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Call for Makers Extended until April 30th!
Have you always wanted to show people that awesome thing you made that time? Or that cool thing you do? If you’ve been thinking about being a maker at the second annual Mini Maker Faire Chicago...
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Meet the Maker: Community Glue Workshop
Community Glue Workshop wants to help you fix your stuff. Or better yet, help you learn how to fix it and assist others with their broken items. The basic idea is this: people show up to monthly...
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Countdown to Maker Faire: 1 Day!
Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire is just around the corner! Here are some reminders to plan your day accordingly: Download our FREE YAPP for your mobile device to guide you: my.yapp.us/CHINORTHMINI...
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Year-Round Making for All Ages in Chicago
Calling all Chicagoland lovers of making, hacking, and tinkering! Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire comes around but once a year, but making isn’t just a one-day thing. Here are some activities for...
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Open Call for Makers 2014!
Welcome back, Chicagoland Makers! Schurz High School , the Urban School Foundation, and local maker Christina Pei return with the third annual Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire, celebrating teaching...
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Mini Maker Faire Chicago Northside Returns Saturday, May 3rd
Reserve your spot to the third annual Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire! Tickets are FREE to the public, but by reserving early you guarantee your spot. Now you can e-sign the media release on...
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Meet the Maker: Drawn with Fire
Ever considered making art with fire? Then you have to check out Steve Baltrukonis’s Drawn with Fire at Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire. Steve Baltrukonis creates art through pyrography, a form of...
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Thanks for Coming!
May 3rd, 2014 marked the third annual Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire, and the largest Chicago Maker Faire yet! 80 exhibiting makers, many of them young makers, and 2,000 attendees made this an...
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Celebrate the Day of Making
The White House is hosting its own Maker Faire today! Follow the action at http://www.whitehouse.gov/maker-faire. Or join in the fun from home by posting a picture of your own creation today, using...
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Even More Maker Faires! Hooray!
Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire producer Christina Pei teaches lockpicking with TOOOL The Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire team visited the incredible Henry Ford Museum this weekend, site of the...
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A (Belated) Summary of Maker Faire Milwaukee
Road trip! Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire made their way to Milwaukee Maker Faire this past weekend. And we had tons of fun. The event was located at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in Milwaukee. At...
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Meet the Maker: YOUmedia
Make a circuit with dough! Make music with circuits and magnets! Join YOUmedia at Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire and learn how! YOUmedia, a program run through the Chicago Public Library since...
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Meet Chicago’s Hackerspace All-Stars: PS:One, SSH:C, W88
This year, Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire is excited to present the three largest hackerspaces in the Chicago area! We sat down with them to learn more. Workshop 88Workshop 88 is a hackerspace and...
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Tomorrow!
Hungry??? Check out this year’s food trucks: Be prepared! The sun is coming to Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire! The weather is predicted to be mostly sunny with a high of 71 degrees. However, you...
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A Look Back at Our Last Maker Faire: Thanks for Coming!
A very belated recap of the fourth annual Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire, a wonderful day for Chicago’s largest celebration of learning, STEAM, and whimsy! Outside, all sorts of wonderful makers...
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Open Call for Makers 2016!
CELEBRATE OUR 5th ANNIVERSARY FAIRE IN STYLE! Welcome to the Fifth Anniversary Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire, presented by Schurz High School , the Urban School Foundation, and Christina Pei! For...
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Meet the Makers: Chicago Children’s Museum
Photo Credit: Chicago Children’s Museum Want to learn how to use a power drill and make an amazing cool sculpture? Join Chicago Children’s Museum at the Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire. The Chicago...
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Meet the Maker: Schurz Food Lab
Photo credit: Schurz Food Lab Two words: Space Tomatoes. That’s one of many projects that the Schurz Food Lab will be showcasing at the Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire. The program is led by the...
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Meet the Maker: The Little Bits Workshop
Want to make a tiny room using upcycled items in your house and garden? Join Liita Forsyth from The Little Bits Workshop to learn how to make your very own tiny room! Photo credit: The Little Bits...
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Meet the Maker: Schurz Pre-Engineering Classes
Photo credit: SeaPerch Control robots in an underwater obstacle course! Design a Rube Goldberg Machine! Build and destroy bridges! The students of Peter Schoedel’s Schurz pre-engineering program have...
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