Speciesism Recap

Our Dinner and a Movie event Friday night was a huge success!  Fifty-five people came out for Greek spreads and bread dip (thanks for the donation, Voula!), Buddha Bowls from Red Fern, and cupcakes from Happy Cakes, followed by a showing of Speciesism: The Movie, and then a talk by its director Mark Devries.  Thank you to everyone who attended, everyone who bid in the silent auction, and to the item donors.  Thank you to Cam F. Awesome for MC-ing and Mark Devries for bringing his film and speaking.  We were glad other VegFest speakers Mike Stura, Kerry Graff, Ted Barnett, and Jo-Anne MacArthur could attend.

Thank you to Jack & Meg for donating two tickets. Thank you to organizers and everyone who helped out or brought stuff either to use, eat, or donate: Mary, Bubbie, Deb, Kim, Darren, Mike, Leanne, Robyn, Varun, Andy, Michael, Rosemary, and Ted. People helped in so many big and little ways I can’t possibly list everything everyone did.

Natural Oasis

Thank you to Natural Oasis for the $25 gift card for our raffle!

Natural Oasis is a vegan restaurant at 288 Monroe Avenue.  They have daily buffets, and a la carte items most evenings.

Buy raffle tickets until about 3 pm and put them in the bags of the items you’d like to win – drawings are at 3:30 in the lodge.  You do not need to be present to win – be sure to write legibly!  If we can’t read your writing, we have to pick another ticket!

Artisan Works

Thank you to Artisan Works for donating a framed Ramone Santiago print for our silent auction!

Did you know?  Artisan Works is:

  • Self-funded 501(c)3 not-for profit art space that exists without government aid
  • Exists within a 40,000 square foot renovated factory building
  • Supports regional artists through the art incubator program
  • Roughly 500,000 items in the collection
  • The owners are vegan!

You can visit Artisan Works’ collection for a tour, buy or lease art, host an event large or small in their enormous, eclectic building-of-many-rooms, or work with them to art-ify a sad, ugly space.