This Week at Crazy Wisdom

at Crazy Wisdom Tea Room

8:30 to 10:30 p.m. - No Cover Charge

Every Friday and Saturday night Crazy Wisdom invites you to Tea and Tunes. Not a tea drinker? No problem! Crazy Wisdom offer a wide selection of coffee drinks. (while you're here, don't forget to try some of our tasty treats as well!)

Friday, December 16 -
Spencer Michaud
Local favorite Spencer Michaud is a narrative singer-songwriter that uses an elastic tenor voice to cover an incredible range of genres and emotions. He draws upon the ghosts of Motown, Tin-Pan Alley and the folk tradition to create a sound that is both theatrical and sincere. Michaud is a regular performer at the Jeff Buckley Tribute concerts held annually at Uncommon Ground in Chicago, IL. He currently teaches guitar and songwriting in the Ann Arbor area and often plays with his band. Spencer is currently working on a new EP, "The Hero with 1000 Faces."

Saturday, December 17 -
Sarah Swanson
Ann Arbor-based indie singer-songwriter Sarah Swanson fuses intensely honest lyrics, groove rock, and a hypnotic, soulful sound that delivers personal and captivating music to her audiences. Backed by a phenomenally talented band, Swanson's last release Dark Sunshine gained airplay on radio stations across the country, and was nominated for two WYCE "Jammies." She is currently in the studio working on a new release, "This Way to Madness," scheduled out in January 2012.

New Music CDs at Crazy Wisdom

And Winter Came cd
This album features traditional holiday songs, including a new version of Silent Night, as well as Trains and Winter Rains, and White is the Winter Night.
$18.98

Oiche Chiun (Silent Night) cd
A shorter cd with an extended version of this beloved seasonal classic.
$7.49

Upcoming Events

Witches' Night Out at Crazy Wisdom Tea Room * Dec. 13; 7 p.m. * Come join us for tea and networking on Witches' Night Out. It is a chance to meet others of like mind, drink Witch Brew tea, and have a great time. No cover. $3.75 for a pot of tea with free refills. No meeting in October. For more information, call Carol at 665-2757; info@crazywisdom.net or www.crazywisdom.net.

Healthy Living Series at Crazy Wisdom Community Room, sponsored by People's Food Co-op * 7-8:30 p.m. * Free. Call Caitlin Joseph at 994-4589; outreach@peoplesfood.coop or peoplesfood.coop.
Dec. 13 * Raw Winter with Ellen Livingston * Learn how to thrive on a healthy raw food diet even in the coldest weather

Mic Poetry/Spoken Word led by popular poet David Mann
Dec 14, 2011, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Open Mic Poetry/Spoken Word at Crazy Wisdom Tearoom led by popular poet David Mann/Phat Salmon Productions. All welcome. Sign up starts at 6:45. Join us early to get your refreshments and settle in before the readings begin.

Drummunity Circles hosted by Lori Fithian * Dec. 14; 7-9 p.m. at Crazy Wisdom Community Room * Get your hands on a drum and add your sound and spirit to the community groove. All are welcome to join in the circle. No experience necessary. Drums available. Free. Call 426-7818; lorifithian@mac.com or drummunity.com.

Awareness of Awareness Practice Unleashes the 10 Burning Man Principles with Oracle (Frank Anderson)
Dec 16, 2011,7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Dec 16, 2011 The Burning Man Project is an annual event in the Nevada desert based on 10 principles: Radical Inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical Self-reliance, Radical Self-expression, Communal Effort, Civic Responsibility, Leaving No Trace, Participation, and Immediacy. These principles provide the basis of a temporary community whose form and experession are greatly influenced by putting them into action. They reflect the four "highest emotions" in Buddhism - loving kindness, joy with others, compassion and equanimity- which are realized with awareness of awareness (meditation) practice. Join us for a short talk, guided meditation and discussion of how these principles may be "unleashed" emerge and take form in everyday life as well. Free. konggi@gmail.com

Community HU Chant with Local Members of Eckankar · Fridays, 6:30-7:15 p.m. · All faiths (and agnostics!) are welcome to join this weekly, free get-together to sing one of the ancient names for God - HU. Popular in many cultures, the singing of HU is an undirected prayer to harmonize the consciousness with and open the heart to God's love. Free. Call John at 320-2010; john.zissis@sbcglobal.net or eckankar.org.

A3radio's FOLK IT Broadcast in the

Crazy Wisdom Tea Room

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Nov. 6, 2011

Live broadcasting comes to CRAZY WISDOM Tea Room every Sunday evening starting at 6PM. The A3radio.com shows will be free to the public and will feature Folk music every week. The Crazy Wisdom music series runs Sundays from 6PM to 7:30 weekly. The audience is live and these shows are video streamed on www.a3radio.com and replayed during the week at the same station. For additional information call 734-604-5347 or email tsaunders_48@hotmail.com
Jill Jack The mulit-award winning JILL JACK brings her voice, her style and her precious songs to FOLK IT! in advance of her annual birthday bash at the ARK in January. Jill has garnered national attention with her rocking folk/ rock sound and is even more compelling when she just plays alone for a few friends. Bob Seger picked her to open for him in Detroit and in Ontario. Come and see why.

Great New Reads!

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December 19th, 2011

Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are (Hardcover)
By Jack Kornfield, Daniel Siegel
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If you want to find inner peace and wisdom, you don't need to move to an ashram or monastery. Your life, just as it is, is the perfect place to be. Jack Kornfield, one of America's most respected Buddhist teachers, shares this and other key lessons gleaned from more than forty years of committed study and practice.
Topics include:
   * How to cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity
   * Conscious parenting
   * Spirituality and sexuality
   * The way of forgiveness
   * Committing ourselves to healing the suffering in the world
Bringing Home the Dharma includes simple meditation practices for awakening our buddha nature-our wise and understanding heart-amid the ups and downs of our ordinary daily lives.

The Global Forest: Forty Ways Trees Can Save Us (Paperback)
By Diana Beresford-Kroeger
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A lushly written, compelling tribute to trees-grounded in a wide range of scientific knowledge.
Renowned scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger presents an unforgettable and highly original work of natural history with The Global Forest. She explores the fascinating and largely untapped ecological and pharmaceutical properties of trees: leaves that can comb the air of particulate pollution, fatty acids in the nuts of hickory and walnut trees that promote brain development, the compound in the water ash that helps prevent cancer, aerosols in pine trees that calm nerves. In precise, imaginative, and poetic prose, she describes the complexity and beauty of forests, as well as the environmental dangers they face. The author's indisputable passion for her subject matter will inspire readers to look at trees, and at their own connection to the natural world, with newfound awe.

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (Paperback)
By Sam Harris
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Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people-from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists-agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith.
In this highly controversial book, Sam Harris seeks to link morality to the rest of human knowledge. Defining morality in terms of human and animal well-being, Harris argues that science can do more than tell how we are; it can, in principle, tell us how we ought to be. In his view, moral relativism is simply false-and comes at an increasing cost to humanity. And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled: for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim algebra, there can be no Christian or Muslim morality. Using his expertise in philosophy and neuroscience, along with his experience on the front lines of our "culture wars," Harris delivers a game-changing book about the future of science and about the real basis of human cooperation.

The Boat to Redemption (Hardcover)
By Su Tong, Howard Goldblatt
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In the peaceable, river-side village of Milltown, Secretary Ku has fallen into disgrace. It has been officially proven that he is not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by his neighbors, Ku leaves the shore for a new life among the boat people. Refusing to renounce his high status, he--along with his teenage son--keeps his distance from the gossipy lowlifes who surround him. Then one day a feral girl, Huixian, arrives looking for her mother, and the boat people, and especially Ku's son, take her to their hearts. But Huixian sows conflict wherever she goes, and soon the boy is in the grip of an obsession.
Raw, emotional, and unerringly funny, the Man Asian Prize-winning novel from China's bestselling literary author is a story of a people caught in the stranglehold not only of their own desires and needs, but also of a Party that sees everything and forgives nothing.

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