Drum circle and food drive this Saturday December3rd

Drum circle will begin at 8pm prior to that we will be collecting food for Summerlands Community Center/PNO. There is also a clothing and food drive for Gateway Battered Womens Shelter.

You can drop off your items here for both fundrasiers.

We will have readers, drummers, Face painting and an all around fun time this day. Hope to see you here!

Full Moon Ritual on Tuesday

In the temporary absence of the Tree of the Circle Full Moon Ritual at Witch's Brew this month, Aspen will be leading an open Full Moon in Gemini ritual on Tuesday, December 1st 2009, starting at 7pm.

This full moon ritual will pay respects to the goddess and god, and will include a meditation to focus on your personal relationship with the divine. Gemini is a sign condusive to messages from the messenger gods, after all! After the meditation, there will be a ritual held to help empower the process of divine inspiration to sustain you through the coming winter months. Love donations will be appreciated to help cover the costs of materials, cakes, and ale, but only a good heart and a loving spirit are necessary. Hope to see you there!

Class at Witches Brew /Summerlands

Dont forget we have the following classes to keep you healthy and alert!

Every Saturday at 11am beginner Belly Dance classes and Vail Class
Every Tuesday at6pm We have Zumba and at 7pm We have continued Belly Dance Classes
Every Wednesday and Friday night we have Kempo Classes
Every Thursday we have Dahn Yoga Classes

Pandora Celtica and Iris and Rose

Come out and see Pandora Celtica and Iris and Rose on Saturday August 22nd at 7pm . The tickets are only $5 and you get both of these wonderful bands!! Don't worry about the kiddos during Iris and Rose. We have a kids area you can hang out with them in while they are on set. We also have yummy drinks specials for adults and children!


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Lammas

Lammas, also called Lughnasadh, the hot days of August are upon us, much of the earth is dry and parched, but we still know that the bright reds and yellows of the harvest season are just around the corner. Apples are beginning to ripen in the trees, our summer vegetables have been picked, corn is tall and green, waiting for us to come gather the bounty of the crop fields. Now is the time to begin reaping what we have sown, and gathering up the first harvests of grain, wheat, oats, and more.
This holiday can be celebrated either as a way to honor the god Lugh, or as a celebration of the harvest.

Celebrating Grain in Ancient Cultures:

Grain has held a place of importance in civilization back nearly to the beginning of time. Grain became associated with the cycle of death and rebirth. The Sumerian god Tammuz was slain and his lover Ishtar grieved so heartily that nature stopped producing. Ishtar mourned Tammuz, and followed him to the Underworld to bring him back, similar to the story of Demeter and Persephone.

In Greek legend, the grain god was Adonis. Two goddesses, Aphrodite and Persephone, battled for his love. To end the fighting, Zeus ordered Adonis to spend six months with Persephone in the Underworld, and the rest with Aphrodite.

A Feast of Bread:

In early Ireland, it was a bad idea to harvest your grain any time before Lammas -- it meant that the previous year's harvest had run out early, and that was a serious failing in agricultural communities. However, on August 1, the first sheafs of grain were cut by the farmer, and by nightfall his wife had made the first loaves of bread of the season.

The word Lammas derives from the Old English phrase hlaf-maesse, which translates to loaf mass. In early Christian times, the first loaves of the season were blessed by the Church.

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Terror in Teutoburg- New book release

**********************NEW RELEASE and BOOK SIGNING****************************
July 30th 6-8pm
Terror in Teutoburg- A conflict of Armies, both past and present


Bringing together past and present, this book takes place in 20009 and 9A.D.. After arriving in 9A.D. , TAT soldiers must decide between a new life or fight for freedom in a place and time they hardly know anything about. The TAT soldiers were taken back in time to one of the history's greatest battles. This battle put an end to the advance of the dominant Roman Empire.

September 2009 will mark the 2000th anniversary of this crucial battle. Rothdiener's ability to mix fiction with historical accurace helps put the importance of this battle in perspective for all those who read this book.

Terror In Trutoburg isnt just for those who appreciate histroy: it has something for everyone!!


Hope to see you here!

Wendy Rule In concert

We are pleased to announce we will have Wendy Rule in concert September 12th at 8pm. The tickets will cost $15 person and will include $1.00 off your 1sr beverage of $3.50 or more. We look forward to seeing all of you there. See events for more info on this soon!