====July 17, 18 & 19=====
The Transition Movement: Tools for Community Climate Change Action
Free Presentation: Friday, July 17, 2009, 7 PM
Transition Training Weekend: Sat. & Sun., July 18 & 19 with Tina Clarke.
The Transition Movement is a method of community organizing and education that builds broad, grassroots support for sustainability while increasing resilience to the climate change, energy and economic crises. The future will be increasingly low carbon and local. Engaging people now in a planned transition will ensure ways of life that are more abundant, fulfilling, equitable, sustainable, and socially connected. Since emerging in Ireland in 2005, the Transition movement has spread virally across the UK and beyond, with hundreds of Transition initiatives now underway. Learn about this rapidly growing global movement. Tina Clarke of the Sustainability Institute has served as director of Greenpeace USA’s citizen action network and as campaign director for Clean Water Action. The Training will show you how to set up a successful Transition Initiative, or to enhance current sustainability projects. Receive imaginative and inspiring tools for community outreach and engagement. Visit www.transitionus.org. Contact Ariane Burgess at 212.475.1876, info@RegenerativeCulture.org to be notified of future NYC Trainings. Transition was profiled in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, April 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html. Co-sponsors: Transition US, Regenerative Culture, and Sierra Club NYC.
NYC location to be announced
(Weekend Workshop, $230)
http://RegenerativeCulture.org
=====Friday, July 17=====
5TH Annual Globesonic Summer on the Hudson
This year marks the our 5th year of free outdoor parties on the Hudson River. Join over 1000 of our friends for one of our best party series of the year. DJs Fabian Alsultany, Derek Beres and Bill Bragin and guest drummers Duke Mushroom & Amon. This Series is presented by the Summer on the Hudson program of the NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation. http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=114570534504&h=SxKu0&u=naKpu
7/17, 8/14, 9/11
Riverside Park South
The Pier on 68th St. & the Hudson River
(7p-11p, Free)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=99039822436
=====Also on Friday=====
Nouvelle Époque Cabaret-Salon with Gemini & Scorpio
Ths Players Club is a Victorian mansion and the site of Gemini & Scorpio's next big party. Feel free to don your sexiest cabaret costumes, swing to swing by JC Hopkins Biggish Band and live out your voureristic fantasies as MsTickle dances burlesque-style. Then chill out on the wrought-iron balcony overlooking Gramercy Park.
The Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South btwn Park Ave & Irving Pl
(8p, $10-$35)
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com
=====Saturday, July 18=====
Cattus Island Clean Up
Kathleen Drake from the E.P.A will be our guest speaker. We will be cleaning up garbage and such and removing waste from the waters edge. This is your home, come out and show you care. New Jersey Community Water Watch is a program of NJPIRG in alliance with AmeriCorps. The mission of the program is to improve local water ways. Over 75% of New Jersey waterways fail to meet the mininmum requirements fro swimming and fishing, and the state Has the second worst water quality in the nation. The waterways are polluted with Toxins,sewage,oil,pesticides, and garbage. These pollutants are a tremendous threat to wildlife,recreation, and drinking water.occ@njwaterwatch.org. Visit the facebook site to arrange for ride shares. Organize them yourselves, it's fun and you get to make new friends.
Cattus Island County Park;
1170 Cattus Island Blvd
(10a- 1p, Free)
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=107858874602
=====Sunday, July 19=====
Alex Grey @ New Paltz Joseph Campbell RoundTable
Topic: The Artist as Myth Maker. A roundtable styled lecture and discussion led by the phenomenal artist Alex Grey pertaining to the artists’ role as the “tip of the sword” for the next consciousness of his/her tribe or people. By following the threads of personal experiences, and quotes on creative process, we will examine the channels carved throughout the ages of the archetypal hero, not aiming for the physical deed of slaying a dragon, but rather the spiritual insight with which to revive the consciousness of his or her village. More: Alex Grey @ CoSM http://alexgrey.com. Refreshments will be served, please bring something to contribute to the table. CSS Office TEL: (845) 658-8540 (M-T-W-F, 9am-12noon)
Center for Symbolic Studies
310 or 475 River Road, Ext. New Paltz, NY; (845) 658 – 8540
(Look for our sign at the corner of Springtown Road and River Road in Tillson; travel directions on website)
csshermes@symbolicstudies.org
(2p – 5p, Suggested donation: $10-$20)
http://symbolicstudies.org
=====Also on Sunday=====
Linger Lounge Grand Opening in Brooklyn
In collaboration with our creative and inspired chef, Mike Schurr (a Natural Gourmet graduate with extensive menu planning and private client experience), we have put together a mouth watering summer menu. The next two weeks will be dedicated to getting situated in our new space as well as testing recipes for a crab salad with jicama and green apple, a watermelon gazpacho with feta and mint, home cured salmon over greens, and far from the ordinary finger sandwiches (grilled cheese with onion chutney, prosciutto with fig and ricotta), among other items that will please your palate. In keeping with our dedication to supporting local, we are proud to feature a variety of baked goods and homemade jams/mustards from local merchants such as Betty Bakery, NineCakes, Miss Amy's, Sullivan Street Bakery, and various farms that we hook up with at nearby farmers' markets. Our coffee and tea menu, exclusively featuring Intelligentsia (Direct Trade and Organic), has been assembled with care, following product tastings as well as barista training for our team. And for the beer lovers, we're kicking off our summer with refreshing selections from nearby and greater New York; Six Point, Captain Lawrence, South Hampton, Southern Tier, and Blue Point breweries. We're starting off our wine tour with Paumanok and Pugliese Vineyards from Long Island's North Fork. Our art calendar has filled up fast and we have talented artists (all from Brooklyn!) on schedule through Spring 2010. I don't want to give away too much, but what awaits you for our Grand Opening exhibit supports the themes of 'Nature' and 'Dramatic', just the sort of contrast that works beautifully throughout Linger Cafe & Lounge.
533 Atlantic Avenue, Btwn 3rd & 4th Avenues, Bkrlyn; 347-689-4813
Grand Opening 10am
jzpichardo@lingercafelounge.com
http://www.lingercafelounge.com
=====Wednesday, July 22=====
Hipnic on the Hi-Line – Fluff’s Events
Back from a hiatus, Hipnic on the Hi-Line will return triumphantly. Bring your shareable items to eat (not Lunchables from Kraft), instruments and your heart. Expect dancing, celebration, Kaleidoscopic adventures and populating the Hi-Line like no other. Seeking dancers who can teach others to dance, musicians who can soothe their audience. Pluses: Amazing music, dancing – to Tango maybe Tango and "other", best Wednesdays ever, unbranded booze. Rules: 1) no branded booze you advertising hungry foodies 2) Acoustic instruments only. Apparently they have succeeded in attracting a very diverse crowd. Need new cool people in your life — this is it.
Hi-Line b/w 14th & 15th St.
10th Ave. Manhattan at 14th St. Entrance
(7p – 9:45p, Free but bring good food to share)
flopaint@gmail.com
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=====Friday, July 24th-Sunday, 26th=====
Women’s Retreat: Awaken the Magic and Mystery of the Divine Feminine
Connect to your Passion, Power and Possibilities. As busy women we tend to put our needs last, so busy ‘doing’ that we forget to just ‘be’. This is an opportunity to focus on your own needs and connect to the authentic you. When we are together in a circle, gathered with the intention of deep exploration, our energies blend and merge, creating something much greater than any of us individually. We each bring our own expression of the Divine Feminine to the circle, and we enter a timeless, transcendent heart space. From this place true transformation can take place and you can experience greater clarity and a deeper awareness. During this retreat you will experience: journaling, ritual, dance, dream work, and the sacred labyrinth. We will also welcome special guest, Sound Healer Kim Engler. You will leave knowing that you are the woman you aspire to become.
Miriam’s Well – Saugerties, NY
Special Price, June Only!: $295 for workshop.
Food and Lodging additional, price varies depending on your accommodations.
Reservation Required. Check here for more info: http://joyofritual.com/calendar.cfm?tag=tag_cal
Also July 24=====
Journey Dance with Jeanine
Dancing saved my life. It's the truth. To be able to express everything in your heart thru movement is a powerful healing form.
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway btwn 13th & 14th Sts
Union Square; 212 353 0214
(8:30p, $16)
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com
=====Saturday, July 25=====
Seed Gallery Presents Day Out of Time
Around the planet, this day is reserved for festival and community. Central focuses are: Planetary Peace through Culture Stop business as usual Attest to the truth that "Time is Art!" ..forgiveness, atonement, freeing of debts, purification, the Art of Peace…The offical flag for the Day out of Time is the Banner of Peace. This flag is flown in 71 Brazilian cities alone, where it is recognized as an official municipal holiday. In Japan, over 100 Day out of Time Festivals displayed this symbol to unify our intentions of "Planetary Peace Through Culture." This day is an opportunity to experience the freedom of being alive, true timelessness and loving kindness. Whether public gatherings or private circles, this day is a catalytic launch-pad for the year to come, a great, global harnessing of telepathic presence, and a perfect way to invite new participants into the harmony of the 13 Moon Calendar. The celebration begins in the heart! We begin at 8pm and travel into the wee hours with melodic juices and psychedelic verses. Spoken Life with Nasir, Open Jam-Bring Your Instrument, Deco and Live Body Painting with Pax. Performances by Diwang Ilaw-Spirit of Light & TRIP; plus Psytrance DJ's, Earthian, Goatone, Midnight, Lab'D, Deliria.
Seed Gallery
239 Washington St.; (917) 607 – 4440
Newark, NJ
(2p- 6p, free)
http://www.newarkseed.com
=====Also on Saturday, July 25=====
FreaKKshow #2
On Saturday, July 25th, please join Kostume Kult and friends for FreaKKshow #2, an annual celebration of circus sideshows and freakky fashions. Sub-themed "evolutionary oddity" this year, we suggest mixing classical circus style with nature-gone-wrong. Let us know if you would like to host a sideshow or perform! A Burning Man fundraiser with our NYrvana Village partners Squid Row, join the Award-Winning Mermaids and their aqua-evolutionary dance vibe in the Squid room. Dress: Circus sideshow, freakky fashions, misshapen monsters, body art and anything shiny or wonderful. *NOTE: As this is a Dance Studio, please consider the soft wooden floors – No hard soled shoes! Soft shoes, dance barefoot or wear psychedelic sockks! DJ's spinning house, breaks, electro in two rooms: John O’Connor (Love Tribe), Tektite (Kostume Kult), Tarquin (Kostume Kult), Tim Fielding (Squid Row), Beenjammin’, Small Change +
DNA Dance Center
280 Broadway entrance on Chambers Street between Broadway and Elk Street just north of City Hall, Downtown NYC. (http://www.dnadance.org/site/)
(10-5a, $20 Freakky, $25 Normal)
Cheap drinks all night
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73521
kult@kostumekult.com
=====July 25=====
Biodanza
Biodanza is a system of human development that fuses music, movement, and emotions building a sense of community for those who practice it regularly. This unique combination of elements expands our creativity, vitality and our ability to love. Biodanza is about feeling the fullness of every moment and awakening our passion for life. It is about loving life and putting life in the center. With carefully selected music that evokes specific experiences and invites movement, the participants will discover JOY and happiness within themselves. With Biodanza movement becomes a free expression of self, and is not choreographed or structured. No previous dance experience is required and there are no age requirements. Biodanza is for everyone! The magic of Biodanza will open your sense of joy, self-esteem and self-confidence. Come dance with life. This unique workshop will take place on Saturday, July 25th from 9:00 to 5.00pm in New York City.
Dance Forum
20 E. 17th St., 2nd flr
$75.00 or bring a friend and you each pay $50 into Paypal acct biodanzaeastcoast@gmail.com.
http://www.biodanza-thedanceoflife.blogspot.com.
=====Monday, July 27=====
Elect-=a-lujah Fundraiser with Joan Baez and Weekly BBQ Revival with Rev Billy
With the Rev and Life After Shopping Gospel Choir, Joan Baez, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang,
Greta Gaines, the New York Street Vendors Chorus, and Yetta Kurland.
431 W 16th St btwn 9th & 10th Ave
(7p, donation)
Tix: http://bit.ly/vrbtix
))))Workshop(((((
Permaculture Design Certification in NYC with Andrew Faust and Guests
11 Sessions – July to October 2009
Presented by The Center for Bioregional Living and Andrew Faust
This course will cover the core 72 hour Permaculture Design curriculum, including additional hours of in class and out of class activities to adapt this
course to our region and to contemporary ecological issues in the United States. You will learn how to apply Permaculture principles
to a diversity of settings and issues with an emphasis on urban and temperate environments.
This Permaculture design course provides a positive and empowering vision for social and ecological transformation.
Come be inspired by the possibilities of today and not by the fear of tomorrow!
Permaculture
•is an ecological design science that provides insights and practical techniques for living a fruitful and abundant life.
•is addressing the major issues of our day from a whole systems perspective.
•is a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.
•is a solution oriented ecological approach to retrofitting our societies.
This course is perfect for a diversity of individuals who wish to use Permaculture in Urban environments as well as a diversity of other environments.
Lectures, extensive and diverse handouts, field trips and hands-on activities will explore:
Methods for regenerating local economies and regional self reliance, the economics of globalization, providing individuals with practical tools
for creating positive social change, inner-city gardening techniques, indoor and apartment gardening, making fermented foods, whole foods, Living Machines and natural wastewater treatment, biogas generators, ecological niche market and value added business ideas, passive integrated water systems, rain gardens that alleviate flooding while addressing sewage treatment plant overflows and clean water, living roofs, rooftop gardens and regional energy systems.
Other topics include:
The evolution of agriculture, Biodynamics, natural history of Eastern woodlands, passive solar and natural building techniques, Biodynamic orchards, fruit and berry production, watershed health, the integration of animals into cultivated ecosystems, indoor mushroom cultivation and solar oven and portable rocket stove construction.
To receive a certificate students must attend all 11 classes and present a final Permaculture site design. Students will be given the option to present their final design individually which is a different approach than most PDCs. In our experience, and from what our growing number of students say, this contributes to a more practical, professional and intellectually stimulating learning experience. As a result a number of our students final presentations have gone from paper (or Powerpoint Presentations) to actualized, real-world designs.
All classes are on either Saturday or Sunday from 9am to 5pm and will be held in two locations:
July 25th and August 8th
will be held at:
Curious Pictures
440 Lafayette St. 6th floor
Manhattan
and the remaining days:
August 1st, 15th, 16th, 29th
October 3rd, 4th, 17th, 25th, 31st
will be at:
Sixth Street Community Center
Lower East Side Manhattan
638 E. 6th Street between Ave B and C
Andrew Faust is one of the premier Permaculture teachers and designers in North America with
17 years of Permaculture experience, 10 years as a certified alternative school teacher (Upattinas-Glenmoore, PA)
and 8 years living off-the-grid in rural West Virginia. Living in Brooklyn since August 2007 he has been applying his knowledge
to urban needs and working on the development of The Center for Bioregional Living in Ellenville, NY, a pilot campus
for his New York City students and clients. Andrew has taught the PDC course over 13 times at Yestermorrow Design/Build school
in Warren,VT. This will be his fourth PDC course in New York City.
Guest speakers will include:
Keith Morris Keith Morris is an organic farmer, builder, and environmental educator. For the past five years, he has
been designing and establishing an edible forest garden and ecological homestead in Johnson, Vermont along the
Lamoille River. Prospect Rock Permaculture combines reforestation, wildlife refuge, and ecological restoration with
food production and community building, while educating about and experimenting with sustainable techniques and
ways of building.
Lisa DePiano is a certified Permaculture designer and co-founder of the Montview Neighborhood Farm, a human-powered farm
and edible forest garden in the Connecticut River Valley. She has a Master's degree in Regional Planning from the University of
Massachusetts and likes to ride with the worker owned Pedal People in Northampton, MA.
Rafter Sass of Liberation Ecology has facilitated workshops on social project design, Permaculture design, the economics of globalization, mycology,
and wild foods and medicines. In his own words, "I do this work because I want to be in conversation with people who are hungry
for change, and the tools for making it."
Bill Young of Young Environmental LLC is a recognized leader in the environmental field with more than 25 years of experience as a project manager, designer, and wetland specialist. His expertise includes habitat restoration on disturbed lands, wetlands monitoring and construction, botanical inventory, wildlife assessment, streambank restoration; and erosion and sediment control.
Lars Chellberg of CENYC and Water Resources Group builds and maintains low cost Rain Water Harvesting systems across the five boroughs and leads educational workshops on sustainable water practices. He will be leading a tour of one of the systems he designed for a community garden in the Lower East Side.
Paula Hewitt Amram is the founder of Open Road Park and will be talking to us about the transformation of a former bus depot/brownfield into the thriving community garden it is today.
Adriana Magaña a certified Permaculture Designer and Horticulturist will be leading the hands-on workshops. She is working with Andrew Faust to create The Center for Bioregional Living upstate on their 14 acres of property in Ellenville, NY.
Together this teaching team brings a wealth of wisdom and a diversity of experience ranging from city to country, from forests
to deserts and beyond. Come and learn from the premier practitioners of ecological design in the Northeast and be a part of the
growing community of cutting edge designers and community leaders!
Before July 10th $1000
After July 10th $1200
$100 paid in advance to reserve your spot
Register early for discount!
For more information or to register email andrew@homebiome.com
The Center for Bioiregional Living
Ellenville / Brookyn, NY
www.homebiome.com
=====Sunday, July 26=====
IDP Prison Project Tutor Training Retreat
Last Chance to Sign-up for the Home-Listen Option for Buddhism and Psychology Series (In-Person Class Sold Out) We are so happy to be including the two programs below in our offering. Please join us. IDP Prison Project Tutor Training Retreat with Michael Carey. The Interdependence Prison Project is working with the College Initiative (http://www.collegeinitiative.org) to offer academic tutoring to formerly incarcerated men and women who are pursuing a college degree. The College Initiative is a non-profit reentry education program open to all men and women in the New York City who want to begin or continue their higher education after release from prison or jail, during probation or parole or while fulfilling alternative-to-incarceration commitments. Anyone who is interested in volunteering to work with College Initiative students is invited to a full-day retreat and orientation on Sunday, July 26 from 12 to 6. The retreat will involve meditation practice, discussion, writing and persona work, and informational sessions on the criminal justice system, jail and prison systems and various learning models. Our aim is to inform and prepare volunteers for their work, but also to explore the meaning of incarceration and liberation. See you there!
(Sunday July 26, 12noon – 6pm, free)
Please RSVP to info@theidproject.com
=====Also on Sunday=====
GreenWorks NYC Public Forum / Green Business Expo & Job Fair
www.GreenWorksNYC.net
http://www.GreenWorksNYC.net
Sunday July 26th
12:00 noon to 6:00PM
New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor
Manhattan, New York City
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Desiderata Festival August 6-7-8-9 Bainbridge, NY
We seek to provide a space for you to dance, discuss, share, create, listen, explore, gyrate, vibrate, and connect. A meeting of open minds, Desiderata is a grassroots venture fueled by exuberance and a passionate, promiscuous interest in music. We believe in biodiversity. We believe the more the merrier. Come as you are or dress to impress. Some of the artists playing: Infected Mushroom classic old-school set + future set! The Crystal Method, Space Tribe, Cosmosis, Transdriver, YAB YUM, Super Jam featuring Tommy Hamilton (Younger Brother) and Adam Deitch (breakscience), Optical , Break Science ft. Adam Deitch, U-melt, Grapes of Wrath, AJJA, St8cyde Jump Up, Jelly Headz, Proper Villians, Prishvin Mess, Progress, Onkle Dunkel, Solix, Mexican Trance Mafia, Melorix, Parus, Primordial ooze, Psylab, MJ Project, Digital Frontier, Aligning Minds, Inoxia, Sw@t, The Omen, Dose the Alien, Lauryn & Eg_bot, Basha, MizEysis, Potent J, Jimo, Luis Campos, Conscious Pilot, The Dirty Drop, Soren Larue, Karmakanic, Mikey Parkay, Rinse-Repeat, Shapes OF States, Billy Boogey, Orbicles Eddies in the Water, Depth, DA, Phungeye, Lost Monster, The Oracle, Nexus, Ghost, Rola,Suspence, Loki, Bones Jones, Mentally ILL, Leila, Jabbit, Space One, Hambone, Dmilitant, Silas Maximus, Mike Parker, Nicky Twist, Dali, , Jordan Vesteyo, Atom, The Giver, Mcnasty, Tweek, Alex Ryan, Lou Elusivo, Sean Place, Mj Duke, Mike Sims, Egzail, Christopher Robbins, Electronic Anynomous, Nicky Bruise, Raj marathe, Clotho, Arod, Looney Tunes, DUBBS, PMC, Steve Nice, Don Stone, Spring Break, Scooby Carolan, Drei, Gomer, Sogma, Teddy Glow and more! Desiderata Film Festival: The Desiderata Film Festival is currently seeking submissions by you. There is nothing too big nor too small, too foolish nor high-brow. This is your festival. We want your films. Documentaries, feature films, music videos, short experimental pieces, anything goes here. The selected films will be screened throughout the four days we will spend together in this revelrous environment created by you, with you, and for you. The top submission will receive two free tickets to the festival along with a slew of goodies to be had upon arrival. Chosen submissions get discounted tickets and the opportunity to have their films screened in front of the audience our creations draw. Now is the time to submit, to share your work with the masses, to offer we the viewers a brief glimpse into what it is that makes you get up, get down, and persevere. For more information or to submit, contact Evan@desideratafestival.com, Mind Blowing Decorative atmosphere, structures and installations, Yoga Instruction from the JivaMukti school. Daniel Pinchbeck: Reality Sandwich, Evolver, Spoken Word By Intangible Collective, Funtown's Interactive Art Experience, Experimental and Independant Cinema Center, Electronic Sound Synthesis Workshop by Monno, Organized drum circle as well as a Drum and Jam workshop by Progress
The New Echo Lake Resort Campground
185 Echo Lake Lane
Bainbridge, NY 13733
(2nd tier tickets may still be available $100)
http://www.DesiderataFestival.com
contact@desideratafestival.com
)))))Links(((((
ABC No Rio Zine Library
http://www.abcnorio.org/facilities/zine_library.html
The ABC No Rio Zine Library contains almost twelve thousand items. Our collection includes independent, underground and marginal publications on subjects such as music, culture, politics, personal experience and travel. We are most interested in zines addressing political and social issues. Our focus does not include poetry.
Visionary Art and more from around the globe sponsored by Nemo
http://www.r6xx.com
Evolver.net the new social network for conscious collaborators
http://www.evolver.net
Souldish Newsletter and Steve's Picks (from around the web)
http://www.souldish.com
