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Feb 4,
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BEADMAKING HANDS-ON & Saturday, February 4, 2012 Join us for the Sonoma County Museum’s Family Day, a fun and interactive experience for kids and adults in conjunction with the museum's exhibition on Native-American Kashaya portraits. This Family Day will celebrate Native American history with activities, demonstrations, and hands-on crafts. Traditional Kashaya kids games, beadmaking hands-on and string making demonstration, and storytelling activities throughout the museum as well an opportunity to view the exhibit Kashaya Portraits: Historic and Contemporary, highlighting the cultural heritage and generational continuity of the Kashaya Pomo people through past and recent photographs by William Heick. Website for more info: http://sonomacountymuseum.org/events/calendar.php |
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Feb 11,
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DOGBANE PRESERVE February 11, 2012 Santa Rosa, CA A Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District and LandPaths Series Hands-on demonstrations; families welcome FREE! but please pre-register at the Landpaths' page Hope to see you there:)
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Join us for a tour and stewardship project at the Open Space District's Dogbane Preserve On this outing, we will first learn how to make string from the Dogbane plant and learn why this cultural resource is being protected by the Open Space District. During the last hour we will steward the land and help the dogbane plant spread by clearing away the blackberries encroaching on this stand. Bring gloves and wear work clothes.
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July 27-29, 2012 |
NOT-SO-SIMPLE LIVING FAIR
July 27-29, 2012 at Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville, CA The Not-So-Simple Living Fair, a weekend of hands-on workshops and demonstrations celebrating rural living and homesteading skills, will be held at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville. website http://www.notsosimple.info/ The weekend starts on Friday night at dusk with a Camp-out Cabaret in the campground at the Fairgrounds (bring a song, poem or story to share). Workshops and ongoing demonstrations will be offered all day Saturday and Sunday. Saturday evening there will be a Local Food Potluck dinner (please bring food to share and your own plate, cup and utensils to eat with). Music and dancing with Pura Vida will round out and energize the evening. Displays and demonstrations, the Conversation Café, Tool Show and Tell, and Marketplace will be on-going throughout the weekend. Participants will have the opportunity to share skills and ideas. Admission is $20.00/day or $30.00/weekend, plus additional fee for camping. Youth are free. No dogs are allowed on the Fairgrounds. For more information or to volunteer to help at the Fair, email info@notsosimple.info or call (707) 684-0028. Not-So-Simple Living page on Facebook Click here to see Linda MacElwee's wonderful photodocumentation of the 2011 Not-So-Simple Fair. |
photo by Linda MacElwee
photo by Linda MacElwee |
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early September,
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NATURAL FIBER FAIR
early September, 2012 Arcata Community Center, Arcata, CA for info contact: fiberfair@yahoo.com PO Box 158 Alderpoint, CA 95511 Tamara will demonstrate stringmaking, have a sales booth & give a presentation on "Plant Fibers for Stringmaking". |
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September
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CALIFORNIA WOOL & FIBER FESTIVAL
Mendocino County Fair & Apple Show Fri through Sun, September 14-16, 2012 Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Commercial Building in Boonville, CA For general info www.fiberfestival.com Tamara will demonstrate stringmaking and netmaking all weekend and have a sales booth. |
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September
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HERB and HARVEST HOEDOWN
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October 7, 2012 |
WordUP! FAIR
Marin Civic Center San Rafael, CA Sunday, October 7, 2012 A free and fun Community Learning Fair celebrating the joy of lifetime learning. The Word Up! Fair will be a day full of authors, entertainers, local learning resources and “how to” opportunities. It is a chance for all who participate to Learn and experience something new for and about themselves, their families and the community. Website: http://wordupfair.org/ Tamara plans to host a beadmaking & stringmaking learning lounge, demonstrate hand-drill friction firemaking, and teach a one hour hands-on friction firemaking class. |
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December
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HOLIDAY FAIRE ARTISANS & CRAFTERS SALE Carl Purdy Hall, Ukiah Fairgrounds Ukiah, CA Saturday, December 1, 2012 (?) sponsored by The Waldorf School of Mendocino County. Tamara will have a sales booth. |
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December
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WINTER SOLSTICE GODDESS CRAFTS FAIR
Sebastopol Community Center 390 Morris St. Sebastopol, CA December 8-9, 2012 Hand-made Crafts - Dance - Music - Yummy Food Don’t miss this exquisite collection of handmade gifts by local & regional women! Suggested Donation: $5 - $13 (kids free) sponsored by Triple Goddess Productions Tamara will have a sales booth. |
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December
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25th Annual WILLITS HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR
Little Lake Grange Hall in Willits, CA (291 School Street) Friday, December 8th, 12 noon to 8 pm The Willits Holiday Craft Fair is a great local event featuring high quality crafts and holiday fare. Sponsored by the Willits Cultural Arts Commission. Info: Bonnie Belt 707-459-4792 email Bonnie Tamara will not be attending this year due to scheduling conflicts. |
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PALEOTECHNICS
Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder PO Box 876 Boonville, CA 95415 707-391-8683 |
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