Chicken Boy

Chicken Boy's New & Improved Online Souvenir Stand

(MOSTLY) CHEEP (ALWAYS) CHEERFUL!
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Let's be safe out there please...

There's been talk of making a “non-medical grade face protection device” for Mr Boy as a symbol of solidarity but it turns out that is logistically difficult to do (cause of how he's situated on the roof and how to properly install, blah blah). So then we were meaning to do an electronic version and just weren't getting around to it. Then Mr Charles Scott sent us this version--thank you!

A few friends (thank you R+Z, E+C) have sent positive sayings that we added to the art... here's the collection to date (includes a Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese slogan)...(art is available in an album in sidebar at right).

Anyhow, wishing everyone well at this very weird strange and unusual time.

Shop at Chicken Boy Shop in November/December

Sunday November 19 (9:30 am to 5 pm): We'll be open for the Arroyo Arts Collective 25th Annual Discovery Tour

Saturday November 25 (10 am to 5 pm): It's Small Business Saturday, and you won't find a smaller store than Chicken Boy Shop. But we have A LOT of fun, affordable, crazy art & merch you will find nowhere else.

Sunday December 3 (11 am to 5 pm): Before, during, after the Highland Park Holiday Parade

Look for the “Chicken Boy Shop Open” neon sign in the window for other chances to visit & shop.

 

Chicken Boy Classic Tshirts Back in Stock

New and improved--now printed on super soft heather grey tees! Available in adult small, medium, large, XL, and XXL. Kids' tees and baby onesies are white T-shirts. The line art was taken from Tshirts sold at the original restaurant back in the late 1960s and 1970s. (We made up the tag line “Too Tall to Live Too Weird to Die” and borrowed the nickname “Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles” from Art Fein.) Printed in Los Angeles. Order at ChickenBoyShop.com

TimeOut Love LA Awards 2016

TimeOut magazine held a “Love Los Angeles” campaign and readers nominated their fave venues in five categories (restaurant, bar, cafe, shop, and local culture)--by neighborhoods. Chicken Boy was nominated for local culture in Highland Park (and BTW, his image was even used on the Highland Park neighborhood button). When we qualified, they sent us a nice poster and some stickers, and we did a bit of campaigning--so thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for Chicken Boy. Then we got an email inviting us to their awards event, so naturally we rsvp-ed. I figured a nice certificate would be fine (cause I love certificates). Then when we got there, the very nice women from TimeOut informed us that Chicken Boy had won one of five plaques (I think that means we got the most votes in our local culture category), which they presented at the party on Nov. 14. We love plaques too, so we're super happy. We're also really impressed with the whole TimeOut team and operation. We knew TimeOut from a lot of time spent in England many years ago, and now they're in LA and producing a terrific quarterly free magazine. We'll be distributing them here at Chicken Boy Shop.

They had a groovy photo machine at the event--we asked the photo booth guy to be in one of the pictures.

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Spotlight on Chicken Boy!

Literally...there are now uplights on Mr Boy that will spotlight him every night. He was recently also repainted, so he's super shiny and primary colored--the pigeons still love him, but he's not all poopy yet. Thank you Relighting Chicken Boy campaign contributors and Outfront Media. You may have also noticed the animated small round neon blade sign of Chicken Boy saying hello to you--the result of Lili Lakich's neon workshop and additional help of Richard Ankrom--our two neon gurus. We also have a neon sign in the window that will be lit up when Chicken Boy Shop is open--it says “Chicken Boy Shop Open” (we are open only occasionally at the moment, apologies--but you can always call and make an appointment). The shop is open for sure during NELA Art Second Saturday Gallery Nights--we are open most second Saturdays. You can check our shows and schedule at futurestudiogallery.com

Chicken Boy: That's My Name!

Incredibly, we've never had a portrait show of Chicken Boy...until now! We'll have two big chances to see this fun art show:

Saturday, Feb. 6 from 10am to 8pm--it's FIG JAM--a Celebration of No. Figueroa Street's Past, Present & Future--presented by Great Streets LA and North Figueroa Association. It's like a big open house on No. Fig--there will be free tastings from several local restaurants, music programmed by Stone's Throw Records, theatre programmed by Teatro Arroyo, shops and restaurants will have specials, there will be community booths and demonstration bike lanes, and lots more free, family friendly activities. Not only will we be showing many portraits of our buddy, but we will have tastings of fig jams throughout the day. We'll have map guide schedules, so start your Fig Jam day here.

Saturday, Feb. 13 from 7-10pm--we'll be open for NELA Art's Second Saturday Gallery Night. Chicken Boy Shop will be open for weird, strange, and unusual Valentine's Day giftware.

Artists include: Teenie Duchamp • Kristen Johanessen • Roseanne Kleinerman • Lyn Mayer • Ted Meyer • Corey Miller • Janet Olenik • Barbara Thomason • Louisa Van Leer • Katsu Yokoyama • and more! The exhibit includes photos, paintings, Lego art, sculptural pieces, a painted balalaika, crop art, and prints.

The show will be on exhibit by appointment to at least the end of the month after these two events. BTW, soon we will have a neon window sign which will be lit up when the shop is open. Little by little, we are going to be open more regularly than just for openings...

Second Annual L.A. River Kayak Race - Official Pacesetter!

Eye on LA Tour of Route 66, Starring Chicken Boy

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, okay, we made up the “Starring” part. They came by, but didn't knock on the door (and, BTW, our phone number and QR codes are also on the door). We got a lead-in or lead-out to commercial, and no mention by name or location, but we'll take it! Thank you Eye on L.A., please come back and visit us sometime...

Mr Boy Waits for a Bus (and Destiny)

Photo by Gary Leonard

I Am Curious Chicken Boy!

We have referred to Chicken Boy as the Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles for decades. And we have been fine with our below-the-radar grooviness for like almost 30 years. Discerning pop culture enthusiasts, Route 66ers, little kids, downtown denizens from when it was smellier (CB lived on Broadway near 5th St. until 1984), and, well, just a wide range of super-cool & nice people have contacted us through the years with their Chicken Boy stories and admiration. And now this--Santa Monica based public radio station KCRW has ID'd Mr Boy for their new ad campaign. Other LA stuff they're using: Watts Towers and the binocular building. We are happy to be in such distinguished landmark company, but, we're the funniest, right? So far we've spotted bus benches in Chinatown and Hollywood, and this one across the street from Disney Hall on Grand. A friend saw it on the back of a bus. We wish we could say we were finally achieving our dream of selling out, but all we are getting is a different kind of street cred. We'll keep dreaming...