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Mar. 19- Mar. 26




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Spring begins tomorrow, Friday, March 20, at 4:45pm. Tomorrow is also a total solar eclipse, the first eclipse of 2015. A total solar eclipse happening on the Vernal Equinox has not happened since 1662, although the next one will happen in 19 years. According to our wise resident astrologer Ralfee Finn, the solar eclipse adds emotional complexity to an already intense week. (Read what she has to say in "The Aquarium Age," below.)
 
To top it off, it's also the New Moon. I was born on a new moon and CATALYST's legal name is New Moon Press. It is known as a good day for beginning, or beginning again.

CATALYST is beginning something special tomorrow, which I will tell you about next week. I'm wishing you the inspiration, energy and the opportunity to appreciate this Earthly event.

Event picks for
Mar. 19 - Mar. 26  
Thursday, Mar. 19, 8p. Park City Live, 427 Main Street, Park City. $25-$45. 
 
Elephant Revival members loved one another's sense of shared values, and the way their disparate musical influences formed a more cohesive tapestry the more they played together. That elemental tapestry extends beyond music to a worldview that is expressed in the group's lyrics as well. The name comes from one member's experience busking outside the elephant cage at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Dango Rose was moved to do so after two elephants that had lived there together for 16 years were separated by zookeepers. Within days of the separation, both elephants had died, leaving the elephant cage empty. A seed was planted in Rose to revive the spirit of the lost elephants, the spirit that flows between all things on this Earth and that animates all that the band does.

Check out their YouTube video here.  
 

Friday, Mar. 20, 9-10:30p. Centered City Yoga, 926 E. 900 S. $20 ($15 adv)
 
Glow-in-the-dark yoga to the music of the legendary Led Zeppelin. Glow bands provided.

  


Friday, Mar. 20, 6-9p.  Rio Gallery, located inside the Rio Grande Depot, 300 S. Rio Grande St.

Musician Brian Eno refers to a place in time where the intelligence of a whole group of people creates an "ecology of talent" that produces new thoughts and good new works. It's an experimental environment that leads to a fertile and intelligent output. Collective Experience at the Rio Gallery will highlight Eno's idea of the collective inventive nature of the creative process. Artists include Joey Behrens, Sandy Brunvand, Stefanie Dykes, Michael Handley, Jenevieve Hubbard, Satu Hummasti, Beth Krensky, Colin Ledbetter, Dawn Oughton, Suzanne Simpson and Jim Frazier, Heidi Somsen, Amie Tullius and Lucia Volker.

Show runs through April 29. 
 
Saturday, Mar. 21, 9a- noon. Redwood Nature Area, 3100 Lester St., West Valley City.
 
By taking cuttings from existing cottonwoods and willows, and planting them deeply into the water table in existing flood plains, you can grow new trees! Get dirty and get trees in the ground along the Jordan River at the Redwood Nature Area.

Arrive at the parking lot across from the Redwood Recreation Center at the softball fields at 9am to check in. 10-minute walk to the planting site.

Registration REQUIRED here.  
 
 
Sunday, Mar. 22, 2-4p. 
We Are Yoga, 2645 Parleys Way, Ste. 100. $40 ($35 adv.)

Ayurveda is a timeless practice founded in ancient India to create optimal health within mind, body, and spirit. Through investigation of lifestyle and dietary routines, ayurveda cultivates wellbeing for each person's unique constitution. This discussion will elaborate on the foundational practices that ayurveda offers.
 
Tuesday Mar. 24, 7p. 
Behnken Field House in the Dolores Dor� Eccles Health, Wellness and Athletic Center at Westminster College, 1840 S1300 E. Free.

When it was first published in 1993, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States sparked a national debate focused on how human choices and consequences are interwoven in our system of capital punishment. Twenty years later ~ and with capital punishment still practiced in 32 states (and death by firing squad recently reinstated in Utah) ~ Sister Helen devotes her time to campaigning against the death penalty, counseling individual death row prisoners and working with murder victims' family members. She has accompanied six men to their deaths and has written about two of them in her second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions. Sister Helen Prejean is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph. She has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. 

A book signing will follow the lecture. Sister Helen Prejean's books will be available (cash or check only).

Tuesday Mar. 24, 6-9p. 
Impact Hub (new location),150 S State Street, #1. $5-$10
requested donation.
 
SLC Green Drinks is an informal opportunity for people interested in sustainability to get together and talk "green." This month, also hear a 15-min. presentation by Impact Hub co-founder and president Soren Simonsen about Impact Hub's mission, vision and plans. Sponsored by Ogden's Own Distillery and CityByrd at the Washington Square Cafe.  
 
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 7p.  Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Center Campus Dr. Free.

Surprising, constantly varied and meditative, MANAKAMANA consists of just 11 scenes lasting 10 minutes each, which corresponds to both the length of a 16mm reel and a one-way trip on the cable car that takes pilgrims and tourists up to a temple in the mountains and back again. With each tour, a new set of travelers comes on board the small cabin. Each person sits and we look at them without interruption during the 10-minute journey. Those who take the time will be rewarded with a rare experience.
 
Thursday, Mar. 26, 7:30-9p. 
Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 W, 200 S.

Join Wasatch Community Gardens in watching eight inspiring short films that address food, gardens, sustainability, and community. Event admission is FREE but bring your cash or credit card to donate to WCG as part of the  Love Utah Give Utah Day of Giving 2015.
 
Thursday, March 26, 6:15-8:30p. 
Dave's Health & Nutrition:  880 E. 3900 S.

After suffering a devastating stroke, 40 year-old Devin Dearth travels to Tianjin, China, seeking Traditional Chinese Medicine as an alternative to US health care.  His courage, faith, patience and desire to overcome are tested on a daily basis. "The trials he and his family endure along the way remind us that the human spirit can transcend any boundaries while exploring a universal community of healing and transformation." 

After the movie, Heather Seay, LA,c  will be available to answer questions about acupuncture.

No childen under 14. Door locks at 6:30. Park in Club Habits parking lot to the west of Dave's.
 
Blog Updates 
 
Despite a below-average snowpack and a dry March thus far, Spring is coming in like a lion, as evidenced by the acid-yellow forsythia, the soft pinks of the flowering plums, and all the other buds ready to burst forth. It seems that this dry winter has not yet had an adverse effect on our landscapes-are we conflicted if we want to use less water in the landscape and still have astonishingly fabulous gardens? We may cringe at the very notion of sprinklers running this early, and yet, is it wrong, given how dry it is? Well, the answer is both "yes" and "no."...(read more).

 
The planets align in complex patterns this week, and working through the astral intricacies requires an expansive perspective. Expect to be confounded by the challenge of figuring out not only where to stand on a variety of issues, but also how to stand in relation to this mashugana world. So many significant transitions are occurring simultaneously that it's simply impossible to track the shifts. From political nervous breakdowns to the realization of just how deeply the fault lines of bigotry penetrate societal structures to the widening economic and educational chasms that exacerbate divisions in an already too divided world to religious fanaticism based on literalism, it's a mind-boggling mess. How to walk through the collective upheaval and still find meaning and purpose in the routines of daily life is the trial of the times. And while it is not an easy one, answering the call of this challenge is soul forging...(read more).