Circle Sanctuary is now accepting applications for Center Director/Executive Assistant.
This is an on-site, full-time Pagan community service position at Circle Sanctuary headquarters near Barneveld, Wisconsin.
More information on work duties & qualifications: www.circlesanctuary.org/staffopening
The Open Hearth Foundation has secured a space for the District of Columbia (DC) Pagan Community Center. I interviewed Iris Firemoon, foundation board member, about the securing of a space and the Community Center launch planned for December 31st.
Are you excited at the prospect of the DC Community Center opening?
DC Community Center Space photo: Capital Witch
We are very excited! We signed a lease at the end of September, and took possession of the space on October 3rd. We have been hitting the ground running since then. Our official launch will be December 31st of this year, and we will have a launch party.
How did you put this all together?
photo: Capitol Witch
The Open Hearth Foundation was founded in 1999. Several groups, area leaders , and individuals came together and decided that they needed a space that could accommodate the kind of work that a lot of Pagan groups do. We need a space where we can stay past midnight; where we aren’t worried about out drums being too loud; we are not worried about inviting strangers or the public to our home and to putting our address on the internet; where we can store the things that a group may need. They noted all these things and built a framework for what they wanted in a Pagan Community Center. Over the last 12 years we have been raising the money to get there. Continue reading
Two-term New Mexico Govenor Gary Johnson
For the past few weeks PNC-Minnesota has been working to set up a unique opportunity for Pagan media – a live interview with GOP Presidential candidate Gov. Gary Johnson. In addition to PNC-Minnesota, five other Pagan media organizations will participate in a 2 hour live video Q&A with Gov. Johnson to take place on a Google+ hangout on Sunday, October 16th at 6:30pm CST to 8:30pm CST. As the Hindu and First Nations communities share common interests with the Pagan community, two media slots have been reserved for them in addition to the six afforded to us. This is a rare opportunity for Pagan media to ask a Presidential candidate questions about topics that are important to our diverse community. It could be a first step in greater access to interview political candidates for Pagan media.
The Q&A session will be streamed live courtesy of Keith Barrett of KeithBarrettTV. The Q&A will also recorded for future play back. The link for the live feed will be posted on PNC-Minnesota on Sunday.
Other Pagan media organizations participating in the Q&A with former New Mexico Gov. Johnson include Jason Pitzl-Waters of The Wild Hunt, Star Foster of Patheos.com, Devin Hunter of ModernWitch Podcast, and David Salisbury of PNC-DC and the Human Rights Campaign.
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If you have a question you would like PNC-Minnesota to ask Gov. Johnson, let us know in the comments section of this article.
A local Pagan band with mainstream appeal, Murphey’s Midnight Rounders, just finished recording a song in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The band performs the song, “Hard Times, Come Again No More,” for the first time live tonight at 5pm for the OccupyMN demonstration at Government Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The song was written by Stephen Foster in 1854.
Paul Ferrise, studio producer for MMR, said the band is busy recording for their new CD release coming up this spring, but wanted to support the Occupy movement, “So far we have recorded 11 songs towards the new Twin CD release. [Monday], MMR came into the studio wanting to record, edit, master and publish a song in honor of OccupyMN and all the Occupy organizations across the country.”
Bonnie Hanna-Powers, Teresa Frank, and Brad Murphy
Teresa Frank, vocals and percussion for the band, encourages others to get involved in the Occupy movement, “The revolution has started and we need you at the government center.” MMR has a history of supporting political, religious rights, and social justice movements. They most recently marched in the Hemp Fest Walk for Freedom, assisted several Pagan groups in fundraising, and joined the pro-union protests in Wisconsin.
Hard Times, Come Again No More was written by Stephen Foster in 1854, but feels relevant today as Americans endure the difficult economic times sparked by the recession began in 2007. A recession that may technically be over, but is still felt in the high unemployment numbers and high food and gas prices. It has a depression-era sound and the word choices in the lyrics, especially in the chorus, likewise give a strong nod to that time period.
It’s the song, it’s the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Hard times come again no more
The song is available for free download along with samples of other songs from their upcoming CDs.
*Editor’s note: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that the song was written by Murphey’s Midnight Rounders.
There’s a very interesting workshop next weekend. Growing and Nurturing Sustainable Communities of Beauty, Balance and Delight, A Workshop Open to Folks from all Traditions and Communities: Paganistan, Minnesota, October 14, 15 & 16, 2011.
There’s a rumor that Coldwater Spring might be closed to the public for a year, starting next month. Coldwater Spring is one of the great sacred sites of Paganistan.
Local Heathens have purchased a building to use as a hof. You can read about it here.
Pagan Newswire Collective - Minnesota Bureau 