It's April, and with things finally warming up, let's get together for food and to talk shop!

Thankful that the rain has let up, the sun is out, and it is warm in Oakland! We're finishing up a fantastic resin-inlayed desk inspired by turn-of-the-century safe locks and a whole mess of fun trade booth elements for Clif Bar's kids line. We also have a handful of office interiors gearing up that look like they're gonna be a lot of fun. And our Maker Faire talk on the secrets of secret doors was accepted! So now we need to hear all your secret door stories and/or dreams.

What are you working on? We'd like to see and hear about it!

So please drop on by, we'd love to see you. Sadly, Jeffrey has been too busy to make beer, so while we'll have some it would be awesome if you could bring some too. We'll hang out. Eat some tasty snacks, and talk about the finer points of what we're all working on. Come join our community of designers, artists, big thinkers, and fabricators!

Kids welcome, but it is a shop and a party. Lots of sharp corners. And they might learn some interesting new words. You have been warned!

Thursday, April 14th 2011

6:30PM - 9:30PMish

2500 Kirkham St

Oakland, CA 94607

(510) 922-8846

Click here for the Google Map.

Hope to see you here!

Lost? Lonely? Want to debate the finer points of 19th century safe design? BWC help line: 510-922-8846

Please join us for a happy fall evening

It's time for our regular 2nd-Thursday-of-the-month open house / project salon / OMGBBQWTF called EatFoodTalkShop! This time we're just grateful to be happy, healthy, and with plenty to do!

Please come! We'd love to see you.

Please drop by and help us eat food, drink libations, and share project stories. We'll be showing off some big new exciting projects we're up to. Frank will strut his stuff as well with a few demos.

Kids welcome, but it is a shop and a party. Lots of sharp corners. And they might learn some interesting new words.

Thursday, November 11th 2010

6:30PM - 9:30PM

Please note that we've moved!

2500 Kirkham St

Oakland, CA 94607

(510) 922-8846

Click here for the Google Map.

Hope to see you there!

Lost? Lonely? BWC help line: 510-922-8846

Please join us for a night of project sharing, summertime story swapping, and some CNC demonstrations!

It's time for our regular 2nd-Thursday-of-the-month open house / project salon / OMGBBQWTF called EatFoodTalkShop! We're going to get these going again from their brief hiatus due to moving. So count on a monthly show-and-tell for Makers! Bring a project, or a story, or just curiosity and questions.

Please drop by and help us eat food, drink libations, and share project stories. We'll be showing off our recently finished projects for Wikipedia and Bookrenter. Frank will strut his stuff as well with a few demos.

We'll have some food and drink, you bring some more and your friends! Kids welcome, but it is a shop and a party. Lots of sharp corners. And they might learn some interesting new words.

Thursday, July 8th 2010

6:30PM - 9:30PM

Please note that we've moved!

2500 Kirkham St

Oakland, CA 94607

(510) 922-8846

Click here for the Google Map.

Hope to see you there!

Lost? Lonely? BWC help line: 510-922-8846

Eat Food Talk Shop June 18th, 6:30PM-9:30PM. Our first big open house at our new location! Lots to celebrate...

Please join us for our first open house at our new location. We've got lots to celebrate!

From finally finishing up our big move, to our great new fabrication studio & offices, to Jeffrey's passing his orals for his Architect license, to this fine hot summer that seems to finally have arrived... Boy we have so much to celebrate we're bursting at the seams!

So please drop by and help us eat food, drink libations, and share project stories. We'll be showing off our recently finished project: our new digs! Frank's got upgrades, our new office rocks, and the fabrication studio is all setup for fast production.

We'll have food and drink, you bring the friends! Kids welcome, but it is a shop and a party. Lots of sharp corners. And they might learn some interesting new words.

You can find us at our new digs:

Because We Can
2500 Kirkham St
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 922-8846

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Just a reminder that our big holiday party is tomorrow! Please come! Starts at 5 pm, goes 'till 10 pm. We'll be playing games, taking pictures, eating food, drinking drinks, and more!

See you soon!

Hey there!

Rub your hands together and put your jacket on. It's time to warm your soul at Because We Can!
We'll be cooking up some hot cider (with a nip of something special if you're good), and making little BWC keep sakes.

Come see what we're making! We're not even sure exactly what it will be! But most likely, you'll get to take one home.

Bring some BBQ, snacks or drinks to share.

We still have some small prototype pieces for sale, and we have a ton of Trees from our store available for sale!

So come on by, bring a friend, bring a project, buy a tree, drink some cider!

6:30PM - 10PM at the Because We Can Studio. http://www.becausewecan.org/

Ponoko http://www.ponoko.com/ will be having an open house as well, and showing off some of their samples.

Eat Food Talk Shop
6:30PM - 10PM Nov 12th

BBQ, beer, networking and inspiration.
BYOB and stuff!

at the Because We Can Studio
1722 15th Street
Oakland CA 94607

Please Come!

While summer is ending around the country, it just got here for us! Come enjoy the warm Oakland nights at Because We Can's open house: EatFoodTalkShop! We'll be cookin' up the BBQ and showing off the beginnings of our new front reception space. magbooth will be here with one of their awesome photo-booths (available for rent!) And we will be having a soft-launch of our new brand 10MilesWide - a design company that focuses on real estate with difficult preexisting conditions in a troubled market. Come see what *that* is all about, and give your two cents! (exact change only) As usual, it will be a night of BBQ, beer, networking and inspiration. We'll be showing off out latest ideas and products, and we encourage you to do the same! Eat Food Talk Shop 6:30PM - 10PM Sept. 10th BYOB and some food to share! We'll have the grill going. And Samores when the sun goes down! at the Because We Can Studio 1722 15th Street Oakland CA 94607 Questions? Lost? Just want to talk? 510-922-8846 Your friends: Jillian & Jeffrey

Hey all! It's time for another EAT FOOD TALK SHOP tonight. 2nd Thursday of the month. It's still at our shop, but will be hopping around town in no time.

It's kinda like a Dorkbot / Meetup / Maker Day / Pepakura but with BBQ & beer and a little more fabrication-focused. Bring something to share and something to show off (or at least the desire to talk to other fabricators). Bring your friends too! This time we'll be carving pumpkins. So bring a gourd of your choice and carve away! We'll be making hot dogs - so bring something to add to the mix... Goes from 6:30 PM to 9PM at The Because We Can headquarters. There's parking, a new grill (yay!), and old grill, a big fridge, a big robot, and plenty of room. We don't have a video projector or forklift (yet) so if you need one to show off what you brought then you'll need to bring your own. We hope you can make it!

Watch out for the giant fire snail that showed up last time!