Calendar
May
5.4.08, Sunday: Color Brighton Green: Energy Fair
The fair will feature the following and more:
* A wide variety of businesses offering energy saving and green products and services.
* Tables with information and resources about energy- and resource-saving technologies and lifestyle choices.
* Displays of current alternative technologies. Come see working solar panels and a wind turbine that generate electricity for a home.
* Student projects related to alternative energy and energy conservation.
* Food and entertainment.
Location: Buckland Park Lodge and Shelters
Time: 12-4pm (more info)
5.13.08, Tuesday: Reshaping Rochester!: Planning for the Public Realm
A series of lectures and activities about revitalizing our community. Richard Bernhardt: Executive Director, Nashville-Davidson County Planning. A town planner for over 30 years, Rick Bernhardt’s practice focuses on creating sustainable communities, neighborhoods and places through traditional design principles. He serves as Chair of the Planners Task Force for the Congress of the New Urbanism. Theme: Urban Planning/Neighborhood Planning
Location: Chapel Hill, 8 Prince Street
Time: 7-9pm
Tickets $10/advance • $15/door (more info)
5.15.08 - 5.17.08: AIA National Convention 2008: We the People - Boston, Massachusetts
"In our first visit to the East Coast in almost nine years - and our first to Boston in 16 years - the AIA will host its convention in one of the most dynamic cities in America. And what a perfect place to immerse yourself in this year's theme, We the People, which will explore the power of architecture on behalf of all people and society. It's the right topic for a growing profession that has been challenged to engage the public in designing a more sustainable world. " ( more info)
June
6.11.08, Wednesday: Reshaping Rochester!: Planning for the Public Realm
A series of lectures and activities about revitalizing our community. Walter J. Hood, Jr. Professor of Landscape Architecture, UC Berkeley
Principal, Hood Design, Berkeley CA. Walter Hood has worked in a variety of settings including architecture, landscape architecture, art, community and urban design, planning and research. He has exhibited and lectured on his professional projects and theoretical works nationally and abroad.
Theme: Landscape Architecture and Innovation in Improving Urban Green Space.
Location: Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince Street
Time: 7-9pm
Tickets $10/advance • $15/door (more info)
