The Hub seeks a mural painter

MPLS artists, check it--Hub's looking for someone to paint a mural for their Minnehaha location:

"The Hub Bike Co-op is seeking proposals from local artists to paint a mural
on the east-and south-facing walls of our store at 3020 Minnehaha Ave.
South. To be considered a mural by city licensing entities, it cannot
have content directly associated with the business on which it is
painted, in our case bicycles. We are raising
funds to pay for materials and an artist's stipend. Here's the catch: We
don't own our building, and the landlord doesn't want anything
permanent to be painted on it. But everything else is okay. Painting on
Tyvek, sheetmetal screwed into the concrete, whatever you can come up
with. Let us know what your experience is, how long it might take you,
when you could start and an approximate cost, and send some samples of
your work, if you have them. Thanks, The Hub"

A bicycle anarchist's guide to MPLS

MPLS Bike Love

Hub Bike Coop

One on One

The Alt

Sunrise Cyclery

Grease Pit

Craigslist

Critical Mass

Hard Times Cafe

The Greenway

Bicycle Film Festival

Trash Bags

Cars r Coffins

U Locks

Check out the article on mass transit and cycling I did for the Onion a few years back:

http://batdanceandneonshoelaces.blogspot.com/2009/01/bike-and-bus-story.html

Here's a Doomtree video, "Drumsticks," which has the collective bringing the bicycle anarchy:

TC Bike Club

Here's an article I wrote about the Twin Cities Bicyling Club for the Daily Planet:

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2009/10/19/tc-bike-club-keeps-spinning

So So Vegan 2: Beans 'n' Rice

Stumbled upon this recently, thanks to Paige [of And/Or Magazine], who's in it:



for good measure, here's the first one:

Urban Assault Ride

New Belgium's Urban Assault Ride, a city-wide bike scavenger hunt, makes its final stop in Minneapolis tomorrow.

http://www.urbanassaultride.com/

Adventures in Bike Culture: Bike Blog NYC

Cool bike blog:

http://www.bikeblognyc.com/

Bike! Bike! 2009

Bike! Bike! 2009 started up today at the Grease Pit.

http://www.bikebike.org/

Bike! Bike! 2009
August 27-August 30, 2009

Bike! Bike! is an internaitonal annual conference organized by and for Not-For-Profit bike projects. It takes place in a different city within the United States each year (perhaps it will expand to one of our neighbors one day?). This year it will be hosted by the Grease Pit in Minneapolis.

If you have services, housing, or supplies you would like to contribute, or would like to help out in any other way, please fill out our volunteer form and/or send us an e-mail at: bikebike2009 -at- gmail.com.

There will be an assortment of different workshops at Bike! Bike! geared towards helping bike projects better serve their intended communities. There will also be social events to help/encourage projects to netowork. Some things which may (or may not) take place include (but are not by any means limited to): Anti-oppression, Consensus Decision Making, and Working with Kids workshops as well as Spandex Dance Parties, Movies, and Bike Rides.

We appreciate your pre-registering for Bike! Bike! Donations to the conference will be accepted in person during the conference. We are suggesting a donation of $28-$49 as you are able, but also want to encourage anyone who does not have the means to pay for the conference to please feel free to come. Contributions in the form of volunteering during the conference to help with food or workshops are just as valuable as cash donations. We want no-one to be turned away for lack of funds. If you are in a position to be able to pay more, please do so in order to help subsidize the conference as a whole, and more people coming.

We have compiled a list of directions Which should get to Bedlam Theatre regardless of how you've gotten into the city.

Schedule

All events take place at Bedlam Theatre unless otherwise noted.

Schedule is also subject to change without notice.

Also, during nearly all workshop slots, and during lunch and breakfast breaks, there is space for people to do impromptu workshops in one of the many spaces we have available.

Thursday, August 27

10am - 6pm - Registraion
3pm - 6pm - Special grease pit open hours for conference goers to tune up their bikes
6pm - Group ride to Sibley Bike Depot
6:30pm - 9pm - Mixer event at Sibley

Friday, August 8

10am - 11am - Breakfast served
11am - 1pm
Workshops:
Welding (starts at 12:30)
Conflict Intervention and Mediation
Starting Up a Bike Shop: For Kindergartners
Street Politics
1pm - 2:30pm - Lunch Served
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Workshops:
Welding
Conducting/Facilitating Meetings
Working With At-Risk Youth
Underground Book Keeping
4:30pm - 5pm - break
5pm - 6:30pm
Bike Rides:
If people are so inclined they may go on the critical mass bike ride a this time
Concurrently, for people who do not enjoy critical mass bike rides, there will also be a separate Bike! Bike! bike ride leaving at the same time.
9pm
Events:
At Bedlam Theatre there will be a large dance party.
At the same time there will also be another event taking place at Sisters Camelot for attendees to get to know each other better and network. There will be Chili.

Saturday, August 29

10am - 11am - Breakfast served and a brief check in between the organizers and the workshop facilitators to ensure everything is running smoothly.
11am - 1pm
Workshops:
Welding (starts at 12:30)
Gender Forum
3 speed hubs
Staying Sane With Kids in the Shop
Joining Methods and Welding Theory
Conducting/Facilitating Meetings
1pm - 2:30pm - Lunch Served
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Workshops:
Welding
Consensus Decision Making
Youth Programming
Running Successful Bike Maintenance Classes
Grant Writing/Fundraising
4:30pm - 5pm break + brief "what should be in a first aid kit" workshop for those who are interested.
5pm - 6pm - Dinner Served 6pm - 8pm
Workshops:
Welding
Anti-oppression -- Race
Freak Bikes
International Bike Projects
Community Networking/Collaboration
9pm - ?? - A Bike! Bike! event a Bedlam Theatre, likely involving a movie, live music, and a raffle

Sunday August 30th - TENTATIVE -- A new schedule is being worked out which will inclide a 2 hour workshop slot.

10am - 11am - Breakfast served
11am - 1pm
Workshops:
Anti-oppression -- Class
Exploding Bike Culture: We're Not Fucking Special
1pm - 2pm - Lunch Served
2:30pm - 4pm - Discusion of Where Bike! Bike! should be held next year/collection of ideas about how to improve the conference.
430pm - 5:30pm - If the shop that is hosting the conference next year is interested, than this will be a discussion between all the past organizers of Bike! Bike! tht are available and the next shop to work with it. We will attempt to pass on much knowledge and experience.