This year we were once again able to host a bake sale at the Riverside Wine Festival. It was a huge success! We were totally cleaned out. We had a ton of baked goods provided by the extremely awesome Sweet N Flour and The Sugar Tryst. Everything was delicious and our table was packed. Huge thanks to the bakes and everyone who helped out. Check out more photos from the event here.

We had a chance to talk about Movember even more at this month’s Pecha Kucha. It was loads of fun and it really helped us spread awareness about what Movember is really all about.

Wondering what Pecha Kucha is? Well, it’s a quick-paced presentation where each person only has 20 slides lasting 20 seconds each. Other presenters included Kelly MacDonald who talked about her solo trip across the US, Violet “The Awful Waffle” Skinner who talked about the Jacksonville Rollergirls & Kenny Harper about visiting Europe! Huge thanks to Stephanie Soden and Tiffany Manning for putting this on.

One of our best Movember events so far has been the Movember Art Walk! Our main event was the Movember Art Show at The Art Center II at 229 Hogan Street where there was great art, free beer courtesy of Intuition Ale Works and music by Dennis Eusebio. The show consisted of about 26 artists that participated with about 34 pieces altogether! Many thanks to all of the artists, Dennis Eusebio, Intuition Ale and all of the helpers we had to help run the show.

We had our Movember Info Booth & Craft Table in Hemming Plaza where Art Walk patrons were able to make their own mustaches and learn a little about what Movember is all about.

The sweet tooths could enjoy the Movember Bake Sale outside of Snyder Church courtesy of master bakers The Sugar Tryst and Bee Ewe Eye.

Art Walk patrons could also buy some mustache-themed art from the AIGA Atomic Sketch event in the Old Library.

We even had a street team to spread the word on all the awesome stuff going on put together by the Jacksonville Rollergirls passing out Movember materials & mustaches. Many thanks to all who participated, The Art Center for lending us the space and Downtown Vision for helping us put this whole thing together. You can check out all the photos from the event here.

If you didn’t have a chance to catch Movember Jax founder Sean Collins on Good Morning Jacksonville or First Coast Connect this morning – the November Art Walk downtown tonight from 5 – 9pm is actually the MOvember Art Walk!

Check out the Movember Art Show @ TACII at 229 Hogan Street: Enjoy great art, free beer courtesy of Intuition Ale Works; Visit our Movember Craft Table in Hemming Plaza to make your own mustache; Grab something sweet at our Movember Bake Sale outside of Snyder Church; Buy some mustache-themed art from the AIGA Jacksonville Atomic Sketch event in the Old Library & keep an eye out for the Jacksonville Rollergirls passing out Movember materials and mustaches.

ABOUT MOVEMBER
Mo, slang for moustache in Australia, and November come together each year to form Movember, a worldwide charity working to change the face of men’s health — literally. The rules are simple, Mo Bros start Movember 1st clean-shaven and grow a moustache for 30 days. The stache becomes the “pink ribbon” for men’s cancers and the way by which awareness and funds are raised. Mo Sistas can also collect donations online in support of their Mo Bros. Over $42 million was raised last year — US donations benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG, the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

ABOUT MOVEMBER JAX
Learn more about local Movember events by visiting the Movember Jax website or following us on facebook - better yet, register online as part of the Movember Jax Network & help us change the face of men’s health by raising funds & awareness!

Our first official Movember Jax event was the Movember Shaving Party at Dos Gatos! It was a great way to start the month off right. We had electric shavers out front to help us get in the Movember mood and look. Mo Bros were lined up to get trimmed by stylist Ronny King and to get their before and after photos taken by the very talented Daniel Goncalves. Huge thanks to both Ronny and Daniel for offering their services at a great start to Movember!

And on top of that, It was also karaoke night at Dos Gatos so anybody who sung a song got a free shot! Many thanks to Dos Gatos for allowing us to be rowdy and make a mess out front and to Anthony for setting everything up. Check out the event photos below or the album here.

Our second event to kickoff Movember was the Wild Zero showing at the 5 Points Theater. It was such a great turn out! More than 70 people showed up for the shenanigans and we raised $265 from ticket and concession sales! It was definitely a fun time.

This was a movie for people who love zombies, rock n roll, drinking beer & Movember! If you missed the event and don’t know much about the flick, Wild Zero is about Ace, a wannabe rock star, is on his way to seeing his favorite group Guitar Wolf when a strange thing occurs . . . aliens invade and people start returning to life as flesh-eating zombies! Enlisting the help of his rock ‘n roll blood brother Guitar Wolf, Ace and the members of the band get entangled in many misadventures with crazy rock managers in very tight shorts, transsexuals, naked women shooting guns in …the shower, and bloodthirsty zombies ready to tear them apart.

Leather jackets, loud over-modulated music, laser guitar picks, motorcycles, muscle cars, and LOTS of fire! And to make things even better, there is drinking game to go with the movie! So while you’re watching, you drink every time someone drinks, combs their hair, says “Rock n Roll,” fire shoots out of anything, something explodes, or a zombie’s head pops!

Check out photos from the event below or here.

Already the second week in with Movember and I’m just now posting photos from the first Movember Jax event, the Mo Sistas Craft Night. It was definitely a great start to kick things off and everybody had a great time. The ladies made their mustaches for the month from patterns and materials thanks to Emily with Anomaly and Underbelly. Many thanks to her and Sterling for helping us put that together and giving us a place to drink beer and get crafty! You can find photos from the event here. Check out more photos below.

Last week we had a chance to talk about all of the exciting things we have planned for Movember here in Jacksonville at the Live Urban Jacksonville Weekly event at Underbelly in 5 Points! It was great fun had by all and we managed to register 20 new people for Movember this year and we also started two new teams! Many thanks to everyone who came out and huge thanks to Joey Marchy with Urban Jacksonville for putting this on and inviting us to talk along with the Sulzbacher Center. You can see photos from the event on Sarah’s flickr.

If YOU haven’t registered for Movember yet, click here to join the Jacksonville Network and sign up as an individual, member of the Jax Stache team or leader of your own new team! If you have any questions about registration, you can email me at sean@jaxbeard.com.

REMINDER: Start working on your piece for the Movember Art Show set for November 3 @ 229 Hogan Studio during the “Mo-vember Art Walk”. There isn’t a lot of time left so make sure you get some art done! Also be sure to keep up with all of the awesome Movember stuff coming up by joining the Movember Jax Facebook page where we’ll post events and photos of everything happening.

More info coming soon!

We’ve got a lot things planned for this Movember that we’re pretty excited about. I’ll post all of the information for that later, but first I wanted to let everyone know about our Movember Art Show we have planned for the November “Movember” Art Walk!

The Mo, slang for moustache, and November come together each year for Movember. This event challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. So for our Movember Art Show, artists of all disciplines can submit work created in any medium as long as mustaches are the subject matter.

The opening will be held at the November Art Walk on November 3rd from 5pm-9pm at the 229 Hogan Street Studio. Art pieces are due by October 27. I’ll have more information regarding drop-off locations soon.

Sound Awesome? Of course it does. If you have questions, contact Sean Collins at sean@jaxbeard.com or at 904.718.6947.

Full Details:

• Art must have a mustache theme.
• Art is due by October 27, 2010
• *Update* Art can be dropped off at the space after 6:30 pm on Wednesday through Friday as well as during the day over the weekend. If you have any questions, you can call Sean at 904-718-6947.
• Opening held at November Art Walk – November 3rd 5pm-9pm at 229 Hogan Street Studio

Many thanks to Varick Rosete for putting the flyer together for us!

Stumptown Beard and Moustache Competition

Portland, Oregon
September 18, 2010

The Stumptown Stash & Beard Collective, a local chapter of Beard Team USA, and PDX YAR will host the 1st annual contest for the most fantastic and artful facial hair in Portland.  The competition kicks off at 1 pm or so in Cathedral Park under the St.John’s Bridge.  There will be prizes in four categories: Best Beard, Best Moustache, Best Facial Sculpt and Free-style “most creative fake facial hair” (for those who can’t grow it on their own).

European Beard and Moustache Championships
Leogang, Austria
October 2, 2010

Germany’s famous East Bavarian Beard Club plays host to the European Beard and Moustache Championships high in the Austrian Alps on October 2, 2010.  The small town of Leogang, home of perennial full-beard-freestyle favorite Hans Gassner, will be the site of the event, where there is sure to be plenty of Bier, Gemütlichkeit, und Blasmusik.

Leogang is located between Salzburg and Innsbruck, in the municipality of Saalfelden.

Third Annual Western Pennsylvania Beard and Moustache Competition
Billy’s Bar and Grill
Oil City, Pennsylvania
October 23, 2010
6 pm

Details soon.  Here is one important detail from Dave Grams, President of the Western Pennsylvania Beard and Moustache Association, a local chapter of Beard Team USA: “Be ready for a party if you’re coming.”

Ohio’s First Beard and Moustache Competition and Festival
Polen Farm
Dayton, Ohio
November 13, 2010

A charity event supporting a local home called the Stillwater Center.
If you want to compete, just show up.  Info: ticket@gemcitygentlemen.com.

Krewe de Croix Beard and Moustache Contest
Boardwalk
Christiansted, US Virgin Islands
February 5, 2011

Krewe de Croix, the Virgin Islands’ local chapter of Beard Team USA, presents the annual beard and moustache contest. This time the theme is “Rock and Roll is here to stay!”