New American Felines.

So, tonight: The Straw presents: New American Felines.

It's a group show located at the newly-minted Straw Gallery, located at 1506 6th St SW.

Here is a manifesto for the show as written by an aspiring supermodel/America's Next Top Model candidate who may or may not have dropped out of high school due to everyone being mean to her and not appreciating her free spirit:

"The New American Feline is all about FIERCENESS.

That’s right, baby, when you talk about the New American Feline, it better be in capital letters and it better end in an exclamation mark, because the New American Feline is not here to fuck around. We’re here to take ACTION and take POWER and maybe take a shower because it’s a nice day out and we’ve been running around and now we all smell a little funky, but it’ll be a FIERCE shower, damn it. With lots of bubbles.

The New American Feline is all about BOLDNESS.

No stretching lazily in the sun for this kitty, we’re on the prowl, knocking over your garbage can, leaving dead mice on your pillow and having loud horrible sex with anything that we find. Because no one can tell us not to, unless of course they’re throwing shoes at us, in which case we’ll stop, or at least move down the street so that you can’t hear us.

The New American Feline is all about EMBETTERMENT.

The New American Feline is redefining your language, irregardless of what you think, or what school you went to, unless it’s the school of LIFE, HARD KNOCKS, or a small alternative high school where everyone was equal and you weren’t graded on how well you followed the lesson but rather how you felt about the colour blue.

The New American Feline is all about RADITUDE, BADITUDE and PHATITUDE.

The New American Feline is YOUNG. Pat Benatar young; heartache to heartache we stand, no promises, ALL DEMAND, so listen up, people: the New American Feline doesn’t ask, it takes what it wants and tells you to just DEAL. The New American Feline doesn’t bother to listen to both sides of an argument, because if the New American Feline is RIGHT, then why listen to those that are WRONG?"

So, yeah, come on by, check out the show, have a beer. You'll have to bring your own beer, though, but, y'know, we won't stop you from drinking it.