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2008 CALENDAR

    OF EVENTS

     2008 is the Year of Gardening for Health: Cultivating Wellness

In 2008, the theme of our educational workshop series is Gardening for Health, Cultivating Wellness.  Featured events include organic gardening classes, an herbal medicine mini-series, medicinal and edible plant walks, and a two-day Cultivating Wellness conference to be held September 13th and 14th, 2008!

January 5: Fundamentals of Drawing with Beverly Walker 10am-12pm $15

January 6: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House

January 6: FREE Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 8:45-9:45am

January 6: FREE Reiki Share 1:30pm

January 12: Local Food Networking Potluck 5:30pm   FREE             Are you a local food grower, purchaser, consumer, or enthusiast?  We are inviting all "local foodies" in the Pemi-Baker Valley area to gather at the farm to network and discuss possible areas of collaboration in 2008 and beyond!  Bring your ideas and a dish to share with other local farmers, chefs, business owners, and community members!

January 17: Introduction to Energy Healing with Gayle Hannan 6:30-8:30pm $16    This class is will introduce you to what energy healing is about.  Gayle will help participants to understand the basics of how the Human Energy Field functions by giving an overview of the Chakra system and sharing with us how balancing the mind-body connection can create health and wellness in our daily lives.

January 19: Open Art Workshop with Beverly Walker 10am-12pm $15

January 20: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm

January 25: Writing Group with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15 *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

January 25: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

January 29: Bulk Food Club Meeting     7pm                                    Are you interested in saving money and reducing packaging on food, spices, beverages and household products?  The Bulk Food Club may be for you!  Join us to discuss options for the future of the food club (especially if you are a member already!!), and to find out how you can join!

February 2008

February 3: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

February 3: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

February 3: FREE New Moon Reiki Share 1:30pm 

February 15: Partner Yoga with Darcie Shedd, 6:00-7:30pm $10/person      Partner Yoga is a unique physical and spiritual practice that uses various movements and poses (asanas) to focus the mind and increase strength, stamina and flexibility.  The physical poses are combined with potent breathing techniques (prananyams), which help release tension and promote the free flow of subtle energies (prana).  All Partner Yoga exercises use the "buddy system" to dissolve tension and establish a natural state of harmony in body, mind, emotion, and spirit.  Attention is given to the importance of touch, which is seen as a basic human need that, in our busy modern lifestyle, is generally not satisfied. Partner Yoga offers a system that treats touch and intimacy as integral parts of our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.  In poses and exercises, partners rely on each other's support to keep correct body alignment, balance, and concentration. In a deeper sense, this physical support fosters deeper feelings of nurture and acceptance. When you feel safe and supported you develop the courage to trust others and the strength to confront your fears and embrace your true self.  Partner Yoga can be practiced by anyone, including couples, parents and kids, and friends.

February 22: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm

February 29: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15    *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

February 29: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

March 2008

March 1: NOFA-NH Winter Conference Tilton, NH    D Acres' Lauren Buyofsky will speak about "Gardening for Health, Cultivating Wellness" in our daily lives, and Bill Errickson will lead a Season Extension workshop!  Many New England agricultural specialists will be teaching and vending at the conference.  Please visit www.nofanh.org for details!

March 2: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

March 2: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

March 2: FREE New Moon Reiki Share 1:30pm

March 7: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: Rivers & Tides  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

March 8: Home Brewing with John Morrissey 1-6pm $28  Join Neighbor John as we concoct a brew with our own hops. 

March 15: Pruning 2-4pm $20  Specializing in berries and  fruit trees.

March 15: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

March 23: Maple Syrup Production 1-3pm FREE  Maggie Brox of Butternut Farm in Rumney will be hosting a tour of her sugaring operation. Call D Acres for details & directions!

March 23: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm

March 28: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15    *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

March 28: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

March 29: Herbs for Health with Lauren Buyofsky 1-4pm $25   Discover tonic herbs to nourish the body! Traditions of herbal medicine, imbalances in the body, and herbs for nutritional, hormonal, and emotional support will be discussed.

April 2008

April 4: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: Juliette of the Herbs  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

April 6: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

April 6: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00am $10

April 6: FREE New Moon Reiki Share 1:30pm

April 12: Mycological Landscaping 
     with Dave Wichland 10am-4pm $36 includes lunch 
We welcome Dave Wichland of Wichland Woods to D Acres in this day-long workshop focusing on hands-on cultivation of mushrooms on straw and in garden beds. We start with a overview of simple mycology, and its role in nature. On-site we will create a home garden scale morel bed, and innoculate straw with Oyster spawn.

April 13: Treehouse Building with Josh Trought 1-4pm $12  Review existing structures and help build the latest.

April 19: Herbs for Family Wellness with Lauren Buyofsky 1-4pm $25 Why do we "get sick?"  Discover traditional approaches to common family illnesses ranging from fevers to the flu, and learn how herbs can assist in keeping your family well!

April 19: Clothing Swap FREE 5-7pm  Bring (wearable) clothes you no longer want or need, and leave with a whole new wardrobe!  You do not need to bring clothes to take clothes home with you, and vice versa.  All items remaining after the swap will be donated.

April 19: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

April 20: Wooden Spoon-making with Josh Trought 1-4pm $32  Hand craft wooden spoons in the woodshop at D Acres, and take one home with you to use in the kitchen or give as a gift!

April 22: Earth Day Potluck 6-9pm FREE

with guest presentation by Cynthia Robinson of Eco Art a la Carte

Join us as we view and discuss artists from around the world who are working to improve our relationship to the natural world. These artists go way beyond making art for living room or gallery walls- they are working in the dirt and on the ground, reclaiming damaged ecologies, creating artworks to inform us about nature and its processes, or about environmental problems we face, interacting with environmental forces, re-envisioning our relationship to nature, proposing through their work new ways for us to co-exist with our environment.

April 22: Yoga Room Open House 6-9pm FREE
Join us in celebrating the newly painted yoga room at D Acres, featuring a nature mural by Lisa Olech!  Interested in taking yoga classes??  Come check out our fantastic yoga space!

April 25: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15    *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

April 25: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

April 26: Season Extension with Bill Errickson 1-3pm $20  Through the efforts of D Acres of NH to lengthen the farming season while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, you can learn how to extend our limited northern growing season.  Topics will include microclimate modification and species selection of crops, as well as the importance of incorporating value-added farm enterprises to extend the concept of a “season” to include productive year-round, land-based activities.

April 27: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

May 2008

May 2: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: The Future of Food  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

May 4: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

May 4: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

May 4: FREE New Moon Reiki Share 1:30pm

May 4: Seedling Sale  10-2pm  Buy your organic seedlings (and plants for Mother's Day!) early this year!

May 7: Mushroom Plugging  with Bill Errickson 6-8pm $24  Innoculate logs with mushroom spores to grow your own crop of edible mushrooms!

May 10 & 11: Grafting & Compost
  with Mark Fulford   9-4pm $50/day or $90/two days includes lunch.  Accommodations available- please call!
Maine organic farmer Mark Fulford returns to D Acres for two days of hands-on organic land stewardship.  Instruction and hands on methods of grafting, biological soil nutrition, and compost tea recipes will be applied to the organic, no-till, annual and perennial polycultures of the farm.
Day One: Orchards  Includes organic orchard care: grafting, restoration, and pruning, fruit tree fertility and planting tips, as well as organic pest and disease control. There will be a thorough, outdoor, hands-on grafting class using existing trees, with rootstocks and scionwood provided for bench grafting.
Day Two: Compost  Build crop-specific compost recipes using inoculants, thermophylic, mesophylic, BD and static methods, as well as natural rock powders and other amendments for soil and crop nutrition.  We will discuss vermiculture, (worm farming), compost teas, ferments and leachates.

 

May 11: Plant Walk with Sarah Hall 1-3pm FREE  Join Sarah in identifying medicinal plants provided to us by the New Hampshire field and forest!

May 17: Traditional Dances to Celebrate Life, Community & Spirit with Kayla Dauphine 1-5pm $32  Recent archaeological analysis asserts that as people turned to agriculture for their livelihood and settled into villages, religious ceremonies involving dancing became their primary means for bonding individuals into communities. Many traditional folk dances celebrating the rituals of planting and harvesting are danced in villages today. Come explore “easy to learn” traditional dances. Through the simple process of joining hands and moving together in a circle, experience the spiritual dimension of dance and celebrate life.

*Please pre-register: 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

May 17: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

May 18: Native Birds with Len Reitsma 6:30-9:00am $24  Join PSU professor Len Reitsma in identifying New Hampshire bird species by sight and sound.  Bring binoculars and birding field guides if you have them.

May 18: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm FREE

May 24: Hands-On Herbal Medicine Making with Lauren Buyofsky
1-4pm $25   Discover how easy, and fun, it can be to create your own herbal products for use in your home! 

May 25: Tree Species ID with Josh Trought  2-4pm $12  Walk the woods and learn the trees of the Northern Forest.

May 25: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

May 30: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15   
*Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

May 30: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

May 31: Weaving on a Frame Loom with Marcia Vandermast 10:00am-2:30pm   $28 plus $10 materials fee   Bring a Lunch!   Join our neighbor Marcia Vandermast in constructing a basic frame loom and creating woven treasures with recycled fabric and yarn to bring home with you!  Bring material and yarn if you would like- we will also have some available. 
*Please pre-register: info@dacres.org or (603) 786-2366*

June 2008

June 1: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

June 1: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

June 1: FREE New Moon Reiki Share 1:30pm

June 6: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: The Global Gardener: A Close-to-Nature Garden  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

June 7: Home-scale Organic Gardening  with Bill Errickson & Lauren Buyofsky 10am-4pm  $36 (includes lunch)   Experience the joy of gardening! Learn how easy, empowering, and fun it is to grow your food with your own two hands in this one-day workshop. We will spend the day in the gardens at D Acres of New Hampshire, learning organic gardening basics and getting our hands in the soil! Topics include why grow organic, how to begin your garden (whether your garden is a potted tomato plant or a multi-acre market garden), composting, plant selection, preventing pests, encouraging pollinators, irrigation techniques, and specialty themed garden planting. You will leave feeling inspired and ready to start your own organic garden!

June 14: Gardening for Kids with Lauren Buyofsky & Bill Errickson 1pm-3pm $16 per parent/child; $4 each additional child
Parents and kids are encouraged to discover how children can experience the wonders of the garden!  We will have our hands in the dirt, meet the D Acres composting worms, discover easy-to-grow veggies and flowers, and even sample some garden goodies!

June 21: Herbs for Women with Lauren Buyofsky 1-4pm $25  In today’s world, women are faced with many stresses, physical, mental, and emotional, that are familiar to our grandmothers, and many that are not. Luckily, the healing traditions of our grandmothers are still with us and are applicable today! Discover how medicinal herbs can strengthen and support us in our daily lives, and how many can be used as helpful healing agents for a variety of women’s health concerns while sampling wonderful and delicious herbal preparations!

June 21: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!
*Featuring a special guest presentation by Iraq war veteran Will Hopkins* 

June 22: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm FREE

June 27: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15    *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

June 27: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

June 28: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every fourth Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

June 29: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

July 2008

July 4: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: Sir, No Sir!  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

July 6: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

July 6: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

July 6: FREE New Moon Reiki Share with Gayle Hannan 1:30pm

July 18, 19, & 20: Dorchester Old Home Days

July 19: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

July 26: Preserving the Harvest  with Bill Errickson & Lauren Buyofsky 1pm-4pm  $28  Discover ways to enjoy your vegetable, fruit, and medicinal plant harvest through the winter!  Through hands-on harvesting, a tour of the D Acres root cellar, reviewing canning and pickling processes, and dehydrating fruits and herbs, you will see how easy it can be to enjoy the bounty of your garden (or your summer farmer's market purchases) all year long.

July 25: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15    *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

July 25: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

July 26: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every fourth Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

July 27: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

July 29: Community Potluck 6-9pm FREE

August 2008

August 1: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: Affluenza  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

August 3: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

August 3: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

August 3: FREE New Moon Reiki Share with Gayle Hannan 1:30pm

August 5: Medicinal Plant Garden Walk with Lauren Buyofsky 6pm  FREE!  Join Lauren for an evening stroll through the extensive medicinal gardens at D Acres!  Meet some common, and some not-so-common, garden plants that have been used as medicine for generations.  We'll end the walk with organic herbal sun-tea!

August 16: Farm Day!

August 18-22: Kids Week at the Farm with Tyler Durham 9am-1pm Monday-Friday $200 (sliding scale and family discounts available- contact us for more information!)   D Acres welcomes youth to participate in real farm activities, including feeding the pigs and chickens, gathering eggs, harvesting food from the gardens, and preparing and eating it in a tasty, healthy lunch. Young people will be encouraged to marvel at the diversity of life at the farm, and begin to see how plants, animals, insects, and others all work together in a healthy ecological system. Participating children will see that for the farm, and the world beyond, to work, ants, bugs and worms are no less important than oxen, trees, and people. Daily visits to the farm will feed the curiosity children naturally exhibit while fostering growth in a fun and exciting environment.

August 23: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every fourth Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

August 29: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

August 31: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

September 2008

September 5: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: Signs Out of Time  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

September 6: Herbs for Kids  with Lauren Buyofsky 10am-12pm $16  Parents and kids are encouraged to discover how children can experience the wonders of medicinal plants!  We will meet wild and garden medicinal plants that are safe and beneficial for children, and parents will go home with a handout of easy herbal remedies they can help their children make.  We will also sample some herbal goodies!

September 6: Hard Apple Cider Making with Bill Errickson 1pm-3pm $20  Discover how to make apple "seconds", whether they are from that neglected old apple tree in your yard or bought on sale from your local orchard, into delicious hard apple cider!

September 7: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

September 7: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd, 9:00-10:00 am 

September 7: FREE New Moon Reiki Share with Gayle Hannan 1:30pm

September 13 & 14: Cultivating Wellness Conference Join us for two full days of herbal medicine, yoga, nutrition, and more!

September 16: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm FREE
Bill Errickson will present his experiences from a one-week study with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

September 19, 20, & 21: MOFGA Common Ground Fair, Unity, Maine

September 20: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

September 26: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 10am-12pm $15    *Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

September 26: Open Mic Night 8pm FREE!  

September 27: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every fourth Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

September 27: Veggie Oil Conversion with Kevin Maas of KTM Auto 1pm-4pm $32  YES!  The rumors are true...your diesel car CAN be converted to run on waste vegetable oil that you recycle from your local restaurants' fryer!  Learn how you too can be driving a veggie oil-powered car, and why you should care!
**to be held at KTM Auto in Plymouth, NH**

September 28: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

October 2008

October 3: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: Spirited Away  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

October 5: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

October 5: FREE New Moon Reiki Share with Gayle Hannan 1:30pm

October 11: Blacksmith Workshop with Joe Vachon 9am-2pm $15-28 sliding scale suggested donation.  Lunch included.  Join Joe, the D Acres resident blacksmith along with Danniel Piotte, machinist and previous President of the ABANA Chapter in Salt Lake City, Ralph Sproul, owner of Bear Hill Forge, and Master Blacksmith Rob Hudson,  1999 World's Best Knife Maker to learn how to set up your own shop with scrap metals, beginning and intermediate techniques, and how some of the finest knives in the world are made!

October 12: Annual Member Celebration Dinner
Beginning at 3pm, Dinner at 4:30pm  
RSVP: 603-786-2366 or info@dacres.org  
Every autumn, D Acres hosts a dinner to show our appreciation for the dedicated members of our organization.  Join us for a delicious meal, and let us know how we can further work to improve the farm and organization.  Let us know what your favorite events were, and what you'd like to see next year.  Not a member yet?  Join, or renew your lapsed membership, at the Member's dinner!  You can also sign up today!

October 18: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

October 18: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every third Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

October 18: Beer Brewing with Bill Errickson & John Morrissey 1pm-6pm  $28  

October 19: Root Cellaring with Bill Errickson 1pm-3pm  $20 Tour the D Acres root cellar, and learn how you can best store those hearty crops that will last you all winter!  

*Please note change of date and time for:
October 26: The Art of Fermentation with Louise Turner 1-3pm $28
Lacto-fermentation was used before the days of refrigeration, pasteurization, freezing, and canning as a means to preserve food.  A first, easy step to incorporating lactofermented foods into your diet is to learn the preparation of old-fashioned sauerkraut and how it benefits your health and wellbeing!  Participants will make and take home their own jar of organic sauerkraut; materials provided. 

October 26: Volunteer Day 10am-4pm

October 26: Community Potluck 6-9pm FREE

October 26: 7:30pm The Beehive Collective will be presenting first hand accounts of the US and corporate intervention in Columbia. Also check them out at October 28th at 11:30am @ the HUB at PSU and 7:30 @ Plymouth Congregational Church on the Common in conjunction with the PSU's Common Ground Club potluck.  For more information refer to the Press Release or visit  www.beehivecollective.org or contact D Acres!

October 31: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 9am-11am $15   
*Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Lauren: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

October 31: Halloween Open Mic Night  8pm  FREE!  If you come in costume, you can leave your talent at home!  

November 2008

November 2: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

November 2: Yoga Class with Darcie Shedd 9:00-10:00 am

November 2: FREE New Moon Reiki Share with Gayle Hannan 1:30pm

November 7: First Friday Pizza & a Movie: The Power of Community  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

November 8: Wooden Spoon Making with Josh Trought 1-4pm $32
Create your very own handcrafted wooden spoon in the D Acres woodshop in this hands-on workshop, and take it home to use in your kitchen or give as a holiday gift!

November 14: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm FREE

November 15: Saturday Soup Night  6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

November 15: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every third Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

November 28: Open Mic Night  8pm  FREE! 

December 2008

December 5: Writing Group  with Nylah Lyman 9am-11am $15   
*Pre-registration is required.  Please contact D Acres: (603) 786-2366 or info@dacres.org*

December 5: First Friday Pizza & a Movie  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie: Daughters of Wisdom, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

December 6: Reiki 2 Class with Gayle Hannan 10am-5pm $125. Certificate provided, and some scholarships available. Please wear comfortable clothes.  There will be a potluck lunch break. Contact Gayle for more information at (603) 726-3755.

Come to this healing "PlayShop" and learn the second level principles of Reiki.  This class will give you the ability to work long distance, and create balance.  Gayle will teach some practical "how-to's" of using it in your everyday life.  In these rapidly changing times she is happy to present Energy work in our  community.  Come journey into self awareness and open your consciousness to received the always available gift of universal energy which is all around you.

December 7: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

December 7: Yoga Class  9:00-10:00 am 

December 7: FREE New Moon Reiki Share with Gayle Hannan 1:30pm

December 20: Saturday Soup Night 6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

December 20: Circle Dance with Jan Nash 4-6pm FREE!  Join us for our monthly circle dance, held every third Saturday of the month.  Circle dance is followed by a potluck- bring a friend and a dish to share.  Beginners are certainly welcome and encouraged to learn circle dance in this fun, supportive environment!

December 20: Solstice Potluck 6-9pm FREE

December 26: Open Mic Night  8pm  FREE! 

2009 CALENDAR

    OF EVENTS

2009 is the Year of Traditional Arts & Ecology

In 2009, our educational programming will focus on Arts & Ecology, with an emphasis on traditional arts such as blacksmithing, woodworking, fiber arts, food preservation, and printmaking.  In additional to our complete schedule of workshops and events, D Acres will also be hosting a Traditional Arts Fair on September 12th and 13th, 2009.

January 2009

January 2: First Friday Pizza & a Movie  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

January 4: Yoga w/ Darcie Shedd 9-10am

January 4: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails  10am-1pm, Tours begin at 1pm, $10 suggested donation for adults, $5 for children.

January 4: Reiki Share w/ Gayle Hannan 1:30pm, donations welcome. All levels welcome!

January 11:  Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm FREE Bring a dish to share with neighbors! Join us after for a talk about Climate Change led by Sam Miller!

January 17:  Saturday Soup Night 6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

January 23: Democracy Dance Party w/ Black Bear Moon Rhythm Ensemble 8-11pm $4 at door.  Join us to celebrate participation in the 2008 elections!

January 30: Writing Group 10am-12pm $15

January 30: Open Mic Night  8pm  FREE! 

February 2009

February 1: Yoga w/ Darcie Shedd 9-10am

February 1: Farm Feast Breakfast and Open House/Open Trails 

February 1: Reiki Share w/ Gayle Hannan 1:30pm, donations welcome. All levels welcome!

February 6: First Friday Pizza & a Movie  5:30pm pizza, 7pm movie: Man on Wire, $5-$15 sliding scale suggested donation for all-you-should-eat pizza!

February 8: Wooden Heart Making w/ Josh Trought 3-5 pm $8 Come learn how to make your own wooden heart to give to a loved one!

February 8: Doll Making w/ Regina Rinaldo 3-5pm $8 Create your own doll from recycled materials! $4 Material fee or bring your own fabric scraps to use!

February 8: Full Moon Potluck 6-9pm FREE Bring a dish to share with neighbors! Join us after for a talk led by Sarah Harpster of the New England Coalition of Sustainable Population!

February 21: Saturday Soup Night 6-8pm $5-$15 sliding scale donation for all-you-should-eat organic farm soup!

February 21: 2nd Annual Farmer's Gathering at D Acres 6pm Local farmers are invited to come together for a night of exceptional food and conversation.  Bring a potluck dish to share!

February 27: Writing Group w/ Ivy Page 10am-12pm $15 All levels and styles are welcome; emphasis is currently on poetry and short-stories.  Beginners are certainly welcome.  *Pre-registration is required.  Contact us at 603.786.2366 or info@dacres.org

February 27: Marx in Soho written by Howard Zinn (author of A People's History of the Untied States), performed by Bob Weick.  7pm, donations welcome. www.ironagetheater.org

Bob Weick, National Touring Actor of Howard Zinn's, “MARX IN SOHO.” The celebrated actor and 2003 Barrymore Award nominee has presented over 160 performances of Zinn's play from Maine to California. A Graduate of Lehigh University and a farrier by trade, Bob began his acting career in 1995 and in the aftermath of the 2000 election, 9/11, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, chose to use his talent to contribute to the education and engagement of students and citizens. Read the press release here.

February 27: Open Mic Night  8pm  FREE! 

No one will be denied access to D Acres workshops & events due to inability to pay.

A 25% discount on all workshops and events is offered to members of D Acres and to residents of Grafton County, so...

50% off for Local Members