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General Meeting June 15 – Call for Talent

aly — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:57:08 +0000

Greetings Sparkers! Thank you for a fantastic meeting last week! I know a lot of you have been meeting in small groups to plan the next steps. We are hoping to get our group “Call for Talent” ready to go next week – so would like to use this meeting to cover any details on what/how you would like submitted work. The general meeting should be quick so we can allow plenty of time for each group to meet and get through any remaining details.

Anyone who made it to the last meeting: we have added you to the planning site so expect to see an invitation from plan.sparkcon.com. You’ll get an e-mail notice with a link to confirm your subscription. With this link you may choose which categories of SparkCon Planning you want to be informed about.

June 15 @ 6:30 pm
Designbox
323 W Martin St
Raleigh, NC 27601

Spark on!

Aly

Here Comes SparkCon 09!

aly — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:22:55 +0000

Spark Con 09

Sep 17-20 (tentative)

Monday May 11: General Meeting @ Designbox, 6:30 pm

You are invited to join us for the first general meeting of Spark Con 09. We are excited to take this year’s event to Fayetteville Street! Once again we will join up with the VAE’s street painting Festival and the Museum of Natural Science’s BugFest.

What we do this year is up to all of you. Join us next Monday and let us know what you’d like to see for this year’s Spark Con. Please pass this invite to all people you think may be interested this year.

If possible, email us in advance all suggestions, thoughts, comments, etc.

Spark On!

Sincerely,

The Bobbleheads (Gab, Ty, Sarah, Aly)

Spark Con

Igniting the Creative Hub of the South

Sep 17-20 2009

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

aly — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:32:32 +0000

All- this was a fantastic experience and certainly the best SPARKcon yet! We connected to more creative talent than ever with a much larger attendance. We certainly ’sparked’ some interest in the media as well and loved the attendee quotes in the N&O article Sunday. It seemed they understood all of our intentions quite well.

We had a great ideaSPARK session all weekend and created a concept and prototype website for Raleigh360 to “create a culture of localism.” We hope to pitch this website to city leaders on how to encourage local businesses to hire local talent for their projects. It ends up being just in time to make it for Raleigh’s own public input process for their website!

Beth has already made a slideshow movie of fashionSPARK. We eagerly await Cheryl and others to submit their thousands of images as well as Eric and Alex to get their dozens of hours of footage in. We’ll have them posted on the main site under the “news” section.

Don’t forget to submit your SPARKcon documentation for the photo contest or video contest!

Please submit any feedback or links to chatter about SPARKcon as comments on our website so we can continue to build this great effort. Thank you everyone!

Aly, Gab, Ty and Greg

City Council Invitation

aly — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:47:33 +0000

As per tradition, we will be formally inviting the Mayor and City Council to join us for SPARKcon at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The meeting starts at 1 pm. We are not scheduled to speak until 2 pm, but they may shift the schedule forward for us. Wear your SPARKcon shirts and represent!

Quick meet tomorrow night!

greg — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:54:00 +0000

It is the week of SPARKcon! It has been a long road of planning, organizing, networking, and preparing. Now it time to enjoy everyone’s hard work!

SPARKcon’s hosting one last meeting tomorrow night at Designbox at 6pm.

Any last minute concerns or questions you may have, this is the opportunity to voice them!

See you then.

Final SPARKcon Meeting Tomorrow Night!

greg — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:22:08 +0000

Okay everyone, we are less than two weeks away!
Our final general meeting is tomorrow night at designbox at 6pm!

It is very important that everyone attends so we can work out final details before next Friday.

See you all there!

323 W Martin St
Raleigh NC, 27601

fundraiser for musicSPARK Saturday Sep 6….

greg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:26:16 +0000

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 the opening of a very cool show ( http://www.flandersartgallery.com/). After that you have tough choices. I’ll be spinning an 80s dance set upstairs at Riviera (Loft 135), DJ Castro is at The Globe (510 S. Glenwood), and Chuck Love is at Mosaic. I do believe that Mosaic has the angle on that one.

However, tomorrow night, September 6, is Neu Romance’s second annual “Disco Inferno” – A Fundraiser for SparkCon. This year the disco ball at Alibi is the perfect setting for Castro, Mark T., Drew Diggle, and myself (Madcow) to drop the best of 70s and 80s funk, soul, and disco hits AND obscurities. For those of you in the know expect lots from SalSoul and West End records! Admission is only five bucks (it will be the best dance party in town that night), and all proceeds go towards paying off Stacy Kidd (stacykidd) for the Sept. 20 Solas show. By the way Solas is free before 10pm and has a dress code. Check out their website for more info on that (http://solasraleigh.com/). Also Saturday’s “Disco Inferno” is conveniently located in a former bomb shelter that can withstand a category five hurricane (or a nuclear assualt), and with the help of a generator and a fully stocked bar that party will happen no matter what. Be prepared to sweat!

Friday 9/5 – DJ Madcow @ Flanders Gallery
18 Seaboard location / 6pm

-DJ Castro @ Alibi Bar
14 West Martin St. / 10pm

-Chuck Love @ Mosaic (Critic’s Pick!) / 10pm
517 W. Jones St. (http://www.mosaicwinelounge.com/)
Admission $5

-DJ Madcow @ Riviera’s Loft 135 / 10:30pm
135 S. Wilmington St

Saturday 9/6 – DJs Madcow, Castro, Mark T., and Drew Diggle
Second Annual Disco Inferno – A Fundraiser for SparkCon
14 West Martin St. / 9pm Admission $5
(This show is hurricane proof)

fashionSPARK desinger roster online…

greg — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:37:24 +0000

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!

Tell Greg what you need….

greg — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:12:15 +0000

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 these items.

be sure to bring your bike to SPARKcon!

greg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:28 +0000

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 rides planned for SparkCon–

In anticipation of the beginning of SparkCon, we are planning four group bike rides for those who want to experience the conference atop two wheels. For all the rides, plan to meet up at the N.C. State Bell Tower at the time designated (there’s plenty of parking nearby, if needed) for the leisurely and flat 2-mile ride downtown to Moore Square. Once we arrive, there’s plenty of space to lock up and we can disperse to the various events. Every ride is loosely themed, and everyone is encouraged to participate.

Night Ride: Thursday, September 18th, 9 PM.

Because the best way to experience SparkCon is on two wheels with a ton of friends.
Come out to the N.C. State Bell Tower at 9 PM Thursday, September 18th for the inaugural group bike ride of SparkCon. As Raleigh begins three days of epic creativity within the confines of downtown, let’s establish our transportation independence zooming on two wheels through the bright streets of downtown.
We’ll be hitting up the double music hit in Moore Square, checking out the four band lineup at Tir na Nog for local band, local beer night or Blue Mountain next door at the Pour House. And afterwards, it’s always fun for everyone to grab their bikes and ride around for a midnight swim somewhere near downtown…
www.sparkcon.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=24425634957&ref=mf

Fashion Ride: Friday, September 19th, 7:30 PM

Dressed to impress on two wheels

Because the SparkCon Fashion Show deserves the best-dressed group of riders ever seen on the streets of downtown Raleigh.

We’ll be meeting at the N.C. State Bell Tower at 7:30 PM on Friday, September 19th and heading downtown to Moore Square fully attired for the hottest part of SparkCon. Dress up your bike to look as good as you do, and check out FashionSpark from 8-10 PM. It’s going to be a great night.

www.sparkcon.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32693469814&ref=mf

Shopping Ride: Saturday, September 20th, 12:30 PM

Sustainable local shopping

If you’ve been looking for the perfect opportunity to support local merchants in the best environment, check out BazaarSpark with us! We’ll be meeting at the N.C. State Bell Tower at 12:30 PM on Saturday, September 20th to start the ride.

From there, we’ll head downtown to check out all the coolest deals in Moore Square for the shopping segment of SparkCon. Stay all day and then hit up all the evening action!

www.sparkcon.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32306029358&ref=mf

Final SparkCon Ride: Saturday, September 20th, 7:30 PM

It’s here!

For the biggest and most packed day of SparkCon activity, we’ll be experiencing it all the best way possible: by bicycle.

Join us at the N.C. State Bell Tower at 7:30 PM on Saturday, September 20th for the final group ride of the SparkCon weekend. We’ll head downtown for a plethora of excitement: art, stories and dance all at Moore Square, the Urban Sophisticates at the Pour House, Irish jams at Tir na nog and of course all of the camaraderie and good people that you can expect from SparkCon.

www.sparkcon.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36100745489&ref=mf