OFF THE GRID EVENTS
Saturday, June 5, 2010
We want to extend our appreciation to those that have supported, collaborated and visited us at our past events. We had a wonderful turnout, great times and success at the Local First Mingle in February and the Creative Expo in April. Chicago Green Festival and Summer Camp was both educational and a blast! We look forward to continuing the journey of new beginnings, friendships and connections. We expect to raise the vibration and bring more educational tools to the forefront this year. Please continue to follow us and learn more. Peace and Unity for the Future. Mimi and MOE Team.
JUMP INTO THE LIGHT IN 2010
Dear MOE Community, This is an introduction to Mimi Clayton, Founder and Executive Director of Mimi’s Organic Exchange. Mimi not only runs the MOE network, she is an experienced Clinical Massage Therapist and business woman.
Mimi Clayton, CMT, ATC
Neuromuscular Massage, Sports Massage & Reiki Master
Call for an Appointment: 773.991.3835
Two convenient locations: Downtown or Northcenter. To schedule a massage, please call Mimi at 773.991.3835
Promotions:
- $20 off first time clients
- Buy 5 get 1 free (SAVINGS OF $80), Buy 10 get 3 free (SAVINGS OF $240)
- Refer 1 client, get $20 off your massage
- Refer three, get a free massage
- Buy a gift certificate, receive $20 off your massage
- $5.00 off if you reschedule within 2 days
- Athletes in season 60 min $70 90 min $110
- Athletes in season : Buy 4 get 1 free (SAVINGS OF $80), Buy 9 get 3 free (SAVINGS OF $240)
Regular Prices: 60 min $80 90 min $120
Benefits of Massage:
- Balances the mind, body and spirit
- Improves circulation and decreases toxins
- Relaxes tight muscles and improves mobilization
- Helps break down scar tissue and adhesions
- Prevents Injury
- Fortifies immune system
- Soothes away daily stresses
- Relieves pain and discomfort during and after pregnancy
- Promotes general health and wellness
For more info on massage, please visit www.amtamassage.org
Transformations: MOE Executive Founder and Director, Mimi Clayton, CMT, ATC, has a B.A. in Sports Medicine, has been a bodywork professional for 18 years and is the owner of a 10 year successful clinical massage therapy practice. Mimi is an educator and a Reiki Master. She has taught and clinically supervised student teaching at the Soma Institute and has worked in various settings including physical therapy center, fitness clubs, corporate chair massage, spa, Chicago Marathon, festivals and other outdoor events. Mimi is a certified Athletic Trainer and her clients include elite marathoners, cyclists , triathletes and martial artists. She is a rehab specialist, as well as a healer. Mimi incorporates neuromuscular, deep tissue, sports, thai yoga, reflexology, reiki and energy work in her treatments to customize each individual’s treatment and healing process.
RESTRUCTURING REALITY
Friday, June 4, 2010 7pm-10:30pm
A SHAMANIC ARTS WORKSHOP:
The year’s astro stand-off (Saturn opposed Uranus) has reached an interesting turning point. Uranus (now together with Jupiter) has been urging us to burst out into our new spiritual realities. While Saturn demands we look at our ‘shit’ and clean up old messes before we move on.
Jupiter’s newly optimistic impulse is making the difference. If we’ve been doing our jobs cleaning out the karmic closets and balancing the check-books of our personal e-male-and-female, our fun and phone-y lists, something has shifted. Perhaps we don’t need to ‘heal’ the past, in that old medical-mechanical model in which you replace the spark plugs of rusted old relationships and hope the engine keeps running; but a new understanding begins to dawn that our future may lie in our past redux.
Instead of seeing the old wounds and imperfections as events visited upon us which we must overcome to go forward, we may look at them the way an artist looks at a painting which did not fully express the original intention; amend, paint over, re-express, recreate. As though our past were a learning process through which we can finally master; rebuild, re-envision, restring the plan-net in which we have captured our own consciousness.
The shamanic intuition, fully unleashed, merges past and future into present (the gift) of continual re-creation, ourselves the gods and guides of our destinies.
This workshop will offer techniques through breath, sound and visualization to Re-Structure our reality.
Location: 3840 N. Bell Ave, Chicago
Cost: $35 (partial scholarships available on request). Bring dreams, memories, yearnings, hopes.
Snacks to share welcome. Bring your dreams, both kinds, your friends and your willingness to experience in new ways. If possible please let us know ahead if you are considering attending : John Sacelli 773.761.0252 salynx@yahoo.com or Mimi Clayton 773.991.3835 info@mimisorganicexchange.com
John Sacelli has spent 40 years exploring alternative therapies, spiritual paths, healing, and shamanism. While experiencing a series of Shamanic Visions, he met his totem Lynx (links) who introduced him to a series of inter-dimensional, alternative and past life adventures, and also to the subject of ‘Angelish, the Original Language’. John lives and works in Chicago. www.johnsacelli.org
Words are spelled because they are castings of spells. Words are placed in sentences because we are sentenced to live by the spells we cast. Angelish, the ‘Original Language’, is the base for the angeLynx Oracle, developed by Poet-Intuitive John Sacelli in conjunction with Visionary Artist Chris Deschaine. www.angeLynx.com .
Potluck, Songs and Snacks: Sunday, June 6, 2010 2-5pm
Workshops with Louise Cloutier, Vocal Instigator
FREE song circle, in Roscoe Village (address available w/ RSVP)
It’s another pull-up-a-chair-and-share-a-tune event. This time (weather permitting) we’ll be singing OUTDOORS!
Bring some snacks and songs to share. Looking forward to hearing you!
1) listen to your neighbor’s song before you listen to your own.
2) listen to who your neighbor is, before you listen to their song.
Feedback from one of the songsters: “We stopped acting like strangers and started to laugh and open up. I loved being with you all. I want to go back and do it all over again.”
To register or for more information, email louise@voiceborne.com or visit www.voiceborne.com
LOUISE CLOUTIER, sound healer and holistic voice teacher. Use the sacred power of your own voice, to speak your truth, release old toxins and set your soul free! Workshops, classes and private sessions in Evanston, www.voiceborne.com
Pets @ Paulina: Saturday, June 5, 2010 12pm-3pm
Sam & Willy’s has organized a street-wide pet adoption event for Saturday June 6th from 12pm to 3pm. As you know, finding new homes for dogs & cats can be significantly aided by having prospective adopters see the pets in person.
You can help us spread the word about Pets @ Paulina and help connect some of Chicago’s homeless pets with homes that are petless in several ways -
1. Link to their Facebook Event page, sign up to attend the event, and invite your friends who may be interested.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=83393156783&ref=mf
2. Forward this e-mail and their web site www.petsatpaulina.com to friends you may know are considering adopting a new pet and let them know of the event.
Thank you for your consideration of helping spread the word for Pets @ Paulina.
And, as always, thank you for your support!
For more info, tdaniels@samandwillys.com 773.404.0400
Janet Kohl’s Restoration of Spirit: Opening Night: June 18th, 2010 7pm-10pm
Rejuvestate proudly presents:
Janet Kohl’s Restoration of Spirit, a Evanston Landmark showcase house 2 week event to benefit Design for Dignity and the Citizens Lighthouse Community Land Trust.
Lynn Reidl, founder of Rejuvestate, is the mastermind behind the Designer Showcase House and Gardens. Kohl, with the help of area designers, created environments where art and your soul can come together to make a sanctuary of the home. The project theme focuses on the journey of potent connections from foundation to décor. This multi-faceted event is about the history of the home, the restoration of home & self, and our interactive workshops.
When: June 18th – July 3rd Where: 1046 N Sheridan – Lake Shore Historic District of Evanston
Why: We hope to raise awareness of the importance of creating home environments that help the body and spirit in a healing way. We promote sustainable design, building, preservation, and health conscious environments. (low voc, nature as innovator & mentor, products with low chemical, reusing and restoring whenever possible).
We hope the restoration, art, and design will inspire any guests that visit the home. Further details: http://1046sheridan.com
Mimi’s Organic Exchange will be volunteering to help out at the event. Come support a good time.
DJ Limbs and Butter release their debut single “Mad Jazz Noodle” b/w “The Wimp”: Friday, June 18, 2010 9pm-12am
Mars Gallery and on the web http://www.petermarsauthentic.com
1139 W Fulton Market Chicago, IL
A collaboration that started after meeting at a Chicago loft party, the two bring their unique experiences and influences to the table. Through collaborations over the internet, and meetups in Curitiba, Brazil and Chicago, Illinois they have recorded songs that span across age, location and genre. The results are “Mad Jazz Noodle”, a dance record that shifts between downtempo and drum n bass, and “The Wimp” a poignant tale sung over an electronic fury. These samples present a small section of the musical pallete on their upcoming album “The Many Flavors of Bittersweet”.
Ruth’s songwriting background in rock and RnB, mixed with her native Brazilian rhythms and knack for improvisation brings an exotic, jazzy vocal melody to DJ Limbs’ textured beats. It is easy to hear her fine-tuned sensibilities from many years of experience in top Chicago studios and producing bands in Brazil. On the production-side, DJ Limbs seamlessly combines influences from hiphop, jazz, funk, drum n bass and EDM creating an organic yet futuristic sound. His drive to experiment with new technology and across genres brings Ruth’s songs to new spaces.
The results are tracks that appeal to a wide-range of genre aficionados and general music lovers alike. Niches that vary from downtempo to dubstep, indie hiphop and nu-jazz find a recognizable sonic quality in the music to please their tastes.
More about Victor Carreon: www.djlimbs.com
A DJ, producer, remixer, composer, sound designer and boom operator, Victor aka DJ Limbs is an all around lover of sound. From his upbringing in Switzerland, the Philippines and the US, Limbs applies his cultural diversity to his music and is known to play hiphop, soul, house, electro, dubstep, afrobeat, reggae, rock, punk and top 40 all in the same night. He is comfortable with just vinyl, two tables and a mixer, or with Serato, Ableton Live and a couple of midi controllers. His versatility allowed him to also participate in programming sounds for the Xbox 360 game Saint’s Row, composing film soundtracks for Chicago’s film festivals and directing voice talent for electronic books. His Chicago nights: Music is the Weapon, Soul Sauce and The Booty Caboose are developing a following for filling gaps needed in the city’s nightlife.
More about Ruth Varella:
The lead singer of Butter, a native Brazilian who immigrated to the states as a child worked at Jive Records for many years next to Stephen George (aka Stevo, producer/chief audio engineer at Battery Studios in Chicago) participating in sessions with Aaliyah, R. Kelly, Backstreet Boys, Mary J. Blige and Smashing Pumpkins among others. In the 90′s, Varella formed her band Butter, playing Chicago clubs around Wicker Park, Wrigleyville, and downtown Chicago. When Battery Studios was sold in 2001, Stevo moved to NYC and opened his own production company called GTSP (Gimme That Sound Productions), and kept Varella as his assistant producer. This gave her the wings to fly to Brazil and produce bands, including the first demo of Copacabana Club, the full-length album of Anacronica, Lighthouse, and the recent vocal production for Colorphonic. Two of these bands have found early success: Copacapaba Club recently opened for Moby in Sao Paulo Brazil, while Anacronica has recently been signed by Sony.
A-side audio available at:
http://earhumps.com/Media/10-0099%20Side%20A%20Mad%20Jazz%20Noodle.mp3
Press release available at:
http://earhumps.com/Media/LimbsAndButterPressRelease.pdf
Living La Vida Verde Saturday, June 19, 2010 10am-9pm
Greenheart and Center for Cultural Interchange present Chicago’s 2nd annual eco-urbanite celebration: athree part fiesta beach cleanup, workshop series and party.
10 AM – NOON Beach Cleanup @ Ohio Street Beach
Ohio Street Beach, 400 N Lake Shore Drive
10-10:20 AM: Yoga warm-up presented by Yoga Now
10:30-11:30 AM: Beach cleanup competition with prizes
11:45 AM: Quench your Thirst for H20 Info by Amy Talbot, Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning
1-6 PM Eco-Urban Workshops @ the Greenheart Center
Greenheart Center, 746 N LaSalle Drive
1 PM: Cooking with Local Cuisine by Chicago celebrity chef, Cleetus Friedman of City Provisions
2 PM: Green Smoothies for Health by the amazing Bonita Kindle, RawFood Chef & Nutrition Coach
3 PM: Indoor Composting by Urban Worm Girls
4 PM: Biofuels Getting Gritty in the City by Chicago BioFuels
5 PM: Don’t Always need that AC-Energy Efficiency for the Urban Life by Green Dream Group
6-9 PM World Dance Party @ the Greenheart Shop
Greenheart Shop, 1911 W Division Street
7 PM: Brazilian Samba Performance by local dancers, including renown performer Ashley Klein and a Concert by Chicago percussionist Jose Rendon presented by Greenheart Travel
Enjoy local organic beer, fair trade wine, and local organic treats while dancing the night away. The GreenheartShop www.greenheartshop.org knows how to throw a party.
FREE! OPEN TO ALL AGES
More Info? Contact Andrea Dennis call 312.264.1629 or email events@greenheart.us www.greenheart.us
Living La Vida Verde is brought to you by Greenheart, with support from the Center for Cultural Interchange, a non profit cultural exchange organization founded in Illinois in 1985. For more Info info, visit this rap video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmmoDhDifhQ
Mimi’s Organic Exchange will be volunteering to help out at the event. Come support a good time.
Green Music Fest 2010: Saturday, June 26, 2010 and Sunday, June 27, 2010 Noon-10pm
Mimi Clayton, Founder and Director of Mimi’s Organic Exchange & Transformations will be collaborating with In-Spirit Creations. Mimi will be rocking the chair massage and Lotus Body products. In-Spirit Creations has a variety of retail that will entice you. Stop by and say hello at our booth on Chicago Ave. between Ashland and Noble. www.mimisorganicexchange.com
Featuring Environmentally-Friendly Vendors, Services and Cutting Edge MusicChicago’s West Town will receive a fresh green coat this summer as it plays host to the Green Music Fest, Saturday June 26th through Sunday, June 27th on Chicago Ave. between Ashland and Noble. The innovative green technology-themed event will reflect the hip and environmentally-conscious West Town community by fusing original live music with green vendors, services and local retail, art, craft and food vendors.
Target Audience Green Music Fest will appeal to a wide audience. West Town neighbors, families, and Chicago-land festival, art, and music enthusiasts of all ages will attend the event. The cutting edge music and green theme will appeal to a hip, worldly, and sophisticated local crowd, average attendee estimated to be 19-30 years of age. Estimated Attendance: 10,000+
The Green Theme The brainchild of the West Town Chicago Chamber of Commerce, the Green Music Fest is where thousands of people who care for the environment will unite to enjoy high quality music and discover new ways to go “green.” There will be local retail, art and craft vendors, plus a green vendor village.
With the support of the City of Chicago Department of Environment’s Chicago Center for Green Technology, who is sponsoring the green section of the event, an estimated 60-plus vendors and sponsors will participate in the second annual Green Music Fest.
The event will also be produced in the most eco-friendly way possible with bio-diesel fuel operated generators, biodegradable plastic cups, recycling and composting options, free bike valet courtesy of Active Transportation Alliance and Special Service Area 29, and much more.
Learn about all of our Green Initiatives here! http://www.greenmusicfestchicago.com/initiatives.html
The Live Music The 2010 live music line up at Green Music Fest will be programmed by local live music venue Subterranean, which has a well-respected reputation in Chicago for booking top-notch, cutting edge talent. For more info on the lineup for Green Music Fest, visit http://www.greenmusicfestchicago.com/music.html
Admission to the Green Music Fest is $5 suggested donation. Hours of operation both days are noon to 10 pm.
General Event Contact: West Town Chicago Chamber of Commerce (WTCCC) 1819 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 T 312-850-9390 F 312-850-9414 info@westtownchamber.org
The West Town Chicago Chamber of Commerce is committed to serving businesses in West Town. The WTCCC Board of Directors believes that it is important to maintain the diversity of the neighborhood; to create a balance between old and new by retaining existing businesses; as well as marketing the area and attracting new businesses. The chamber will serve members by representing the majority’s views on neighborhood issues to City and State representatives; and by providing technical assistance and affordable marketing programs.
The WTCCC is also the sole service provider for Special Service Area #29. SSA#29 was established in 2004 to provide maintenance and beautification activities and programs; for recruitment and promotion of new businesses to the area and retention and promotion of existing businesses within the area; to provide coordinated marketing and promotional activities and strategic planning for the general development of the area; financing of storefront facade improvements; parking and transit programs; and other technical assistance activities to promote commercial and economic development.
Mimi’s Organic Exchange (MOE) is a business, arts and healing network committed to socially, environmentally and spiritually sustainable products and services. Engaging people in a fun, social environment, MOE promotes building sustainable connections in a vibrant world.
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