A Busy November for DC!

SCRAP DC and so many of our friends are busy, busy, busy this month, with events going on all over town. If you can't make it to our programs, maybe you'll check out one of theirs! Here's a list:

The "Disposable Culture" Exhibit is up through 11/30 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science — see photos and sculptures that, even if they didn't address environmental issues, would still be gorgeous in and of themselves.

11/3 -- That's tomorrow!

• We at SCRAP present a Candy Wrapper Crafts workshop at Montgomery County's ReStore in Gaithersburg, MD. Bring your saved-up wrappers from Halloween and we'll show you how to make some fun items for you to take home. If you haven't held onto those wrappers, are you sure you've been reading our blog? :^) Don't worry -- we'll have plenty on hand, too. $5, limit 20 people. Register here.

• Our buddies in reuse at Community Forklift offer a FREE craft workshop; a bunch of deals on stuff with great creative potential; and they get their Green Gift Fair under way this weekend. Check them out!

11/10

• We return to The Watkins Nature Center in PG County for their Trash to Treasure event. The whole day is free, mostly indoors, and full of cool vendors and other nonprofits. Shop "green" for the holidays, bring unwanted books to their Book Exchange, and try our SCRAPpy Make-it Take-it or make-your-own indigo dye cloth.

• The "Trash to Treasure" movement keeps growing! In Arlington, head to Think Outside the Bin: Reuse and Repurpose Craft Fair. They've got a great assortment of ideas up on their Pinterest page, for you to check out any ol' time.

11/17

• SCRAP DC will be at the Canal Park Grand Opening in SE (as well as in our store, 10-1).

• Both days of this weekend, the DIY unFaire is ON! It's inspired by the ever-more-popular Maker Faires, and our friends at Hac DC will be a part of the fun. Thanks to our neighbors on North Capitol Street, Fab Lab DC, for sharing that one!

Want to get more involved in the ways your community looks at "scrap"? Or: make sure your views on public art are heard. These groups have meetings coming up, and you're welcome to attend:

• The Sustainable DC Working Group meets Wed., 11/7, from 6:30 to 8:30 in Columbia Heights. RSVP here.
• Gateway Arts District will hold the Art Lives Here Community Forum. Meet at Joe's Movement Emporium, 11/12, from 7 to 9.
• Montgomery County, MD's Solid Waste Advisory Committee will meet 11/13 in Rockville, starting at 7:30.
• America Recycles Day is 11/15.