Arctica streetcar party! Dec14 + randomland + more

Dear space cadets!

*NOTE: The first e-mail was cut off at the plus sign due to a software
error! Here is the full e-mail 
               :) 
             *

1. Arctica Streetcar Party!!! December 14th
2. Reduced for RANDOMLAND: http://newmindspace.com/random
3. Snowball fight when it snows
4. Love!

We're having a streetcar party! :D

1. ARCTICA STREETCAR PARTY

As the days grow shorter and the nights grows colder, Toronto is
transformed into a majestic, icy kingdom. Join us dressed as fun fur
friends, fuzzy Eskimos*, playful penguins, snuggly polar bears and silly
seals as we celebrate the splendor of winter. Watch out for the yeti! This
three-hour journey across the tundra on Toronto's most wonderful sled will
be enlivened by booming electro beats from DJ's Dingokiller and
JustinTyce. Paper snowflake making, foam snowball throwing and wild
dancing are strongly encouraged 
               :) 
            

* Eskimo is actually an acceptable term to describe arctic aboriginal
people 
               :) 
             Look it up!

ARCTICA STREETCAR PARTY!
Friday December 14th 2007 // 8pm - 11pm
$20 - all ages
Tickets available at Lavish & Squalor, 253 Queen St. W

This one-streetcar event will sell out. If you absolutely cannot make it
downtown to purchase tickets, e-mail us. Starting location will be
announced the week of.

This is also a fundraising party to help us pay back the staggering debt
from our last two events. If you cannot attend but have enjoyed our events
this year, please consider donating 
               :) 
            

http://newmindspace.com/donate.php

Your Arctica ticket automatically entitles you to reduced admission at
CiRCA for RANDOMLAND, $10 with Arctica ticket / 19 and up 
               :) 
            

2. RANDOMLAND!

Tonight w/Nu Ravers on the Block from Montreal 
               :) 
             If you would like
reduced admission, please submit your names before 5 PM 
               :) 
            

http://www.newmindspace.com/random

3. SNOW

Stay warm, drink hot chocolate and wish for some snow. If a blizzard is
coming, please let us know! 
               :) 
            

We will not be making snow this year, haha, because it was admittedly the
worst idea we've ever had. However, we won't be waiting for a weekend
snowstorm this time: if there is a substantial snowfall, there will be a
snowball fight and sledding jam in Trinity Bellwoods in the afternoon 
               :) 
            
Bookmark weather.ca!

4. LOVE

Love and snowflakes,

Lori * Kevin
Newmindspace
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Lightsaber Battle Aftermath + space needed for Triforce party + more

http://www.newmindspace.com

Wow, what a night! The lightsaber battle was beautifully chaotic,
ridiculously massive, and surprisingly incredible (or incredibly
surprising!) There are excellent photos linked from this Laughing Squid
story, which you should totally Digg 
               :) 
            

Digg: http://tinyurl.com/2pv4u9

We learned a lot at this first-ever, brand new kind of event! If we do
another one in the future, we would like to get at least 4,000 tubes, a

              *much*
             bigger space, and a more organized distribution process. Next time,
everybody will safely get a tube, period.

As you may have realized, the sheer number of participants made it
impossible to collect donations, which was a major goal of ours. People
often ask, "How do you guys pay for this stuff?" Generally, we put the
costs of every event on credit and pray that we make it back through
online donations, for which we are extremely grateful! However, we're a

              *long*
             way from breaking even on this one, so please consider giving.
Every dollar helps!

http://www.newmindspace.com/donate.php

Thank you 
              *so much*
             to our dedicated volunteers, and thank you for coming

               :) 
             Send us photos, video and memories, they'll be on Newmindspace.com
shortly!

PS - If you found a silver Kodak camera that says "Tiff" on the bottom in
purple, let us know!



*** HELP US FIND A SPACE FOR THE TRIFORCE ANNIVERSARY ***

For those of you who were there, Radical Illumination marked an amazing
night: It was the first collaboration between Newmindspace and two of our
favourite powerful and courageous crews, The Rothko Institute and
VelcroRocket (then-Uberkids), resulting in a wild romp through the city
and finally into a parking garage for a party that was literally
underground.

To celebrate one year of this unique partnership, which has brought you
events in the streets, vacant buildings and elsewhere, we are having a
party with some of Toronto's most talented DJ's, climbable sculpture,
installation art, intimate spaces and a banging dance floor. However, we
don't have a space!

Please help us find a large legal venue, a large quasi-legal loft space, a
giant self-storage centre, whatever, as long as we can do all-ages with a
licensed area and play music until morning, it'll work! The date we are
aiming for is the anniversary, December 8th. Admission should hopefully be
free with a costume, but we need a space! 
               :) 
             Thanks in advance!



*** RANDOMLAND ***

Speaking of parties, from now on, Newmindspace community members (that's
you!) can easily add themselves to the reduced list for RANDOMLAND, every
Friday at CiRCA, by visiting http://newmindspace.com/random 
               :) 
             If last
Friday was your first trip, we hope you loved it. If you have any
suggestions, send them our way!

http://newmindspace.com/random


*** LOVE ***

May the force be with you,

Lori * Kevin
Newmindspace
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Lightsaber afterparty info! + volunteering + final battle info + more

Free stuff at http://www.newmindspace.com !  
               ;) 
            

*** AFTERPARTY DETAILS RELEASED ***

http://facebook.com/event.php?eid=7021809883

We are pleased and honoured to be hosting the official afterparty of our
lightsaber battle at RANDOMLAND featuring Norwegian electrorockers
DATAROCK! 4 rooms of sound in Toronto's largest indoor playground, land of
mega dopeness 
               :) 
            

Full flyer here: http://newmindspace.com/images/robotrock.jpg

If you want 
              *reduced admission*
             ($10 before 12), use this form:
http://newmindspace.com/lightsaberbattle.php#party before 4pm on Friday.

DATAROCK @ RANDOMLAND
CiRCA, 126 John St., Toronto
$10 with reduced before midnight, 19+

We will be riding the rocket to this event together once every tube is
broken!

*** VOLUNTEER PAINTING ON WEDNESDAY ***

Come paint the tubes with us! This is a mammoth task and we really need as
many people as we can get. Even an hour of your time would mean the world
to us 
               :) 
            

We will be painting at:

1153 Queen St. W, east of Dufferin
>From 3pm - 8pm on Wednesday, November 14th

We will be in the alley between the east side of the building and the West
Side Lofts sales centre.

If you can't find us, call 416-875-4795, as we will be breaking for warm
drinks from time to time, or may just move into the backyard of 48 Abell
to continue painting.

If you have neon paint in pink, yellow, green or blue, or would like to
pick some up at Canadian Tire, that would be marvelous, but don't worry
about it. See you there!

*** LIGHTSABER BATTLE ***

By now you probably know the basic info, like:

LIGHTSABER BATTLE!
MEET AT THE ROM AT 9:30pm (Subway: Museum)
THIS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 2k7
(BTW, the ROM is free 45 minutes before it closes. Check it out!)
http://newmindspace.com/lightsaberbattle.php

Okay, here's how it's going to work!

We will distribute lightsabers, one or two at a time, while accepting
optional $2 or pay-what-you-can donations to cover the cost of the paint
and the future, LED-powered battle. Then, when it seems like everybody has
a tube, we will turn on the blacklights and the battle will begin!

Rules:
1. SWING LIGHTLY. The fun will last the longest if you duel gently,
hitting other tubes, not people so much!
2. NO STABBING. Really, be nice!
3. NOT THE NECK/FACE/HEAD! If you insist on hitting people lightly, please
keep it below the neck.
4. NO PHYSICAL CONTACT except displays of affection 
               :) 
            
5. COSTUMES ENCOURAGED, so bust out that Darth Vader helmet!

When the tubes are all broken, we will clean them up with your help, and
put them in the nearby recycling dumpster. Then, we will jump on the
subway and head to the afterparty!

Also, we really, really need a van or pickup truck of some kind to
transport the tubes around 7:00pm. Anybody?

Finally, it's never too early to donate! We still have a huge load of
paint to buy, and the more advance donations we receive, the fewer credit
cards we have to max out, haha. http://www.newmindspace.com/donate.php

See you there!

*** OUR NEXT EVENT? ***

Stay tuned for our next event, diesel-powered leaf blower hockey. Just
kidding :P

In addition to our free, public, monthly events, we will be putting our
own unique twists on RANDOMLAND every Friday, so if you would like to come
check it out, we can put members of our community (that's you!) on the
reduced admission list whenever you like 
               :) 
            

We're not sure what December's event should be, but if you have any ideas
that you'd like us to try, let us know. Anything that is free, fun,
simple, public, 
              *not*
             in a park, has a low entry level, and can easily
accommodate a few hundred people is a good idea!

Also stay tuned for the one year anniversary of the collaboration between
Newmindspace, VelcroRocket (formerly ÜberKids) and The Rothko Institute.

*** LOVE ***

May the force be with you,

Lori * Kevin
Newmindspace
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Lightsaber Battle volunteer info + afterparty + more!

Dear Jedi and Sith alike,

Thanks for coming to our Halloween subway party! Excellent photos by
Air`leth can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/yssdqp

There will soon be a battle of dayglo tubes, but first there will be a lot
of spray paint!

Also, we can no longer ignore the swelling numbers of attendees on
Facebook. We have decided to purchase 600 additional tubes for the battle!
Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated - we're still living on
credit from CTF >> http://newmindspace.com/donate.php

LIGHTSABER PAINTING PARTY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th 2007, 3pm - 8pm
1153 QUEEN ST. W, East side of the building
No need to sign up. Call 416-875-4795 if you can't find us!

DAYGLO LIGHTSABER BATTLE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th 2007
ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM @ 9:30pm
Free / PWYC / $2
http://www.newmindspace.com/lightsaberbattle.php

We are also looking for a cheap supplier of neon spray paint, a bunch of
Canadian Tire money, and any neon paint you may have.

By the way, we have decided that Force Action Lightsabers are okay (the
expanding kind), but Force FX lightsabers (the solid kind) would simply be
unfair.

After the lightsaber battle, we will ride the rocket together to
RANDOMLAND for the afterparty with DATAROCK! :)

***

PS - Come play with us at CiRCA this Friday! If you want reduced for
Randomland, just shoot us an e-mail :) You can probably find us in the
Kidrobot room amidst the Labbits!

http://facebook.com/event.php?eid=5899972001

***

BurnON is having a post-playa party, a Burnilicious good time!

In Dust we Trust!
Saturday, November 17th 2007
$5 in costume

Details and directions here: http://tinyurl.com/39rvro

:)

***

Love,

Kevin + Lori *
Newmindspace
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