Bucketworks and the Milwaukee Makerspace join forces the first weekend of August (Aug 4-5, Sat/Sun) to offer you opportunities to learn, hack, make and geek out with some creative and inventive opportunities!

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Three Awesome Activities

Mitch Altman and Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012

Saturday Aug 4, 5pm - 10pm, Workshop 5-8pm

Join us at Bucketworks for workshops and learning from one of the world's best teachers, Mitch Altman--best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a universal remote that turns off TVs and for co-founding Noisebridge, one of America's best known hackerspaces. To participate in the basic soldering workshop Mitch will conduct, please bring $35 to cover the cost of your kit.

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Evanston Mini Makerfaire Carpool 

Sun Aug 5 8:30am - 7:30pm roundtrip

Evanston Mini Makerfaire will be a day of Awesome, where Art, Technology, Education and a little bit of Theatre meet! Join members of Bucketworks and the Milwaukee Makerspace as we carpool down to Evanston IL to participate with hundreds of hackers, makers, artists and inventors who will showcase their ideas. (You can participate too--just let the Evanston MiniMakerfaire folks know!)

If you are interested in carpooling with us, please contact us so we can allocate vehicles and share rides!

Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Landing!

Sun Aug 5 11:30pm - 1am Mon Aug 6

To cap off a fantastic weekend, join us at Bucketworks at 11:30pm Sunday to watch the live feed (starting at 12:00am) of NASA's ambitious Mars landing of Curiosity, a huge rover platform that will explore the Red Planet for signs of life. The landing is scheduled to occur at 12:30am CST, and we know it's late for a Monday morning--but this is a truly momentous occasion in space exploration. (We will have beer on hand in case of success--and liquor in case of failure.)

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