- www.unionproject.org - Campaign Update After failing miserably to put together a fancier email update Union Project has returned to our old trusty form of text notification. Hopefully our black and white text and no pictures don’t bore you! (If you want fancy just come by our building:) Regardless, we’re still making great progress on our construction project, but we’re not finished yet. We need your help to get Union Station Café up and running. When the remaining funds are pledged the café construction can be completed within weeks, and the café will open! Construction is already completed on the renovated offices, studios and meeting rooms and these will be open to the public and ready for use in October! We’re writing to ask you to join up in our inaugural membership campaign with a tax-deductible donation to help us wrap up the project. Our goal is to raise $35,000 through this inaugural campaign and individual pledges! Become a member at one of the following levels by visiting www.unionproject.org or emailing Justin@unionproject.org. Detail on membership benefits are also available on the website: 1. $100 (or $9 a month for a year OR 100 hours of volunteer labor) sponsors a Union Station mug 2. $250 (or $21 a month) sponsors a Union Station chair 3. $500 ($42 a month) sponsors a Union Station table Create Mosaic Furniture at Union Project! Students enrolled in this class will learn how to create their own glass mosaic furniture. Students will have the choice of working on tabletops that will remain at Union Project for use in Union Station café or students can provide their own furniture to mosaic. All other class materials and tools will be provided. Tools will remain the property of Union Project but will be available for use during class sessions. Cost for this class will be $125 per student. Classes will take place on Saturday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm beginning September 17 thru October 22. Pittsburgh mosaic artist Lauren Blair will be the class instructor. Deadline to register is September 10 and several more students are still needed to fill the class! Please contact Justin@unionproject.org or call 412-478-3104 with questions. COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE AND HIGHLAND PARK HOUSE TOUR Come by the Union Project on Saturday, October 1 for an open house as part of the Highland Park House Tour. Nego Gato Music and Dance Ensemble will be performing and teaching dance in the Union Project Great Hall. The general public is encouraged to join in the dance instruction. Additional music will be happening throughout the day. Many free kids African art activities and free food from several different countries will be available. Festivities begin at 11 am. Contact hilary@unionproject.org for more information. Stained Glass Classes return to Union Project! After a much needed summer break Union Project will again be offering stained glass restoration classes this fall. Classes will take place in the newly renovated Union Project stained glass studio! 2 exciting class opportunities will begin in mid-October. A Saturday morning class teaching the basics of leaded glass and new window construction will happen. Students will build 4 windows designed by community members as part of a spring design competition. A Thursday evening class will again teach restoration techniques and will be focusing on the restoration of the beautiful Union Project great hall windows. Deadline for registration is October 7. More information is available at www.unionproject.org or by emailing Justin@unionproject.org. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The first portion of restoration work is nearing completion at the Union Project. Lots of volunteers are needed during the following dates to assist with the Magic Penny Garden, cable installation, painting, staining, and cleaning. If you are able to help please email Justin@unionproject.org or call 412-478-3105. There is lots of work to be done. Every Weekday, 10 am to 4 pm Saturday, Sept 10, 9 am to 3 pm Saturday, Oct. 22, 9 am to 3 pm Preservation Conference "Places & Spaces:  The Regeneration of Preservation," will happen in Pittsburgh on Sept. 16-17, 2005. The conference, presented by the Young Preservationists of Pittsburgh, will feature: Keynote addresses from Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Donovan Rypkema (author of "The Economics of Preservation") and Mindy Thompson Fullilove (author of "Root Shock" about the disruptive effects urban renewal on African Americans). The conference will also feature several neighborhood tours, workshops on preservation and more. Details and registration information are at www.youngpreservationists.org. _______________________________________________ update mailing list update@unionproject.org http://unionproject.mennonite.net/mailman/listinfo/update.unionproject