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***3rd Annual Recycled Fashion Show***
Saturday June 19th, 7pm

Our biggest and best fashion show yet! 30of Austin's most creative indie designers
have taken reclaimed
materials from Treasure City's outflow and transformed them into
completely fresh and unique outfits. This is an amazingly talented
bunch, and we can't wait to see what they've come up with. New this
year: Some of the organizations we support (KPWR People Will Radio, La
Semilla Childcare Collective, Queer Sol, and Texas Rollergirls) will
be modeling in the show (helping to increase the diversity of model
types) and the sale of the outfits they wear will go directly to their
organization. Fair Food and La Semilla will be serving up delicious
tamales at the show as a fundraiser for their upcoming trip to the US
Social Forum. That Damned Band will entertain us before the show and
the afterparty will have a great mix of rock and hip hop including
Golden Bear, Pataphysics, Damp Heat, Storm Shadow, and Gidon the
Mighty Warrior. And of course, our much more spacious location will
allow us to spread out and be more comfortable. It all starts at 7pm.

If you are (or know of) an elderly or mobility impaired resident of
Treasure City's neighborhood (Mckinnley Heights and Homewood Heights),
please RSVP so that we can reserve seating for you. Fill out an RSVP
card at the store, call 524-2820, or email cory@treasurecitythrift.org

There are tons of different volunteer opportunites before, during, or
after the show, please contact us at
www.treasurecitythrift.org/volunteerform. Volunteers get in free to
the afterparty in addition to receiving our usual volunteer discount.
Treasure City is a primarily volunteer-run project - it can't happen
without you!

Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your friends.

***NEW Plus sizes, DJ case, furniture, blank shirts***

We just received a great donations of women's plus size clothing. We
often don't have enough of these sizes, so donations like these really
help us! We've temporarily created a seperate section for them so
they're easy to find. We can always use more of your good quality,
gently used plus sized clothing -please keep us in mind!

Other great new stuff -a hard case for your turntables -price just
reduced to $45. Several boxes of brand new blank shirts (perfect for
screenprinting) for $1 per shift (and free to the groups we support),
a new plaid couch ($20), a drop leaf dining table ($20) and so so many
new clothes. Come by and check it out.

***Events from the Groups We Support***

Queerbomb friday june 4th. 8:30 sharp. 5th and Brushy. Several of the groups
we support are involved in the organizing. queerbomb.org.

Low and Slow: an all ages dance party for queer people of color and
their allies. june 5th 10pm-2am, Club Primos. queersol.org

Skillshare Austin 3rd Annual weekend of SKILLS! june 5th 12-7 and june 6th 1-7

Austin Time Exchange Network 4th Annicersary Soiree. june 5th 4pm-8pm,
Soma Vida1210 Rosewood Ave. austintimeschange.org

New volunteer day at Inside Books, every Monday 10am-2pm. insidebooksproject.org

saturday, may 22, 11am

25 cent sale, the luxury version

when is a 25 cent sale luxurious? When every single thing is hanging up or on a table. If you've been to our previous sales, you know what a difference this could make. Will it take all the fun out of digging for bargains if you're not on your hands and knees? We don't think so. We've just rearranged fixtures so it's not quite as messy, but it *is* still full of clothes and other items all yours for 25 cents each. We *won't* have a 25 cent sale next month, so this is the last chance at least till july.

To make room for our fashion show next month, we're also clearing out tons of furniture. So you could pick up a chair, desk, file cabinet, or shelf for 25 cents too. get there early for the best pick. we'll have it ready for you when the gates open at 11, and the rain won't slow us down this time.

kisses to you for helping to create solidarity not charity -supporting grassroots organizations working for fundamental change, keeping reuse and collective organizing going strong in austin

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May Newsletter

If you walked into Treasure City today, you could walk out wearing rhinestone studded denim ankle boots, a black pleather miniskirt, and a hot pink tank top, without spending more than $10. Or, a beige Ann Taylor sweater set, a pair of black Banana Republic pants, and some nice black flats…for $10. Or some nice worn in black carharts and a lightweight pearl snap shirt. And there will be something else awesome out there on the racks tomorrow. It’s really up to you, but you wanna to get in here and get SOMETHING to wear, because there’s a ton of events coming up in may:

MARCH FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE IMMIGRANTS!
May 1st International Workers Day
4pm at the Capitol
(Congress and 11th Street)
March to City Hall
Treasure City will be marching with the Austin Worker Co-op Alliance (including Ecology Action, Tribe, and other democratic workplaces).
We’ll also be meeting up with La Semilla Childcare Collective- one of the rad groups we support with free materials for their projects. They work with kids, supporting the involvement of kids and parents in social movements. They’ll be at the march with games, snacks, and immigrant rights related crafts - creating family friendly space. Yay La Semilla!
See you there.

The store IS OPEN today, May 1st.

YELLOWBIKE GRAND RE-OPENING
May 1
4-8pm
After the march, you’ll want to head up to 12th and Webberville, where the Yellow Bike Project is opening the doors to its brand new headquarters facility. Check out the new space, talk with volunteers, wobble around with the Austin Bike Zoo, decorate a bike, and enjoy fresh pedal-powered juices and $1 BBQ.
1216 Webberville.

INSIDE BOOKS WORK PARTY AND PRISONER ART SHOW
Fri May 7th >>> 7pm to 3am
Sat May 8th >>> 10am to ?!?!?!
Sun May 9th >>> 3pm to midnight
Help them catch up on hundreds of requests for books from Texas prisoners. Come for a few hours or stay all night. Free coffee, food, and music.
&...
Prisoner Art Show
Fri. May 7th 7pm to 11pm
Unique art by Texas prisoners. Enjoy food and drinks, support your local books-to-prisoners crew and take home some rad affordable art.
Featuring Live Music by:
Stuart Priour & GuyTown
These are both at Space 12, just down the street from us at 3121 E 12th St.

SKILLSHARE BENEFIT SHOW
Sat May 22, Cherrywood Coffeehouse
1400 E. 38th 1/2 St
Stem and Leaf Arts Collective have planned a benefit show to help raise the money needed for materials for the upcoming Skillshare Weekend. This is how Skillshare keeps it free and accessible to all, so please come out to support skillshare with a few bucks and hear some great bands: Darling New Neighbors, Elizabeth Jackson Solo Accordion Set, Dark Water Hymnal, Polar Optimist, and Honey & Salt. Crafts for sale and for doing will be available too.

JUNK-A-THON
May 22 and 23
2608 Rogers
Art Show and Garage Sale. Treasure City will be a guest seller -Come by to buy some junk (and by junk, we mean really awesome treasures, of course)

and coming up in June…

SKILLSHARE 2010
June 5& 6
Save the date, and get your workshop proposal in now at
www.skillshareaustin.org/workshop

TREASURE CITY 3rd Annual Recycled FASHION SHOW
June 19th
I know…we missed you last October, but we’re gonna make it up to you now. This years fashion show will be at our brand new beautiful location with plenty of space to spread out and enjoy the work of Austin’s indie designers turning reuse into an art…we’re also working this year to include the groups we support in the show, and to increase the diversity of designers and models. We’d love for you to model, especially if you don’t fit the model mold…more info coming soon. If you’d like to design for us, please sign up BY MAY 3rd at www.treasurecityfashionshow.com. Space is limited and preference may be given to designers who opt in to work with the groups we support as models (you can indicate that on the webform if interested).
We’ll also be looking for a ton of volunteer help in all areas: planning and promotions, set up, decorations, lighting, and breakdown, staffing the after party, etc. Let us know if you’re interested in helping out. Also, if you’re a student or new to the field of fashion or event production (non-profit or otherwise), we could work with you to make this a academic credit or resume building internship opportunity. Contact cory@treasurecitythrift.org.

xo
cory for the
treasure city collective

First sidewalk sale at our new location. We've been saving up tons of clothes, fabric, housewares, craft supplies, and and even some furniture in storage for this sale. Good stuff, and it can be yours for a quarter just because we can't fit it all in the store at once. Summer clothes, lots of cut-offs, some great winter coats we can't store, some damaged items waiting for your creative reuse...get there early for the best deals!

At the new Treasure City 2943 E 12th
11am-4pm Saturday April 17th

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