Hair is chopped and cropped, twined with duct tape or dyed various colors.
Rings puncture eyebrows and ear cartilage and lips and noses. A swastika patch droops impotently off the arm of a flung-off jacket, and a small galaxy of star tattoos bedazzle the shoulder of one young woman. It must be healing. It's 7 o'clock on Sunday night, the usual time for the Independent Arts Coalition to meet. Despite the rain and the cold, about 18 people ranging in age from middle teens to mid-20s have shown up, ready to talk business.