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New Creative Studio unlocks Townsville makers’ potential
Aitkenvale CityLibrary is attracting filmmakers, podcasters, recording musicians and artists with its new free Creative Studio, which provides access to state-of-the-art equipment to bring creativity to life.
Creatives who want to develop their digital skills, make products and collaborate with other creators can now make it all happen.
The studios are a recent addition to the Aitkenvale Library and have been designed to help local makers pursue their creative dreams.
Community and Cultural Development Committee chairperson Ann-Maree Greaney said there was considerable interest from early adopters so far.
“We invited 15 people from diverse backgrounds to be early adopters late last year, and there has been strong interest and organic growth in the number of people using the space,” Cr Greaney said.
Zeke Hausfather, PhD, who serves as the Director of Climate Energy at Oakland s Breakthrough Institute, said that in the 1970s the temperature only rose above 85 degrees five days of the year in the city of Berkeley. But today, Hausfather said, the city sees an average of 15 days over 85 degrees throughout the year. It used to be a very comfortable year-round temperature, he noted. But we’re increasingly moving into a climate where we have a couple weeks a year where it’s unbearably hot to be in a home without air conditioning.”
Hausfather said he is currently looking to install a heat pump to his home after dealing with last summer s brutal heat.
An Athens man was found dead inside a van destroyed by a fire Saturday night that spread to a home, according to Athens-Clarke police.
The victim was identified as Ricky Brown, 52. His body was sent to the State Crime Lab for an autopsy to determine cause of death, authorities said.
The fire was reported about 10 p.m. at a home on Danielsville Road across from J.J. Harris Elementary School, where one resident, 49-year-old Arthur Gaither, said Monday that he was asleep when he was awakened by others who alerted him to the fire.
Five other people were in the house, including three teenagers, and all left the house unharmed, police said.