I'm a Daddy's Girl for Real....

Celebrate Father’s Day with Us!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Allen Pond Park

3330 Northview Drive

Bowie, Maryland  20716

Free parking available

Bring your picnic baskets, lawn chairs, blankets, family and friends!

Directions to Allen Pond Park: Allen Pond is located off of Route 197, south of Route 50. The park is adjacent to the Northview homes section of Bowie off of Northview Drive and Nottinghill Lane.

•From Annapolis: Route 50 westbound 14 miles from Annapolis.

•From Baltimore: Route 3 (301) southbound, 20 miles from Baltimore Beltway (Rt. 695).

•From Washington, D.C.: Route 50 eastbound, 7 miles from the Capital Beltway (Rt. 495).

The Prince George's Arts Council is funded in part by the Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission and Maryland State Arts Council as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit designated by the County as the official arts agency.

For more information, call 301-277-1402

or visit http://www.princegeorgesartscouncil.org/

That's Mr. Elliot to You!

Something special from one of my favorite people and photographers, Stephen Elliot!

What: A stunning visual experience that is sure to make Avatar look like a thing of the past.
When: Friday, May 7th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM (and it’s ONLY during that time. One night only.)
Where: Ebenezers Coffeehouse (201 F Street NE)
Why: Because it will rock your flippin’ socks off! Gosh! Besides, it’s local to support sexy artists.
Who: You! Me, Dylan, and a special guest appearance (of international fame, no joke!)
Bonus: The first 362 people will get a souvenir high five from Stephen Elliot! Better come early!

No need to RSVP, but click the image above for the Facebook event page if you’re into that sort of thing.

- Carolyn Malachi
Revenge of the Smart Chicks
www.reverbnation.com/cmalachi

Location: Ebenezers Coffeehouse (201 F Street NE)

Design ChallENGE!

We Want to Know How Place Shaped YourCreative Process
Contribute to the Development of a Smithsonian Exhibition

The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation today launches a collaborative design project with The Tech Virtual at the The Tech Museum in California. Through a series of design challenges hosted by The Tech Virtual, the Lemelson Center invites the public to develop and prototype design concepts for the Center’s next exhibition about modern and historic “hot spots” of invention and innovation.

The Tech Virtual is a new approach to creating invention and science-based exhibit content for museums using the virtual world of Second Life as a platform for content development, allowing the Lemelson Center to collect fresh ideas and utilize the most innovative tools available.

The public can contribute ideas in one or all of these categories: design an interactive exhibit space that allows museum visitors to model their own place of invention; design an activity that encourages museum visitors to practice collaboration, a key feature of many innovative communities; or use a virtual environment or other design tools to model the contributor’s own place of invention. For design briefs and submission guidelines, visit http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/places-of-invention.

Image Caption: In the early 1970s, researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center removed conventional seats, desks, and tables from a conference room and filled it with beanbags to create a space for inventive thinking and collaboration as they tried to design a digital user interface. Their ideas led to the computer desktop screen and functions we know so well today. Photo by Xerox PARC.

Prototype, Special Edition
Copyright 2010 Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.

All Rights Reserved. 14th Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC 20560.
Contact us at prototype@si.edu.
General Smithsonian Visitor Information: 202-633-1000

There’s more online:
Lemelson Center website
National Museum of American History Frequently Asked Questions



- Carolyn Malachi
Revenge of the Smart Chicks
www.reverbnation.com/cmalachi

Location:http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/places-of-invention