Warehouse

Austin, Texas (by Dick Towers, Web Content Team) -- When I first started helping with Ouroboros, the Flipside CORE project, it seemed like there was enough momentum from DaFT members that we would be half way done with the build in the first week. I then realized that an effigy of this size is more complex than the little model on display in the warehouse. It's taken the work of many more volunteers to get this far and will still need the community's help to succeed.

Austin, TX (Kit O'Connell, Web Content Lead) -- This weekend promises to be a full one beginning Friday night with the Little Black Dress Party, a fundraiser for Ouroboros, the Flipside community's offering to CORE. On Saturday night, area circus arts performers along with the Vespertine Circus, a visiting troup, present Free CircX For the People at the Warehouse. Together, these events promise more fun then spending your days off playing video games or watching cartoons on the Internet.

Austin, Texas (by Kit O'Connell, 2011 Web Content Lead, with Will Warner) -- Citizens of Pyropolis will have to be on the lookout for vicious Flipingos, or Flipside Flamingos, who can be hired by the Parks Department to surround unsuspecting theme camps in the dead of night. I learned about this and other department plans at the recent Parks Fair, which was held this past Saturday at the Warehouse. It was a great event, full of music, good food and merriment.

Austin, Texas (by Bobby Limoggio, Web Content Team) -- Some months ago Texas Art Garden asked our community to submit ideas for projects that would make everyone's Flipside better, and the turnout was more than a little impressive. Of the 17 submitted projects, 12 of them are receiving grants worth over $4,000. Texas Art Garden was thrilled to have so many submissions, a significant increase over last year's 3 proposals.

At Church Night on March 10 at the warehouse, board members Lucretia Krause and Treg Taylor announced the projects to receive funding and the individuals behind them. We will try to cover these projects as their creators reveal more about their brainchildren, and we're more than a little excited to learn more about what we're going to get to see at this years event.