SparkCon Planning Site

Info resource and tracking for organizers

fundraiser for musicSPARK Saturday Sep 6….

Chico Scott has put together some exciting stuff for this weekend. Check out the details…
First Friday kicks off tonight all around beautiful downtown Raleigh, and as far as I know all the galleries are doing their regular thing tonight in spite of the weather. I’ll be at Flanders Gallery @ Seaboard (6pm) DJing for [...]

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Fri, September 5 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

fashionSPARK desinger roster online…

Be sure to check out this years list of talented designers who be showing original works on the runway at fashionSPARK 2008!
Visit the fashionSPARK page to view the designers!

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Thu, September 4 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Tell Greg what you need….

Attention all SPARK organizers. Greg needs to know what you need to put on your SPARK (shopping list), what your budget is (how much $ you need vs. how much $ you raised) , and what your absolute final schedule is.
Please send this info asap! The sooner it comes, the sooner we can secure all [...]

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Tue, September 2 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

be sure to bring your bike to SPARKcon!

Most of us have heard about the new bikeSPARK initiative in previous posts. Matt Huffman has rocked out with this idea and has a great concept prepared for experiencing SPARKcon on two wheels.
Check out this schedule of themed group rides planned, and visit the links to the facebook posts that are spreading the word:
Group bike [...]

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Thu, August 28 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, bikeSPARK » No Comments

Meeting Notes: 8.5.2008

Last nights meeting saw close to twenty faces in attendance, some new, and others who have been entrenched with SPARKcon since the beginning.
The main focus was unveiling the master schedule of events for the whole weekend. Greg ran through each day’s agenda and noted whether events were confirmed or still awaiting final details. SPARK reps [...]

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Wed, August 6 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

General Meeting tomorrow night!

First off, thank you to everyone who contributed to the First Friday efforts here at Designbox! I was really glad to come back and see how wonderfully it all came together.
For those of us who couldn’t make it last Friday, we will have another opportunity to see the show tomorrow night when we come to [...]

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Mon, August 4 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Updated Schedule

We’ve taken another stab at updating the schedule:
HERE IS THE SCHEDULE
We are closing in on our publishing date, so please make all edits or alert of us any changes now. Our next update will be Wednesday (after the general meeting on Tuesday).

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Sat, August 2 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Meeting Notes: 7.8.2008

The turnout was good for our general meeting held lastnight at Designbox!
In attendance were representatives from story, fashion, gourmet, bazaar, yoga, health, ground, art, and a huge turnout by the graffiti crew.
Greg and Aly covered general logistics and updates which included the new map with venue highlights, a daily breakdown of the schedule of events, [...]

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Wed, July 9 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

General Meeting Reminder!

Welcome Back! I trust that everyone had a great 4th of July weekend.
We will be holding our next General SPARKcon Meeting tomorrow night
( Tuesday July 8 ) at 6 pm at Designbox.
323 W Martin St
Raleigh NC 27601
We will be bringing the group up to speed on general logistics and learning what each SPARK component has [...]

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Mon, July 7 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » 1 Comment

Printed Postcards are Readay for Pick up!

Come by designbox (323 W. Martin St.) to pick up your envelope of postcards for you to distribute.
There will two lists posted with them.
One is a sign up sheet of locations in the area. Please sign your name next to the ones you will be dropping postcards at. 7 or 8 locations per spark would [...]

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Thu, June 26 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments