// DETAILS:

8:00 PM - 9:30 -- Award Ceremony & Presentation @ Microsoft NERD, 11th Floor

10:00 - Midnight (& probably onwards) -- Post-Award Reception @ Cambridge Brewing Company

-- About Part 1: Award Ceremony & Presentation -- Join the Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences Micro-Trustees as they celebrate and award their 4th Fellowship! Their November Fellow, Lee Altman, will be discussing her scheme to experiment with a cheap DIY pod-boat that could be used to naturally clean up NYC's notoriously polluted East River. We'll also be hearing from some of previous Awesome Fellows about how their projects are progressing and how people can participate. For more details about Lee's project, The Remote Control Pollution-FIghting Armada, see here: http://j.mp/40xEMd. For more about fostering awesomeness in the universe, check out the Awesome Foundation's website and blog.

-- About Part 2: After-Party!!!! -- Then, once the big check is awarded, join us over at the nearby Cambridge Brewing Company for the post-award party! You'll meet folks from the Awesome Foundation, Information Superhighway, Betahouse, the Berkman Center, and more... in all fascinating individuals, makers, organizers, etc. (AF extends a huge thank you to Microsoft for the venue, and Whole Foods for providing snacks for the event.)

// WHAT IS BOSTON URBAN EXCHANGE? // Boston Urban Exchange is a gathering of planners, architects, urban designers, developers, ethnologists, technologists, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, artists and others who care about urban development in the Boston/Cambridge region. This is an open and informal event, and there's no agenda or presentation. Our focus is on providing opportunities for interesting, talented, urban-minded people to meet and exchange ideas, connections, etc. Finally, BUX is free!

// WHAT IS THE AWESOME FOUNDATION? // We support people doing awesome things in the world. Every month we give out a grant. Submit an awesome idea. If we pick it, we'll give you $1,000 in cash. Yup, $1,000. Cash. You'll also get access to coworking space at BetaHouse for the month of your grant. The only condition is that you be willing to tell us (and some of our friends) about what you did a month later. If we don't pick it, don't stress. We'll pick a new awesome idea next month. We are not an international cabal of malcontents. Just a small group of individuals making personal contributions in the name of awesomeness. For more information, see our website. We're currently in Boston but are open to awesome ideas elsewhere. We'd also be happy to help others start an awesome foundation in their location.

// PLUGS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS (*hosted by other organizations):

• MassDOT Developers Conference, 11/14: http://massdotdevconference.eventbrite.com/
• Boston Preservation Alliance Social Wednesday, 11/18: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170217003094&ref=mf
• Pecha Kucha Boston 14, 11/18: http://pechakuchaboston.org/blog/
• Build Boston, 11/18-11/20: www.buildboston.com
• Boston World Partnerships November Open Mixer (Date TBD): http://www.facebook.com/BostonWorldPartnerships
• Ignite Spatial: Boston, 12/2: http://isb09.eventbrite.com/
• Launch of MassChallenge (2010), the worlds largest global startup competition (esp. check out social impact track), http://www.masschallenge.org/ @masschallenge