The Rustic Mechanicals present William Shakespeare’s The Tempest

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The Rustic Mechanicals are taking William Shakespeare’s The Tempest on the road in their “Folly of the Island” tour of northern West Virginia.

The Rustic Mechanicals, under the direction of Celi Oliveto, is the state’s only professional Shakepeare troupe. Touring three shows annually, their 2016 season begins on April 15 with a dinner theatre “Bard & BBQ” performance of The Tempest at The VTC Cabaret inside the Uptown Event Center in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Schedule:

  • Friday, April 15, Clarksburg
  • Saturday-Sunday, April 16-17, Morgantown
  • Friday, April 22, Fairmont
  • Saturday, April 23, Clarksburg
  • Sunday, April 24, Weirton
  • Friday, April 29, Fairmont High School (for local student audiences)

There will also be a special “pay-what-you-can” preview performance on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at The VTC Cabaret as part of Clarksburg’s “Downtown Date Night.”

For more information — prices, times, locations, reservations — see the Vintage Theatre Company’s announcement (CLICK HERE).

The “Trinsics”: Where are You Coming From?

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Arriving at “truth” merely means you’ve given up the search. Science is open-ended; philosophy is open-ended; all the fine arts are open-ended—this is what creativity is, when every new thing is new. As in art and science and philosophy, stopping the search in religious thinking means you’ve given up any hope of renewal, or creativity.

Religious thinking—thinking about the ultimate meaning and purpose of human life on this planet—must involve both the chance to continuously evolve with time and must offer some hope for the human condition—our condition—itself.

The “Trinsics”: Where are You Coming From? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/uucollective/2015/11/the-trinsics-where-are-you-coming-from/

Sunday April 10, 2016: Our Quests and Spiritual Journeys

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Mounted Knight

Prelude Tri Martolod – Alan Stivell

Welcome The beauty of the whole – Meg Barnhouse

We gather to worship, our hearts alive with hope that here we will be truly seen, that here we will be welcomed into the garden of this community, where the simple and the elegant, the fluted and frilled, the shy and the dramatic complement one another and are treasured. May we know that here, each contributes in their way to the beauty of the whole. Come, let us worship together, all genders, sexualities, politics, clappers and non-clappers, progressive or conservative, may we root ourselves in the values of this faith: compassion and courage, transcendence, justice and transformation.

Chalice lighting Embrace The Night – Jennifer Leota Gray

Universal mystery,
Guide us away from the desire to
Shine light in all the corners.
Teach us to embrace the night,
For without the darkness,
We never see the stars.
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Holistic Health and Wellness Fair

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Saturday April 30, 2016
9:00am to 5:00pm

A Community Event – Open to the Public

at

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

520 Kanawha Blvd. W.   Charleston, WV

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Event Includes: 5 Guest Speakers & 30+ Vendor’s Booths
Activities and Demonstrations – Specialty Foods for Sale
Raffle with Items and Services donated by Vendors

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Sponsored by

The Tai Chi Exchange
WV Martial Arts Association
UUC Better Health and Wellness Ministry
WV Wellness Community
The focus is on Integrative-Complimentary (W)Holistic Health Care &Wellness

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For further information please call: (304) 395-7671

 

Butterflies and Spring

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Today is Good Friday. For our Christian friends this is a day of remembrance, meditation, and focusing on the dark times. Holy Week is in many ways the spiritual embodiment of the turn from Winter into Spring.  It is about how the darkness is necessary to bring the light.

This theme of coming through the darkness and into the light as a better version of one’s self is a theme through many religions. The winter is often dark and brooding. We suffer through the cold and dark, not realizing what it does to us. We don’t always see the work that we do within our spirit during that time, whether it is the actual season or a dark time in our lives. When Spring returns we rejoice and dance. We often do not see the transformation in ourselves. For those who are in a dark time, the picture below helped me a lot and I hope it helps you as well. Spring is just around the corner.

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Spring and Easter are often billed as for the children. I think it is because they get a lot of joy out of the season. I found a page that has 25 butterfly crafts and one that has 15 indoor/outdoor activities for spring. Yes, they are designed for children, but they are also designed for parents or grandparents to do with the children. Sometimes doing crafts can be a very meditative process. For those that prefer coloring here is a butterfly mandala to color. I hope that these simple things will bring you joy. Perhaps they can help you find the light in your dark time. Perhaps they can help you realize the growth you have made. Perhaps they will just bring you joy and that is all I wish for anyone.

Namaste,
Cricket