Bay Area Spark
Collective Workshops and
Chanting Circle
Presented by
James
Bianchi
415-824-4220
Come enjoy the FireDance
community and find another home in the Bay Area for
your heart songs, your dance, your poetry, your
music. You do not have to be a good singer. You do
not have to know a
single chant. Just bring your enthusiasm and your spark. The Bay Area Spark
Collective is a new flame, kindled from embers carried home from
fire circles around the country
─
an intentional
community group that meets monthly to celebrate spirit, community,
and each other.
Workshops begin at 1:00
pm. Pot luck
supper begins at 4:00 pm. The sacred circle opens the doors at
6:30 pm. Participants introduce themselves and share their
magic; the four directions are called in; a chant is sung; and a
sacred play begins. From here on out, anything can happen:
drumming, a song, a poem, dancing,
magic, drawing, writing, massage, deep trance. As participants take their turns
around the circle, they stir the container and mix in their magic to create a
synergistic miracle in the space. Everyone listens to what the moment needs. Around 9:30 pm the energy of the circle rises to a fever pitch and then sweetly
winds down. The circle is closed with a chant, an "Om," that releases the four
directions
--
and plenty of hugs.
This is a regular Local
Station Board Meeting of KPFA, 94.1 FM Pacifica Radio Station. KPFA is the first ever listener-supported, non-commercial radio
station in America. It was founded in Berkeley in 1946 by
Lewis Hill and on the air in 1949 as Pacifica. Today there are
five Pacifica FM radio stations:
the founding one
in Berkeley, one in L.A., one in Houston, one in New York, and one
in Washington D.C. There is none is Chicago. Today's
Local Station Board meeting of Berkeley's KPFA is open to the
public. Everyone is welcome to come and listen to the
proceedings of this Board Meeting, and ask questions and make
comments when it opens up to listeners' input. Let the Board
of KPFA hear from you in person!
This is the monthly meeting of
the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club (WDRC). The Club
works to renew and reform the Democratic Party. The evening
begins with a social hour and pot luck supper at 6:00 pm
--
bring your favorite healthy dish to share!
At 7:00 pm the Club begins
its program and all guests of the evening, members and non-members
alike, are invited to participate in the discussions.
This evening's program concerns the
crisis in the South Asian Arc:
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,
and Pakistan. The featured speaker will be Conn Hallinan,
analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus (Institute for Policy Studies),
Columnist for the Daily Planet, and Board member at KPFA's
Local Station Board.
Come join NROOGD and
help turn the Wheel!
Everyone's invited!
NROOGD will be conducting its Brighid ritual to welcome in the
returning of sunlight after the winter solstice. Brighid began
as the Celtic sun goddess and evolved into the Celtic goddess of
three more fires:
the fire in the forge that shapes and tempers metal; the
fire
of the hearth that nourishes and heals the family in the home;
and fire in the head, inspiration, that incites people to become
poets and inspire others.
Please bring food that you
love to eat and love to share for the potluck after the ritual.
Get your children to bring their magical brooms
--
but brooms will be on hand if you forget. Most of all, reflect
on the issues in your life which you need to let go of and bring
them to this celebration. You'll lighten your load in this
evening's ceremony!
Blessed be!
