THRILLER! CHILLER! Film Festival

How can I not love something with so many exclamation points?
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FUNDRAISER FOR HANDLEBAR

Filmmaker Michael McCallum, friend of the co-op, fresh back from his win of Best Film at the Muskegon Film Festival for Fairview St., is promoting the release of his next upcoming film, Handlebar, with a fundraiser. Please go to the fundraiser and support his filmmaking if you are in the area.

FAIRVIEW ST. ENCORE PERFORMANCE IN MICHIGAN THEATERS

I am pleased to announce that Celebration Cinema of Lansing, Michigan, has invited Michael McCallum (film director and friend of the co-op) back for an encore screening of his locally-filmed/directed "FAIRVIEW ST." The movie will play four times starting on Sunday, February 15th, with a 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. show, then again on Monday, February 16th, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. You may purchase advance tickets at www.celebrationcinema.com by selecting the "coming attractions" menu and scrolling down to the "FAIRVIEW ST." poster icon. If you saw it during its first release, then you know how incredible this film is. Don't miss out on the chance to see it again in Lansing on the big screen as it was meant to be seen, and bring a friend!

This film means a great deal to the co-op, as we are close friends with the director, who has put heart and soul into its production, and the bar has been set high for them to pack the theater. So please pass this message along to anyone you think might be interested, and spread the word about "FAIRVIEW ST." The trailer can be viewed at www.fairviewstreet.com. Support local art!

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE - LOS ANGELES

CENTRAL MICHIGAN ANNUAL GEM AND MINERAL SHOW

It is time again for Central Michigan's annual rock [as in, gem and mineral, not punk] show. Jewelry, exhibits, demos, dealers, kids attractions, Xmas ideas, and more. My mother runs the silent auction, so stop by and say hello because she's pretty rad and works hard for the event.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN LAPIDARY & MINERAL SOCIETY
Annual Gem and Mineral Show

October 24th, 25th, and 26th, 2008
Friday: 6 - 9 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 11 - 5 p.m.
Located in the Main Arena at the Ingham County Fair Grounds in Mason, Michigan
Admission is $3.00
Parking is free and plentiful

POETRY AT JAMES'S GATE: OCTOBER 6, 2008

POETRY AT JAMES’S GATE

Featuring:
Elizabeth Quinlan: author of Promise Supermarket
Molly Lynn Watt: author of Shadow People
Doug Holder: author of The Man In The Booth in the Midtown Tunnel
Christy Page: Jamaica Plain Carpenter Poet, published in Break Time

WHERE: James's Gate Restaurant & Pub
5-11 McBride Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
WHEN: Monday, October 6th, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
The pub will be open, people can order drinks or food.
Reading at 7:00 p.m. in the restaurant

SOMERVILLE [MA] SMALL PRESS READING: SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

A Celebration of Somerville Small Literary Presses
Ibbetson Street Press and Cervena Barva Press Readings

Somerville Library/Central Branch
79 Highland Ave
Somerville MA 02139

Thursday, September 25, 2008
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Free


Ibbetson Street Press Authors:
Lisa Beatman will read from Manufacturing America: Poems from the Factory Floor
Gloria Mindock will read from Blood Soaked Dresses
Richard Wilhelm will read from Awakenings


Cervena Barva Press Authors:
Mary Bonina will read from Living Proof
Doug Holder will read from The Man in the Booth in the Midtown Tunnel
Catherine Sasanov will read from Tara

PUBLIC EVENTS CALENDAR AND ACTIVITIES LISTINGS

WE WANT YOUR EVENTS:

The idea behind the public events calendar [see it] is that it is a directory of events for you, of you, by you. We want your artistic events, so let us know what is happening in your area, no matter how big or small.

Each listing on the calendar starts off with the closest largest city, if the event is not nationwide, so you can see at a glance if the event is applicable to you. The arrow in the upper right of the calendar screen gives you a dropdown key of calendar subjects by color, so you can narrow the calendar down to show only events that are important to you.

This calendar is a free, great, public place to list your artistic, social, political, or scientific event. Here's how:

Email us with:

• Closest big city to the event, if it is not national or Internet-based
• The who
• The what
• The where, as exact as possible
• The when, including time and time zone, and if the event repeats, etc.
• The why
• The how
• A copy of a flier or photo, if you have one, and photo credit name/link
• Any links/contact info where people can go to find more info
• Other necessary info: cost, 21+, sponsors, parking, etc.

Your event will show up as soon as we can upload it! We do reserve the right to refuse to list someone's event if it doesn't comply with our standards, ethics, or general overall good-for-the-peeps gut feeling, but if you're being cool, then we probably won't refuse it. Send in as many as you want (but please check to see if they are already listed, first! No repeats!)

BURNING MAN REGIONAL BURNS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE EVENTS CALENDAR

We have broken down the comprehensive list of 2008 Burning Man events all over the world and included them on our events calendar. You can add any of these events to your own Google or Outlook calendar and check out the links to all of the coinciding regional Burner websites. The breakdown looks like this:

March 2008:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Paris, France

April 2008:
British Columbia, Canada
Tampa, Florida

May 2008:
Boonville, Missouri
Witch Well, Arizona
Big Island, Hawaii
Odessa, Delaware
Austin, Texas
Grantsville, Utah

June 2008:
Seattle, Washington
Front Range, Colorado
College Corner, Ohio
Las Vegas, Nevada
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Portland, Oregon

July 2008:
TBA, Vermont
Zaragoza, Spain
Horse Shoe, North Carolina

September 2008:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Louis, Missouri
Chicago, Illinois

October 2008:
Flagstaff, Arizona
Los Angeles, California
Odessa, Delaware
TBA, North Texas
San Francisco, California
South Africa
San Diego, California
Denver, Colorado

November 2008:
Seattle, Washington

Check out all of these events on the calendar.


[Thanks Matt]

JOIN ROMP: LOOKING FOR SPONTANEOUS FUN IN SEATTLE?

Looking for spontaneous fun in Seattle? Join Romp!

Romp is an unannounced summertime midnight game of Ghost in the Graveyard at Gasworks. Romp is a spontaneous Sunday afternoon game of kickball at Cal Anderson Park...in costumes! Romp is glow in the dark ultimate frisbee at Volunteer Park. [Seattle Parks]

Romp is a Swaggle text messaging group, created by a friend of the co-op, Jordan Schwartz. Sign up, and half a dozen times throughout the summer, you'll receive a text message to your mobile phone announcing a fun, playful event happening NOW somewhere in the city. Get out and play!

To sign up for Romp, send a text message with the words "JOIN Romp" to Swaggle at (206) 694-9197 or visit Swaggle at swaggle.mobi, sign up and join the Romp group. Your number won't be sold or anything nasty like that, you won't receive more than one or two messages per month, you can quit any time, and it's free.


[Thanks Jordan]

NEW EVENTS CALENDAR

We have incorporated a new events calendar into our sidebar. It will feature all kinds of events, color-coded by subject [click on arrow in top right of calendar to see a dropdown list of all subjects]. You can subscribe to the calendar or individual subjects within the calendar, and it will be updated constantly. The calendar is accessible by clicking on the calendar in the sidebar, or by following the link below.

VIEW THE CALENDAR.

ARTOPIA BRINGS ALL-AGES STREET FAIR ART TO SEATTLE

Artopia is an all-day, all-ages, outdoor event in support of local artists that takes place in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. Last year's edition included such attractions as Hazard Factory's Power Tool Drag Racing, the Flight To Mars Birthday Cake, a child friendly carnival midway, live music, and some funky gallery shows.

Artopia '08 lands on Saturday, June 28th, 2008, and Ignition Northwest has decided to get behind it all the way in an effort to have a Burning Man-style art extravaganza that is all-ages. Thumbnail sketch: they're going to take over one "zone" of the fair with their own stage, theme camps, and art. And they're putting their money where their [collective] mouth is, with grants for artists and theme camps. Now, they need YOU.

The first step to getting involved is to join the conversation. Make sure you're on SEAVENT, the public event planning list for Seattle-area Burning Man and art-related activities.

To join, send mail to: seavent-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
For more questions, contact Ivan Cockrum via Ignition Northwest.
More information will follow when more details are known.


[Photo taken from the Active: Rain blog]

SEACOMPRESSION SETS A DATE FOR 2008

Seacompression, Seattle's Burning Man decompression, has set a date for the 2008 shindig.

November 8, 2008
at the Sandpoint Hangar 30, in Magnuson Park
7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
21+

More details to follow once they are known.

CRITICAL MASSIVE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - JUNE 2008

Critical Massive is the annual Seattle / Northwest area Burning Man Regional event. It is a week-long summer camping festival that features music, performance, theme camps and art installations, produced by and for the members of the Pacific Northwest community with the fiscal backing of Ignition Northwest 501c.

Critical Massive 2008 will run from June 2 - 8, 2008, at Skalitude in scenic Carleton, WA, a leisurely four-hour drive from Seattle.

Tickets are available now via Brown Paper Tickets. There will be no gate sales OR will call and tickets will be limited to 500 this year. The first tier (half of the tickets!) has already sold out! Don't miss out on this amazing year they have planned!

Would you like to help with Critical Massive this year? Be sure to attend their next public meeting. Check the Ignition Northwest event calendar for more info! Meetings are usually held at the CHAC Lower Level. Volunteers make this event happen!

Art grant submissions will be accepted from Feb 15th - Feb 25th, 2008; grant announcements will be made on March 10th, 2008. See the grants page on the Ignition Northwest website for more info. Please download and fill out the application, and email it to the grant panel.
Grant Application -> Grant panel: artgrants@ignitionnw.org.

Theme camps who want to participate should download and fill out the questionnaire, and email it to the placement team.
Theme Camp Questionnaire -> Placement team: cmspace@ignitionnw.org.

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UPDATE 2.20.08: For information about public meetings to get involved with Critical Massive, click here.

For thorough information about Critical Massive Art Grants, click here.

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UPDATE 2.28.08: There are currently 14 tickets left. Go get them.
UPDATE 3.4.08: Tickets are sold out.

GEORGETOWN SECOND SATURDAY ART ATTACK

The Georgetown Merchants Association (Seattle) is pleased to launch the Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack (another good Georgetown site). The first of these lively monthly art walks takes place on Saturday, February 9, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

More than two dozen galleries, studios, nightclubs, boutiques, and cafes will participate in the inaugural event. The work of countless local artists in a variety of media will be presented.

There will be fine art, crafts, theater, cartoons, film, food, drink, music, mirth, and mayhem in the heart of Seattle's coolest art community. Maps will be available locating all participants.

This will also be the first time a friend of the co-op's, Tabasco's, shop is open and fully functional. Come see him at his building, Equinox Studios, which has close to 30 artists in the building and will definitely be a place to stop and check out.

Equinox Studios is located at
6555 5th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98108

This art and community walk will take place on the second Saturday of every month, so get involved in it!

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UPDATE 3-10-08: Check out the new Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack website.

NEW ACTIVITIES FEATURE

In our efforts to keep this blog current, important, and a source of reliable and instant information, we are making a necessary and cool change to one of our sidebar navigation links. The link for "Activities," which used to list all activities - past, present, and future - that had been marked with that label, is now only going to feature fresh and current activities. Once an activity has happened, we will remove the label "Activities" from the post, and it will no longer show up under "Activities." This will enable everyone to check out what's happening right now, instead of being bogged down with events that have already happened and having to fork through the current and past ones. Each post will still come up under its other labels, so the post will definitely not disappear completely from navigation, but this change will enable the "Activities" link to become a more vital part of the underground events scene.