"What If..." DISHES won a Mini-Grant?

We are delighted and honored to announce that the Gifford Foundation awarded Salt City DISHES a "What If..." mini-grant, which we'll be using both to fund a summer event (we're thinking June) and our next dinner (slated for October). We are so grateful to the Gifford Foundation for its generosity. The grant marks a new phase of the DISHES effort, and will make it possible for us to accommodate more people at our dinners and therefore possibly grant a second-place award to the runner-up project!

You can find out more information about the Gifford Foundation, or about how to apply for your own "What If..." mini-grant, on the organization's Web site. The Foundation is also holding a "What If..." film series at Art Rage gallery, screening films about community revitalization around the world. Nancy Kelly's documentary "Trust" screens at Art Rage at 5:30 p.m. on April 4.

For more about the series, click here.

Salt City DISHES Summer BASH!

Can't wait for our dance party on the 19th!

Tickets go on sale August 12!

Love,

DISHES

Bikes 4 Peace: Upcoming Repair Clinic

Want to learn to mend a flat? Fix your brakes? Hang out with some awesome volunteers?

The May 1st DISHES winner, Bikes 4 Peace, will hold its next bike repair clinic on August 3rd at the Spanish Action League, 700 Oswego Street, in Syracuse.

Next event: August 19th!

We're thrilled to announce our next event, an end-of-summer bash in the gym of the Assisi Center, on the 800 block of N. Salina Street.

Friday, August 19, 8-11 pm
Dance, eat, drink!
Live DJ

Tickets, $10-$20, go on sale beginning August 12 at Recess Coffee and Craft Chemistry.

All funds go to funding DISHES' community dinner/grantmaking series. Help make it possible for us to continue awarding grants in 2012.

Ty Marshall's "Cardiff Giant"

Check out the Post-Standard's article on Ty Marshall, one of our May 1st presenters. Marshall is looking for support for his recreation of the Cardiff Giant, which he hopes to unveil in time for the hoax's 142nd anniversary this October.

Marshall hopes to raise $3000 to make his project possible. You can donate via Kickstarter here.

Good luck, Ty!

Bikes 4 Peace, our May 1st Winner!

On May 1st, Bikes 4 Peace, a program put on by the Syracuse Peace Council, won the $1,000 DISHES grant. Thanks to a rocking group of volunteers, Bikes 4 Peace sponsors free bike repair clinics for kids throughout the city of Syracuse.

The next bike assessment is scheduled for Thursday, 7/14 at 6 pm, SUNY EOC (100 New St., 2nd floor, Room 238).

The next repair clinic is slated for Saturday, 7/16. Details still to come about where that clinic will be held.

For more updates, and to check out what Bikes 4 Peace has planned for the rest of the summer, check out the group's Meetup site. There are some terrific resources on the site for cycling in Syracuse. Now that the city has announced its "complete streets" initiative, there's never been a better time to take up two wheels.

Syracuse Art Library

Just two more days to visit Syracuse Art Library's first show at Petit Library on Victoria Place, off Westcott St. The show features work by 10 local artists. Take a piece home and give a home to our homeless local art.

For more about the Art Library, presented at the May 1 DISHES, you can visit the group's Facebook page.

Congratulations, Art Library, on your first show!

Last chance for a grant in 2011!

Hey! you! Syracuse! Yeah, you!

We have an important announcement about the May 1st DISHES.

It is likely to be our last grant-making community dinner in 2011.

Don't worry, we're not going away. Here's the deal.

Our summer event will be a different animal. (Details about that, as they say in publishing, TK.) In the fall, the people of DISHES will take a rest. You know, to gather acorns and nuts and things, and prepare for hibernation. We'll be back with another community dinner/grantmaking initiative in 2012.

That means May 1st is your last chance until January 2012 to secure a grant to support your project.

So if the promise of $1000 wasn't motivation enough... Be sure to get those proposals in tout suite!

We need you: Getting ready for our next event!

Hey guys! Christine here, and just wanted to give everyone an update on what's going on with the planning for the next event :)

If anyone has been following our Twitter feed (@SaltCityDishes), you'll know that I've been posting tweets about our next event at the St. Clare Theater at 5PM on Sunday, May 1st. We're all really excited, but wanted to know what you guys are looking forward to the most, such as the food, music, presentations, people, etc. We want to know what you think! Let us know in the comments below, or via our various social media accounts:

Twitter: @SaltCityDishes
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SaltCityDISHES
Email: SaltCityDishes@gmail.com
Also, we have new guidelines for the request for proposals -- they will be up soon. We will be accepting proposals beginning tomorrow, March 1, until April 1st.

We're so excited and can't wait for May!! Can't wait to hear back from you guys!!
~Christine

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Redhouse Art Radio interviews the ladies behind DISHES

The co-founders of Salt City DISHES, Briana, Stasya and Rachel, had a unique opportunity to talk about themselves and the DISHES effort on the monthly podcast "Arts Talk" by Redhouse Art Radio. Give it a listen, let us know what you think and get pumped for the next DISHES - May 1st, 2011.

Arts Talk: A Conversation with the Ladies of Salt City DISHES

New look!

Our site is much more gorgeous -- and far easier to use -- thanks to Damian Vallelonga.

With Bre and Stasya, two other drivers of this arts-as-community-development bus, Damian is also at work on a new logo. Stay tuned for that, as well as the musical act and menu slated to make DISHES a lively debut.

Venue Spotlight: Saint Clare Theater

Thanks to NorthsideUp, DISHES has a home: The Saint Clare Theater, 1119 N. Townsend Street. Here are two photos of the beautiful space!

Stay tuned for updates about the menu, new logo, and musical guests!