[oak perl] Fwd: News from O'Reilly--Maker Faire, April 22-23, San Mateo, CA

George Woolley george at metaart.org
Tue Apr 4 16:02:35 PDT 2006


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Subject: News from O'Reilly--Maker Faire, April 22-23, San Mateo, CA
Date: Tuesday 04 April 2006 15:37
From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
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Maker Faire, the First Chautauqua for the DIY Movement

If you Make it, they will come. In its first year, Make magazine has
discovered and celebrated Makers--the underground community of inventors
and hackers that is fueling a resurgence of grassroots invention.

On April 22-23, Make's first-ever Maker Faire will bring together the
Maker movement for a 21st-century Chautauqua at the San Mateo
Fairgrounds
just south of San Francisco, CA. It's a family-friendly weekend that
celebrates science and technology projects and the DIY mindset.
The fairgrounds will be packed with events including:

* 6 exposition & workshop pavilions--Weird Science, Ultimate Garage,
Robotics, Digital Entertainment/Gaming, Green Tech & Electronics
Recycling
(celebrating Earth Day, April 22), and the Ultimate Workshop
* a 5-acre outdoor midway with over 100 exhibiting Makers, hands-on
workshops, demonstrations, and DIY competitions
* Swap-O-Rama-Rama--trade clothing items and transform new treasures
on-site by cutting, sewing, and decorating. Plus, a recycled Fashion
Show
on Saturday at 5pm
* Make:Movies--the first festival for Makers to show off their DIY short
video clips
* Bizarre Bazaar--"not your granny's craft fair"

"One of the big ideas of Make, and now Maker Faire, is to engage
people of all ages in science and technology," said Dale Dougherty,
editor
and publisher of Make magazine.  "You don't learn science and technology
from a textbook; you learn it by using your hands and your mind."

Maker Faire
Saturday, April 22, 2006 (10am-6pm)
Sunday, April 23, 2006 (10am-5pm)

San Mateo Fairgrounds
2495 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA
Admission: $12/Adult; $5/Teens; $25/Family; Under 12 free

More information and updates: http://makerfaire.com

Marsee Henon
Program Coordinator

O'Reilly Media, Inc.
1005 Gravenstein Highway North
Sebastopol, CA   95472
707-827-7103, 800-998-9938

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