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Transcendental Illuminations
Mari Tankenoff and Scott Berger, authors of Transcendental Illuminations, will be
in Minnesota to promote their book from March 2-24. Free author events featuring
readings, discussion and booksigning will take place in Minneapolis and in Eden Prairie.
Transcendental Illuminations reveals the discoveries of two Truth-seekers -- Mari,
a licensed psychologist, and Scott, a holistic healer -- through their extraordinary
firsthand experiences and eternal search for life's meaning. The authors disclose
longstanding misperceptions, and create a stir while dissecting facts from fiction
in history, philosophy, psychology, theology, science and spirituality.
Join them at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7 for a reading, discussion and signing event with
the Theosophical Society of Minnesota at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community, 44th and
Upton Avenue South in Minneapolis. For more information, call (651) 603-0512.
The authors will be signing books at noon Saturday, March 19, at Body Mind Life Expo
2005 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis. For more information, call
(612) 824-8044.
They also will present a reading, discussion and booksigning at 2 p.m., Saturday,
March 19, at Barnes & Noble in Eden Prairie Center, 3000 Eden Prairie Center.
For more information, call (952) 944-5683.
Playback Theatre
River's Edge Playback Theatre returns March 5 to its favorite venue, Walker Community
Church in South Minneapolis, for a one-evening performance of "In Hope of Spring
-- stories of birth and rejuvenation." Just as the days are beginning to lengthen,
we gather, yet in darkness, to warm and lighten each other with stories. Stories
that come to us in the moment. Stories from our own lives. Stories that may parallel
Nature's great, steady cycle of regeneration and change.
Playback Theatre, now an international improvisational storytelling form that originated
in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York in 1975, offers a forum to share audience stories
on-the-spot. Although spontaneous and improvisational, Playback is distinctive from
most forms of "improv" in that it is not a competition for laughs using
audience suggestions, but rather an ensemble effort to convey the essence of a story.
Playback is rooted in oral tradition and the natural tendency of human beings to
create community by telling and remembering.
"In Hope of Spring" will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Walker Community
Church, 3104 16th Ave. S., one block east and south of Bloomington Avenue and Lake
Street. Admission is $10.
River's Edge Playback Theatre, the first and only Playback theatre in Minnesota,
was founded in Minneapolis in September, 2000. They also travel to community, business
and educational settings to perform or lead interactive workshops. The company includes
a voice/movement therapist, school social worker, doll making artist, family therapist,
organization development consultant, theatre artist and teacher/facilitators. Company
members are Carolyn Campfield, Charlotte Milstead, Chris Crider, Claire DeCoster,
Harry Greenberg, Rochelle James, Sheila Sewall, Barbara Daughter, Linda Tedford,
and Michael Haldeman.
For more information, visit www.riversedgeplayback.org.
Milwaukee pagan festival
The third annual Ostara Festival, a celebration of alternative spirituality and the
beginning of spring, will be from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at the
South Milwaukee Community Center, 1919 12th Ave., in South Milwaukee, Wisc.
The celebration, presented by the Milwaukee Pagan Unity Council, will include dozens
of venders, a market place, children's area, interactive workshops, lectures, round
table discussions, a dining-conversation area, drumming, raffle and an interdenominational
ritual. A variety of non-profit pagan and pagan-friendly organizations will share
information. Exhibitors will offer demonstrations, workshops, readings and unique
items, including jewelry, clothing, incense, original artwork, body piercing jewelry,
literature and more. The American Red Cross will be present with a blood drive.
Bring a nonperishable food item that will benefit The Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee
and Second Harvest. There is no other admission charge. For more information, call
(414) 475-6771 or visit www.wisconsinpagans.org
What the Bleep
A screening of the groundbreaking, paradigm shifting and record-breaking film What
the Bleep will coincide with a DVD release party on Saturday, April 2, hosted by
The Continuum Center in Minneapolis and featuring special guest John Raatz, master
of concept development and head of media relations and promotion for What the Bleep.
Watch the movie, dialogue afterwards about the story behind it, the impact and implications
in its wake and, for the first time, purchase a copy of your own on DVD. What the
Bleep combines interviews with 14 physicists, physicians, brain scientists, theologians
and mystics, with a modern day Alice-in-Wonderland story starring Academy Award winning
actress Marlee Maitlin.
The film will be presented at both 5 and 7:20 p.m. at Jefferson Elementary Auditorium,
1200 W. 26th St., Minneapolis. Admission is $10, or $5 for members of The Continuum
Center.
The DVD party will take place after the 7:20 p.m. screening, across the street from
the school auditorium at The Continuum Center, 2538 Hennepin Ave. S. The special
event includes a movie ticket and a DVD, and a chance to socialize with John Raatz,
for $55 ($45 for Continuum members). Food will be provided by French Meadow Bakery
& Café.
For more information, contact The Continuum Center at (612) 374-4948, e-mail info@continuumcenter.net
or visit www.continuumcenter.net.
Animal communication
Twin Cities animal communicator Marilyn Tokach will present a weekend intensive animal
communication workshop April 8-10 at the KCB Equine Center of Dassel, Minn., offering
both beginning and intermediate students the opportunity to learn how to connect
with animal companions.
The 18-hour weekend event costs $200, with $100 deposit due April 4, and $20 discounted
if full payment is made by March 18.
"Animals communicate with us all the time in ways we dismiss," Tokach explains.
"Like cats who go to their food bowls just when the thought pops into your head
that you need to feed them. Or dogs who know when their owners are home minutes before
we hear the garage door. Humans inherently know this form of communication. We just
have to reawaken this part of us to work both ways, not just as a receiver but also
as the sender. Our contemporary society has simply stopped depending on and practicing
this form of communicating. Animals haven't."
She challenges students to realize that these aren't merely coincidences, but perhaps
invitations for a two-way dialogue to exist.
Tokach, who has been training dogs for more than 20 years and is a behaviorist, as
well as professional animal communicator, hosts workshops throughout the Midwest
designed to help people at any level of ability learn to connect with their animal
companions nonverbally, and in doing so, strengthen their understanding of each other
and deepen their bond.
For registration, call (952) 226-2622 or visit www.pure-spirit.com. Classes are also
offered in St. Croix Falls, Wisc., starting April 4, and in Prior Lake, Minn., starting
April 5.
Community Health Fair
Northwestern Health Sciences University is sponsoring a community health fair on
April 16 on the University's campus on the corner of 84th Street and Penn Avenue
in Bloomington, Minn.
The free event will include sessions on fitness, nutrition, and health and wellness.
Additionally, there will be free spinal screenings, glucose screenings, tongue and
pulse diagnosis, chair massages, cooking demonstrations and other fitness and health
assessments. There will be also information available about the various health and
wellness resources in the south metro area.
For more information about Northwestern Health Sciences University, visit www.nwhealth.edu
or call (952) 888-4777.
Night of the Butterfly
With the generous support of Target, Xcel Energy, Mpls/StPaul Magazine and Rocco
Altobelli, Chrysalis will host its annual special event to benefit thousands of Twin
Cities' women, children and families in need. Night of the Butterfly will take place
at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the festive and eclectic 222 Event Centre in Northeast
Minneapolis (222 1st Ave. NE).
The invitation-only champagne reception and auction preview begins at 6 p.m. The
public is invited to attend at 7 p.m. for hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, live
auction and entertainment. The cost is $75. Music will be presented by local blues
and jazz vocalist Cynthia Johnson & the "Nite Moods" combo.
This is an opportunity to gather with others in the Twin Cities community who support
the work of Chrysalis and their efforts to inspire and empower women to take charge
of their lives. More than 500,000 women and children have been served by Chrysalis
during the last 30 years. Through the many programs and services provided at Chrysalis, clients work
toward sobriety, break
free from destructive relationships and behaviors, achieve mental and emotional balance
and learn how to keep their families healthy and safe.
To order tickets for Night of the Butterfly, call Chrysalis at (612) 870-2414 or
e-mail nhines@chrysaliswomen.org. Visit www.chrysaliswomen.org
Compassion: The Interconnectedness Principle
Author, documentary film producer and Stanford graduate Catherine Dees will present
The Question of Compassion: Humanity's Unfinished Business from 7-9 p.m. Friday,
April 29, at St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Ave S., Minneapolis, sponsored by The
Continuum Center.
Dees was the co-creator of the original Continuum exhibit (first on display in 1979
at the California Museum of Science and Industry) exploring the nature of consciousness
and the continuity of life. She is developing a second cross-cultural, interdisciplinary
and multi-faith exhibit exploring compassion and the interconnectedness of life.
Is there scientific evidence that the universe is intelligent and self-organizing,
that compassion -- the hardest work -- is a goal of evolution and the gateway to
full capacity living? What do ancient texts and teachings say about the illusion
of separation and the call to selflessness? Join a story-in-the-making as The Question
of Compassion leaves the drawing board, beginning the journey to manifest in four
languages and tour internationally.
Admission to The Question of Compassion is $25 or $20 for members of The Continuum
Center. For more information, contact The Continuum Center at (612) 374-4948, e-mail
info@continuumcenter.net or visit www.continuumcenter.net.
A Festival at Sea
Sailing the tropical turquoise waters of the eastern Caribbean and watching the best
spiritual cinema in the world with a group of like-minded souls -- that's the promise
of The Spiritual Cinema Festival-at-Sea. Join Stephen Simon, What the Bleep director
Mark Vicente, Oscar winning filmmaker Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost) and James Twyman (Indigo
and Into Me See), for an inspiring week of spiritual cinema aboard Holland America's
Zuiderdam in a week-long cruise through the Caribbean on May 14-21.
The festival is the first from America's fastest growing DVD club, The Spiritual
Cinema Circle, and will feature a variety of beautiful and inspiring new films from
all over the world. Special film screenings include: What the Bleep Do We Know, starring
Marlee Matlin; My Life, starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman; Illusion, starring
Kirk Douglas; and the festival premiere of James Twyman's new film, Into Me See,
a film about love, relationships and the lessons we learn when we open our hearts
to discovering who we really are. The festival will also feature at least 10 more
films in the awards competition, as well as film offerings from festival co-sponsor
Parabola magazine. The complete lineup will be announced in early April.
"We deliberately picked the Caribbean as the location for our first film festival
because of the ocean's conducive nature for sharing thoughts and experiences on spiritual
evolution," says Circle co-founder Stephen Simon. Ports of call include Half
Moon Bay, St. Thomas, Tortola and the Bahamas. The cruise departs from Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.
"The search for truth and meaning doesn't always have to be laborious,"
says Parabola publisher Joe Kulin. "This unique film festival brings together
a joyful combination of kindred spirits and spiritual cinema."
Visit www.spiritualcinemafestival.com for complete details and to view cabin selections,
or call Ron Oyer's Life Journeys/World View Travel at toll-free 1 (888) 259-9191,
ext. 213 or 225.
Toltec wisdom study group
A spiritual study group focusing on the wisdom of the Toltecs and how the application
of spiritual truths and common sense lead to personal transformation is seeking members
in the southern suburbs in the Twin Cities. The Four Agreements Wisdom Group meets
at Unity of the Valley Spiritual Center, 4011 W Highway 13, Savage, on alternate
Saturday mornings from 10-11:30 a.m. Future meetings are March 12, March 26, April
9, April 23, and every other week thereafter.
The Four Agreements, described in the teachings and books of Don Miguel Ruiz, are
a simplification of the ancient Toltec teachings distilled into four basic truths:
Be impeccable with your word; Don't take anything personally; Don't make assumptions;
and Always do your best. The Toltecs were scientists and artists who gathered for
thousands of years at Teotihuacan, now in Mexico. They considered science and spirit
not only to be the same but also governed by the same universal laws. Toltec knowledge
arises from the same essential unity of truth as all the sacred spiritual traditions
around the world. Though it is not a religion, it honors all the spiritual masters
who have walked and taught on the earth.
A Four Agreements Wisdom Group is a small group of individuals who are dedicated
to living in love, abundance and happiness. Groups meet nationwide. The meeting in
Savage has been gathering for more than two years. The group is open to the public
and the only requirement for membership is a desire to attain personal freedom, to
master your awareness of your own actions and reactions, and to work on transforming
your life into one of love and happiness. There are no dues, but small, voluntary
contributions are invited to compensate the host location with expenses.
For directions to the church, call (952) 895-0745. For more information about the
meeting, contact Duncan at (612) 922-0618 or Jeff at (952) 884-8392. For more information
about Toltec wisdom and the teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz, visit www.sixthsunfoundation.org. |
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