Field Trip to the Planetarium!

Tree House Society will be taking a field trip to the William M. Staerkel Planetarium.

The show starts at 7pm. We will all be meeting at the Transit Plaza bus stop around 6:10pm (across the Illini Union Bookstore). The 9B Brown will arrive at 6:21pm !!!

The show costs $3.

It's the last THS event of the semester, so if you come we'll make sure it's an awesome one!

Board Game Tournament

The Halloween Party was extraordinary! I can't believe we got that much candy from trick-or-treating! Thank you all who came! Telephone charades, Apples to Apples, Catch-Phrase, Costumes, pizza, and The Evil Dead definitely all rocked.

MONTAGE Literary Arts Journal is hosting a rad event:

Montage Board Game Tournament
Wednesday, November 5, 7:30pm - 10:30pm
English Building, Atrium

Come to the English building to play board games like Jenga, Scrabble, Boggle, etc. Fee to enter each is tournament is $3. The pot for each tournament will be split 50/50 between the first-place winner and Montage. Entry fee will include soda and chips, and pizza will be available for $1 per slice. The 10:30 end time is tentative. If there's enough interest, we can go longer.

(If you haven't picked up your t-shirt, you may still do so!)

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Halloween Party !

Thanks to all who came to the fingerpainting. Photos up online! We made gigantic cityscapes of Monsters and the sea and a zoo!

Our next event is :

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Halloween Party
Friday, October 31, 6pm-1am
Brittany and Henry's Apartment

This Friday is our Halloween party. We will be watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and other scary movies while we eat and play games. After that we will be going out in our costumes, candy drunk, and spooky filled, to terrorize the streets of Urbana, with our shameless "Trick or Treat's!" Costumes rock.

You can stop by casually to pick up your tree-shirts as we watch the movie or you can join us trick or treating the Urbana area as though we weren't twice the age of the other kids. The party begins at 6PM at our apartment: 809 W Stoughton appt 201. The 22 illini will take you to lincoln and springfield. Call Brittany 847 970 8925 if you are lost.

Don't forget to wear a costume and bring a few dollars if you can to pitch in for food. We hope to see you.

Nickelodeon & Fingerpainting!

Our next event is :

NICKELODEON & FINGERPAINTING!
Saturday, October 18, 6pm-10pm
69 English Building

Remember Pete & Pete? Are you afraid of the dark? Doug, One Saturday Morning, Salute Your Shorts? We'll be watching old school tv shows from nickelodeon and all those networks we saw as children. While we watch, we will be finger painting our own little creations. Perhaps we will have a giant collaboration?

You are welcome to bring your own supplies or dvds!

T-Shirts $ Due 10/18

T-Shirts are now available:
T-Shirt Pictures & Order form



T-Shirts will cost $14. Money is due Saturday, October 18 !!!. We will be collecting money in our next two events.

Shirts will be given out October 31st, at our Halloween Party.

Secret Wind Chimes!

Thank you all who attended the Paper Mache Party! It was superb. Pictures are on our website.

Our next event is:

Secret Wind Chime
Saturday, October 11, 2.00pm
English Building Rm. 69

We will be creating wind chimes! Scrounge and collect whatever toys and knick knacks and anything that sounds sweet.

We will share what we have: strings, coins, wires, action figures, hot wheels cars, barbie doll parts,
hangers, etc. Make sure to collect dining hall utensils. We'll have music, games, & good old fashioned fun.

Paper Mache Party

Thank you to those of you who attended the Pic-a-nic! We were glad so many people came and with so much food! We played duck duck goose, telephone, capture the flag and a hamburger game. Photos up on our site.

Our Paper Mache Party, will be held on Thursday, September 25 at 6:00pm in the English Building in room 69. We'll provide the flour, water, balloons, cardboard, but you are welcome to bring your own to help out. There will be music and candy, and maybe a secret surprise! We'll be creating paper mache memories!

Pic-a-nic, Trees, and Wind

Bring your picnic baskets, gingham blankets, and kites!

We are inviting everyone to a Pic-a-nic on the Quad, Sunday, September 21, at 12:30pm! After we eat we will be playing childhood games such as cops and robbers, freeze tag, slide slide slippery slide, duck duck goose, and more. If you are burning to play a game you haven't played for years or if you've always wanted to make one up, we promise not to judge you any worse than the kids at recess did.

If you'd like to contribute to the potluck, email us if you are interested in bringing: finger sandwiches, chips, deserts, cookies, fruit, drinks or utensils.

We would also like to thank everyone who went to explore the Arboretum, Hartley Gardens, and Japan House with us. The tree climbing was grand! Photos and smiles are posted.

Garden Exploring and Childhood Games

Thank you all for a glorious first meeting. The secret Unbirthday Party went so well! Over 40 people came, even in the rain. We now have 160+ in our mailing list. We are happy that the cake was all eaten.

We discussed the Society's thesis, timeline of events, and childhood dreams. Our tentative schedule is on our event page and calendar.

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Tree House Society is going Garden Exploring, Sunday, September 7, 1:30pm-4pm! We are meeting at Hartley Gardens to explore the nearby fields, gardens, and Japan House. Hopefully it will be a new experience for many people!

We will be playing old school childhood games like tag, hide and seek, and red light green light. We might even have a hopscotch tournament. If you can, bring chalk, kickball's, and your feet.

Hartley Gardens is south east of FAR/PAR. Go south on Lincoln and on your left you'll see amazing living things. We'll be there.

Here are the directions:
Hartley Gardens
http://illinois.edu/ricker/CampusMap?target=displayMap&grid=P12
http://arboretum.uiuc.edu/our_gardens/

By bus: Illini Union to PAR
http://stopwatch.cumtd.com/Journey/?to=Pennsylvania%20Avenue%20Residence%20Halls(PAR)&from=Illini%20Union

First Meeting!

Our first meeting will take place Thursday, September 4th, 7:30pm, in the Basement of the English Building.

We will introduce ourselves and the club's intentions and character. We'll try to make it short and sweet. An optional intro activity of secret sorts will be planned so that you may meet others and be more human.

If you cannot attend, then sign up for our mailing list (http://listserv.illinois.edu/wa.cgi?SUBED1=tree-house-society&A=1) for all the important information.

Also, thank you very much if you saw us on Quad day. Everyone was very nice and we enjoyed meeting you all. Photos are up on our Flickr.

If you like musicals, there is a free musical Wednesday Aug 27, 7:30pm, in Foellinger Auditorium. It's held annually and the most incredible thing to see in August. Seriously. Amazing.

Mailing List!

The mailing list is officially online. Please subscribe yourself through this link. Special events and meeting times will be announced through this mailing list.

Our first event is Quad day. So please be there for information and seeing! We will determine when and where our first meeting will take place soon.

Website updated and Quad Day

You can now contact Tree House Society through email and Facebook.
New events, changes, and information will be officially be announced through the mailing list and this site.

In addition, we will be there on Quad Day, Sunday, August 24th, on the quad from 12pm-5pm. Quad day is a day that all the student registered organizations (RSOs) of Illinois set up a table for new students to join. Be there. I'll be wearing a tree costume.