[freegeek-e-newsletter] Geek Fair this Saturday!

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Hello there, everyone!  Since Oso and I have been so busy organizing it, the 
newsletter this month will be dedicated exclusively to Geek Fair!  Our annual 
street fair looks to be an awesome celebration this year.  Check out the web 
page at http://freegeek.org/geekfair.

Geek Fair Five! (as it's been coined this year) will start at 1pm and go until 
7pm this Saturday, July 16th.  It'll all be happening at Free Geek: outside 
on the street and inside in the nice, cool air conditioning. Geek Fair Five! 
is a free event for all ages. 

The street party will have two stages of live music and delicious organic food 
& refreshments. There will be tons of fun stuff to check out, including: 

* “Geek Arena” game show, 
* Smash-tacular! (you get to go all “Office Space” on a printer of your 
choosing), 
* Eco-friendly info. booths, 
* Video gaming room, 
* Video screenings, 
* Book sale
* A dunk tank, and 
* Kids' activities, with help from SCRAP (we love SCRAP!). 

You'll also be able to bid on fabulous items at our silent auction or peruse 
Free Geek's thrift store.

Geek Fair Five! will be showcasing several geeked-out local performers, 
including: Beliss, Dorado, The Black Peppercorns, Empty Room, Like a Circus 
Fire, Raina Rose, The Sprockettes, Trashcan Joe, Tre Music and Dan Mills, 
Vivian's Keeper, SweetJuice, and The Vulturines.  Expect fun-filled 
performances from mutant-bike crews Chunk 666 and the Clown House, as well as 
creative laughs from The Circus of Tiny Invisibility from New Orleans.

You'll also learn about some of Free Geek's most appreciated volunteers at our 
Volunteer Recognition Ceremony (consider this an alternative to our regular 
Volunteer of the Month section).

Geek Fair Five! is sponsored by Free Geek and the following local businesses 
and organizations: Backspace, CD Baby, The City Repair Project, KBOO 90.7 FM 
Community Radio, Roots Organic Brewery, SCRAP, and Southeast Uplift 
Neighborhood Program.

If you'd like to help out by volunteering on the day of Geek Fair, please 
check out http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Geek_Fair_Volunteers to see our  
volunteer opportunities, then email Sophia, Geek Fair Volunteer Coordinator, 
at <sluchinidexter [at] gmail [dot] com> with your job and shift preference.

For more information, check out the Geek Fair webpage at 
http://freegeek.org/geekfair.

If you have any questions, feel free to send an email to <events [at] freegeek 
[dot] org>.


I hope to see you all there!

Shawn Furst
Free Geek

Geek Fair at Free Geek
Saturday, July 16
1pm - 7pm