Earth Day Hootenanny April 19, 2008

By Michelle on April 11, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (7) | Community Involvement , Environment , Free Stuff , Highlands , Kid Friendly , Outdoors , Parks

It's not often that I get to use the word Hootenanny and that's a sure shame. Thanksfull the folks from Mighty Kindness helped me out by calling their Earth Day celebration a hootenanny. Details:

Mighty Kindness invites you to their first annual Earth Day Hootenanny on Saturday, April 19th at Willow Park in the Highlands from 12-6pm. Together with Community Farm Alliance,Rainbow Blossom, Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA), Sustain Kids, and Heine Bros.Coffee,the Mighty Kindness Earth Day Hootenanny is a free celebration for the whole community featuring the Art of Earth Performance Stage, a Kid's Tent, a Free School workshop & education area. There will also be an assortment of individuals representing their organizations such as Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Campaign for a Dept. of Peace, Cultivating Connections, Amazing Grace Wholefoods, and many other Earth-friendly groups, local green businesses, alternative healers, local farmers, peace and social justice organizations.

The Art in Earth Performance Stage will feature the music of Leigh Ann Yost, Teneia Sanders, John Gage, Tamara Dearing,Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Kentucky Bootleggers, Acoustic Tomato and Fool's Crow. You can also experiencethe magical movement of the Earth Mamas Dance Co. and workshops by Salsa Rueda & Playback Theatre.

The Mighty KIDness tent will be host to Divinity Rose's "Kid's Open Stage & Storytelling", John Gage's workshop on music for the whole family, flower planting and finger knitting with the Waldorf School, face painting and other children's activities.

The Free School will be offering educational workshops on a wide variety of environmental and community interests. Some workshops and talks will be on community gardens, composting, raw foods, homemade green cleaners, mountaintop removal, eco-landscaping as well as peace & social justice interests.

There will be free gifts abound including books and give-aways from local businesses. Bring the whole family and pack a picnic for there will not be refreshments in order to keep it a "Money-Free Festivity!".

Mighty Kindness is a local community unity organization and online resource that seeks to bring together all things in our eco-region that create a circle of sustainability and contribute to our common wealth. Please visit www.mightykindness.org to find resources for local farms, community services, local green businesses, peace & social justice groups, alternative medicine and healing, spirituality, environmental organizations and meet like-minded souls in the Mighty Kind Community.

Join us in honoring the Earth on Saturday, April 19th at Willow Park. Come enjoy inspiring local performers, witness the wonder of our mighty kids being educated and entertained, discover Community services that you never knew existed, find out about products provided by your neighbors that are good for you and eco-friendly, and meet local farmers & get fresh produce delivered to your door. Come hobknob with the heart of our commonwealth - where earth-advocates, peaceful warriors, union members, social justice workers, eco-conscious business people, artists, healers, dreamers, heroes & heroines all come together to create a community with vision, beauty, wholeness, and a healthy respect for our beloved Earth!

7 Comments

Joel said:

what an absolutely ugly flier that is.

April 11, 2008 2:47 PM

Michelle

said:

Well I certainly don't dig the butterfly flying out of the woman's mouth. That being said I don't think I'm the target audience for the flyer or the event.

April 11, 2008 3:00 PM

maggie said:

I love the flyer.

HOWEVER, that being said, it doesn't matter what the flyer looks like. EVERYONE That is living on this earth and in this city is a targeted audience and has a responsibility to the earth. We consume so much everyday w/ the use of our water, plastic bags, food, goods, jewelry, etc. We have a responsibility to give back a little. Just one act a day could make some kind of difference.

I'm just sayin'.

April 12, 2008 11:45 AM

Michelle

said:

No one said anything negative about the event, I'm sure those who are interested in it will have a great time. That being said just because a person isn't interested in this particular group or this particular event doesn't mean that they don't take environmental concerns seriously. I think that the style of the art is very clearly targeted at a certain demographic instead of the general public. Perhaps we should have the crew over at Create Louisville discuss it.

It does matter what the art on the flyer looks likes in terms of making people want to come to an event or not. The art on the flyer doesn't appeal to me at all and doesn't make me want to come to this event but don't assume that means I don't try very hard to live a green, earth friendly life. Stick around and read Consuming Louisville for a while and you'll hear me talk about being a treehugger, complaining about politicians driving SUVs back and forth to Frankfort and how I try to walk and bike every single place I can.

April 12, 2008 12:10 PM

Trevor said:

How funny. I followed the link to Create Louisville and my first reaction was that the page is quite hard to read.

I think the style of the art on the poster is targeted at a certain demographic only if one insists on breaking things down into demographics, boxes, fill-in-the-blanks, and check-here's. I know I've seen this poster mixed in among others in a couple of coffeeshops and it's the only one I could tell you anything about. And that is the idea behind marketing, is it not? Earning a place in someone's memory. Getting people to talk about it...

April 17, 2008 6:03 PM

Misty said:

WOW...I am truly saddened by the fact that anyone would judge an earth day event by it's flyer. I am curious as to what "particular group" this flyer was intended for, hum? I purposely attend local events that I may not usually go to in order to gain personal knowledge.

May 14, 2008 2:45 AM

Michelle

said:

Really? No one thinks that design is important? No one thinks that design is targeted? I find that fascinating. You don't think people judge whether or not they want to go to an event based on how it's marketed? Again I say fascinating.

May 14, 2008 7:57 AM

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