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By Mark Hansen

Enter the flow with a new club on campus; Flow Arts!  Offered in the Rec. Center Monday and Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. there is half a volleyball court reserved and they will be hard to miss!

First semester SL student Alexandra Pomeroy from Pennsylvania started the club.

“I was already going to do it by myself,” Pomeroy said. “Other people showed interest so I thought, why not start a club.”

At the first gathering on Jan. 27 eleven students showed up twirling poi, hula hooping and juggling.

Incoming student Shaina Smith was getting some instruction from Pomeroy on the hula hoop.

“It is my first time here,” Smith said.  “I want to learn how to hula hoop that’s why I came.”

“It’s a very creative thing, it definitely makes the brain work differently,” she added.  “I’m no professional or anything but my brain; I feel it working so differently when I’m practicing and learning something that’s very movement associated and I like that.”

Flow Arts is open to anyone who is interested.  You can expect to convene with good people and try something new.

All skill levels are welcome and teachers are available in juggling, poi and hula hoop.

Enter another first semester student Bruce Nevarez was in the flow doing some poi.

“This is my first time doing any sort of Flow Art but so far I can tell that I’m really going to get into it,” Nevarez said.

“It’s just to have fun,” he continued. “To be in the flow, and in the moment doing something that looks really cool.”

Pomeroy is working on creating a sustainable bamboo hula hoop because they’re normally made from PVC.

Through lots of practice and youtube videos she has honed her talents in the Flow Arts.

Flow Arts club provides students an opportunity to, as Maharishi says, live 200 percent fullness of life.

“(Flow Art) helps one experience the blissful awareness that comes with activity when you experience flow,”Pomeroy said. “So through T.M. we learn how to explore blissful awareness with rest and now we can also do that with activity.”

Friday, December 9

Steve McLain’s “Ultrasound Show”

Friday, December 9
8 pm
Cafe Paradiso
$10 in advance / $12 at the door

Most of you are probably familiar with Steve McLain as the front man and songwriter for the Jefferson County Green Band.  So you probably already know what a talent he is. Combine that with a stage presence that makes everyone feel like they are Steve’s best friend everyone is invited to his house for a party where there’s plenty of great food, drink and everyone is real happy and well, you’ve got a great show.  Steve’s calling it his “ultrasound” show (the baby is due real soon).  (Written by Meret Giacomini.)

Click here to visit Cafe Paradiso’s website.

This weekly update was put together by Erin Pillman.

Thursday, December 8

Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association, Fairfield Musicians Club, Fairfield Volunteer Center, and Fairfield First!

Thursday,  December 8
6:15 p.m – cocktails and networking
6:45 p.m. – Dinner, presentations and live entertainment
Fairfield Arts and Convention Center Center
200 S. Main Street
$25

This festive event features an all-local food banquet, top notch entertainment and inspirational awards for Entrepreneur of the Year, Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and Volunteer of the Year.  Artist Mark Shafer will unveil this year’s Hall of Fame Portrait of Jack McMahon. This year’s Hall of Fame inductee was responsible for Fairifeld’s greatest export.

Click here to purchase tickets.

This weekly update was put together by Erin Pillman.

Sweet Talk Radio

Thursday, December 1
8 pm
Cafe Paradiso
$10 in advance / $12 at the door

With a sound that has been described as alt-folk or americana-pop, the seasoned musicians have that magic chemistry of two people who have each others backs, and are passionate about making music. As they seamlessly traded lead vocals, guitar riffs and even instruments, they always gave the songs room to breathe. The metaphors and imagery in the lyrics tumbled over my ears, painting characters and whole relationships with just a few well chosen words.

(Reprinted with permission from Lyrical Venus Radio Hour, http://lyricalvenus.com)

To visit the Sweet Talk Radio website, click here.

To visit the Sweet Talk Radio Facebook page, click here.

To visit the Sweet Talk Radio YouTube site, click here.

Click here to visit the Cafe Paradiso website.

For more weekly updates in Fairfield, CLICK HERE!

By Erin Pillman

 Live presentations and music PLUS live webcast from TEDxWomen events in New York and Los Angeles!

The event runs from 10 am to 8pm with breaks throughout the day. Each presentation will last a maximum of 18 minutes.

Continuing the global conversation that started at TEDWomen in 2010 about how women and girls are the future.

Local speakers and performers include Pam Whitworth of the Shanti Children’s Foundation, Phyllis Khare on how “Women are Made for Socia Media” and Sharon Bousquet.

Live viewing event from TED Talks in New York and LA featuring actress Jane Fonda, Lamis Zein, the woman who heads an all-female bomb-disposal unit in Lebanon, the television personality Barbara Walters, the amazing singer-songwriter Morley; social-media maven Tiffany Shlain, Vietnam refugee and tech entrepreneur Tan Le, documentarian Jennifer Newsom, and cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson. Also in the line up, Dr. Oz, who hosts a daily show focusing on medical health, and Gloria Steinem, an American feminist, journalist, and social/political activist, speaking about re-imaging a world with true gender equality. Shamila Kohestani, shares her moving story as captain of Afghanistan’s first National Women’s Football team.

As an exciting addition, the TEDxWomen stage will welcome young women throughout the day, such as fashion icon Tavi Gevinson and South African teen Busisiwe Mkhumbuzi to share the insights of a younger female perspective.

TED is a non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It was introduced to public in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment and Design. Since then the scope has become even broader. Along with two annual conferences – in Long Beach and Palm Springs every Spring and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh Scotland every Summer. These conferences bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less).

Thursday, December 1
Fairfield Public Library
104 W. Adams
10 am – 8 pm
$25

For tickets: tedxfairfieldwomen.eventbrite.com/

Reservations can be made by emailing Burt@TEDxFairfield.com or calling 641.919.2163.

http://TEDxFairfield.com/TEDxFairfieldWomen.com/Welcome.html

Gong Concert

Donald Parris will be giving a Gong Bath at Morning Star Studio this Saturday at 8 pm.

Bring a mat or a blanket to be comfortable on the floor.

The complex interplay of tonal vibrational waves of sound that crest and ebb and flow simultaneously have a unique effect on each listener’s vibrational response.

Morning Star Studio
8 – 9 pm
51 ½ Court Street (on the square)

For more information on what’s happening in Fairfield this evening

CLICK HERE.

Tell Conscious Times what you’re thankful for in 1500 words or less! You could win a cash prize AND enjoy being a published writer!

There will be 3 essays chosen:

First Prize will be the next Featured Article in MUM’s Student Online Newspaper @ www.conscioustimesonline.com and a cash prize!

Second and Third Prize will win a gift certificate and the gift of being a published writer!

Send your essays to:

jada.t.foster@gmail.com with CT ESSAY as the SUBJECT.

WE’VE CHANGED THE DUE DATE!!!

ALL ESSAYS ARE DUE BY

NOVEMBER 22nd, 2011

BEFORE MID-NIGHT!!!

Happy Writing!

Love,

The Conscious Times Staff

The National Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament was held at Drake Law School in Des Moines, Iowa this past weekend.  The team of Ken Ault, Elizabeth Fowler and Josh Wilson from Maharishi University of Management (the smallest school in the tournament) placed third in Mediation.  Josh Wilson received an award as All-American Mediator for coming in 6th in the individual competition, and the team as whole placed 8th in the Advocate/Client category.  Twenty teams from 16 schools around the country competed in the tournament.  Competing in the Mediation finals with MUM were teams from Boston University,(4th place) University of Wisconsin – Platteville, (2nd place) and University of Texas – Dallas (1st place).

This result showed the outstanding quality of the team.  Few teams are in the top ten in both the Mediator and Advocate/Client categories.

Maharishi University of Management hosted an invitational tournament at the end of October attended by 8 teams from 4 schools which was the culmination of a class in Mediation and Negotiation taught by Vicki Alexander Herriott, J.D., LL.M.

The MUM team of Chris Brooks, Liz Fowler and Josh Wilson came in First in Mediation and the MUM team of Grace Hartnett, Maddy Koch, Sascha Kyssa came in Second both in the Advocate category and in the All-Around Category.

Emanuel Schachinger  and Yang Jingzi were on a combined team with two students from Dubuque University, and their team came in Third in the All-Around category.

Liz Fowler, Shahn Randhawa, Josh Wilson and Sascha Kyssa got awards as Top Mediators, and Maddy Koch and Grace Hartnett got awards as Top Advocates.

Event Invite by Chris Brooks and Clayton Scott Morris

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDxFairfieldLive. At our TEDxFairfieldLive event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.

TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference; events can be simple viewing events, and may also host live speakers (though ours does not *this time*).

The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

Come experience TEDtalks on the big screen as they simulcast live (with a little bit of a time delay) from the TEDGlobal 2011 conference in Scotland.

Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ (8:30am-6:15pm) in MUM’s Dalby Hall

This year’s theme:

The  stuff  of  Life.

If you are unable to make make it to all of the speeches, do come for the ones you can. For more details about the event or the list of speakers visit :

http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3093

FREE OF CHARGE

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Imagine the bold, almost comic book noir style of SIN CITY or DICK TRACY. Now add the lighthearted, intelligent dialogue and romantic, family friendly themes of THE PRINCESS BRIDE. This is THE VINDICATION OF RONALD CLAY, AND OTHER FABLES FOR A RAINY DAY.

MUM faculty filmmakers Cullen Thomas and Donald Revolinski are currently in pre-production of their new film, THE VINDICATION OF RONALD CLAY, AND OTHER FABLES FOR A RAINY DAY, with assistance from ten MUM film students who are receiving credit for their participation on the crew.

The film will feature performances from a very talented all-Iowa cast, including Fairfield actors David Murphy and Elizabeth Huebner—and Associate Producer, Mayor Ed Malloy as the President of the United States. The film will be shot on location in Fairfield with the state-of-the-art “RED One” camera from the MUM film department.

Cullen and Donald aren’t asking for donations—but they need your support to make it happen (or else it won’t). Here’s what you can do to ensure this project moves forward ASAP: For $25 you can pre-order a DVD of the film today. Your money is needed to

•    Buy supplies to build a spaceship

•    Retrofit a coffee shop

•    Cater food on weekends for the volunteer cast and crew

•    Pay for special-effects master, Adam Lima, to add his professional flair in post-production. (Check out Adam’s impressive highlight reel here.)

So, please pre-order your DVD by clicking here and 
support the arts community at MUM, in Fairfield, and Iowa.