As usual, we kick off the week w/ Hack Night at 7p. The Radical F*n Sangha sits on Tuesday, starting at 7. Yoga w/ Lady Idos goes from 6:30p to 8p on Wed. And we close out the week with Priscilla Hoang’s Gener-Asian Gap Gallery:

The Gener-Asian Gap is a gallery exhibition featuring a rich mix of local, multi-generational artist depicting their experiences with the generation gap within their families.

Both sides of the story will be told — one by the youth of Oakland, and one by parents and older folks. The pieces collectively share our struggles, successes, and how the generation gap affects us.

Yikes! Rent is almost due! Please help us keep our doors open by donating to the cause. LOL is volunteer run (no one gets paid), and all donations pay for operating expenses, like rent and utilities. We really appreciate your support!

So much is going on this week! Monday is Hack / Learn to Program Night, Tuesday is the Miracle Bookmobile Book Club, Thursday is the Resilient Communities Legal Café, and Friday we have QTY Treehouse coming over for a sewing night for queer and trans youth 24 and under!

Many people in our community are interested in meditation. Of course, the Radical F*n Sangha meets at LOL every other Tuesday, but we have also been visited by other meditation groups. We thought we combined that with the sewing workshop and get together and make zafus (meditation pillows)! Please RSVP for the event so we have an idea what the turnout will be like. If you’re not on Facebook, feel free to email us at oaklandmakerspace@gmail.com or leave a comment here.

photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystalflickr/108340007/

There will be more information later, but for now we wanted to make available the PDFs of the flyers. There are two versions: one with images on the left and one with images on the right  (the pictures are also slightly different). 

Please join us for our Anniversary/New Year’s party! Link is to Facebook, but the whole text of the invite is here:

Please join us on Sunday to welcome in the Year of the Snake! We are starting the festivities at 3 PM.

It’s our anniversary, and we want to celebrate together with you our community of makers and activists. We’ll remember great events from our first year and tell you about our news for 2013. Join our teachers, volunteers, board members and community members for an evening of fun and food. There is a rumor that Comrade Lover will make an appearance or two. We may even teach you to lion dance before the event is over.

1234 23rd Ave. (between International Blvd. and E 12th. St.)
Oakland, CA 94606
Bring food to share or $5 suggested donation for LOL . No one turned away.

http://oaklandmakerspace.com/

We will have vegan and gluten-free options at the event. If you bring something for hot pot, please make sure to label the ingredients; we just want to make sure that everyone’s dietary restrictions are met.

We’re celebrating a full year of having opened our doors on February 10. This is a big milestone for the first people-of-color led maker space in the country! It’s also the first day of the Year of the Snake! We will hold an open house where you can meet organizers, teachers, and makers, plus we will have scrumptious food! Event will start around 3 p.m. (we’ll be making food a little earlier — if you want to join us, please let us know!). We’ll post more details soon.

Also, we’re planning a follow-on to our successful Winter Creations Make-A-Thon soon, too. Please contact us if you’re interested in being involved in organizing, teaching, or just want to find out more!

We are now fiscally sponsored by School Factory! You can now click on the Support Us! link above (or here!) to make a donation to us through School Factory. This was just setup, so there might still be kinks in the system, but in theory this should go through smoothly and you should receive a tax-deductible note soon.

If holiday shopping has got you down, our holiday making party is the cure for what ails you!

The Make-A-Thon is an event for DIY gift making.
We will have several stations set up where volunteer teachers can help you make something cool and unique.

Stations include:
Recycled Bike Part Jewelry with The Bikery
Bookmaking
E-textiles
Leaf Art
Sticker and Card Making
Sewing circle scarves
And More!

Please get in touch if you would like to run a station!
This event is family friendly, all ages, donations appreciated!

There will also be giftwrapping at the door with Flynn May ♥

Saturday, December 15, 2012
12 noon to 4 pm
1234 23rd Ave., Oakland, CA

http://oaklandmakerspace.com

us represent Oakland Makerspace. We also need folks to help instruct at our Winter Makeathon Dec 15. Comment or email oaklandmakerspace@gmail.com if you’re interested. woo hoo -flynn