NOVEMBER VEGETARIAN/VEGAN EVENTS
NCVS  EVENT - DECEMBER 14

• December 14, Sunday, 5 PM  NCVS potluck with  Zaac Chaves who is an uber-environmentalist known for his long-distance biking, freegan antics, wild mushroom knowledge, couch surfing, and home-made tire shoes.  He has bicycled down to Florida and up to Canada.   Zaac will be discussing long-distance riding on a vegan diet, and how it not only relates to other cruelty-free practices(such as those strategies outlined on freegan.info), but how these are all encompassing a single practice of both a cruelty-free and fulfilling lifestyle.  This will be a discussion style presentation for all willing attendees to contribute to.  Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $5 per adult is requested; children are free. The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at joycegre@aol.com.
• January 25, Sunday, 5 PM  NCVS potluck with Curtis and Kristin Griffing of Healthpath, Windsor.  They will show how to live a lifestyle that promotes healing and health, lose unwanted weight, create stamina, eliminate sickness, eat food that control emotion and give power to the brain, sort out facts from propaganda.  They will demo live/raw delicious foods and  provide samples .   Bring a healthy vegan dish (live foods if possible) to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $7 per adult is requested; children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at joycegre@aol.com.
• February 22, Sunday, 5 PM   Celtic/Irish Evening.  NCVS will be entertained  by Celtic Band featuring Lisa Furman and Chris Teskey Band.  Naturally, attendees will bring  a healthy vegan Celtic dish (if possible)  to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $10 per adult is requested; children are free. Reservations are requested as this is a popular event.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at joycegre@aol.com.
   

EVENTS FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS

• December 3, Wednesday, 6 PM   Maribeth Abrams will teach a gluten-free Party Appetizers class at the Community Room of Whole Foods, Glastonbury, CT.   This is free.  Samples will be served.  People will be turned away if the room is full so reserve your place in the class by registering in advance at (860) 652-9800.  For more information, email Maribeth at mb@deliciousadventures.com.

• December 6, Saturday, 6 PM  Sproutman Steve Meyerowitz will speak on "Year Round Kitchen Gardening - Lower Your Food Bill, Raise Your Nutrition" at  Catch A Healthy Habit Cafe, 487A Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT.  Cost is $10 if sent to the Cafe before December 6 or $15 at the door if spaces remain.  For more information, call (203) 521-7648 or email catchahealthyhabit@yahoo.com.
   

• December 6, Saturday, 6 PM  Boston Vegetarian Society will have holiday season free tasting of vegan desserts at Fiore's Bakery and Cafe, 55 South Street,  Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA.   Fiore's also offers some vegan savories so you can buy soup and sandwich before trying the free desserts if you'd like.  Fiore's telephone number is (617) 524-9200.  For more information, see  www.BostonVeg.org or call Evelyn Kimber at  (617)  424-8846.
   
• December 7, Sunday, 1 PM   Worcester Vegan Meetup will have a potluck at Maple Farm Sanctuary, 65 Water Street, Worcester,  MA.   The telephone number for the Sanctuary is (508) 473-7539.   For more information,  see http://vegan.meetup.com/365. 
   
• December 14, Sunday, 5 PM  NCVS potluck with Zaac Chaves who is an uber-environmentalist known for his long-distance biking, freegan antics, wild mushroom knowledge, couch surfing, and home-made tire shoes.  He has bicycled down to Florida and up to Canada.   Zaac will be discussing long-distance riding on a vegan diet, and how it not only relates to other cruelty-free practices (such as those strategies outlined on freegan.info), but how these are all encompassing a single practice of both a cruelty-free and fulfilling lifestyle.  This will be a discussion style presentation for all willing attendees to contribute to.  Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $5 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT  is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, call Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at joycegre@aol.com.
    

• December 14, Sunday, 5:30 PM   Valley Vegan Society will have their potluck at Evolution Cafe, 12 Chestnut Street, Florence, MA.  Admisssion is $2.  The telephone number for Evolution Cafe is (413) 586-0200.   Bring a vegan dish to share at the potluck.  The after-dinner speaker will be Dr. Kumara Sidhartha, a vegan physician from Cape Cod, who will speak on "Getting the best out of plant-foods". For more information, see http://vegan.meetup.com/163/.
   

• December 18, Thursday, 6:30 PM   Benefit for The Compassionate Living Project will be delicious dinner at China Pan Restraurant, 1600 S. East Road, Farmington, CT.   Tickets are $28 per person.  Space is limited to a maximum of 40 people. Please make checks payable to The Compassionate Living Project and mail to:  P.O. Box 202, Granby, CT  06035.   For more information or reservations, call Barbara Day (860) 429-8026 or Karen Laski (860) 646-4258 or email krlaski@snet.net.   The Compassionate Living Project is a non-profit humane education organization whose mission is to advocate ethical consumerism. They accomplish this by cultivating critical thinking about consumer choices and empowering individuals with practical suggestions to practice sustainable and compassionate living.
   

• December 20, Saturday, 6:30PM-Midnight   Northampton Center For The Arts is celebrating Soyalangwul by featuring Shokazoba, DJ Brando, Drum Circle and Open Stage.   Soyalangwul is the winter solstice ceremony of the Hopi Indians, known as the  “The Peaceful Ones”.  The purpose of the ritual is to ceremonially bring the sun back from its long winter slumber.    We will begin the festivities with open stage performances themed around solstice and renewal, transitioning into a drum circle led by Kwame from Ghana, Africa and the Shokazoba rhythm section. The second half of the evening will open up the dance floor to the global beat styles of DJ Brando and followed by an Afrobeat jam session to wake up the sun featuring Shokazoba! Food and drinks will be available from Oh Sweet Mama's Vegan Bakery and Raw Daddy's Raw Pizza Snacks.  Cost is $8 per adult.  Children are free.  For more information, call the VeganBus at (413) 320-1001 or see http://theveganbus.com or email theveganbus@mac.com

• January 25, Sunday, 5 PM  NCVS potluck with Curtis and Kristin Griffing of Healthpath, Windsor.  They will show how to live a lifestyle that promotes healing and health, lose unwanted weight, create stamina, eliminate sickness, eat food that control emotion and give power to the brain, sort out facts from propaganda.  They will demo live/raw delicious foods and  provide samples .   Bring a healthy vegan dish (live foods if possible) to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $7 per adult is requested; children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at joycegre@aol.com.

• February 22, Sunday, 5 PM   Celtic/Irish Evening.  Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society will be entertained  by Celtic Band featuring Lisa Furman and Chris Teskey Band.  Naturally, attendees will bring  a healthy vegan Celtic dish (if possible)  to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $10 per adult is requested; children are free. The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at joycegre@aol.com.
   

   

• Maribeth Abrams New Tofu 1-2-3 DVD!
• It's No Joke: Even Animals Laugh - Scientists suspect that the panting behavior exhibited by dogs during "play chasing" is an analog for human laughter.
  
  
• Vegetarian Is The New Pruis http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/47668/
   
• UN report on "Livestock's long shadow" http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html
   
• Check out the Farm Sanctuary Calendar for upcoming events!
  
  
• NCVS member rescues farm animals. Click here for info about adoption or donations.
  
  

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