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FLCreatives Happy Hour #66 at Orlando Fringe Beer Tent
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The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is one of the most anticipated and creatively freewheeling events we have in Orlando, and our May happy hour has always taken place under their sacred Beer Tent. Your beer money all goes to support this non-profit festival and make sure independent theatre has a place to grow and thrive every year.
Usually we hang out under the beer tent for a little while and take advantage of the food trucks parked on the green lawn (bring cash), and follow that up with a show or two at the festival.
Some shows I am suggesting that have some appeal to Florida Creatives:
- Connected at 5:45
- Scientist Turned Comedian at 7:30
- Medicine at 11:00
There are tons of great shows, and probably several you would like to see if you check out the complete list, so please don't hesitate to make a suggestion (take a look at Page 8 of this PDF for the Monday schedule).
What?
Join Orlando's longest-running creative meetup to celebrate our 5th year of bringing likeminded people together. You can get great benefits out of meeting new people, like stimulating your brain, having a safe (non-judgemental) place to talk shop, finding someone to help you build that next startup, or just making friends.
About FLCreatives Happy Hour
Whether you're a poet, an actor, a photographer, a producer, a marketer, a programmer, an entrepreneur or a combination of them all, you'll find some great conversation and new friends by attending, and coming back every month on the third Monday.
If you'd like to see events like this in your town, feel free to start one! We now have Facebook Fan Pages and LinkedIn Groups for Orlando, Brevard, Tampa, South Florida, Southwest FL, Tallahassee and Gainesville. P.S. Please bring a camera and snap some photos! You'll want to show your friends what it was like.
Hilary Mason: Social Data for Social Good
Social data is exploding and scientists, like Hilary, are gaining new insights into human behavior. But how can we use this data to create something meaningful? How can all of us - scientists, developers, artists, and other innovators - work together to build tools or products that make the world more productive, interesting and beautiful?
Join 501c3 Urban ReThink for an inspirational day with a leading creative mind. May 6th, 2012 at 1:30pm at Urban ReThink, 625 E Central Blvd. There will be a special luncheon at noon before the talk for sponsors of the event. See Urban ReThink for sponsor opportunities.
JaxPHP JaxWEB
This group combines JaxPHP and JaxWeb (in alphabetical order) to continue a 3-year tradition of joint meetups while facilitating expanded communication and collaboration among members of these two established groups, as well as new members.
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Visualize the pits and grooves of a song
While researching a new local podcast with creative interviews I came across the following awesomeness, supposedly coded to work in a web browser:
Musical spectrum analysis from Jon-Kyle on Vimeo.
Hacker Music Workshop + Jam Session
Come spend a Sunday afternoon making your own sound device or musical instrument. We start at noon, work until 5PM, take a dinner break then come back at 6PM for a jam session.
Hacker Jam Session - 6pm
Making a Difference: An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall
In her speech, Making a Difference, Dr. Jane Goodall, will bring her audience into the world of the Gombe chimpanzees, from her early observations and experiences to the latest news and stories from the field. She will also discuss the current threats facing the planet and her reasons for hope in these complex times, encouraging everyone to do their part to make a positive difference each and every day.
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Florida Regional Independent Inventors Conference
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This event is essential a road show version of the Annual Independent Inventors Conference that has been held at the USPTO offices in D.C. the last couple of years. If you think you may at sometime in the future file a registration for a trademark or file a patent you can get an overview of the process and ask questions from representatives from the USPTO.
The event also includes speakers to address the commercialization of intellectual property which is something you won't easily find in books or online.
Prepare your BarCamp Session
HealthCamp Florida 2012
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HealthCamp Florida is bringing together the amazing people that create The Remarkable Innovations that Are Transforming Health Care
Likemind.orl
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Likemind is before work (8AM), it happens downtown, and everyone is welcome. Bring a few friends, get some coffee, and tell us what's on your mind. We've been having some healthy turnout in the past few months. If you're getting something out of this event, please invite some friends. Since Urban ReThink is open now, and the Virgin Olive Market is serving coffee and food, let's meet up in Thornton Park. Street parking is abundant, so I don't want to hear any parking complaints. Also, meeting in downtown is part of the spirit of this event. 
Groups in 60+ other cities all over the world will be getting together for conversations with their community - sure, they may not have 2+ years of these events behind them, but we do. More than 3 years ago, I heard about these two marketing guys / geeks from New York who had started an event they held on Friday mornings for coffee and conversation. The first few were just the two of them, but as they invited people and the word got out, it grew until it started getting on the radar all over the world. Now Likemind happens in scores of cities on every continent, and Orlando has been on that list almost since the beginning.
Paying the Server Bill
