Events

EVENT: International Day of Climate Action. Posted by: Elizabeth Fiend

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When:  October 24th, 2009, 1:00 PM
Where: Events held in multiple locations. In Philly– Independence Mall (5th St and Chestnut St.),for info about the event in your area check 350.org

This is an invitation to help build a movement.  To take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis.  350 is the last number you need to know, and the most important.  It’s the safety zone for planet earth. 350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.

In December of 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, delegates, businesses, and non-governmental organizations, from every nation will meet to finalize a new global climate change agreement.

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BiG TeA PaRtY Sustainable Living at Playa del Fuego, Odessa Delaware — Spring 2009

Posted by Elizabeth Fiend

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Enjoy some photos of our event, a tea party for 150 people featuring tea that BiG TeA PaRtY’s host Elizabeth Fiend made from herbs she grew in her garden.  Read some of the sustainable tips that BiG TeA PaRtY editor VaLerie K, BiG TeA PaRtY music/sound designer Allen Fiend, and fellow campers Susan and Chip promoted at our Sustainable Living Camp.

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EVENT: 3-DAY ROTUNDA 10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WEEKEND!
Catch some BiG TeA PaRtY Sustainable Living videos at this weekend long cultural event.
Our 3-minute videos include the craft projects: How to make a Stamp Art Coat, Colt 45 bottlecap necklace and Fun Foto Albums.
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  PLUS stuff like: the importance of a pap smear; what to do with your hair accessories; urban composting; tips on preparing the backyard for winter; the digital pitch shifter, an electronics device used by musicians to create a multitude of sounds; and how to avoid flat tires on your bike. All from our video Pico.

Sept. 25-27th, 4014 Walnut Street, West Philly
For more info The Rotunda
Posted by: Elizabeth Fiend
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Screening: “H2YO!” BiG TeA PaRtY’s 6 minute video about water conservation and water purity. Includes a funky craft project reusing plastic water bottles.

And “Aqueous” and “Siniya” two experimental shorts by BiG TeA PaRtY Sustainable Living editor VaLerie K

Friday, August 14th, 7:30 till late
Studio 34 Yoga Healing Arts in West Philly (4522 Baltimore Ave)
Suggested $5 donation, b.y.o.b.

Part of: FILTHY, a group invitational multi-media exhibition produced by Plastic Fantastic.

Also featuring:

Joshua Marcus whose songs report on some current environmental and social injustices in this country and the amazing work that community action groups are doing to fight back;

The Great Unknown; and  DJ Ross of Love.

There’s even vegan cupcakes, and midnight yoga!

Hang out in the beautiful art  dome made of old plastic bottles created by Diedra Krieger.

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 BiG TeA PaRtY’s CHEW ON THIS! screens outdoors this Friday!!

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Street Movies! at Allens Lane Arts Center
Friday, August 7, 2009 - 8:30pm
ticket price:  $0 !!
Allens Lane & McCallum Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19119

A program of Scribe Video Center
In collaboration with Weavers Way Co-op
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* Screening is Outdoors
* Indoors in the Allens Lane Art Center Auditorium in Case of Rain
* Emcee: Monica McIntyre

CHEW ON THIS! (15 minutes)  -  Full of Philly food facts and fun fur hats, plus a visit from one of America’s greatest thinkers (and eaters!) Benjamin Franklin. Host Elizabeth Fiend takes the outrageously informative quiz games Dicey Dinner and Tic Tac Tofu to an outdoor produce market and a cheese steak take-out to test contestants’ knowledge of nutrition and food. Between rounds she travels the city to find historical tidbits and local food innovations, ending up in her own kitchen where famous inventor Ben Franklin is impressed with Elizabeth’s own unique culinary invention!

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“BiG TeA PaRtY Sustainable Living” Movie Night

at the Wooden Shoe Bookstore

BiG TeA PaRtY bringing a rebellious sensibility to the masses

All of BiG TeA PaRtY’s political videos in one program! 

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WHEN: Saturday, July 18, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
WHERE: People’s Movie Night @ Wooden Shoe Books, 508 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia

Featuring: Act Up Philly members and their direct action techniques; A look back at the 2000 Republican National Convention and the chaos on Philly’s streets; BioDiversity activists vs. Eagles Football fans; And yes, we do manage to sneak in a little bit about healthy eating (you’ve got to keep your strength up to fight the Man).

Plus Q&A with the producers Elizabeth Fiend and Valerie Keller

Wooden Shoe contact info: Phone: 215-413-0999  / Web: woodenshoebooks.com
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“Ending an Epidemic: Act Up, Fight Back” [6 min.]  ACT UP Philadelphia is a unique and special group that employs empowerment-based grassroots organizing, aggressive non-violent direct action tactics, and an analysis of the AIDS epidemic as a political crisis that can be solved. Meet some of the members of ACT UP Philadelphia and see them in action.

“Books without Borders” [3 min.]
Giant chain booksellers are killing the independent bookstore. An intimate look at a collectively run Anarchist bookstore, The Wooden Shoe, shows us that we must preserve these specialty stores or we run the risk of losing valuable alternative points of view.

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HaPPY EaRTH DaY!
Love, BiG TeA PaRtY Sustainable Living
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The Physics of “Green” and an Exploration of Sustainability

Six Week Workshop For Teens In Philadelphia’s Historic Italian Market

Instructors: Elizabeth Fiend and  Richard Hwang

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Project 360 Spring Workshops For Home-schooling Teens and Youth Seeking Enrichment

April 20-May 29 (6 weeks)

Register today!  Call Sonia at 215/336-2418 to sign up or email her at sonia@meow.name for more information. Enrollment is limited to 10 youth per class.

The Physics of “Green” and an Exploration of Sustainability: Wednesdays 6:30-8 pm April 20- May 29 (six weeks)

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This class will look at lifestyle issues of sustainability as well as “green” technologies such as wind turbines and solar energy. Two tag-teaming teachers will rotate weeks bringing a lively element to this investigation of how to become more sustainable.

Sustainable living refers to a lifestyle and set of choices that minimize a person’s ecological footprint. It is a lifestyle that pays attention to the symbiotic relationship between Earth and humanity with the ultimate goal of preserving the Earth’s natural ecology, its plants, animals and resources.

In this class you will learn ways to tweak your current life to become more sustainable. But to really achieve a sustainable future, we need science.  You will also learn about “green” technologies such as wind turbines, solar energy, and other elements of physics being used today in the new trend toward a sustainable future.

Each student will receive a free 30-minute VHS video, Green Tea Party, with tips on how to live a more environmentally friendly life, and make their own green shopping bag from recycled materials.

Materials are included in the cost of the class.

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Speedcrewing II: Local and Sustainable

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IF YOU HAVEN’T REGISTERED, IT’S NOT TOO LATE,

JUST SHOW UP AT THE EVENT

When: Wednesday, February 18th, 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankfort Avenue, Philly

Presented by Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association
(PIFVA), the Sustainable Business Network and the Greater Philadelphia
Film Office.

Hosted by BiG TeA PaRtY’s Elizabeth Fiend

As a follow up to our hugely successful 2007 Speed Crewing event we
are calling all aspiring filmmakers wanting to CONNECT with crews,
vendors, businesses and professionals committed to producing features,
shorts, docs, commercials Locally and Sustainably!  Pick up some green
filmmaking tips throughout the evening and meet members of
Philadelphia’s Sustainable Business community and learn what they have
to offer.

Let’s work together, in a fun “speed dating” atmosphere, to expand our
own networks while we reduce our carbon footprint.  This MC’d event
will also feature BEER!

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EVENT: Allen and Elizabeth Fiend on the RADIO. Sunday, Jan.25th 12-1pm., : Tune to: 1650 AM

Please join actress and director Maria Moller of Shakespeare In the Park in this reinvention of NPR’s “This American Life.”
On Januray 25th Maria’s NEXUSradio’s guests will be Allen and Elizabeth Fiend of the legendary Philly punk band More Fiends.

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 Allen Fiend –bass, guitar, vocals — is the founder of More Fiends, the only Philly band to have ever recorded a Peel Session for the BBC Radio. Elizabeth Fiend — slide guitar, vocals.

More Fiends provide the soundtrack for all of the BiG TeA PaRtY videos with Allen Fiend being the TV show’s sound engineer.

Hear More Fiends Songs, listen to the Fiends tell their stories:
~+~ The very beginning of punk in Philly, what the scene was like. How we came to be squatters.
~+~ More Fiends tour stories: what the squat / political / music scene (which we were part of) was like in Europe. ~+~ Stories about being on tour in Germany when the wall came down. What Poland was like while Lech Walesa was running for president. Plus: riots, fights, cops busting shows in Scandinavia.
~+~ The Scum-Rock scene in New York (which we were part of).
~+~ Elizabeth Fiend will describe what it was like to be a girl in a punk band. “No, I’m not the singer, I actually play an instrument…”
~+~ Readings of lyrics and stories about how they came to be written Plus, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC.
~+~ BiG TeA PaRtY, the song! Yes, it was a song before the TV show.

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