[OLPC-NYC] Saturday OLPC/Sugar NYC Fest in the Sun! (10am - 5pm, June 12)

[Holt]

*/Plz all remember drinking water, sun protection, and why not pack a 
lunch too :-)/*

Holt wrote:
>   "FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual 
> celebration
> of pARTicipatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one
> weekend each summer, it transforms Governors Island into a large-scale
> collaborative artwork… and then it’s gone."
>
> Come take the free ferry to NY City's beautiful Governor's Island, just 
> off the southern tip of Manhattan, and find our OLPC/Sugar volunteer 
> crew in "NOLAN PARK" :
> http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010-event-projects-artists/
>
> Directions to the free ferries -- many of us will be taking the 10AM 
> Saturday (June 12) ferry from Lower Manhattan here:
> http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010/
> http://figmentproject.org/2010/events/figment-nyc-2010/getting-there/
>
> Best of all, the weather has cleared up completely morning & early 
> afternoon too, for our New-Solar-Panel demo with our 10+ XOs and XO-1.5s:
>
> "One Laptop per Child (OLPC NYC) invites you to create your own art and
> music with digital paintbrushes and music makers on our rugged green 
> laptops,
> and communicate wirelessly and live with other kids, using solar-power!
> Build a colorful photo-tapestry together with other kids around the world,
> or work on a piece together with your new friends at FIGMENT.
> Our software empowers kids to take control of their own imaginations,
> and just Begin Creating. We spark young minds across Asia, Africa,
> Latin America and North American schools making it possible for kids to
> collaborate freely across continents. Seize your tools!"
>
> Hope to see you there, helping to make the above art-will-set-you-free 
> vision a reality -- look for us in "NOLAN PARK" (eastern park of the 
> island) where we'd love you to help Marife Mago organizing and 
> presenting Sugar activities -- for what is very likely to be thousands 
> of visitors :)
>   
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