Dinner & a Movie: Speciesism and Director Mark Devries

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Start the VegFest celebration early with a special ticketed dinner on Friday, September 15, 2017. We’ll begin the evening in the big tent at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 5:00 pm, when you can view and bid on all of our Silent Auction items, including a Ramon Santiago print, a beautiful handmade metalwork sign by local artist, John Greico, and gift certificates to some of Rochester’s best places! Dinner will be at 6:00, created by the talented folks at The Red Fern, and finished with dessert by Happy Cakes. At 7:00, we will screen “Speciesism: The Movie”, followed by a talk by the movie’s producer and director, Mark Devries. Tickets are very limited, and can be purchased for $40 below, with proceeds going to help defray the cost of bringing some of the vegan community’s best speakers to Rochester VegFest – and many of those speakers will be at the dinner on Friday night!

Mark Devries and a Friend

  • 5 pm Arrive and silent auction
  • 6 pm Red Fern restaurant’s Buddha Bowl & Happy Cakes dessert
  • 7 pm Speciesism, the Movie
  • the director Mark Devries will give a talk afterwards

 

  • When: Friday, September 15, 2017
  • Where: the big tent on the lawn of Martin Luther King Jr. Park
  • Tickets: $40, purchase below

Buddah Bowl-Red FernBuddha Bowl is gluten free and vegan.  – organic marinated tofu, coconut brown rice, sautéd kale, roasted beets, pickled carrots & cabbage, sesame seeds, ginger garlic tamari sauce.

Happy Cakes

 

 

 

 

Happy Cakes Cupcake

 

 

 

Yoga Benefit for We Animals

We are pleased to offer you an amazing way to start your day at Rochester VegFest! Mary Barletta will be leading a very special Yoga Benefit Class from 8:00 to 9:30 on Saturday September 16. All proceeds from your $20 donation will directly benefit Jo-Anne McArthur’s We Animals Project, which documents through photography animals in the human environment. Ten lucky yogis will receive a free Coobie Yoga Bra, generously donated by our friends at Coobie. We hope to see you there!

  • When: 8:00 am – 9:30 am Saturday, September 16th
  • Where: the Lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
  • Tickets: $20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calf in distress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buy Tickets & Donate to We Animals

Yoga 4 a Good Hood

Yoga 4 a Good Hood will have a booth at the VegFest.  Y4AGH strives to be a place of healing, peace and acceptance in the community.

The leader, Imani, is a pastor at Reformation Lutheran Church and a yoga teacher.  She has noticed that yoga tends not to reach people of color or certain economic backgrounds.  It seems out of reach, out of touch, and they see little benefit to their lives.  She says,

I strongly believe that bringing Yoga For A Good Hood into the city of Rochester will begin to address the issues of brokenness, hardship, struggle, abuse and self degradation and people will find peace within instead of always seeking something outside of themselves.

Their yoga classes are free but they welcome donations.

Cam F. Awesome

Cam F Awesome will be speaking at Rochester VegFest!

Cam is a multi-time heavyweight National champion boxer. As a stand-up comedian, Cam has performed many comedy shows across the country and has been the emcee at many events. As a keynote speaker, Cam speaks on efficient resilience and how to live life with the focus of a fighter. He shares lessons he learned from boxing that can be used in everyday life. Cam is also a proud member of the National Speakers Association.

Cam is the U.S. National Team Captain and the Athletic Director on the USA Boxing Board of Directors. He is well respected by his peers, not only for his accolades in the boxing ring, but also for his positive personality that he instills upon others. Cam has been a Big for Big Brother Big Sister for 7 years and does a lot of work with the youth around Kansas City. He has been vegan for over 5 years and is active in advocacy for the vegan lifestyle.