Hiya everyone!
We're off and running with lots of exciting events in 2009! Have a look!

1. Larry Morgan - Exoplanets: Discovering New Worlds - Popular Education Series - Wednesday January 27 at 7pm
2. Stitch and Bitch - every Tuesday 7-9pm at Roberts Street
3. Semaphore Cinema Screening : "Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel" & shorts by Deep Lez - Wednesday January 21, 7pm
4. "Voices from Outside: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex" Screenprinted Poster Show Opening: Thursday, January 22, 6:30 pm at Alteregos Cafe 2193 Gottingen Street
5. InkStorm 3-part screenprinting workshop - February!
6. Call For Designs - Ink Storm Valentines Card Fundraiser
7. Call for Popular Education Series Topics - Winter 2009
8. Halifax Crafters Spring Show - applications
9. Roberts Street Social Centre Summer Residency 2009 - applications
10. Meetings coming up!

1. Popular Education Series - Wednesday January 27 at 7pm at Roberts Street
Larry Morgan: Exoplanets - Discovering New Worlds
Over the past 20 years the number of planets known to orbit stars other than the Sun (exoplanets) has exploded from a handful to hundreds. This area of research is now one of the fastest growing and most exciting topics in modern astronomy. New discoveries have been accompanied with changing attitudes regarding the possibility of life outside our solar system.  I intend to review the science behind the discovery of exoplanets, the future prospects for further discoveries and the relevance of this exciting field to current science, as well as the cultural implications of such research.

2. Stitch and Bitch - every Tuesday 7-9pm at Roberts Street
Bring a crafty project to work on in a fun social environment!

3. Semaphore Cinema Screening : "Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel"
& shorts by Deep Lez - Wednesday January 21, 7pm at Roberts Street
"When aggressive developers purchase a crumbling Toronto flophouse hotel,  to turn it into an arts and music hot spot, long-time staff and residents worry they'll be squeezed out. Christina Zeidler, an experimental filmmaker (Deep Lez), inherits the mess and forms a "business model that includes social change," but the hotel has the last word. Shot over five years in a cinema direct style, this intimate and compelling portrait of the effects of urban renewal upon the poor, reveals the unintentional roles we often play in gentrification." Semaphore Cinema will show films every second Wednesday in the Crow's Nest,  if you're interested in helping plan or choosing films, email and let us know.

4. "Voices from Outside: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex" Screenprinted Poster Show
Opening: Thursday, January 22, 6:30 pm, show runs January 19 to February 1 at Alteregos Cafe 2193 Gottingen Street
Just Seeds Artists Cooperative has produced this print portfolio project that is touring across North America in connection with the historic Critical Resistance 10th anniversary conference.This historic art show consists of 20 prints, each by a different artist, that all either critique the prison-industrial complex or address alternatives to incarceration.  The posters will be available for purchase by on-line auction in February.
The opening will feature:
* music by the Smokin' Contra Band
* presentations by local prison justice groups
* Certain Days 2009 Freedom for Political Prisoners CalendarLaunch
* Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S.
Political Prisoners / Edited by Matt Meyer Book Launch
This is a co-presentation brought to you by: Books Beyond Bars, Anarchist Black Cross
- Halifax, Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group and CKDU 88.1 FM

5. InkStorm 3-part screenprinting workshop - February!
In this workshop you will get step-by-step hands on instruction in screenprinting in order to complete your own project. You get your own screen to work with for the month and we will cover coating the screen with emulsion, image design with and without computers, exposing and burning techniques, mixing your own inks, printing on your choice of paper or fabric, and stripping the screen. This class is designed for people who have already taken the 2hour Intro to Screenprinting workshop with InkStorm or have some previous experience. The cost is $75 for all three classes and all screens, emulsion, and inks are included.
This class is limited to 4 people. Please email to sign up soon!

6. Call For Designs - Ink Storm Valentines Card Fundraiser
This February, Inkstorm screenprinting will be producing a set of handprinted valentines cards.
We are looking for your submissions!
Size: 4x5 inches
Colours: Black, white, and red only.
Deadline: January 27th
Please submit designs as a .jpg or .png file to inkstormscreen@gmail.com.
If you are unable to use an electronic format, please email us.
If your design is selected, we will print it on to valentines cards, and you
will receive a full set of cards featuring all the designs. All proceeds from the valentines will go towards rent for the Roberts Street Social Centre.

7. Call for Popular Education Series Topics - Winter 2009
This winter Roberts Street is organizing a popular education series, featuring public lectures, film screenings, show n' tell and other kinds of presentations. You and anyone you know, are invited to make a presentation, host a discussion, share your talents and expertise in whatever topic you wish.   The series is organized in the spirit of "stitch n' bitch" and "free-school" to provide free access to education and information, to inspire critical discussion, and to fight the winter blues.  To apply to the Pop-Ed Series please send us a proposal with your name, contact info and a description of your idea.  Submit your proposals to anchorarchive@gmail.com. 

8. Halifax Crafters Spring Show - applications
It'll be Saturday May 2 & Sunday May 3, at the North Street Church.
Applications for tables are due February 14, email halifaxcrafters@gmail.com to get one.

9. Roberts Street Social Centre Summer Residency 2009 - applications
We're looking forward to another wonderful summer of RESIDENCIES!
The two week long residencies run from June to September and applicants from out of town or out of province are given priority consideration.  We are accepting applications until February 15th 2009. Please email us to get an application form. Please pass along this information to anyone who may be interested. Here's to your brilliant, inspiring, critical creativity! 

10. Meetings coming up! (all are welcome)
Calendar Committee (events and programming) - Friday January 30 at 6pm
Ink Storm Screenprinting Collective meeting - Monday January 26 at 7pm
Anchor Archive Zine Library meeting - Sunday January 25 at 5pm
Roberts Street Social Centre General Meeting - Monday February 9 at 7pm