Hope to see you this Saturday! Great bands, fabulous local vendors, & what should be gorgeous weather. Keep your dollars in our state while avoiding the carbon footprint of shipping in goods from all over the world/country for nationally owned chains.
Saturday, November 7th
10am-4pm
Duck & Decanter
16th St. & Camelback
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Head out to the Farmer’s Market being held by Bashas’ in Gilbert next weekend! As you probably know Bashas’ is our only large locally owned grocer here in Phoenix. At the suggestion of Local First AZ we’ve asked you to make the move to shopping predominantly at Bashas’ to help pull them out of bankruptcy. Part of this movement to support Bashas’ as a local business has apparently driven Bashas’ to do the same by offering this venue to other locals – farmers, crafters, artists, etc. See you there?
Bashas’ Farmer’s Market
next Saturday, Oct. 24 from 8am-1pm
at Bashas’ #172
99 S. Higley Rd. (Higley & Elliott)
Gilbert, 85296
The new film The Age of Stupid is screening at select theaters worldwide tonight only! I know it is 8pm on Monday but it looks good if you are interested in the environment. Synopsis: “‘The Age of Stupid’ is the new cinema documentary from the Dir. of ‘McLibel’ & the Producer of the Oscar-winning ‘One Day in September’. This enormously ambitious drama-documentary-animation hybrid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching ‘archive’ footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?”
Find a viewing in your neck of the woods:
AMC Theatres Ahwatukee 24
4915 East Ray Road, Phoenix, AZ 85044
(888) 262-4386
Cinemark 16 – Mesa
1051 N. Dobson Road
Mesa, AZ 85201 (800) 326-3264
AMC Theatres Mesa Grand Twenty Four
1645 South Stapley
Mesa, AZ 85204 (888) 262-4386
AMC Westgate 20
9400 West Hanna Lane
Glendale, AZ 85305 (888)262-4386
AMC Theatres Desert Ridge 18
21001 N. Tatum
Phoenix, AZ 85050 (888) 262-4386
AMC Theatres Arrowhead 14
7700 W. Bell Road, Suite 1079
Glendale, AZ 85308 (888) 262-4386
Century Oro Valley Marketplace
12155 North Oracle Road
Tucson, AZ 8573
Century EL Con 20
EL Con Mall
Tucson, AZ 85716 (800)326-3264
Century 20 Park Place
5870 East Broadway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85711 (800)326-3264
Directions
Do you remember the cafeteria food you had as a kid? It hasn’t gotten any better, in fact, it has gotten worse as demonstrated by recent widespread contaminated meat recalls, etc. The American diet in general is lacking, unbelievable levels of obesity and diabetes in children is shocking and undeniably traced back to diet. Meals poor in nutrition, high in fat, and high in preservatives, binders and other random unpronounceable additives are what sustain our children throughout the school day. Kids must have healthy food when they are expected to concentrate and perform at the levels that modern schools demand. It is impossible for anyone to function without the proper fuel. Slow Food USA has organized a chance for communities to come together and make a statement that the current way of highly processed, precooked, preserved and frozen foods is not good enough for our kids. Whole foods, nutritious foods, REAL food is what they need. Here are locations where you can become a part of this movement… No time to be there yourself? Make a donation or at least Sign their Petition.
In three days, people in all 50 states will sit down to share a meal and bend the direction of history just a little bit. Together, we are publicly rejecting the notion that our schools can’t afford to feed kids anything but the bad food that makes them sick. And the way we’re making this statement is by bringing neighbors together in the spirit of good will and for the joy of sharing good food. That is the heart of our movement.
When: October 9, 2009 from 7pm – ?
Where: Inside the Bungalow has donated the use of their beautiful facilities for the event. They are at 48 N. Robson
Mesa, AZ 85201
What: Dinner, auction and good times with food donated from Green Vegetarian Restaurant to benefit the Farm Sanctuary
How: The cost is $30 per person if you order your tickets before Oct. 2nd and $40 if you wait too long. Go to the official donation webpage, http://firstgiving.com/azfarmparty, to buy your tickets.
Why: Farm Sanctuary is a national, non-profit animal protection organization. Each year they rescue, rehabilitate and provide lifelong care for hundreds of animals rescued from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. In addition to operating the shelters, we work to gain legal protection for animals used in food production and to raise public awareness about factory farm cruelty and cruelty-free alternatives. Working against factory farming, from any angle, works against not just the cruelty inflicted therein but also against the huge environmental waste and pollution generated by those farms. If nothing else it is going to be a beautiful evening with fabulous food and compassionate people.
I hope to see you there! Please buy your tickets now.
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