From pbhouk at gmail.com  Mon Aug 12 09:02:55 2013
From: pbhouk at gmail.com (Peter Houk)
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:02:55 -0400
Subject: [Glass-mit] 2013 MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch call for volunteers!
Message-ID: <CAH1FpkpmhWOL6G+Zjn7V8MDe5Gt+DsPs3hGewxqRjCUEy81nvg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello friends of glass, pumpkins, and glass pumpkins,
Somehow it's already mid-August, and a little voice in the back of my head
is beginning to murmur something about pumpkins and the fall.
Truth be told, I have already had a number of inquiries from out-of-town
people wanting to know the dates of this year's Pumpkin Patch so that they
can plan their travel, and so that little voice has now moved into the
front of the head.
And so:
This year's MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch will be during the final weekend
of September: the opening will be on Friday, September 27th (from 5 to 8PM,
as usual), and the sale will be on Saturday (10AM to 3PM), September 28th.
And the rain date (please, no...) is Sunday, September 29th.
If you have volunteered at the sale before, we would *love* to have you
back. Bring a friend! If you have never been a volunteer at the Patch
before, maybe this is the year you can finally join us.
Most. if not all of you know that the Pumpkin Patch is a really big deal
for us: this event is our sole funding source for the Glass Lab's
activities and we depend on it completely to keep the program afloat
year-to-year. Which means that we depend on your help completely to make
the whole thing work.
There will be more emails from me as the date gets closer, with lots more
details about what/when/where, but for now I'd like to get a sense from
those who know that they can   join us as volunteers this year so that I
can start to fill in my roster.
OK, get back to enjoying what's left of the summer, and I'll be back in
touch in a couple of weeks.
Best,
Peter

PS: for volunteers, the usual perks still apply: free t-shirts and
refreshments, and early shopping privileges.



-- 
Peter Houk
Director, Glass Lab
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From pbhouk at gmail.com  Thu Aug 29 10:02:23 2013
From: pbhouk at gmail.com (Peter Houk)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:02:23 -0400
Subject: [Glass-mit] (no subject)
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Hello Friends of the MIT Glass Lab,
I'm writing to let you know about some things that are going on this fall
in the Glass Lab. There is a lot going on!
*The MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch *is on Saturday, September 28th. You
probably know this, since I've sent out a few emails about it, but I am
hoping that a lot of lab people will help at the sale, and if you are
planning on selling personal pumpkins, you should definitely plan on
helping at the sale and/or with Friday setup.
There will be a reception for the MIT Glass Lab's show, *Reverse Reactions*,
at the *Fuller Museum *on Sunday, September 29th from 2-5PM, in Brockton,
MA. Maybe we can arrange a caravan of people to go down! Yes, this is the
day after the Pumpkin Patch, and if we have to hold the sale on the rain
day, then the opening will happen without us and we'll go down the
following Saturday, the last day of the show.
*The Page Hazlegrove Lecture in Glass Art *will feature artist Jackie
Pancari on Thursday, October 24th at 6:30 PM*. *Lecture hall TBA, but save
the date. She is a wonderful speaker. You can find out more about her work
by going to: http://jackiepancari.com/home.html

That's all for now. Keep your eyes on the website for emerging details.

cheers,

Peter

-- 
Peter Houk
Director, Glass Lab
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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