We're Open!!
Bull City Headquarters
Great news! Starting this week we will have regular hours on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from 10am-1pm. We encourage you to stop by, share
ideas, read books, do art, chat, use the space!! We are really
focusing on getting to know our neighbors better, and we think that
having open doors is a good way to meet more people and learn about
what the community wants to see at BCHQ.
Some other awesome upcoming stuff:
Wed, May 30, 7-9pm--DIY Durham: Auto Repair Basics for Women hosted by
Kim Grey. How to deal with flat tires, dead batteries, fluid levels,
headlights, bodies in the trunk, etc. Men can come too.
Fri, June 1--The Nein, Maple Stave, Hem of His Garment. Show starts at
9.
Sat June 2--Shipwrecker, Filthybird, Captain Saturn. Show starts at 9.
Sun June 3--Sightings, Cantwell Gomez & Jordan, In the Brief Epoch of
the Fire Pig. Show starts at 9.
Wed June 6--DIY Durham: Bookmaking and Urban Gardening hosted by Emily
Dings. 7:00pm: Share bookmaking techniques for glue and thread-bound
structures. 8:00pm: Make the most out of small gardening plots and
containers; teach and learn about composting and organic fertilizing.
(Contact us if you have an idea for a DIY skillshare night, or if you
would like to host one in the future!)
Fri June 8- First Bull City Writes! Meeting. Seeking volunteers to
join Writing/Tutoring Collective. . . .Pt. 1, 5-6:30: BCHQ Lit Mag and
Writing Collective: A collaborative and creative outlet for students
and adults to publish and share their writing. Workshops with guest
publishers, authors, etc. from the community held monthly. Pt. 2,
6:30-7:30: Bull City Ed: Tutor training takes place over the summer;
tutoring of kids of all ages commences in the fall! Tutors will be
credited for service hours. This is your chance to be active and get
to know some kids in Durham! Please come share your ideas about these
programs! And volunteer! Yay!
Ongoing Art (until June 13th) day+by+day is a photo exhibit that
documents boys in an orphanage in Sri Lanka that was devastated by the
2004 SE Asia tsunami. Portraits of the boys are on display as well as
information on monthly sponsorship opportunities. Donations go
towards the boys' English classes, tutoring, room & board.
Starting at the end of June, we'll be hosting a weekly Queer Youth
Drop-In Night! So we're kickin' it off with a bang on Fri, June 29th,
with the first-ever BCHQ Open Mic Drag Night! Consider this our formal
open call to strut your stuff. Bring us your spoken word, your
political statements, your best moves! Make it sweet, make it sassy,
just get up an shake it! Please RSVP as soon as you can and don't
forget to pass the word along to friends. Sign in starts at 7:30;
show is from 8-11pm. Please bring your own music and come early to
make sure you get a spot!
As for the space itself, your support and enthusiasm has been awesome.
We raised enough money this month to pay next month's rent (plus a
dollar!) so your donations are going to good use, and your support is
integral!! Please keep it coming! You can donate at www.myspace.com/bchq,
or if you'd rather give us stuff, we're in need of some soundproofing
(curtains, rugs, etc), and we'd really love to get wireless in the
space so that we can be there more often, and offer more resources! Oh
yeah, and Kym wants a pony.
Thanks so much!
Catherine and the BCHQ crew
bullc...@gmail.com