Hey everyone!<br><br>It's Saturday! As per usual, we're running open
shop --- not in Copley, or Dewey, but back in our home town of
Somerville, in the basement of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church,
155 Powder House Blvd. What is open shop, you ask? <br>
<br>Every Saturday we open up our shop, from 12:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. to
families and other curious folks who want to come in, look around, and
make something (or make something happen!) We’ll have a few projects
around, and spend the afternoon building and hanging out together.
People are encouraged to come to open shop with projects and ideas of
their own that they’d like to work on and explore, but we’ll always have
something in mind to get you started if you’re suffering from maker’s
block. <br><br>Open shop runs from 1-3 p.m. It's free, but donations are gratefully accepted.<br><br>*************************************************************************************************************<br>
<br>A few additions for tomorrow!<br><br>1. <b>
At 11 a.m. (just prior to open shop) Occupy Somerville will be holding
their FIRST ACTION in Somerville at the Bank of America in Davis
Square</b>. Move your money from Bank of America (third largest company in
the world?!) to a local bank or credit union (smaller!). <br>
<br>Why are we protesting BOA? Beyond raising rates for customers in
good standing, refusing loan modifications, and the institution of
arbitrary fees, BOA was recently the target of a lawsuit for seizing
three homes in Texas and Kentucky to which they *did not hold the
mortgage* Bring your signs and make some noise!<br>
<br>2. As many of you know, P&C has been working pretty closely
with Occupy Boston over the last two months (a shout-out to outreach and
the street team, cc'ed on this email!) This week has been a difficult
week for us! In spite of the threat of eviction (and the rain!) there
were 200 people in Dewey Square through the night, playing music,
participating in teach-ins, and holding down the site into the early
hours of the morning. The last two days have been really amazing,
with teach-ins, music, and speak-outs going well after midnight, which
has (so far!) successfully kept the camp in place. <br>
<br><b>Tomorrow, during open shop, we'll be organizing phase 1 of a
lightsaber flash mob</b>, to set converge on Dewey Square Saturday night at
midnight Saturday night. If you're interested in participating in this
action, come by open shop and help us plan it! We'll need cloth,
spare rope, and of course, lightsabers! (we've got those covered). We
need lots of people (99 of them!) to dress as Jedi
and protect Dewey Square! On Thursday we had a roving band of bankers
-- this Saturday, it's going to be Jedi vs Sith. <br>
<br>3. As part of our ongoing support for OB, we're planning to take
the last hour open shop to cook a big meal to take down to Dewey
Square. <b>If you have food to donate --- cookies, chips, hummus,
sandwiches - and would like to contribute to this important effort,
please let us know</b>! If you've never cooked for 100 people, now's your
chance! <br>
<br>Thanks for reading through all that! One final announcement, which
is that REGISTRATION IS OPEN for winter vacation camp! Details
below. Please help us spread the word!<br><br><div id=":2mg">********************************************************************************<br>
<br><p><strong>Parts and Crafts is happy to be offering another week of camp in December!</strong></p>
<p><strong>when:</strong> December 27 through December 30, 9am to 3pm (early and late care available)<br>
<strong>where:</strong> the Parts and Crafts workshop — 155 Powderhouse Boulevard in Somerville<br>
<strong>who:</strong> kids, 7-12<br>
<strong>cost:</strong> $50-300 for the week, sliding scale</p>
<p><strong>What is winter vacation camp?</strong></p>
<p>A whole week of invention and creation! We’ll have our electronics
workbench, art table, a bunch of hand-tools, building supplies, scrap
materials, air pumps, hot glue, duct tape, etc. Printers will be taken
apart, bread will be baked, LEDs and motors will be glued to things,
there may very well be giant cardboard sculptures. For details, email
<a href="mailto:contact@partsandcrafts.org" target="_blank">contact@partsandcrafts.org</a> or visit our camps page for more information.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2577254638/eorg" target="_blank">Sign up for camp!</a></p></div>