Category: Community Notes

Paganistan Weekly; October 8-14

Women & Spirituality Conference is next weekend, October 13 & 14, in Mankato. Learn more at http://sbs.mnsu.edu/women/conference/womens_spirituality_program_2012-final.pdf

Local artist Anne Marie Forrester will be unveiling her newest masterwork next Saturday at the Eye of Horus. The painting will be hanging in the Eye of Horus temple room, which has been undergoing huge transformations lately as a sacred space. http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Queen-of-Heaven-p/cls-qhu.htm

The calendar is really filling up with Samhain celebrations. Check out the ever-growing listings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/cal

Paganistan Weekly; October 1-7

Earth House Project of Minnesota will be hosting a Picnic this Saturday in Newell Park. Come on out for a Free lunch. http://earthhousemn.org/notices.htm

This Friday, the Eye of Horus will be hosting the Witches Tarot Release Party with Author/Creator Ellen Dugan: http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Witches-Tarot-Release-Party-with-Ellen-Dugan-p/cls-witchtarot.htm. They have been preparing for this party for months, and it looks like it will be an exciting event.

Of Pagan Interest October 1 through October 14

Of Pagan Interest highlights cultural events in the Twin Cities metro that fall under the extremely broad umbrella of “Pagan interest.”

Monday, October 1
Next Generation of Parks Lecture: Sweet & Salt, Water and the Dutch
6 pm
Location: U of M – Ralph Rapson Hall
Cost: FREE

Vita occulta plantarum (secret life of plants)
Location: Bakken Library and Museum
Cost: $7
Runs through October 7

Oktoberfest
Location: Black Forest Inn 1 E 26th St Minneapolis
Cost: FREE admission
Runs through October 20

It’s Chiming in Normaltown
Location: Midway Contemporary Art 527 2nd Ave. SE Minneapolis
Cost: FREE
Runs through October 6

Sacred Space, Contested Terrain
Location: Katherine E. Nash Gallery 405 21st Ave. S. Minneapolis
Cost: Free

Event Theosophical Society – Anita Collodoro Lecture
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: First Unitarian Society 900 Mt Curve Ave. Minneapolis
Cost: $6

Nature in Proximity
Location: Nina Bliese Gallery 225 6th St. Minneapolis
Cost: Free

Tuesday, October 2
Banned Books Week: Defend Your Favorite
Time: 6:30 pm
East Lake Library – Register Online
Cost: Free

Healthy Eating
Time: 6-8 pm
Northeast Library, Minneapolis
Cost: FREE

Great Decisions: Energy Geopolitics
Time: 1-2:30 PM
Washburn Library, Minneapolis
Cost: FREE

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Time: 2 – 3:15 pm
Location: MIA
Cost: $10

Wednesday, October 3
One Minneapolis One Read: Dakota 38
7-9 pm
Location: Minneapolis Central Library
Cost: FREE

Thursday, October 4
Talk of the Stacks with Naomi Wolf
Time: 7 pm
Author of the Beauty Myth presents her new book, “Vagina: a New Biography.”
Location: Minneapolis Central Library
Cost: FREE

Dead and Undead
“Find out how rabies is related to the mythologies of vampires and zombies, satisfy your urge for real human brains, explore reanimation through electrical shock, learn how to mummify a chicken and taxidermy a squirrel, watch out for the flesh eating beetles, and see the new Lost Egypt exhibition before it opens to the general public.”
Time: 6 pm – 11 pm
Location: Science Museum of Minnesota
Cost $15, $21 with Omnitheatre ticket

Friday, October 5
Twin Cities Oktoberfest
Time 4 pm through 11 pm, October 5 & 6
Location Progress Center MN State Fairgrounds 1265 Snelling Ave N
Cost: $25 admission

Saturday, October 6
Make Green Cleaning Products
Time: 12:30 pm – 2 pm
Location: St. Anthony Library
Cost: Free
Register online

Slutwalk Minneapolis
Time: 5pm – 9 pm
Location Father Hennepin Bluffs
Cost FREE

Friday, October 12
Zinnia Folk Arts – What is the Day of the Dead?
Location Zinnia Folk Arts, LLC 826 West 50th St Minneapolis, MN
Time 6:30 pm
Cost: Free admission

Saturday, October 13
Lost Egypt Exhibit
Location Science Museum of Minnesota
Time: Check museum hours
Cost $13

Paganistan Weekly; September 24-30

Plant trees at Coldwater Spring this Saturday, but sign up today. This is one of the great spiritual centers of the Twin Cities, and the work done this weekend will influence it for generations. http://www.missriverfund.org/index.asp?Type=B_EV&SEC={834BA92F-C5DB-420E-AA33-DBDFA610173B}

Earth House Project of Minnesota will be hosting a Picnic October 6 in Newell Park. Come on out for a Free lunch. http://earthhousemn.org/notices.htm

There was a post on the Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo group this week describing coming of age groups for young people. The girl’s group can be found at http://www.joyw.org/girlscircles.htm and the boys group can be found at http://boysmentorship.webs.com/

Paganistan Weekly; September 10-16

Please welcome the newest addition to Paganistan: Gabriel Liam Blue, born September 2nd, 2012.

It’s time again to clean the Earth, or at least a strip of it near I-35 which has been adopted by local Pagans. This Saturday, at 9:30 am, join your local community at 7111 21st Ave, Centerville, MN 55038, to pick up littler and leave things better than they were. It’s a lot more fun than it sounds. http://www.umpaganalliance.com/schedule.shtml

The Pagan Pride celebration was wonderful. The weather was perfect. The people are the best people on Earth. It was another reminder that this is a wonderful place to be a Pagan, and it’s easy to have pride in that.

Orion Foxwood and Brandy Williams will be the guests of honor at next year’s Paganicon. This was announced at the Pagan Pride celebration. Paganicon will be March 15th-17th, 2013; http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/.

An interview with local culture builder Steven Posch was just published: http://www.penton.co.za/?p=2268

The PNC published on article about Rites of Passage for Minneapolis Girls which will probably be of interest to any parent of a girl reading this: https://pncminnesota.com/2012/09/06/rites-of-passage-for-minneapolis-girls/