ideapark.org news for Monday, November 27, 2006

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ideapark.org music etc. news for Monday, November 27, 2006

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Please note a date correction to the ideapark.org news loop: The "Peace on Earth" town parade in Floyd will take place on Sunday, December 3.

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Winterfest 2006 will take place from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, December 2 and from noon to 5 on Sunday, December 3 at the Jacksonville Center in Floyd. This free, family-friendly community event will feature numerous shopping opportunities for discerning consumers looking to stretch their Art & Music dollar while supporting some of the area's most talented and hardworking artists and musicians.

Many fine Floyd artists will present work during this event, among them Nico Woodruff, Pat Sharkey, and Aaron Staengl, who creates illuminated manuscripts and sacred art using traditional Tibetan painting techniques.

Elements from the Traces library for creative literacy and work by 10 or more local artists and artisans will be installed in the Hayloft gallery during Winterfest 2006. The upstairs community room will feature work by at least 15 local artists and artisans.

Food and refreshments will be available during Winterfest in the food court at the South end of the first floor hallway, and a variety of arts and craft activity options will be offered to youngsters. 10 musical performances are scheduled.

The Jacksonville Center is located on Rt. 8 in Floyd, and can be reached by calling 540-745-2784. Hope to see you there!

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ideapark.org music calendar highlights for Thursday, November 30 through Saturday, December 3

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Thursday, November 30

9:30 pm - Jugbusters @ the Cellar in Blacksburg

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Friday, December 1

5 pm - Community Children's Choir @ downtown holiday festivities in Blacksburg
6 pm or so - Chris Luster & Bernie Coveney @ Over the Moon in Floyd
6 pm - Irish Night @ Oddfellas in Floyd
7 pm - Scott Perry - downtown Christmas festivities in Floyd

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Saturday, December 2

daytime - Nico Woodruff @ Winterfest in Floyd
daytime - Joel Venditti @ Winterfest
5:30 pm - Billy Miller @ Cafe del Sol in Floyd
9 pm - Afromotive @ the Winter Sun in Floyd
9 or 10 pm or so (?) - American Dumpster @ the Coffee Pot in Roanoke

Please consult the ideapark.org news loop for more information on these artists and venues. Thank you for supporting independent art and music!

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2006 - 2007 American Dumpster schedule
information deemed accurate, but not guaranteed

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12/2 Coffee Pot (Anniversary Party!) Roanoke, VA

12/6 The Pub College Rock Night Harrisonburg, VA

12/9 KC’s Central Station Fredericksburg, VA

12/16 Fellini’s #9 Anniversary Party Charlottesville, VA

12/22 Poe’s Pub Richmond, VA

12/28 Crossroads Huntsville, AL

12/29 Crossroads Huntsville, AL opening for Donna the Buffalo

1/6 Cat’s Eye Pub Baltimore, MD

1/18 Cary Street Cafe Richmond, VA

1/19 Uncle Charlie’s Crozet, VA

1/23 Bogart’s Richmond, VA

2/3 Cat’s Eye Pub Baltimore, MD

3/30 Outer Banks Brewing Station Kill Devil Hills, NC

5/12 Private Wedding Charlottesville, VA

6/2-6/3 Vintage Virginia Wine Festival Centerville, VA

7/7-7/8 Wine Down the Music Trail Floyd, VA

7/26-7/29 FloydFest Floyd, VA

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Press release

For immediate release - Thursday, November 23, 2006

Suzy Nees winter exhibit

This winter, Suzy Nees will exhibit a collection of works on paper, cloth, and canvas at Cafe del Sol in downtown Floyd, Virginia. An opening reception is planned for Saturday, December 2, from 5 to 7 pm.

Music for this event will be provided by Billy Miller, a multi-instrumentalist and singer from Floyd. This is a free event, and all are welcome! Music will begin at approximately 5:30 pm.

Suzy's winter exhibition will run from November 27, 2006 until January 7, 2007. Figure studies in sumi ink and oil paint are being featured in this show, along with handmade bookmarks from the Traces library for creative literacy.

Small paper notecards from Traces are also being distributed free of charge at this venue in celebration of the 2006-2007 Winter Giving Season.

Suzy Nees is a sculptor, illustrator, and web author who began organizing the Traces library for creative literacy in 2000. To learn more about Suzy Nees and the Traces library, please browse Suzy's webspace at suzynees.com.

Cafe del Sol is located near the Country Store on South Locust Street in Floyd. To learn more about Cafe del Sol, please call 745-ACUP or visit floydcoffee.com.

To stay in the loop about weather-related scheduling changes for this and other art and music events in the New River Valley, please stay tuned to the ideapark.org news loop at ideapark.org > news.

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hi everyone
here is some news

on Dec. 2 Carbon Culture will play at Cabo Fish Taco in Blacksburg
not sure when they will play but it will be rather early

American Dumpster will play that same evening at the Coffee Pot in Roanoke

Afromotive will play on Dec. 2 also, they will play at the Winter Sun in Floyd at around 9
Billy will be playing that night too, at Cafe Sol in the early evening, for my art reception

there will be a performance & clinic by the Victor Wooten band in Floyd in early December, check with the Winter Sun for details

the Traces reception at Sweetwater has been postponed, more details later

tonight at 8 there is a party at Ray's in Floyd, this is being hosted by Tuggle's Gap
a modest $5 cover charge will help to compensate the American Dumpster band for their talent and energy

Billy played sax with them some at Fandango, that was a big treat for me. I hope very much to get to see this again tonight.

whether or not you make it to the Ray's show please make these visitors feel welcome in our community if your paths happen to cross

these are kind and hardworking folks with a whole lot of great music to share

ja ne, thanks for reading. have a beautiful day.

-Suzy

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hi everyone

hope you are well
it has been a trying week but things here are fine

so, I am helping to provide marketing assistance for vegan snacks etc. these days. It is a nice job when it is not like being inside a whirlwind. I am getting adjust to the hectic-ness and hope to kick a dent or two in it if I am able so we can get'r done for the Earth and for the people who need good food and clean water.

Here is my web support portal for the snack people.

Please don't forget to tell them Suzy sent you, this will earn me free snacks. I hope.

Please feel free to send me a letter at my new job if you like:

Suzy Nees
Marketing & public relations
Blue Mountain Organics
Floyd Highway North
Floyd, Virginia, United States

Send it "c/o bosses & supervisors etc." if you would like to comment on my lead generation and web QC work.

bye, thanks for reading. have a great day. -Suzy

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Let Me Help You Shop offers tips for a happy Winter Giving Season

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Dreading the holidays? Appalled that the gears of un-progress are still spinning at such a feverish pitch, despite all we have come to understand about the dangers of global warming and environmental devastation?

Broke as a joke, with no job and no prospects? Lonely and scared about the vast stupidity of humankind?

You aren't alone...but relax: A new paper-free catalogue is being designed to help people just like you.

The 2006-2007 ikigai.org planetary wellness catalogue is designed to help persons from all walks of life exercise their buying power to validate and/or obtain low-impact products and services which will fail to drag our planet into a dreadfully toxic and fatally depressing Hell.

Access the 2006-2007 ikigai.org planetary wellness catalogue here on Thanksgiving Day 2006.

Thank you in advance for your stewardship!

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Kelp will help

expecting some o-kyaku-sama* people this winter giving season?

kelp crunch treats like these will help them feel welcome and valued when visiting your home or place of business.

if you are looking to make sure your o-kyaku-sama people are treated with courtesy and care,
get you some kelp crunch treats today to have on hand when a special visitor arrives.

find them at sweetwatermarket.net > snacks

yoroshiku onegaitishimasu

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photo by Beth Jones.

American Dumpster in Floyd next Tuesday

hi everyone

I have confirmation that the American Dumpster band will play at Ray's in Floyd next week. This will be on Tuesday and details can be obtained at 745-2501.

If I can I will post some photos of this but they are buried among a zillion other photos.

also Celtic Night at the Cellar is tomorrow...it was extremely awesome to be at the first one

these will be every third Thursday. The Jugbusters play on Thursday when it isn't Celtic night.

There is an Irish night in Floyd at Oddfells, I need to check on when this is but I believe that it is the first Friday

two very excellent bands - Carbon Culture and the American Dumpster Band - have websites which are inaccessible to me most of the time since I usually do my work during the very early hours of the day and sudden audio features are a huge nuisance since they wake up the house.

a new mountain-friendly gesture is being envisioned by the ideapark.org community to make the very best music easy to hear when you are in your home town.

to explore optimization options please visit audiopark.org or a neighboring site

the League of Women Voters thing is tonight at Town Council Chambers in Blacksburg. this is a presentation related to verified voting. refreshments will be served, that is one thing I forgot to mention

I need to go now, have a great day. below are some quick tips on using NVU, an open source tool for web authoring. this is a great tool to use if you want to make a little portal on the ideapark.org intranet.

-Suzy

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Step 1. go to nvu.com > downloads

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via Citizens First

**** PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR LISTS! ****

The Montgomery County League of Women Voters presents

Electronic Voting: Democracy in Peril?

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 7:30 PM

Blacksburg Town Council Chambers

Speakers:

· David Evans, professor of computer science, UVA, and a citizen member of a joint committee on electronic voting of the Virginia State Legislature.

· Anne Sterling, Virginia State Legislative Coordinator, League of Women Voters.

· Also featured: A Princeton University video demonstrating simulated election fraud on a Diebold voting machine.

Free and open to the public. Please join us 11/15, 7:30 PM in Blacksburg Town Council Chambers, 300 S. Main St . For more information, please contact Mary Houska , 540 552-2717.

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hi everyone

I need to look at the calendar to make sure but I think that this Thursday will be Celtic night at the Cellar. Billy will be helping to provide music for this. The last time was GREAT.

more news on this soon.

also A'Court B. has work up at Altared Earth in Floyd.

a new portal called audiopark.org is in the works, this is intended to be an audio companion to ideapark.org

bye, have a great day.
-Suzy

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o kyaku sama douzo

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ideapark.org election day news

ideapark.org news
november 7, 2006

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November 15 meeting in Blacksburg will focus on verified voting

On November 15, 2006 at 7:30 pm, there will be a public meeting in Blacksburg, Virginia to raise awareness about voter rights in the electronic age.

This presentation is being hosted by the Montgomery County League of Women Voters, and it is entitled Electronic Voting: Democracy in Peril?

The evening's event will include presentations by two speakers, David Evans and Ann Sterling, both of whom have a wide range of experience related to electronic voting.

David Evans is a professor of computer science at UVA and a citizen member of a joint committee on electronic voting of the Virginia State Legislature. Anne Sterling is the Virginia State Legislative Coordinator for the League of Women Voters.

This presentation will focus on a recent Princeton University study which points to numerous vulnerabilities in the Diebold electronic voting system. A simulated election fraud event will be shown on video to illustrate the ease with which the Diebold electronic voting unit can be hacked.

This meeting will begin at 7:30 pm in the Blacksburg Town Council Chambers in the Blacksburg Municipal Building at 300 South Main Street in Blacksburg.

This is a free event, and all are welcome. For more information, please contact Mary Houska at 540.552.2717.

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Studio Tour 10 and the Mountain Music Benefit

hi everyone

just a quick note to remind you about the Studio 10 Tour, which will be happening in Radford again today

Carter Holliday and Sarah McCarthy are two of the participating artists in this, it should be very good.

if you miss seeing Sarah's work today in Radford remember that she keeps a studio in Floyd and she also sells work out of the Bell Gallery.

I do not know whether the Mountain Music benefit has sold out yet but this is going to be a really nice event I think, so try to make it over to the Lyric in Blacksburg this afternoon if you are able. Snake Hollow String Band will play along with two other bands, and it all will benefit a great cause called Community Opportunities.

I am not sure about this but I believe that A'Court B. has some work up at Altared Earth in Floyd. He also will have some work up in the new Traces installation, which is being put up now at the Sweetwater Market in Floyd.

Friends & family of Sweetwater Market and Blue Mountain are encouraged to stay tuned to the news loop for more info on a Winter Giving Season celebration which will include an art & music party sometime in early December.

December 9 is looking like a good day for this event, but the date has not been decided yet. A 2 hour multicultural art & music reception is envisioned, followed by an employee party to thank and acknowledge Sweetwater & Blue Mountain staff.

Bye, have a blessed day. Thanks for reading.

-Suzy N.

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save the dates: November 6, November 15

hi everyone
hope you are well

just wanted to let you know about two important things happening soon in the area

the Jessie Peterman Memorial Library will host a screening of the movie Iraq for Sale on the evening of November 6, 2006

also, on the evening of November 15 there will be a presentation in Blacksburg hosted by the Montgomery County League of Women Voters. this is designed to raise awareness about a recent Princeton University study which exposes numerous vulnerabilities in the Diebold voting system. a simulated election fraud will be played on video, and two speakers will present their views on the idea of verified voting etc.

the Help You Shop loop will be following these events and providing details as they become available. I imagine that the M.C. League can provide you with more info if you need it right away...I will post a contact number as soon as I can.

bye, thanks for reading. have a wonderful day.

-Suzy

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