I couldn't catch a wink, and ended up starting out 2010 with a long weekend of design fury, as my co-worker Drew might say. You know that at OLG, we're committed to doing everything we can to affect the quality of place pillar for this community, and that starts with the vibrancy of arts, music and cultural events. These three posters represent three levels of OLG involvement—host, designer and curator. All three should be excellent nights of music, for anywhere from 24 to 2,400 people.

First up is Sleepy Furnace: An Evening with Mark Hutchins and Friends. Hutchins is the songwriting force behind Vandolah, one of Northeast Indiana's finest bands. This "songwriter showcase" will actually be at One Lucky Guitar on January 30th, following in the footsteps of David Bazan's show at our place just last month. Even better, Mark has asked some of his favorite collaborators and contemporaries to do sets of their own music—including Josh Hall of Thunderhawk, Kevin Hambrick of Orange Opera, and C-Ray Harvey of Wooden Satellites. We're thrilled to work with Mark on this special night, which should be woozy an' wild. There are a few tickets left—get yours by following this link.

Next up, we were happy to receive the call from Rich Lee of Little Brother Radio, NIPR's excellent, left-of-the-dial music show. LBR hosted Nashville's Matthew Ryan for their first anniversary show a couple years ago; now it's time for a return visit. This poster is something of a sequel to the poster we designed for that first show, and follows in an ongoing "campaign" of posters for LBR shows. Catch Matthew (and support "TBA") at The Tiger Room on February 5th. 

Lastly—it's time. Down the Line 4 is set for February 20th at the historic Embassy Theatre. Featuring perhaps the event's most diverse lineup of artists yet, DTL4 promises to deliver all of the surprises and thunder that has been a Down the Line hallmark. We're thrilled to serve as event producers and art directors, again, and have enjoyed a great season of collaboration and laughs with the hard-working Embassy team. 

Remember, last year's event sold out (!!)—get your tickets early by following this link, or avoid the Ticketmaster surcharge and visit the Embassy's box office.