http://citizensalon.org/blog Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:24:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Master Gardener, Lee Schneller will present a slide presentation on these gardens from her travels and her work. To learn more about her work please visit her website April 5th 4-5:00 PM at Zero Station for more info go to the maine chapter of the Japan America Society website Other Salon News: Yes yes, we ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=145 Tonight February Meetup: Rain Gardens w/Mary Gilbertson held at ZeroStation For more info go to to the metup site *** Thanks for everyone who got out on the Snowy Sunday Caucus- WOOHOO! A sea change of Democracy! http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=144 Although I personally attended only the second of the two Congressional Candidate Forums, I felt fortunate that Maine has such good people running for public office. And despite my seemingly endless ability to be pessimistic about our National state of affairs, sharing the same space, the same food ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=143 Over the next two weeks we will be hosting our Democratic Congressional Candidates, please join us if you can. This week January 16th: We will be hosting, Chellie Pingree, Adam Cote, and Steve Meister Next Wednesday January 23rd: We will be hosting, Ethan Strimling, Michael Brennan and Mark Lawrence There have ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=142 Wednesday night of this past week, I stopped at Rosemont bought wine & cheese and asked for the end of the day Focaccia/bread for our Salon event. Rosemont happily gave delicious bread for the event. When I arrived at nearly 6;30 it was quiet, hardly anyone there. I ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=141 Open Waters Theatre Arts and Zero Station Present excerpts from Wallace Shawn’s The Fever Performances January 10th- 20th at Zero Station Please view all the details on this webpage FeverFest 2008 CitizenSalon will have special sneak peaks of both Actors Jennie Hahn and Keith Anctil performances, followed by a discussion with the ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=140 I will get back to complete this post but keep in mind these dates: January 9th A partial reading of Wallace Shawn’s THE FEVER by Open Waters Theatre Arts followed by an open discussion on this provocative piece January 16th Maine’s Congressional Candidates January 23rd Maine’s Congressional Candidates More soon Cost of the ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=139 Hosted by Lisa Fernandes, tomorrow night there is a permaculture meetup at CitizenSalon’s location at ZeroStation. Meet your local “locavore” Alison LePage. Alison and her family have embarked on a local eating effort - trying to source nearly all their foods from within 100 miles. Hear about Alison’s efforts and ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=138 Our screening of Maxed Out the film, was intended to coincide with the timeliness of the holidays. It would seem that it has become part of the American tradition to over-extend ourselves with purchasing of vast quantities of stuff. This fact coupled with the sudden awareness that our illusion of ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=137 November 14th – 6:30 pm Our Fading Civil Liberties – An Update, What Should We Do, What CAN we Do??? with Shenna Bellows, executive director for the Maine Civil Liberties Union and John Paterson, volunteer attorney for the MCLU. Please note there is no CitizenSalon event on ... http://citizensalon.org/blog/?p=135