Between shows at the Fringe, patrons search their digital devices to find what shows they would like to go to next. Fringe has a well designed flipbook PDF that I use to search for show information.
I am however a rather analog artist, so at home I write the shows I plan to see on a slip of paper and I carry all that information in my art bag. I circle the next show with a pencil and head over to the next theater. In the Fringe Club room the Fringe dinosaur mascot head was on on top pf a storage case. The mascot is often found at kids Fringe.
The purple tables in the middle of this sketch are set up to be the indoor bar for Fringe Patrons. It had not been sett up completely yet when I did this sketch. Someone was searching around for an outlet and could not find one. A long extension chord would be needed.
While doing this sketch I got to catch up with several Fringe regulars. One was selling $5 raffle tickets for the Florida Council of the Blind. First Prize was $1000. Second prize was $100. I passes on the raffle ticket at first but then decided I needed to get some caffeine in my system to get my hand twitching. There is a soda machine at the Shakes and I went to give it a try. I left my artist chair behind and one of my friends joked that they planed to sell it while I was gone.
The soda machine would not take my $5 bill. It kept spitting it back out with a mechanical whine. When I got back to my seat, the woman who was selling the raffle tickets told me she had change for a 5. I decided that I should buy one of her raffle tickets for the kindness of giving me change. The machine took her dollar bill and spit out my much needed liquid death. It was an expensive drink but much needed. When doing all these sketches I would start in the morning and end late a t night. I never took time to get out and order food or drink. Was the can of soda worth the $6? Absolutely. I sucked it down in several gulps and started to feel like a humming bird.
The drawing for the $1000 prize was on May 17, 2025. I didn’t win. I never do.