P’unk Avenue

P'unk Ave Offers Classes

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Announcing the first Apostrophe product classes held by P'unk Avenue! Our vision in launching Apostrophe is to help people make beautiful websites that they can afford, and manage themselves. Today we are offering our first classes in helping artists and…

Junto: The Craft Cocktail

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May 24th 2011 Doors open 6pm, panel discussion to commence at 7pm P’unk Avenue, 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Join us for a special Junto where we will be dicussing the art of the craft cocktail. Craft…

Junto: Music Sampling

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A PANEL DISCUSSION on balancing creativity, copyright and compensation in a digital age. Tuesday APRIL 19 6PM-8:30PM Doors open 6pm, panel discussion to commence at 7pm P’unk Avenue, 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147 How did the Depression-era…

Junto: Rethinking Shelter

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Date: Monday April 25th Time: Discussion begins and 7pm, food and festivities begin at 6pm We will look at the future of cohousing, the emergence of technomads and any other alternative housing model we can fit in.Where we live…

Quick Symfony drinkup?

Who's up for a quick Symfony show and tell this Thursday at our offices? With beer? We've got a projector... The idea is to briefly show something interesting you're doing with Symfony, or just soak up what others have to…

Star Wars Uncut, Uncut

Star Wars Uncut is finished! And next Wednesday, August 11th at 6pm we'll be screening the entire crowdsourced, fan-remade movie on the projector in our office. I've downloaded the whole darn thing and assembled the most popular scenes as…

UX Show & Tell

Please join us at P'unk Ave for a UX Show & Tell workshop hosted by Chris Avore. From the UX Show & Tell website: UX Show and Tell is a casual workshop that’s all about the work, where you get…

The Art Criticism Junto

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Thursday April 23, 2009 The discussion which will begin at 7pm. Food and drink at 6pm. Please join us next Thursday, April 23rd at 6pm for the Junto. This month we will be discussing the past, present, and future…

SXSW!

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This Friday, Tom and I will be heading to Austin, Texas for SXSW Interactive. As hard as it is to pull myself away from my family, this conference is time well spent. We have started to use it as…

Active Intersection

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If you have passed our studio in the evening, you may have seen a rear projection installation in our window that faces E. Passyunk Avenue. University of Delaware professor, Ashley Pigford was inspired to create this site-specific piece after…

Ignite Philly (3)!

Bringing together great people for Ignite Philly on a weekday evening has been great... imagine what a Saturday night Ignite Philly will be like! That's right, we are beginning planning now for Ignite Philly (3). It will take place…

Noise Appreciation with John and Rick

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Last Saturday John and I saw Thurston Moore and Mats Gustafsson at the International House at 37th and Chestnut. Thurston is obviously most well known for his involvement in Sonic Youth, but has also spent the better part of thirty…

Junto: Health

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At BarCamp Philly, I attended a thought provoking session on data portability in health care led by Mark Scrimshire. As Mark reported in his post, I had no idea that I had so much to say on health care.…

Junto moved from tonight to Wednesday the 10th

Tonight's Junto on health has been moved to Wednesday the 10th as previously announced on Twitter. Our apologies for any confusion.

BarCamp Philadelphia

This Saturday, BarCamp is coming to Philadelphia, and we are hosting the pre-party on Friday! BarCamp does not happen in a bar or even a tavern. In fact, we helped to bring it to UArts, a place that P'unk…

Free Beer!

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This month's Junto is on Free Beer. We will be drinking multiple beers that were brewed for the event by Chris Matta and Howard Ross and we will be talking about that process. However, the free beer movement is…

Sometimes Rick Makes "Art"

This Friday I have an opening at my friend Zoe's boutique. I've been drawing my personal documents (the intricate ones with security patterns and laser-printed black letter). I have a folder full of these important personal things, they stay…

Ignite Philly

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When we got back from SXSW this March we felt even more inspired to collaborate with people doing inspiring things in Philadelphia. One of the first things we did was contact Far and Vanja of The Hacktory to brainstorm…

Junto: Creative Communities

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This May's Junto will explore the dynamics of Creative Communities. The panelists are John Freeborn, one of the founders of the gallery and art collective Space 1026, Olive Prince, dancer, choreographer and part of the Choreographers Project at Susan…

Happy Birthday to Us!

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On April 1, 2005 we registered punkave.com. In honor of our 3rd birthday, please join us for some cake (or mini cannoli) and some beer/drinks. April 1, 2008, 6pm P'unk Avenue 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19147