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Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire Goes Down This Saturday

Rhode Island’s Mini Maker Faire is set for this Saturday, Aug. 10. For such a little state, organizers are planning a big fair to celebrate Yankee ingenuity.

First, the details: The fair will be held at the Pell Chafee Performance Center in Providence. MAKE book editor Brian Jepson is helping to organize the event so you know it’s going to be great. And the fair is happening inside AS220’s Foo Fest 2013 so it’s a twofer. Foo Fest is a fun-filled music, art, and food celebration. Admission is $7 and entrance to the fair is included.

Continue Reading August 7th, 2013 Stett Holbrook

Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire: August 10, 2013

Once again, the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire is coming to Providence, and it’s less than one month away. The call to makers is open, too!

Continue Reading July 17th, 2013 Brian Jepson

Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013

The Fab Academy Providence is accepting applications for their 2013 program. This is a six-month long digital fabrication program that’s directed by Neil Gershenfeld and is based on his MIT rapid prototyping course, How to Make (Almost) Anything. Deadline for applications is November 30, 2012.

Continue Reading November 15th, 2012 Brian Jepson4

Mask Making for the Viking Procession in Providence

AS220 Artist-In Residence Dennis McNett (Wolfbat Studio) has led workshops in mask making all this week, and the results are remarkable. Over 70 people have made piles of masks and helmets, from the vacuum formed wolves and skulls above to the bird-embellished Viking helmets below. These will all be strapped to a menagerie of characters […]

Continue Reading August 10th, 2012 Shawn Wallace2

Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire: August 11, 2012 (Call to Makers is Open)

(2011 RI Mini Maker Faire photo by Carolyn Fahm) Once again, the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire is coming to Providence, and it’s exactly one month away. The call to makers is open, so if you’ve got something amazing you’d like to show off, please hit that link. This year, we’ll be embedded in AS220‘s […]

Continue Reading July 11th, 2012 Brian Jepson

First Providence, RI Maker Monday on April 2 at AS220 Labs

AS220 Labs and KippKits are hosting Providence’s first Maker Monday Meet-Up on April 2 from 7pm-10pm: “Get Made Monthly!” Drinks and demos meet-up for Rhode Island Makers who design and build for fun or profit. Monday, April 2nd 7pm-10pm Lucie Way, Providence RI Free! Featured demo from local open hardware manufacturer, kippkitts, LLC “Making Disco […]

Continue Reading March 27th, 2012 Brian Jepson6

Hardware Hackathon in Providence, RI on January 28-29

Digital Meets Physical will bring makers, software hackers, and DIY geeks together for two days of outrageous fun, using the Netduino platform and other fun toys to build our brains out. We’ll be hacking at the AS220 Labs, a hackerspace where tools, technology and inspiration abound. With no less than 10 top quality watering holes within spitting distance, power breaks and refueling will be top notch.

Continue Reading November 14th, 2011 Brian Jepson