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Djembéso!!! Drum Workshop with Adama Dembele

d.jaibeyks — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:53:14 GMT

Stay Local Fourth of July Weekend
Save Gas, Save Money, Gain Rhythm, Breath, Relax

∞ Djembéso!!! Drum Workshop with Adama Dembele ∞

*** Free Wild Herbs Nature Walks with Owen Okie ***

SATURDAY JULY 5TH 2008: @ Bodhi Farms, Reisterstown, Maryland

Beginners – intermediate: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Intermediate – Advanced: 2:30 p.m.- 5pm

MASTER DRUMMER ADAMA DEMBELE
Adama brings his family's 33generations of music from Ivory Coast to Bodhi Farms, Reisterstown, Maryland on Saturday, July 5th. "Djembéso" in the West African dialect Bambará means "the house of djembé". Adama chose that name because his family has been playing the djembe for 33 generations and his natal home is known as the house where the djembe is played.
The music he teaches is enlivened with songs, invites people to dance, sing, and laugh while experiencing a sense of community and belonging. Instruction will be made on the following instruments: Djembe, the Kenkeni, the Sangban, the Doundounba, Bells and Shakers.

Visit him on-line: www.myspace.com/adamadembele2 or by email djembeso2@yahoo.fr

Please feel free to bring your own drum.

WORKSHOP COSTS
Individual Workshops $ 40
Both Workshops $70

Reserve your spot. Space is limited. Deadline for registration is Friday June 20th.
The balance is due at start of the workshop. Your deposit will be held until after the workshop. After registering, you will receive confirmation of your order. About a week or two before the workshop you'll receive another email giving you details on what to bring and directions.

Bodhi Farms is a beautiful, early 1800’s farm located just outside of Baltimore. Weather permitting we will be drumming underneath two 200+ year-old maple trees. Otherwise we will be located on the porch of the historic farmhouse. When you are not drumming you are welcome to walk the land and enjoy the peace with OWEN OKIE: CLINICAL HERBALIST, INTERN: offering consultations regarding herbs, nutrition, and sustainable living.

For Details, Contact:

Jason Armstrong Baker
Email: jabaker75@yahoo.com
On the Web: www.myspace.com/djaibeyks

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Housing

Lou — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:42:17 GMT

when looking for housing after having been partnered for 35+ years, no resources and no other options at this point. Where is a good place to start looking? Thanks

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free rhythm meditation in Ellicott City

pamdesmond — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:15:48 GMT

Hi all,

I am currently in my third year of a three-year training to lead workshops in a rhythm meditation technique called taketina. Taketina uses rhythm and music to access relaxation, meditative states, and self-knowledge. Participants in a taketina circle are guided into simple stepping patterns, and then claps are added that create a rhythm with the steps. Call-and-response is then brought in, with some calls that support the rhythm and some that disrupt it. Disrupting calls are part of the process, allowing participants to "lose" the rhythm so they can find it again at a deeper level. These alternating phases of ease and chaos mirror our crazy lives, and give us a safe space to explore our patterns and ways of being. Taketina brings us into the present moment, and may lead to a deeply relaxed state.

Anyone can do taketina, even if you think you have "no rhythm", or have no experience with music. Participants are encouraged to go at their own pace and find the level of engagement that works with their own inner timing. If you are present with the group, you are fully participating, whether you are doing the steps and claps, steps only, or laying down in the center of the circle listening to the music.

I am still learning, so I am offering free practice groups at my home in Ellicott City. These groups will allow me to practice before my final "exam" at the end of the training. I am still a student, and may make mistakes, but I hope that participants will take away some of the benefits of this work.

One of the groups I want to work with is stay-at-home parents, so I am offering practice groups during the day and providing childcare. There will be an optional donation basket to help defray the cost of the childcare, but I will cover as much as I can. I will also be offering some evening and weekend groups. Please contact me if you are interested, or if you have any questions. For more info about taketina, go to http://www.taketina.com

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Photo Shoots in Washington DC! :)

pixievision — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:01:45 GMT

My traveling studio is coming from Los Angeles to Washington DC soon~

Here are my remaining times still left...
Friday 4/11 - 4:30pm until 10pm
Saturday 4/12 - 10am until 12:30pm
Sunday 4/13 - 2:30pm until 10pm

I specialize in musicians, fire performance and belly dance photography but I also love to shoot families, all forms of dance, fashion, weddings and all kinds of events.

See my website for examples of my work~ www.PixieVisionProductions.com

My rate for shooting is $250 per hour. Please email pixie@pixievisionproductions.com for more info~ :)

~Pixie

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www.pixievisionproductions.com
studio: 818.484.5173
cell: 818.512.8474
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http://tribes.tribe.net/pixievision
http://www.myspace.com/pixieglittermeow
http://modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=97528
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Temp agencies?

Anju78 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:35:29 GMT

Anyone have positive experiences with any temp agencies in particular?

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2008 Vernal Equinox begins 3/20 at 05:57 UT

Sizzle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:01:43 GMT

(12:57 am EST, where we are at)

Happy Ostara!

Wishing you all an safe, abundant season,
enjoy this Beautiful Ostara egg i saved for you...
Hearts, Gratitude and Blessings
Kuggs and Hisses---

www.youtube.com/watch

Siz'l

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Baltimore, MD - New Weekly Belly Dance Classes with Shems - multiple levels

Shems — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:30:55 GMT

New Baltimore Belly Dance Classes with Shems starting in April

Try it out for the first time, polish your dance or build your technique and musicality - these classes are designed for you.

http://www.shemsdance.com | 202-320-8749 | shemsdance@gmail.com

Location:
Harbor East MAC
655 President Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.625.5000

**NEW** Weekly Classes will be starting at Baltimore's Harbor East MAC this April!
You will love the friendly staff and the luxurious studios, wonderfully suited to bringing out your inner dancer. I want to take you on a dance journey to discover the depth and richness of Middle Eastern Belly Dance. Shems' class offerings will be expanded over time to give you the opportunity to study a full and diverse curriculum, allowing you to reach the highest level that you desire.

Starting April 8th - Intro to Belly Dance - Tuesdays at 7:30 pm
This class will introduce basic belly dance vocabulary, isolations and musical phrases. There will be some cultural background given and a simple choreography will by taught. Special attention will be paid to proper body alignment, and clean execution of movements. Open to all levels. Each 6 week session will be $60 for MAC members and $75 for non members. Drop in rate $15 for MAC members and $20 for non-members.

Starting April 9th - Sunrise Belly Dance -Wednesdays at 6:30 am
Utilizing belly dance movement, this class is a gentle and energizing workout to give you an invigorating dancing start to your day. Open to all levels, drop in rate is free for MAC members and for only $5 non-members.

Starting April 10th - Technique & Musicality - Thursdays at 8:00 pm
Steps & movements are taught built into musical phrases. Focusing on building both dance vocabulary and musical connection, this class will also delve into transitions between movements, rhythms & cultural context. Previous belly dance experience required. Each 6 week session will be $60 for MAC members and $75 for nonmembers Drop in with teacher approval only.

Starting April 12th - Fundamentals of Performance Quality Movement - Saturdays at 11:15 am This class will cover basic belly dance technique with special attention to the details, such as posture, arms, feet, head & body angles. Some more advance technique will be introduced. This class is aimed at experienced belly dancers who want to deepen and refine their movement quality and polish or to dancers who have studied with other teachers and would like a primer on Shems technique to better prepare them for more advanced classes. Some choreography will be utilized as a teaching tool. Music, rhythms and culture will be discussed. Open to all levels, but will be a little more challenging to the novice than the Intro to Belly Dance class. Each 6 week session will be $60 for MAC members and $75 for non members. Drop in rate $15 for MAC members and $20 for nonmembers

Official registration through the MAC is in the process of being set up. However you may contact Shems to reserve a place in the class or classes of your choice. Class size is limited.

If anybody is interested in classes at the MAC's Timonium Location, please contact me. If there is enough interest in that area I will arrange to start classes up there.

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Home Business Networking ...

Raymond — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:15:01 GMT

Looking for Marylanders who are working from home ... or who would like to be working from home.

Anyone interested in joining our Nationwide Team ... we are helping Homeowner's across Maryland ... and across the Nation ... SHRINK their mortgages down to size and become DEBT FREE in a fraction of the time.

This is an opportunity that we have been very successful with ... my wife Kim made $5000+ in December alone ... not counting the company bonus pool.

ALSO ... looking to generate more website traffic and sales by offering a $350 referral fee ... per customer ... if you refer anyone that ends up in a sale!!

Raymond Birdsell
http://HoneyIShrunkOurMortgage.com

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yoga classes???

najla_nef — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:29:43 GMT

hi

I'm looking for a yoga class in the baltimore area. anywhere in catonsville, pikesville, elliott city, owings mills, or woodlawn would be nice.

Can somebody help me?

thanks

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Sacred Chants: Kirtan Chanting @ The Well in Ellicott City

d.jaibeyks — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:41:34 GMT

DATES

March 15

TIME

7pm- 9pm

DESCRIPTION

An evening of chanting and meditation at The Well in Ellicott City: We will be chanting in Sanskrit and English, honoring the many forms of Spirit.
Many thanks and blessings to all! -Rufus Juskus

COST

$5 donation

DIRECTIONS

Tucked between Taylor's Antiques & Sarah & Desmond’s (Additional parking at lot D across the street) The Well is Convenient to Columbia, Clarksville, Catonsville, Laurel, Baltimore, Elkridge, Columbia in Howard County, MD

CONTACT/ ADDRESS

The Well
3711 Old Columbia Pike
Historic Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 418-8944
www.ellicottcitywellness.com

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Drumming Series: Rhythms from Africa and Cuba with Jason Baker

d.jaibeyks — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:38:52 GMT

DATES

Wednesday 3/12/2008 - 4/9/2008
***$5 intro class on Wed. March 5th 8:15 pm***

TIME
8:15 PM - 9:30 PM

DESCRIPTION

Discover the power and energy of drumming. During this 6-week course you will learn basic rhythms specific to African and Cuban dances. This is a mixed level class that offers each participant the ability to grow rhythmically as we play together. Connections will be made to how rhythm is applied to dance/movement, breath, focus, and relaxation.
Please bring your own Djembe, Conga, Ashiko or any other African style drum. Please no frame drums, tablas, or toys. Drums will also be available for purchase @ The Well.

Who is Jason? http://www.ellicottcitywellness.com/staff.html#jason

COST
$78 for the series

DIRECTIONS

Tucked between Taylor's Antiques & Sarah & Desmond’s (Additional parking at lot D across the street) The Well is Convenient to Columbia, Clarksville, Catonsville, Laurel, Baltimore, Elkridge, Columbia in Howard County, MD

CONTACT/ ADDRESS

The Well
3711 Old Columbia Pike
Historic Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 418-8944
www.ellicottcitywellness.com

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Angel's back - Jan 21-27 08 spiritual belly dance

Edwina — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:13:14 GMT

Angel's back - Jan 21-27 08 spiritual belly dance, gyrokinesis, etc
Spiritual belly dance classes & privates available in the DC metro area & MD with Angel, Jan. 21-27, 2008

Angel has returned and has authorized me to post the following public events:

Spiritual belly dance class, Wed. Jan. 23, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Bethesda MD, $20.00
at: Be You Be Yu Spa and Wellness Center, 5602 Shields Dr.

Spiritual belly dance class, Thurs. Jan 24, 10:30 am - 12 noon, Takoma Park, MD, $20.00
At: Willow Street Yoga Center, 6930 Carroll Ave. #100

More spiritual belly dance classes and workshops scheduled at a private home in Burtonsville MD:
Tues. Jan. 22, 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Sat. Jan 26, Burtonsville MD - gyrokinesis class - 10 - 11:30 am $20.
spiritual belly dance class - 2 - 3:30 pm $20

private sessions available with Angel in spiritual belly dance, pilates, gyrokinesis, energy balancing - contact Angel directly

sorry for the short notice

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come to DC on Jan 26 (Yoga Day) for the MAYA Yogathon - Columbia Heights area

Edwina — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:51:55 GMT

MAYA, the Mid Atlantic Yoga Association, is sponsoring
their annual
Yogathon for Yoga Day. It's at the Josephine Butler
Parks Center, in
a beautiful gold mansion across the st. from Meridian
Hill (Malcolm
X) Park. Partial registrations may be available.

01/26/2008
MAYA Yogathon
In celebration of Yoga Day USA, Maya is presenting its
Annual
Yogathon on Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the
Josephine Butler Parks
Center, 2437 15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009.
Nearest Metro:
Columbia Heights (Green Line).

Schedule
9 AM - 11 AM - Margaret Townsend, RYT 500 -
Architecture of the Asana*
11:05 - 12:05 - Kimberly Wilson - Hip Hips
12:10 PM - 1:40 PM - Nanda Bondade eRYT 500 - Downward
facing What??

Learning
Sanskrit names of Asanas* (lunch time special lecture
class)

1:45 - 2:45 - Jill Abelson and Agatha Glowacki RYT 200
-Jivamukti
Yoga
2:50 - 3.50 - Matt Fritts- Welcoming your Sacred
Healing Wisdom
4:00 - 5:00 Chanting with Shobha

* Classes qualify for CEU Credit from Yoga Alliance.
Please bring your own yoga mats and any other props
you may need.
Hot tea will be available. Please bring your own
lunch.

Cost: $50 (MAYA members), $60 (Non-Members)

MAYA teacher members are welcome to display or sell
yoga related
promotional material (class schedules, mats, books
etc.). To register
or for further information, call Nanda Bondade at
(703) 822-9642 or
email yoginanda@...

MAYA is an official sponsor of the Yoga Alliance Yoga
Day USA.

For further information on MAYA, see:
http://www.mayayoga.org/about/index.php

For directions to & information about the Josephine
Butler Parks
Center & associated other groups, please see:

http://www.washingtonparks.net/parkscenter.html

Please do not reply to this message. Information is
available from:

Nanda Bondade at (703) 822-9642 or email yoginanda@yahoo.com...

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The Baltimore International Rhythm & Drumming Society is looking for some amazing people...Are you one them???

drumfest — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:09:13 GMT

Greetings!

I am Daveed Korup, Executive Director for BIRDS (Baltimore International Rhythm & Drumming Society) and I am announcing an open call for some amazingly inventive and "out of the box" creative individuals who might be interested in making a difference. For those who have never experienced a BIRDS Festival, I invite yo to visit our website at: www.drumtogether.org. There are some fantastic pictures posted on-line for this pawst year's event. These pictures are from the two evening concerts and have been provided by Eric Willison, President of the Mill Valley Cultural Arts Umbrella (www.millvalleyarts.org); click on the BIRDS link under the Latest News banner. We will be posting many of these on the BIRDS’ site shortly. If anyone took pictures during the Saturday street fair, we are looking for new photos for the website. You will receive proper photo credit and a link to your web page, should you have one and wish a link.

On to other matters, John Millen, our current Board President, has informed me that he wishes to step down, after many years of dedicated service to the festival. I congratulate John on his extensive commitment and dedication to the community. He has expressed his desire to continue serving on the board in a sort of emeritus capacity. Institutional memory is vital to the success of any organization.

So where does this leave BIRDS? Well, to put on a festival that can reach a maximum potential public requires people who can work together to create the event. We need people who have fundraising & grant writing experience. Additionally, we need people who have skills in promotion & marketing…audio, photo & video production… programming & logistics... community education, etc. We are looking for imagination, innovation and creative problem solving.

This is a tall task!!! However, it cannot be done successfully by just a few people. This is especially true when taking into account that everyone has a life outside BIRDS: i.e. work, school, family and other obligations. BIRDS is a community-based organization that needs a strong community behind it.

Now, to next topic: the BIRDS’ Board. I am announcing that there are six to ten openings for new board members. We are looking for people who want to be community builders and who wish to influence the future direction of the Baltimore International Rhythm Festival. The board needs people who can do all those items I addressed above, plus bookkeeping and general office assistance.

There are no limits to the possibilities that can be accomplished if we work together. That said, it is important for everyone to realize that for BIRDS to move forward we need people to step up and take on these various tasks.

The beauty of this is that no one will be asked to do anything outside their expertise. If we can get enough folks to become involved, then no one will have to work too hard and much more will get accomplished. It is truly up to the community to decide the direction of the organization. It should never reflect just one point of view, but many.

Well, there you have it. I am challenging everyone to get involved. It’s now up to all of us to make this wonderful organization achieve its fullest potential.

The World is giant drum just waiting to be played…

Respects...
Daveed Korup

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Baltimore Santarchy UPDATED INFO - DECEMBER 15

goddesscomedia — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:17:48 GMT

Baltimore Santarchy website / event updated!

Dec 15
2:00 pm - 2:30 - meeting spot is at the Baltimore Visitor Center at the inner harbor
401 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202

Easily accessible via taxi, bus, Marc train
Lots of parking in the downtown area (paid, of course)
http://baltimore.about.com/od/transportation/a/parkinggarages.htm

Santarchy Website:
http://www.geocities.com/santarchybmore/home

There are two song books
1. Nice - downloadable PDF from the website
2. Naughty - downloadable PDF from the website
(Unfortunately had to cut down on pics due to file size...grrrr)

Both versions are also accessible via the DC Cacophony yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DC-Area-Cacophony/

Don't forget - we'll get to check out the TUBA CHRISTMAS performance too!
http://www.tubachristmas.com/

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PETCO and Maggie Mae's broken Leg

Allison — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:39:54 GMT

I took my 10 year old Shih tzu mix to be groomed at PETCO on Feb 19th- she has regulary ben groomed ther for over a year. I dropped her off at 9am and returned to pick her up at 3:30 and discovered that her leg had been broken during the time she was at PETCO!

She had to have a bone graft, screws and a plate inserted to repair her leg. PETCO could/would not tell me what happened to my dog. The groomer had put her in the cage and left for the day when I picked her up the yoing girl who wnet to get her was visibly upset she said "Something is wrong with Maggie Mae, Didn't Jodi (the groomer) call you? No one had called me! The Manager was called he said he could see the dog was injured- wondered if I had dropped her off like that- both young girls behind the counter told him she had been fine. His answer- take her to the vet- we will reimburse you. So fart her bills total $2700 with more visits needed. I have sent PETCO receipts by cerified mail with no response so far.

Any Advice?

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CALLING ALL SANTAS and SANTA WANNABES!

goddesscomedia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:03:46 GMT

SANTARCHY!!!!

Be there.
Be Santa.

Washington DC
December 8
http://www.santarchydc.com

Baltimore
December 15
website pending
email goddesscomedia@yahoo.com if interested

What is Santarchy?
http://www.santarchy.com
http://www.santacon.com

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DC Santarchy event Dec 8

goddesscomedia — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:10:35 GMT

Get your Santa Gear!
Prepare!

Be there.
Be Santa.

Washington DC
December 8

http://www.santarchydc.com

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NCEF! Media sabotaged! Hijacked by lone wingnut! Accused of fraud and embezzlement!

White Rabbit — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:39:53 GMT

NCEF! Media in Humboldt County, Ca. is accused of fraud and donation embezzlement. Caution! Do not support this lone wingnut's scam! Other legitamate groups exist in the area. Caution! Do not be fooled by NCEF! Media and his fraudulent outreach. Shunka Wakan exists completely seperate from any active affinity group. Read about how he perpetuated a lawsuit under the guise of EF! against a legitamate environmental nonprofit:

Dog Days
From: http://northcoastjournal.com/100407/cover1004.html
October 4, 2007
Money On Trees

Big cash nearly fell into Shunka Wakan's lap. Other Earth First!ers are kinda happy it didn't.

by Heidi Walters

As the jury trial for the civil suit Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation puttered to a start last week inside Courtroom 3 at the Humboldt County Courthouse, Shunka Wakan — a key witness for the plaintiff — spent mornings sitting on the hard wooden benches in the long hallway outside the courtroom. During breaks, Miller's attorney Linda Mitlyng, would come out of the courtroom to join him. But otherwise, as other people and their legal affairs swirled around him in a warm, odiferous bath of humanity, Shunka sat alone. Or, sometimes, he stood alone, straight-spined, his small, stocky body swallowed by the huge, stiff blue suit out of which his newly shorn, razor-scraped bald head poked vulnerably — as if, at any moment, the suit could gulp once more and he'd disappear completely. Always, he clutched a paper folder with a wolf's face on its cover.

The North Coast Earth First! Media guru had shaved off his woolly rust-tinged brown hair and beard the night before jury selection started, after discussing it with attorney Mitlyng. Now, it took an uncertain moment to recognize him. Then, of course: Shunka's light blue eyes in the pink-pale face, Shunka's closed-lip smile, Shunka's trademark husky murmur, "Mm-hmm, for sure," in response to a comment.

In Courtroom 3, the amiable but no-nonsense Judge Christopher Wilson's domain, the fate of a $185,000 donation dangled. Would the plaintiff, donor Kathryn Miller, prevail in her claim that the defendant, the Trees Foundation, was not in fact the intended recipient of her generous gift? That Shunka Wakan's NCEF! Media Center and the treesitters were? Or would the Trees Foundation convince the jury that, in fact, the money was intended all along for Trees, with no instructions attached for funneling it elsewhere?

Richard Idell, left, who is defending the Trees Foundation against a lawsuit filed by Kathryn Miller, confers with Doug Wallace, community support coordinator for Trees. Photo by David Lawlor.

In her opening arguments, Miller's attorney, Mitlyng, said the case came down to "fraud and broken promises." "She believed [Trees] would hold [the money] in trust, for the benefit of North Coast Earth First!" said Mitlyng. The defense's attorney, Richard Idell, countered in his opening argument that the donation was an unconditional gift and Miller never wrote letters of instruction — as Miller claims she did. "Ms. Miller ... didn't do anything. She took the check [from her mother's estate] and flipped it over and wrote on the back, 'Payable to the Trees Foundation,'" said Idell.

Miller's claim sought the return of her $185,000, plus interest.

Out in the hallway, Shunka waited to tell his side of the story. Maybe he thought about the magical donation that never materialized, and now probably never would. Maybe he thought about the other times he'd been in this courthouse — dozens of times, along with other activists, often before Judge Wilson, answering to charges of trespassing and other forms of civil disobedience in the woods. Likely, he wondered when they were finally going to call him in to testify — it was taking forever in there. He'd even sent out an e-mail prematurely to the several hundred subscribers to his NCEF! online group erroneously announcing he would be first up to testify.

By the end of Friday's court session, Miller was still on the stand. Perhaps Monday it would be Shunka's turn. Whenever it was, he would be testifying on Miller's behalf; but he wasn't a party to the lawsuit. And in the end, after hearing all of the evidence, the jury would be determining who was telling the truth about intentions and letters of instructions. Shunka was just there to provide context and evidence in a contract dispute.

But to a number of forest activists, including a half dozen or so who appeared in the audience last Friday to watch the trial unfold, that context matters more to them than the legal questions. They say this lawsuit has placed a strain on the environmental community that could do as much damage as an ill-felled redwood that takes down other giants in its descent. They disapprove of the lawsuit, and they blame Shunka for it. And, they say, it's just another example of how Shunka has commandeered the North Coast Earth First! identity and used it for purposes that nobody else in the amorphous but consensus-driven local Earth First! movement has agreed to.

"For a lot of us, when we read about the lawsuit, this is kind of like Shunka on trial," said long-time forest activist Deane Rimerman last Friday, calling from Olympia, Wash. "And, to what extent is he worthy of that money?"

Kathryn Miller wanted her money to go toward saving trees, she said on the witness stand last Thursday. The slender 59-year-old was dressed in a pink print skirt and white sweater, with her gray-streaked dark hair pulled back into a neat, thin braid tinted slightly green. (Little did the jury know that Miller had spent the night in jail, in blue jail duds, and then had been "dressed out," in court lingo, in her street clothes before being escorted into the court by the bailiff. Miller had been arrested the week before, on Sept. 17, when she arrived in civil court for the pre-trial readiness hearing; according to the misdemeanor criminal charges filed against her, Miller allegedly had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation all hours of the day and night.)

On the stand, Miller described how she became an activist. She remembered how, when she was a child in Orinda, her mother decided to stop spraying the beautiful oak trees on their property after reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. "And then, when my son was 9, we were watching the news on TV about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown. And my son said to me, 'I wish I'd never been born. I don't think I'll get to live a full life.'"

She protested the building of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. She started a peace action group in the late 1980s in San Jose. She did nonviolent protests at the Nevada Test Site. And in 1990, she came up with some of her fellow protestors to help set up the camp for Redwood Summer, and to take part in demonstrations. She's been on and off involved in Earth First! actions in Humboldt ever since, she said, including huffing in supplies for treesitters and huffing out their garbage. She'd also, at one point, bought a condo in Arcata.

In 2004, Miller sold her condo and bought an acre of farmland, already planted with coffee, in Guatemala. She put in fruit trees to shade the coffee. That same year, her mother, who lived in Sonoma, died. "The last time I saw her was in 2003," said Miller. "She told me when she died, she was going to leave me some money. I told her I'd use it to further my work for the forest. And she was pleased, because she loved the treesitters and the forest."

Shortly after learning of her mother's death, Kathryn Miller sought out Shunka Wakan in front of the food co-op in Arcata, where he "tabled" to raise funds for the North Coast Earth First! Media office — selling T-shirts, and stickers, offering pamphlets, accepting donations. She'd known Shunka for about five years, she said.

"I said to him, I was going to inherit some money: What was the best way to get that to the North Coast Earth First!?"

In the spring of 2005, Shunka Wakan was floating above the treetops. "I was so excited," the 32-year-old said in an interview a few weeks ago, sitting inside his tiny but colorful North Coast Earth First! Media office in Arcata, walls covered in art and topo maps — including one of Buckeye Mountain, where in 2000-2001, during the "Mattole Free State" action, Shunka and others hiked 14 miles through waist-high snowdrifts to save trees.

Kathryn Miller, he recalled, had come up to him excitedly as he walked along the sidewalk outside the Arcata Co-op and said, "I just donated $185,000 to North Coast Earth First!'"

She'd talked to him the year before about making the donation — she'd said she was anticipating an inheritance from her mother's estate, and she wanted to make a big donation to his group. He'd told her to make it through the Trees Foundation, which handled the NCEF! Media office's finances through an arrangement that had been established years ago. (The Trees Foundation is an umbrella organization formed in 1991 to assist smaller environmental groups. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, it can accept large, tax-deductible donations on behalf of affiliates, and provide professional resources. And it can lead large campaigns, like the one to save the Headwaters Forest back in the '90s.)

Well, now she'd finally done it.

Miller and Shunka agreed to meet at Fiesta Café in Sunny Brae, so she could tell him how she wanted the money spent: She wanted, straight away, for someone to organize a mediated workshop for the local Earth First! activists on ageism and sexism, issues she thought were fracturing the movement. And, she wanted the bulk of the donation to help support the forest activists who blockade logging roads and hunker up in ancient redwoods to fend off loggers' saws.

Not long after, Shunka was on his way to have lunch with some folks from the Trees Foundation, where they'd talk about Miller's wishes.

"Our media outreach was going to get a big boost," Shunka said. "The donation would keep the EF! office going for many years. So I walked into the Wildflower Café feeling elated, thinking we got all this money."

Barbara Ristow and Doug Wallace of the Trees Foundation were there. "I was super excited," Shunka said, "and I said, 'This is great, this big donation. Isn't it wonderful?' We ordered food, and still I'm all excited, talking about the money, but I notice they're looking nervously at each other. [Finally], they said, 'Well, we're just shocked that you think this money was for you.' And I was like, 'I just met with the donor, and that's what she said.' And they're like, 'Well, let's go ahead and plan the workshop and deal with that later.' I remember that, because it put me at ease."

After that, Shunka said he gave Trees a list of people he thought might benefit from the mediator-run workshop. "Some were people I knew had beefs with me, but I was willing to bring 'em into the circle and talk about it."

According to some vague accounts, the workshop was a disaster. One person who was there claims that Shunka, at one point, pounded his fists on the floor, blustered, then got up and stormed out, yelling as he walked away. Shunka says that's overblown.

"The letter from Kathryn Miller to Barbara Bristow said she wanted the mediation to be a safe place, safe to be emotional," he said. "And I think people are saying 'I freaked out.' The freak-out reports are exaggerated. It's just part of this ongoing character assassination. People say I was 'red-faced.' But my face is naturally red."

In late 2005, while Shunka was in Seattle, a friend called him from Arcata to say a woman had come by asking for the office key. She had a list of equipment she wanted to take away. The friend didn't give her the key.

When Shunka got back from Seattle, he discovered his reimbursement funds from Trees had been "frozen." He also learned about a letter someone in the NCEF! movement had circulated for signatures and then sent to Mark Knipper, who handled the Trees Foundation transactions for the NCEF! Media office. It said, in essence, "We don't want Shunka running EF!"

"I called the Trees Foundation," Shunka recalled. "I was sick, it was the middle of the winter, I'm trying to table, it's raining, it's cold. And Barbara Ristow told me, 'You just need to have a meeting [with the other Earth First!ers] and come to a group consensus on what the Trees Foundation funding should be used for."

The meeting never happened — nobody could agree to meet, said Mark Knipper, also in an interview last week. Knipper is a social worker and a long-time activist who had been the contact person between Trees and NCEF! Media. "So it ate itself," Knipper said. "And although I'm former Navy, a mariner, I said I'm not going down with this ship. So I divorced myself from it ... and signed it all back to Trees."

The NCEF! Media office was dropped from the Trees Foundation altogether.

Shunka and the NCEF! Media office never did see any of the big donation. Miller didn't even know that, he said, until she phoned him up in the summer of 2006, more than a year after she made the donation, to ask about a guy named "Jungle," who had been reported as missing on the NCEF! hotline. Miller was spending much of her time in Guatemala now, where she was raising fruit trees; after she'd made her big donation, Hurricane Stan had struck — she spent the ensuing year mopping up the mess.

First, Shunka told her Jungle was still missing. Then he told her about the money.

"I said, 'Yeah, they told me it wasn't for us,'" said Shunka. "And she said, 'I meant for all of it to go to you guys.' She sounded real upset. And I was like, 'I knew it! I knew it!'"

Shunka tried to sue Trees in small claims court, but it went nowhere.

Miller filed a claim against the Trees Foundation on Oct. 5, 2006, in Humboldt County Superior Court, seeking the return of the $185,000 plus interest so she could distribute the money herself.

And if she wins? "She may just spread it out more," said Shunka. "She's got tree planting ideas. Maybe she could buy a grove. She'd maybe not give it all to Earth First! this time. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Trees blew for us."

On an uncomfortably hot afternoon last week, four forest activists who'd agreed to an interview for this story — Jeff, Shaggy, Sparrow and Farmer — sat on the ground at the Arcata Marsh next to a log bench on which a teeming crew of red ants worked a splintered notch. Someone had come along here in 1999 and carved a grouping of faces — bearded, grimacing, possibly mourning faces — onto the log and signed it Daniel. The carving had been drenched in red paint, and burnished by years of sitters.

"It kind of reminds me of the memorial for Gypsy," said one of them. "With the red paint."

Gypsy was the forest name of David Nathan Chain, who in September 1998, during an Earth First! action at Grizzly Creek, was crushed to death by a tree felled by an enraged logger. Farmer, actually, was there — he was just 16, but had a year of activism already under his belt. And Shunka was there — it was Shunka's first forest action.

Farmer, Shag, Sparrow and Jeff first made it clear that they spoke for themselves alone, although they participate in various forest defense affinity groups: Farmer works for the Mattole Wildlands Defense Group now, watchdogging the California Department of Forestry for new timber harvest plans, and keeping an eye on a Pacific Lumber Co. watershed analysis. Shag, who saw his first redwood about five years ago, helps keep the Fern Gully treesit village in Freshwater functioning. Jeff, who grew up in the high desert, and fell in love with the woods, works with the Nanning Creek treesit just outside of Scotia, as well as other groups. Sparrow, who was drawn to forest action because the cultural landscape was "like a folktale" he couldn't resist, is with the Fern Gully affinity group. These groups are all part of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association, a collective with a website but no formal structure.

The HFDA sprang into being six years ago — about the time the entity called North Coast Earth First! had essentially dissolved. It would take a book to describe that drawn-out dissolution — a book of lost causes, won causes, waning media interest, Judi Bari's death, Gypsy's death, ego-spurred squabbles, interpersonal catastrophes, a war overseas, hurricanes. And while the HFDA activists might still cherish the Earth First! name — the movement — in their hearts, it's now been further complicated by what you might call the Shunka effect.

"I still feel in many ways solidarity with the greater Earth First! movement abroad," said Farmer. "But in this county, in this climate, if you say you're with the North Coast Earth First!, many people associate you with North Coast Earth First! Media."

Shunka revived the North Coast Earth First! office around 2002. And he did what previous office managers had done — tabled, put out news releases, wrote articles for other publications. But it wasn't like the old days, in the '90s, when hundreds of people were getting arrested in forest actions and the jail support phone and legal resources were in constant use.

Shunka first worked in an office in Eureka, then later moved to Arcata. He called his outfit the NCEF! Media Center. For a time, he and other "affinity groups" tried to work together. But he alienated some people. He took over the North Coast Earth First! website. He controlled the North Coast Earth First! email list of 300 or more subscribers to the news alerts. He sent out press releases on his own.

"I felt the North Coast Earth First! Media Center was a unilateral effort on Shunka's part," said Farmer. Whereas, in the old days, "spokespeople were decided on by the group. And if you wrote an article it was passed by everyone. I feel Shunka appointed himself spokesperson at some point."

Many also claim they've been subject to a lashing anger from Shunka.

"I won't work with him because I pledge nonviolence in my actions," said Shag. "I don't believe he pledges the same thing. He has exhibited violent behavior towards me and towards other activists in my presence."

"He's a bear," said Jeff, making claw-fists with his hands.

But the sad thing is, all of this infighting probably has done nothing to help the actual trees. And the mediation workshop Kathryn Miller wanted didn't fix matters. Now, there was her lawsuit.

"When I heard about this lawsuit, I thought, the Trees Foundation does not deserve to be attacked in that way," said Farmer. "There's much bigger issues that need to be dealt with — with Maxxam and old-growth logging. ...If you look at Fern Gully and Nanning Creek (the Bonanza timber harvest plan), there's hundreds of old growth acres still standing whose fate is unclear."

Shag put it more bluntly: "If [Miller] knew Shunka and wanted to get the money to North Coast Earth First! Media, she should've given it to Shunka. But if she was trying to get it to treesits and forest defense, then the money went to the right place.

"My problem is this whole representation thing. There's people in the trees — how do you know who to get the money to, to help them?"

Shunka knows that a lot of fellow activists aren't happy with his role in the donation dispute. He also knows how some people talk about him and say he's hard to get along with. "I'm just standing up for the truth," he said. "And people don't like it. To me, it feels like a small clique of people who don't like me. I feel a lot of love and support in this community."

He certainly doesn't come off right away as someone who's angry, or who lashes out, or who locks the office and doesn't let people in. Why, recently, he helped a young woman hook up with the treesitters so she could learn the ropes. (Shaggy said that's proof Shunka doesn't have direct connections with the people doing direct action; but you can't deny it's a connection.)

It's probably a bad idea to ask Darryl Cherney, one of the founders of the local Earth First! movement, what he thinks of Shunka Wakan, whose real name is Jason Wilson. (Shunka tells a story of how he was named by a Lakota medicine man on the banks of the Cheyenne River in South Dakota in 1995. "Shunka Wakan," meaning "great dog," is only part of it. There's a secret part after that — altogether, his name means "the humble man called horse.")

"Shunka's a wingnut," Cherney said over the phone last Friday, sounding cheerfully vitriolic. "I have a 10-verse song about Shunka."

Here are the last few verses:

Who's at the co-op spanging a donation
Shunka, Shunka
Who's got a lawsuit 'gainst the Trees Foundation
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka
Who's gonna keep on fighting the fight
Shunka, Shunka
With four of his friends at swimmers delight
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka (Shunka voice: It's the last of the revolution)

There's no other word for it but "mean." But Cherney and Shunka have history — not all of it sour. Cherney said Shunka laughed when he heard the song, at least the first time.

"I met Shunka in 1998," Cherney said. "And I know he knew Julia ["Butterfly" Hill, whom Shunka had come west to find]. That was a good thing, helping Julia. That was good Shunka."

Cherney had even pushed for Shunka to go to Houston to talk with Charles Hurwitz, whose Maxxam Corp. bought out the old Pacific Lumber company back in 1985 and quickly became the forest activists' number one villain. Shunka went.

But now? "The current status of Shunka and me," Cherney said, "is that Shunka has sent me five or eight or nine e-mails threatening to sue me. Shunka is a joke."

Cherney can talk for hours about the problems he's had with Shunka over the years. His main point, though, is what has Shunka done for the trees lately?

"My question is, where's your topo maps?" he asked. "Where's your wilderness preservation proposal? Where's your lobbyist team in Sacramento?"

It has to be that, on some level, even the people in the movement who don't like Shunka understand somewhat where he's coming from. So he's emotional. Passionate. Perhaps he's caught up so completely in the cause he can't let go. Or, who knows — maybe he's a phony, like he accused Knipper of being back in 2005.

But being a forest activist comes with perils beyond the obvious physical ones.

"I'm really trying to have compassion for Shunka, even though he's kind of attacked us," said Susy Barsotti by phone from Laytonville a couple of weeks ago. Barsotti is president of the Trees Foundation board, and she says the lawsuit has held Trees hostage, unable to function fully. "I've been mystified and dismayed that he's participated like this in the suit. But Shunka witnessed Gypsy's death. And I think he may have post-traumatic stress syndrome. I don't think he's recovered from it. And that can affect your behavior."

A number of people mentioned this, actually, about Shunka. And he often refers to Gypsy's death himself. In an article titled "What Luna has taught me," posted on the website of Julia "Butterfly" Hill's organization, Circle of Life, Shunka writes: "I decided to commit to doing ground support after witnessing the death of David Nathan "Gypsy" Chain on September 17, 1998 ... I remember looking across the valley as we hiked up that day, seeing the rolling hills of forests and clear-cuts, and thinking out loud, "That's why we're here!" Seeing Gypsy's life taken from him, and then seeing the corruption and lies of the Humboldt County Sheriffs ... really opened my eyes to the situation our old-growth forests face."

Later, he did ground support for Hill in her second year in Luna. And in the same article on her website, something else Shunka writes indicates how ready he was to devote himself to a cause: "Being on the support team was the top priority in my life, and I was happy knowing that everything else revolved around when I'd be needed for the next supply run. I never felt lost because I knew what I was doing. That was a feeling I had not felt in years, between feeling dissatisfaction with life in college, and then more dissatisfaction with life as a minimum-wage worker after college. Before joining Julia's ground support team I was unhappy, even to the point of tears, wondering if my entire life was going to be a minimum-wage nightmare ...."

Pure devotion, without benefit of a little hypocrisy, could drive anyone batty. Deane Rimerman, the activist from Olympia who said it is Shunka who is on trial, said it's not uncommon for intense, stressful movements like Earth First! to produce an army of walking wounded. And he's been around, in forest actions up and down the coast, for long enough to know; he was the one, in fact, who "got the maps and led the first hikers up to the hill" to the Gypsy Mountain campaign and Luna treesit.

"In the forest activist movement, there's very little that's rewarding," Rimerman said. "There's a lot of post traumatic stress syndrome. All of us get it. Once you've been through the court process, and the jail process, and seen 1,000-year-old trees get cut down that you really cared about and thought you could save — it's devastating."

That alone, setting aside the troubles with Shunka, could explain the many rifts that have occurred within the local EF! ranks over the years. Josh Brown, who moved to Humboldt in 1995 right before the peak of the Headwaters campaign, said one of the unique qualities of Earth First! is that it "is primarily a youth movement."

"A lot of people that come through are young, are passionate — and it's a wonderful thing," he said. They get thrown into leadership positions quickly — and then they get burned out. Many move quickly on to other things. Brown stayed in longer than most. "When I left [in 2001], I was 30 years old. And I'd been a full-time activist since I was 18."

Paradoxically, said Brown, the youthful draw and the departure of seasoned activists leaves the movement with "no elders to kind of sit around and coach the [new kids]."

The movement also draws strong personalities, he said. Tenacious ones, too, like Shunka's.

"Shunka, I think he really does have a big heart," said Brown. "And I think he does care for the forest."

Last Friday, following the morning session of Miller v. Trees, a group of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association activists stood on the courthouse steps talking. The door opened, and Shunka walked out and down the steps toward the group. They didn't greet him. After a time, he tried to talk to one of them, Jeff. Jeff walked away. Shunka followed him, then stopped and talked to another guy. Then he stood alone again.

From: http://northcoastjournal.com/101107/news1011.html

Trees Foundation Wins

October 11th, 2007

The jury in the civil case Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation decided in favor of Trees, after deliberating all day Tuesday. (See "Money on Trees," Oct. 4).

Miller is the long-time forest activist who inherited a bundle from her mother and then signed $185,000 over to the Trees Foundation. In her lawsuit, she claimed she had intended the money to be passed through Trees to one of its affiliates, North Coast Earth First! Media, run by Shunka Wakan. She claimed she had made her intentions clear, verbally and in writing, and that Trees had agreed to the conditions, then broken its promise and kept the money. Trees denied making such promises, and said it had never seen any letters or heard of instructions to give the money to NCEF! Media. (Also, somewhat relatedly, in criminal court on Tuesday Miller pleaded no contest to charges that she had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation.)

So, that's that. Now, there are only the pieces to pick up.

For Shunka Wakan — featured in last week's Journal as a central figure in a messy nest of infighting that has fractured the current ranks of local Earth First!ians — it could be a long, lonely patching together of lost friends and broken alliances. Not only did he and Miller lose their attempt to retrieve her donation, but now he's been banned from the North Coast Co-op.

Yes, that happened last week. It was Thursday, around 4:15 in the evening, and two activists with the Humboldt Forest Defense Association were tabling — hawking brochures and such — outside the Co-op. It's an activity Shunka himself has spent many a day doing in that very same spot, raising cash to pay for his NCEF!Media outreach work and other causes. And, well, these two fellows, Jeff and Farmer, were on Shunka's shit list, now. They'd spoken gently, but unfavorably, about Shunka's doings in the North Coast Earth First! arena — said he lashed out at people, said he commandeered NCEF! resources, and so forth. Here's a snippet of Jeff's account of what happened, which he sent to the NCJ in an e-mail on Friday:

"Shunka was removed from the Arcata Co-op yesterday after a scuffle with myself and another activist around 5 p.m. Well, he wasn't exactly removed, but APD was called. He was asked to leave after threatening to flip over the HFD donation table while stating he was 'like Jesus in the marketplace ...'"

Sue Coulter, manager of the Arcata Co-op, recounted on Friday how an employee walking by heard the argument and went inside to get her. "So I went out to talk to [Shunka], because it's not the first time we've had problems," she said. "Most of the time, he's fine. Most of the time, I stick up for him." One time, she said, she even called the police to protect Shunka after someone had threatened him. "But he gets into arguments. I tried to talk to him. I told him to leave. ... He was causing a scene, right by the door, and I can't have it. He refused to leave. ... I said, fine. I went into the store. He followed me into the store, and he was still yelling at me, 'Oh, now you're going to call the police on me.'" Coulter called the police, but Shunka left before they arrived.

Shunka, waiting in the courthouse for the jury verdict Tuesday, said Coulter did indeed ask him to leave and he did, indeed, refuse to. As for the HFD tablers, he said he merely asked them why they had Trees Foundation literature on their table. "I said, 'Why do you want to represent these people?'" And then, he said, "Jeff accused me of embezzling — he said this in public. He said, 'You've embezzled thousands of dollars from the Earth First! movement through the years.' And I complained to one of the employees who was walking by. Because that's serious, accusing someone of embezzling."

But Shunka said the whole thing's yet another attack on him. "I don't consider I was yelling. We were talking. I'm an emotional person, I concede to that. I speak from my heart. I don't scream at people. I would love to — but I don't."

In his email, Jeff with HFD predicted Shunka would leave town within weeks, if not sooner. But at the courthouse, even before the verdict, Shunka said he wasn't going anywhere.

"I'm just going to continue to run the Earth First! office and continue to call Humboldt County home," he said. He's also going to write a letter to the Co-op, complaining about how he gets scapegoated and booted out of there even when other people, he says, are the culprits. And, as for the Miller v. Trees case, he said, he and Miller may now take their complaint to another venue.

-- Heidi Walters

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Racquetball anyone.

Soph — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:02:53 GMT

So I own a racquet, but don't have a gym membership that has courts.

1. Do you need a playing partner?
2. Are you a member of a gym that has courts?

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The Baltimore Lyceum announces its inaugural semester

Druben — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:47:39 GMT

We have a humble semester this term, but will build with time. Check it out:

http://lyceumproject.ning.com/

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24 hour resturants???

najla_nef — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:38:39 GMT

hi,

I'm looking for 24 hours resturants somewhere in Baltimore, towson and possibly White Marsh.

any ideas???

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Greetings

Robin Littlefeather — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:03:53 GMT

My name is Robin Littlefeather Hannon and I am a certified Reiki Master Teacher and a practitoner of both Native American and Peruvian Shamaism.

My business is called Abide a While Reiki and it's in Frederick Maryland.

At Abide a While Reiki I promote safe,holistic and alternative healing treatments through Reiki . To learn more about me please go to my site at: www.abideawhilereiki.com

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Native American Flute Concert (July 27): Healing Sounds at Baltimore Yoga Village!

Corinne — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:17:17 GMT

Friday, July 27th, 7 PM

This Friday JULY 27th! Healing Sounds Concert in Native American Flute with Jan Seiden. Both a concert and a healing circle, Jan will play to us all as a group and as individuals using old and traditional musical techniques. Jan Seiden has won numerous awards for her work throughout the country. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy this soothing and spiritual music here in Baltimore. Donation $20.

Description from Baltimore Yoga Village's website: www.baltimoreyogavillage.com

3000 Chestnut Street, Building 15 (Hampden)
FREE PARKING

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Otakon after-party at Rapture, 7.21.07

CorrosionDC — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:43:39 GMT

On Saturday, July 21st Rapture presents Otaku Night, in partnership with Otakon (http://www.otakon.com) that's happening in Baltimore the whole weekend. You don't want to miss a moment of the great night we've got planned for you--beautiful visuals by vj Umbris, prizes for best costume and more--and 3 djs, spinning all night--smytii, Xy, and dj K. Check out the website for more info!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idwyjZ7Vks

More info at http://www.raptureone.com, more info on smytii can be found at http://www.corrosion-dc.com

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Club listing: Zombie Nation at Rapture, this Sat 7/7/07

CorrosionDC — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:56:11 GMT

Rapture's djs have a spppoookkyyy evil "night of the living dead" planned for you this Saturday, July 7 in Baltimore! 18+, 21 to drink, huge dance floor to get yer groove on, great bartenders, friendly zombies, er, patrons to hang with! More info: http://www.raptureone.com

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Looking for Classmates - Hammond High Class of 87, Columbia, MD

goddesscomedia — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:58:01 GMT

Hammond High Class of 87 Reunion
July 28, 2007

For details, join the class yahoo group at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HammondHigh1987/

Price goes up July 1!
Get the info and send in your RSVP/payment now!

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Hampden, First Friday stuff to do.

Erissa — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:10:51 GMT

For Immediate Release:

A Hampden Happening for First Fridays

Sahffi and Moving Sound
Friday, July 6th, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
For First Fridays in Hampden
At Charlotte Elliott
837 W. 36th St .
Baltimore , MD , 21211Contact Charlotte Hays Murray 410-243-0990
or see www.myspace.com/charlotteelliottinc for more information

Celebrate First Fridays in Hampden this month with Local musicians such as Sahffi and the Moving Sound at Charlotte Elliott. Friday, July 6th, 5 - 9 p.m. Hampden will celebrate summer with live music and entertainment, refreshments and lots of great late shopping.

Sahffi is an all original artist based out of Baltimore . Her style is a spontaneous blend of rock, jazz, folk, and blues, stemming from her early love of classical music.

A graduate of Peabody Conservatory of Music, Sahffi has been a music therapist, music teacher and lead vocalist for cover bands. However, through her entire musical career Sahffi had a driving need to write intensely inspired songs and lyrics. She finally gave in and became a solo artist in 2001.

Her performances have been praised as “inspiring”, “magical” and “bewitching”. Paul Iwancio, President of the Baltimore Songwriters Association said, “Sahffi is a talented, melodious trapeze artist. Her powerful voice propels her across the stage… we in the audience are mesmerized by (her) wonder.”

More information on Sahffi and the Moving Sound can be found at www.sahffi.com

Charlotte Elliott is an independent and women owned business in Baltimore ’s popular shopping district of Hampden. Charlotte Elliott is celebrating five years open in this location this year, by inviting local artists to play for the First Fridays of Hampden each month. For June she had The Meridian Belly Dance Troupe and for July will host Sahffi and the Moving Sound.

Charlotte Elliott has a grand selection of antiques and vintage clothing, great furniture and delightful home decorations. Charlotte Hays Murray, owner of Charlotte Elliott, has been awarded Hampden’s covetted title, Merchant of the Year, 2007 and continues to strive to bring only the best to the thriving neighborhood of Hampden, Baltimore . It is always Happening in Hampden.

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African dance and drumming for all

zaipo — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:45:08 GMT

Neew african dance and drumming lessons in Baltimore by a native of Ivory Coast land of africa
location 2200 Saint paul ST>
Baltimore MD.21210
www.zebrakids.org

Adults Thur 7:30 pm
Kids 3& up class Sat. 12 to 1 pm and 1 pm to 2pm

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21 Day Raw food Challenge at the Yabba Pot

Nuru — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:18:06 GMT

What: The 21 Day Raw Food Challengers July Meetup

When: Friday, June 1 at 6:30PM

Who: At least 3 Raw Foodists

Where: The Yabba Pot
2431 St Paul St
Baltimore MD 21218
410-662-8638

Event Description:
The Yabba Pot Café
Presents
The 21 Day Raw Food Challenge
Summer Solstice 2007
June 1 ? 21

WHAT IF:
? We could truly be healthy?
? We could actually lose that weight?
? We could feel energized?
? We could finally get off that medication?
? We could really curb our addictions to food, sugar and other
chemical substances?
? We could cure ourselves of dis-ease?
? We could actually apply what we already know about diet and
nutrition and see results?
? We stopped having our important organs removed....because
they are not working properly?
? We stopped having our stomachs stapled... to lose weight?
? Doctors did only well-care check-ups?
? Hospitals became Wellness Centers?
? Pharmaceutical companies went out of business?
? Healthier foods were more accessible?

If this ponders any thoughts in your mind, then get with the
program!
For Events Schedule and More Information: www.theyabbapotcafe.
com
To Register: www.rawchallenge8.eventbrite.com

The Yabba Pot Café
Presents
The 21 DAY RAW FOOD CHALLENGE
SUMMER SOLSTICE 2007
June 1 ? 21

Friday, June 1st (6 ? 8 pm) ? Raw Food Challenge Kick-Off
Dinner Buffet
? Catered by Chef Skai and Empress Catering - Guest Speaker -
Dr Baruch ($25)
? Please Bring
o a copy of the Challenge Packet for yourself and a copy for
someone who may need one
o a log so that we can record our experiences during the
feast/fast; and
o $25 to cover the cost of a scrumptious Yabba Pot raw meal
including fruit drink and dessert.
? Dr Baruch - has been featured on the Michael Baisden show
(www,michaelbaisden.com) numerous times in the recent past few
weeks. What is so phenomenal about this is that information
that has been so ?Underground? about holistic health and
healing is now being catapulted into the Mainstream. Please be
inspired by Dr Baruch?s dedication to healing our people from
the health related issues caused by poor diet, stress, lack of
exercise and educational awareness on controlling ones health,
Dr. Baruch has developed a new seminar entitled ?Eat the Cure?,
where he begins to show us how we can eat our way to absolute
health. Through cleansing our minds from the stereotypical
illusions of the ?Soul Food Diet? and ?Standard American Diet?,
he shows us by taking a proactive view on what we allow to
enter our bodies minds and souls we can cure ourselves from
virtually every aliment known to man. (www.drbaruch.com)

Sunday, June 3rd ?
? Farmer?s Markets Field Trip in Baltimore (8 am ? 10 am)
o Group will be guided by Vaneta as to what?s and how?s of
buying at the Farmer?s Market
? Raw Potluck (5 ? 8pm)
o Adam Kandel?s House ? 5601 Fair Oaks Ave, Baltimore, MD
21214 610-908-7856
o For those of you who don't know, Adam is an active &
inspiring member of our community. He started B-More Sprout
Co. and still sells fresh sprouts and wheatgrass at the Sunday
Farmers Market, along with organic Falafel and raw vegan
cookies. Adam also works at Yabba Pot putting his loving
nature into all the wonderful food there.
o The potluck on June 3rd promises to be one of the best ever
because it will coincide with Skai's raw vegan challenge. Many
new people will be in attendance, and the food will be off the
hook!!

? Please bring
o A Raw Food Dish that serves approx 10 people, Organic
ingredients would be considered customary, however please not
when Organics are not used
o A Note Card with the Name and Ingredients of your dish
o At many raw food potlucks, it is normal for folks to bring
their own non-disposable plates and utensils to cut back on
filling up the landfills. Feel free to bring your own
(although we will have some on hand?just in case)

Wed, June 6th -?Raw Pizza Happy Hour? (6 ? 8pm) Kephre Anu
($10)
? After work come over to The Yabba Pot and feast on some
delicioso Raw Pizza by Chef Khephre who will also be talking to
us briefly about how to make Raw Food Fun!
? Khepre will also be selling whole Live! Pizzas, so bring
extra $$ because you will want to take more home
? The Yabba Pot will also offer Wheatgrass Shots and Red Hot
juice blends!

Sun, June 10th ?
? Farmer?s Markets Meet-Up (9am ? 11am)
o Meet at Adam?s Stand
? Field Trip to Pennsylvania ? ?Loving Life Café? (Leaving at 1:
30 pm) ($20 - $35)109 Carlisle St., New Oxford, PA 17350 717-
476-LOVE (5683)
o We usually caravan from the Yabba Pot or meet there. Check
out their website for menu items www.lovinglifecafe.com
o The amount is based on whatever you order

Wed, June 13th (6 ? 8 pm) Smoothies & Reflections Happy Hour
($10)
? Kurt Tyson ? will guide us through our reflections of our
journey with being raw. Kurt Tyson was featured in a short
film, ?Raw for 30 Days?. Check out the trailer on the w

Event fee: $25.00 per person

See who's coming or update your RSVP:
http://rawfood.meetup.com/307/calendar/5819052/t/cr1_c

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His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in Maryland June 15-17

ani alana — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:08:13 GMT

At the invitation of Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo,

His Holiness Pema Norbu (Penor) Rinpoche,

11th Throneholder of the Palyul Lineage,

returns to KPC-MD to give empowerments.

Friday eve,June 15th

7:00 pm Arrival time - please be at the temple and ready to begin
7:30 pm Guru Rinpoche (peaceful) empowerment, from Nam Chö Guru Yoga.
Saturday, June 16th

9:00 am Arrival time
9:30 am Lion Headed Dakini empowerment, from Nam Chö cycle
4:00 pm HH to give a talk, topic TBD
Sunday, June 17th

9:00 am Arrival time
9:30 am Guru Dragpo empowerment, from Nam Chö cycle.
3:00 pm Khenpo Norgey to give commentary, topic TBD

The suggested contribution is $210 for the entire event. Ordained monks and nuns are complimentary but are invited to contribute to the honoraria. No one will be turned away for financial hardship. Space is limited, pre-registration is encouraged.

www.tara.org

Kunzang Palyul Choling is a center for study and practice

of Vajrayana Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition.

18400 River Road

Poolesville, MD 20837

kpcevents@gmail.com

301.349.0440 phone

240.823.2413 fax

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orginal art work

Derowen — Sun, 13 May 2007 06:47:27 GMT

original art work for sale and exchange (interest me), commissions accepted, fauve style, pagan, mythic, angels etc.
www.fauvepainter.com
i'm also interested in joining or forming a life drawing class if anyone has an info about one

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CLEARANCE SALE STARTING TODAY

www.bellydancestore.com — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:31:05 GMT

Huge Clearance Sale
on all
BELLY DANCE COSTUMES STARTING TODAY

Shahrzad is getting ready for another one of her multi-country trips to Turkey, India, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and more, bringing back the most exquisite costumes from around the world.

All Costumes Must Go to make room for all new Inventory.
Hurry! For Best Selection!
every thing is on sale
20% off all regular priced costumes.
That is $100.00 off most costumes.

HUGE inventory reduction
Everything Priced to Move
Lowest Prices Ever!

Largest Selection of Belly Dance Costumes
Eman Zaki
Madam Abla
and Many More
Online Sale starts
immediately

In store sale at Shahrzad's Studio in Severna Park, Maryland
Just minutes away from Washington, DC and Baltimore.
Please email any question

shahrzad1001@comcast.net
or call
410 271 2747
www.bellydancestore.com

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This Sat Night @ Rapture!

CorrosionDC — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:23:49 GMT

Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up! For one night only this month…the amazing Smytii at Rapture! More info on Rapture: http://www.raptureone.com

You’ll be dazzled by vj Umbris and his enchanted lightshow! You’ll delight in the musical stylings of dj K! You’ll thrill to the stompy-boot march of the Taureans, as we celebrate several May birthdays!

Ladies and gents, we’ve got a very special evening prepared for you this Saturday…Smytii’s the main attraction because she’s the birthday gal…how old, you ask? We’re not telling…BUT if you can guess, she’ll buy you a shot.

And speaking of imbibing, the beautiful and talented Jeannie will be serving creative concoctions of the highest caliber, including the cocktail of the moment, the pertinent potent potable, the Thanksmytiing Thunder…guaranteed to knock any strong man to his knees. Be sure to ask Jeannie about it...at the recently-opened upstairs bar! That’s right, two, count ‘em, TWO bars now open for all of your refreshment needs!

You don’t want to miss this Saturday, under the big top at Orpheus…one night only this month…Smytii at Rapture!

http://www.corrosion-dc.com/050507_smytii.html

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Question for everyone

Golgotha — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:52:27 GMT

Just wondering if you guys did like a maryland tribe meet-up like set plans at a location thats near to almost everyone and meet people from tribe in real life?... I was on another site simler to this one. And the maryland group did that a few times.

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Tribal jewelry?

Samantha — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:47:54 GMT

Anyone know of any places selling tribal jewelry from Africa or Asia? I know places online, but it would be nice to go try stuff on.

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"Community Livingroom" needs vols to help/w all ages activities-music venue-art gallery-homework club, etc.

Bruce — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:32:36 GMT

Hi- We are a small storefront venue in Takoma Park trying our darndest to serve the community and to bring new art and interesting music to an art/music starved area. My name is Bruce Krohmer, and I will be running homework clubs for middle school kids and hi-school freshmen. I also want to do a drop-in session featuring jazz, maybe blues for anyone-esp. middle and hi school jazz players( I co-founded the Takoma Park JazzFest, and produced many of its' shows). We also want to have at least one esol class, and maybe a math help class too. We are zoned as an art gallery, so I'm starting a co-op gallery, and we need volunteers for clerking days. And, on weekend eves we want to offer roots/rock, folk, bluegrass and other interesting music in an all-ages venue-need volunteers there, too. We also need board members to help us apply for non-profit status, and to help find financial support(Whew). Please contact me at:301-838-8909 (eve),301-469-1231 (days), or jazzybruze@aol.com Thanks.

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ShEe-BoP Dance Party is back

Mel — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:06:10 GMT

ShEe-Bop

An Alternative 80's Dance Party w/ DJ Mellie Mel

New Wave, Alternative, Post punk.....
Dance you hearts content (or bop your head) to Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Echo, Tone Loc, of course Cyndi Lauper and more

March 23rd
The Black Cat Backstage
9:30 $5

Djmelliemel@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/sheebopdc
www.blackcatdc.com

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Is Your Business where People are Looking?

Jeffrey — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:21:31 GMT

Maximizing your visibility online is key to maintaning a competitive advantage. Our internet marketing consultants want to
ensure your business is visible in local search, national search results
and paid search advertising.

Hungryfish Website Promotions consultants evaluate, educate, and provide effective Internet Marketing strategies customized to each client's business goals.

www.hungryfishwebpromotion.com
800-462-5885

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Baltimore Belly Dance Newsletter

R'aina — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:53:26 GMT

The Baltimore Bellydance Newsletter will once again be distributed free of charge.

To get yourself on the list, you can go to the Baltimore Belly dance Newsletter webpage and click the "subscribe to newsletter" link. - Check out the site while you are there.

http://baltimorebellydance.com/newsletter.html

Please help spread the word. We anticipate newsletter distributio to resume this spring!

R'aina

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Baltimore Bellydance

R'aina — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:51:20 GMT

Just a quick note to all of the Baltimore Bellydancers out there. As well as middle eastern musicians, henna artists etc)

I don't know how complete my list of dancers/performers is, so I need help spreading the word.

I have taken over management of Baltimore Bellydance. www.baltimorebellydance.com
The site has been partially updated. It is a work in progress, but I am working on it.

New subscriptions are being accepted. I will do them first come first serve. I'm a little slow yet, but I hope to get quicker.

The newsletter will be free and electronically distributed. You will register via a listserve.
Stay tuned to the newsletter part of the webpage for details, we will accept advertisers soon, I'm just not there yet.
- Volunteers for the newsletter are very very welcome.
Expect a newsletter sometime this spring.

Happy dancing!

R'aina

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DC Cupid Cacophony FEB 17

goddesscomedia — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:15:04 GMT

Join the Eros Army on Feb 17 in Washington DC

2 pm - ?

Meeting spot: TBA (most likely a museum on the mall)

-Dress in a Cupid costume or anything red or pink, warm, and fuzzy to spread Valentine madness. DRESS WARM. current forecast is 29 degrees but only 10% chance of precipitation.
-Bring gifts for spreading love: Chocolate, valentine cards, condoms, ect...
-Prepare for BATTLE: Bring a pillow or inflatable battle gear (boxing gloves, soccer boppers, whatever). We will select a spot for a CUPID BATTLE / pillow fight.
-Anyone with a digital camera to document the battle would be appreciated
-Pub crawl begins at dusk OR when we get too freakin' cold!!! LOL
-Ultimate Destination: Cupids will invade Club Chaos ( 1603 17TH ST., NW - Corner of 17th & Q St. NW) by 11 pm to see the Drag Show.

LOCATION and more details will be posted later this week at www.geocities.com/cupidcacophony/home

QUESTIONS? Email cupid directly at cupidcacophony@yahoo.com

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Amazing local band near westminster.

Golgotha — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:23:16 GMT

Check them out!

http://www.myspace.com/se7enthseal

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FREE DJ Mellie Mel event-The Collage Party 2/10

Mel — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:08:37 GMT

The Collage Party is "an assemblage of diverse elements" to always
bring you variety of styles and genres of music. Each party will
display a mix of DJ's so that life never gets redunant.

the debut COLLAGE PARTY will feature

DJ Arcane (brit-pop and indie)
DJ Mellie Mel (doin' my 80's stuff)

SAT FEB 10 9:30 FREE

Black Cat -backstage
1811 14th St. NW WDC 20009
202.667.7960
www.blaccatdc.com

To contact Mel: DJmelliemel@gmail.com or
http://www.myspace.com/sheebopdc

Come out, support your local Dj's, dance, have a good time and tip
your bartendar generously---

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2/3/07-2/4/07 weekend of rhythm workshops with SF Bay Area's Zorina Wolf!

pamdesmond — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:17:52 GMT

Hi all,

I am writing to let you all know about a special event in February. San Francisco Bay Area Drum and TaKeTiNa teacher Zorina Wolf will be in the area for a weekend of rhythm workshops. Here is the schedule:

Saturday 2/3/07 10:30am-6:30pm
The Roots of Rhythm
a TaKeTiNa workshop

Sunday 2/4/07 10:30am-1:30pm
The Magic of 6/8: Learning the foundations of 6/8 rhythm
a drumming workshop for all levels

Sunday 2/4/07 3pm-6pm
The Magic of 6/8: Going deeper into 6/8
an intermediate level drumming workshop

All workshops take place at Blueberry Gardens in Ashton, MD. Blueberry Gardens is a serene retreat, centrally located less than 30 minutes from Takoma Park, Columbia, and Rockville, about 45 minutes from Baltimore and DC, and less than an hour from Westminster, Annapolis, and Frederick.

Here are some more details on the three workshops:

Saturday 2/3/07 10:30am-6:30pm
The Roots of Rhythm
a TaKeTiNa workshop

TaKeTiNa is a form of rhythm meditation and learning with the body, using simple step patterns, claps, and call-and-response chant. As participants in the circle relax into learning at their own pace, a space is created for deeper rhythmic understanding, self-discovery, and inner calm and quiet.

A personal note: More than any other practice I have tried, TaKeTiNa allows me to be completely present in the moment. It has been extremely valuable to me as a drummer, and even more valuable to me as a person.

For more information, please see the flyer:
http://www.modernmojo.com/zorina_tktn_flyer.pdf or visit
http://www.villageheartbeat.com/ or http://www.taketina.com/

No rhythm or drumming experience needed for the TaKeTiNa workshop!

*****

Sunday 2/4/07 10:30am-1:30pm
The Magic of 6/8: Learning the foundations of 6/8 rhythm
a drumming workshop on djembe for all levels

Rhythms in 6/8 are fundamental to music around the world, yet are rarely heard in American and European music. Come discover the magic of 6/8 music and feel the sense of community that evolves through the shared creation of music and rhythm. All experience levels. Beginners welcome.

*****

Sunday 2/4/07 3pm-6pm
The Magic of 6/8: Going deeper into 6/8
an intermediate level djembe workshop

Delve further into the polyrhythms of 6/8 music. Experience the simultaneous perception of multiple complementary rhythms as you join with others in creating this hynotic music. This workshop is intermediate level, but beginners who attended the morning 6/8 workshop are welcome to stay and go deeper in the afternoon workshop.

For more information on both drumming workshops, please see the flyer:
http://www.modernmojo.com/zorina_drum_flyer.pdf

*****

The cost for the workshops is as follows:

Roots of Rhythm (TaKeTiNa): sliding scale $75-95
Magic of 6/8 (drumming): $30 for a single workshop; $50 to attend both

Special whole weekend price: Register for all three workshops by Friday 1/26/07 and pay only $100 for the whole weekend!

*****

Please register in advance to hold your space. To register or for any questions, please contact Pam Desmond at pam@modernmojo.com

In peace and rhythm,
-Pam

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zen meditation in rockville

cornel — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:38:35 GMT

Hi everyone,
There is an ongoing Zen Meditation group that meets every Monday evening and Saturday morning in Rockville. More information can be found at: http://www.zenmind.org/rockville.html. Instruction is available for beginners (and non-beginners).
Peace,
Curt

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Wanna see Lion Dancers? Happy Lunar New Year!

goddesscomedia — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:07:48 GMT

Howard County Recreation and Parks presents

Lunar New Year Celebration!
A multigenerational event!

Monday, January 22, 2007
(HoCo Schools are closed)
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
*NEW LOCATION!
Glenwood Community Center
2400 Rt 97, Cooksville, MD 21723
$10.00 Per Person
$25.00 PerFamily (up to 5 people)
$8.00 Senior discount

Join us for the first Special Event at the brand new Glenwood Community Center!
Featuring professional storyteller, Linda Fang, and new entertainment by the Jow Ga Kung Fu Lion Dancers and the US Tae Kwon Do Karate School.
Other activities include arts and crafts and a taste of Asian cuisine.

Call 410-313-7275 to register or visit us on the web at http://www.co.ho.md.us/RAP

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Go Terps!

mikela — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:29:43 GMT

University of Maryland Economist Wins Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

ww.umd.edu

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Congratulations Governor Martin O'Malley!!!

Melinda — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:24:03 GMT

Enough said.

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Support adult literacy in Baltimore this Saturday!

LilKim31 — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:56:14 GMT

Come out and join members of the community in welcoming the new Johns Hopkins Barnes and Noble store to our area while supporting the Greater Homewood Community Corporation Adult Literacy & ESOL Program. Join GHCC, JHU, and fellow community members on December 9, 2006 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Meet outstanding authors, enjoy refreshments and win great door prizes from local businesses.
The new Barnes and Noble is located at the corner of 33rd and St. Paul Street.

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Namaste, Hons!

Sandra — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:58:09 GMT

I am a Yoga teacher in Baltimore/Columbia area, just joined... Visit my website at http://www.ashtangayogamaryland.com if you are interested in taking a class (your first one at the Westchester Community Center in Oella/Ellicott City is free!)
Sandra (namastehon, and perhaps soon - aloHon!)

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Santa is COMING!

goddesscomedia — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:02:48 GMT

Santarchy

Washington DC

Dec 9

BE THERE, BE RED, and BE JOLLY!

Help us reach critical santa mass!

http://www.santarchydc.com

Ho Ho Ho

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Maryland Wins NCAA Field Hockey Title

mikela — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:03:50 GMT

Terps win fourth title in school history as Jackie Ciconte scores only goal of the game.

http://umterps.collegesports.com/sports/w-fieldh/recaps/112005aaa.html

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DCTribal Cafe this Sunday....belly dance show @ Asylum!

mavi — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:35:47 GMT

Join us for the last DCTribal Café of 2006! Spend some time with the DCTribal Café family this weekend….we promise…no turkey!

You never know what 2007 will bring, so let’s all do it again one last time in 2006. We’re extremely honored to host miss Mab, yes MAB as one of our performers this month – and trust me…you don’t want to miss out on one of her rare belly dance performances! Kallistri Tribal will be making the trip from Baltimore to grace the DCTribal Café stage, and Romka’s own Belladonna will be pulling out new tricks! As always, DJ Mellie Mel will be spinning your favorite tunes in between the sets!

Sunday, November 26, 2006
Asylum Bar & Lounge
2471 18th Street, NW
Washington DC 20009
$10
6-9pm (show starts at 7pm!)
PICTURES and More info at: groups.myspace.com/DCTribalCafe
DCTribal Cafe sponsored by www.DCTribal.com
Asylum's awesome vegan and vegetarian menu can be found at www.asylumdc.com!

Easy to access, paid parking is available 1/2 way down the block on 18th Street (on the same side as asylum)! There is another lot near the corner of 18th and Columbia in between the gas station and Adam's Mill Bar.

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Spend Thanksgiving weekend w/ DJ Mellie Mel!

Mel — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:20:43 GMT

If you find youself needing to escape from the family, dance off the calories from
all that food or just need something to do, well here you go:

Friday Nov. 24th: ShEe-BoP: 80's Alternative dance Party w/ DJ Mellie Mel @ the Black Cat (backstage) 9:30 pm $5 1811 14th St. NW WDC 20009 | 202.667.7960

Sunday Nov. 26th: DC Tribal Cafe @Asylum Bar & Lounge $10 6-9pm (show starts
at 7pm!) 2471 18th Street, NW
This is the chance to watch amazing art of Fusion Tribal BellyDancing. And DJ Mellie Mel gets to spin music in between sets. Come support the arts, get good food and beverages. Goto http://www.dctribal.com

And always tip your bartenders generously!

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Ticket for Nov. 23rd, Washington Convention Center, Cirque Du Soleil for sale

ecrivaine32 — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:41:28 GMT

More info at my posting at: yedda.com/questions/1868199224114/

The ticket is for Nov. 23 in the evening, 8 p.m., I believe, Washington D.C. Convention Center. I paid $75.

The seats were mostly sold out when I bought this. Please email me at Ecrivaine32@gmail.com for more info, if you are interested.

Thanks. Must sell by Nov. 22.

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How's it goin?

Mike — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:21:18 GMT

Just thought I'd say hey and ask how everyone is. Keeping warm I hope. Take care.

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Seeking Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs

Sean — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:05:35 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I'm a financial advisor who serves young professionals and entrepreneurs and their financial needs. That being said I'm a part of some local community organizations so I can meet these individuals... but does anyone know of a group for young professionals and entrepreneurs that I don't know about?

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Halloween show!!!

mavi — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:44:46 GMT

Wanna celebrate Halloween weekend in style?
What better way to impress your date by bringing her to the special Halloween edition of Tribal Cafe? Great music, Fantastic food, and three belly dance performances by the area's hottest dancers!

We’ll have candy for all the good little girls and boys….okay, and maybe the bad ones too….and the performers are pulling out extra surprises for the night’s entertainment! Got some friends who want to live dangerously on Halloween weekend?

We have special performances by Caleena (MD), Asharah (MD) and Romka (VA). DJ Mellie Mel will be spinning your favorite tunes in between the sets! We’ll announce this month’s drink and dinner specials soon!

Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Asylum Bar & Lounge
2471 18th Street, NW
Washington DC 20009
$10
6-9pm (show starts at 7pm!)
PICTURES and More info at: groups.myspace.com/DCTribalCafe
DCTribal Cafe sponsored by www.DCTribal.com
Asylum's awesome vegan and vegetarian menu can be found at www.asylumdc.com!

Easy to access, paid parking is available 1/2 way down the block on 18th Street (on the same side as asylum)! There is another lot near the corner of 18th and Columbia in between the gas station and Adam's Mill Bar.

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Red Bull Flugtag in Baltimore this saturday!

goddesscomedia — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:56:14 GMT

Free to the public - in front of the MD Science Center

http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/Baltimore/default.aspx

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