The Goddess Festival

You can still get the 2009 Festival CD

Garin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:23 +0000

There’s only ten left, so we’re raffling them off. On March 31st we will draw tickets to determine the winners. These are the last copies available.

Tickets are $2 each or three for $5. Grab them at the information desk, the sales desk or from Festival producers.

Don’t miss out on your last chance to get this collectible, and feel free to also pick up the new 2010 Goddess Festival CD that goes on sale March 12th!

CD Release Party

Garin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:25:26 +0000

Make sure to bring your friends, neighbors, family, children and your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate to the 2010 Goddess Festival cd release party on March 12 at 7pm. Last year’s theme song was Big Bad Gina’s “Amazon Warrior Princess.” Find out what the theme song for 2010 is at the cd release!

Enjoy a rockin’ good time with an eclectic blend of music and pick up your copy of the Goddess Festival cd.

The week’s events

WebGoddess — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:47:55 +0000

It’s time for a new week for the Goddess Festival. The Art Gallery is open every day from 5pm to 9pm. Monday night is Singing in Sacred Circle at 6:30 pm. Tuesday night at 6:30 take part in the Swing Dance Class. Walk the Labyrinth Wednesday at 5:00 and join the Sacred Healing Chant Thursday at 6:30. And Friday night at 7 is the second annual Goddess Festival CD Release Party.

We hope to see you all there!

For complete descriptions of events, visit http://www.goddessfestival.com/dates.htm and make sure to tell your friends.

Songwriters Circle tonight plus weekend events

WebGoddess — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:18:02 +0000

Tonight we start rolling into the first official weekend of the Goddess Festival. At 7:00, join Tiffany Christopher, Jori Costello, Darlene, Emily Kaitz, and Candy Lee as they come together to share their stories and passion for performing. Admission is only $5.

The Art Gallery is open until 9:00 pm for you enjoyment. Thank you to everyone who attended the opening reception last night.

This weekend there are numerous workshops to attend, including Money and the Goddess, Herbal Salve Making, Practical Palmistry, Gender Rebels, Creating a Clay Goddess, Medicine of Women and Drums, Circle Storytelling, Cleanse Your Way To Health, Painting the Goddess, Wellness and Energy, Awakening the Self and Vocal Play. The Art Gallery is open from 9am-9pm both nights.

Saturday night at 7:00 you can enjoy the art of bellydance with TerraNova Tribal, and on Sunday night at 7:00 take part in the OMNI Open Mic for Peace.

For detailed information on all our events, visit http://www.goddessfestival.com/dates.htm

Printable Calendar Available

Garin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:20:20 +0000

We now have a printable calendar for those who would like a handy reference to Goddess Festival events. To print it, click here.

Let’s get this party started!

WebGoddess — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:14:25 +0000

The Goddess Festival gets underway this week! Monday night, March 1st at 7pm, join us at the Starlight Skatium on College in Fayetteville for a fun fundraising time. For $8 you not only get to have a good time, but you support the Festival’s activities. Even if you don’t know how to skate (like the person typing this) you can still have a blast and hang out with friends.

On Thursday, March 4 at 5pm, come to the Festival grounds at One East Center Street in Fayetteville (the East Square Building where the Bank used to be) for our Art Show opening and reception. In conjunction with Fayetteville’s First Thursdays Gallery Walk, we are delighted to open the 2010 Goddess Festival Art Gallery with a reception for the many artists who have participated in this remarkable and inspiring show. Everyone is invited to attend. Enjoy the reception, the art and the piano stylings of Claire Detels, and get the Festival underway the right way.

Friday night at 7pm is the Women’s Songwriter Circle. Women singer songwriters Tiffany Christopher, Jori Costello, Darlene, Emily Kaitz, and Candy Lee come together to share their stories and passion for performing. Women, music, harmony with the vibrations of mother earth, performing their songs in turn, and backing one another up … No one walks this journey alone, I’ve got your back, Sister. Concert Admission is only $5.

Saturday and Sunday are loaded with workshops, drumming and dancing, so check out our Calendar for a full listing. http://www.goddessfestival.com/dates.htm

The time has come, so spread the word, bring your friends and family and celebrate with us!

Skatium Fundraiser is March 1st!

Garin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:08:47 +0000

Help out the Goddess Festival and skate your blues away at the Starlight Skatium. If you’d like to print out this flier and hand it out to friends, just click here for a print-ready file!

The Couples Game – March 14 – 7pm

Garin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:11:49 +0000

Al Lord’s game shows are a Northwest Arkansas institution. You only need to come if you love to laugh and want to have a great time on a Sunday night. You’ll also get to enjoy a Chocolate Feast provided by NWA Center for Equality. Here’s all the information. Feel free to tweet, post, Facebook it and send it to your friends, as well as any of our other events and workshops.

The Couples Game – March 14th at 7:00 pm

Remember Al Lord’s wildly popular take off from the Newlyweds Game? She’s back to host eight celebrity couples representing the diversity of our community, as they compete for the title 2010 Goddess Festival Sweethearts. An evening filled with hilarious surprises prompted by innocent questions. Cheer your favorite couple as you watch them discover what they don’t know about each other.

Al Lord is an un-closeted game-show fan who began hosting the Couples Game in 1983 to avoid engaging in small talk at parties. It started as a fun, lesbian-only game in Al’s home, then a fundraiser at larger homes and public venues. Through the years several thousand people have watched the game, over 100 have competed, and no one has been injured. Rumors of the game causing couples to break up are highly exaggerated.

Al Lord is a museum director, game-show enthusiast, and social-cause activist who loves to laugh, drink Pepsi, and contemplate her obituary, not necessarily at the same time.

Chocolate Feast during intermission hosted by the NWA Center for Equality. The NWA Center for Equality Vision Statement To see a time when all have the right to be themselves regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation and without fear of harassment or discrimination. We dream and work for full legal rights and social equality in our local communities and beyond. info@nwacenterforequality.org.

Produced by Soap & Vick Events.

Admission: Sliding Scale $5 to $25

Volunteer Training – 2/28 – 1pm

WebGoddess — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:13:30 +0000

On Sunday, February 28th, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, there will be a volunteer training for those interested in assisting us as a greeter and/or staffing the information desk. We’ll be meeting at our venue location, which is the East Square Plaza Building on the Fayetteville Square (One E. Center St.). We will gather in the lobby area.

Please bring your questions and your calendar in order to reserve your desired shifts. It would also be beneficial to bring writer paper or a journal in which to take notes. This is going to be an outstanding month of events, and we’re glad to share the joy with you, our valued volunteers.

If you have any questions ahead of this training, please phone Marty Smith at (479) 305-1017.

Festival Events: March 29-31

WebGoddess — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:20:09 +0000

Art will be removed from the gallery on March 31st. Otherwise, the hours 5pm-9pm. Events subject to change. See our Calendar for the most up to date information.

March 29, 2010 – Monday

6:30 pm – African Drumming Class

Participants will learn the basics of African drumming. They will be able to play 3-4 part rhythms by the end of the class. Lead by Sheila Richards. Workshop Fee: $10

March 30, 2010 – Tuesday

6:00 pm – Full Moon Candlelight Walk

Join us as we flood the downtown square with candlelight and meditation, from each corner, in every direction. Please bring a candle with which you feel comfortable moving (maybe a pillar or one in a jar) and clothes for outdoor time. We will share in meditations of various styles and from various cultures.

There will be a need for quiet at certain times – children are absolutely welcome and their adults are asked to please be conscientious if the need to step away from the group arises. Lead by Renee Janski, music and choir director Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

March 31, 2010 – Wednesday

10:00 am – Remove Art from Gallery

Artist are to collect their pieces between 10am and 7pm from the venue Gallery. Rental items to be returned.

6:30 pm – Festival Closing Ritual

Join the circle as we share our gratitude for another stage of this rebirthing journey. Drum, Dance, Sing and Share special moments and reflections of the festival. Remember as we say goodbye to the Festival for this year that the Divine Feminine is part of our everyday journey.

Ritual Planner: Cynthia Huelsmann is a student of nature, practicing ritual in a Sacred Grove of Cedars in the woods of Arkansas. She has studied and created ritual with Z. Budapest, Starhawk and Ruth Barrett over the past 25 years. She believes the sacred is all around us and strives to live in the magic of that knowing.