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Trebuchets, Projection Mapping, and Near Space at Chicago Southland Mini Maker Faire

Trebuchets, Projection Mapping, and Near Space at Chicago Southland Mini Maker Faire

By Jayson Margalus

Jayson Margalus

Jayson Margalus has co-founded the makerspaces Workshop 88 and SpaceLab in the suburbs of Chicago. He makes games and teaches game development at DePaul University. In his free time he hacks, gardens, brews beer, teaches kids how to program, and more. Say hi to him at @jaymargalus on Twitter!

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The Chicago Southland has a long blue collar history of hard work and a hands-on, do-it-yourself attitude. People here take pride in what they do and the things they make, so much so that the Southland has become widely known for it. The Southland Mini Maker Faire is an extension of that history. It takes that […]

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Maker Spotlight: Carla Bruni

Maker Spotlight: Carla Bruni

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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Along with fighting to rescue historic buildings and running a “repair-anything” workshop, Carla is a gifted artist and maker.

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Remembering The Fire: The Chicago Fire Festival

Remembering The Fire: The Chicago Fire Festival

Tom Burtonwood

By Tom Burtonwood

Tom Burtonwood

Tom Burtonwood is an artist, educator and entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL. Burtonwood co-founded Mimesis, LLC a product development company focused on 3D scanning and digital fabrication. He teaches at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College.

Find Tom on Twitter: @tburtonwood and on Instagram: @tomburtonwood

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The inaugural Chicago Fire Festival treated 30,000 people to a multi sensory experience of light, sound and fire. Produced by Redmoon Theater the festival began with the lowering of flaming cauldrons above the Chicago River. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel lit the first cauldron from the Michigan Avenue Bridge to inaugurate the event. Young makers who contributed […]

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Chicago Makers Meet-up on Thursday

Chicago Makers Meet-up on Thursday

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Hey Chicagoland Makers. . . MAKE is coming to town and wants to meet up on Thursday, June 27th, at 7pm to 9pm. We’re joining awesome, local makerspace, Pumping Station: One in welcoming the community of makers and visiting librarians in town for ALA to meetup with the local CNC club at PS:1!

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Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire Call for Makers and Bloggers

Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire Call for Makers and Bloggers

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire is coming on Saturday, April 21st to Carl Shurz High School, with a selection of over 50 local makers…

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This Week in Craft Fairs

By Laura Cochrane

Laura Cochrane

"To oppose something is to maintain it." –Ursula Le Guin

Currently: NEO.LIFE Alum: Instructables and MAKE

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Here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, please . Click on the jump to see the call for vendors. Coming Up This Weekend: InDIYpendent Culture Faire Napa, CA Saturday, May 15, […]

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