[Imc-makerspace] Heartland Maker Fest is coming! Sat. Oct 18 10-4pm @ Lincoln Square

[Heartland Maker Fest]

 <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/>


*Saturday October 18th, 2014 - **10am - 4pm *


* Lincoln Square Mall in UrbanaFree Admission!*


Join us this Saturday for our annual Heartland Maker Fest
<http://heartlandmakerfest.org/>! This is a one-day, family-friendly event
that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, music, science, and technology
projects and the Do-It-Yourself spirit in our community.

This year we will feature a wonderful list of *guest speakers
<http://heartlandmakerfest.org/speakers/>* and set up a giant *Quadcopter
Obstacle Course <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/577-2/>* brought to us by
River City Labs Makerspace in Peoria.


*Over 20 wonderful local** makers i**ncluding:*

   - Kunstwurfelspiel
   <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/meet-the-makers-kunstwurfelspiel-academy-of-creative-coding/>
    - An Academy of Creative Coding
   - Society for Creative Anachronism
   <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/meet-the-makers-society-for-creative-anachronism/>
    - Spin your own yarn
   - Makerspace Urbana <http://makerspaceurbana.org/> - Come learn to solder
   - Trashion Fashion
   <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/meet-the-makers-trashion-fashion/> -
   Making fashion from trash
   - CUDO Plays <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/meet-the-makers-cudo-plays/> -
   Game design competition
   - Central Illinois Aeprospace
   <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/central-illinois-aerospace/> - Yup they
   got rockets
   - and many many more <http://heartlandmakerfest.org/2014-makers/>!


*Quadcopter Obstacle Course:*

Do you have a quadcopter?  Well, bring it to this year’s event and give a
spin through the massive obstacle course brought to you by River City Labs
Makerspace <http://rivercitylabs.org/> in Peoria! More details here
<http://heartlandmakerfest.org/577-2/>.


*Guest Speakers Schedule:*
(Presentations will be on the stage near the center of the mall)

10:30am

*Makerspace Urbana and the Heartland Maker Fest*
Emily Knox
*Assistant Professor, **GSLIS*

11:00am

*Info City*
Christopher Hamb
*Founder, Director of New Media, Chrisp Media, LLC*

11:30am

*Call for Participation: Collaborative Community Art*
elizaBeth Simpson
*Strategic Artistry *


12:00pm

*Servers to your Devices, Broad Overview of the Internet*
Yonathan Tulu
*Software and Hardware Engineer and Organizer*


12:30pm

*Why Making Matters: Stories from the Fab Lab*
Jeff Ginger
*Operations Manager for CU Community Fab Lab*


2:00pm

*Latin American Hack Labs*
Anita Chan
*Assistant Professor, Media & Cinema Studies*


2:30pm

*Animation, Quilting & Embroidery*
Nina Paley
*Animator, Artist, Free Culture Proponent*


3:00pm

*Workers and Weirdos: Youth Arts Programs in the US*
Tyler Denmead
*Assistant Professor, Media & Cinema Studies*


*More ways to connect:*
Like us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/heartlandmakerfest>
Join the Event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1487664831505630/>
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/heartlandmf>

*Interested in volunteering? *
We still need people, sign-up here.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y6maWklulCF4nHO8z-3M9ZmNFL80AvrpJTxGVRAKbq4/viewform>
Or help out by sending this email along to friends!

*Parking:*
There is free parking around the mall at:
201 Lincoln Square
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/201+Lincoln+Square,+Urbana,+IL+61801+art_mart>
Urbana, IL 61801
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/201+Lincoln+Square,+Urbana,+IL+61801+art_mart>

See you Saturday!

Thanks!!
Heartland Maker Fest Planning Committee
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heartlandmakerfest.org
makerspaceu.org
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/heartlandmakerfest>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/heartlandmf>
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