Update on Lou Reed. Laurie Andersons’s manager came in the bookstore yesterday (she bought a copy of Critter Jitters by Kalyn Oyer, a Write of Summer camper since 2003). Without me even mentioning that he had been a little standoffish during the party on Wednesday, she offered that he was in a terrible mood because his plane had been stuck on the tarmac for three hours that day.

Updates on some earlier parties:

windowAudra Brown reading at the Piccolo Fiction OpenEighth Almost-Annual Piccolo Fiction Open. Sat., May 31. 5 p.m. Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St. Hosted by Jonathan and Lauren Sanchez and Kevin Murphy and Adrienne Antonson.

This free event has bounced around to different venues over the years (Chas. County Library, Port City Java MUSC, City Gallery, to name a few). We hope it’s found a home here. The alley between Carolina Business Interiors and the former French Hare at 416-418 King was a shady haven where the five winners in this annual short story contest read their works (each about 1,000 words) to a Standing Room Only crowd.

Adrienne Antonson and Kevin MurphyAdrienne Antonson, of Spinster fame, was determined that Kevin and I not put on a “book nerd” event. (Kevin edits Dark Sky Magazine.) She painted the posters and took an old copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Shipwrecked and deconstructed it, sewed the pages back together. Our landlord thought we were hanging prayer flags.

Lisa KerrDebra DanielsFirst place winner was Charleston’s own Lisa Kerr, for “Birds-Eye View.” Others in the money were Audrey Brown of Summerville for “Your Father, Fredrick;” Debra Daniels of Columbia for “Limits;” and to Wilma Reitz of Greenville for “Lost in Murphy’s.” A special invitation to read was extended to Charlie Geer of Charleston for “All Good Things.” Since Charlie was in Spain his brother Andrew Geer served as proxy.

Andrew Geer and Suzanne BoydWines: Crane Lake and other whites. “The coldest in town.”

Cheeses: Roué de Brie, Herb-infused Boursin, Unsmoked Gouda and Jenesaisquoi.

PFO founder: Lisa Annelouise Rentz of Iodine Literary Projects.

Contest Judges: Mary Kelly Wilson (past PFO winner and pastry chef at Cypress, Rentz, Wilma ReitzSanchez and Murphy.)

Sound system: Fuzzco.

Podium: Amelia of MaxJerome.

Timeless or Of Its Time? Exhibition Two. Work by Glenn Keyes Architects and Gibson Thompson Guess Architects. Civic Design Center, 85 Calhoun. 6 to 8 pm. 

It’s dangerous having this many architects in one place. What if something tragic were to happen? Sales of Bjork and David Byrne would plummet. And who’d remind us that they don’t have a TV? Or if they do have a TV that they don’t have cable?

Rising ink costs prevent me from listing everyone in boldface. See the gallery.