What IF 2012 Media Releases

THE WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION RETURNS ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15  - 9/10/2012

Colorado Springs, CO – The 2012 WHAT IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination is returning to its familiar six-block footprint in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 10am-4pm. The award-winning event, presented by Imagination Celebration in partnership with the Pikes Peak Library District and All Pikes Peak Reads, will again show off the innovative nature of various organizations, businesses, schools and individuals in the Pikes Peak region. Booths and experiences will range from robots to cycles (mono/bi/tri, and more) to a giant slingshot catapult to digital inventiveness to Rube Goldberg Machines to dance and movement. The What IF…Festival will be an imaginative array of the best of what the Pikes Peak region can offer in innovation.  Click here for the media release.

Colorado Springs, CO – The Special Collaborations Committee for the What IF...Festival of Innovation and Imagination has announced a call for Rube Goldberg Machines for the upcoming September 15 Festival. Up to 18 teams will be able to link their machine as a vital piece of the final huge Rube Goldberg Machine. Applications are now being accepted to create a section of the What IF...Festival Rube Goldberg Machine at the Festival website, www.whatif-festival.org. Applications are due by August 31 with the number of spaces for machines very limited.  Click here for the media release.

"WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” Returns September 15 - 8/6/2012

Colorado Springs, CO – The 2012 WHAT IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination is returning to its familiar six-block footprint in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 15, 2012. The award-winning event, presented by Imagination Celebration in partnership with the Pikes Peak Library District and All Pikes Peak Reads, will again show off the innovative nature of various organizations, businesses, schools and individuals in the Pikes Peak region. The third annual event, running from 10 am to 4 pm, will feature interactive engagements from tech-enthusiasts, art-makers, garage inventors, performers, Do-It-Yourself-ers, scientists, culinary magicians, original musicians, robot builders, urban farmers, engineers and other thinkers and tinkerers. Each of these unique participants will share interactive projects, original performances, processes to demonstrate, hands-on experiences or inventive experiments.  Click here for the media release.

"WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” Builds community Interactively! - 7/9/2012

Colorado Springs, CO – The Pikes Peak region will again come together when the third annual What IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination comes to downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 15, 2012. The Festival features interactive Experiences, booths where Festival-goers and local innovators, businesses and organizations have one-on-one encounters. Festival organizers are now announcing a “Don’t Miss Your Chance” call for groups and individuals to register proposal applications for their unique interactive Experiences. The Experience application form is available at the What If…Festival website: www.whatif-festival.org. Deadline for an Experience application is July 15, 2012.  Click here for the media release.

"WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” Builds community Interactively! - 7/2/12

Colorado Springs, CO – The Pikes Peak region will again come together when the third annual What IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination, comes to downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 15, 2012.The free community-building event will again show off the forward-thinking and innovative nature of various organizations, businesses, schools and individuals in our community. The What IF…Festival features the best of the region showing off their best…highlighting tech-enthusiasts, art-makers, garage inventors, performers, Do-It-Yourself-ers, scientists, culinary magicians, original musicians, robot builders, urban farmers, engineers and other thinkers and tinkerers. Each of these unique participants will share interactive projects, original performances, processes to demonstrate, hands-on experiences or inventive experiments. Be a part of it!  Festival organizers are now announcing a “Don’t Miss Your Chance” call for groups and individuals to register proposal applications for their unique interactive Experiences.  Click here for the media release.

“WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” Offers Exhibitors Big Discount - 5/10/12

Colorado Springs, CO – The 2012 What IF Festival of Innovation and Imagination is returning to downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 15, 2012. The award-winning annual event, presented by Imagination Celebration, will again show off the innovative nature of organizations, businesses, schools and individuals in the Pikes Peak region.Imagination Celebration wants to remind new and returning participants that they will receive a 10% discount on their participation fees if they register and pay for their Festival Experience spaces/booths by the Early Bird deadline of Friday, June 1.  Click here for the media release.

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What IF 2011 Media Releases

“WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” “Brainstorming Sessions” Set to Help Presenters with Experiences - 6/22/11

Colorado Springs, CO – The 2011 WHAT IF... Festival of Innovation and Imagination, being held in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 10, is now calling for applications for interactive Experiences. The Festival will once again feature interactive Experiences set-up by tech-enthusiasts, art-makers, garage inventors, performers, Do-It-Yourself-ers, scientists, culinary magicians, original musicians, robot builders, urban farmers, engineers and other thinkers and tinkerers. Each of these unique participants will share interactive projects, original performances, processes to demonstrate, hands-on experiences or inventive experiments. Click here for the media release.

“WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” CALLS FOR INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES - 6/4/11

Colorado Springs, CO – The date has been announced for the 2011 WHAT IF... Festival of Innovation and Imagination in downtown Colorado Springs as Saturday, September 10, 2011. The community event, again be located in a six square block area of downtown Colorado Springs, will show off the innovative nature of various organizations, businesses, schools and individuals in the Pikes Peak region. The special daytime gathering, running from 10 a.m to 4 p.m., will once again feature techenthusiasts, art-makers, garage inventors, performers, Do-It-Yourself-ers, scientists, culinary magicians, original musicians, robot builders, urban farmers, engineers and other thinkers and tinkerers. Each of these unique participants will share interactive projects, original performances, processes to demonstrate, hands-on experiences or inventive
experiments.  Click here for the media release.  

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What IF 2010 Media Releases

PIKES PEAK REGION ENCOURAGED TO JOIN COMMUNITY SING OF
“AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” - 8/30/10 & 9/3/10

Colorado Springs, CO – The 2010 What IF... Festival of Innovation and Imagination is
coming to downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 11. The new event will
show off the innovative nature of various organizations, businesses, schools and
individuals in the Pikes Peak region. The Festival site embraces the Pikes Peak Center,
the Pioneers Museum and the Plaza of the Rockies; including areas in between each
locale. Both the interior facilities and surrounding grounds of these locations will be
utilized for presentation and demonstration space.  Click here for the media release. 

“WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION” SET FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 - 8/27/10 & 9/10/10

Colorado Springs, CO – The 2010 WHAT IF... Festival of Innovation and Imagination is
coming to a six block area of downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 11.
The new event will show off the innovative nature of various organizations, businesses,
schools and individuals in the Pikes Peak region. The special daytime gathering, running
from 9 a.m to 6 p.m., will feature tech-enthusiasts, art-makers, garage inventors,
performers, Do-It-Yourself-ers, scientists, culinary magicians, original musicians, robot
builders, urban farmers, engineers and other thinkers and tinkerers. Each of these unique
participants will share interactive projects, original performances, processes to
demonstrate, hands-on experiences or inventive experiments.  Click here for the media release. 

“WHAT IF... FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION AND IMAGINATION”
SET FOR DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS - 6/10/10

Colorado Springs, CO – The date has been announced for the 2010 WHAT IF... Festival
of Innovation and Imagination to be coming to a six block area of downtown Colorado
Springs on Saturday, September 11, 2010. The new event will show off the innovative
nature of various organizations, businesses, schools and individuals in the Pikes Peak
region. The special daytime gathering, running from 9 a.m to 6 p.m., will feature techenthusiasts,
art-makers, garage inventors, performers, Do-It-Yourself-ers, scientists,
culinary magicians, original musicians, robot builders, urban farmers, engineers and other
thinkers and tinkerers. Each of these unique participants will share interactive projects,
original performances, processes to demonstrate, hands-on experiences or inventive
experiments.  Click here for the media release. 

Colorado Springs, CO – The Special Collaborations Committee for the What IF...Festival of Innovation and Imagination has announced a call for Rube Goldberg Machines for the upcoming September 15 Festival. Up to 18 teams will be able to link their machine as a vital piece of the final huge Rube Goldberg Machine. Applications are now being accepted to create a section of the What IF...Festival Rube Goldberg Machine at the Festival website, www.whatif-festival.org. Applications are due by August 31 with the number of spaces for machines very limited.  Click here for the media release.