Event Archive for June, 2011
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Apple II Concert
Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
An Apple II orchestral extravaganza led by Chris Kallemyer & Jason Torchinsky.
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An evening of constants with Chris Spurgeon
Saturday, June 18th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
History of science and technology junkie Chris Spurgeon returns to Machine Project to explain why seconds don’t last longer than they do, why a pound of feathers doesn’t weigh the same as a pound of gold, how you can decide when a poison is really poisonous, and more.
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Bloomsday Silent Read-a-thon
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 8:00 am
Colin Dickey will conduct an all day literary marathon in which you’re invited to silently read (or, rather, speed-read) all of Joyce’s Ulysses (one chapter per hour). We’ll have chairs, tables, and a few extra copies of the book available for you to read along for the whole day or a duration of your choosing.
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Starman: the life & legacy of Yuri Gagarin
Saturday, June 11th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, June 11th, 2011 8-10pm This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s inaugural voyage into outer space, thereby becoming the first human being to complete an orbit around planet Earth. To celebrate, we’ll be hosting a reading/Q&A with James Doran, documentary filmmaker & co-author of Starman: the Truth Behind the Legend [...]
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Boing Boing’s first International Meetup Day: “Wonderful Things” edition
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
A Boing Boing sponsored show-and-tell!
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Dorkbot SoCal 44
Sunday, June 5th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
A semi-monthly meeting of people who like to do strange things with electricity.
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Breakfast and reading with Eileen Myles, Maggie Nelson, and Anthony McCann
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 10:00 am
Join Eileen Myles and Anthony McCann for a smallish breakfast and quite a bit of reading and talking and talking and reading.