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2014 The Soil of Earth
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2014 Bringing it All Together
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Sporty Lee played the 2014 Lumins After party (right). As did Tacoma's Pig Snout. .
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Our Work: Authenticity in Multiplicity
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Introducing Bare Necessities:
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Lumins: A Holiday in Autumn
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In April, 2014 Students Created 5 (Brilliant) Lumins
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In August We Created Lumins with Eastside Green Thumbs
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2) We Contribute in Community
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In 2012 we collaborated with Olympia's Earthbound productions to surprise birthday girl Vicci Martinez for her home coming acoustic set at Broadway Center's 2nd Annual Fall Free for All
2013
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We installed lumins at Le Diner en Blanc (a Fundraiser for 1st Night) on Sept 26, 2013
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Also in 2012 we were invited to install for the closing ceremony of Tacoma's International Film Festival
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Installing lumins for the Hilltop Artist's annual VIP event on Dec 6, 2013.
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2014: Participating in 2 Day of the Dead celebrations, I was asked to lead the Dia de los Muertos Procession at the Northwest Detention Center, which I did. We also contributed lumins to the 6th Ave celebrations
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Because they hosted 3 talks on the social issues pertaining to homelessness in Tacoma, in our 3rd year we decided to do something new: Highlight their work with a first ever simple celebration of stars.
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March 20 Spring in the Kitchen
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Spring Equinox 2014
March 20th
Our first official event of 2014, we introduced this year's theme, 'The Soil of Earth,' as we hosted an evening of food, music and presentations from professionals in the field.
Speakers included Scott
Heller of Tacoma Urban Land Trust and Alyssa Reeber of Sweet Maiden Honey. We enjoyed music TR Stewart.
March 20th
Our first official event of 2014, we introduced this year's theme, 'The Soil of Earth,' as we hosted an evening of food, music and presentations from professionals in the field.
Speakers included Scott
Heller of Tacoma Urban Land Trust and Alyssa Reeber of Sweet Maiden Honey. We enjoyed music TR Stewart.
July 26 The Bodily Arts: A Joyous Introduction & Farm Fresh Potluck
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Midsummer New Moon
July 26, 2014 We hosted an afternoon at Good Karma Center for Joy to introduce our community to the 'Bodily Arts.' The evening included acupuncture by Kirsty Docken, Chair Yoga by Angi Donovan and meditation by Ben Haslund. This was also a midsummer potluck.
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Sept 5 John Stark & a Musical Melange
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A preeminent world authority on the effects of toxins on the living environment, professor John Stark of WA State University is only 15 minutes away from our city, at the Puyallup campus - but almost none of our people had heard of him. Not our teachers, not our leaders, not our organizations.
And this is important.
John's work is literally world class: It has led to historic legislative change in Washington State and even European Union legislatures. When the White House in WA D.C. wants to know about shellfish life and other issues in the South Sound, they call for John. And his work is simple - can be understood with a few short words at a dinner table.
I said, 'John, if I cannot read your work, because it has not been written in layman terms; if our teachers do not know about your work; if our students therefore do not know, nor their families - how: How can we hope to change our ways to align with what your research shows?'
It took some time (I think I had to prove to him my dedication). But after knowing him for a while he finally agreed to speak. He liked what I was trying to do: Bridge the discrepancy between those at the higher levels of learning and us that simply want to know the better thing to do. That is the worthy task.
So on Sept 5, our community came together and threw him a party; we called it a Musical Melange.
Ed Cedras offered to host at his Northern Pacific Coffee Company; a wide range of musicians agreed to play, showing the depth of our community's support for his kind of work; Sean Alexander designed the evening's program; we made him dinner, and had the evening professionally recorded.
What unfolded was an event unlike any of us had known: We listened, we participated and we learned. John says he has never known of anything like it - not anywhere among his peers.
It is an original expression unique to our city in the world, and in coming days you will be invited yourself to listen, and to hear the sounds.
And this is important.
John's work is literally world class: It has led to historic legislative change in Washington State and even European Union legislatures. When the White House in WA D.C. wants to know about shellfish life and other issues in the South Sound, they call for John. And his work is simple - can be understood with a few short words at a dinner table.
I said, 'John, if I cannot read your work, because it has not been written in layman terms; if our teachers do not know about your work; if our students therefore do not know, nor their families - how: How can we hope to change our ways to align with what your research shows?'
It took some time (I think I had to prove to him my dedication). But after knowing him for a while he finally agreed to speak. He liked what I was trying to do: Bridge the discrepancy between those at the higher levels of learning and us that simply want to know the better thing to do. That is the worthy task.
So on Sept 5, our community came together and threw him a party; we called it a Musical Melange.
Ed Cedras offered to host at his Northern Pacific Coffee Company; a wide range of musicians agreed to play, showing the depth of our community's support for his kind of work; Sean Alexander designed the evening's program; we made him dinner, and had the evening professionally recorded.
What unfolded was an event unlike any of us had known: We listened, we participated and we learned. John says he has never known of anything like it - not anywhere among his peers.
It is an original expression unique to our city in the world, and in coming days you will be invited yourself to listen, and to hear the sounds.
Sept 20 The 2014 Lumins Festivus
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A Wright Kind of Tradition
for a Grand People
in the Spirit of Lynn DeNino
The traditions and meaning we pass down to our young will determine much more than most of us now realize.
Assembling in a positive, fun atmosphere, we celebrate life
for a Grand People
in the Spirit of Lynn DeNino
The traditions and meaning we pass down to our young will determine much more than most of us now realize.
Assembling in a positive, fun atmosphere, we celebrate life
Everybody's Dragon
At Hilltop Artists, one young man had a vision greater than his immediate peers were able to quite perceive: Thomas' great vision was a giant Dragon, but he was was unable to finish it during the time we had at Jason Lee. I said, 'Thomas, sometimes a great vision must be handed off to the care of diligent others, others that see your vision and desire to see it come to pass, others able to see it through to fruition.' And I asked him at the end of class if we could have what he had made, which at that time amounted to a skeleton, a solid foundation of dragon bones. He said yes, so we put the word out to others about his vision: At the Downtown Block Party, one artist elaborated the head, others would add dimension to the wings, then put the foundation layer of paper on. And he night before this year's Lumins our team finished his dragon with the help of the good samaritan shown smiling here - he created the 'scales,' and we worked on it until 5a. A great team effort, we call it, 'Everybody's Dragon.'
3) We introduce you to those teaching about life in the South Puget Sound
Tacoma organizations have been contributing to the better quality of life for our loved ones for decades. Those like Hilltop Artists, Harbor Wild Watch, Tacoma Urban Land Trust and Hilltop Urban Gardens are great examples. We are happy to introduce you to them.
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Harbor Wild Watch is a marine and environmental education organization dedicated to inspiring stewardship for the Puget Sound.
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Forage Pierce County & the Food Forest at Swan Creek
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The Ocean Intellect Group at UPS helped fund the official Lumins after hours in 2013
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Protecting, enhancing and restoring the Puget Creek Watershed and other streams, wetlands, and green spaces, PCRS serves South Sound communities. Providing hands-on participation through restoration, research, education, and advocacy, they promote a sense of stewardship.
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