Trade School Day (Internet Version) July 25, 10am-8pm

On July 25, 2010, from 10am - 8pm an experimental storefront will offer a space for hosting internet technology classes for community organizers.

To sign up, you should visit the storefront during the week before, or send an email to [email protected] (keeping this a little low key due to limited resources.)

Specifically, we want to bring something like Trade School to Minneapolis (http://ourgoods.org) - something which EXCO is already doing! :) -- we are offering this space as a way to try this out in a storefront setting so we can learn from it for a bigger event down the road.

Here is the best place to look for more information: http://garden.localbiology/internet-variety-store

That isn't all that's going on: INTERNET VARIETY STORE

A variety store featuring artisan, open source internet products.

The Internet is making a special appearance in Minneapolis this summer. Come experience the Internet through events, classes & interactive installations. At night, we will transform the space to the city's hottest evening open source community coder lounge.

JULY 20- 26, 2010

* Weekdays: There will be open-to-the-public puppet movie making/'how to teach programming' activity between 2-4pm each day (limited to 15 people due to space)

* Weeknights, there will be a community coder lounge for awesome coder folks who build tools for communities. Bring your computer.

* Saturday, doors 7:30 pm, Open Source Artisan MarketPlace - mixer / show and tell / see funny analog internet installations

* Saturday, July 24, 8:00pm-ish, The Internet, The Game: come play a no-computers, all people game that will let you experience how computer programming works.

* Sunday, July 25, 10am - 8pm : Trade School, the Internet Version.

* Part of Storefront-in-a-Box: New storefronts weekly

* 2441 Lyndale Ave S., Minneapolis, MN

* http://www.storefrontinabox.com (also on Facebook) Internet Variety Store is a project of the Drupal Open Garden Project. A summer learning collaborative between open-source web developers & community gardeners. URL: http://garden.localbiology.org/internet-variety-store Twitter: @opengardenproj Contact: Chacha Sikes, [email protected], @chachasikes