Artist Garage Sale
Freeside is hosting the Artist Garage Sale with the MET! This event is a chance to show off your stuff, mingle with other artists and craftsmen, and shop for cool things. We'll have a food truck catering the event, as well as a band and other live entertainment for the evening. It's free to the public, and features other Atlanta makerspaces such as Geek Space Gwinnett, Makerstation, Roswell Firelabs, and more!
July 26th, 5:30-10:30pm, Suite D24, age 18 & up
Become a Vendor
Apply here for a spot to sell your goods at one of the most up and coming places in Westside, ATL. It is $40 to bring your own table, and for $80 we will rent you a 6 ft table that we put into place, ready for you to set up your own items. Let us know what you'd like to sell! But act fast, as booth space is limited to forty.
If your booth requires access to a power outlet, please indicate this on the application form below. Once you've filled out the form, we will send you an email letting you know that you've been accepted, along with a few guidelines your booth should follow. Load in starts at 3pm, load out ends at 11pm.
Meet-Ups
Open House
Freeside holds open houses on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, so that people can see what we have, discuss what we can help do, and meet interesting Freesiders and guests. We explain what Freeside is, review upcoming classes and other events, and briefly introduce ourselves. Then we give a tour of the space, mingle and talk shop.
Monthly Build-Out
Members get to flex their right to hack on the space infrastructure and hack Freeside itself into a collective vision. Non-members are welcome! We could always use extra hands for buildouts and are happy to show you around the space. Make sure to wear closed-toe shoes and fitted clothing, & be ready to get your hands dirty!
DIY Bio
Freeside has a DIY Bio lab! This meetup will be for the collective discussion of bio lab usage and news in the DIY Bio world. In this meetup, we will: present something cool, cover lab safety and usage, plan projects, & talk about general bio topics and news.
Come to Freeside and geek out with us in the bio lab on the 2nd Monday of each month!
Programming Team
This group is about getting together to learn and practice advanced programming techniques with pizza! Every meetup we go over different topics like Sorting Algorithms, Data Structures, Knapsack Problems, Traveling Salesman, Learning Algorithms, Flow Networks, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, & whatever else you might be interested in! This meetup is aimed at new/mid level to expert level programmers to help better everyone’s skills.
LARP Crafting
LARP Crafting and Foam Weaponmaking Tutorials - We'll be demonstrating techniques for making padded swords and other theatrical accoutrements for the purposes of simulated combat in Live Action Roleplaying game settings. We'll have materials for everyone to make their own foam weapon and be providing basic instruction on how to swing them safely as well.
Freeside Brainiacs
Freeside Brainiacs looks at both the technology of brain-computer interfaces and the biology of how the brain works. We have a variety of biometrics tech including a Neurosky EEG, Emotiv EEG (if you can get it working), eye tracker, and Leap Motion. On the biology side, we'll have a short presentation each month about whatever research has caught our eye lately. Anyone is free to request topics or talk about things they found, too.
Synthesizer Meetup
This is a meetup for people interested in synthesizers and electronic music, with various formats. Through this summer it is an informal bring your gear and network with fellow musicians. Freeside has an extensive electronics shop so this is a good time to repair, modify or build equipment.
Crypto Party
It's an informal, non-commercial gathering where folks can discuss select topics in privacy, information security and technology. Some of these topics include: Anonymity, Browser Security, Encryption,
Bitcoin, Virtual Private Networks, Whistleblowing & more. If you're the least bit concerned about the government scooping up all your internet activity,
then Crypto Party is for you.