Fall 2013 Programs at Parts and Crafts!

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Starting in September, we’ll be running regular afterschool + workshop programs five days a week. Topics range from bookmaking to computer programming, and are all based out of our shop space at 577 Somerville Ave. We also have some great classes scheduled for fall semester - we hope you'll check them out!

For details or to register, visit www.partsandcrafts.org!

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Impact the Future of Davis Square!

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An email from Brad Rawson of the city planning department:

Good afternoon,
We are pleased to publish a detailed schedule for the Davis Square design charrette event on September 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th.

Monday, September 9^th Location: 377 Summer Street (vacant storefront next to Rosebud Diner)

9am – 8pm - public Open Studios
11am – 12pm and 3pm – 8pm – public stakeholder sessions (see flyer for descriptions)

Tuesday, September 10^th Location: 377 Summer Street

9am – 8pm - public Open Studios
9am – 10am, 11am-12pm and 3:30pm – 7:30pm – public stakeholder sessions (see flyer for descriptions)

Wednesday, September 11^th Location: 255 Elm Street Street (Davis Square Theatre)

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Pin Up Presentation

Please see the flyer for details.  And please visit www.somervillebydesign.com, which has recently been reformatted.

From: Davisactiongroup.com

Out with the summer and in with the HONK!

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Hi-
  I know lots of folks in this LJ are fans of HONK! so I though I should at least mention that we are definitely on for number 8. Here's the mail we recently sent out about this.
       -- dNb, HONK! organizer and webmaster

Hi HONK! fans-

We hope you've been having a fabulous summer. You haven't heard much from us because we've been holed up in our secret lair planning furiously for the next HONK! (ok, maybe there's isn't a secret lair, but we have done a ton of planning for HONK! 2013).

Yes, you heard that right, you'll be happy to know that your favorite festival of activist street bands will return this year for an eighth time.
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HONK! 2013 will take place October 11th, 12th and 13th (Columbus Day weekend)

This year we're bringing back many of your favorite bands to perform on the streets for an entire day of free music, interact with community groups all around Boston, take part in our huge parade down a major thoroughfare, join us for lantern parades at night in our neighborhoods and on and on... We've also have some new friends on the way we know you'll want to meet.

As in previous years, there's no way we could pull off a "a revolutionary street spectacle of never-before-seen proportions" like this without the tremendous support of our community. Without people like you, there's no way we could afford to help these musicians make the trip to our streets. This leads to the second thing we wanted to mention: we are again running a brief Kickstarter campaign to help us pay travel costs for all of the amazing musicians coming from around the world.

If you are looking for a way to support our festival, we'd really appreciate if you could help us make our goal:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dnb/2013-honk-festival-of-activist-street-bands

People who have contributed to our previous Kickstarter campaigns know that the backers of our project are some of the first people to hear about the great new stuff (bands, etc.) coming to our festival.

Be sure to check out this page even if you don't want to donate, it has a spiffy new video that is sure to bring a smile to your face.  We'd appreciate it if you could spread this link far and wide amongst your electronic friends so they might have the opportunity to become supporters as well.

Really looking forward to seeing you all in October!

    -- the HONK! organizing committee