Our Fall Festival will be on September 25th and 26th 2010 at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community in Minneapolis. We’ll have vendors, music, rituals, and workshops. Please take a look at the link (or at the 2010 Pagan Pride link in the header) to learn more.

As always, Twin Cities Pagan Pride (our fall event) is a free event open to the public, though we appreciate donations to local charities (via our food drive and other means), and to help us cover event costs.

We’re also delighted to announce Paganicon, a spring programming-focused conference (with lots of other fun – music, vendors, and more). Again, please check out the link for much more information.

Paganicon will take place at the Doubletree Park Place hotel just off 394 in St. Louis Park, from March 25th to 27th, 2011. Registration starts at $45 (through September 26th, 2010), and we’ve done our best to keep costs low. Registration options will be coming shortly.

Want more information? Sign up for our email list (see the left hand bar) to get updates with all the latest information. (If you’re interested in vending, please also sign up for our vendor list by clicking on the Vendor link in the header and filling out the vendor list information.)

Curious about why we’re making some changes in what we offer? We’ve got more information for you, and we also welcome additional questions at info@tcpaganpride.org .

Where: Sacred Paths (at 777 Raymond Ave, St. Paul, MN)
When: 3 – 5pm on Saturday, February 20th.
Requested donation: $5

Beth Kinderman

Beth plays around the midwest with The Player Characters, challenging  assumptions of what music for nerds can be.
She believes
… that topics like Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are fertile ground for serious songwriting
… that playing primarily for a fannish audience doesn’t mean you have to compromise your vision
… that fandom is overdue for a band that blends poetic lyrics, progressive rock’s epic arrangements, and a punk sensibility.

Find out more about her at http://bethkinderman.com

Social time starting at 6pm followed by music from the energetic and engaging Dunn County Clerics and from Kari Tauring. After the performances, stay for the folk jam!

Where? Merlins Rest can be found at 3601 Lake Street in Minneapolis. You can find more about them at http://merlinsrest.com/

We especially want to thank everyone who came, who tried out something new, asked a question, made a connection, or otherwise shared in the event. Without you, the attendees, we wouldn’t have an event in the first place. Thanks for taking time out of your weekend and sharing it with us.

Moving forward:
Please share your thoughts about this year’s event in our post-event survey. We’d love to hear about your experiences and what you enjoyed and want to see more of (as well as the things that didn’t work as well for you.)

We’re also looking at some changes to our future plans and schedule, and we’d like your thoughts about this. You can find the explanation of our ideas and a survey about them over here. Feedback at Pagan Pride itself suggests it’s worth exploring these options, so we’ll be doing some research on specifics and holding a public meeting early in 2010 to share our basic plans and ask for more ideas and feedback. (You can also always email us at info@tcpaganpride.org .)

Winter Solstice concert:
We’re looking at scheduling a winter solstice concert fundraiser for future events sometime in mid to late December. We’ll get more information out to you when we have a solid date, location, and performance schedule, so keep an eye open. We post announcements to several local Pagan lists, but we’re also glad to add you to our announcements list – email info@tcpaganpride.org if you’re interested in getting announcements from us, and haven’t already signed up at this year’s event.

Thanks again to everyone who made this year’s event a success!

This year, we’re doing a survey about possible future events – please check it out and give us your feedback on what you’d like to see.

Twin Cities Pagan Pride is fast approaching! As a reminder, you can find out about our schedule on our  programming page (including PDF downloads of our  schedule grid and program descriptions. We also have information about our entertainment and performers both on the web and via PDF. We have a couple of last minute additions and updates in there!

Saturday, October 3rd: 10am to 5pm
Sunday, October 4th: 11am to 5pm
(at Sabathani Community Center, Minneapolis, MN)

Thank you for your support! We always appreciate every bit of support for our community and for our event. First, please come! Second, please bring a donation for the food shelf, and donation bucket if you can. And take a look at our vendors, our silent auction – vendor fees and silent auction provide most of the funds for our event.

We still welcome volunteers for everything from helping in our vendor room or welcoming others at the front desk (a great way to meet the community). We can also always use help with final tasks setting up and cleaning up. If you’re interested, please email info@tcpaganpride.org ]]> http://tcpaganpride.org/info/2009/09/26/a-week-from-today/feed/ 0 http://tcpaganpride.org/info/2009/09/24/schedules-up/ http://tcpaganpride.org/info/2009/09/24/schedules-up/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:57:16 +0000 Admin http://tcpaganpride.org/info/?p=87 Check out the programming schedule for this year at our programming page. For those of you who prefer a PDF version, we have copies of the schedule grid and a PDF version of the following information for download as well.

Saturday, October 3rd: 10am to 5pm
Sunday, October 4th: 11am to 5pm
(at Sabathani Community Center, Minneapolis, MN)

The schedule grid includes our musical guests:

• Totally Northern Tribal
• Dunn County Clerics
• Beth Kinderman
• Celtic Story Telling by Andrew Jacob of the Temple of the River
• Becca and Graham Leathers
• 3 Poppet Opera
• Kari Tauring and Drew Miller

We still welcome volunteers for everything from helping in our vendor room or welcoming others at the front desk (a great way to meet the community). We can also always use help with final tasks setting up and cleaning up. If you’re interested, please email info@tcpaganpride.org

We also always appreciate every bit of support for our community and for our event. Bring a donation for the food shelf, and donation bucket if you can. And take a look at our vendors, our silent auction – vendor fees and silent auction provide most of the funds for our event.

Rates for community (Pagan) organisations are as follows:
- 1/4 page (3.5″ high by 2″ wide): $20
- 1/2 page (3.5″ high by 4.5″ wide) $35
- full page: inside (7.5″ by 4.5″ wide) $60
- full page: inside back cover (7.5″ by 4.5″) $80 – first come, first serve)

(our outside back cover has already been sold, but we hope to continue this in future years.)

Please contact us at info@tcpaganpride.org for ad rates for other businesses outside the Pagan community or you have any questions.

Requirements:
Please

- submit your ad to info@tcpaganpride.org using any common image format. (they should be in grayscale and at 300dpi or higher). Please keep a copy on file, in case we have any difficulty when putting the program together.

- submit your payment to our PayPal account at paypal@tcpaganpride.org . If oyu’d prefer to pay by mail, please contact us by email at info@tcpaganpride.org for our mailing address and other details.

Twin Cities Pagan Pride will have a booth at the Twin Cities Gay Pride on June 27th and 28th, 2009. Visit us in Loring Park at booth #6010 (in the purple section). We’re near several other Pagan and Pagan-friendly groups. A complete PDF guide of vendor and exhibit locations is available from the TCPride.org website.

We’re always glad to welcome volunteers to help at this event – come, spend an hour or two talking to others interested in our community! If you’re interested, please email info@tcpaganpride.org and let us know when you’d be free (the booths are open 10am to 6pm on Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th.)

For those of you attending Convergence (a science-fiction convention held July 2nd to 4th in Bloomington), Twin Cities Pagan Pride will be hosting a party room on Thursday and Friday nights.  Look for us listed as The Witches’ Cauldron. (Membership in Convergence is required for party attendance.)

Both of these events are a great chance for us to talk more about what we do (as Pagans, and as Twin Cities Pagan Pride) with others inside and outside the Pagan community – we think they’re a great way to let people know about our educational focus.

Programming:

Got something you want to share with others? Check out our Programming information page for more on how to propose an item of programming for this year’s event.

Art Contest:

Our art contest is still open for submissions – but hurry, because we’ll be looking at all submitted entries right after our July 15th deadline. Find out more about what we’re looking for, and send in your art!  Win a 6×6 vendor space for our festival for your use or that of a vendor or group you wish to support who’ll be there.

Twin Cities Pagan Pride is delighted to announce an art contest open to anyone in the community who wants to help illustrate Pagan Pride’s mission and goals. We’re looking for art that we can use on our t-shirts, mugs, and on the web, to help illustrate what we do, and to help encourage those curious about Paganism to learn more.

Prizes:

• Fame and glory: credit on our website and a link to your website or other contact information as you prefer.
• Winners will receive a free 6×6 booth at Twin Cities Pagan Pride 2009. These prizes are transferable to an organization or business of your choice if you prefer. Booth can be in the vendor room or the organization row, whichever you like.
• We will be picking up to three winners.

Who:
Open to anyone. However, please note:

• All entries become the property of Twin Cities Pagan Pride.
• Winners must be willing to sign a formal transfer of rights to Twin Cities Pagan Pride.
• Winning entries will be used to promote our organization and events as we see fit.

What:

• Art suitable to use on t-shirts, mugs, and other items (as well as on the web). Many shapes (square, rectangle, circle, etc.) are all possible.
• Images can be color or black and white – whichever moves you!
• You must be able to share the item with us in a high resolution digital image (JPG or PNG) of at least 200 DPI (and higher is better)

When:
Entry deadline is July 15th, 2009. We’ll be announcing the winners shortly thereafter.

How:
Please email your file to info@tcpaganpride.org. We’ll acknowledge receipt after making sure we can open the file. Please include the best way to contact you (i.e. your phone number, email, etc.) so we can contact you before announcing the winners.

We will be selecting up to 3 winners, based on the number of entries.

Judging criteria:
Winners will be selected by the Twin Cities Pagan Pride board. We will be considering several factors when selecting our winners.

• How it reflects Pagan Pride’s mission and goals. (You can see the national mission statement here: http://paganpride.org/who/who.html)
• How art would look reproduced in various formats (web, t-shirts, mugs, other items.)
• Appeal and interest for a wide range of viewers (Pagans, non-Pagans, different Pagan paths.)
• How it reflects the Twin Cities in specific (rather than something more general.)