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.

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

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

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!

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!

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

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.

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

The Art Gallery is open 9am-9pm today. Events subject to change. See our Calendar for the most up to date information.

9:00 am – 12:00 pm – Goddess Yoga

Presented by Emma Gabrielle Silverman. This workshop will include 1.5 hours of yoga, 30 minutes of meditation, and an additional 1 hour of lecture/discussion. This session will explore the divine in all of us, via movement and meditation practices. We will also investigate the Goddess in the yogic tradition, specifically in the form of Kali. This is a workshop designed to provide a safe and supported environment for men and women to open to the Goddess power within themselves. Location: Open Floor.

Participant Info: Preregister by emailing egsilverman@gmail.com. Fees: $25. Presenter Info: I have practiced yoga for over ten years. Beginning with a dedicated Lyengar practice, over the years I studied Bikram, Ashtanga, Kundalini and Vinyasa flow. After working at the Karipalu institute for yoga and health, “North America’s Largest Yoga retreat center,” I am now a Karipalu yoga instructor and freelance author at the web sites www.thejoyofyoga.blogspot.com and examiner.com. In the past, I have taught chair yoga, vinyasa yoga, yoga for kids, and yoga for healthcare professionals. My first book, The Joy of Yoga, is slated to be published in 2011. Supplies to bring with you: If you have a yoga mat or towel, please bring it.

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The Art Gallery is open 9am-9pm today. Events subject to change. See our Calendar for the most up to date information.

9:00 – 11:00 am – Nomad’s dance

Presented by Luna Zahra. This workshop is for Women only. In this workshop we will explore the dance of the Gypsies as they traveled across Europe. Workshop participants will learn an Eastern European Gypsy dance as well as Gypsy Fusion Belly Dance. You will be provided with information on Gypsy culture as well as a handout of the moves you will learn. Location: Open Floor. Participant Notes: Preregister by emailing dancingduckgirl@gmail.com. Mention Nomad’s dance in the subject line. Fees: $10.

Presenter Info: I have been belly dancing for ten years. I took classes and attended workshops whenever they were offered and am a firm believer that one can teach herself anything if she really wants to. I have taught classes in the studio setting and privately. My favorite styles are American Tribal and Gypsy Fusion Belly Dance. I formed a small Troupe called Pele’s Fire when I was 20; though we have since disbanded we get together to dance now and then. My students and I do performances in the Tahlequah area under a loose troupe of independent dancers using the name Pale Moon Bellydance. I currently do regular performances at the Iguana Cafe in downtown Tahlequah. I love heading workshops and have done many of them throughout the years at various festivals and fundraisers. I strive to make my dance workshops fun, memorable, and informative!

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