IN BRIEF: 1. Grrl Action Summer Performances are on July 24 & 25th at 2pm - and they are FREE! Come support these brave grrls! 2. Save the Date! The Aye Eye Ball will be August 21st - a nautical party of titanic dimentions! Invites will be sent via Rude News on July 26th, so help us spread the word to our technochallenged friends and get them signed up on Rude News! 3. Welcome to our 2010/2011 Season Sponsors! We love their love! COME SEE THE FREE SUMMER PERFORMANCES and CHECK OUT THE OFF SHOOT, GRRL ACTION'S NEW CLASSROOM When: July 24 & 25, 2010 at 2pm Where: The Off Center (2211-A Hidalgo St., Austin, TX 78702) Tickets: Tickets are free and given out first-come, first-served. Come early - it is SRO every year! Support Grrl Action: Grrl Action is reliant on donations from the community and local foundation grants. We hope you will contribute to sustain this invaluable program. The Grrl Action Summer Workshop is a three-week intensive workshop for teenaged girls, run by Rude Mechanicals, in which girls envision, create, publish, and perform original works for the stage based on their own life experiences. Girls work with professional writers, performers, and designers to put their stories on stage for two free public performances. The summer workshop kicks off the Grrl Action program-year, and graduates of the summer program are invited to participate in the year-round artistic mentorship program. No former experience with creative writing or performance is required. SAVE THE DATE for the AYE EYE BALL! AUGUST 21ST AT 7PM Join Rude Mechs for a nautical party of titanic dimensions! Featuring sparkling entertainment, marvelous hors d'oeuvres for your sea-sharpened appetite, and hostess Rebecca Havemeyer in dramatic aqua-lighting! The juicy news here is that for the first time in our history, we will not be sending out a print invitation. You will receive a special email invitation via this email list on July 26th - don't let it slip through the cracks! So we're asking you to save the date, and if you somehow miss the e-vite, make a note to check our website later this month and buy your tickets to the party! Also - we're a little worried about our technologically-challenged friends and patrons, and we hope you will bring them along for the ride as we try to reduce the amount of money we spend on print materials, and the amount of paper we put out in the world. Don't let it bite us in the ass - spread the word and get your friends signed up to our email list! Thank you to our Eye Ball Sponsors! Jandry Fernandez, LCSW SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE ARTS! RUDE MECHS 2010/11 SPONSORS Interested in becoming a Corporate Sponsor? Click here! We also receive generous support from: Impact Austin, The National Endowment for the Arts, Dollar General, Creative Capital Foundation, The City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, The Texas Commission on the Arts, LCRA Employee s United Charities, Creative Capital Foundation, The Laos House, Applied Materials, American Association of University Women, The Meadows Foundation, Dollar General, and HBMG Foundation.