The Bird Machine is a screen print poster workshop owned and run by Jay Ryan, and is located at 4823 Main Street in Skokie, Illinois. Jay has created posters for numerous artists including Andrew Bird, Sonic Youth, Monsters of Folk, the Jesus Lizard, the Sea and Cake, Low, Spoon, the Decemberists, and the Shins, to name a few. Jay has also created the posters for the Pitchfork Music Festival here in Chicago. To see some of his work, check out his website. Although Jay is preparing for a painting show, he is welcoming us into his studio. It sounds as though there will be less printing, and more painting, in process when we are there.

We will meet at the Curragh Irish Pub, located at 8266 Lincoln Ave in Skokie at 1:45 p.m. Please let me know ASAP whether you’ll be joining us at the pub so I can make reservations. If you plan on coming to the pub, please bring some cash to make dealing with the bill a bit easier. We will need to be at Jay’s workshop at 3 p.m.

If you’re not going to join us at the pub, be at Jay’s workshop by 3 p.m., but try not to be too early as another group of people will be there before us.

IMPORTANT NOTE
Because this is not a retail space, the general public cannot stop by Jay’s studio and we must limit the YES RSVPs to 15 people. This is the first time we have ever needed to limit RSVPs. As a result, please RSVP Yes only if you truly, truly intend to go, as you will be denying another person the opportunity to be there. If your plans change, please promptly update your RSVPs. Nonetheless, we understand that we are in the middle of winter and the weather can change plans for us. Please check our website on the day of the meetup, just to make sure we haven’t cancelled for weather. If the meetup has not been cancelled but you feel it’s unsafe to leave the house that day, stay home. Aside from the weather, please RSVP accurately.