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Sunday - Sunday June 22 - June 29
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13th Early Music Week Retreat
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Quel grand plaisir!Can early music be sexy and fun-loving? This is just one of the burning questions to be explored as we immerse ourselves in more than half a millenium's worth of the music of France. In the Middle Ages, it was boldly innovative, pushing restlessly from one style to the next in rapid succession. In the Renaissance, it held itself aloof from Italian dramatic developments, cultivating instead a unique refinement, subtlety, and wit while celebrating life's pleasures rather than its pains. During the Baroque, French exceptionalism attained its zenith, the high noon of "Le roi soleil", gliding into an Arcadia of noble heroes, rustic shepherds, and not-so-innocent nymphs. Join us this summer at World Fellowship's Arcadia in New Hampshire for a week of our own "grand plaisir." info: (413) 528-9065 or this page. Fee $250. Registration required.
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Monday June 23, 7:30 PM
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Early Music Concert
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Un Grand Plaisir
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Tuesday June 24, 7:30 PM
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A la Mode
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An Exploration of Modes Ancient and Modern
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Early Music Week faculty member Pamela Dellal will lead participants in a workshop exploring the character and power of modal music. No experience required!
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Wednesday June 25, 7:30 PM
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What Will We Eat?
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Video (26 min) and discussion on the local food revolution, with organic growers Kathleen Banfield of the Food Project, and Vikki Thelemarck, World Fellowship Gardener, and Tom Earle, owner of the Earle Family Farm in Conway, NH.
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Thursday June 26, 7:30 PM
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Who But Andy Davis?!
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Our own storyteller extraordinaire will surprise you with a humorous, magical collection of stories. Followed by: MUSIC UPON A JUNE EVE
Historic, current, and soon-to-appear recordings from surprising places.
A trove of world folk music, early music, and a good deal more.
Unpublished album recordings & live concerts.
Christopher Greenleaf 8:30 - 10pm
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Friday June 27, 7 PM
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Fun Night! followed by English Country Dancing
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Marianne Taylor will be the caller for the English Country dancing.
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Saturday June 28, 7 PM
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Lessons in English Country Dance
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Marianne Taylor, Caller
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Sunday - Wednesday June 29 - July 2
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Feldenkrais® Intensive Retreat
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Gentle, accessible movement explorations help you learn to feel more comfortable and move with ease and fluidity. Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner Josh Schreiber Shalem will lead this walking workshop. Fee: $125. Registration required
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Sunday June 29, 7:30 PM
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Undocumented Labor: Prisoners in a Land of Freedom?
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Alex Julca, PhD, born in Huanuco, Peru, works on labor migration and remittances. He is Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
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Monday June 30, 7:30 PM
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Stories Behind the Stars
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Cultural history and astronomical science with Matt Krug, storyteller, naturalist, and educator.
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Tuesday July 1, 7:30 PM
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Forgiveness
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We live with many misconceptions about the nature of forgiveness that keep us from repairing our relationships. Forgiveness is not a compliant or automatic act but an important process, an ethical struggle that can last a long time and that needs to be understood and honored. Our forgiving self is the strongest, most loving part of who we are. It allows us to voice our anger without doing damage, acknowledge our part in what has gone wrong, and see the flaws in ourselves and others as part of our humanity. This workshop introduces participants to some key concepts in the process of forgiveness and invites them to examine their own ethical struggle to forgive and be forgiven. Dr. Anne Klaeyson, Leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island.
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Wednesday July 2, 7:30 PM
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Greensboro
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Closer to the Truth
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A new documentary on the 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the 2004-2006 Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paul Bermanzohn, the medical director of the Dutchess County Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, based in Poughkeepsie, was shot in the head at the Greensboro Massacre. He remains partially paralyzed as a result of his injuries. He has traveled in Northern Ireland and South Africa for meetings with people involved in truth-seeking projects. Sally Avery Bermanzohn, who is married to Paul, is professor and chair of political science at Brooklyn College. She wrote the book, Through Survivors' Eyes, an intimate, in depth account of the experiences of survivors of the Greensboro Massacre. She is an expert on political violence and terrorism and has also traveled widely to consult on Truth projects around the world.
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Thursday July 3, 7:30 PM
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Can Truth & Reconciliation Projects be a successful organizing strategy in the United States?
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Sally and Paul Bermanzohn will lead a discussion which will include lessons from the Greensboro truth project, as well as other potential projects in the U.S., and the experience of the current Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Native Americans and forced residential schooling.
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Friday July 4, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday July 5, 10 AM
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An Introduction to Indian Dance and Theater
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Critics have hailed Aparna Sindhoor as a powerful new voice for creating contemporary works of extraordinary artistry that challenge the boundaries of traditional Indian dance and yet contribute to strengthen the tradition. Aparna Sindhoor has trained in Bharatanatyam for more than fifteen years and has trained as a vocalist and an actor for more than a decade and her current work has amalgamated all these distinct art forms into a unified whole. The following words of a critic succinctly sums up Ms. Sindhoor's artistry: "Aparna Sindhoor does not just dance. She becomes one with the stage."
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Saturday July 5, 7:30 PM
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Aparna Sindhoor Dance Theater:Challenging the boundaries of Traditional Indian Dance!
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Navarasa Dance Theater is a contemporary dance theater company founded by renowned dancer and choreographer, Aparna Sindhoor in 1991 in Mysore, India. Since moving to the US in 1996, Navarasa Dance Theater has presented sold out shows to diverse audiences. Ms. Sindhoor has toured extensively in North America, Germany and India, and has been invited to perform at various venues including the Jacob's Pillow, New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas, World Social Forum, New World Theater (Amherst, MA) and Teesri Duniya Theater (Montreal, Canada).
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Sunday July 6, 10 AM
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Crossing the Gender Divide
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Gender bender, trans, gender queer—this presentation examines gender identity and the ways in which people transcend or reinvent the categories of man and woman. It will also look at the ways in which the culture maintains and reinforces gender roles. We will use personal stories and images from the media to think about the benefits and limitations of rigid gender roles in U.S. popular culture. Angelique Davi is an assistant professor of English at Bentley College where she dedicates much of her time in and out of the classroom to issues of diversity. She has written on transgender issues from a personal perspective and facilitates GLBTQ ally workshops. Michele L’Heureux is a painter and an MFA candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her art explores gender issues through an investigation of the complexities of identity.
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Sunday - Friday July 6 - July 11
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Mt Chocorua Writing Retreat
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Finding the Writer Inside You
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Mon - Fri 10 am-12 pm with optional 1-hr afternoon readings. Workshop in Poetry, Fiction (short story/novel) and Creative Non-Fiction for beginning, continuing, and returning writers. Non-competitive. $85 fee. Registration required.
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Sunday July 6, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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Introductions and overview of the week to come.
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Monday July 7, 7:30 PM
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An Army of Ex-Lovers
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My Life at the Gay Community News
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Amy Hoffman will be reading from her book which is a vivid, funny portrait of the four tumultuous years a young editor spent working in the gay press. Amy will also be discussing the challenges of writing and share some of her funny stories.
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Wednesday July 8, 7:30 PM
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Eating Poetry!
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A reading and short talk about the pleasure of and the hope that you will always eat your words! Estha Weiner is co-editor and contributor to Blues For Bill: A Tribute To William Matthews. (Akron Poetry Series, 2005) and author of The Mistress Manuscript (Rivendell Press, forthcoming). Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, including The New Republic and Barrow Street. She is a 2005 winner of a Paterson Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for "Discovery/The Nation" Prize. Estha is founder and director of The New York Writers Nights Series for Sarah Lawrence College, Marymount Writers Nights, and a Speaker on Shakespeare for The New York Council For The Humanities. She is Adj. Assistant Professor of English at City College of NY, and serves on the Poetry/Writing faculties of The Frost Place, Stonecoast Writers Conference, Poets and Writers, Poets House, as well as The Writers Voice. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Slapering Hol Press, Hudson Valley Writer’s Center. In her previous life, Estha was an actor and worked for BBC radio in the US.
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Tuesday July 9, 7:30 PM
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Writing the Diaspora
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Sandra Jackson-Opoku is an award-winning writer. She is the author of two novels. The River Where Blood is Born earned the American Library Association Black Caucus Award for Best Fiction. Hot Johnny (and the Women Whom Loved Him) was an Essence Magazine bestseller. Her fiction, poetry, articles, essays, and scripts have been widely published and produced. Her work has appeared in Essence Magazine, the Chicago Defender, Ms Magazine, The World and I, Caribbean Life and Travel, and more.Ms. Jackson-Opoku's work has earned such awards as the CEBA Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, the New York Film and TV Festival Silver Medal Award, the National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council Awards, and many others. Sandra Jackson-Opoku is also a longtime educator. She teaches literature and creative writing at schools, universities, workshops, and youth programs around the country. She has taught at Columbia College Chicago and the University of Miami. Ms. Jackson-Opoku currently teaches in the English Department at Chicago State University where she serves as Fiction Coordinator in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program.
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Thursday July 10, 7:30 PM
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Um.....Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
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Journalist Michael Erard, who writes about language at the intersection of technology, policy, law, and science, forgives you for your "ums and slips" when he presents his book.
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Friday July 11, 10 AM
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Writing Retreat Wrap-up
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Friday July 11, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night
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Saturday- Sunday July 12 - July 13
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Jewish History and Culture
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Saturday July 12, 10 AM
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Israel and West Bank
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Conversations on Both Sides of the Green Line
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For two weeks last summer, 14 activist members of Boston Workmen's Circle participated in a deeply moving journey to Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories. They met with peace and human rights activists, journalists, and NGO's and visited coexistence projects, settlements, and Palestinian and Israeli cities and villages. They will share their impressions and images of the people they met, and the ongoing conflict.
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Saturday July 12, 7:30 PM
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Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine
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Stand-up poet Mikhail Horowitz and acoustic guitarist Gilles Malkine. Their social and political satire recycles literary classics, adapting them to rap, blues and other musical idioms and paying "dubious homage" to traditional folk music
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Sunday - Thursday July 13 - July 17
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Where is God?
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Sunday July 13, 7:30 PM
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What it Means to Give Meaning to Your Life
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The Basis for Genuine Mutual Respect Between Religious People and Atheists
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Mitchell Silver
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Monday July 14, 7:30 PM
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Courage in Spiritual Practice
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A guided conversation about what courage is and where it comes from. Rollo May's The Courage to Create, will be a touchstone. Poems will be offered as recipes. Meditation will be an invitation to deepen and share. We will talk about those whose courage inspires us and what we do with that inspiration. Franklin Abbott is a poet and psychotherapist who lives in Atlanta. His books include the anthology, Boyhood: Growing Up Male and Mortal Love, a collection of his poems. In 2007 he was the director of the First Atlanta QueerLit Festival. You can find out more about him and his writing group at http://www.theninthmuse.com/.
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Tuesday July 15, 7:30 PM
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The Faith Between Us
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Peter Bebergal graduated from Brandeis University and the Harvard Divinity School. His writing has appeared in Salon, Nextbook, Beliefnet, The Believer, and the Boston Globe. He is also an editor at Zeek. He teaches at in the Experimental College at Tufts University. Peter lives with his wife and son in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scott Korb received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and graduate degrees from Union Seminary and Columbia University. He has written for Harper's, Gastronomica, The Revealer, Commonweal, and Killing the Buddha. He teaches writing at the New School and New York University and lives in Brooklyn.
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Wednesday July 16, 7:30 PM
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Rabbi Devon A. Lerner
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Is it Faith or a History of Persecution that Compels Many Jews to Fight for Social Justice?
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Rabbi Devon Lerner, MSW, served as the Executive Director of the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry in Massachusetts. Through her work with the Coalition and through her many years of interfaith collaboration on a variety of issues, she has become an expert in interfaith relations. Rabbi Lerner identifies herself as a Reform mystic and believes her faith fuels her passion for social justice causes.
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Thursday - Tuesday July 17 - July 22
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Singles Weekend!
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Join Concerned Singles Director (and Co-founder) Rodelinde Albrecht for a nice, long weekend with progressive singles.
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Thursday - Sunday July 17 - July 20
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Latin America
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Friday July 18, 10 AM
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the Latin American Left: What's Happening, Beyond the Rhetoric?
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Steve Ellner
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Friday July 18, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday July 19, 10:00 AM
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Colombia: Understanding 60 years of violence:
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1948-1993
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The origins of the internal conflict, the rise of drug trafficking and the new constitution. María Clemencia Ramírez is a Colombian anthropologist and a long time researcher and former director of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History.
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Saturday July 19, 7:30 PM
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Los Sugar Kings!
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This Boston-based quartet honors the traditions of Afro-Cuban Son, Salsa and Rumba-Flamenca but the sound is very new, danceable, diverse and infectious. A Salsa lesson too!
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Sunday July 20, 10:00 AM
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Colombia: Paramilitarism, the reconfiguration of the guerrillas, and the political right and left
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1994-2008
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María Clemencia Ramírez
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Sunday July 20, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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Monday - Friday July 21 - July 25
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Photography Workshop
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Nature photographer Gina Bilander leads you in developing an eye for light, composition, and creative expression. Drop in. This workshop is for all levels of experience and there is no fee.
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Monday July 21, 7:30 PM
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Being Single in '08
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Rodelinde Albrecht, director (and co-founder) of Concerned Singles, draws on two dozen years of contact with singles of all ages to explore the single state and look at ways of changing that state if you wish.
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Tuesday July 22, 7:30 PM
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Johannes Vermeer
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His Art and Life
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Johannes Vermeer: His art and life in the 17th century world of The Netherlands, a time of historical, scientific and cultural importance that still resonates today with photographer Gina Bilander.
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Wednesday July 23, 7:30 PM
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Screen Time
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TV, Videos, Computers and Young Children
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Honey Schnapp, Early Childhood Specialist, will talk on subjects such as screen time can undermine children’s play; screen time contributes to "problem solving deficit disorder" (PSDD); screen time leads to an emphasis on consuming; screen time (educational and other kinds of programming) contributes to unhealthy eating habits and childhood obesity; screen time teaches children lessons caring adults don’t want them to learn; screen time contributes to stress between children and adults.
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Thursday - Thursday July 24 - July 31
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Capoeira Angola and Urban Liberation Week
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Learn about this Afro-Brazilian martial arts form with a special focus on redemptive and revolutionary qualities and applications.
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Thurday July 24, 7:30 PM
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Less Safe Less Free
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Why America is Losing the War on Terror
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Jules Lobel, vice president of the Board of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He teaches at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. He is the author of Success Without Victory.
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Friday - Sunday July 25 - July 29
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Clamshell Alliance Reunion
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Join kindred spirits from the struggle against the Seabrook nuclear plant. Acres of clams!
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Friday July 25, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday July 26, 10 AM
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Protecting Biodiversity and Life
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Countering corporate industrialized monoculture and genetically modified agriculture involves issues similar to those of countering nuclear power. Anna Gyorgy coordinates Women and Life on Earth, a German non-profit association helping to connect women internationally, share information and work for ecological health and peace with justice.
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Saturday July 26, 7:30 PM
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John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom
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Norman Marshall portrays the legendary abolitionist. a compelling one-man performance
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Norman Marshall, a veteran actor from stage and screen who has fairly well dedicated his life to portraying John Brown on stage in his one-man play, John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom. He is an artist and intellectual and his passion for Brown is authentic and deeply-rooted. Armed-to-the-teeth with a larger-than-life wit and wisdom which he well uses in his own struggle against injustice, and in an unabashed defense of the most misunderstood and misrepresented human rights activist of the modern era, Rev. Louis A. DeCaro Jr., PhD.
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Sunday July 27, 10 AM
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Where IS Hope?
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Activism in an Election Year
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Join Capoeira Youth leader, Erin Placey, past AFSC-NH Youth Organizer and "Think Outside The Bomb" conference organizer; and Arnie Alpert,American Friends Service Committee - New Hampshire Program Coordinator for a round-table discussion.
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Sunday July 27, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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than An Introduction to Capoeira Angola
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Courtney Mark (Zumbi) Grey, Capoeira facilitator, and Winston Cox, Headmaster of Boston's Social Justice Academy, will frame the origins of this Afro-Brazilian martial art.
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Monday July 28, 7:30 PM
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Capoeira and Feminism
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A roundtable discussion.
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Tuesday July 29, 7:30 PM
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White Privilege
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A paticipatory workshop exploration with Andrea Walsh and Courtney Grey.
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Wednesday July 30, 7:30 PM
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Mimetic Rivalry, Bling Bling and rap culture
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Capitalism and the future of the inner city.
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Arnold Farr, Philosophy Professor and Director of African Studies at St. Joseph's University.
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Thursday - Tuesday July 31 - August 5
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Iyengar Yoga Workshop
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A special 5-day workshop with Liz Owen! Two classes daily: AM class to awaken the luminous beauty within; PM class to refresh and restore energy. Classes include asana, pranayama and meditation. Open to students of all levels. Pre-register. Fee: $90 for 5 days.
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Thursday July 31, 7:30 PM
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Confronting Past Atrocity: Justice, Truth and Memory
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Louis Bickford, a political scientist, has consulted with governments, NGOs, human rights activists, and democratic movements on strategies for confronting the legacies of past abuse in more than a dozen countries. Louis Bickford works at the International Center for Transitional Justice as the Director of Policymakers and Civil Society Unit.
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Friday August 1, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday August 2, 7:30 PM
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Sol y Canto!
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Exuberant Afro-Latin Songs and Rhythms
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The heart and soul of Sol y Canto's music is its rich vocal harmonies, sumptuous Spanish guitar and a combination of beautiful ballads and churning Latin rhythms, each performed with unparalleled depth and enthusiasm. Add wind, percussion and bass, and you have Sol y Canto's unique sound.
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Sunday - Tuesday August 3 - August 5
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Civil Rights: Past and Present
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Sunday August 3, 10 AM
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The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968
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A multimedia overview using video clips, slides and songs to tell the story of the Movement from the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 through Birmingham, Mississippi, and Selma to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, 1968.
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Sunday August 3, 4 PM
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Songs of the Movement, Sing Together
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We’ll sing favorite songs that raised the spirit of the Movement such as "Eyes on the Prize", "Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round", "This Little light of Mine", "We Shall Overcome", and many more.
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Sunday August 3, 7:30 PM
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What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding
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Songs of Conscience
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A mix of some of Barbara and Graham Dean's most beloved original and cover songs having to do with social justice, peace, freedom and compassion. Graham and Barbara, an Anglo-American couple married for 30+ years, have been singing and writing songs together (in between raising 4 kids) for over 20 of those years. Together they host a radio show on WBCR-LP, 97.7 FM called Common Sense Songs.
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Monday - Friday August 4 - August 8
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Soccer
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Coach Stu Ball on the field for afternoon drills, encouragement, and great games. All ages, all levels. Competition at its best!
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Monday August 4, 10 AM
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On the wings of Song
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Music in the Civil Rights Movement
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Dan and Molly Lynn Watt and Graham and Barbara Dean will tell the stories of "We Shall Overcome" and other songs—their role in the movement and how the songs developed; how they evolved from songs that were sung in mass meetings and on marches to songs that were performed to tell people about the civil rights movement, to songs written to help us remember the movement and the ongoing struggles. Words will be available to sing along on some of the songs.
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Monday August 4, 7:30 PM
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Personal Stories of the Civil Rights Movement
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Dan and Molly Lynn Watt. Molly worked with Highlander Center in Eastern Tennessee, co-leading the integrated North/South Smoky Mountain Work Camp in the summer of 1963. The camp was raided in the middle of the night, all the campers and staff arrested (including Molly’s two infant daughters), and the camp mysteriously burned. Dan worked in Fayette County Tennessee, where a majority black population, mostly sharecroppers, had been systematically prevented from voting since the Civil War. Molly and Dan have been co-leading a series of courses on The Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968, at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement.
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Wednesday August 6, 7:30 PM
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The Roots of the Conflict in Iraq, and the Way Out of the Current Mess
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Raed Jarrar is an Iraqi political analyst currently based in Washington, DC. He is Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
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Thursday August 7, 7:30 PM
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U.S. Foreign Policy: Is Iraq a Symptom or an Exception?""
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Raed Jarrar
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Friday August 8, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday - Monday August 9 - August 11
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Electoral Politics
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Saturday August 9, 10 AM
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Coalition-Building Political Empowerment
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Chris Owens, New York Regional Director of Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL), which oversees afterschool and summer tutoring programs for students in New York City. Chris is also a past candidate for US Representative New York City Council, he is an alternate to the 2008 Democratic National Conventionwho is pledged to Obama. Chris also hosts Air America Radio's "Black Politics with Chris Owen".
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Saturday August 9, 7:30 PM
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Songs of the African - Spanish Diaspora
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Thomas Rodrigez and Hasan Bakr
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Tomas Rodriguez (Spanish and Flamenco Guitar) will collaborate with vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (Latin and African Percussion, Mbira) Hasan Bakr in a program that examines musical connections between the African and Spanish diasporas and their union in the musical landscape of the Americas. The program will include original instrumental compositions and songs for African percussion and Spanish guitar as well as interpretations of works by African, African-American and Latin American composers.
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Sunday August 10, 10 AM
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Electronic Voting Machines and Democracy
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A nonpartisan overview of electronic voting machines, the paper ballot and optical scanner alternative, and the issues raised by these technologies, including a look at federal and state legislation, and action suggestions. Teresa Hommel has been a corporate trainer in computer technology and a consultant for more than 20 years.
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Sunday - Wednesday August 10 - August 14
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Poetry and Social Change
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Sunday August 10, 9 AM-noon
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On Writing Poems
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A workshop with Michael Henson on how to write a deeply-felt poem about social issues which is not just a rant or an essay chopped into short lines. This workshop is for all levels, including folks who don't think they are writers.
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Sunday August 10, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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Monday August 11, 7:30 PM
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Crow Call
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Michael Henson is a poet and activist living in Cincinnati. Bloomsbury Review called Crow Call, his most recent work, a "powerful call from the human heart."
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Tuesday August 12, 7:30 PM
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Climing in the White Mountains
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Maury McKinney, former International Climbing School Director, is on the board of Mountain Rescue Service (MRS) which serve the White Mountain area. A stunning slide show.
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Wednesday August 13, 7:30 PM
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Class and Race Formation in North America
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James W. Russell, sociology professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, was the first editor of New Left Notes, the national newspaper of SDS. He discusses the subject of his newest book: how class and race relations have developed differently in Mexico, the United States, and Canada from the time of the Conquest to NAFTA and beyond.
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Friday August 15, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday August 16, 4 PM
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Introduction to the Gamelan
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Barbara Benary, artistic director of Gamelan Son of Lion, will be outlining a history and maybe a short demonstration of Gamelan to give you something to look forward to at the evening performance.
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Saturday August 16, 7:30 PM
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Gamelon Son of Lion
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Gamelan Son of Lion is a new music repertory ensemble based in downtown New York City specializing in contemporary pieces written for the instruments of the Javanese gamelan. Gamelan Son of Lion's instruments were built in village style by Barbara Benary using steel keys, cans for resonators, hubcaps for kempul, etc. There are about a hundred active gamelan ensembles in the United States at the current time. Gamelan Son of Lion now rates among the oldest of these, having performed continuously since 1976.
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Sunday August 17, 10 AM
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The Emerging Economies of India and China and Their Iimpact on the World Economy
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William Tabb
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Sunday August 17, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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Monday - Friday August 18 - August 20
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Cooperative Movement
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Monday August 18, 7:30 PM
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Coop principles and the Solidarity Economy
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Ethan Miller is a writer, musician, subsistence farmer, and organizer. A member of the GEO Collective and of the musical collective Riotfolk, he lives and works at JED, a land-based mutual-aid cooperative in Greene, Maine.
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Tuesday August 19, 7:30 PM
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Workplace Democracy
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Omar Freilla is the founder of Green Worker Cooperatives, an organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned cooperatives in the South Bronx that are good to the earth.
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Wednesday August 20, 7:30 PM
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Living Cooperatively: Consensus Decision-Making in CoHousing
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Norma Wassel, a co-founder of Cambridge CoHousing, presents an overview of consensus decision making, with methods and techniques for bringing groups to inclusive decisions.
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Thursday August 21, 7:30 PM
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Encounter Point
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Film on Israel-Palestine (doc, 85 min.)
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Director Ronit Avni will introduce her 85 minute documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions.
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Friday August 22, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday August 23, 10 AM
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Electoral Reform
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What's Needed in 2008 and Beyond
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Join Rob Richie, Executive Director of FairVote for insight at this critical time.
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Saturday August 23, 7:30 PM
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Storyteller - Norah Dooley
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This entrancing storyteller has been featured at many Northeastern festivals, including the Albany River Festival, Newport Folk Festival and at the Clearwater Festival.
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Sunday August 24, 10 AM
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The Innocence Project: Science, Law, and Social Justice
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Michael Klinger joined the Innocence Project as a Policy Associate in July 2007. Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Michael was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs at the Coro Leadership Center of New York, a non-profit, non-partisan educational institute focused on cultivating effective leadership and civic engagement.
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Sunday August 24, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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Monday August 25, 7:30 PM
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Loons in New Hampshire
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Life History and Challenges
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Harry Vogel, Executive Director of the Loon Preservation Committee in Moultonborough, NH.
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Sunday - Friday August 24 - August 29
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Choral Singing Workshop
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Bev Grant, founder and director of the Brooklyn Women's Chorus. Come raise your voice in harmony. Wednesday - Friday there will be additional vocal workshops with Jon Arterton, founder and vocal arranger of The Flirtations, creator with James Mack of Just Married! (The Musical). Jon will help understand the mystery of how we sing. This safe gentle workshop will be fun for experienced and novice singers alike. All choruses, singing levels and genders welcome. Pre registration required. Fee: $75
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Tuesday August 26, 7:30 PM
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Committing Poetry in Times of War
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documentary
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Committing Poetry in Times of War, winner of the 2007 Best Human Rights Film Award at the Taos Mountain Festival, is a poetic glance at a community’s response to a series of teacher firings, taking place in the context of police brutality and restrictive free speech zones - a nation at war abroad and with its people. With its "blood pounding" slam poetry, the film was nominated for Best Documentary in South Africa’s Everglades International Film Festival, won the 2007 Poetry Film of the Year award, and is screening worldwide.
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Wednesday August 27, 7:30 PM
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Pete Seeger
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The Power of Song
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In Pete Seeger: Power of Song, the only authorized film biography, director Jim Brown documents the life of this legendary artist and political activist, with a combination of never-before-seen archival footage and personal films made by Seeger and his wife...Produced by Jim Brown, Michael Cohl, and William Eigen and executive produced by Norman Lear and Toshi Seeger.
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Thursday August 28, 7:30 PM
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Music as an Oganizing Tool!
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Discussion with Bev Grant and Jon Arterton.
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Friday August 29, 7:30 PM
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Fun Night!
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Saturday - Sunday August 30 - August 31, 10 AM
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Labor Day Music Weekend
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Concurrent Workshops Each Morning
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Movement Songs* Songwriting*Children's Singalong
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Saturday August 30, 7:30 PM
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Bev Grant & DuPrée
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Bev Grant writes songs with compassion, insight, guts, amd beauty that acknowledge the power each of us holds to make change. Her voice is unforgettable - big, soulful, kick-ass, and wise. DuPrée's songs encompass a "down home" spirituality, coupled with a deep appreciation for the Gullah narrative, a bridge to her African roots, plus reggae and blues mixed with a helping of social commentary.
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Sunday August 31, 7:30 PM
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Contra Dance with the Davis Hill Duo!
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Sunday August 31, 7:30 PM
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Introductions and Overview
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Monday - Sunday September 1 - September 7
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Quiet time at World Fellowship
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Experience the peacefulness of fall's arrival. Homeschoolers, spiritual contemplators. Everyone is welcome for unprogrammed time.
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Friday - Sunday September 5 - September 7
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NH Peace Action Retreat
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Palestine, US Policy and the Struggle for World Power.
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Friday September 5, 7:30 PM
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The US and the Middle East
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Joe Gerson, PhD, international speaker, AFSC member since 1976, Vietnam War reisister.
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Saturday September 6, 10 AM
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The Dynamics of Resistance
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The Apartheid Analogy in Israel and Palestine. Nancy Murray, PhD, served on the advisory committee of US Campaign to End Israeli Occupation.
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Sunday September 7, 10 AM
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Strategies and Discussions
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Discussion on US policy toward Isreal and Palestine.
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Sunday September 7
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World Fellowship ends its 68th season with lunch.
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June 23 - August 27
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Body Movement
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all summer
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We strive to provide morning body movement for all levels everyday of the summer.
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Monday - Sunday June 23 - June 29
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Feldenkrais
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Josh Schreiber Shalem( also 6/29 - 7/3 Intensive Workshop)
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Sunday - Saturday June 29 - July 12
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Restorative Yoga
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Lupe
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Sunday - Saturday July 13 - July 19
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Embodyoga
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Dori McCormack
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Saturday - Sunday July 19 - July 20
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Nia
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Maria Skinner
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Thursday - Thursday July 24 - July 31
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Capoeira Angola
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AM: beginners intro and PM: advanced training
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Thursday - Tuesday July 31 - August 5
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Iyengar Yoga
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Liz Owen (workshop also)
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Saturday - Sunday August 2 - August 3
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Nia
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Arpi Ayvazian
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Wednesday - Sunday August 6 - August 10
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Qi Gong
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Jerry Kantor
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Friday - Monday August 29 - September 1
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Yoga
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Nina Moliver
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Monday - Friday August 4 - August 8
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Soccer!
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With Coach Stu Ball
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Wednesday - Wednesday August 20 - August 27
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Bicycling
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With Wally Malakoff
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Thursday - Sunday September 18 - September 21
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New Story Retreat with Host Tony Toledo
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Storytellers: dust off that story idea, and see what comes of it! This is a retreat for tellers with some experience, with peer critique and support - this is not a workshop.
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Friday - Sunday September 26 - September 28
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The ABC's of Sustainable Time Management
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Join Pamela Kristan for a practical, creative workshop on how to do what you need to efficiently and effectively.
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