BiG TeA PaRtY Sustainable Living

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

* 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! 

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

“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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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

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)

(HWANG and FIEND)
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

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.

 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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BiG TeA PaRtY’s  Elizabeth Fiend hosts a Tea Party at the opening of a Philadelphia natural foods store, November 1, 2008.

PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER

NAKED CITY . Icepack: Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.

by A.D. Amorosi 

PHOTO: While on the campaign trail Obama visits the historic Ninth Street Market — the street where Molly’s new store will be.

The continuing saga of Molly’s Books on Ninth and its owner Molly Russakoff: After freeing her location of books and taking pains to make Molly’s into something of a home-school resource center (Project 360) for area families, Russakoff hit a wall. “When it came down to it, everybody but me got cold feet, which is to say none of the interested families committed to the program,” says Russakoff. “They’d all be glad to participate for free but I could no longer foot the bill.” P360 isn’t dead. Russakoff walled off 350 square feet of Molly’s for home-schooling teens to meet Fridays, with additional events, workshops and kiddie stuff to follow. What is happening full-time at Molly’s? “Bella Vista Natural Foods,” exclaims Russakoff, who’ll open the flax-seed-n-tofu tower early Nov. with a BiG TeA PaRtY hosted by Elizabeth Fiend. “I have to feed my babies and I miss being a shopkeeper. I guess you can say I’m a slugger. Either that or nuts.”

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Philadelphia filmmakers explore politics on the eve of this critical
election in a month-long gallery exhibit of independent media.

Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association Presents

Politics As Usual?

Projects Gallery
629 N. 2nd St. Philly

Opening Event
Friday, Oct. 10, 6-9pm
Hosted by BiG TeA PaRtY’s Elizabeth Fiend
Featuring live readings by:
Allen Fiend and
Bryan Green

Plus: 

“Ending an Epidemic Act-Up Fight Back” 

video by Big Tea Party (6 min)
ACT UP Philadelphia is a unique and special group that stands almost alone
in its use of empowerment-based grassroots organizing, aggressive
non-violent direct action tactics, and its analysis of the AIDS epidemic as
a political crisis that can be solved. Meet some of the members of ACT UP.

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Mingle with PIFVA members and guest filmmakers at the Opening and Closing
events.

Show runs thru Nov. 8th

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BiG TeA PaRtY has two, count ‘em, two videos showing at this year’s GreenFest Philly, the area’s largest environmental event. It’s a one-day street fair FREE to the public, where over 200 exhibitors and 20,000 people are expected.

GreenFest Philly’s ECO-FILM FORUM

Please join us at Greenfest Philly for our 2008 Eco-Film Forum. Curated by emerging local talent, Future Weather Productions, the event will feature provocative and entertaining shorts by regional filmmakers and environmental activists. Highlights include selections from Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places, local filmmaker David Kessler, and a moving hour of shorts about social and environmental activism.

Eco-Film Forum @ Greenfest Philly

Sunday, September 7 (** raindate: Sept. 14 **)

11am – 12pm // 3:30pm – 6pm

PhillyCarShare Tent, 2nd & Pine Streets

FREE !!

SCHEDULE

11am – Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project

Precious Places is an oral history project that documents the locations that hold a communities’ memories—public spaces, buildings, parks, street corners, monuments—and define where we live. Together with Boone Nguyen of Scribe, we have chosen a selection of Precious Places videos made in collaboration with community organizations that honor the unique identity of neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Camden and enrich our understanding of these communities’ environmental battles and triumphs. Filmmakers will be present for a post-film discussion.

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BiG TeA PaRtY on TV!

BiG TeA PaRtY’s award winning, historic look at the protests during the Republican National Convention when George Bush was first elected president:

UNCONVENTIONAL COVERAGE: THE MESSAGE AND THE MEANS

On DUTV, channel 54, Philadelphia

Thursday, Sept. 11th at 8:30 pm

Friday, Sept. 12 at 10 am

Saturday, Sept. 13 at midnight

AND

In conjunction with the 2008 Republican National Convention, BiG TeA PaRtY’s Unconventional Coverage will also air on Minneapolis TV Network (MTN) through out the week.

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This hour long commentary, produced by BiG TeA PaRtY, was filmed during the protests that erupted when the Republicans first nominated George Bush for president at their national convention in Philadelphia in 2000.

This award winning video is a blue-print for the modern protest movement. It outlines how and why protests happen. Plus it offers detailed information on the sorry state of health care in America, our problems with gun violence, our eroding rights to dissent and the many varied reasons people feel compelled to protest. Tips on how to organize a protest, jail solidarity and the importance of independent media are included alongside insightful and witty commentary. Says “The Chicago Tribune:” [Speaking of video host Elizabeth Fiend] “Her documentary on the demonstrations protesting the Republican Convention in Philadelphia was pretty much the only coverage I can remember that actually told you what the protesters were protesting.”

Previously aired: Thursday, July 10th at 8:30 PM and Friday, July 11, at 10 AM
DUTV, Cable channel 54 Philadelphia.

Unconventional Coverage: The Message and The Means is the Winner Best Documentary, Festival of Independents, Philadelphia Film Festival
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