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Wherever you find Joe Rut you’ll find a fifth!

Joe Rut is celebrating the release of his 5th CD, “Injured While Faking own Death” with a very special show at the Great American Music Hall, Friday, April 30. If you see him once this year, please come to this one!!

Wonderful and surreal comedian Will Franken is opening the show, and Joe’s gonna be joined by an amazing band including fiddler Jason Kleinberg, pedal steeler Joe Goldmark, drummer John Hanes, bassist Dave Jess, Guitarist Danny Allen, Steve Lucky on piano and Hammond B3 organ, and singer Val Esway, as well as other special guests! Joe will be playing songs from the new CD as well as tunes from his first 4 albums. Help spread the word!

Joe Rut w/ special guest Will Franken
Friday April 30
Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
Doors 8/show 9
$14
Tickets on sale beginning Sunday, Feb 28th.
www.gamhtickets.com

DIY Yurt Workshop:

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The Burning Man Special Events Team is supporting a number of free, interactive workshops — by Burners for Burners — designed to share the skills and expertise of our community. These workshops are intended to further the principles of gifting and radical self-reliance using tools that are readily available. Our 3^rd workshop this year is off-site at NIMBY in glorious E. Oakland – check it out!

DIY Yurt Workshop: How To Build and Set Up a Yurt.

Sun 4/25

2pm – 4pm presentation & hands-on demo led by (boy)blondie

at NIMBYspace, 8410 Amelia St., Oakland CA

directions: http://www.nimbyspace.org/contact/

Amelia is a small dead-end street off 85^th Ave w/good parking!

This workshop will cover:
- A brief history of the Mongolian yurt, including advantages over teepees and other similar structures.
- A review of the different yurt materials and why I chose the ones I did.

- Basic tools you’ll need.

- Construction tips and techniques.

- Making jigs for cutting slats and drilling holes.
and some experienced-burner advice:

- How to set a yurt up and keep it from flying away!

We’ll be outside in the sun, or in the warehouse if it rains.

Please dress accordingly.

RSVP to hold your spot to Terry <helpishere@sbcglobal.net>

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We Made It - Thanks for Celebrating With Us

Photos courtesy of Scott Beale and Ali H.

Photos of the NIMBY Halloween Fund Raiser at DSC.

© 2008 Nate Bennett - www.fringephotographer.com

Halloween Fund Raiser
HELP BRING NIMBY TO A BACKYARD NEAR YOU!

Friday, October 31st
9 pm - ??

ACME Warehouse
1281 30th St.
Emeryvill, CA 94608

Admission:

$10 w/ costume
$15 w/o costume
$30 VIP bracelet which will get you: a bar pass for the night, 10 raffle tickets and your choice of the zombie make-up photo booth or a single serving of absinthe.

Fire performance by:

Issac & Tyler
KT

DJ booth featuring:

Prophet
One Night
Eva Destruction
Antithesis

Zombie make-up photo booth (Don’t have a costume?  We’ll make you a zombie!)

Raffle for a chance to win:

• 2 tickets to The Crucible’ s 10th Anniversary Fire Ballet in January - Dracul: Prince of Fire http://thecrucible.org/ballet/index.html
• Professional photo shoot of you or your artwork by Tory Fink www.flickr.com/photos/toryfink
• Professional massage by certified massage therapist Nara Brados
• Grab bag of Pan’ s devil horns (6 different pairs of horns & 3 leather wrist cuffs) http://pansdevilhorns.com/

Raffle Tickets:

$5 each OR
5 for $20 OR
8 for $25

Tracy and Dons Halloween Block Party

Tracy and Don have really outdone themselves this year.  Perfect place to eat candy before heading to the first NIMBY relocation fund raiser.

Well we’ve really done it now.  Last year we were told that we had to get legal, so um, now we’re legal.  We have the entire street and a permit.  Shannon and the Neverwas crew have been kind enough to setup the Haul in front of our house.  Also our friends Mat and Mike are setting up their rides the Tilt-a-Hurl, and the even larger Tub-a-Hurl.  Two great rides that will spin you silly.

But Wait!  There’s more…

• Temporary tattoo parlor
• Button making corner
• Gorilla cage (new suit btw, modified for easy breathing)
  
• Hamster wheel
  
• Possible mystery pieces that we don’t even know about yet

The kids start coming in around 5:00PM and always stop before 10:00PM.  These trick–or-treaters won’t know what hit ‘em.