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. Please continue to follow us and learn more. Peace and Unity for the Future. Mimi and the MOE Team.

Anyone interested in a Shamanic Arts Workshop, please contact John Sacelli 773.761.0252 salynx@yahoo.com or Mimi Clayton 773.991.3835 info@mimisorganicexchange.com We are excited to host another workshop and hope you can join for this original evening. For more info on the past event, visit http://mimisorganicexchange.com/category/events/

DEVON UNCOMMON GROUND FARMER’S MARKET: EVERY FRIDAY 4PM-8PM IN THE PARKING LOT

Devon Uncommon Ground 1401 W. Devon www.uncommonground.com

Featuring the Honky Tonk Happy Happy Hour with Rotating Live Bluegrass Acts, 6-8pm

Featured Vendors This Summer: Katherine Anne Confections, Harvest Moon Organic produce and CSA, Bark Bark Club Pet Services, Nomadic Ant Jewelry, Sweet Sophie, Recycle Me Organic T-shirts, Robinson’s Beef, Tomato Mountain, Slow Food, Mimi’s Organic Exchange, Transformations & many, many more…

FREE TASTING TABLES featuring: Goose Island Brewery, Rain Organic Vodka, Casa Noble Organic Tequila, Girasole Organic Wines, 360 Vodka, Half Acre Brewery, Templeton Rye, Hum, Metropolitan Brewery, North Shore Distillery, Koval

OPEN HOUSE! Tour the Nations First Certified Organic Rooftop Farm during their Farmer’s Market open house at uncommon ground every Friday during the Market from 4-8pm. Farmer Dave and his urban agriculture interns will be on hand to show you what’s growing over the summer on the roof.

Farmer Friday Farmer’s Market Helps the Neighborhood Chicago Waldorf School has partnered with Harvest Moon Organic Farms for fund-raising, charity and good times at the Farmer Friday Farmer’s Market at Uncommon Ground. CWS volunteers assist Harvest Moon by unloading produce and delivering pre-paid boxes of organic foods to customers at the market. In exchange, CWS keeps proceeds from any additional food sales made to walk-up customers. All leftover produce is donated to Care for Real -working to feed around 3000 people in need in the Edgewater area.

FIRST FRIDAYS FREE LIVE KIDS SHOWS @ 5pm:

Come to the Devon Uncommon Ground on Friday evenings from 4pm-8pm for great business, music, drinks, food and chair massage. Yours truly will be participating with Mimi’s Organic Exchange and Transformations Massage.

Stop by to say “hello” and simply enjoy the evening. Here’s a sample of businesses that will be participating with MOE. Many more will collaborate with us throughout August and September. Live painting will be happening also.  Stay tuned…

Transformations-Mimi Clayton, CMT, ATC Neuromuscular Massage, Sports Massage & Reiki Master : Mimi Clayton, CMT, ATC, has a B.A. in Sports Medicine, has been a bodywork professional for 17 years and is the owner of a 10 year old clinical massage therapy practice. Mimi is an educator, healer 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 and a spa. Mimi is also a certified Athletic Trainer and her clients include elite marathoners and triathletes. Mimi incorporates neuromuscular, deep tissue, sports, thai yoga, reflexology and energy work in her treatments to customize each client’s session. www.mimisorganicexchange.com For more info on massage, please visit www.amtamassage.org

MARKET SPECIAL $1.00/ MIN. MINIMUM OF 10 MINUTES

Regular Prices: 60 min $80 90 min $120

Call for an Appointment: 773.991.3835

Promotions:

* $20 off first time clients

* Buy 5 get 1 free, Buy 10 get 3 free

* 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: $70/hour: Buy 4 get 1 free: Buy 9 get 3 free

Imagine the Essence- Sean Johnson: Handmade Incense and Body Oils. They use Essential Oils and no chemicals. The incense are crafted very well and the Incense burns like it smells. The difference of well crafted handmade incense and other incense is just better QUALITY! For more info, visit www.imaginetheessence.com or email seankjohnson@aol.com 708.369.0303

Harmony Haus- Nichole Lovett: Environmentally conscious painting services for Residential and Commercial Interiors with low or no- VOC paints including stenciling, custom murals, faux finishing and American Clay application. For more info, visit www.harmonyhaus.com or email nichole@harmonyhaus.com 773.677.6465

HOST AN EXCHANGE STUDENT

Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) invites you and your family to join thousands of other families across the U.S. who enjoy the enriching and rewarding experience of becoming a host family!

Your family can make a difference by hosting an exchange student, making the lifelong dream of an international student come true, and yes, contributing in a small, but significant way, to global peace and understanding.

Why Host an Exchange Student?

Each year, CCI provides over 1000 exchange students the opportunity to live with American families across the U.S., from a few weeks in the summer, up to a 10-month academic high school year.

Find out why hosting a CCI exchange student will make a difference!

With volunteer host families in every state, CCI can provide these young ambassadors a wide range of landscapes, climates, activities and lifestyles. CCI host families represent the diversity of YES Program Students and Hosts VideoAmerican culture from varied economic, religious and racial backgrounds, including couples without children, singles and single parents, and empty-nesters.

Host families treat the exchange student like a member of the family, providing open communication, encouragement, advice and sound parenting. CCI exchange students come with their own spending money and have accident and health insurance coverage during their stay. Families are expected to provide the exchange student with his/her own room or a separate bed (if they share a room with a host sibling of similar age and same gender); daily meals with the family; and some local transportation. While CCI does not compensate host families, the Internal Revenue Service has authorized families to claim a $50 per month charitable contribution deduction on their itemized tax returns.

CCI has a strong and dedicated network of local Area Representatives and Regional Directors working with families, students and schools across the United States by:

* Promoting the program in the local community and schools CCI host families

* Matching students and families with similar interests

* Providing student and family orientation and counseling

* Providing 24 hour support and advice

Become a Host Family

If your family is interested in hosting an exchange student, please visit http://www.cci-exchange.com/hostinquiry.aspx for the inquiry form.

You may also call toll free at 800-634-4771 and speak to one of the staff members about hosting. We look forward to sharing this wonderful cultural exchange experience with you and your family!

If anyone knows of a school or family interested in the exchange program, please contact Mimi Clayton at info@mimisorganicexchange.com or call 773.991.3835.

THE CHICAGO ENERGYXCHANGE: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7pm-10pm

How’s your energy? Are you feeling happy and full of vitality? Could you use a little boost? Either way, to really get your energy going, plan on attending the next Chicago EnergyXChange at Life Force Arts Center, 3148 N. Lincoln Ave.

Whether you’re attuned and want to share your skills, or you want to bask in the glow of positive energy, you can look forward to an inspired evening of fortifying energy awareness exercises, motivating guided meditations, Reiki shares, and of course, our usual lively social networking, all for just $10 – cash only. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a portable massage table if you have one.

Light snacks, water and tea will be available. They welcome you to bring a portable massage table, and food or non-alcoholic beverages to share. For more info about the Chicago EnergyXChange, visit www.chicagoenergyxchange.com. You can RSVP and connect with them by email, phone, or through their facebook event page.

RSVP and Questions: connect@ChicagoEnergyXChange.com Jen Berman 773.968.6740 or Lena Salonikas 312.725.6618

CALL FOR RAW STREET GALLERY ARTISTS: Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3

The Ravenswood Art Walk introduces this year an outdoor STREET GALLERY of original art created on large wood panels by area artists. This outdoor activity area includes several dynamic art components and is an October, Chicago Artists Month 2010 event reflecting the Artists Month theme of “The City as Studio.”

Some quick background: In 2009 the 8th annual Art Walk attracted 175 artists who presented their work to thousands of visitors and art collectors. These artists presented artwork in their Ravenswood district studios and, for non-studio artists, inside the historic buildings along the Ravenswood corridor. Artists city-wide participated in the two day event, held the first weekend in October. RAW (Ravenswood Art Walk) has become a much anticipated Oct. Art Month kick-off event in Chicago.

In 2010 the Ravenswood Art Walk’s STREET GALLERY will present work by 12 individual artists and four (4) groups creating graffiti art. The 12 individual artists will each paint a 4×6 foot wood panel in advance of the Art Walk to be displayed as a featured finished-work in the Street Gallery. The four graffiti artists groups will produce their work during the two-day event on 6×8 foot wood panels.

If you wish to participate as an individual artist and prepare in advance of RAW 2010 a 4×6 foot ART PANEL for the Street Gallery, please contact Dennis A. Jose via email at dajstudio@aol.com asap for further application details.

The Ravenswood Art Walk website address is: www.RavenswoodArtWalk.org – Plan to check the site for event info and mark your calendar and attend the RAW 2010 events, Oct. 2 and 3.

Mimi has become the Performance Coordinator for RAW 2010. Music will be incorporated into RAW at various locations this year. If anyone is interested, please email info@mimisorganicexchange.com or call her at 773.991.3835. More info will follow.

Don’t forget to stop by the Metropolitan Brewery at 5121 N. Ravenswood for Sustainable Art, Beer, Music and lectures. We are gearing up for a good time.

NORTH COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL: Friday, September 3, 2010 – Sunday, September 5, 2010 Vendors wanted.

North Coast Music Festival will take place:

Friday, September 3rd

Saturday, September 4th

Sunday, September 5th

Location

1501 W Randolph St

Chicago, IL 60607

(Corner of Lake St. and Ashland Ave.)

Hours

Friday 4pm to 10pm. Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 10pm.

North Coast’s inaugural event has generated local and national media praise due to the fact they have booked some of the premiere dance, jam band, and hip hop acts around:

· Chemical Brothers

· Nas & Damian Marley

· Umphrey’s McGee

· Disco Biscuits

· Moby (DJ Set)

· Pretty Lights

· Benny Benassi

· Paul Van Dyk

· Cold War Kids

· De La Soul

· Jay Electronica

· Boys Noize

· Flying Lotus

· Benga

· Jakob Dylan & Three Legs

· Dirty Dozen Brass Band

· Green Velvet (live)

· Claude VonStroke

…and many more

You can find the complete line-up and additional information at http://www.northcoastfestival.com/

Chicago has never been light on local talent. And North Coast Music Festival organizers have teamed with Red Bull to hammer that point home. So, when North Coast descends on Union Park this Labor Day weekend, so will the Red Bull Tour Bus. 1 part tricked-out tour bus, 2 parts Transformer, and all parts concert stage!

This amazing line-up assures potential face-to-face interaction with 25,000 – 35,000 hip/young attendees over the weekend. As with other festivals in Union Park, attendees will not be allowed pass-outs throughout each day’s events…providing additional opportunities for vendors to sell their products and brand their company!

They have 2 major vendor categories – Merchant and Artisan/Non-Profit:

Artisan/NP=$400 (does not include tent, canopy, etc)

Merchant = $1,000 (does not include tent, canopy, etc)

If interested, contact , Ryan Interland, North Coast Music Festival – Vendor/Sponsorship Programs at rinterland@gmail.com 312.560.8143

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.

COLLABORATION OF LEEWAY ROOM AND MIMI’S ORGANIC EXCHANGE (MOE) LOCAL MONTLY MARKET



Hand-made, organic and local goods.

Second weekend of each month. Beginning: Saturday, July 11th 10-5pm, Sunday, July 12th 11-4pm

For more info or to apply, please go to http://www.leetracy.com/space.html