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Thank you to our great friend Jeff for spreading the free skool love!
http://theravenreview.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/free-your-dependence-at-freeskool/

Welcome to April!

March Schedule

Check out our calendar for March. You'll also be able to find hard copies of Freeskool around town at strategic locations including: Prescott College Library, Wild Iris, New Frontiers, Pangaea Bakery, and more!

Freeskool is back!

We're offering a new set of events, classes, and workshops for March 2012.
Freeskool is only as awesome as you make it, so get involved.
Contact us if you have ideas for what classes should be offered or if you would like to teach a class.

early May

Community Contacts
E-mail freeskool@riseup.net if you would like to be connected with people who know how to:
** Brew Beer ** Make Tinctures ** Ferment Kombucha **

Every Wednesday
Organic Eco-Gardening-Sprouting -Foraging Community
Plant Swap & Ideas Exchange
7 pm // The Happy Oasis – 4395 Lake Fork Lane

Every Thursday
Harvest Local Produce
8 am // Kathy’s – Danita and Northside

Every Friday
Pick up Soccer
4 pm // Granite Creek Park

Every Saturday
Karma Farm Meeting
Learn how to get involved with your local, urban farm.
10 am // Prescott Public Library

Pick up Soccer
4 pm // Granite Creek Park

Every Sunday
Capoeira
Play Capoeira, a dynamic African Brazilian art form
combining martial arts, music, acrobatics and folk
lore in an exciting class that will challenge your
body and inspire your mind. Come prepared to
move, ie sweatpants or long shorts, for inverted
movements.
6 – 8 pm // Granite Performing Arts Center, 218 N. Granite

May 5
Cinco de Mayo Concert
documentary film Fifteen Years Down the Road.
La Merma (Nogales, MX) – Standard Deviance (Tucson, AZ)
– Mute Paint (Riverside, CA) – Mortal Atrocity (Davis, CA)
– Butte Creek Boys (Prescott)
5 pm // Mariposa Building – 301 Grove Ave

May 6
The Fifth Ever Karma Farma Palooza
Art gallery – Music – Games – Face painting – Food preservation
– Dog games - Tasty food and beer potluck
noon to 10 pm // 623 Brannen Ave
email freeskool@riseup.net if you want to be involved

May 9
Freeskool Meeting GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR LOCAL, URBAN FREESKOOL
8 pm // the lion’s den, 430 Lincoln avenue

Dear Prescott,
We want to fix you a scrumptious picnic, but we don’t have anywhere to cook it. If you are interested in vegetables, grains, treats, and sharing food with everyone at the courthouse square, please consider hosting Food Not Bombs in your kitchen.
Love, FNB Prescott
email freeskool@riseup.net

Late April 2011

Community Contacts

E-mail freeskool@riseup.net if you would like to be connected with people who know how to:

** Brew Beer ** Make Tinctures ** Ferment Kombucha **

Every Thursday

Harvest Local Produce

8:00 am // Kathy’s – Danita and Northside

Processing Potluck

Come learn how to process food and herbs. Bring gallon glass jars, large containers, and grain alcohol if you can donate any. Bring food for dinner if you’d like.

7:00 pm // the lion’s den – 430 Lincoln avenue

Every Friday

Pick up Soccer Seed Cleaning and Saving

4:00 pm // Granite Creek Park 7:30 pm // 805 Dameron Drive

Every Saturday

Karma Farm Meeting

Learn how to get involved with your local, urban farm.

10:00 am // Prescott Public Library

Pick up Soccer

4:00 pm // Granite Creek Park

Every Sunday

Capoeira

Play Capoeira, a dynamic African Brazilian art form combining martial arts, music, acrobatics and folk lore in an exciting class that will challenge your body and inspire your mind. Come prepared to move, i.e. sweatpants or long shorts, for inverted movements.

6 – 8 pm // Granite Performing Arts Center, 218 N. Granite

Saturday, April 16^th

Chalk It UP! Prescott 2011 is a community supported, family-centered artist endeavor intended to cultivate and support the creativity in people of all ages and abilities. No previous experience is required. Experience the tradition of the I Madonnari street painters.. 928-308-8762 www.PrescottChalkArt.com.

Sat & Sun 10 am – 4 pm // Summit Bank parking lot, 201 N. Montezuma

Get Out…Get Into It! Discover Prescott’s Natural History

Discover Prescott’s Natural History is a one-day festival anchored by the dedication of the Watson Willow Lakes Ecosystem Important Bird Area (IBA). The event includes a full day of free activities for individuals and families. 12 pm – 12 am //

For more information and to register for activities go to: http://www.prescottaudubon.org/events/

Sunday, April 17^th

Chalk It UP! DAY 2. 10 am – 4 pm // Summit Bank parking lot, 201 N. Montezuma

Friday, April 22^nd

Earth Day Manifestival! at Prescott College, 220 Grove Avenue

-> The Learning Conference- Presentations/workshops on sustainable community through a spectrum of disciplines. Bring a vegetable for the ‘Stone Soup’ // 12–5

-> ‘Stone Soup’ Community Dinner- Vegetables donated to the Learning Conference will be used to create soup for our community dinner with breads and grains provided by local food advocates. // 5:30- 9 pm // Crossroads Community Room,

Saturday, April 23^rd

Earth Day Manifestival!

->Community Caucus Group Process- Community Vision! 12 – 5 // Chapel

->Coalesce Community with Verbobala – music, art, dancing, food!

Saturday, April 30^th

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day Celebration

Participate in free demonstrations of a variety of Tai Chi and Qigong styles.

10 – 11:30 am // Granite Creek Park

Monday, April 25^th

Freeskool Meeting GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR LOCAL, URBAN FREESKOOL

8 pm // the lion’s den, 430 Lincoln avenue

!! ….Look forward to KARMAFARMAPALOOZA in early May… !!

March 31 - April 22

Every Thursday

Processing Potluck

Come learn how to process food and herbs.

Bring gallon glass jars, large containers, and

grain alcohol if you can donate any. Bring food for dinner.

6:00 pm // the lion’s den – 430 lincoln avenue

Every Friday

Pick up Soccer

4:00 pm // Granite Creek Park

Seed Cleaning and Saving

7:30 pm // 805 Dameron Drive

Every Saturday

Karma Farm Meeting

Learn how to get involved with your local, urban farm.

10:00 am // Prescott Public Library

Pick up Soccer

4:00 pm // Granite Creek Park

Every Sunday

Food Not Bombs

cook: 1 pm // 318 S. Marina #1

eat: 3 pm // NW Corner of the Courthouse Square

Thursday, March 31st

Harvest Local Produce

8:00 am // Kathy’s – Danita and Northside

Dry Farming

2:00 pm // Grandma’s – 708 Dougherty

Wednesday, April 6th

Edible Extravaganza!!!!

Learn to make kombucha, yogurt, tinctures, homebrew, dried foods, compost, sourdough, spice masalas and other delicious foods in the cycle. Seed swap. Potluck start at 6:30. Lecture on nutrition from 6:40-7:00 pm. please bring jars to bring foods home. everyone and all invited!

6:30 – 8:30 pm // Prescott College Crossroads Center 215 garden St.

Saturday, April 9th

Water Security: An Evolving Emergency

Water is the one indispensable resource. It is the lifeblood that sustains life. When water is threatened, all living things are threatened. Yet we treat it as a commodity and fail to respect its essential nature. We are already creating an emergency that will be made worse with increasingly extreme climate events. Ecosa Institute Director Tony Brown will review the current state of global and local water supplies and propose methodologies for securing our water resources into the distant future.

10 – 12 noon // Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 882 Sunset (two blocks behind True Value).

Monday, April 11th

Slowfood Prescott Meeting

Meetings begin with a Local Foods Potluck, so prepare and share a dish containing at least one local ingredient and come hungry!

5:00 pm // Prescott College Crossroads Center 215 Garden St.

Thursday, April 14th

Buttons with Sophie

Help me use up these crafts! Make buttons (badges) and whatever else. Bring images or/and ideas! Snacks are cool, too.

4:00 pm // 888 ½ Valley St. (behind True Value. house is behind the garage)

Saturday, April 16th

Printmaking Workshop

Come join us for a FREE introduction to linocuts! Supplies are provided but if you have your own carving tools I'd recommend bringing them. Also, bring any fancy papers or certain inks that you prefer. INVITE your friends!

12 – 4:00 pm // Sam Hill Warehouse - 3D Studio 232 N. Granite St.

Monday, April 18th

Freeskool Meeting

Learn how to get involved with your local, urban freeskool! also, come get help planning your class or check in about how your class went.

7 pm // the lion’s den – 430 Lincoln Avenue

Tuesday, April 22nd

Earthday MANIFESTIVAL

Learning Conference addressing aspects of Sustainable Community Development such as Seafood Consumption Awareness, Tea Time and Seed Balls, Rebuilding Community in Haiti, Presentations by 4H After School Program and more!

12 – 5:00 pm // Prescott College – 215 Grove Avenue

coming up…

Cinco de Mayo Concert- May 5th

documentary film Fifteen Years Down the Road. La Merma (Nogales, MX) – Standard Deviance (Tucson, AZ) – Mute Paint (Riverside, CA) – Mortal Atrocity (Davis, CA) – Butte Creek Boys (Prescott)