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 30 -
Billy Mack & the Juke Joint Johnnies
Front man Billy Mack is a great entertainer and one of the best voices on the music scene today. His strong, smooth voice, combined with his incredible vocal range, dynamic stage presence, and experienced band ensures that Billy and the JJJ's will keep the dance floor packed with boppers, rockers, two-steppers and swing-dancers alike! Beyond leading the Juke Joint Johnnies, Billy is a singer/songwriter and drummer with several CDs to his credit, available both stateside and overseas. Prior to performing with the JJJ's, Billy toured nationally with The Starlight Drifters. Lead guitarist Carl Bradychok, with his amazing fretwork, is known to be one of the area's fastest and most diverse guitar talents, and has played with some of the best-known and admired talent in the metro Detroit area. Bass player Robert "Bert" Franco has played with such bands as Fast Eddie and Bert and the Pyschobillies. Donn Deniston has been a steady fixture on the Detroit and Ann Arbor music scenes for decades, performing and recording with a wide variety of artists such as Map of the World, Kiss Me Screaming and Delta 88. With all of their combined experience, it's no wonder that the infectious energy of Billy and his Juke Joint Johnnies gets everyone involved in the fun!

Saturday, December 31 - No music due to holidays

New Music CDs at Crazy Wisdom

Wind, Rock, Sea & Flame cd
by Peter Kater
This all new recording combines some of Kater's favorite elements including piano, cello, soprano saxophone, acoustic bass, and whale song. Created as an homage to the four elements and his love for the Hawaiian Islands and oceans, this is music for healing, deepening, sanctity, and love.
$16.98

Upcoming Events

Women Standing in Their Power
Dec 28th * 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A circle of women coming together to create a transformational space in which we can support each other in living from our authentic selves. Inspired by Lucia Renee's workshop in Ann Arbor in November, 2010, "Women Standing in their Power," we gather to learn to stand in our power as women, helping to deepen and anchor the energy of the solar feminine. Meetings are open to any interested women and will include conversation, meditation and exercises to help us clear old disempowering patterns. Free. (734) 260-2540; chris202@comcast.net

Open Mic Poetry/Spoken Word and Writing Workshop led by popular poet David Mann
Dec 28th * 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Open Mic Poetry/Spoken Word followed by a one hour writing workshop 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.

********THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED**********

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.

Crazy Wisdom Holiday Hours
12/31 12 to 5
1/1/12 New Year's Day - Closed

Great New Reads!

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Spontaneous Happiness (Hardcover)
By Andrew Weil
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Everyone wants to be happy. But what does that really mean? Increasingly, scientific evidence shows us that true satisfaction and well-being come only from within.

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Dr. Weil offers an array of scientifically proven strategies from Eastern and Western psychology to counteract low mood and enhance contentment, comfort, resilience, serenity, and emotional balance. Drawn from psychotherapy, mindfulness training, Buddhist psychology, nutritional science, and more, these strategies include body-oriented therapies to support emotional wellness, techniques for managing stress and anxiety and changing mental habits that keep us stuck in negative patterns, and advice on developing a spiritual dimension in our lives. Lastly, Dr. Weil presents an eight-week program that can be customized according to specific needs, with short- and long-term advice on nutrition, exercise, supplements, environment, lifestyle, and much more.

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The Non-Toxic Avenger: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
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By Deanna Duke
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Most of us turn a blind eye to the startling array of chemicals lurking in everything from shampoo to baby bottles to the money in our wallets, choosing to believe that government agencies ensure the safety of the products we wear, use, ingest, and breathe in daily. Yet the standards for product safety in North America lag far behind those of other countries. We frequently hear that a substance we've relied on for years turns out to have serious effects on our health, the environment, or both.

After coming to terms with the fact that the autism and cancer which had impacted her family were most likely the result of environmental toxins, author Deanna Duke undertook a mission to dramatically reduce her family's chemical exposure. She committed to drastically reducing the levels of all known chemicals in both her home and work environments, using the help of body burden testing to see what effect, if any, she was able to have on the level of toxins in her body.

Follow Deanna's journey as she uncovers how insidious and invasive environmental toxins are. Learn about your day-to-day chemical exposure, the implications for your health, and what you can do about it. And find out whether the author's quest is mission impossible, or whether she is ultimately able to improve her family's health by taking steps towards leading a chemical-free life.

The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain: The Neuroscience of How, When, Why and Who We Love
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By Judith Horstman
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A fascinating look at how the brain controls our relationships and romances

Neuroscientists, psychologists, and most men and women readers today have learned that the brain is Grand Central Station for our most erotic associations, memories, and secret desires. The latest c research shows that the popular myth is true: Sexual orientation and identity is hard-wired, the result of our neurological predisposition, not a choice or result of socialization. We instinctively crave connection and relationship as an essential part of our well-being, self-esteem, and pleasure. The process of achieving and recovering from orgasm ignites the same pleasure centers in the brain as exercise, music, religion, food, alcohol, and drugs. Sexual desire can be triggered by a thought, a smell, a touch, or the sight of an object of desire. These sensorium are located at different parts of the brain, and can be activated indefinitely into our senior years. Filled with little known and fascinating information about the brain The third Scientific American book in the series about the brain

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Spirit & Dream Animals: Decipher Their Messages, Discover Your Totem
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By Richard Webster
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Have you ever dreamt about a bird, wolf, lion, or some other creature and wondered what it meant? From the cheerful bluebird to the courageous tiger, the animals in our dreams often have specific messages that can guide us on our life paths. Once you know your totem animal, you can call upon it for healing, protection, strength, wisdom, and spiritual guidance.

In Spirit & Dream Animals, bestselling author Richard Webster will teach you simple and fun techniques to identify and connect with your spirit animal.

--Lucid Dreaming--Astrology--Numerology--Pendulum Divination--Meditation--Dancing

You'll also learn about animal symbolism in various cultures, the shamanic tradition, and how to recall your dreams more easily and vividly. This handy book also features an alphabetical dream-animal dictionary. With it, you can quickly look up the symbolic meanings of more than 150 creatures--including pets and domestic, wild, and legendary animals.

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Magical Mischief (Google eBook)

By Anna Dale

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What if magic took over everything in its path? This is the fate of the old Hardbattle Bookshop. Magic has settled in every corner and brought chaos to Mr. Hardbattle's life, driving away all of his customers. Then one day, just when Mr. Hardbattle's had enough, a young boy named Arthur stumbles in. And soon Mr. Hardbattle, Arthur, and the lovable Miss Quint are banding together to reclaim the shop. A new home for magic must be found . . .

Lost December: A Novel (Google eBook)
By Richard Paul Evans
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From one of America's most beloved storytellers comes his most spiritual book since The Christmas Box.
"It has been said that sometimes the greatest hope in our lives is just a second chance to do what we should have done right in the first place. This is the story of my second chance." -Prologue of Lost December
When Luke Crisp graduates from business school, his father, CEO and co-founder of Fortune 500 Crisp's Copy Centers, is ready to share some good news: he wants to turn the family business over to his son. But Luke has other plans. Taking control of his trust fund, Luke leaves home to pursue a life of reckless indulgence.
But when his funds run out, so do his friends. Humbled, alone, and too ashamed to ask his father for help, Luke secretly takes a lowly job at one of his father's copy centers. There he falls in love with a struggling single mother and begins to understand the greatest source of personal joy.
Lost December is Richard Paul Evans's modernday holiday version of the biblical story of the prodigal son, a powerful tale of redemption, hope, and the true meaning of love.