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<big><big><b>SATURDAY: </b></big></big> May 3 at 7:00 pm: 1st SATURDAY
COFFEE HOUSE<br>
poet Emily Peterson and musician Brian E. Langston <br>
Poetry • Music • Refreshments • Open Mic • Donation Requested<br>
EMILY PETERSON is a massage therapist, student, and mother who lives
and works in both Baltimore and Annapolis. Her passions are health,
philosophy, poetry, and languages. She will graduate with a B.A. in
Philosophy from the University of Maryland College Park in May 2008.
There, she has studied Arabic and medieval Islamic political
philosophy. She compiled her third personal chapbook “Stats on Loved
Debris” this spring. <br>
BRIAN LANGSTON is a transplant to the East Coast from the idyllic
Southern California town of Santa Barbara, where, among other things,
he performed as the guitarist in the punk/hard rock power trio,
Babelfish42. During his tenure, Babelfish42 self-released a 6-song EP
entitled "Bipolar" and played numerous gigs on the SoCal scene,
culminating in an opening slot for the major-label band Cold. He is
also a poet – for some poetry and more information about that part of
his life, see <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.mayhemonward.com">www.mayhemonward.com</a> . <br>
<hr size="2" width="100%"><big><b><big>SUNDAY: </big></b></big>May 4:
MOVABLE TREATS<br>
Please bring your dessert contributions with you and place them on the
table in the corner of our meeting room. And remember that there’s a
box for canned and dry good contributions for Moveable Feast near the
bulletin board in our entrance area. We’re accepting these
contributions every Sunday.<br>
Dessert Guidelines:<br>
1) Use sandwich bags or snack bags to wrap your desserts in
serving-size portions and label them to indicate generally what they
are.<br>
2) Mark your desserts if they contain nuts or peanuts.<br>
3) Avoid desserts with heavy icings or containing alcohol.<br>
<hr size="2" width="100%">May 4 at 9:30 am: POETRY GROUP<br>
No rhyming required! Bring poems that move you or that you have written
to share and discuss. Each meeting we look at poems that loosely relate
to a specific topic, announced ahead of time via e-mail. Facilitated
the first Sunday by Karla, BES’ “poet in residence”, and the third
Sunday by Kirk Mullen. Want to join in? Contact
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:poet@BaltimoreEthicalSociety.org">poet@BaltimoreEthicalSociety.org</a> <br>
<hr size="2" width="100%">May 4: at 10:30 am: “The Long and the Short" <br>
FRITZ WILLIAMS, Leader Emeritus, <br>
In his last talk as Leader of the Baltimore Ethical Society, Fritz
Williams reflects on what this work has meant to him and what he’s
tried to accomplish. He speaks about developing his own message about a
good life that is grounded in emotional and moral health and is shaped
by everyday encounters and experiences. He reflects on how he has
attempted to use storytelling as a means of examining the process of
moral development. And he expresses his gratitude for the opportunity
to do this work within a religious movement with an unwavering
commitment to human worth. It is work that will continue in the next
phase of his life with a greater emphasis on writing and publication. <br>
<hr size="2" width="100%">May 4, 1 PM, AVAM Tour with Rebecca
Hoffberger “ALL FAITHS BEAUTIFUL”<br>
Join BES at the American Visionary Art Museum to view the current show
on faith, in which agnosticism and atheism are acknowledged along with
traditional faiths. We are fortunate to be guided through the exhibit
by Rebecca Hoffberger, AVAM’s Founder and Director. Hoffberger writes
about this exhibit, “Whereas much has been made of interfaith
discussion (surely meritorious) the deeper reality is that faith is
never a monolithic thing, but rather a most personal, individualistic
phenomena.” <br>
<br>
Admission to AVAM (800 Key Highway in the Inner Harbor) is $12 adults
($7 for groups of 10 or more, that will be us!), $8 for seniors and
students. There is no extra charge for the tour. <br>
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