This Week at Crazy Wisdom
June 25
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Upcoming Events
 Drummunity Circles hosted by Lori Fithian * July 25 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.
 Overcoming Bad Habits and Addictions with Rev. Lela Iduna * June 26, 7-8:30 p.m. at Crazy Wisdom Community Room sponsored by People's Food Co-Op * Addiction is a common yet challenging issue almost all people deal with at some point in their lives. Learn about the core reasons why addictions happen using a psychological, emotional, and spiritual approach and receive practical steps to overcome habits and addictions. Free. Call Caitlin 994-4589; outreach@peoplesfood.coop or peoplesfood.coop.
An Evening of Poetry and Written Word hosted by Crazy Wisdom Tearoom and Phat Salmon * Second and Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. * Join us for tea and creativity. Free. For information, call 734-665-2757 or crazywisdom.net.
Fourth Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. *
Open Mic Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop at Crazy Wisdom Tearoom hosted by David Mann and Phat Salmon. All writers welcome to share their poetry or short stories. Writing workshop to follow, where writers can learn from other writers and share their own writing skills. Sign up begins at 6:45 p.m.
 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.
June 28 * Herbal Wisdom - Foraging a Free Lunch: Wildcrafting with Linda Diane Feldt * What you need to know to find free food and medicine in the natural areas all around you.
Sahaja Meditation & Music with Dennis Stoilov Jun 30 - 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Come and learn about Sahaja Meditation and experience a free live music and meditation workshop.
You will learn about Raaga, Bhajan, Qawalli and more. Learn how you can use music to meditate and the effect music has on your health, mood, and overall being.
Free. (734) 218-2896; dstoilov7@GMAIL.COM; http://sahajameditation.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
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OPEN PART-TIME BOOKSELLER POSITION
We are now accepting applications for a part-time bookseller position for 14-18 hours per week. Interested applicants must have bookstore or library experience, retail experience, access to a car, and the ability to commit to at least one year. Knowledge and interest in Crazy Wisdom subject matter a plus. Applicants must be available to work Friday nights and Saturday afternoons.
If you meet ALL of the above criteria, please stop by Crazy Wisdom to fill out an application today!
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| Live Music Weekends
at Crazy Wisdom Tea Room
8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
No Cover Charge
 Friday, June 29 -
Dave Boutette
The special intimacy that only comes from sharing firelight is where Dave Boutette finds his home. Songs of highway hijinks and wildcat oil drillers in the Michigan woods are as likely to be heard as old favorites that have been in your head and heart for years. For Boutette, it's the sharing of songs that holds all the magic. Whether banging out a set of saloon songs at a Michigan watering hole, or settling back for an evening of singing at a fire ring afterward, Dave Boutette will hold listeners as long as they keep the lights on or until the rain starts. Stories, advice, observations, or raffles are as apt to appear during a performance as are his songs. Blending many schools of American roots and popular music including folk, blues, swing, and old time country, his songs testify to the power of true love, rebirth, snow plows, and migrating fish. If you get the chance, stand next to Dave. Besides feeling taller than you actually are, you may start to see some things in an entirely new light! http://daveboutette.net
 Saturday, June 30 -
Derek Daniel
Music has always been a large part of Derek Daniel's life. Raised in the musical magic of metro Detroit, he has often been referred to as a "suburban nomad", having resided in most all of Detroit's suburbs - a name he later parlayed into a band! He also laid down musical roots in the western hotbed of the Ann Arbor area. Known for his vocal styling, his music falls into the progressive folk/rock/blues vein, but disdains categorization and refuses to be pigeon-holed.
Derek has performed at many festivals and venues throughout Michigan, including The Ark, Trinity House Theater, and Ypsilanti's Crossroads summer series, and has appeared on stage with Michigan favorites such as Chris Buhalis, John Latini, Annie and Rod Capps, Dave Boutette and a host of others. He is also an active member of Southeast Michigan's Songwriters Anonymous, a participant and performer at F.A.R.M. (Folk Alliance Regional Midwest), and a longtime supporter of Lamb's Retreat for Songwriters and the Springfed Arts organization. http://www.reverbnation.com/derekdaniel
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New Music at CW
 DownTemple Dub cd: Remixed
by Desert Dwellers World-class sound alchemists filter Desert Dwellers' classic psy-chilled grooves through a kaleidoscope of midtempo breaks and ornately textured ambience. Yoga dub meets ethno-electronic bass music on this genre-bending journey though realms of sonic bliss and dance floor ecstasy.
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The Crazy Wisdom
Community Journal 
The May through August Issue is now available online.
Pick up a copy at Crazy Wisdom,
or any of our distribution points...
10,000 copies of The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal are distributed to more than 195 locations in the Ann Arbor area.
Tickets On Sale Now!
Tea with the Fairies
Thursday, August 23rd
with 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. seatings
Stop by, or call 734.665.2757
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Great New Reads!
Purchase online at shopcrazywisdom.com,
or at Crazy Wisdom with coupon below!
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These Featured New Books
Through July 1st, 2012
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 Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict, and Increase Intimacy
(Hardcover)
By Andrew Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman
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Introducing a new strategy that changes the brain to enhance any conversation
In their groundbreaking research, prominent neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, M.D., working with Mark Robert Waldman, has discovered a valuable strategy called Compassionate Communication. In twelve clear steps it allows us to create a special bond with whomever we are speaking, a bond that aligns our brains to work together as one. In this unique state-free from conflict and distrust-we can communicate more effectively, listen more deeply, collaborate without effort, and succeed more quickly at any task.
Using data collected from MBA students, couples in therapy, and caregivers, Newberg and Waldman have seen again and again that Compassionate Communication repositions a difficult conversation for a satisfying conclusion. Whether you are negotiating with your boss or your employees, arguing with your spouse, or coping with your kids, Compassionate Communication is a simple and unbeatable way to achieve a winwin dialogue to help you reach your goals.
 The Everyday Alchemist's Happiness Handbook
(Paperback)
By Natalie Fee, Jonathan Cainer
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Striving for personal happiness, however one defines it, is a goal that many people have in common, and this book teaches readers how to find that joy using modern and spiritual means. Happiness seekers will learn how karma blocks personal happiness and how to dissolve it on a moment-by-moment basis, learn how to activate their personal GPS system to guide them out of negative reactions and old patterns, and learn simple techniques to transform everyday, stressful situations into positive energy and self-awareness. Written for those beginning their spiritual journey of self-discovery, lighthearted dialogue and hands-on exercises give readers an accessible way to vanquish potential roadblocks to happiness.
 Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
(Hardcover)
By Elizabeth L. Cline
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Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She'd grown accustomed to shopping at outlet malls, discount stores like T.J. Maxx, and cheap but trendy retailers like Forever 21, Target, and H&M. She was buying a new item of clothing almost every week (the national average is sixty-four per year) but all she had to show for it was a closet and countless storage bins packed full of low-quality fads she barely wore-including the same sailor-stripe tops and fleece hoodies as a million other shoppers. When she found herself lugging home seven pairs of identical canvas flats from Kmart (a steal at $7 per pair, marked down from $15!), she realized that something was deeply wrong.
Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. Retailers are producing clothes at enormous volumes in order to drive prices down and profits up, and they've turned clothing into a disposable good. After all, we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it's cheaper to just buy more.
But what are we doing with all these cheap clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, and our economic well-being?
In Overdressed, Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut, tracing the rise of budget clothing chains, the death of middle-market and independent retailers, and the roots of our obsession with deals and steals. She travels to cheap-chic factories in China, follows the fashion industry as it chases even lower costs into Bangladesh, and looks at the impact (both here and abroad) of America's drastic increase in imports. She even explores how cheap fashion harms the charity thrift shops and textile recyclers where our masses of clothing castoffs end up.
Sewing, once a life skill for American women and a pathway from poverty to the middle class for workers, is now a dead-end sweatshop job. The pressures of cheap have forced retailers to drastically reduce detail and craftsmanship, making the clothes we wear more and more uniform, basic, and low quality. Creative independent designers struggle to produce good and sustainable clothes at affordable prices.
Cline shows how consumers can break the buy-and-toss cycle by supporting innovative and stylish sustainable designers and retailers, refashioning clothes throughout their lifetimes, and mending and even making clothes themselves.
Overdressed will inspire you to vote with your dollars and find a path back to being well dressed and feeling good about what you wear.
 Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer's Market, with 88 Recipes
(Hardcover)
By Tama Matsuoka Wong, Eddy Leroux, Daniel Boulud
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Forage for wild food and discover delicious edible plants growing everywhere-including your backyard-and how best to prepare them to highlight their unique flavors, with this seasonally organized field guide and cookbook.
While others have identified in the past which wild plants are edible, Tama Matsuoka Wong, the forager for Daniel, the flagship restaurant of renowned chef Daniel Boulud, and Eddy Leroux, its chef de cuisine, go two steps further, setting the bar much higher. First, they have carefully selected only the wild plants that are worth seeking out for their fabulous flavors. Second, after much taste-testing, they have figured out the best way to prepare each ingredient-a key in getting to know these exciting new foods. In Foraged Flavor, they reveal their seventy-one favorite plants, which are easy to identify and can be harvested sustainably across the country (including at farmers' markets for those without access to nearby fields and forests). Tama helps readers uncover bright lemony oxalis growing in patches of their lawn or creeping jenny, with its unmistakable leaves and delicate green-pea flavor. Eddy then gives simple recipes to showcase the foraged finds, including Cardamine Cress with Fennel and Orange
Vinaigrette; Braised Beef, Dandelion Leaves, and Clear Noodles; and Purslane Eggplant Caponata.
With twenty-five botanical illustrations, fifty color photographs of the plants, and tons of field- and kitchen-tested know-how, Foraged Flavor will be an indispensable guide for cooking enthusiasts.
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Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies...by Andew Newberg (9781594630903)
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