Weekly PotluckBring a vegan dish every Friday @ 7:30pm
Mic Club
Starts at 7:00 pm
The First Rule of Mic Club is You HAVE to Talk About Mic Club! During the vegan potluck anyone is welcome to share poetry, performance art, acoustic music, hip hop, rants, dreams, verbal book reports, anecdotes, ancestral creation stories, myths, visions, theories, etc. as long as they are non-hateful and respectful to all life!
Starts at 9:00 pm
Here's how it works: We have a "Scenario Suggestion Box" where anyone can anonymously submit a mini-scene
that they'd like to see acted out. Each Skit System sesssion randomly draws names out
of bag. When people arrive who want to act, they can write their names on strips of
paper. When the scenario suggestion box is opened and a scene is introduced, we then
pull names out of the name bag and a random assortment of improv volunteer actors
will be assigned the roles. As the skit begins to be acted out, the audience is encouraged to verbally
"paint-in" props, scene changes, other factors, ad lib lines, etc. so as to create a
truly dynamic interactive environment.Our hope is that these skits can involve confronting sexism, racism, homophobia, discrimination, discouragement, family dynamics, lover conflict, etc. Any type of situation that you'd want to see respresented and resolved can be played out by volunteer improv actors. From comedy to deep drama, we can all learn social skills of peace and respect and potentially even resolve past situations that we wished we'd said the right thing or done something different. Victims and perpetrators carrying the baggage of all manners of embarrassment, abuse, mistakes, etc. can bury the hatchet with their subconscious and be equipped to "do the right thing" in the future.
Starts at 10:00 pm
Join us for a night of cinematic study with the 1982 film, The Dark Crystal. Digitally projected on our new Optoma 739, this Jim Hensen film is rich with ecological, indigenous, and class consciousness. It depicts a world in which a greedy dominator class is driving ancient, nature-based cultures into extinction. This film is apart of our Eco-Fantasy Film Series
Gary Null Listening PartyFrom Midnight to 5:00 am
Gary Null, nationally syndicated talk show host & producer of PBS specials, is a consumer advocate, investigative reporter, NY Times best-selling author and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Gary believes that, "You must be empowered before you can be whole," and he empowers all who will listen with life-changing facts that promote wellness.
Gary has conducted over a hundred major investigations and has produced numerous documentaries in which he encourages his viewers to take charge of their lives and health. Among his dozens of videos are titles like "The Pain, Profit and Politics of AIDS," "Chronic Fatigue," "Diet for a Lifetime, and "Cancer, A Natural Approach."
We welcome anyone to come and enjoy Gary Null's programs on KPFK from 12-5 am here at the Gaian Mind. Sometimes we chill and listen to the show while working on projects.
Starts at 8:30 pm
We'll be using the Gaian Mind shop space as a cyber classroom to communally develop basic computer literacy and proficiency learn software application techniques, web programming, design, other advanced skills. We'll be utilizing cutting-edge free communications technologies that will allow us to bring in remote instructors from anywhere in the world over the internet to "drive" our computer and demonstrate skills/techniques and narrate their actions with real time verbal communication with the local classroom (for more info on these technologies go to www.skype.com and www.realvnc.com)
Starts at 7:30 pm
Summer Workshops:
These sessions are meant to give kids, teens, and any other members of the public, new tools to use to analyze the complex problems of the world.
Youth in particular, go through many conflicts during their youth as they struggle with school, their identity, peer pressures, conflicts with their parents, depression, conflicts with gang involvement, drug and alcohol abuse.
The academic benefit to kids, teens, and college students, is in the benefits it provides to write strong papers, by strengthening the individual’s ability to analyze and argue a thesis.
The benefits to the community at large range from a more informed community that can better resolve their own problems (i.e. interpersonal problems with their spouse, partner, with their children, with their siblings, and or parents), a community that is more open minded, more accepting of others who are different, and a community that is better equipped to handle controversial issues of race, hate crimes, gang involvement, crime in general, etc.
Jeet Kune DoStarts at 11:00 am
Jeet Kune Do (translated: "the way of the intercepting fist") is the self-defense system designed by the late legendary martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. Many who have followed the path of JKD universally understand it to be one of the most effective, efficient, and dynamic "fighting systems." It's built on concepts of simulataneously working with opposing energy in ways that harness and redirect it (rather than attempt to absorb it), while also striking and maximizing open targets.
Bruce was a scholary philosopher who sought the core truth in all things. In the spirit of Taoism he accepted nothing as the complete stand alone truth. While rigid formal martial artists compete to establish their style as superior over others, he found that all styles had elements of perfection that if distilled and combined could provide a solid foundation for a sort of unified style. Like a juicer, his life project was to strip away the outer shells of knowledge and make a nutrient rich mixture of all the essential ingredients in a pure form.
This holistic approach is well aligned with the Gaian Mind's systems and we're excited to explore, master, and apply Jeet Kune Do as a physical and philosophical peace system. For more information on Jeet Kune Do, please click here.
