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Hi Folks,<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome! Updated information on local gatherings & event.\u00a0 Hopes our paths cross soon!<\/span><\/p>\n

UPCOMING EVENTS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fall 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A 4 week Series! Me Time, Yoga Time<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nSundays beginning on Sun, Nov 27-Sun, Dec 18th 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 4:00 PM 5:00 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Location: ONLINE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Register at: Yoga Sanctuary<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Self-care practices are intentional ways we choose to care for ourselves. Yoga practice is self-care practice. It encourages us to turn inward with curiosity and reminds us what we need is there inside of us. Welcome yourself just as you are into a reflective space designed to offer you choices–practice on the mat, in a chair or both. Connect with breath and movement as you create shapes with your body. Self-massage and self-touch exercises to relieve anxiety, release tension and enhance our body awareness will be offered. Options for quiet self-meditation and prompts for reflective chats with fellow yogis. Let this time serve you best.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Fall 2022<\/p>\n

Septem<\/span><\/a><\/span>ber 15-18, 2022: Art & Wellness Fall Retreat – SnowFarm- CLICK TO LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Snowfarm 5 Clary Road Williamsburg, MA 01096<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: 413.268.3101\u00a0 Email: info@snowfarm-art.org<\/span><\/p>\n

Date: September 16th<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday Afternoon: Sensing our Peace, Unfolding the Body led by Safara Fisher<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Being present with your creative energy can take practice. In this session, explore how rooting into the moment-to-moment experience of the body can help with this process. Safara invites you to unfold your body in this Autumn season and open to the creative energy that exists within. Enjoy yoga as an expressive exploration. This practice is your time to feel into your body through breath, your senses and by movement into physical shapes. Safara has experience with trauma-informed practices and provides ample modification to support varying abilities. She encourages listening to your body and tapping into your own wisdom and intuition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday Evening: Approaching Stillness, Daily Rituals and Routines for Autumn led by Safara Fisher<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Autumn equinox is before us and with this, a new season of changing light and landscape. Autumn invites a gentler momentum and a time to harvest and gather energy for the colder months. We can prepare for the approaching stillness of Winter by internally focusing the mind and encouraging downward energy in the body with meditation, food choices and cooking practices. Come learn a few grounding seasonal practices that Safara has adopted from yoga, Chinese Medicine and macrobiotic cooking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fall 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoga Sanctuary- Pop Up in the Park- CLICK TO SIGN UP\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Date: Saturday, September 24 or 25th- RAIN DATE<\/span><\/p>\n

Time:<\/span>
\n12:00 PM 1:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Chair & Mat Class with Lisa Leizman and Me<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Child\u2019s Park- Northampton<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: Yoga Sanctuary 150 Main Street, Northampton MA 01060<\/span>
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What a gift to be outside together in this new season. As autumn nears and the trees turn bright with the colors of fall, come take a seat of awareness and turn your attention inside. How do you meet the season as summer transforms into fall? When things change, what of yourself endures? How can your body be an anchor of awareness? Join us for a special yoga class in Childs Park\u2014one that invites you to find your seat in a chair, on your mat or both! Our practice will include physical poses, breath work and embodied awareness\u2014all accessible whether you choose to sit or to stand\u2014 a call to explore what is most essential in ourselves, to express the truth within. All levels are welcome!<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: pay-what-you-can admission<\/span><\/p>\n

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Spring 2022\u00a0 Chair Yoga 4 week Series<\/span><\/p>\n

Pause, Notice. Breathe with Chair Yoga<\/p>\n

Date: Mondays, 7-8:15pm<\/p>\n

May 2-23rd<\/p>\n

Location: ONLINE<\/p>\n

Teacher Spotlight and Special Series CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: Yoga Sanctuary<\/p>\n

YOGA SANCTUARY
\nat Thornes Marketplace, 3rd Floor
\n150 Main Street
\nNorthampton, MA 01060<\/p>\n

413.585.YOGA<\/p>\n

tech@yoga-sanctuary.com<\/p>\n

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Spring 2022\u00a0 Trauma Research Foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: ONLINE<\/p>\n

Represented: Three and a Half Acres Yoga<\/a><\/p>\n

I was privileged to be selected as a panelist in the\u00a0Trauma Research Foundation<\/a>\u2019s Book Club Week 5 and Week 6 first ever Live Q&A with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk discussing his book,\u00a0The Body Keeps the Score<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n

It was a thrilling and a deeply personal self-recognition building experience. I proudly represented\u00a0Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY)<\/a>\u00a0practices as a teacher. I shared my experience of trauma-informed yoga as a support for reconnection to the body through observing sensations, noticing with curiosity, mindful awareness, and breath, and how this practice encourages a compassionate relationship to the body and oneself and to approach sensations with a curiosity rather than judgment.<\/p>\n

Here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n

In TRF Book Club: The Body Keeps the Score\u00a0Week 5<\/a>\u00a0we engaged in a discussion of\u00a0Chapter 16: Learning to Inhabit Your Body: Yoga<\/em>. What I learned from my THAY teacher training about the autonomic nervous system which when in balance helps us to reasonably respond to challenges from stress.<\/p>\n

The autonomic nervous system is composed of the sympathetic nervous systems (SNS), where chemicals move from the brain to the body that signal the body to action and the parasympathetic nervous (PNS) system that supports functions like digestion. Heart rate variability or (HRV) helps to measure the balance between SNS and PNS. Yoga helps to support our breathing and therefore regulation of the HRV so we stay more in balance. How one breath can affect our moods, help us to stay calm and improve our stress responses to anxiety, anger and depression. This was a great reinforcement of THAY mindfulness practices of noticing the breath\u2013 our in breath and outbreath, not with any intention to speed up or slow it down but just through gentle observation.<\/p>\n

At THAY, we remind our students that they are in charge of their own bodies, encouraging a self-led practice. I got to highlight the importance of having autonomy of your own yoga practice by listening to your own body in our Week 5 TRF Book Club discussion. As we know this approach helps build trust of your body and to do what is right for you; which is so important to us as survivors of trauma and fellow THAY trauma-informed practiced teachers to foster within our communities we teach.<\/p>\n

As we move our bodies, creating shapes, pausing, observing our breath and taking notice of any sensations we do so with curiosity and compassion tuning into ourselves and practicing mindfulness. This approach to mindfulness encourages what Bessel van der Kolk in\u00a0The Body Keeps the Score<\/em>\u00a0references from the Internal Family System (IFS) by Richard Schwartz as \u201cmindful self-leadership\u201d and \u201cthe foundation for healing from trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panelists and participants in the online chat described approaches to yoga practice that can be supportive as well as those that can be harmful. This spoke to trauma-informed practices we learn in THAY about being sensitive to our populations with our language and to practice with awareness of what can be potentially triggering. Additionally, to focus on a practice which fosters inclusivity as an overly challenging practice can make it less accessible to a larger community level of participation.<\/p>\n

We also spoke about recognizing people\u2019s experiences of trauma and the discomfort of what can happen to people. When we tell our own story of how we came to THAY and the disadvantaged communities we serve, we educate society and shape the social media discourse on yoga and the need for mental health services.<\/p>\n

Your trauma-informed practices with THAY can be advocacy to increase society\u2019s awareness and help shift the paradigm of yoga to include these practices as mainstream. We can also get involved within community organizations and institutions leaders who bring together clinicians, researchers, educators, such as with the\u00a0Trauma Research Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and participate in social media by listening to people tell their stories through podcasts, writings within the larger public discourse on trauma and related fields.<\/p>\n

The final TRF Book Club:\u00a0The Body Keeps the Score<\/em>\u00a0Week 6<\/a>\u00a0was a Live Q&A with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk discussing\u00a0The Body Keeps the Score<\/em>! It was such a thrill to be included and hear his honest and reflective thoughts. I was given a beautiful question to ask: Question 3:\u00a0\u201cWhat are the most vital things we can practice when we have a loss of self in both mind and body?<\/em>\u201d he shared,<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sense of self is a sense of body self. How do we get a sense of agency in our body?\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to cite examples like boating, playing tennis, or doing yoga. For more see\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TRF Book Club: The Body Keeps the Score<\/p>\n

Week 1<\/a>,\u00a0Week 2<\/a>,\u00a0Week 3<\/a>,\u00a0Week 4<\/a>,\u00a0Week 5<\/a>,\u00a0Week 6<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit the\u00a0Trauma Research Foundation<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about the organization and their work. They have plenty of free online learning opportunities that I am taking advantage of to continue to learn, study, and become more educated to support my trauma-informed practices.<\/p>\n

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Event: Spring 2022 LifePath<\/p>\n

A Matter of Balance”- Managing Concerns About Falls<\/p>\n

Health Living Workshop Series<\/a><\/p>\n

DATE: Monday, March 21st<\/p>\n

OPEN TO: Participants in program ONLY<\/p>\n

A session devoted to participants creating a life-long exercise program that includes all four types of exercise taught in the program: endurance\/aerobic, strengthening, flexibility, and balance.\u00a0 Director of program Andi Weisman is providing an “expo,” exposing them to these various types of exercise and options for them as they create their plan (exercises at home, community classes, online classes, YMCA programs, etc…).\u00a0 I will be providing yoga.<\/p>\n

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Event: 2019 Macrobiotic Summer Conference<\/span><\/p>\n

At: Eastover, Lenox MA<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Check Schedule<\/a> for daily activities and lecture times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Visit website<\/a> for prices<\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring Virginia M. Harper, Founder of\u00a0<\/span>You Can Heal You<\/a>…One Meal at a Time.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Website details: Over 25 Teachers, Counselors, & Macrobiotic Chefs \u2022 50 Cooking Classes, Lectures, and Exercise Classes.\u00a0Come for the Week, the Day, or for the Gala<\/span><\/p>\n

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Summer 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Date: July 29-August 5th 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Event: 2017 Macrobiotic Summer Conference<\/span><\/p>\n

At: Eastover, Lenox MA<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Check Schedule for daily activities and lecture times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Visit website for prices<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.eastover.com\/macrobiotic-summer-conference.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring Virginia M. Harper, Founder of\u00a0You Can Heal You<\/a>…One Meal at a Time.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Website details: Over 25 Teachers, Counselors, & Macrobiotic Chefs \u2022 50 Cooking Classes, Lectures, and Exercise Classes.\u00a0<\/strong>Come for the Week, the Day, or for the Gala<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Summer 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

Date: July 30-August 5th 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

Event: 2017 Macrobiotic Summer Conference<\/span><\/p>\n

At: Eastover, Lenox MA<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Check Schedule for daily activities and lecture times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Visit website for prices<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.eastover.com\/macrobiotic-summer-conference.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring Virginia M. Harper, Founder of You Can Heal You<\/a>…One Meal at a Time.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Website details: Over 25 Teachers, Counselors, & Macrobiotic Chefs \u2022 50 Cooking Classes, Lectures, and Exercise Classes.\u00a0<\/strong>Come for the Week, the Day, or for the Gala<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fall 2016\u00a0<\/strong>None to announce at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please check back periodically.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: August\u00a028th\u00a0thru September 3rd<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Wellness Retreat-Controlling Crohns and Colitis- Virginia M.\u00a0Harper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Kushi Institute<\/a>, Becket, MA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Check Schedule for daily activities and lecture times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Visit website for prices<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit: http:\/\/www.kushiinstitute.org\/controlling-crohns-colitis\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join me for a week long digestive wellness retreat.\u00a0 Here you will get an in-depth lecture with Virginia M. Harper, Founder of You Can Heal You<\/a>…One Meal at a Time.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Macrobiotic cooking classes along with breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: August 3rd & 4th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: 2016 Summer Conference- Kushi Institute-Lecture & Cooking Demo- Virginia M.\u00a0Harper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Kushi Institute<\/a>, Becket, MA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Check Schedule<\/a> for daily activities and lecture times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cost:\u00a0Varies.\u00a0 Schedule will indicate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Visit: http:\/\/www.kushiinstitute.org\/summer-conference-2016-2\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join me for the summer conference at the Kushi Institute July 31st- Aug 14th.\u00a0 The theme for this year is “Toward a Sustainable Future.”\u00a0 Virginia M. Harper, Founder of You Can Heal You<\/a><\/em>\u00a0 <\/strong>and I will be present\u00a0at her lecture and cooking class.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brown Bag Lunch Series\u00a0@ Ramsdell Library\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date: March 5, 19th\u00a0and April 2, 16th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event:\u00a0 Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Spring Into Healthy Eating, Easy Digestion & Healthy Gut<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Saturday @ Ramsdell Public Library\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Housatonic, MA<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 1-2pm <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Free<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join me at the Ramsdell Library in Housatonic MA\u00a0for\u00a0healthy cooking\u00a0recipe\u00a0swaps and easy prep tips to\u00a0promote a\u00a0healthy gut.\u00a0\u00a0Workshop topics include\u00a0a discussion of\u00a0mindfulness practices, natural sources for good gut bacteria, healthy choice swaps for\u00a0oils, grains and proteins,\u00a0quick kitchen\u00a0meal prep tips and\u00a0how to shop healthy on a\u00a0budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

So come\u00a0bring a\u00a0brown bag lunch and join me, sample some foods, pick up some recipes and learn more about good gut health practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

See you there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: February 28th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Powder Keg Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At:\u00a0Six Depot Roastery,\u00a0Caf\u00e9\u00a0 & Gallery\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Location:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>6 Depot Street, West Stockbridge, MA<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 2-4pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Free (support local business- grab a tea, coffee pastry or enjoy lunch)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join us for our 2nd annual Powder Keg Reading.\u00a0 Women from Suzi Bank Baum’s writer’s group the Powder Keg’s will be reading from a selection of works.\u00a0 Local art work will be on display.\u00a0A nice warm beverage and sweet treat to nosh on while you listen will be sure to make this an extra nice way to spend your Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Look forward to having you with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
PODCAST: http:\/\/www.welltalkradio.com\/shows\/gut-health<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Event:\u00a0 ON-AIR Safara Fisher talks Gut Health<\/a> with Avi Dresner on Well Talk Radio\u00a0 WSBS 860 AM\/94.1 FM:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 \u2013 9:05am\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
I will be ON-AIR:\u00a0 WELL TALK RADIO<\/a> this week.\u00a0 I will be discussing Gut Health.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hope to find you tuning in.\u00a0 If you miss it no worries, there will be a podcast and it will also stream:<\/span><\/p>\n

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WBEC 1420 AM:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sunday, November 15, 2015 \u2013 11:04am<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WHDD 1020 AM\/91.9 FM \u2013 WBSL 91.7 FM \u2013 WLHV 88.1FM \u2013 WGHQ 920AM:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 \u2013 12:30pm<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Date: Monday, September 21st- 26th Kushi Institute<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Digestive Wellness Seminar- Virginia M.\u00a0Harper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Kushi Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Check Schedule for daily activities and lecture times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Visit website for day and week series prices\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Visit: http:\/\/www.kushiinstitute.org\/controlling-crohns-colitis\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join me for a week long digestive wellness retreat.\u00a0 Here you will get an in-depth lecture with Virginia M. Harper, Founder of You Can Heal You<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Macrobiotic cooking classes along with breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: Saturday, August 1st<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: How Health Works 1 Day Lecture- Virginia M.\u00a0Harper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Kushi Institute<\/a>– \u00a0Summer Conference 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: Afternoon 2 lectures series<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: Visit website for Summer Conference 2015 price schedules<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gain a comprehension of the digestive system and the practice of being mindful about eating and wellness.\u00a0 Come sit and enjoy a meal before the lecture series and meet us.\u00a0 We welcome new and returning visitors to the Kushi Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: Thursday, July 16th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Reading from an\u00a0anthology\u00a0publication of the\u00a0Berkshire Festival of Women Writers (BFWW)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: The Whitney Center for the Arts,\u00a0 Pittsfield<\/span>,<\/span> MA<\/abbr> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 5:30-7pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Free<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join me at The Whit for a \u00a0reading from\u00a0Writing Fire.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring writers Suzie Fowle, Lorrin Krouss, Susie Kaufman and Joan Embrue.<\/span><\/p>\n

More information can be found at:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/berkshirewomenwriters.org\/event\/third-thursday-reading-writing-fire-at-the-whit\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: Sunday, May 31st<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Open Poetry Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: No. 6 Depot Caf\u00e9,<\/a> West Stockbridge, MA\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/sixdepot.com\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 4:30<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Free<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Come join me and others who will be sharing their piece with the public.\u00a0 Its open to anyone who would like to contribute.\u00a0 So bring your talents in writing and rhyme with ya and come join us.\u00a0 No. 6 Depot Caf\u00e9 is a cozy nook and cranny spot with wonderful goodies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: Tuesday, May 12th\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Making Blackberry Jam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Reuner Cancer Support House<\/a>, Kingston NY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 10:00-12pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: $10.00<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Miso Happy” Kathy Sheldon offers a jam making party.\u00a0 Local biodynamic farmer will be demonstrating how to make Blackberry Jam.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will all have a chance to create our own batch.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Date: Saturday,May 2nd\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Event: Spring Reading Series: \u201cThe Loves and Labors of Women\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At: Sandisfield Arts Center <\/a>5 Hammertown Road<\/span>,<\/span> Sandisfield<\/span>,<\/span> MA<\/abbr> United States<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Time: 4:00-6:00pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cost: $10.00<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More<\/span> information can be found at: http:\/\/berkshirewomenwriters.org\/event\/spring-reading-series-women-writers-on-labor\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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