Come one, come all! Our annual general meeting is being held on Wednesday, November 20th at 7pm in the Bike Pirates workspace. The AGM is open to anyone interested in attending. Here is our agenda for the evening:

Report Backs
A. Sundays
B. Finance
C. Keyholders
D. Volunteer Orientation
E. Food
F. Anti-oppression and Conflict Resolution
G. Shop Operations
H. Social
I. Public Relations
J. Mobile Shops
K. Committee Structure

Mandate and Policy
Bike Pirates is an autonomous organization whose mission is to empower cyclists and make bicycles more accessible. Volunteer-run and volunteer-organized, Bike Pirates provides a do-it-yourself workspace to the community and is sensitive to the concepts of bicycle re-use, collective decision making, and social justice.

Proposals
– have a lead mechanic during open hours
– have a suggested donation for used parts
– fundraising techniques
– adhering to budgets

Board
– Members of the board have to intent to be in Toronto for the next twelve months.

Its getting cold outside. That means its time to make snacks and watch movies with your buds! Especially ones about bikes and bike stuff!

This month we have a special treat. We will be screening the short Trans+Sport, which features volunteers from Bike Pirates, and is produced by Pirates volunteer Barb B Also an animated short by Pirates Volunteer Susie will be shown. The feature will be a documentary called B.I.K.E. about the Black Label Bicycle Club and the wider tallbike subculture that has grown up around it.

There will be lots of popcorn and hot chocolate for all!

If you have a short film you would like to show let us know and you can have it screened too.

webcal://www.facebook.com/ical/u.php?uid=503020765&key=AQDYzbtUaZ5h4TNS

It’s that time again….time for dancing, cheap beer (and some mid-priced beer for the more discerning palates), music, radical discussions, mingling and tingling, and some good old fashioned fundraising for your favourite radical Canadian journal of theory and action, Upping the Anti. Join us around 8pm at Bike Pirates to celebrate the launch of our 15th issue, marking 8 years since we first went to print.

So, come on our on November 2nd to a fun party for an amazing cause (keeping our resilient little project afloat) and dance the night away to some rad DJs with a great group of people.

$10 entry with journal
1292 Bloor St.w

To celebrate Halloween this year Bike Pirates is planning a costumed group ride to bike shops where they will be handing out CANDY! to everyone on the ride.

The ride will conclude at Bike Pirates for a Scary Surprise!

We will be meeting at Spadina and Bloor in Matt Cohen Park at 6PM. Ride to leave at 6:30PM.

The Fourth Annual Art Spin Exhibition
In the historic Tower Automotive Building

Built in 1920, the Tower Automotive building had an industrious history in aluminum, sheet-casting and automotive parts. In 2005 it was designated a heritage site and then shortly thereafter, closed. For years the ten story historic structure sat abandoned, occasionally accessed by trespassing graffiti artists, photographers and urban explorers alike.

The Fourth Annual Art Spin Exhibition takes its cue from the building it will occupy, featuring works that explore its industrial heritage and history of neglect and decay while highlighting the disappearance of Toronto’s industrial past.

This group exhibition curated by Layne Hinton and Rui Pimenta of Art Spin features works in various mediums including site-specific installation, sculpture, painting, photography, new media, and performance art.

The Tower Automotive building is located at 158 Sterling Rd. (West of Lansdowne, North of Dundas).

Opening night reception from 7pm-1am on Thursday August 29th

Exhibition runs August 30th – September 1st.
Hours are 12pm-7pm Friday and Saturday, 12pm-5pm on Sunday.

Artists include:

Vuk Dragojevic
Martie Giefert
Mary Grisey
John Haney & Carey Jernigan
Markus Heckmann
Layne Hinton
Caroline Larsen
Celia Neubauer
Kal Mansur
Noel Middleton
John Oswald
Geoffrey Pugen
Lois Schklar
Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
Michael Toke
Elinor Whidden
Jinny Yu

Art performances by Rui Amaral and Derek Kwan (created by Derek Liddington) and by Johannes Zits. Large-scale outdoor projections by Dave Colangelo and Patricio Davila. With Faye Mullen and her nomadic studio crate, and Navid Taslimi with interactive bicycle races. Live music for the night by Program.

Art Spin would like to acknowledge support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, as well as Castle Point Realty Partners and Kronenbourg. More thanks to Niki Dracos from General Hardware Contemporary, Daniel Faria, and Anne O’Callaghan.

For more information please contact:
info@artspin.ca or visit us at www.artspin.ca

Bike Pirates Bike Rave
Friday, August 9th, 2013
8:30 PM
Meeting at Dufferin Grove Park

Bike rave is a D.I.Y. event that combines lights with synched music while riding through the streets of Toronto from dance destination to dance destination. The more lights the better, and the more fun the better.

This is Bike Pirates’ second year hosting the event, and we want it to be bigger and better this year!!

Here is the premise:
Everyone covers their bike with lights, glow sticks, streamers, colour, fuzz etc. and meets at the first meeting location. We will make a playlist, which will be available for download a week before the event. At the meeting location, everyone with a sound system will press play at the same time, and then we ride critical mass style through the city. VOILA! Bike Rave.

Join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/events/177799179064169/

And check out what happened last year:
http://www.thegridto.com/life/society/the-night-shift-riding-with-ravers/

Click here for the 2013 Bike Rave route

View Bike Rave 2013 in a larger map

We will be meeting at Dufferin Grove Park at 8:30 pm, leaving at 9:00 pm. Bike Pirates will be selling glow sticks (pay what you can), so show up early if you need help decking out your bike.

Following Dufferin Grove, stops will be made at:
High Park Adventure Playground
Coronation Park
Trinity Bellwoods Park
Kings College Circle

Follow Bike Rave on Twitter for live tweets of our location on the day of:
https://twitter.com/TorontoBikeRave

Download the playlist here:
http://zeus.justinbull.ca/bikerave2013.mp3
(if you get a player, right click and select “save as”)

or here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qm6osisqyo785wa/Bike%20Rave%202013.mp3

Big thanks to Navid Taslimi and Noah Siegel for help with the playlist, and Justin Bull for hosting it on his server

Some Bike Raving tips from the pros:
*Ride safe!! Be conscious of drivers and other riders. Give other bike ravers lots of room on the roads and bike paths

*Stay with the group. Bike Rave is not a race- if you are too far ahead and we make a turn we will not be sending out a search party

*Make sure you have lights and a bell and all that legal jazz

*Don’t be an asshole on the road. If you find yourself in a confrontation with a driver or police officer, be friendly and smile. Bike ravers are lovers, not fighters

*LEAVE NO TRACE. There was a lot of mess left by bike ravers last year, and we want this year to as clean as can be! Throw out your trash or bring it with you to a place where you can

*Standard disclaimer: Please note that Bike Pirates does not condone the use of illicit substances and/or alcohol while riding a bike

THINGS TO BRING:
*Lights, soundsystem, party attitude

*Spare tubes and patch kit in case of flats

*Lots of water

*Snacks

*All your friends

Toronto Bike Rave is not associated with Vancouver Bike Rave, however we want to acknowledge the awesome organizers who created the original event out west. Want to see how awesome Vancouver Bike Rave is? Check out the video:

http://vimeo.com/24980012

Ride along lake and lakeshore party

. Friday July 12 7pm

Meet @ Bike Pirates after 1292 Bloor STreet W.
Group ride down West end rail trail. Then along Martin Goodman Lake trail to picnic site.

….food and drink will be provided but surprises are welcome.

Second meet up location… White Humber Bridge 9pm and 11pm