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Attention restaurant and small biz owners:

Learnapalooza DC is a first-of-its-kind community organized event
happening on Saturday, April 28. Businesses, homes, and community
centers in Adams Morgan, U St, Dupont, and Columbia Heights will open
their doors to hold short "classes" on every topic under the sun --
from "3 Basic Yoga Poses", to "How to Change a Bike Tire", to "10
Words in Farsi", to "First-Hand Columbia Heights History", to "Make a
perfect omelet", to "Proper Shoe Shine Technique". It's a chance to
show
off what you know (dig deep, we all know something), learn from your
neighbors, and strengthen our community.

Sounds fun, doesn't it? We thought so, too.

This is truly a community organized event. Ahem, that means you! We've
just put up a simple sign-up form on the website, and we're looking
for a few "early adopters" to sign up to host a class. Imagine... if
you own an antique store, you could offer a class there on how to tell
a real antique from a fake.

                          Sign up here: http://www.learnapaloozadc.com

*Businesses:* This will mean extra foot traffic on April 28, and (esp.
for the early adopters) potentially some great press in between. There
will also be opportunities to host entertainment or be a stop on a
kick-off pub crawl.

*Community Groups:* Here's a chance for your members to shine and meet
new neighbors. If you are part of a neighborhood association, or
provide services to a local community ( e.g. seniors, or single moms,
or Unitarians, or whoever), or belong to a formal or informal local
group (e.g. the farmers' market, or a knitting circle, or a
sustainable business council)... consider getting involved in the
planning. Email us at info@learnapaloozadc.com and we'll loop you in.

This is shaping up to be a really fun and exciting event.
Don't miss out -- get involved!

--Roz, Clay, Allyson, Corey, Berit, Charles, Lori, Raj... and the
whole rest of the (growing!) Learnapalooza crew

P.S. I know, I know... you're really busy. So are we. Heck, half of us
are running our own businesses. That's why we're keeping this light
and fun. And why our attitude on the planning team is, "The more, the
merrier!" So, jump in, the water is fine. No obligations, we
appreciate whatever contribution you can make. **And please, please
tell your friends, neighbors, barber, and barista to go to www.learnapaloozadc.com
and share their mad skillz with the neighbors.**