Event highlights for the week of July 27 – August 2, 2009

It’s true, folks. Media is no longer the empire it once was.
That’s why we’re psyched to see Saturday’s all-day DIY Days, featuring an impressive list of innovative speakers ranging from writers to filmmakers to musicians to game developers, all there to try to figure out the future. Represented organizations include Wired, Weathervane Music, P’unk Ave, Philly.com’s Phrequency and more. Hell, even the Blair Witch Project made it on the list.
Our guess, which is hardly a guess? All are secret techheads. Gadget geeks. Media monsters. Which is why you should be there. You’re thinking: this must cost like a million bucks, right? Two Grants? A Benji?
What’s that? It’s free? Gosh it’s good to do it yourself.
Another hot development? Looks like a group of gamers is getting together to explore the possibility of bringing a LAN Party biz to the city. The complaint is that there’s plenty of LAN locales in the ‘burbs, but nothing that you can bike or walk to (unless you’ve got Schwarzenegger legs). As always, we’re psyched to see some more developments in Philadelphia’s gaming community, including this one from Philadelphia LAN Party.
For the Web developers, Philadelphia Drupal Camp is sold out, but waiting for last minute cancellations. And maybe you know somebody, wink wink. If you can’t make it in, you can always sharpen up on the basics with HTML for Beginners.
A few other events and plenty of links to our comprehensive events calendar, after the jump.
All events listed on the event calendar are free to attend. Be sure to check our complete calendar for more information, or follow us past the jump.

Monday, July 27: In this age of new media, it isn’t an inconvenience to know HTML. We tear up a little bit thinking that someone is willing to teach the language for free, as it’s practically as much a necessity for creatives as food, shelter and Photoshop. Join HTML for Beginners to refresh your memory on that markup or finally learn what the hell a DIV tag is. 7:00 p.m. Delaware County. RSVP. [view more events]
Friday, July 30: It’s a tough call for us: do we publicize the events that are already booked solid? Well, we gotta hand it to Philadelphia Drupal Camp for selling its tickets out like there’s no tomorrow. You never know how these things will turn out: they’re hoping to open some spots if anyone decides to drop out. But don’t count on it, Druppy. Mugging is not out of the question. Kidding. Kinda. All day. University City. DETAILS. [view more events]
Friday, July 30: Golly, when we were just tykes rattling away on our Dell PCs and homebuilts, we dreamed of having a car to head out to a LAN Party. It was the stuff that gaming dreams were made of. Now, a group is getting together to see to it that a permanent spot is initiated in Philly to house those get-togethers. Join Philadelphia LAN Party to help the planning process. A gaming party accessible by public transportation? We’re stoked. We’ll be the dudes hauling Blanda‘s gigantic workstation. 2:00 p.m. University City. RSVP. [view more events]
Saturday, August 1: We haven’t heard much hype ’bout this one, and why not? DIY Days is an all-day event with one of the most impressive list of local creative media entrepreneurs we’ve seen. It’s got a healthy dose of tech, and for those of us with art in our blood, filmmaker-, musician- and writer- innovators, too. An expected topic throughout the day: How do we monetize this stuff? Amen, folks. Amen. All Day. Center City. RSVP. [view more events]
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