December 2008 News!

In light of some recent unpleasantness, Healthy Times Fun Club is no longer allowing any drinking at their shows.

The Food Not Bombs benefit on Nov 24th was a huge success! They made a thousand bucks, fed a bunch of people, and the masses were entertained. Seattle FNB is still looking for more volunteers, so if you're interested, call David at 206-949-0322.

SeattleDIY Collective's first Sunday meetings will be moved to The Ark (myspace.com/thesarkseattle), and we'll be using that time to work on some big zine projects we have going on. Please come! Bringing a laptop would be especially useful.


November 2007 News!

Hollow Earth Radio is up to some crazy stuff these days! Go to their website, listen to their shows, call in, and find out what all is going on!

Welcome to some new additions to the DIY community here in Seattle: The Ark, and The Swamp House! Both are already hosting events, and seem to be pretty rad places. Visit their pages at myspace.com/thearkseattle and myspace.com/swamphouseseattle, respectively.

The SeattleDIY Collective has been talking about wanting to push all this focus on musical events into something that can benefit a wider population: let's start having benefit events! We're going to help spaces organize a monthly benefit show, hopefully featuring some great workshops, too. If you're interested in having your DIY space or project be involved, let us know!

We love workshops! We?re looking for people to share some skills, facilitate some discussions, and teach some classes. A lot of DIY spaces have expressed an interest in hosting workshops, so let us know what you can do, and what your availability is, and we can hook you up with the right people.

The fine folks at the Bike Shack have let us know that their hours have changed. You can get all your bicycle repair skills every Tuesday through Thursday, noon til 5pm.

Tacoma Anarchist Book Fair!!! Yeah! November 3-4 at Pitchpipe Infoshop 617 S 17th St (at G St) Tacoma, WA 98405 They'll have a bunch of distros, booksellers, as well as workshops, bands, and food via Food Not Bombs! Music by The Wayward, Onyx, and The Pasties. Sunday evening after the bookfair they'll be playing anarchist games! Travellers who need places to crash contact tacomabookfair@gmail.com More info: myspace.com/pitchpipeinfo, or myspace.com/tacomabookfair

The Wayward Cafe has changed it's hours! They're now open from 9am to 4pm. Also, they're looking for cooks and bakers. Ask them about the possibility of being an occasional line cook, or doing food prep and dish washing. Become a part of Seattle's one and only Collectively Run Vegan Cafe!

The Vera Project is looking for feedback ? what should its future look like? They have a handy survey on their website at theveraproject.org. Also, they're still needing to raise money - if you haven't donated, you should!

October 2007 News!

We'd like our newsletter to be generally more available for people all over, and we're going to start mailing out newsletter to people who ask for them. However, stamps can get expensive, so please send a SASE to 110 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102. Otherwise, email us your address and we'll see what we can do! news@seattlediy.com.

We also now have a voice mail! If you'd like to tell us about an upcoming event, or just give us a message in general, call 206-299-3969

Camp Nowhere is dead! Long live Dog City! That's right, the folk at Camp Nowhere have changed their name to Dog City, as now they're essentially a new house with mostly new people. To see what's going on there: webuiltdogcity.blogspot.com

Home Alive, everyone's favorite ass-kicking anti-violence organization, is having a monthly Social Hour. This is a great opportunity to become familiar with Home Alive, and also meet other people doing projects in town. We'll be there for sure!

Both The Bikery and The Bike Shack are looking for more volunteers right now. The Bikery is having a monthly open community meeting where people can get oriented with their projects, share ideas, and see what it's all about. Visit thebikery.org for details! For the Bike Shack, stop by during their regular hours and say what's up.

In case you missed it, The Richard Hugo House's Zine Archive and Publishing Project has temporarily closed its doors. There are some people who are working hard making sure that it reopens in January. Keep an eye out for ZAPP related events and announcements, and be sure to write to the Hugo House and tell them how much you miss ZAPP: alixwilber@hugohouse.org

With increasing frequency, people are asking us to help them find a room in a shared/communal house. This is great! If you're looking for a place, message us at myspace.com/sdiy, and we'll repost your message. The same goes for any rooms open at your house. We also love giving advise to people who have just moved or are moving to Seattle.

We love workshops! We're looking for people to share some skills, facilitate some discussions, and teach some classes. A lot of DIY spaces have expressed an interest in hosting workshops, so let us know what you can do, and what your availability is, and we can hook you up with the right people.

Hammerskin Nazi's are coming to Portland from October 5th-7th. If you want to help take a stand against them, contact Ad-Hoc Committee Against Racism and Fascism, fight_them_back@riseup.net, 971.285.4688 (voicemail) Or meet up at Lents Park, on the corner of SE 92nd and Holgate at 1pm on Oct 6th.


SEPTEMBER 2007 NEWS!

The Hugo House Zine Archiving and Publishing Project will be taking a break until 2008. That's right, the zine library will no longer be open for their drop-in hours. Be sure to contact the Richard Hugo House and tell them how much you're looking forward to ZAPP's return.

The SS Marie Antoinette has closed doors. It's been a long and occasionally bumpy ride, but the SSMA has been one of the most consistent and beloved DIY spaces that Seattle has ever seen. If you'd like to say a proper goodbye, visit their myspace page at myspace.com/ssmarieantoinette

The SeattleDIY.com website fell apart in early September - sorry to all the people who rely on it for information about upcoming events. We're rebuilding the website and the database, so hopefully everything will be running optimally soon.

New vegan restaurant in town! The Squid & Ink in Georgetown was recently started by one of the Wayward Cafe collective members. It's delicious and worth the trek to Georgetown no matter what neighborhood you live in.

Carousel Festival 2007 was a smashing success! We had 30 performers at 5 venues, with a few workshops and a little bit of film, and we raised $400 for Home Alive. Mad props to Nathan for doing a lion's share of the organizing, and thanks to Home Alive, Hollow Earth Radio, the SS Marie Antoinette, Camp Nowhere, The Greenhouse, The Dog Park, and the Fusion Cafe. Next Spring we'll be organizing next year's Carousel Festival, and we hope to have a lot of people around to help out. In the mean time, the SeattleDIY Collective is looking to work on other projects, like an ambitious zine project, and a few other random things. If you'd like to get involved, email us at news@seattlediy.com, or message us at myspace.com/sdiy.

AUGUST NEWS!

CAROUSEL FESTIVAL!
Carousel Fest is an annual DIY festival put on by the SeattleDIY Collective and other friends to highlight all the incredible things that are happening in this community. Carousel Fest will be at The Greenhouse, The SS Marie Antoinette, The Dog Park, The Fusion Cafe, and Camp Nowhere from August 24th to August 26th. We'll have about 25+ bands, workshops, film, and food!
Proceeds from Carousel Fest will go to Home Alive! (www.homealive.org)

Seattle Likes Bikes! There?s going to be a ride to help advocate for better city bicycle measures, specifically fixing a new problem with the city?s Bicycle Master Plan. The ride will be on August 1st and will meet at Gasworks Park at 4:30 (just in time for rush hour!).

Every last Sunday of the month, we?re inviting people who are involved in DIY/Community event organizing to the SeattleDIY meeting so that we can discuss your current happenings, share news, discuss concerns, work on collaborations, and get to know others who are doing similar projects. If you are a part of a group that would like to attend, let us know! This meeting is open to everybody, so if you're not part of a group you're welcome to attend also! Meeting is at 6pm at the Harvard Home (110 Harvard Ave E, by Harvard & Denny on Capitol Hill).

Hollow Earth Radio is looking for more DJ?s. You want to have your own punk rock radio show? Fucking do it. Hollowearthradio.com

Healthy Times Fun Club has a new space on capitol hill! They?ll be doing a few events each month, and also hosting workshops, secret caf?s, movie nights, etc. Go to their website (myspace.com/healthytimesfunclub) or call Rebecca (422-5387) for their address. Every last Sunday they?re having a brunch for people who?d like to be involved.

There are a number of places that most likely won?t be having shows anymore: The Fried Chicken Barge, Artworks, and after August Friendly Friends. However, there are some new spaces ? The Bronze, and ShaBang, both in the CD.

The Bike Shack was robbed two weeks ago, and they're missing a number of tools and some money. If anyone knows anything about it, please let them know. Also, they need more volunteers! Stop by and let them know if you want to help others work on their bikes! And as always, The Bike Shack is open Thursday and Friday 4-7 and Saturday and Sunday 1-6.

The ZAPP was also robbed of their computer and some money recently. Any information about this or if you have a computer to donate, contact Hazel at zines@hugohouse.org

Return of the Mix-Tape drop box! Bring a mix tape and pick one up at Singles Going Steady (2nd & Bell in Belltown). Seriously, this is really rad.

If you know of anyone who votes in Redmond, tell them to vote YES for Proposition 2, which will open the Old Fire House Teen Center to 7 days/week. The OFH is a really incredible space and is having its 15 year anniversary in September.

There are some exciting things happening near Seattle this month ? The Portland Zine Symposium on the 11th and 12th, and Queeruption in Vancouver BC from the 1st to the 7th.

Hey Georgetown! The rest of Seattle hasn?t been hearing what?s been going on inside your beautiful houses and community spaces. Please email us!

As always, if you have news, or events that we missed, email us at news AT seattlediy DOT com, or message us at myspace.com/sdiy


July News!

JUNE NEWS!!

Mix Tape Trade Box! At Singles Going Steady there is now a box where you can drop off mix tapes or CDRs, and pick up one that someone else has dropped off. We highly encourage cool packaging, themed mixes, and any other rad stuff you can think of.

The SeattleDIY Collective is looking to publish and distro zines on various topics relating to DIY culture. If you have a zine you?d like us to distribute, or you know of a zine you?d like to recommend, let us know!

Food Not Bombs is moving their Thursday hot meal to Sundays. They still serve at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square, and now they cook at Rainier Valley Unitarian Universalist Center in Yesler Terrace (835 Yesler Way) starting around 2:15 PM .To get involved in the cooking, cleaning, serving or food collection, show up anytime on Thursdays or e-mail seattle-fnb@riseup.net

The Bike Shack behind Wayward Cafe and The Bikery are now one organization. And speaking of The Bike Shack, they got a bunch of new parts and kids' bikes. Let your radical parent friends know ? get your kids' bikes at The Bike Shack!! Also, the Bike Shack's hours will be expanding to Tuesdays and Wednesdays ? hooray!

Healthy Times Fun Club! Some really awesome peeps are doing shows at their house in Wedgwood (a little north of the U-District). They'll be hosting get together's, collaborative dinners, bike rides, craft nights, and of course ? shows.

At some shows at the SS Marie Antoinette some people have been incredibly disrespectful, making a huge mess, tagging, and defacing the space's art. The SSMA have been incredibly wonderful and gracious with inviting so many people into their space ? let's make their efforts feel appreciated, and let's keep it clean.

Sugar Crash, a mobile vegan bakery, is going to be having benefit bake sales for rad causes. Contact at sugarcrashbakery@gmail.com

A number of houses are no longer doing shows for various reasons: The Dearborn House, The Polka Dot House, and The Holy Land (probably).

New bicycle riding group for women ? Slow Sundays! Every Sunday, but one Sunday each month will be themed (ie, Coffee & Cupcakes).

Ursa Minor is unfortunately no longer with us. The amazing young people in charge can no longer dedicate their time to the project.

As always, if you have news, or events that we missed, email us or message us at myspace.com/sdiy