June 1st, 8am-noon Eastown Dumpster Day
Dumpster Day will be held in the parking lot at 420 Ethel Ave SE (across the street from the ECA). Reminders:

-Do not place any refuse at the curb. You must bring it to 420 Ethel for collection.
-Bring identification to show that you live in Eastown.
-Help your neighbors bring trash if you can.
-Hazardous materials such as oil, gas, tires, paint, hot ashes, or acid will not be collected.
-NO YARD WASTE WILL BE ACCEPTED
-Only one (1) major appliance per household  Major appliances include: refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, and water heaters.
-Appliances must be free of trash on the inside.  Especially Refrigerators!  Remove all doors from refrigerators and freezers.
-FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED – When the dumpsters are full, no more trash will be accepted.

June 20th, 5-9pm Uptown Eat.Shop.Rock
Eat.Shop.Rock will feature free entertainment in each of the four business districts all night, with headline acts during the designated times. Walk around, grab some food, head to your favorite shop – experience all that Uptown has to offer! At 8pm Blue Molly will be performing at Kava House (1445 Lake Dr).

June 21st, 1-4pm Eastown Business District Clean Up Sponsored by Harmony
Help clean up the Eastown Business District the day before Bizarre Bazaar, one of our biggest events of the year! Harmony Brewing Company is sponsoring this event and will provide lunch for the volunteers.

June 22nd, 9am-5pm Biz Baz
Biz Baz features some of the best original artwork and specialty handmade arts and crafts in the area. We feature original, local acoustic music all day and you can taste the best that Eastown Restaurants have to offer.
2013 Biz Baz live music line-up:
11:00-11:45 ~ The Ancients
12:00-12:45 ~ J Ryan Berends
1:00-1:45 ~ Kyle McCann – Music
2:00-2:45 ~ Otis Blueswell Jr.
3:00-3:45 ~ The Koh Kohs
4:00-4:45 ~ Sam Kenny & Emma Loo

ECA Family Movie Night, May 10th, 6:30pm
Neighborhood residents and friends are invited to join ECA staff, Board of Directors, and committee members to enjoy a free movie while coming together to meet more of their Eastown neighbors. This is a fun and free event for the whole family.  We will be showing the movie Brave at the Point church (1514 Wealthy St SE #170).

Lead Safe Painting & Home Repair, May 11th, 10am
Planning on making repairs to your pre-1978 home? Healthy Homes will teach this FREE class for Eastown homeowners and renters on the basics of lead safe painting and home repair. Please RSVP to Lindsey@eastown.org

Society To Increase Neighbor’s Knowledge (STINK), May 16th, 7pm
Have you noticed or been affected by the growing skunk population in Eastown?  Interested neighbors will meet at the ECA office on Thursday, May 16^th. We need creative minds as to: 1) trapping; 2) transferring; 3) informing our neighbors; 4) request for help from the City, and/or the neighborhood alliance. Email SkunksGR@gmail.com with any questions.

Picnic in the Park, May 18th 9am-4pm
9am-11am- Eastown residents and volunteers will help with general clean up of Sigsbee and Wilcox parks, as well as help with existing gardens. Please meet at the ECA by 9am.
Noon-4pm we will have a community picnic at Sigsbee Park with food, kid’s activities, a bounce house, bands and more!
Performances by:
Youz Guyz
WaZobia (Interactive African Drumming Group)
Cricketz

Thank you to our business sponsors:
Eastown Financial Services
Smitty’s
Chad Sytsma
Martin Remodel
Yesterdog
Kava House
Striders
Wolfgang’s
Annabell Noel Designs
Eastown Vet

Beer and Wine Tasting, May 18th 2pm-6pmJY Distributor’s will be hosting a Michigan wine and local brewery tasting at Billy’s Lounge. $10 will get you 10 tasting tickets (1 ticket per taste), additional tickets will be available for $2/ticket. Proceeds will be donated to the ECA.

Calling all Artists!
We have been organizing community events for 40 years. Please help us commemorate with a 40th anniversary design. The winning design will be sold as event merch. The design will need to be eventually formatted into a PDF for printing. Email your finished design to info@eastown.org. Art deadline is 5/31/13.

April 6th, 10am-3pm Eastown Service Day Sponsored by Eastown Cafe
We will be cleaning up the ECA garden and building raised beds. Plots will be available to Eastown residents and business owners later this Spring. Eastown Cafe will provide refreshments.

April 16th, 12pm-12am Living in Harmony – Support Eastown!
Our friends at Harmony Brewing Company are hosting a fundraiser for the ECA. Please stop in any time on April 16th for food and drinks. We will receive 10% of all food sales and a portion of drinks sales for the day.

April 20th, 9am-11:30am Eastown Clean-up Sponsored by Connie’s Cakes
In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, we will be cleaning up the Eastown business district and nearby streets. We will start off at the ECA with a story time for Eastown families and kids. Volunteers will will then clean up the Eastown business district and neighboring streets. We will finish up at Connie’s Cakes who will provide treats.