Enjoy music from DJ Bangy, frozen cocktails, and art on display by local painter Jacob Schildtknecht, only at Tannin Wine Bar!

Kick off your Labor Day weekend at the Belger Glass Annex (1219 East 19th St.) on Friday, September 2 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Enjoy a free glassblowing demonstration led by Jessalyn Mailoa. Watch her and a team of glassblowers heat and shape hot glass into a work of art. This demonstration is an open-house-style event, so pop in for a little while (and catch exhibitions at the Belger Arts Center or at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery) or stay the entire time!

Amy Abshier (American, b. 1974)

As a painter there are times when I’m working, perfectly at peace and almost outside myself, and then everything seems to fall into place effortlessly, like the painting is just creating itself. It’s magic happening, it must be.

There’s a sisterhood to this body of work; the subjects come from a place of contemplation and the awareness of what it means to be a woman, to be a strong and magical presence in this world.

Even though the figures are not kinetic, there is an energy they share that’s just below the surface, understated but there. It glimmers softly, waiting for the right person to walk up and see it there.

It’s an ordinary magic; something in you recognizes it but maybe you can’t articulate exactly what it is. It just speaks to you.

Represented by Blue Gallery since 2005, Amy Abshier-Reyes was raised on the Texas Gulf Coast, in a small farming and ranching community. She moved to Kansas City, MO to attend classes at the Kansas City Art Institute, where she received her bachelor’s degree in fine art in 1997. Amy currently lives and paints in Kansas City, MO, and her work can be found in numerous corporate and private collections nationwide.

Come one, come all, to our next First Friday event on September 2nd! We will be welcoming many local vendors: Charcutie Boards, The Short Stop Shop, N.S.D. Designs, Creations by Rosita, KC Bloom, and MSE Designs. We will also have live music performed by Jay Melody & Co, as well as drink specials at the Jim Leedy Restaurant & Bar.

Every First Friday, we extend our Happy Hour from open to close. $2 off select draft pours, $2 off all wines by-the-glass, and 1/2 price select pours of whiskey.