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6.3.11-Friday: First Friday: Glimpses of Haiti  6:30pm-9pm

Johanna Berrigan of The House of Grace Catholic Worker Movement will be displaying her photos and talking about their work in Haiti in helping establish a health care project: Kay Lasante. Project Kay Lasante’s goal is lato provide health care, health education, and disease prevention services. She will be showin some slides and sharing her story. come check it out!

6.3-4.11-Friday: Art Shop Garden Festival

We will be present at this sweet festival at Circle of Hope @ Frankford & Norris. Come celebrate the season with local artists and gardeners, displaying and selling their work. Friday from 6pm-10pm, Saturday from 10am-2pm. Come say hello!

6.7.11-Tuesday: Film Lover’s Night: The Cruise 6:30pm-9pm

….a really eccentric tour guide in New York City and this kind of soul searching double decker bus tour he runs called The Cruise.

6.11.11-Saturday: Norris Square Festival!

Come Celebrate Norris Square! Vendors and love in the park between Howard & Palethorpe on Susquehanna

6.25.11-Saturday: Bring Your Words 7pm-9pm  (starts promptly)

A chill night of poetry, prose, song, verse.. a vehicle to change and be changed…

6.3.11-Thursday: Knitterly Night! 6pm-9pm

A time to gather and knit, chat, and meet new stitches and people!

MONDAY -FRIDAY: Happy Hour.———>  4-6pm 50 cents off all Lattes!

OTHER REMINDERS:

• We will be starting to sell some Food Co-op Dried goods!
• We also will be phasing out our prepared sandwiches and bringin’ in WAFFLES! J

Holly Dixon is a practicing artist living in Philadelphia. Her work simulates memories which otherwise could not occur in an urban demographic. Native to a rural environment, Dixon shares her experiences with the wild through paintings and drawings recalled from memories outside urban life. Her work engages viewers onto a platform of thought that negotiates time, space, and the mysticism of the natural world.

5.10.11-Tuesday: Film Lover’s Night: Black Orpheus 6:30pm-9pm

5.21.11-Saturday: Trenton Arts Fest ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

Come check us out at a booth selling iced coffee & tea, as well as some whole beans! At the ‘house’ we will be celebrating our One Year Anniversary!  With 25% off all drinksJ come say hello!:)

5.26.11-Thursday: Knitterly Nights! 6pm-9pm

A time to gather and knit, chat, and meet new stitches and people!

EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT: Book Club Meets 7:30pm-9pm

ATTENTION:

WE WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY, MAY 7^TH for a wedding!

MONDAY -FRIDAY: Happy Hour.———>  4-6pm 50 cents off all Lattes!

OTHER REMINDERS:

• We will be starting to sell some Food Co-op Dried goods!
• We also will be phasing out our prepared sandwiches and bringin’ in WAFFLES!

We will be having some wine, balloons, free munchy food, blastin’ sweet tunes, and beautiful photography depicting the life of Morocco & Ghana. come show us some love:)

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Come get dolled up, and maybe get one of the 7 free facials! The lovely Melissa Pacella will be introducing some great facial products to encourage women’s dimples and lashes. If you’re interested email melissapacella@marykay.com, or just show up!

4.15.11: City Wide Gallery Night 5pm-9p

presented by Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts

Featuring Kailyn McGillicuddy with photography from Ghana & Morroco!

.On April 15th from 5 – 9 pm, art galleries across Philadelphia will keep their doors open late for Gallery Night. Spend the evening strolling around our beautiful city while enjoying all of the wonderful art galleries that it has to offer. This is your chance to explore and learn more about the art gallery scene in a fun and relaxed atmosphere at no charge! All of the galleries will host special exhibits and provide complimentary light fare.” –Philly Fun Guide

4.16.11: Bring Your Words 7pm-9pm

Its that time of month where we come together and share poetry, prose, song, & stories!

4.30.11: “Say Your Peace,” an Open Mic hosted by Kensington High Peace Ambassodors 7pm-9pm

The Peace Ambassador club of Kensington International Business High School focuses on raising awareness to the issue of non-violence in the Kensington and school community. They will be hosting a series of events during the week of April 11th-15th, known as “Peace Week”. The week will include guest speakers, assemblies, mural painting, and other school-wide events. They are hoping to use the open mic to reach out to the community and engage others in the work the club is doing.

4.7,14,21,28.11: Book Club Meets 7:30pm-9pm  Every Thursday! We are starting a new book by Thomas Merton! Come check it out & join the discussionJ

4.28.11: Knitterly Nights! 6pm-9pm

Every Last Thursday. A time to gather and knit, chat, and meet new stitches and people!

Attn:

NO First Friday this month

We will be closed for Easter. Sunday, April 24th

MONDAY -FRIDAY: Happy Hour. ———————-> 4-6pm 50 cents off all Lattes!

Notes from Leotah’s

• We are open to more events and fun things a’happenin’ let me know if you have any ideas
• We are still open to more first Friday artist! Email us if you are interestedJ
• Business services are available: including affordable coffee sleeve advertising, coffee bean & coffee traveler deliver to offices or meetings! Email us if you are interested! J
• Our Locally Made Good Case is lookin sweet! Bracelets, earrings, book by local author, scarves, yarn & morelet us know if you would like to be apart! Super easy and fun
• We just started our Buyin’ Club! Local & Delicious milk products! Click here to see the order form!

PFF’s First Friday exhibit is a multi-faceted artistic fundraiser with contributions from skilled & dedicated volunteers. There will be photographs for sale by Robyn Mello, Becca Haydu, Laura Szklarski, & Megan Bazin. Original paintings, painted rain barrels, & mini terrariums by Joe Kirby will be for sale. Acoustic performances will be made by Laura Szklarski, Joe Kirby, Zach LoPresti, & Jeremy Savo. Snacks & beverages will be provided

Philly Food Forests (PFF) is a grassroots organization working to create edible forest garden demonstration sites in Philadelphia & advocate for transitioning vacant land into self-sufficient, food-producing green space. Their first site is located on 25 vacant lots on 5th & Mercy Streets in South Philadelphia. The transformation of the space after just 3 volunteer workdays has started building community trust & stopped dumping, drug trafficking, & vagrancy.

All proceeds will go towards PFF’s first season projects, & monetary & material donations will all be acknowledged on our fledgling website, phillyfoodforests.org. Questions and comments can be directed to phillyfoodforests@gmail.com.

3.25.11: Singer-Songwriter-Storyteller Round facilitated by Seth Martin 6:30-9pmPretty self-explanatoryJ come share, listen, & join the circle!

3.3,10,17,24,31.11: 7:30-9pm

Every Thursday Eve. Starting a new book! come hang out and discuss some hot topics

3.31.11: Knitterly Nights! 6-9pm

Every Last Thursday. A time to gather and knit, chat, and meet new stitches and people!

MONDAY -FRIDAY: Happy Hour. ——–> 4-6pm 50 cents off all Lattes!

Notes from Leotah’s

• We are open to more events and fun things a’happenin’ let me know if you have any ideas
• We are still open to more first Friday artist! Email us if you are interestedJ
• Business services are available: including coffee sleeve advertising, coffee bean & coffee traveler deliver to offices or meetings!
• Our Locally made good case is lookin sweet! Yarn, scarves, gloves, books, earrings, post cards and more!
• We just started our Buyin’ Club! Local & delicious milk products! If you are interested shoot us an email! Or check websiteJ

Starting February 18th we will be starting our Buying club! The milk will be provided by family owned Merrymead Farms! (Local & rBST Hormone Free!), as well as Orange Juice and Apple Cider! We will be adding more items as time goes on (ie eggs, cheese, yogurt, dried goods).

Merrymead’s milk is produced, processed, packaged and sold right on the farm premises! Cows graze and are beautifully taken care of. Taste the difference! They have been awarded the State DHIA quality milk award every year since 2001 and also have received the platinum dairy quality award based on milk measures, protocols, and safeguards. The Platinum Award is distributed by the NMC, a leading organization on milk quality in the United States.

Items for order:  Whole Milk, 2% Milk, Skim Milk, Chocolate Milk, Heavy Cream, Half & Half, Orange Juice, & Apple Cider!

First Orders in by Tuesday, February 15th!

Orders accepted by the Previous Tuesday of your scheduled pick up. Pick up days are the following Friday or Saturday.

If you are interested or need more details check out our online order form!

just lettn you know that we have cancelled Bring Your Word’s this month, Saturday Feb 19th.

1.7.11: First Friday: 6:30pm – 9pm Featuring The Scavenger collection of Daniel Rhinier. For years and years Daniel has encouraged his habit of collecting beautiful and odd items of the past, such as fun pictures from the 60s

1.15.11: Bring Your Words: 7pm-9pm Bring your poetry, rap, prose, verse, or inspired writings to this chill evening of sharing

1.6,13,2011:Book Club Meets 7pm-8:30pm. Come join conversation discussing the book  Code of the Street Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City

1.17.2011: Martin Luther King Jr Party! 4-6pm. We will be throwin a party to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr! and the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the Journey of Justice flowin’ through our streets today. We will have a collection of musicians, poets, writers, readers (of favorite MLK quotes & paragraphs), and dancers to present works that similarly advocate equality adn justice in the light of Martin Luther King Jr. Come join! and $1 off lattes!!

1. 28.2010: Peace Talk 6:30pm. Shalom House will be hosting a guest speaker, Mary-Jo Metaxas, to share with us about her recent journey as nurse in Sudan. Please come and listen