March 13: Super Saturday: Skillshares, RRFM, FNB, and Open House!

IMC brings three free events for Open House on March 13

Urbana, IL March 7, 2009:

The U-C Independent Media Center is holding an open house on Saturday, March 13, featuring Skill Shares, the Really Really Free Market, and Food Not Bombs to continue their celebration of 10 years of promoting social and economic justice in the Champaign County area. Come to 202 S. Broadway St. in Urbana (the post office building) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help celebrate.

A Skill Share is a space for sharing practical skills to live more happy, creative, and sustainable lives. This Skill Share will include sessions on Improv Comedy (11am), the art of Tape Casting (11am), Writing Birthday Cards to Political Prisoners (11-2), Theater of the Oppressed (12p) and Vocal Percussion (12pm). See detailed descriptions below. Got a skill to share with the community? For more info, visit:

www.ucimc.org/skillshare

The Really Really Free Market invites you to bring your under-used items to share, and in return look for things you need for free. Everything really is free. Free services are also welcome (such as haircuts or bike tune-ups). The sky is the limit for this no-money, no-barter system in an increasing commercial-driven world. For info on the RRFM movement, visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Really_Free_Market

Food Not Bombs will be providing free vegetarian and vegan food for the event. For more info on the Food Not Bombs movement, visit:

http://www.foodnotbombs.net/

Feast, listen, watch, learn, give, take and enjoy at U-C IMC’s Open House!

Tapecasting:

Learn to make unique sculptures from an unlikely material – packaging tape!  Create works of art by making 3-D tape “copies” of objects like bottles, cups, light bulbs, and more.

Materials will be provided.

Improv Comedy:

Explore your absurd side by learning and playing a series of improv games, just like on “Who's Line Is It Anyway?” No experience necessary.

Vocal Performance:

Be wowed by a performance from a capella group, “Girls Next Door”, and learn some basic vocal percussion from experts. No experience necessary.

Birthday Cards to Political Prisoners

Make a difference and inspire hope for U.S. political prisoners who have birthdays during the month of March.  Amnesty International members will also share some tips for writing effective letters on behalf of “prisoners of conscience”.

Card-making materials provided.