Mimi's Organic Exchange

Saturday, August 8th 12:00 – 7:00 pm

Sunday, August 9th 12:00 – 6:00 pm

Mimi’s Organic Exchange (MOE) is a business, arts and healing network committed to socially, environmentally and spiritually sustainable products and services. A cornerstone of Mimi’s Organic Exchange is creating community through support of local micro-businesses.

Mimi’s Organic Exchange is not just an event, it’s an experience. A way of life.

Green Spa at Home

Eleanor Reily, Owner and Creative Director of Eleanor Reily Handmade Soaps, has been using and making spa quality beauty products made from fresh, safe and organic ingredients right from the kitchen for over 30 years. She works in the Chicago region to educate and empower adults in her popular Green Spa series, using her talents and personal experiences to teach us recipes and suggestions for safe and beneficial cleansers, moisturizers and more to take care of our skin like Mother Nature intended. A popular writer and accomplished public speaker on all things Green, she has a strong and loyal following of others who advocate a more balanced, conscious and earth-friendly lifestyle. For more info, please visitwww.eleanorsoaps.com

Karen Heart, Life Coach: Sunday, August 9th, 1:00 pm

Communication and Self-Esteem, Relationships and Stress.

Psychotherapist and Life Coach Karen Heart, Author of The Fine Print of Happiness, will explain how you can resolve conflicts, strengthen your relationships, and get the support you need through better communication techniques. She will lead a discussion about the problems we all face and how we can cope with them and reduce our stress. Her tools help people strengthen their relationships, boost their self-esteem, and find some inner peace. For more information, please visit www.karenlifecoach.com.

Descendants of nomads and artists… we carry with us memories, wind, and the dust of ancestors. Our sound touches on the edge of a space between cultures, melodies heard just before sleeping with dancing rhythms beat out by the bones of lost sages. With Juliann Wang on guitar and Graham Nelson on flute and harmonica, this is the Borderland.

Zach Livingston: Saturday, August 8th, 5:00 pm & Sunday, August 9th, 4:00 pm

Zach puts together his sound by molding the sensibilities of a folk singer-songwriter with the passion of a soul singer and the smiling melancholy of a bluesman. Having done a lot of traveling and seen a lot of things, Zach has a lot of stories and sentiments set to music – but the real aim is to find something timeless in those stories and write songs people really connect with. Music by a vagabond, written for everyone – best taken with a tall frosty beverage, a grain of salt, and a love of life. More info atwww.zachlivingston.com.

Jeremy Richards: Sunday, August 9th, 2:00 pm

With a music style that sounds like a cross between Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer, Jeremy Richards can be found at Murphy’s Bleachers in Chicago on Thursday nights and Key Wester in Naperville on Tuesday nights. More info at www.myspace.com/jeremyrichardsmusic.