On Friday the 18th, we’ll be celebrating yet another Hot August Nights.

For those of you outside of Hammond, Hot August Nights is an annual celebration that takes place on the hottest night of the year… most of the businesses in downtown become art galleries for local and southern artists, and most of them will be having “wine tastings” for the people that come in to gaze at the work.

We’ll be hosting some artwork from Bankhead, Michael Cangelosi, James Blanchard as well as myself. One thing we’ll be doing a bit different from other business is the wine thing… we will have some “tastings,” but those tastings will simply consist of cheap beer, ’cause that’s how we do.

…and no, you can’t booze it up at the shop if you’re under age.