St Patrick’s Day Grand All-City Alliance Gathering at Timbuktu

Here’s where we make our plans and celebrate each year’s event.

Howard Leu’s Photo Album of 2008 Event

http://picasaweb.google.com/howardleu/StPatBrigidSDayWorldlyCelebration

Erik Sperling and Michael Helpick Inspired People to Make Their $5 Offering at the Event Doors!

Were it not for their bold but modest efforts, the band and expenses would not have been made! We were able to collect from about 100 folks with probably another 50 getting by one way or another. Next year we’ll do better! It’s all good!

Sura’s Summary of St. Patrick Brigid@Timbuktu 2008

St.Patrick/Brigid’s All City Gathering of Cultural Creators

Emcees: KT Rusch, Holly Haebig, Sura Faraj, Molly Snyder Edler, Nik Kovac
Inspiration: Olde Godsil, Mathibela Sebothoma
Movement: Nia dancers
Music: Embedded Reporter, Howard Hinterthuer, Darryl /Merry Band, Harvey Taylor and Dena Aaronson
Invocation of the Ancestors: George Martin

Soap Box Moment Orators

Tess Reiss, talking about “The Path to the Future”
Barbara Leigh, Milwaukee Public Theatre
June Eastvold, poetry
Ruth Weill for Wendy Mesich, Riverwest Neighborhood Assn
Janine Arsenau for Amy Peterson, Grandmothers Beyond Borders/Tribal Elders Council Gathering
Barb Wesson: Through movement we find health
Ruth Weill, Green Party
Mathi Sebothema, KT, Godsil and Bill Sell read his poem
Jayne Ader, CORE/El Centro
Scott Peterson for Melanie Beres, Citigal magazine
Vince Bushell, Riverwest Currents
Julie Enslow, Peace Action
Holly Haebig and KT Rusch, Express Yourself Milwaukee with a song
Harry Prosen talks about Brian one of his Bonobo patients
Muneer Bahauddeen, Hand-made Ceramic Tile Artist
Lena Taylor, Candidate for County Exec.
Bill Sell, Bike the Hoan
Leah Dobkin, Shorewood Conservation Committee
Suzanne Rosenblatt, Grass Roots sign-up + poem.
Jeff Poniewaz, Earth Poet
Mary Lou Lamonda, MUAN
Andor Horvath, Inventor/Designer ranting about Earth Friendly Technologies
Jon Bales/Leon Todd, Urban Aqua-culture Center
Ann Brummit, MRWG and “Greening Shorewood”
Nicole Bickham + Lance Weinhardt, Paths to a Sustainable Future + Live Local Milwaukee
Patrick Flaherty, Candidate for 3rd District Alder
Nik Kovac, Candidate for 3rd District Alder
Sura Faraj, flag dance
Jill Lackey and Rick Petrie, Urban Anthropology
Chris Papadopoulos, Riverwest Investment Co-op
Elizabeth Crawford, Hang gliding Towards World Peace
Stacy VanDeloo (?) and 3 fairies: Ecopsychology and being free
Erin Garber-Pearson strip tease for Milwaukee Silkscreen Collective
Virginia Cassell, The Young Women’s Institute for Global Studies
James Carlson, Bucketworks
Howard Hinterthuer, Rant about fish discrimination.
Howard Leu, Preservation Progressive Movement
Michael Pettit, puppets
Lisa Sims, Human Righs Torch Rally
Tom Brandstetter and Swee Sims, Milwaukee Biodiesel Co-op
Tia Richardson, clothing design
Maria Karpfinger, Guardians of Greenspace, Garden Park, Kellner’s Greenhouse
Olde Godsil, poem

Ride the Bus To Good Government

March 22 Ride with Lena Taylor

Sura Faraj’s St. Pat Invite to Sustainability Group of Southeast Wisconsin

Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:53 am (PST)

Hey everyone,

This is a great community building event with very progressive folks and also good music and fun.

I think it would be wonderful if some people showed up to talk about different ideas, 2 minutes each, maybe on different topics, like food, solar, transit, etc.

It’s a wonderful, embracing community where you will surely make new friends.

Any takers?
Sura
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What’s this about?

Janine Arseneau’s Invite Best Describes…

Greetings, Everyone!

We are invited, and all our friends, to the annual St Patrick/St Brigid celebration of possibilities at Club Timbuktu on Monday, March 17 evening.

I’m writing to you, not only to join in sharing great food, good music and terrific company, but to consider sharing the spotlight/limelight for 2 minutes (the 2 minute soapbox) to let others know about a project, event, process, activity near to your heart. Everything from helping UWM students move in and become part of the neighborhood, to raingardening a neighbrhood, to maintaining a farmers’ market in the heart of the city, to reaching out to grandmothers 9000 miles away, to creating public art, to maintaining the momentum at the CoffeeHouse decades after its beginning to…well, that’s up to you…

Please let me know if you’d like 2 minutes to invite the community to share your vision, passion, possibilities! I so look forward to hearing from you soon (the list of speakers is being created at this very moment)… and to seeing you in March!

With great anticipation of learning the many ways everyday people are weaving the tapestry of Milwaukee, and with heartfelt gratitude to be part of it all with you,
Janine Arseneau

Patrick Schley Reflections On 2006 St. Pat’s at Timbuktu

What a glorious event! I was proud to be invited to participate — and equally proud to be a citizen of Milwaukee. It was a conclave of all that is good in our fair city… for those few hours at Timbuktu, there was no black, white, gay, straight, rich, poor — just PEOPLE, celebrating the accomplishments of the past year, and looking with hope towards the future. Bravo!!

Patrick Schley March 19, 2006

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Where is it held?

At Club Timbuktu
African Restaurant and World Music Venue
520 East Center Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 265 7000 Fax: (414) 265 7004
More about Club Timbuktu at: Journey to Africa

When?

On the 17th of every March
Starting at 6pm if the day falls during the week, at 4 or 5 if it’s on a weekend.

Soap Box Orators and Poets(2 minutes for Each) Signed Up for 2008

Chris Papadopoulos, Riverwest Investment Cooperative
Kieth Schmitz, Grass Roots Northshore
Ruth Weil, Green Party
Michael Pettit
Liz Crawford
Barbara Leigh, Milwaukee Public Theatre
Howard Hinterthuer
Tess Reiss
Ann Brummit
Olde Godsil
Janine Arseneau(I’m assuming)
Kt Rusch
Sura Faraj(I’m assuming)
Holly Haebig
Suzanne Rosenblatt
June Eastvold
John Revord and MNSC (Milwaunkee Network for Social Change)
Barb Wesson, Nia Dancers
Jayne Ader for CORE/El Centro!!
Amy Peterson, Grandmothers Beyond Borders/Tribal Elders Council gathering
Bill Sell, Bike the Hoan
Virginia Cassell,The Young Women’s Institute for Global Studies
James Carlson, Bucketworks
Melanie Beres of Citigal magazine
Vince Bushell, “Riverwest Currents”
Jan Christensen, “Kellner’s Greenhouse Project”
Tegan Dowling, Wiki Gnome for Nonviolent Worm
Mary Lou Lomanda, Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Network(MUAN)
Dave Boucher, Amaranth Bakery
Muneer Bahauddeen, Hand-made Ceramic Tile Artist
Stephanie Phillipps, Reclamation Society
Cleo Pruitt, Rebirth of Freedom
Andor Horvath, Inventor/Designer Earth Friendly Technologies
Josephine Hill, Wisconsin African American Women’s Association
Jon Bales/Leon Todd, Urban Aquaculture Center
Nicole Bickam, Paths to a Sustainable Futurebut
Lance Weinhardt, Live Local Milwaukee initiative.
Urban Ecology Center
Urban Anthropology
Jim Draeger, People’s Books Co-op
Leah Dobkin, Shorewood Conservation Committee
Community Conferencing Program
Howard Leu, Preservation Progressive Movement
Peace Action
Riverwest Neighborhood Association
Greening Shorewood,Hannah Luteyn
Erin Garber-Pearson, Milwaukee Silkscreen Collective.
Nik Kovac(I’m assuming)
Harvey Tayler
Jeff Poniewaz, Earth Poets
Tim Bailen

A Special Fifteen Minutes to Introduce Milwaukee’s Bonobo Survival Trailblazers

Barbara Bell, Bonobo Trainer, Milwaukee County Zoo
Harry Prosen(I’m assuming)
Gay Reinartz(perhaps)

Photo Essay Archives of St. Pats 2005 through 2007

2007

• 5th Annual St Pats at Timbuktu 2007
• Pictures from St Pats at Timbuktu 2007

• Pictures and Reflections on St Pats at Timbuktu 2006

• Milwaukee Citizen Thoughts on St Patricks Day Gathering 2005