This Saturday sees the much awaited return of the Wheelers' Bicycle
Maintenance Workshop running from 11am until 3pm at Limehouse Town
Hall, 646 Commercial Road.

We're fully stocked up with tools, tips and advice to help you keep
your bicycle running smoothly. Been wondering how to adjust brakes &
gears, fix punctures, get rid of those annoying squeaks and rattles?
Come along and ask and we'll show you how.

It's always a social occasion with tea and cake on offer so feel free
to drop by to say hello whether you've got any maintenance to be
carrying out or not.

Further details: http://www.wheelers.org.uk/workshop/

Tower Hamlets Volunteer Cycling Rangers Project
There will also be another drop-in session about the Volunteer
Cycling Rangers Project from 1pm-3pm during the workshop. More
details about that to follow shortly.
http://www.wheelers.org.uk/cycling-rangers/

dorkbotlondon Dorkbot #63

/people doing strange things with electricity/

Featuring the grand and disturbing...

• The People Present: Planetary Pledge Pyramid // The End of the World Game <http://pledgepyramid.org/>* Saul Albert
• The British EFF - Protecting Your Bits <http://www.openrightsgroup.com/>* Glyn Wintle - A discussion of the up coming three strikes legislation, government plans to monitor the uk internet and knitting.
• electric vehicles and open design <http://www.riversimple.com/> * Hugo Spowers - A small UK-based car company, Riversimple, is applying an open collaborative approach, which has had massive success in the software world, to develop the electric vehicles of the future.
• Traces <http://johnwild.info/>* John Wild - GSM data turned into solid matter.

When: 19:00-22:00, 18 November 2009

Where: Limehouse town hall, 646 Commercial Road, E14 7HA

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More info - http://dorkbotlondon.org/event/dorkbotlondon63/

Lovely pictures from the Reverend Billy Concert

Photographer Ken Sparkes has put some lovely images up on his flickr account of the Reverend Billy and Space Hijackers action and concert at Limehouse Town Hall.

Space Hijackers Exhibition "Signs Of Revolt"

Signs Of Revolt

Creative Resistance & Social Movements since Seattle

From 14th - 22nd November the Space Hijackers will be taking part in the Signs Of Revolt exhibition in London's trendy East End. Come see our exhibit of the last 10 years of our work and how it fits into the wider picture of anti-capitalist, anti-corporate and anti-war protest. Along with The Labofii, Movement of the Imagination, The Rebel Clown Army, War Boutique and many others we'll be putting on a show journeying from Seattle to Copenhagen.

Also on Thu 19th November we are moving our monthly meeting to the exhibition space to show people how we plan and hopefully meet some new faces. If you've been lurking on this site for a while then now's the time to come out of the woodwork.

Shop 14, Truman Brewery, London E1 6QL

then open weekdays: 12–10pm weekends: 10–10pm

3RD Annual Raft Race

The Rules

There are not many rules and the few there are will be made during and after the race. You are allowed boats if you have made or modified them yourself. Pedals: Yes, Sails: Yes, Motors: No, Running along the bank: No!

Competitors – Ready!

It’s not hard to make a raft. You can use just about anything that floats along with some oars. Last year Arthur and I stayed dry on 30 balloons. The race is roughly 400 metres long over smooth terrain. The canal is fairly shallow.

Where and When

The 3rd annual Regents Canal Raft Race
Sunday 20th September 2009
Rain or Shine
Meet from 2.30pm
The Palm Tree Pub
Mile End

or Limehouse Town Hall from midday.

Erotic Book Club - Macho Sluts

At the next meeting of the Erotic Book Club we shall be discussing 
Pat Califia's
"Macho Sluts".
Meet 8pm
Thursday 27th August

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Macho Sluts showcases the best erotic fiction from Pat Califia. Here he explores S/M fantasies in previously taboo territory: a lesbian' encounter with three gay male cops, a leatherman who loves to dominate other topmen, an incestuous Victorian triangle, a lucky girl who gets to take on eight topwomen, and more - even a dash of vanilla...
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unfortunately this title is out of print, so we'll all have to go searching...

www.theeroticbookclub.org

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The Bökship
Donlon Books
Unit 3
210 Cambridge Heath Road
London, E2 9NQ

Operation Ivy League at the Barbican

This Sunday the Space Hijackers will be presenting Operation Ivy League at the Barbican

Back in 2007 Agent Ladybird (http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk) came to us with a plan, to sneak into the city, find hidden corners and plant Ivy all over the square mile.  The hope being that the ivy would take, gradually grow up the walls, then before long pull down the buildings of the city.  Our first crop planting session went well, so well infact that we're off to do it again

Meet either at 12 midday in the church yard of Shoreditch Church St Leonard, on the corner of Hackney Rd and Shoreditch High St, for a spot of supply gathering at Columbia Rd Flower Market, or meet at 2pm outside the front doors of the Barbican Art Gallery.

here's what we did last time:
http://www.spacehijackers.org/html/projects/ivyleague/ivyleague.html