Union organizer and newly minted progressive politician Hugh Giordano will be having a fundraiser/official campaign launch on March 5. He's running with the Green Party for the open state representative seat in the 194th district, which encompasses Roxborough, Manayunk, and parts of Montgomery County (iirc).

Here's more info, courtesy of the Montco Green Party:

At our February meeting the Montco Greens endorsed

Hugh Giordano

as our Green Party Candidate for Representative in the 194th District.

The District is located in Philadelphia and portions of Montgomery County.

Hugh is having a fundraiser on March 5th, 6:30-8-30 at

Holy Smokes BBQ

473 Leverington Avenue, (off Ridge Ave, In Roxborough)
Philadelphia, PA 19128

$30 dollars, comes with food. Cash Bar.

Come out and support Hugh and the Green Party!

From Clean Water Action

As if I wasn't already excited enough about this Friday's 13th Annual Clean Water Action Party on Boathouse Row, we have something new on offer this year. Environmentally inspired artwork. I have to confess, I'm blown away by what's been offered.

I met Dave Holley at InLiquid's Art for the Cash Poor this summer and started talking to him about the work of Clean Water. He got really excited, so when I told him that I was looking to spotlight an artist's work as it relates to water, he said he was in.

I had no idea what impressive work I was in for.

Dave got to work and became inspired by Hiroshige's famous "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa." Using a method that very much squares with the type of issues Clean Water espouses, he found a used sail to work on and began applying recycled magazine and other images to it, using the colors in what he found and painting over the top. Creating this amazing painting/sculpture that will debut this Friday at the Annual Auction. So you should come. You should see the whole piece. The image above is just a detail. You know you want to see it all at once. So RSVP now.

More details about the event in the jump!

Sorry for the late notice, but if you're around on Monday, please consider coming to an "Evening with DNC Vice-Chair Susan Turnbull", which will be held at the Pasek Family Residence in Ardmore at 7:30 PM. Full details are below the fold.