Medium-size drop-leaf table

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Spotted on the curb, so don't bother calling dibs - just grab it (and I guess post here if you do).  29" high, 40" long, 26" wide.  Drop leaves 13" wide.  Heavy, quite sturdy!  Sits nice and flat when folded out.  And if you're a goth or a Rolling Stones fan, you're in luck, because it's painted black.  In front of 68 Cameron Ave.

Third-rate photo at http://sunspotdesigns.com/c/pix/freecycle/blacktable.jpg

scratch it up! computer programming for kids

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When:  November 13, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where:   155 Powder House Blvd  (at the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church)
What:   Computer programming for kids, artists, and the rest of us!  We'll learn how to make video games and animations with Scratch, a simple, kid-level programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group. 

This workshop will be both an introduction to Scratch (see: scratch.mit.edu) for total beginners, as well as some more advanced programming experiments with physics simulation using Processing (processing.org).  We'd love to work with any age-mix -- if folks rsvp with information about age and experience with computer programming we can make plans based around who we know is coming.  If you can bring a laptop, that would be great!  If you cannot, that's _ok_, but try to let us know so we can scrounge enough useful computers for the weekend!  $15-$30 suggested donation for the day, pay what you can, no donation is required.   RSVP at contact@partsandcrafts.org.

Hosted by Parts and Crafts, a group of thinkers, teachers, and tinkerers in the Boston area who are interested in helping people build, think, create, succeed, fail, and learn.   For more details  (on this event or others) go to http://partsandcrafts.org.