Consider visiting either the Burgerville at 16211 SE Division St or 1122 SE Hawthorne Blvd between 5 and 8pm on Wednesday the 20th to help support Free Geek. They’re both donating 10% of their proceeds from this evening to Free Geek.

Join us for a Free Geek all-ages party Thursday 2/21 7-10pm at Ford Food & Drink and enjoy special guests The Doubleclicks, a geek sister duo from Portland (who happen to have written the Cards Against Humanity theme song). After their set, enter the video game tournament on the big screen with a Free Geek Thrift Store gift certificate grand prize. Don’t forget to bring some cash for the laptop raffle. Thanks to Lompoc Brewing, we’re able to offer $3 pints of Rye IPA and Fool’s Golden Ale with a portion of proceeds going to Free Geek. $5 recommended donation, but more is always appreciated ;)

We have tons of beautiful posters created by Caitlin Hansen Design & Illustration at the Free Geek front desk. Please come by to pick up one, ten or twenty for yourself or to share them around your neighborhood.

Tuesday 2/12 Pacific Pie Company (1520 SE 7th Ave) will donate a portion of the proceeds from all sales to Free Geek! They make tasty, tasty sweet and savory pies, so definitely consider eating a lighter diet than usual two or three days before the 12th to prepare your stomach for their amazingness. Please tell your friends, families and anyone you see on the street to visit Pacific Pie Company this Tuesday so you can help Free Geek fulfill our mission.

Thank you to all of our volunteers who attended the Town Hall Meeting Saturday, September 22. We appreciate your feedback and are striving to implement many of the changes you have recommended. If you would like to see more about the Town Hall Meeting, and various ways you can keep in touch with Free Geek, please visit our page devoted to the event.

For those who were planning on attending the presentation on similar organizations this Saturday (10/20), please note we have pushed the presentation back one week to the 27th. More information can be found in the Free Geek lobby.

This October, Free Geek will be celebrating the conclusion of their first successful decade by coming out of our geeky shells to throw a party recognizing all the people and organizations in the Portland community who have helped create a culture where Free Geek would thrive.

The celebration, on October 2nd at the Bossanova Ballroom (722 E Burnside), will feature local reuse partner Junk to Funk in a recycled fashion show, along with high energy dancing and music from The Beauty, geek-turned dance-party-performance-band Dat’r, and Holocene regular DJ Ted Thieman. Read on for more info about the awesomeness that will be Free Geek’s 10th Anniversary Celebration.

Trashion Show!

Junk to Funk is a collective that inspires individuals towards responsible consumerism, creative re-use and conscientious disposal by providing unique fashion based entertainment and educational opportunities. Junk to Funk will be performing a trashion show, followed by the models hanging out with the crowd and dancing.

And more!

• DIY Geek-sessory table hosted by SCRAP. Make a statement with your own reuseful fashion accoutrement!
• Full Bar
• Pool Tables
• Photobooth fun!
• A visual history of the evolution of Free Geek
• Door prizes!

Tickets

Tickets are available here and will be sold at the door. Please note that the ticket price is a suggested donation. It’s more important to us to have you share this day with us, so give what you can at the door if a pre-paid $10 ticket is beyond your budget. Can’t attend the party, but want to give a donation in place? Click here!

Free Geek is teaming up with the Community Warehouse, The ReBuilding Center, The Habitat ReStore, SCRAP and Schoolhouse Supplies to promote ReUse Week! Read More…