Garden Party...New Internets Coming Soon...

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 posted by christoball

This party is for our friends, people involved in our events over the last year, and of course friends of all those people. We couldn't make anything happen without your talents and support.

- iLoveMikeLitt

Please join us for a night of spirits, revelry and amazing music performances by:

The Always Already - myspace.com/thealwaysalready
One Eyed Doll - myspace.com/oneeyeddoll
follow that bird - myspace.com/followthatbiiird
The Gospel Truth - myspace.com/thecosbytruth
and more To Be Announced!

Also, games of horseshoes!!

Our Corporate Head Quarters (i.e. our house) is central - in Hyde Park - and has a great, garden courtyard in which festivities and co-mingling will take place.

WEBSITE LAUNCH
After a year full of events, we're about to launch an updated and redesigned website with interactivity and regular online content to continue our mission in between events.

We'd like the website to serve as a way for people to discover something new, to find collaborators for their own projects, and to tie together the many strands of austin's creative class and forward-thinking citizens. If you're looking for a place to collaborate online, let us know.

Treasure City Thrift Fashion Show Call for Designers

Friday, August 1, 2008 posted by christoball

Last year's first-ever Treasure City Fashion Show was a fantastic success all due to the talented local fashion designers, models and crowd who came out to support the local fashion scene and Austin's very own collectively-run Treasure City Thrift Store.

View a slideshow of pictures from last year.

This year, we're really striving to emphasize our theme of Creative Reuse, so we're hoping for the majority of the show to be original pieces made from recycled materials.

Space is limited, so designers are encouraged to submit their interest as soon as possible at www.TreasureCityFashionShow.com.

Ben Aqua Invades Your Privacy

Thursday, July 16, 2008 posted by christoball

Ben Aqua, local artist, musician and all-around Renaissance Man, is opening his first solo photography exhibition, Invasion of Privacy, at the The Opera House tomorrow, Thursday, July 17, at 7pm.

In Ben's own words, the show is a display of

New photographic studies of private space as a nurturing environment for the creation of fearless, eccentric personas.

If you're fearless, eccentric, or a persona, this show is for you.

Ben participated in our event, Acknowledge Me, a DIY Fair with local Zines, Crafters, Artists, Music and more.

Join the Rector

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 posted by christoball

See more of Kena Pina�s, Join the Rector, online at her blog - jointherector.wordpress.com.

F Yeah Tour Ticket Giveaway

Thursday, June 26, 2008 posted by christoball

Sean Carlson is coming through town with his F Yeah Tour, a traveling buffet of fun that showcases bands such as Matt & Kim, Death set and more and fills in the cracks with Comedy by folks like Josh Fadem.

He's been good enough to give us 2 pairs of tickets to give away to you fine people. Enter your name below for a chance to win a pair of tix!

Info:
Friday, June 27th- Austin, TX
w/ Matt & Kim, Death Set, Team Robespierre & Brother Reade
+ comedians TBA & spoken word by Keith Morris (his first time ever doing spoken word!)
@ the Mohawk
912 Red River St
Austin, TX 78701
http://www.mohawkaustin.com/events/
$10 / 9:00pm / All Ages

Thanks to everyone that entered.

Congratulations to our winners Mike W. and Justin C.!

Veggie Dog Contest Wrapup and T-Shirts

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 posted by christoball

Thank you for making the 2nd Annual Veggie Hot Dog Eating Contest a success!

Nearly 300 Austinites came out to eat and compete in iLoveMikeLitt's 2nd Annual Veggie Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Revisit the destruction at our slideshow, with photography by Ann Harkness.

Without even really trying, we easily put down 1500 Tofu Pups from Lightlife, scooped 14 gallons of Vegan Ice Cream from NadaMoo, as well as cheered and jeered fellow herbivores and carnivores who layed their very own stomachs on the line for your entertainment and their glory.

Competitor Results - Top 3

	Solo Category
1st Place	Spencer "Tree" Lockwood	21 Veggie Dogs
2nd Place	Colin "The Tim Duncan of Competitive Eating" Kalmbacher	20 Veggie Dogs
3rd Place	Sean "Mongo" Kelly	18.5 Veggie Dogs

	Doubles Category
1st Place	Gabriel & Cristian Sanchez "Los Tragones"	30 Veggie Dogs
2nd Place	Michael & Samurai Hair	19 5/8 Veggie Dogs
3rd Place	Ty & Kai "The Wienerdogs"	18 Veggie Dogs

Special thanks go out to Light Life Tofu Pups, NadaMoo Vegan Ice Cream, Chris Trew from Coldtowne Theatre, the "Plant Powered" Vegan Firefighters, Sober Daze , our very own grillmaster - the one and only Hot Dog King, all of our amazing volunteers, as well as the many local businesses and national vegetarian-friendly companies who donated products or prizes to make it happen.

Thanks, Austin, for supporting a steroid-pumped, veggie-friendly lifestyle and supporting iLoveMikeLitt's ongoing efforts to create entertaining events with the model citizens who make them possible.

Veggie Dog Contest Competitor Sign-up

Friday, June 13, 2008 posted by christoball

IT'S COMING!

Our own veggie dog massacre is back, and it's on its way to making last year's contest look like a playground scuffle. We have even more Veggie Dogs from Smart Dogs, even more Vegan Ice Cream from NadaMoo, and tons more prizes from local businesses and national vegetarian-friendly companies.

To make it happen, we need the citizenry to step up and prepare to gorge. Sure, going veggie is supposed to be healthier for you, but the only thing healthy about this is the competition. Start stretching your jaws!

Competitor Sheet

Online competitor sign-up is now closed. Thanks for all of your interest, we hope you can make it next year!

pUnk & circumstance

Thursday, June 12, 2008 posted by christoball

Once every 12,332 years the stars align a certain way and magical things happen.

What is true is that the year 2008 includes three Friday the 11ths, two Friday the 12ths, and one Friday the 13th.

There will also be an event where people (of all grades) from various Austin-area high schools will gather for a mass rite of passage into chaos theory and vegan bubblegum.

Join us for an evening of:

-local bands

-a market for d.i.y. crafts, zines, and other merch

-a Free-Speech Open Mic with valedictorian speeches

-film, dance, theater, and other artistic performaces

-and blanketyblanketyblank

$5 for high school students (including recent graduates), $7 for others. Proceeds benefit the Student Farmworkers Alliance.

Bands:
Diving Captain
Silver Series
The Bubbles
Team Next

*PARTICIPATE!!!*
Showcase a talent, Show off a Zine, Craft, or Cause, or just show up ready to RANT in the Valedictorian Free-Speech Open Mic!

Dance-Off ATX Wrapup and Winners

Saturday, May 3, 2008 posted by christoball

Though all are competitors were a different flavor of amazing on Thursday Night, not all could walk away with the prizes. So, we subjected each dance to the will of the crowd and our local austin celebrity judges.

So in the end, we had 3 winners from each category. The audience

Winner of Hands on an Electric Scooter!

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 posted by christoball

After standing in one spot for 6 and half hours straight with at least one hand on a slick new Izip 1000 Electric Scooter, Chris Rasmussen became the winner of our first-ever Hands on an Electric Scooter Contest.