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10TH ANNUAL DELAWARE VALLEY PAGAN NETWORK SUMMER SOCIAL
Sunday 08/24/08
ABUNDANCE IN A “GREEN” WORLD
LORIMER PARK
183 Moredon Road
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
10:00am TO 3:30pm
WHAT TO BRING --- YOURSELF!!
A DISH TO SHARE (PLEASE LABEL THE INGREDIENTS)
YOUR OWN UTENSILS, PLATE AND CUP
PLASTIC OR PAPER EATING UTENSILS OR PLATES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED, TO DISCOURAGE WASTE AND ENCOURAGE RECYCLING
LIVING GREEN IN THE CITY
OPENING RITUAL, PENNYPACK COVEN
TRIBAL BELLY DANCING CLASSES AND PERFORMANCES
OPEN CIRCLE DANCING
Workshops and seminars:
UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH ENERGY
COMPOSTING
KITCHEN WITCHERY
WORKING IN CIRCLE
UFO’S
BOOK SWAP: BRING YOUR BOOKS, LEAVE WITH A NEW BOOK
COLLECTION: USED WORKING DVD’S AND CD’S FOR A TROOP IN AFGHANISTAN WHO HAS A LOCAL CONNECTION
RAFFLE: TO SUPPORT THE DVPN GARDEN PROJECT
CLOSING CLASS AND RITUAL: STONE CIRCLE COVEN
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PRESENTER OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
TALITHA DRAGONFLY: [address removed]
DENISE MONTGOMERY: [address removed]
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/8247402/
Event fee: $5.00 per person
If the changes affect your plans to attend, please take a moment to update your RSVP. (You can RSVP "No" or "Maybe" as well as "Yes".)
You can always get in touch with me through the "Contact Organizer" link on Meetup: http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/suggestion/
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Announcing a new Meetup for Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup!
What: 10th Annual DVPN Summer Social!
When: August 24, 2008 10:00 AM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: That's right. DVPN is having our 10th Summer Social, already, featuring fun, magick, and community in the summer sun!
Save the date, more details to follow!!
Learn more here:
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/8247402/
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More events from our neighbors near the Phactory.
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Subject: Updates and Reminders!
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:33:35 -0400
From: New Kensington CDC <[address removed]>
To: <[address removed]>
*1*. *WALKING FISH THEATRE*
* *Thursday, June 26, 8:00pm*
*Call Mr Robeson*
Tayo Aluko, award-winning British performer will bring his world-wide
hit *Call Mr Robeson* for one night only during his East Coast tour.
Tickets: $12/$15. Buy at the door or online: www.walkingfishtheatre.com
<http://www.walkin...;
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* *Saturday, June 28, 10:00am
YOGA AT THE FISH
*Walking Fish Theatre now offers YOGA classes, Saturday mornings
at 10:00am! Taught by Hannah Tsapatoris MacLeod, resident of the
Fishtown area. Drop-in for only $10 per class! Cash or check.
*2. POSITIVE SPACE*
*Flea Market + Free Market*
*June 28th from 10am-2pm.
**2012-16 Frankford Ave** *- Across from the Circle Thrift
Yard Sale Items, Crafts-Original Art, Baked Goods, Haircuts, Hug Exchange,
Trade-Barter Mart, and Acoustic Performers./
/Interested in being a vendor? Contact [address removed]
<mailto:[address removed]> and we'll put you in touch with
Matt. Same day registration is permitted and encouraged! We are
informally asking each vendor (if finances allow) to pitch in
$5 to help support the sculpture garden. Let us know if you'd like see
more events like this!
You'll also find *two new sculpture installations* on the lot - drop by
and see all
the great work being done to make our dream of a sculpture garden come
to life,
right on Frankford Ave!
*3. GERM BOOKS + Gallery
2005 Frankford Avenue
June 29, 12-7PM (during store hours)
ANIME & TOKUSATSU EXPLOSION!
*Daylong screenings of classic and cult anime and live action Japanese
sci-fi. Hosted and curated by Nathan Smith.
www.germbooks.com <http://www.germbo...;
*4. Fishtown Area Business Association
July 2, 5:30 Pm
Third Federal Bank, 136 W. Girard*
Call Paul Kimport, President, if you have questions about the business
association. More details at www.fishtownbusiness.org
<http://www.fishto...;.
1. Germ Books + Gallery
2. Other upcoming workshops
3. Riverfront Sustainability workshop
4. Fishtown Area Business Association
NEXT MEETING
July 2 @ Third Federal 136 W. Girard
Contact Paul Kimport, President, for questions. Visit
www.fishtownbusiness.org <http://www.fishto...; for more
details regarding membership!
JOIN TODAY!
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Bob Bruhin [address removed]
Development Director, Delaware Valley Pagan Network http://dvpn.org/
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Announce] Invitation to join the Delaware Valley Pagan
Network (DVPN) Group on LinkedIn
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:37:41 -0400
From: DVPN Announcements <[address removed]>
Organization: Delaware Valley Pagan Network
To: [address removed]
Greetings!
You?re invited to join the DVPN Group on LinkedIn. Joining will allow
you to find and contact other DVPN members on LinkedIn. The goal of this
group is to help members:
* Reach other members of DVPN
* Accelerate careers/business through referrals from DVPN Group members
* Know more than a name ? view rich professional profiles from
fellow DVPN Group members
Here?s the link to join:
http://www.linked...
Hope to see you in the group,
? The DVPN Group Team
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Announce mailing list
[address removed]
http://lists.dvpn...
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Announcing a new Meetup for Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup!
What: Pre-Work Breakfast
When: June 29, 2008 9:00 AM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Who should come: Anybody who will be joining us for the volunteer work day at 10, *and* anybody e
Why: To stoke up on fuel before the workday.
Meetup Description: We're just going to meet, have breakfast, and then move on to the Phactory for work.
Learn more here:
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/8165735/
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Announcing a new Meetup for Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup!
What: Next Phactory Workdate
When: June 29, 2008 10:00 AM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: Gardeners, time to get dirty! We will be assembling raised beds in the back 2 courtyards. We will need: bags of plain topsoil, or clean garden soil (no miracle grow garden soil, that stuff is nasty!) and compost. I will be bringing my little garden cart, if anyone else can bring a wheelbarrow or cart that would be awesome :)
Carpenters - please bring your hammers, nails, saws (no electric, but we may have access to a generator. Assume we don't though and bring hand tools) And if anyone has untreated lumber to donate, please let us know.
Haulers/builders/woodchucks - there's still some work to do in the front 2 courtyards. Plans are in progress for building a cement block wall over the large entrance, and there's some wood and debris to get out of the way to make installing that easier. But we've gotten down to the bare concrete floor of the back courtyard, woohoo!
Artists/artisans - we'll be wanting to turn the courtyards into a soothing inner city oasis. Put on your thinking caps, and start planning ideas for ways to transform the space from it's current bare brick and concrete. We'll be needing you all soon :)
Please note - with all the construction, you will still need to wear long pants, work gloves, closed, shoes, etc.
And watch for announcements about a pre-work breakfast - See you all next weekend!
Learn more here:
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/8165646/
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More fascinating stuff happening in Kensington, within blocks of The Phactory!! This neighborhood is really shaping up to be *the* place for us to be building our center!
(Stand by for more developments, as we build and expand our relationships with our cool new neighbors.)
Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup
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Subject: Weekly Updates and Reminders!
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:05 -0400
From: New Kensington CDC <[address removed]>
To: <[address removed]>
1. Germ books + gallery
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 6:30 PM
UFO DISCUSSION GROUP
Having met now for over three years on the second Thursday of every month, the UFO group is moderated by the overwhelmingly erudite Chris Augustin of aliensthetruth.com . With the Vatican’s recent announcement that extraterrestrials may exist and may ACTUALLY BE FREE FROM ORIGINAL SIN, GERM thinks you need to prepare for invasion now more than ever! Please Join/RSVP at http://ufos.meetup.com/61/
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 7:15 PM
ASATRU AND URGLAAWE MEETUP GROUP
For those of you with an interest in Northern Heathenism, GERM presents socializing and an open discussion of “Lore and Unsubstantiated Personal Gnosis.” Please Join/ RSVP at http://asatru.meetup.com/249/calendar/7993528/ (attendance at the meeting requires $8 to cover group expenses).
AND CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH, the current art show in the Jennifer Bates Memorial Gallery includes several pieces from Robert N. Taylor, the founder of the U.S. Asatru movement.
SOUND AND VISION OF CHANGES: ROBERT N. TAYLOR AND NICHOLAS TESLUK. Don’t miss this chance to own a piece of beauty, to own a piece of history, indeed, to own a tangible piece of the Western mystical revival.
2. Walking Fish Theatre
2509 Frankford Avenue
Saturday, June 14
1:00-3:00pm, FREE
Of Mythic Proportions
Storytelling and Improvisation Workshop
Join teaching artists Michelle Pauls and Manny Carrera for a workshop that will consist of fun and easy improvisation games suited for the storyteller in all of us.
Open to all, young and old
Sponsored in part by the United Way of SEPA/NTI/ASEZ
Tuesday, June 17
Walking Fish Play Reading
"Polaroid" by Jeroen van de Berg
8:00pm, FREE
3. TEMPLE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Understanding Your Credit Score – FREE
Monday, June 23rd, 6 – 8 pm
Main Campus
1510 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Beech Building, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19121
Phone: 215.204.7282
Fax: 215.204.4554
4. Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Managing Your Business's Growth, 6pm-8pm
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
7 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Lobby 4
Join Empowerment Group for a special panel of business owners, as we share tips and advice for managing growth and ending up on top! Panelists will represent home-based, internet and 'brick and mortar' businesses. There will be a time for Question & Answer. Email to receive more details as the date approaches! To register, email [address removed] or call Tiana at 215-427-9245 ext 203.
5. VISUAL MERCHANDISING PROJECT - Please visit 3 Girard Avenue business that recently partnered with Drexel University studentS to redesign storefront displays.
Affordable Skin Care Salon, 537 E. Girard
Hot Potato Café, 529 E. Girard
Century 21 – Leibovitz, 330 E. Girard
From the desk of Economic Development
New Kensington CDC
2515 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125
215-427-0350
215-427-1302
www.nkcdc.org
www.frankfordavearts.org
www.kinetickensington.org
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Despite heavy heat warnings and multiple scheduling conflicts, we still managed to attract a totally awesome crew for our latest volunteer work day at the DVPN/Phactory community center project! We worked carefully, took plenty of breaks, drank plenty of water, and still managed to clear out the space by the back fence in preparation for building the security wall across the back courtyard entrance.
We also took the usual time for conversations, dreaming, and tours of the site, of course, and even scheduled time to have breakfast together before we started our day of work.
Thanks to everybody who turned up, and to everybody who continues to support this project in any way. Together we will be building this center!!
Of course, if you aren't able to come out and work for any reason, but still believe in our mission, financial contributions are gratefully accepted at http://www.firstgiving.com/dvpn . You can also donate materials, if you have them available. Please contact [address removed] for more information about materials donations.
Our next meeting is on June 14. We will be meeting at 9 am for breakfast at the Hinge Cafe (2652 E. Somerset St, Philadelphia, PA) followed by more work at the Phactory site (1828 E. Somerset Street) clearing and hopefully finally actually gardening starting at 10am. Anybody interested in the project is welcome to attend either or both of these meetings.
For more information, and to RSVP, please visit the Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup site.
Thanks, again, to everybody involved in helping to make this dream come true!
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Announcing a new meeting for Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup!
What: Pre-Work Breakfast
When: Saturday, June 14, 9:00 AM
Where:
Hinge Cafe
2652 E. Somerset St
Philadelphia , PA 19134
(215) 425-6614
Who should come: Anybody who will be joining us for the volunteer work day at 10, *and* anybody else who is interested in seeing and/or learning about DVPN at the Phactory.
Why: To stoke up on fuel before the workday.
Meeting Description: We're just going to meet, have breakfast, and then move on to the Phactory for work.
Learn more here:
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/8099675/
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Announcing a new meeting for Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup!
What: Pre-Work Breakfast
When: Saturday, June 7, 9:00 AM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Who should come: Anybody who will be joining us for the volunteer work day at 10, *and* anybody else who is interested in seeing and/or learning about DVPN at the Phactory.
Why: To stoke up on fuel before the workday.
Meeting Description: We're just going to meet, have breakfast, and then move on to the Phactory for work.
Learn more here:
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/8078330/
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We had our meeting on Saturday, May 31, as planned, but weather and other factors kept many attendees away.
Fortunately, Michael and I were able to use the time to discuss ideas and share more thoughts about the potential future of the site. I also had the opportunity to see much more of the site than I ever had before. This only left more excited at the potential the space has to offer once we have it secured and start getting up and running.
Our next work day is Saturday, June 7. Hopefully we'll have plenty of brilliant weather and people out to help us that day. We're also discussing some, "fun only," meetups in the neighborhood, just to give DVPN members a chance to see the environment our center will eventually inhabit. This neighborhood is really starting grow and change; a few years from now, we'll be in the middle of a thriving arts community here!
Anyway, more details later. Hope to see many of you on June 7.
Blessings!!
Pagan gardening workday for the com…
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Subject: [Announce] Support DVPN... by shopping!
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:05:35 -0400
From: DVPN Announcements <[address removed]>
Organization: Delaware Valley Pagan Network
To: [address removed]
Dear Supporter,
If you could give DVPN's community center/garden project at the Phactory
up to 26% of the money you spend every time you shop, with no extra cost
to you, would you do it?
I thought you would. And that?s exactly what happens when you join the
online community called iGive.com.
It doesn?t cost a cent to join and once you?re a member, every time you
shop through the iGive.com Mall, our organization receives a percentage
of each purchase.
Just think of it ?? free money for DVPN, your choice of over 680
nationally known online merchants like Barnes & Noble, Staples, Lands?
End and PETsMART, your privacy guaranteed, plus money-saving deals and
specials every day!
We hope you can?t resist!
Join http://www.iGive.... today.
Bob Bruhin
_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
[address removed]
http://lists.dvpn...
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Bob Bruhin [address removed]
Development Director, Delaware Valley Pagan Network http://dvpn.org/
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Subject: [Garden_Project] Sunday may 25th - onsite
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:41:18 -0400
From: the phactory(tm) <[address removed]>
Reply-To: [address removed]
To: garden_project <[address removed]>
I will be onsite Sunday may 25th - possibly doing roofing work with
Cory Suter, or at least discussing/planning for it. I have currently
prioritized (with him) doing some patching work on the "connecting
building" roof where flashing has been ripped out, and fixing the roof
drains there. I don't know if we'll actually get it done or will just
be planning for what we need to get it done. I've prioritized this
because the connecting building is in relatively good structural shape
and preventing further water damage to the wood is a high priority.
If anybody wants to come out on site to either help out, or to do
other things (such as doing some measurements of areas to seal off) it
would be much appreciated. The sooner we get the building secure and
sealed up, the better.
Cory, btw, is a long-time supporter of the project. He is a board
member of Paul Glover's Philly Orchard Project, is from the Mennonite
community (and operates a thrift store in Norristown as part of their
network) and also has the sustainable contracting business
BioNeighbors. He primarily focuses on roofing, and has done, amongst
others, Judy Wicks' and the White Dog Cafe's white roof. Today and
tomorrow he should be installing his first green roof in Philadelphia.
On sunday besides helping out and offering advice, he will also be
looking at Dina Richman's roof. He also has a lot of ceramics to
contribute to the project as part of an eventual ceramic mural project
(similar to, or even done by Isaiah Zagar)..
He is also knowledgable about greenwalls and other things and will be
offering advice on this in the future.
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Bob Bruhin [address removed]
Development Director, Delaware Valley Pagan Network http://dvpn.org/
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We want to send out a big thank you to everyone who came out on Sunday, despite it turning soggy later in the day. We got a lot of work and planning accomplished - detailed maps of the two cleared courtyards, lists of materials needed, and a lot of good discussions on what sort of plants will do well in the courtyard.
We also want to thank everyone who came out for the open house, it was great to see so many new faces!
Moving forward, we're continuing to gather info and make plans long-term for the outdoor space. We'll also be soon publishing the plans for our next work day. Carpenters & builders, be ready to show up with tools! It's time to lock down the site, and start building raised planting beds :)
Watch here and on our traditional email lists for more details over the next 2 weeks.
-Raffaella Pagan gardening workday for the com…
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"Hello everyone!
"Our next cleanup workdate is Sunday, May 18th from 10am to 3pm. As usual, wear heavier shoes, gloves, long sleeves & pants, and be ready for a good workout. We've already cleared a large space in the front, and are working our way back to the fully cleared courtyards.
"Michael will also have an open house during that time period - if you haven't had the chance to see the site, please do stop by!
"I also have some brainstorming for my fellow green thumbs - Since we can't dig down, we need to build up! So, lets hear your ideas for creative wall/hanging gardens, raised beds, etc. I have old windows to use as the lids for coldframes, so we can have veggies growing even in the cold months. And here's another idea - a labyrinth made out of raised planters, with herbs, veggies and flowers growing in them. So, there's a few possibilities to get you started, can't wait to hear what you all come up with!
"We have another call for volunteers - the gate to the courtyards, needs repairing, and we've seen a lot of postings for free fencing materials. But what we don't have? Someone with a truck or other means to get them! If you have a vehicle and/or are willing to help out with transporting things to the Phactory, please let us know.
"And thank you again to everyone for their time and contributions, you people rock!"
-Raffaella, chief instigator and resident green thmb
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Announcing a new meeting for Delaware Valley Pagan Gardening Meetup for the Community Cen!
What: Pagan gardening workday for the community center
When: Sunday, May 18, 10:00 AM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Who should come: Everybody who believes the Delaware Valley needs to have a Pagan community center.
Why: This is our first real opportunity to open our Pagan community center in the Delaware Valley! If you have been following our efforts over the years, now is the chance to transform all of our dreams into reality!
Meeting Description: For this work date, we need at least two sets of workers.
GARDENERS must study this walled courtyard and develop a harmonious plan to tend it, using available urns and other tools. They need to form a collective that exchanges information and oversees that basic tasks are carried out.
WOODCHUCKS are needed to chuck wood: 1,000 huge handfuls of illicitly-dumped trash, mostly wood debris, must be removed from part of this courtyard.
And much more! Want to do something else? Have other skills/resources? Just email me! Thanks!
Learn more here:
http://pagan.meetup.com/1276/calendar/7849447/
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