I’m excited to announce that the venue for our May 31st Laughing Squid 2008 event will be CELLspace, the wonderful arts, performance, education and community space located in San Francisco’s Mission District.
As many of you know we have a long history with CELLspace and our upcoming event will be a nostalgic return to our roots. Danielle Engelman and I organized The Playa Dust Lounge there in 1996, which was the very first public Burning Man Decompression event. From 1997-98 Chicken John hosted his infamous weekly game show “You Asked For It” at CELLspace. The 2nd annual Laughing Squid event, Analog Cafe 2.0, took place there in 1998. Webzine 2000 was at CELLspace. The last “event” we organized there was our wedding, when Lori and I were married at CELLspace in 2001.
Here’s a few photos I shot of CELLspace recently while doing a walkthrough.
Dave X of CELLspace provided us with this update:
What ever happened to the Cell Space?
Well it went into hibernation but now it is back!
Over the last few years the Cell has gone through a lot of work and transformation. All of our permits are now in order and we have over the last few months filled in the calendar with some great events. We have also improved the facility with added bathrooms and required safety up grades.
We are looking forward not only to hosting some of the most unusual and entertaining groups and productions on the West Coast but we also are planning a number of self-produced events again that were the hallmark of the Cell. If you are looking for an unusual venue for you event or just want to
attend a great event check us out.
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- 10th Anniversary Party Venue
- CELLspace Launches Project 2048 Artist in Residency Program
- RIDE TOO!, A Benefit for CELLspace & The Florida Street Mural Project
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how can i get on the list, dude? i wanna go.
What list are you referring to “dude”? This event is open to the public. In fact all of the events we have produced over the last decade have been public events.
What gives you the impression that it’s a private event? It’s posted publicly on the blog (like this post for instance), Squid List, Upcoming, Facebook & Pownce.
I hope you aren’t saying that you haven’t attended past events because you thought that they might have been secret, invite-only events.
So, what I’m saying is come on out.
“dude”! Are you serious? I thought LS events were invite only and dinner were 800 dollars a plate! I only attend events that are black tie. Sorry I can’t make it
Nice place. Wish I could come :)
When we do the Adam Jackson fundraiser it will be an invite-only, $800 a plate dinner and we will all be required to live stream it.
yeah i thought it was some exclusive members only, cool kids of the internet, 10000+ hits a day, kind of event, dude.
i was not aware that it was open for commoners such as myself. perhaps if i ever clicked thru past the original post i would know such things.
ps: im not a member of facebook/myspace/friendster/squidlist and dont even know what pownce or upcoming are. cleary im in over my head here.
i hope everyone on this thread uses “dude” so we can sound like that budweiser commercial b/c that ish was funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPvFAjpsVE
While Laughing Squid events are open to the public you must know the know the password to get past door security.
The new password for the 2008 CELLspace event is: “Dude”
Hey Scott and the LS online community,
Thanks so much for the great pics of CELLspace, and the post, and the upcoming event (don’t know about the “dude” joke though). We in the CELL events cluster are doing our best to get performance and fun back in the space that is CELL. Some events coming up: Mud Wrestling on Leap Day, Fog CIty Wrestling, and weekly Tango on Wednesdays. Did I mention Hooping class on Sundays, and the ever popular clothing swaps???
I almost forgot that we’re offering great stuff if you become a member: stickers and tees with artwork by Hugh Dandrade, show discounts, etc.???
Want to find out more, dude? Then hop on the social transportation network (tubes jokes optional):
http://cellspace.org
http://cellspace.tribe.net/
http://cellspace.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_cellspace.org
http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/CELLspace/9545040026
All events get posted on the Squdlist cal too!
OK, no more plugging of the space that the Bay Guardian readers love year after year……
Russell
events cluster member
PS: we’re always looking for great events to host…… events {at} cellspace dot org for further instructions…….
Dude. CELLspace looks prettty rad. They also seem to have some interesting classes. The silkscreening workshops, in particular, caught my eye.
Hey there,
I’d just like to say that MANY cool things have happened at CellSpace. Scott & Lori’s wedding there was one of the most memorable things for me. Glad to see Dave X back at the original venue. Chris Campbell built the cool ass wooden bridge that spans the space amidship(ish.) Exuse my mangling of the nautical idiom……