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September News

***FEATHER YOUR NEST***
It’s still hot as hell, but you’re moving into a new place or settling into your old one, because fall is just around the corner. You’ll find everything you need to feather your nest while funding grassroots social change in Austin.

We know you need plenty of sheets, towels, curtains and blankets, so we’ve put a bunch of them on sale for only a dollar a piece this week. Come in soon for the best selection, or come in this Saturday when we’ll put ALL LINENS ON SALE for one day only.

You’ll also find dishes, mugs, and utensils for only 50 cents each, and an assortment of kitchen appliances, furniture, and household basics at our usual low prices.

Beyond the basics, here’s a few unique items your home might need:
-a handmade ceramic “bald is beautiful” sign.
-Post Katrina Portraits for coffee table reading. Check it out at postkatrinaportraits.org
-candy dishes and silver platters
-a complete dissection kit
-a big, sturdy, solid wood dining room table to load up with potluck dinners
-an old fashioned typewriter with a classic desk to put it on

***NEW AND VINTAGE CLOTHING TREASURES***
You know how every once and a while you find an amazing deal among the racks of clothing at Treasure City? Some brand new, expensive dress with the tags still on it, or a unique piece that would cost 5 times as much at a vintage shop? We want to make it easier to find those treasures, so we’ve pulled some of them out for you; you’ll find them on the new “vintage/new/staff picks” rack next to the dressing room.

***REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET***
No, not the free market of multinational trade agreements, the one that’s really really free…maybe you’ve heard of this phenomenon, but haven’t gotten around to checking it out yet. Maybe September 27th will be the day you finally come down to Chestnut park, at 16th and Chestnut, between 1 and 4pm, to find out what it’s all about. We’ll see you there. If you’d like to get more involved with the free market, we could use your help loading the free goodies in or out. Contact reallyfreeaustin@gmail.com for details.

Just arrived.
Retailed for over $1000.
Still has it's tag from goodwill for $129.
It's in perfect shape.
We're selling it here for $40.
Seriously.

It's a size 14. You probably want to come try it on. Quick.

Treasure City News

-------The Eclectro Garage Sale Show------
Sun, Aug 2
8pm-midnight
Salvage Vanguard Theater 2803 Manor Rd, Austin

The Eclectro Garage Sale is a collaboration between experimental music nonprofit Church of the Friendly Ghost and radical thrift store Treasure City.
Creative electronic sound artists will perform on the Salvage Vanguard's stage while a garage sale of Treasure City's funnest stuff happens in the gallery.
Each of the acts use recycled and often unwanted materials in their music:
Jano (thing) Selector mixes old audiotapes into poetic ambient soundscapes.
The Furby Youth Choir turns furry electronic toys into circuit bent crooners.
Eric Archer creates sound from light as it passes through old cameras.
Spaceinvader Orchestra wires together old record players and mixes broken records.

-------Back to School Sale-----
For the first week in August, we’ve brought out lots of extra back to school items: Binders and school supplies all under $2, Backpacks and school bags all under $5, kid’s clothes$1-2…while they last!

-------Building News--------
We’re still working on buying a building (read more about that at http://www.treasurecitythrift.org/move), but have extended our lease at our current location through January, so we’ll be there that long at least…if you know of a great building we should look at, or want to throw a fundraiser for our building fund, please contact cory@treasurecitythrift.org.

--------Volunteer Opportunities---------
Can you install ducts to make our air conditioner work better? Can you make us a great new promo poster/flyer? Love to organize and clean thrift stores? Want to work in the store on a regular shift or once in a while? Need a little extra data entry in your life? Want to help run the Really Really Free Market? Interested in learning more about consensus process and alternative economic models? Talk to any of us in the store or email cory@treasurecitythrift.org. We are run by volunteers (maybe including you?) and welcome your involvement

------------APRIL EVENTS AT TREASURE CITY------------

EVENTS THIS MONTH AT TREASURE CITY

Friday, April 17th, 6-8pm
Crafty Skillshare – Crochet and Knit
Learn how for the first time, or pick up some new skills. If you already know
how, help teach some new-to-it folks. If you need help reading a pattern or
learning a new stitch, bring your questions. Or just bring your current project
down to hang out. Tea and cookies provided. No materials or experience
necessary. Info/Contact at www.skillshareaustin.org [
http://www.skillshareaustin.org ].

Saturday, April 18th, 10pm
Hello Lovers
With Faith Delphi, Stella Lith accompanied by Randall Holt, and Jano (thing)
Selector (loop), at the Carousel Lounge, 110 E 52nd St.
Benefiting the our Capital Campaign -read more at
www.treasurecitythrift.org/move [ http://www.treasurecitythrift.org/move ].

Sunday April 19th,
Soccer Without Borders
Austin Anarchist Soccer will be hosting the Soccer Without Borders Football
Tournament at Rosewood Park. Info at [ http://anarchistsoccer.org/ ].
Come cheer on Pirati Cyclisti (the Treasure City-Yellow Bike team).

Friday, April 24th, 6-8pm
Crafty Skillshare - Sewing
Learn to sew a wallet with Skillshare Austin. No skills or materials necessary,
you’ll leave with a finished project. Info/contact at www.skillshareaustin.org
[ http://www.skillshareaustin.org ]

Sunday April 26th
Really Really Free Market
Chestnut Community Park at 2207 East 16th St (at Chestnut St). This shady park
is a few blocks north east of Treasure City..
The market is a mixture of reuse, recycling, sharing and community building. We
share skills, goods, ideas, smiles, friendship, excitement, plans and more. Tons
of free clothes and other stuff given away the last Sunday of every month.

Every Monday, 6:30-7:30
Volunteer Orientation
Come by to find out more about volunteer opportunities at Treasure City. Learn
about how we’re organized, the benefits of volunteering, and all of the ways
you can get involved..

Every Saturday 11-2:30
Sidewalk Sale
Everything's 25 cents, or fill up a bag for $2.00. Get the good stuff quick.

Weekday Sales
Buy One, Get one FREE:
T-Shirts April 14-17th
Women's Pants April 20-24th
Tank Tops April 27th-May 1st

xo,
Cory for the treasure city collective

...and moving Treasure City to a more permanent location

At a time when stocks are devalued every day, your investment in your community comes back to you a thousand fold.

For two and a half years, Treasure City Thrift has been supplying money and material resources to local grass roots community groups. We have given away almost $2000 in cash to groups like Inside Books Project, Indymedia, and Resistencia Books, and provided shop space for Austin Yellow Bike Project since 2007. In addition, we have give many thousands of dollars worth of material resources (books, clothing, bicycle and parts, gardening equipment, office supplies, sound equipment and art supplies) free of charge to dozens of other groups including Casa Marinella, Skill Share Austin, Lifeworks, ARCH (F.A.B. program), Inside Books, Books Beyond Borders, Monkeywrench Books, Trouble Puppet Theater, community gardens and more.

At the end of July, Treasure City’s lease at its current 12th St. location is ending. We are looking to increase the long-term stability of our storefront and are committed to doing everything we can to stay in the neighborhood that has given us so much support thus far. But we cannot do it without your help.

Treasure City is aiming to raise $25,000 over the next few months so that we have the capital necessary to renovate a new building and move in while still continuing the smooth operation of the store. Our mission is to assist other non-profits in getting out of the constant fundraising cycle. We’d prefer not to engage in fundraising ourselves, but in order to realize the long-term dream of economic self-sufficiency, we must ask for your help with the initial investment. We truly believe that this investment will come back to our communities many times over both in economic terms (financial support of other non-profits and potential job creation) and in less quantifiable ways such as transforming waste into resources, providing material goods needed by individuals and organizations, and creating the long term community stability that only collective ownership of our physical infrastructure can ensure.

Treasure City is committed to building community based on liberty, justice and equality, and we ask you to join us in making this possible. You can donate any amount her on our website, or by check mailed to (or dropped off at) 1720 E. 12th St., Austin, TX 78702. Thanks for your support! And please contact us with any feedback, ideas, or interest in getting involved!

xo
James and Cory for the treasure city collective