Fire Flower for Tulip Fest

check it:
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At sunset on the opening eve of Tulip Festival 2008, “Night Fire” will bloom in Washington Park for an amazing two-hour experience. A locally designed steel sculpture of a Tulip is currently being created by artist Steven Rolf Kroeger and will be “cocooned” within an eco-friendly burnable structure created by artist Torrance Fish. The [...]

Tonight.

There will be coffee camp and tea tents (study hall) from 8 – 11 tonight at POINT 5.

I am not above begging

SOS! (((please forward email to anyone you think can help)))

The Capital District Federation of Ideas (CDFi) is in desperate need of financial assistance.  We need 1100$ as soon as possible.  We are $400+ short on last month’s rent, and as of April 5th we will owe $625 more. 

As we are a 100% donation-based organization, and [...]

Notes on this weekend.

Friday:
3 PM.  People will be coming over to view Lauren & Miles’ art.  If you’re around during this time, POINT 5 will be open.  Come on in.
Saturday:
Starting at 10 AM in POINT 5, the Free School will be selling tickets for the upcoming Kimya Dawson show (April 9th).
Dave and Kelly will also be making vegan [...]

chlorine at cdfi

chlorine at cdfi, originally uploaded by onebeatmonsters.
good show.
!!!
come get kimya dawson tix this saturday starting at 10 am at POINT 5
and eat vegan pancakes and waffles!

Notes on a snowstorm

I can’t wait until spring comes to the Capital District. I moved to Troy in March last year from the belly of the state, and last spring was perhaps the best season in my life. Albany in the spring and summer is a pretty wonderful place with a great number of cultural things going on [...]

Bender Family Pre-App Submitted

Let’s see if we can make some moneyz from Grants. What are your ideas for making moneyz?
 There’s music in POINT 5 right now so you should come over and hang out. Sadly, I’m at work.

In the Belly of the Bear

In the Belly of the Bear, originally uploaded by CDFI.
Mary Elise’s bear!

Her Breakfast.

Her Breakfast. , originally uploaded by boesespferd.
This is the breakfast I ate on the day that the Sanctuary for Independent Media was shut down.
The City of Troy shut down the Sanctuary at the same time that a controversial art exhibit created by an RPI Ph. D student was about to open there.
Specifically, the [...]

Coffee Camp.

I hereby declare that Monday night study hall be renamed “Coffee Camp.”  It feels more like a camp during that span of time rather than a study hall.  There are minimeetings going on, errands, tasks, and general camp and tactical operations happening.  And we should have free coffee.  I will make it.
I’ve been reading this [...]