HANDLESS, SJ Tucker, Ile Orunmila Oshun, Prosperity Magic, Jungle Medicine, Benefit for the Boob3DDD! , Reverence and Diversity, The Soul’s Flame, Life by Intention
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Ragged Wing Ensemble presents
HANDLESS
Thursday-Saturdays, February 25 – March 27, 8:00PM
Central Stage
5221 Central Avenue, Richmond
$15 – $30 sliding scale. Student group discount (5 or more) – $10
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95355
raggedwing.org/show
“HANDLESS is an original re-invention of the folk-tale, The Handless Maiden. Written & directed by ensemble member Amy Sass, HANDLESS is a tale about growth, both violent and gradual. It is about the passage from self-pity to perseverance. Set in a mythic time, a father unwittingly bargains away his daughter, Grace, to the Taker. When it comes time to collect, a random act of cruelty alters the girl’s future forever. With the loss of her hands, Grace must discover how to heal her self and to reclaim some faith in her future. HANDLESS explores the journey toward womanhood through the lens of loss.”
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SJ Tucker in concert
2 Bay Area performances!
Friday February 26, 8:00-10:00PM
Borderlands Cafe
870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 415-824-8203
www.borderlands-books.com
Saturday, February 27, 5:00-7:00PM
The Sacred Well
536 Grand Avenue, Oakland, 510-444-9355
$10 suggested donation
www.sacredwell.com/calendar/index.html
www.sjtucker.com
“Join us in welcoming nationally known pagan folk-rock artist SJ Tucker to the Sacred Well!
So many of us in the store are big fans, and we’re sure you will be as well! SJ Tucker provides musical storytelling at its myth-punk finest. She weaves deft guitar work and unforgettable melodies around poetic lyrics. Many of her compositions evoke mythic lore and faerie tales, respun for modern ears. Critics describe her music as the perfect mix of witty and weighty, and she takes listeners on a fantastic, genre-hopping ride with just her voice, her guitar, and occasionally a drum.
Fans of all ages come to see SJ Tucker for more than just the stories she weaves into her songwriting – her musical talents are second to none. Not confined to one type of song or another, SJ spans opera, chant, and rockergrrl, employing deft guitar hands and the bluesy, powerful voice of a 300lb gospel singer – finely contained in a petite frame which earned her first band the name ‘Skinny White Chick’ by accident. An incredibly prolific writer, she has composed over 130 original songs and independently produced six full-length studio albums.
CDs and other merchandise will be available for sale.”
We were so happy to have the sublime s00j join us for CAYA’s Wake Up To Spirit Ritual at PantheaCon. It’s a real privilege to have her with us in the Bay Area this month. Please come and shower her with love and adulation! (And buy her CDs!)
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Monthly Temple Service with Ile Orunmila Oshun
Sunday, February 28 (and the last Sunday of every month), 11:00AM
The Sacred Well
536 Grand Avenue, Oakland, 510-444-9355
$25 donation, this event is limited to twenty people, please call The Sacred Well to reserve a space
Please be 5 minutes early as we start the Temple Service promptly at 11:00AM
www.sacredwell.com/calendar/index.html
www.ileorunmilaoshun.org
“Ile Orunmila Oshun, the Yoruba-based house of worship founded by Luisah Teish (author of Jambalaya), is now hosting its monthly Temple Service at The Sacred Well. Join us at 11:00AM on the last Sunday of every month to explore the mysteries of the Orishas with Initiated members of the Ile’s clergy.”
This month’s theme is honouring Orunmila en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orunmila
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Rabbit’s Roundtable: Prosperity Magic
Sunday, February 28, 3:00-5:00PM
The Sacred Well
536 Grand Avenue, Oakland, 510-444-9355
$35 – Please call 510-444-9355 to register
www.sacredwell.com/calendar/index.html
“Rabbit’s Roundtable is a monthly workshop for the beginning to advanced student of herbalism, magic, and myth. Each month, Rabbit presents lore and information about a different topic, followed by an opportunity to make a potion or spell based on the days’ discussion.”
This month’s topic is Prosperity Magic. Rabbit says, “We are currently experiencing a myth of lack that depresses our self-esteem, our will to manifest, and our ability to hope. This myth of lack is an epidemic that is crushing some of our most valuable sectors of community: the magical beings, artists, families, and activists who make the world a richer place for all of us. In this workshop, we will explore spellwork, magical practices, and charms to help steer the individual and collective consciousness toward the generous stores of Universal abundance that will help change this myth of lack into a promise of prosperity. Each attendee will leave this workshop with a powerful prosperity spell and several techniques to stimulate their receipt of wealth and financial abundance.”
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Jungle Medicine with Connie Grauds
Sunday, February 28, 2:00-5:00PM
The Dream Institute
1672 University Avenue, Berkeley, 510-845-1767
$25
dream-institute.org
www.spiritedmedicine.com
“Connie is an initiated healer and spiritual mentor who has changed the lives of many by helping them to heal in body, mind, and spirit; and to spirit their life and their life’s work with meaning and purpose. As Director for The Spirited Medicine Alliance, a nonprofit with global outreach, Connie works to unite the science of the Western World with the spirit of the indigenous world to create health and wellness for people and the planet.”
“Jungle Medicine tells the story of how my gradual disillusionment with my chosen profession, and a series of life-upheavals, including an extreme medical crisis—cancer—unexpectedly plunged me into profound and disturbing states of consciousness, encounters with the spirit world, and to my involvement in the healing arts of shamanism. During my apprenticeship to a powerful Amazon rainforest shaman, and in the course of my own peculiar ordeal, I learned deeper spiritual truths of healing which my previous medical training failed to provide. I also realized that the wealth of vital healing wisdom which the shamanic tradition offers could be combined with the technological wizardry of modern Western medicine to create a new paradigm of healing and health that encompasses the physical, mental, and spiritual domains.”
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Sister Sara Femme and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present
Benefit for the Boob3DDD!
Sunday, February 28, 4:00-9:00PM
Wild Side West
424 Cortland Street, San Francisco
21 and up please. $5-$20 dollar donation suggested, No one turned away for lack of funds
thesisters.org/bios/sara.html
www.myspace.com/wildsidewest
www.bcef-sf.org
For the third year in a row, Sister Sara Femme Fatale is raising money to help people living with breast cancer by joyously celebrating her love of breasts.
“With the talents of Kitten on the Keys, Amelia Mae Paradise of the Diamond Daggers, Alotta Boutte’, Delicio del Tores and Lyric Styles of CHUBB, Bing Crotchby, Simone Campbell, the Almighty Hermaphrodite, Dean Disaster, Kitty Tapata, Bebe Sweetbriar, Lynn Ruth Miller, Ruby Vixen, Dam Dyke and more! more! more! Drag kings, faux queens, comedy, fan dancing, drink specials, kinky sex education, raffle prizes. And boobs!
All proceeds to benefit the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund.
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund responds quickly and compassionately to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income women and men of San Francisco and San Mateo County who are in active treatment for breast cancer, in order to cover basic human needs, lessen financial burdens, and improve quality of life.”
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Building Communities of Reverence and Diversity
A Day for People of Color and Allies
Sunday, February 28, 9:30AM – 5:00PM
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, (in Marin County), 415-488-0164
$25 – $55, sliding scale (advance registration, add $5 at the door) plus dana (donation) to the teachers. Bring your lunch.
Work exchange and scholarship slots may be available. E-mail volunteering@spiritrock.org for information.
www.spiritrock.org/calendar/display.asp?id=PC2D10
“”Thus with each and every thing, depending on these roots, the leaves spread forth. Trunk and branches share the essence; revered and common, each has its speech.” — translated from Sandokai, a poem by Sekito Kisen
Honoring our difference and essence, this retreat day is a special time to come together in community to explore in silence and dialogue the unfolding of our lives in the practice environment of awareness and love. There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness, time for group sharing and exploration and a dharma talk. This is an intentionally multicultural practice day for both new and experienced meditators. Everyone is welcome!
Dr. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel has been a dharma practitioner for 20 years, initially as a student of Nichiren Buddhism and currently as a novice priest in the Soto Zen tradition. She has served as Executive Director for Buddhist Peace Fellowship and currently leads the Kasai River Healing Sangha in Oakland . Zenju has an M.A. in Urban Planning and a Ph.D. in Transformation and Consciousness, and she is a visual artist and published author. She serves as head singer and drummer in a Lakota Sweatlodge community for women.
Arinna Weisman has studied Vipassana Meditation since 1979 and has been teaching since 1988. Her root teacher, Ruth Denison, was empowered by the great Burmese master U Bha Khin. She is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley , and is the co-author of A Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation. Her teaching is infused with her political activism and, along with Eric Kolvig, she has been leading retreats for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community since 1991.”
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The Soul’s Flame
A Musical Journey from Dante’s Divine Comedy
Sunday, February 28, 7:30PM
Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Avenue, Albany
$15-$20
www.numinacenter.org/Dante-Albany.htm
“In The Divine Comedy, Dante describes a path of compassionate revelation that culminates in an Earthly Paradise where deepest longings are answered. Dante weaves together Greek myth, Italian history, and Western legends into a map that charts this human journey. Numina Center for Spirituality and the Arts is happy to present an evening of music and story that guides us through Dante’s poetic landscape.
The evening begins with a talk by cultural historian Kayleen Asbo on The Divine Comedy, illustrated with artwork by Botticelli, Doré, Dali, and Rossetti. We then embark on a musical version of the journey, drawing from many of the sacred and secular Medieval sources Dante mentions in his poem. Musical sources range from Hildegard von Bingen and Francesco Landini to the troubadours, the original Carmina Burana, Cantigas de Santa Maria, and Italian Lauda. Our narrator and guide is renowned poet and translator Anita Barrows, speaking in Italian and English.”
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Sue Kearney, aka Raven of the Redwoods, has changed her monthly circle at The Sacred Well!
Life by Intention drop-in circle
with Sue Kearney, Business/Personal/Branding Coach
Tuesday, March 2, 7:00-8:00PM (and 1st Tuesday of every month)
The Sacred Well
536 Grand Avenue, Oakland, 510-444-9355
www.sacredwell.com/calendar/index.html
$10 investment (all money goes into a 50/50 raffle)
open to women and men
www.SueKearney.com/coach
“What is Life by Intention? Are you living one? Is your life headed in the direction of your dreams and visions, every day, with everything you take on and do? If not, what can you do to change that? What’s the magic that connects that persistent voice inside you—the one that knows what you are meant to be doing—to real-time manifestation of your life’s purpose?
Join me in our monthly exploration of the practices that will enhance and expand your life from the very first day you take them on. Practices that will move you from your smallness to your greatness—to your magnificence! Together we will discover and discuss the magic—and how to use it—that will quickly have you living your own blueprinted, inspired Life by Intention!
“It is not good enough for things to be planned—they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.” —Walt Kelly
Theme for March: Managing your energy with time.”
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Have a Sublime, Prosperous, Soulful Week!
Molly Blue Dawn