<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Colleagues,</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">This weekend, hot on the heels of a hugely successful double conference hosted by the Department of English, you are invited to attend another exciting coupling. This time, the focus is on making, hacking, and staying up late.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><b>Event 1: SoOnCon: The Southern Ontario Makers and Hackers Conference</b><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">This is an informal conference with workshops, demonstrations, talks, and meet-and-greets designed to celebrate making and hacking, from knitting and sewing to Tomagatchi repurposing and sensor-based jewellery fabrication. Critical Media Lab will be offering two hands-on workshops, plus a talk entitled "Critical Media: Broken Tools and Misfit Toys." We are especially interested in registrants for the "Shifty Eyes" workshop. Visit the conference web site for details.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Location: THEMUSEUM in Downtown Kitchener. <o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Time: 9am - 5pm, Saturday, November 2<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Information and Registration: <a href="http://sooncon.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://sooncon.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Event 2: Night\Shift<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">This is Kitchener's first stab at a Nuit Blanche -- a latenight exploration of art in public spaces. Events include everything from experimental dance performances by our own colleage Sarah Tolmie, to an Arts Market, live bands, interactive art installations, and video screenings. The Critical Media Lab will occupy its former location at the PUC building (195 King Street), and send volunteers into the streets with lifelogging cameras to capture the event from multiple angles. </div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Location: Various locations in Downtown Kitchener <o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Time: 9pm - 3am<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">Information: <a href="http://nightshift.alternativesjournal.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://nightshift.alternativesjournal.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; ">For additional details, or to volunteer for "Shifty Eyes," please send a message to <a href="mailto:marcel@uwaterloo.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">marcel@uwaterloo.ca</a> .<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Calibri; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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