A Love Bizarre

Black Lives Matter. This sentence is not to be disrespected by "all lives matter" comebacks. When you say this, you bypass the systemic racism Black people have been subjected to. You diminish the point, that Black lives have been marginalized since the founding of this country. You out yourself as a self-centered and entitled creature who cannot begin to understand that Black Lives Matter is not about you. In fact, it may come from a place of fear and anger, that your white...ness may be seen as "less than." It may be that your discomfort with the mere idea of being an outsider to a valued group is terrifying because you know deep down the truth-- that you uphold racist beliefs in your heart. That your whiteness is safety. That "all lives matter" is a desperate plea to ignore the icky hard work of de-brainwashing yourself from a racist society. So. None of that. Just don't. Personally, I know that this is not the time to sell stuff. This is a moment where I, as a small business owner, am donating to local bail funds. I am listening to Black voices and challenging myself to deeper thought around racism and to do more effective anti-racist action in my community. Because. Black Lives Matter. Here are a few resources to learn more and to support financially, as protest organizations require your funds to fight for justice. @blmlosangeles (Black Lives Matter LA) @blackvisionscollective (Black Visions) @mnfreedomfund (Minneapolis Freedom Fund) @nationalbailout (National Bail Out) @wp4bl (White People for Black Lives) Reposted from @neonaltar See more

This Friday! We are so excited to revisit this amazing series of portraits by @heyparkerday with a curated selection of prints.. Parker will be here and selling the last of the now out of print ICONS book. @_embodied_ will be joining us in the courtyard offering icon inspired stick and poke tattoos! ... And enter our raffle full of shop goodies . Proceeds from the raffle and book sales will be benefiting a local queer charity. See you Friday! 7-10pm. Rain or shine.

You have one week left to come check out the beautiful work of @davidpuckartist before we make room for ICONS: REVISITED by @heyparkerday. David's stunningly expressive paintings are so impressive and full of secrets in person, we encourage you to come by and take a long look before this collection of beauties comes down next week. #queerart #queer #queerpainting #gay #gayart #portraitpainting #drag #lgbtqi @ A Love Bizarre

SPELLCAST TONIGHT ! As a monthly event, SPELLCAST focuses on a single theme for each reading. Writers may use existing works, or create a new piece for the night-- as long as it connects to the theme. This month’s theme: POETRY. Tonight we feature a lineup curated especially for SPELLCAST by Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate Demeter Appel-Riehle! Their lineup includes: ... Gordon Ip C.E. Oldham Eliza Hope Duran Hosted by Sarah Furgatch, with special performance from Demeter Appel-Riehle Authors are urged to consider themselves not just readers, but performers, expressing their words to a warm, intimate audience with emotion, empathy and intent. Connection is the goal; it is the spell we cast. Support LA's young poets!! Come out with donations in hand ($5 recommended) to nourish their art. SPELLCAST: Guest curator Demeter Appel-Riehle, LA’s Youth Poet Laureate Friday, February 28, 7:00-8:30pm A Love Bizarre, 3042 Glendale Boulevard No Cover Neighborhood Parking

POETS, PERK UP! A Love Bizarre is extremely, mightily honored to have Demeter Appel-Riehle as SPELLCAST'S guest curator this month! Demeter Appel-Riehle is a poet, student, and community organizer from Los Angeles, CA. They are the current Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate and organize a monthly poetry series for LA youth. Their debut collection comes out in June 2020. ... Demeter (@demetersbugjar) will be performing, alongside fellow youth poets: Eliza Hope Duran (@elizahopeduran) Gordon Ip (@learnandreflect) C. E. Oldham (@c.e.oldham) Sarah Furgatch is hosting, per usual, and we'll have a musical opening for the event... Clout Killer! (@cloutkillerband) But, please... DO NOT SLEEP on this opportunity to support creative, young writers making a difference in the city of LA. SPELLCAST is a performance series taking the written word from the page to the stage, hosted/produced by @sarahfurgatch and @suzy_mae of @neonaltar. We'll see you at A Love Bizarre next Friday! SPELLCAST: Guest curator Demeter Appel-Riehle, LA’s Youth Poet Laureate Friday, February 28, 7:00-8:30pm A Love Bizarre, 3042 Glendale Boulevard No Cover Neighborhood Parking @ A Love Bizarre See more

Welcome to Neon Altar’s Tarot School. This is a monthly class held at A Love Bizarre, featuring teachers with a special skill or spread to share! Tarot School is intended for intermediate readers, who desire an expanded take on tarot, and extra practice reading for others. This month’s inaugural class will include a lesson and Q&A session with experienced teacher Laura Campuzano, on the intricacy of pulling a Yes/ No response from a tarot spread. After Laura’s teachings, ...we will follow with time to read for other students, and practically apply what you’ve learned. (Or you may offer a spread you’re more comfortable with.) The class wraps up with honest feedback, from reader to reader, and journal time. This event takes place on the private patio of A Love Bizarre, a queer-focused art gallery and home of Neon Altar, a modern metaphysical marketplace. Dress in warm layers; we’ll have a heater, covered meeting table, and beverages to keep you comfy. Neon Altar’s Tarot School February 25, 7:00-8:30pm A Love Bizarre, 3042 Glendale Blvd $15 Street Parking Wear warm layers RSVP at www.alovebizarre.store/events #witchesofinstagram #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotreadersofla #losangeleswitches #tarotobsessed #losangelestarotreaders #learningtarot #neonaltarstarotschool Reposted from @neonaltar

LK at all the cuties that showed up for @davidpuckartist's reception at A Love Bizarre!! Drag. Massage. Tarot. Art. LaCroix. It was glorious. Stay tuned for some super sick drag gifs: Bareback Kuntessa, Pelvis Breastly, and Bunny Bloodlust We love David's mixed media paintings & implore you to stop by, check out the originals and prints in person @ A Love Bizarre

Birthdays = growing up. Growing up is painful, and embarrassing. (Not this photo though. This polaroid is gold.) If you live long enough, awkward teen years transform into nostalgia. Blunders and desires form seeds of the creature you are todayand are constantly becoming. So for A Love Bizarre’s 1 year anniversary THIS WEEK and TODAY as a living, breathing witch shop and art gallery, we’re looking back to where the story of A Love Bizarre, and Suzy and Nathan begins: t...eenhood. Prepare for time travel. We’re gonna share pictures and stories of our teenage selves, honoring the people we were then, and the rockstars we had crushes on. Crushes so hard, it was noted in yearbook senior quotes. Crushes so deep, it felt like you would DIE if you never got to fall in love with the singer of that punk band. Life-contorting, fetish-making, soul-destroying teenage crushes. Meet the first two: Beck (crush of Taurus girl @Suzy_Mae) and Trent Reznor (crush of Cancer boy @NathanRapportArt. Suzy: Beck pulled all my adolescent fantasies into one skinny, talented, laid-back physicality. An art-making musician boy who looked like a girl and half-sang weirdo poetry. He was from LA! He used a leaf blower at backyard shows! So random, so irreverent, such art school dropout cool. I wanted to be Beck, to get inside his brain, to make my guitar shoot out the songs he made. I may not have a Beck poster above my bed anymore but I’m still obsessedddd Nathan: Trent was not only the frontman of the band of my adolescence, he was also my first "art boy" crush. He was good with words, painfully unhappy, and embodied an androgyny and dark sex appeal I found quite drawn to in my goth youth. He looked like a boyish vampire, he was an animal onstage, and he often wore pantyhose. Sold. Fun fact: I may have written a piece of erotic fan fiction about this fella my freshman year of high school. #beckhansen #beck #trentreznor #nin #alovebizarre #crushes #valentinesday #highschoolcrush # @ A Love Bizarre

Just a little sneak preview of @violetchachki ... one of the many beauties included in the new solo exhibition by @davidpuckartist Come celebrate the opening this Saturday night from 7-10 And don’t miss out on the courtyard drag show at 8:00 featuring @bunnybloodlust @kingpelvisb @barebackkuntessa and @missartworld ... See you Saturday!

Meet another of our favorites, @jeromyvelasco This incredible local queerdo is always supplying us with fresh QAF acrylic earrings and blows our mind with each new design they come up with Featured are the Radioactive Fishbones and the high Boots...both available in our shop, so come on by. ... Support queer art and space. @ A Love Bizarre

@gendergems is one of the many amazing pin makers we carry at A Love Bizarre. We adore what they do and we are so happy to always be stocking such special pieces of flair. Featured are the black "THEY" crystal pin, black "NON BINARY" circle pin, rainbow Trans Symbol and the brand new and AMAZING Rainbow Heart and Ribcage pin set. ... All re available in the shop, so come on by and up your pin game a bit. @ A Love Bizarre