Issue 16 | June 08 | Buckety-Boom-Bam-Boom

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In my mind, one of the amazing th­ings about ­Bucketworks is our amazing ability to flex, be agile, react quickly and still maintain our sense of ourselves, our purpose, and our goals. In the last couple of weeks we have, while operating at approximately 50% of our capacity continued to­ host Vertical Essence Dance Company's Dance Camp, the Lake Geneva Theatre Company's Private Lives rehearsals, Spiral Theatre's Wait Until Dark the first theatre show since the flooding opened on the July 11th. Read what director Doug Griffin had to say in an interview with Express Milwaukee's Russ Bickerstaff, urban art Born 2 Skill gallery show, a Final Cut Pro demo, Brew City church's Sunday worship, a group of enthusiastic teachers from the Sally Ride Academy in Brookfield, a LAN party, Grupo Maculele's Batizado ceremony, Flash vs Flirty Mardi Gras Style teen social (which boasted nearly 200 attendees!), Web414 gathered to discuss BarcampMilwaukee happening October 3 and 4, Spreenkler hosted Frank Keppler of Brew City Brands, the Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE) presented a talk on SEWRPC by guest speakers Jim Rowen and Gretchen Schuldt, and many of our professional members are back in the Entrepreneur's Greenhouse co-working space. Our calendar just keeps filling up. While we had hoped to be re-opening in the next couple of weeks, it appears that it is more likely we will be officially re-opening in August.­

With only the Playspace, Greenhouse, and Fab Lab available to our groups their flexibility, cooperation, and volunteerism has been invaluable to making this work. Want to volunteer? Email Jenn Turner. Want to donate? Visit the site. Got stuff you want to donate? Check out our Wish List.

But outside these walls there's something really cool going on:

Movies on the Square at Bayshore Town Center

North by Northwest Wednesday, July 16 A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Breaking Away Wednesday, July30th A small-town teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl

Dr. No Wednesday, August 6 James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program.

The Sound of Music Wednesday, August 13 A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Wednesday, August 20 Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play a couple whose attitudes are
challenged when their daughter brings home a fiance who is black.

Chocolat Wednesday, August 27 A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

To Kill a Mockingbird Wednesday, September 3 Atticus Finch (Peck), a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a
black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against
prejudice.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Wednesday, September 10 Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

What is the Milwaukee Spotlight Student Film Festival?

Milwaukee Spotlight is the first and only organization dedicated solely to helping youth in Wisconsin, and beyond, express their visions and their voices through film and to showcase their accomplishments in an annual festival. Last year, the festival featured 40 films from 12 Wisconsin schools and also attracted submissions from students in California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and New York—all eager to share in our mission. This year, with a dedicated team of students, teachers, community advocates, and festival partners, we are preparing an exciting fall festival. The Grand Prize winning film will automatically be screened at the 2008 Milwaukee International Film Festival, and other prizes will be awarded to the winners of the other categories. Deadline for submission is July 18th!!

This stuff is happening here - Click on the images below for more information on events

Wait Until Dark July 18 & 19 8:00pm, Three sinister con men converge on a Greenwich Village apartment to retrieve a doll stuffed with a fortune in heroin. Susy, a blind woman who has unwittingly come in possession of the doll, is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. But Susy knows she can level the playing field … if only she can WAIT UNTIL DARK. Starring Ruth Arnell, Matthew Patten, Brian Richards, Gloria Loeding. Randall Anderson, and Nate Press. WAIT UNTIL DARK is a production of Mark Hooker’s Spiral Theatre, directed by Doug Giffin. Performance dates are July 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 8:00.

Web Design Meetup - Web Storefront Roundtable Thursday, July 24 7:00pm Web Design Meetup is designed to connect web designers in the Milwaukee area! Come to this Web Design Meetup to compare tools, languages, and techniques; trade advice on careers, rates, and freelancing; and share cool websites. Make valuable contacts as you mingle with new friends!

skinnyCorp Speaks Wednesday, August 6 5:30pm Chief Technical Officer of skinnyCorp, an agency apart in the field of internet design and commerce using democracy and community to build interest networks around things as simple as t-shirts and bumperstickers. Harper Reed will speak about skinnyCorp and its projects. Presented by Moander Law Firm and hosted by Web414, and Spreenkler. skinnyCorp is an umbrella corporation for the creation of “interesting web communities” including Threadless, an online t-shirt retailer and community of designers which democratically selects the best designs for printing and sale. Other projects of skinnyCorp include NakedandAngry, YayHooray, and ExtraTasty.

Web414 Meeting Thursday, August 14 7:00pm The Web414 group consists of amateurs and
professionals interested in building and improving the web today and in
the future. We are a diverse group including designers, programmers,
publishers, and entrepreneurs - all with a common interest in creating
the new web.

Professional Member Potluck Sunday, August 24 Professional Members are the people who use Bucketworks almost every day, to make our art, our businesses, and our success. We're the core. And so we're hosting a regular monthly event so we can meet each other, share our visions and missions, and also learn about the changes planned for the environment, what to expect, and how to use it. Click on the link above and RSVP!

The Membership Link - click it!

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