Check out this blog post by Mark Reyland!

http://inventoropinion.blogspot.com/2014/04/are-you-maker-or-inventor.html?m=1

Photos from our 2014 Event!

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Thanks for a great event!

What an awesome day at the Center yesterday! The 3^rd Annual Mini Maker Faire greeted 1100 visitors. We are so excited to open the space and bring more maker classes to the community. Thanks to our great speakers Mark Reyland and Jeff Freeland Nelson. The event would not be possible without all of our great sponsors. No words can express the sincere appreciation we have for the countless volunteers who helped to make the event a success and have worked so hard to bring the maker space together. And to all of you who attended and recognize the value of the maker movement, we thank you!

The Final Countdown!

Thanks to all of our great supporters for helping us make Maker Faire happen! Adams Tile and Stone, General Mills, Maggie’s Farms Pizza, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll, Rockwell Collins, Wells Fargo, University of Iowa Community Credit Union, and Zaytoon Mediterranean Grill. See you on the 19^th!

To Do…get most recent Make magazines for the Faire….DONE!

Must be Maker Faire week here at the Center, our shipment of MAKE magazines just arrived. See you the 19^th. http://makerfairecedarrapids.com/

The Latest Maker Faire Flyer

Here is the latest and greatest, see you Saturday!

Mini Maker Faire Flyer.pub up dated 04052014

Lots of last minute prep for the big Faire day on the 19^th! Thanks to all of our volunteers who have put in countless hours to make the space come together, and present the Maker Faire on the 19^th!

Maker Faire Schedule of Events

April 18, 2014
6:30PM  Mark Reyland   Functional Inventing

April 19, 2014
10:30-11:15 Jeff Freeland Nelson Play From Scratch—An Entrepreneur’s Story
10:30-11:00 John Krizan   Glass Blowing Demo
11:00-11:30 QC Co Lab    Tesla Coil Demo /Ruben’s Tube
11:00-11:30 Aaron Hartman  3D Printing Demo
11:30-12:00 John Krizan   Glass Blowing Demo
12:00-12:30 Aaron Hartman  3D Printing Demo

12:30-2:00  Jeff Freeland Nelson YOXO Robot Build
1:30-2:00  Aaron Hartman  3D Printing Demo
1:30-2:00  QC Co Lab   Tesla Coil Demo /Ruben’s Tube
2:30-3:30  Mark Reyland  An Inventors Spirit of Innovation
3:00-3:30  John Krizan   Glass Blowing Demo
3:30-4:00  Jim Jacobmeyer  Cardboard Bike Demo
3:30-4:00  Aaron Hartman  3D Printing Demo

We Love Americorps!

Maple One to save the day! Thanks to Americorps NCCC team Maple One who came together at the Center today to complete individual service hours (but they did it as a team, how cool). The team focused on helping us get last minute prep for the Maker Faire done by completing some needed project for the space! Thanks team.

Another Maker We Will Feature at the Faire!

Check out this cool display of working models of internal combustion engines of various kinds and size that will be a part of the Maker Faire 4/19 from 10-4 at the Center!