Tiki:Mojo client Jack Pollock is showing some of his Tiki art at Elroy Artspace for the month of August.

He’s part of the Atomic Tiki show put together for our friends at Tiki Kon 2010.

If you’re a Tiki fan, or just Tiki-curious you’ll enjoy this gallery show.

The opening is August 5th, 5-9 pm.

Elroy Artspace
1720 NW Lovejoy #103

Jack Pollock, Artist

Every year we host the Mondo Croquet World Championships and Mad Hatter Picnic.

We’ve been doing this since 1996 and along the way we’ve been chosen as Best of Portland by Willamette Week!

What is Mondo Croquet? Simple – Croquet, American style with bowling balls and sledgehammers!  Best of all, it’s darn good fun.

• When: July 25th, High Noon until about 4pm
• Where: North Park Blocks by the Elephant statues
• What to bring: Yourself and your sense of fun

How to prepare yourself:

• If you have a bowling ball or sledgehammer, bring it along.  If you don’t we have plenty to lend out.  We’ve never run short.
• It’s likely to be hot.  Bring something cool to drink.  You may wish to enjoy a lawn chair.
• It’s also the Mad Hatter Picnic – bring a snack to share!
• For maximum fun it’s recommended to dress appropriately in traditional lawn whites (see here) or appropriately inappropriate in something unusual yet fitting for a Mad Hatter Picnic.  Let the Mondo Croquet photo archives be your guide: http://www.mondocroquet.com

Above all, prepare to enjoy yourself.  Winning is nice, but having a good time is the best revenge.

We hope to see your there!

Contact lordpeters@tikimojo.com for more information.  Feel free to call 503-575-0815 on game day.

Want to hear about Mondo Croquet games happening in Portland and around?  Email lordpeters@gmail.com to get on the mailing list, and join our Facebook Group!

Postscript:

The Oregonian has a very nice writeup of the Mondo Croquet experience.  Click here to read more!

Learn how an open approach can engage your audience in new, meaningful ways

On July 20, Bibiana McHugh of TriMet will present a sneak preview of the multi-modal Open Trip Planner (http://opentripplanner.org/). It allows users to interactively explore and plan trips that combine walking, biking and transit. Metro contributed a Regional Travel Options grant for this project.

The Open Trip Planner is an example of how the open approach to public applications can marshal talented civic and agency resources to create advanced open source software solutions.

Michael Keating of OpenPlans (http://openplans.org/) will provide a snapshot of other exciting projects across the nation. OpenPlans’ overall goal is to develop software that is a true public resource; give individuals better ways to help shape their communities; and facilitate openness and transparency in government. Their other projects include:

• Streetsblog, a daily news source, online community and political mobilizer for the Livable Streets movement
• Open311, lays the groundwork for open systems that enable citizens to directly interact with their cities
• Transportation Feedback Portal, a planning project for NYC DOT

Free and open to the public. Registration not required. Please feel free to bring your lunch. For more information, contact Katie Edlin at katie.edlin@oregonmetro.gov or 503-813-7575.

If you are on this site, there’s a good chance that you have an interest in the future of the Web, how to get practical use out of technology and have a passing interest in design.

If that’s true, then I recommend you consider joining us at WebVisions 2010.  What is it?  A conference here in beautiful Portland, Oregon, dealing with all those items above and with a big heart.  Come hang with the tribe, learn and share what you know.

Take a look at the schedule of workshops and conference sessions.  I think you’ll find something for you.  Meanwhile, your friendly Tiki:Mojo specialists will be there behind the scenes keeping things running.  Be sure to say HI!

WebVisions 2010
Portland, OR
5/19/10 – 5/21/10

Ignite Salem – November 12th!

Steve Peters will be giving a five minute Ignite talk on The Principles of Big Fun.  Steve will be bringing a posse of Santas, Pirates, Steampunks and other assorted mischief.  Come join the fun!

http://ignitesalem.com/

Free tickets available 7:00 p.m. for the 7:45 show
Northern Lights Theatre Pub
3893 Commercial St SE.
Salem, Oregon

UPDATE:

Since it’s no longer November perhaps you’ve missed the live show.  However, you can watch Steve’s talk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFjppe4vSY

November 7th, 7pm on

The Tiki:Mojo Soundsystem will be providing audio ambiance for Darklady’s VooDoo Tiki Lounge post-halloween party

UPDATE:

Since it’s no longer November, it’s too late to warm your hands over the headhunter’s fire.
The event sounded a little like this: