Davy Rothbart, the…founder of Found Magazine, will perform at the First Person Festival on Friday November 14th from 7-8pm.  You can get tickets here.

If you’re a lover of Found items, we’ll have a box for you to share your stuff at the festival.  In the meantime, let us know what you’re finding.

Tracy chronicles her finds in a flickr set: shoes, hair, notes and a pretty nifty looking clock.

Here’s a collection of objects found in Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia.

Katie’s a devotee of the blown out umbrella.

And here’s a shoe Vicki found on her way into work one day:

Affixed to the bottom was a note that read, in part, “Congratulations!  You picked up a piece of trash.  Clearly you are a person who cares about their world. [ed. note:  and pronoun-antecedent agreement!] You are 1/2 way there.  You have succeeded in cleaning.  Now succeed in beautifying.  Don’t just throw this shoe away.  Resurrect it….[something something something]…Your Brother in Resurrection.  T.O.R.R.”

Kind of snooty, right?

Whatever your motive for collecting Found items, it’s a habit common to many Philadelphians.  As part of Davy Rothbart’s appearance at the First Person Festival, we’ll have our very own Found Box to collect your stuff.  We’ll add them to our display and then submit them to Found Magazine for consideration.

Davy Rothbart and Found
Friday November 14th
Time:7-8pm
Cost: $10 (Buy Tix!)

Right after Kinky Gazpacho (Free!) and right before Swallow Your Pride ($10)