NASHVILLES DEAD (stay educated)

TONIGHT! FEB 27th!

5-10pm

Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery / Rumors Wine Bar

12th Ave. South

Please come down tonight to Blackbird and Rumors to celebrate local music, art, wine and food to benefit the UN World Food Program Haiti Relief Fund!

Bands performing:

Super Bowl Rocketship
Buffalo Clover
Julia the Menace
Eric Zarycki & the Persuasion
POWERBRRRD
Ghostfinger
Holly House SUPERGROUP

There will be a silent auction and raffle with donations from:

Halcyon Bike Shop, Belcourt Theatre, Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, Nashville Rollergirls, Mafiaoza’s, Big Machine Records, Music City Roots, The Lost Boys Foundation, the Nashville Film Festival, Eric Powell, John Donovan, Lanie Gannon, Julia Martin, Alan Messer, Jeff Bertrand, Nathan Brown, Brent Montgomery, Kelly Craig, Johnny Lashley, William Gentry, James Green, Avery Gardner, Coral Smith and more.

$10 entry fee gets you in, and ALL PROCEEDS go to the UN Relief Fund. This is a fantastic way to spend your Saturday night while helping those whose lives have been forever changed by this disaster.

There will also be a bike ride starting at Halcyon at 3pm that will end at the event. See you tonight!

photo by P.G. Rodman

Tonight marks the first session in 2010 of the Halcyon Bike Workshop! The Workshop is a partnership between our shop and the Oasis Center where we teach underprivileged youth the basics of bicycle repair, maintenance, and safe riding. Each students earns a free bike through the program, and over the past year, we have taught over 60 students. The Workshop continues to grow and we are excited about the plans we have for 2010.

photo by P.G. Rodman

The Workshop is always looking for volunteers and donations. We will take any type of bicycle donation, regardless of the condition of the bike. Bike parts, accessories, and monetary donations are also accepted. Please contact Dan Furbish for more information!

photo by P.G. Rodman

It’s gonna be like this when we roll up:

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There are many Nashvillians working diligently to make our city more bike friendly, and a city that we all should model in this quest is Portland, OR. Portland is already home to numerous bike shops (over 50 are listed on bikeportland.org) and other bike-related businesses, including some of the most respected names in frame building.

The culture of cycling in Portland has taken a lot of effort, and money. The city already boasts well designed bike lanes throughout town, and the city funds a program to get commuter bikes into the hands of underprivileged riders. The city was recently named the second most bike friendly city in the world. And now, Portland has announced a new bike initiative that will cost $613 million dollars. It is an exciting proposal that will propel this already innovative city into a new stratosphere of bike love! There is also talk of L.A. adopting a large bicycle initiative, which would include a bicycle freeway.

I recommend reading the article linked above, as well as a recent article on how to create bike friendly cities. Nashville has huge potential to become a bike friendly city, so educate yourself and get behind our city!

Always love some good bicycle art…these come from Marco Zamora of Los Angeles, and Fecal Face has a great interview with him.

Hold Fast straps are in! These toe straps, made in Brooklyn, are super durable and quite attractive. They come in a variety of colors, and are literally FLYING OFF THE SHELVES. I mean, have you ever seen a toe strap with wings? It is pretty insane.