I. Team Reports

A. Web Team: Shooting for the "PROCEPT MAG" has been begun, more updates soon.

B. Radio Team: All programs will resume next week, October, 18th 2007. Listen in on Thursday and Friday for the CA showcase! Community shows will now be streamed online as well, go to WWW.WKUF.ORG

C. Board: The board met on Thursday, October 4th. Will present notes from the meeting this week.

II.Events

A. Soundtrax: (formerly titled "Moving Pictures")event will be in March, subcommittee (Glen and Michelle) will meet in December. Goal is 3-6 30 minute blocks, vj vs dj/live band/solo artists. More info to come. If you're interested in this project, or if you have any suggestions or ideas, please contact us at flintca.admin@gmail.com.

B. Beauty and the Beat: T-shirts almost sold out. To date, total saved for 2007 B&B $895.

C. High School Art: Cancelled in support of similar projects, within the community.

D. Voices – Open call for spoken word artists, visual artists, and writers. The event is tentatively scheduled to be at Pages on 11/10.

E. John Sinclair Premiere: John Sinclair Premiere: This even was sold out. $50 was given to Kotar so he could get the Flint Journal cover article framed for FIA. Michael Moore was in attendance. Total event proceeds $1,097 (bar tip jar, tickets, CA jewelry reconstruction).

III.New Business

A. Please keep donating jewelry for reconstruction. Contact Crystal Pepperdine ( cmpstyle@hotmail.com), Michelle Stolz ( michellestolz@comcast.net) or Jessica Nickola (jessicanickola@yahoo.com ) if you have any questions or items to donate.

B. Open call for Video Editor, Accountant, Layout Specialist, Business Specialists, P.R. and more... Contact flintca.admin@gmail.com if interested.

C. CA Meet & Greet – Discussions to create a public meet & greet. Perhaps have at the beginning of an upcoming event? Will discuss more at next meeting.

D. The LGBT community approached CA to collaborate on an event. Will probably need writers, poets, and musicians. Corey will contact them for more detail and/or invite them to an upcoming meeting to discuss more.

IV.Announcements

The weekly CA meeting locations will rotate. New info to be posted soon.

A. Congrats to Glen and Jackie!!

Creative Alliance on the Radio!

Remember to tune into 94.3 WKUF Th-F from 12:00-2:00 to hear your favorite local music!

Creative Alliance on the Web!

Although the website is still a bit new to us, here you can find information on Artists, Events, Bands and more!

Questions?
Email us at flintca.admin@gmail.com

The Creative Alliance & The Lunch Studio present:
Flint City Handmade: Holiday Craft Market
on Saturday, December 1st, 2007

    The Greater Flint Creative Alliance and The Lunch Studio will host the first Flint City Handmade: Holiday Craft Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec.1 at the The Lunch Studio, 444 S. Saginaw St.

Flint City Handmade is a collective of crafters encouraging the community to support local artists and crafters by purchasing local handmade goods, especially for the holidays.

The Holiday Craft Market offers a unique shopping experience with over 25 local vendors offering handmade and vintage goods such as stuffed animals, reconstructed clothing, framed art, knitted/crocheted bags, record notebooks, jewelry and other accessories.

The first 50 shoppers will receive custom Flint City Handmade goodie bags filled with vendors’ coupon, merchandise and other treats. The lunch counter and back dining room of The Lunch Studio will be open.

Admission costs $1 for adults and is free for children 12 and younger. A portion of the proceeds will go toward handmade and artistic gifts for youth at Whaley Children’s Center.

For more information visit www.myspace.com/flintcityhandmade, email at flintcityhandmade@hotmail.com, or call The Lunch Studio at (810) 424-9868.

The Flint Creative Alliance presented on:
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
- United States Film Debut
20 TO LIFE: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
Directed by Steve Gebhardt
87 minutes, Unrated

This event was successful, entertaining, and did much for all parties involved in regards to bridging social gaps. The event also featured a number of special guestS including much of John's family, long-time friends, director Steve Gebhardt, and even Michael Moore. A full review of the show should be available here soon.

Below are a few pictures of the event, taken by Brent Leighton; to view the whole set, please click the link below.

Brent Leightons John Sinclair Photos






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