Promos are here!

Promotional postcards are here (at long last). Feel free to download, share, and otherwise disseminate...

Tomorrow's Meeting to be Rescheduled

Tomorrow's (9.21) EBNE meeting will have to be deferred until next week due to a senior-moment on my part. Details on a rescheduled meeting soon.

Next Meeting Sept. 21st, Coffee Shop NE

Image credit: Ryan Ball, Powderhorn Empty Bowls

We've gathered a tremendous amount of good news in just the past few weeks: 325 pots of our 500 goal are committed so far, Eastside NS's will host our event December 14th, Edison High's fine arts department is on board (where we hope to bring in guest artists and related activities), Continental Clay has offered a generous discount on material needed, neighborhood restaurants like Hazel's NE are lending their support, and yet...

We need to formalize our structure, to visualize and coordinate the event itself. How could musicians, actors, poets, and artists from every discipline enhance our effort? Should there be a silent auction? What peripheral events can we slate; local glazing or throwing days, bread-making, kids visits to local studios and gardens..? Our next meeting will be Saturday, Sept. 21st from 4-5:30, returning to the warm confines of the Coffee Shop NE. Directions here.

American Pottery Festival: Northern Clay Center, Sept. 13-15, 2013

A friend recently said that she finds four-leaf clovers nearly every time she takes the time to look. A similar confluence of intention and good fortune seems to be accompanying our Empty Bowls NE project, like this well-timed event at Northern Clay Center. Details here.

First Thursdays in the Northeast Arts District

Nice to meet so many interested, committed people tonight at First Thursdays in the Northeast Arts District. Just a reminder that you're all welcome to our 2nd Empty Bowls NE meetup this Saturday, 5pm at 3022 Buchanan Street NE. It's an informal hot dog roast so bring your enthusiasm and anything you'd care to cook on a stick. We'll gather more good news as we move towards Northeast's 1st Empty Bowls, December 14th at Eastside Neighborhood Services.

We Have a Home

Great News! Mike Smieja has secured Eastside Neighborhood Services, not only as a venue for our December 14th event, but also use of their kitchen facilities and two kilns. Good to be indoors considering it'll be nearly Christmas in Minnesota- or who knows given this year's erratic weather. From ESNS's website: "Organized in 1915, East Side Neighborhood Services, Inc. (ESNS) is a nonprofit human service agency that provides social and other services to individuals, families and neighborhoods primarily of Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis and surrounding communities.  Its purpose is to assist people of all ages and backgrounds in realizing a higher quality of life." More here: esns.org.

Empty Bowls NE Meeting 9.7.13

Wow, was that August? For this being just our 2nd meeting, there's so much good news to report and to move positively forward with. Saturday, September 7th at 5. We'll have a hotdog roast at 3022 Buchanan Street NE. Bring merely your enthusiasm, anything else you'd care to cook on a stick, and drink therewith. Join Empty Bowls NE on facebook here.

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