult to shop at the aforementioned events: May the commerce gods (and the fraud alert on my credit report) strike down upon thee. May bad karma pour from the heavens and land atop your kepi. May your finger get severed by the industrial zipper of my go-go-gadget CK wallet, circa 1993. Jerk!