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Dear friends and family,
Intimacy games and authentic relating. A rally in support of alternatives to GMOs. A day of yoga, healthy cooking and dance. An arts and sustainability festival. Films, a book signing and shopping. All in a week's play in Salt Lake City! (Plus your weekly astro update from Ralfee Finn, of course.)
The May CATALYST theme:
Offbeat Weddings. From soul-level commitments to planning and partying, weddings can be proving grounds for cultivating social and spiritual skills. Boss gardener James Loomis tells you what to do with your seedlings, too. Click on cover, left.
Have a great weekend,
Greta deJong
editor & publisher
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Event picks for
May 21 - May 28
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Fri., May 22, 7-9:30pm (doors open 6:30p and close at 7p). Artspace Zendo Sangha Room, Ste. 155.
230 So. 500 West. Free.
Explore the frontiers of personal and interactive experience through Intentional Socializing. An Intimate Games Night is a safe place for you to take risks; an opportunity to play a little outside the box; a time to discover more of yourself than you might in your everyday life. 18yrs+. Hosts: Robert MacNaughton, Executive Director of the Integral Center, Boulder Colorado; and Jared Rich and Maya Hill, Authentic World Facilitators.
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Sat., May 23, 9a-4p, Two Arrows Zen at Artspace, 230 So. 500 West. $225.
With Robert MacNaughton, executive director of the Integral Center (Boulder, Colo.) Circling is a new and fast growing practice that allows participants to dive deeply into authentic relating and being. It offers a fast, fun, and organic approach to both mindfulness and relating.
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Sat., May 23, 11:10a-9p
iconoclad, 414 E 300 S.
Get your leather cat ears (and terrariums, coasters and furry things) here! Tom's "new" consignment store is now one year old. Help him celebrate! Trunk show featuring top-selling local artists with entertainment from some of our favorite DJs (11am-7pm). Element 11 Festival tickets will also be for sale. And yes, there will be snacks.
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Sat., May 23, noon. Utah State Capitol
350 N State St. Free.
This international grassroots movement and protest against Monsanto Corp., world's largest producer of genetically engineered seed, was begun by Salt Laker Tami Canal (living in Calif. at the time) in 2013. Estimated numbers of attendees in approx. 300 cities ranged from hundreds of thousands to two million.
This year's SLC speakers include: organizer Tami Canal; permaculturist Robert Ohneiser; Beyond the Darkness author Angie Fenimore; Artists for Local Agriculture (AFLA) director Michael Cundick; Phoenix Aurelius, practitioner of applied modern spagyria; and Tyrel Wiltse, Soulwurx. Come and show your support for sustainable and nourishing food.
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Sat., May 23, 7-9p. Ken Sanders Rare Books,
268 S 200 E.
This is a fundraising event for the Sept. 5 Joe Hill Centennial Celebration, which will be an all-day concert recalling labor organizer Joe Hill (who famously said on the advent of his execution on the site of the current Sugar House Park, "Don't mourn, organize"). Fundraiser features Duncan Phillips, Kate MacLeod, Morgan Snow, Kyle Wulle and more. Donations accepted.
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May 23-24 9:30a-5:30p. The Leonardo 209 E 500 S.
Rain is predicted. Come to the Leonardo for a cozy day of indoor yoga classes, workshops and seminars for all skill levels and ages. Raw, vegan and Ayurvedic cooking classes. Delicious food options available. Also films, lectures, music and dancing. See Facebook for lineup.
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Tues., May 26, 7p. Main City Library, 210 E 400 S. Free.
In 1971, a group of anti-war activists called the Citizen's Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into an FBI office in Media, PA, stealing all of the documents stored there. Shortly after the break-in, they started leaking information about the FBI's illegal surveillance practices. This film tells their story. Presented by the Utah Film Center.
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Wed., May 27, 7p.
Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Dr.
Free.
Eileen Gray is the 20th century artist, architect and designer whose vision, imagination and sensibility changed the way we live, within houses and with furniture. The documentary is a historical, scholarly and cinematic investigation of the life of one of the most significant but otherwise little known modern creatives of our time. Presented by the Utah Film Center in partnership with the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
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Sat., May 16, 10a-2p.
Zest Kitchen and Bar
275 So. 200 West. Free.
The Healthy Lush: A Guilt Free Guide to Nutritious Drinking and Living a Lush Lifeby the mother/daughter team Brooke Peavley & Ann Gardner stresses the importance of taking care of yourself so that alcohol consumption can be a part of a healthy life. The book not only shares tips on hangover prevention and cure, but it also is full of information about nutrition and drinking. With the extensive input from a nutrition consultant for recovering alcoholics, the book is written with an authoritative tone that still feels down to earth.
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Thurs., May 28, 5p to Sun., May 31 8p. Jenkstar Ranch, 2:30 Corral Reef Rd, Green River (directions on website). $85.
These folks know how to have some serious fun in the desert ~ building art, making music and learning as a family. The event is powered entirely by the sun and wind, thanks to the Solar Saucer, Big Blue and the Solar Electric moon rovers. Tickets available online and at the gate. Kids (under 12 free) & dogs on leashes ($15) welcome.
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I am taking off for all-well, almost all-Mercury Retrograde. For those new to Mercury Retrograde, here are the rules: Expect communication and travel snafus of every variety. If you can, put off launching anything new until after June 11--and at best, June 15. Instead, use this time to review, reflect, and reconsider what is already in motion. See you back here on June 10, 2015. By the way, I am still reading charts; I'm just not writing the column during the retrograde...( read more).
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