Traverse Area Progressive Calendar 2009

Interfaith Service Marking War in Iraq and Afghanistan3:00pm - 5:00pm
Category : General
An Interfaith Service marking seven years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 21, 2010, at Grace Episcopal
Church. The service will include a reading of the names of Michigan soldiers who died during the past year, and prayers for peace from a variety of faith traditions. The Reverend Daniel Richards of Grace Episcopal Church will offer a meditation on peace. All are invited to attend this interfaith service. A reception will follow.

The service is sponsored by the Grace Church Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

Grace Episcopal Church is located at 341 Washington Street acro ...
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Michigan Peace Team Member speaks on Palestine: Potluck too5:00pm - 8:00pm
Category : General
Fred Elmore of Suttons Bay was in Palestine for 6 weeks this fall. See his pictures and hear his presentation in Suttons Bay:

Sunday, March 21, 2010

-Potluck at 5:00 PM

- the program part of the evening will start at 6:00 PM

-at Keswick United Methodist Church

-3 miles due south of SBHS on CR 633, aka Center Highway
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Author/Activist John Ross speaks on Mexico City: Potluck/Presentation5:30pm - 8:30pm
Category : General
Higher Grounds Trading Monday March 22nd (5:30 - 8:30) Potluck/Presentation Q&A -

EL MONSTRUO: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City

Longtime Mexico City denizen, social activist and journalist Ross (Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible: Chronicles of Resistance 2000â€“2006, 2006, etc.) fashions a brave, stirring love letter, cautionary tale and travelogue of his beloved city.
Having personally witnessed a quarter-century of the ebb and flow of Mexican revolution, bloodshed and social cataclysm from his lair at the Hotel Isabel across from the National Library, the author possesses a vivid sense of the ...
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Art, Film and Philosophy: Rachel Krino sharing Arts and Economic Development: How creativity grows communities6:30pm - 8:30pm
Category : General
Antrim County Building, 205 E. Cayuga St, Bellaire
Rachel Krino of Bellaire, Michigan is a graphic designer and marketing consultant through her own company, Bailey Designs and
Consulting. Rachel is a trained videographer and photographer, who carries a Master of Arts degree in Media Management from Ohio
University. Her thesis entitled, â€œDigitizing Grassroots: How to start a non-profit media arts center in rural America,â€ is aimed at
bringing arts education to underserved populations. The AFP series is held in partnership with Parkside Arts Councilhttp://www.parksidearts.org/eventscalendar.html.
Donation ...
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Home Mushroom Production5:30pm - 8:30pm
Category : General Fee : US$ 30
4067 W. Eddy School Rd, Bellaire
This hands-on workshop will prepare you for growing shiitake, oyster,and wine cap mushrooms in a variety of ways. We will cover essential tools and equipment as well as long term care. Taught by growers Jason and Yvonne Stephens at their home. There will be door prizes of oyster mushroom kits, and a copy of Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in a Continental Climate, donated by Field and Forest Products of Peshtigo,WI.

Each workshop participant will take home a fully inoculated shiitake log.

$30 by March 19th, or $35 after that. Space is limited to 12 attendees, and less than half ...
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8th Annual Maple Syrup Festival10:00am - 3:00pm
Category : General
Join us at the Wagbo Farm for our annual family event to celebrate Maple Syrup! Pancake breakfast served all day with real Wagbo Maple Syrup and locally-produced sausage and bacon. Music, tours of the sugar bush, syrup tasting, â€œpancakeâ€ flipping contests an more â€“ plus view maple syrup being made in our sugar shack! All food and activities are included for one price!

Cost $10 for adults, $5 for children, $28 for a family, 3 and under are free. No pre-registration required. For more info, call 231-536-0333. ...
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