Just an exciting reminder that this weekend is our 2nd Annual Skillshare weekend!! We have a finalized schedule up (scroll down for it).

Thanks to Annie Street Arts Collective and Stem and Leaf, we have an after party on Sunday may 30th at Room 710 (710 red river) starting at 9pm. There is a suggested donation of $5 and a free cupcake by SALT. Featuring performances by One Hundred Flowers, The Cartographers, The Axons and Amanda Kitchens, and DIY DJing between sets.

ALSO!! Listen out for skillshare interviewed by youth spin on koop 91.7 from 6-7 this Friday.

Hello skillsharers! We are nothing but busy little bees putting together some pretty rad things for you guys!

First, we have a skill swap at Monkey Wrench Books (110 E. North loop) tomorrow (sat may 8th) 4-6pm. The weather is looking good so we will probably be in the back yard. Pack a picnic, bring a skill, and hang out. We have rubber stamps and skrinky dinks in the mix, i might pull out my embroidery skills and dust them off as well! As always, it is a good opportunity to meet the people who bring skillshare to you! Come on by and lets talk about the future of Skillshare Austin, volunteer opportunities for our 2nd annual Skillshare Weekend, and learn something!

Oh yeah, and remember that crazy weekend of free hands-on workshops we put on last summer? We are at it again!

Skillshare Austin's 2nd annual weekend of workshops!
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 12-6pm
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 12-6pm

Space 12
3121 E 12th Ave, Austin TX 78702

On the last weekend in May, Skillshare Austin will be hosting it’s second annual weekend skillshare with 2 full days of workshops on the themes of transportation, sustainable urban homesteading, parenting/childcare, and arts/media, along with activities for kids.

Sign up to teach a workshop, we still have a few spaces open: http://www.skillshareaustin.org/workshop-proposal-form

if you are interested in volunteering the event, email me: charibird@gmail.com

see you there!
oh, and the after party details are to arrive shortly!

****6:00 to 8:00 PM, this friday april 3rd*****

Treasure City Thrift.
1720 East 12th Street (between Comal and Chicon)
in East Austin

learn to SEW on a SERGER!
what's a serger? you know how the seams on professionally made clothes look different than what you make at home? A serger makes that nice finished edge. Come by Treasure City to learn how to use one and see what it can do. No experience or materials neccessary, although you're welcome to bring your own project to work on if you'd like.

Crafty Fridays will be an ongoing workshop (every friday evening in april) to include embroidery, crochet, knitting, weaving, felting, sewing, and clothes altering. Stay tuned for what the focus of each particular workshop will be, and contact us if you're interested in helping to teach.

Hey there darling skillsharers and skill seekers! It is spring in Austin and we have some serious plans to take advantage of the best time of the year! so get out your calenders! March 20th we will be partaking in the menagerie of SXSW-ness (see below for details), April 4th we will have a fibers workshop at Treasure City Thrift, and April 5th at Monkey Wrench Books we will be holding a meet and greet skill swap. Knowing full well that this is an overwhelming week, stay tuned for the details of the April events or come out and see us on the 20th and we will tell you all about it.

MARCH 20, 2009 12:00 - 8:00
We will be sharing the skills of quick crafts made from recyclable materials. Skrinky dinks, buttons, and more! But thats not all, seeing how it is SXSW time, there is plenty to tickle all of your senses. see bellow for the other goodies!

801 Rio Grande St.

Free! All Ages! Free BEER!
Treasures by Skillshare Austin & Luster Creations
Food by Salt
PUNK ROCK PICTIONARY!
SHOW ME TIGER! Dance Party w/ Special Guest: Jasper James (NYC)
Featuring Music Acts by:
Elaine Greer (Houston), 12:00
Wild Moccasins (Houston), 12:50
One Hundred Flowers (Austin), 1:40
Tiny Animals (NYC), 2:30
Show Me Tiger! (Austin) @ Jasper James (NYC), 3:10
The Cartographers (San Antonio), 4:20
The Bubbles (Austin), 5:10
Agent Ribbons (Sacramento), 6:00
The Unbearables (Austin), 6:50
The Theater Fire (Dallas), 7:40

as always, check out our website skillshareaustin.org for the up and coming!
and much love,
skillshare.

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Saturday, December 20, FREE KNITTING and CROCHET WORKSHOP
Skillshare Austin will be hanging out at Treasure City for the afternoon,
sharing yarn skills. The first half will cover the basics (learn for the first
time, or help us teach if you already know how to knit or crochet) and the
second half will cover more advanced skills, so bring your questions or projects
you’d like help with, and we’ll talk about patterns, shaping, and more.
Bring your own materials or try out ours. Info at
www.treasurecityrhrift.org/woolroom

Bring your 5 minute skill and test the teaching waters with this speedy swap. You don't think you have a skill? Think harder. We will have party skills, dance moves, crafty fun, juggling, zine folding.. the list goes on and on! It really is better if you too come with your very own skill, but we can let it slide this time if you don't. Come on out and meet and greet with your favorite skillsharers and most importantly, become one yourself!

4-6 PM, Saturday 12/13
Monkeywrench 110 E. North Loop

Drop by whalefall studios (2511 E. 6th St.) on saturday between 12 and 4pm for a basic knitting or crochet tutorial, and check out the wool room project that skillshare is contributing to for first night.

If you're interested in helping to teach knitting, crochet, handsewing, or embroidery at this or other upcoming workshops this month, please let us know.

More details about this and other events in November and December can be found at www.skillshareaustin.org

The *Grassroots Media Justice Tour* will
travel through Asheville, Atlanta, Valdosta, Miami, Gainesville,Pensacola, New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas this October

The line up of presenters is both eclectic and spectacular, including *Puck Lo* from Free Speech Radio News; poet/writer/organizer/troublemaker *Alexis Pauline Gumbs*; *Jesse Muhammad*, who both reported on the Jena Six case for the Final Call newspaper, and played a vital role in mobilizing for the mass demonstrations in Jena; Clamor Magazine founder *Jen Angel*; and writer/designer/activist/performance artist *Hadassah Hill* from $pread Magazine.

Skillshare Austin in collaboration with Monkeywrench Books and KPWR People Will Radio, will be hosting two FREE events of workshops and presentation for the Austin tour stop:

Sunday, October 19th, 1-8pm, at Space 12 (3121 E 12th, just west of Airport Blvd) A day of media workshops including Hadassah Hill teaching us web presence and digital music recording, along with a whole bunch of local media activists sharing their skills. Free childcare (sign up in advance) and dinner included. Detailed schedule will be on our website soon.

Monday, October 20th, 7pm,at Monkeywrench Books (110 E. North Loop) Jordan Flaherty and Jesse Muhammad will be presenting and discussing their work with us. We'd like to have a local musician or spoken word artist join them, please contact us if you're interested.

More info at www.skillshareaustin.org/gmjt