Occidental Arts & Ecology Center - Events Feed

Chautauqua Series - Frank Olivier

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:55:29 -0700

Start: Jul 9 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Jul 9 2008 - 11:00pm

Date: July 9th, 8 pm

Tickets: $15 - $30 sliding scale (on sale at the door only)

Whether it’s on the streets of San Francisco, headlining in Las Vegas, or touring with the New Old Time Chautauqua, Frank Olivier (www.funnyfrank.com and www.twistedcabaret.com) is at the top of his game. He delights crowds with an up-beat hilarious top-tier, self-contained, and clean comedy show using his well honed, outrageous skills that include world-class juggling, magic, unicycling and more!

Healing Through Food, Gardening, Herbs, and Ceremony: Remembering Our Way- COURSE FULL

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:20 -0700

Start: Jul 11 2008 - 10:00am

End: Jul 13 2008 - 4:00pm

Offered: July 11 - 13, 2008

Time: Begins at 10 am on the 11th and ends at 4 pm on the 13th

Instructor: Michelle Vesser

Cost: $425/$375 if registered at least two weeks in advance (includes meals and lodging)
For registration information, click here.

NOTE: This course is currently full with a wait list. Please call the office at (707) 874-1557 x 201 to inquire about getting on the wait list.

Roof Water Catchment- COURSE FULL

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:09:10 -0700

Start: Jul 12 2008 - 9:00am

End: Jul 12 2008 - 1:00pm

Offered: Saturday, July 12, 2008

Time: Begins at 9 am and ends at 1 pm

Instructor: Brock Dolman

Cost: $35 (no meal served)
For registration information, click here.

NOTE: This course is currently full with a wait list. Please consider signing up for our newly added course on Sunday July 13th.

Roof Water Catchment - 2nd Course Added

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:06:56 -0700

Start: Jul 13 2008 - 9:00am

End: Jul 13 2008 - 1:00pm

Offered: Sunday, July 13, 2008

Time: Begins at 9 am and ends at 1 pm

Instructor: Brock Dolman

Cost: $35 (no meal served)
For registration information, click here.

NOTE: Due to the great interest in this course, we have added this second offering.

School Garden Teacher Training (July)

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:29:24 -0700

Start: Jul 14 2008 - 12:00am

End: Jul 18 2008 - 4:00pm

Please Note: The application period for this training is now closed. Contact us next year to participate in our 2009 trainings.

Offered: July 14 - 18, 2008

Garden Tour (July)

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:46:00 -0800

Start: Jul 19 2008 - 10:00am

End: Jul 19 2008 - 11:30am

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center on Saturday, July 19. This tour begins at 10 AM and will run approximately 1.5 hrs in duration. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, brimmed hat or warm layers (depending on weather), and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Medicinal Plant Walk (August)

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:44:04 -0800

Start: Aug 2 2008 - 1:00pm

End: Aug 2 2008 - 3:00pm

Date: August 2, 2008

Time: 1pm - 3pm (meal not included)

School Garden Teacher Training (August)

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:30:07 -0700

Start: Aug 4 2008 - 12:00am

End: Aug 8 2008 - 4:00pm

Offered: August 4 - 8, 2008

Please Note: The application period for this training is now closed. Contact us next year to participate in our 2009 trainings.

Chautauqua Series - Waterwitch

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:54:36 -0700

Start: Aug 13 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Aug 13 2008 - 11:00pm

Date: August 13th, 8 pm

Tickets: $15-$30 sliding scale (on sale at the door only)

Waterwitch is a semi-psychedelic/folk exploration of politics, dreams, and nature with trance beats and invocative pagan melodies. Folksinger Elizabeth Hummel (www.elizabethhummel.com) and electro-acoustic artist Brian Castillo are the writers and the heart of Waterwitch, with other musicians often collaborating.

Landscape Painting

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:46:12 -0800

Start: Aug 15 2008 - 10:00am

End: Aug 17 2008 - 5:00pm

Offered: August 15 - 17, 2008

Time: Begins at 10 am on the 15th and ends at 5 pm on the 17th

Instructor: Adam Wolpert

Cost: $425/$375 if registered two weeks in advance (includes meals and lodging)
For registration information, click here.

Permaculture Site Tour (August)

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:24:43 -0800

Start: Aug 17 2008 - 9:00am

End: Aug 17 2008 - 12:00pm

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center on Sunday, August 17. This three hour tour begins at 9:00 AM. This site tour will focus on the Permaculture aspects of OAEC’s gardens, wildlands and structures. “Permaculture” is a philosophy of living based in sustainable land use concepts and practices. Participants will be introduced to OAEC’s organic and bio-intensive gardens and heirloom seedsaving program, our watershed and wildland restoration work, and “natural” building methods.

Fall Biodiversity Plant Sale

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:08:36 -0800

Start: Aug 23 2008 - 9:00am

End: Aug 24 2008 - 5:00pm

Saturday Aug. 23rd - Sunday Aug. 24th
9 AM - 5 PM

One of the great joys of living in Northern California is that we can garden all year round, creating fall and winter gardens that rival the beauty, diversity and productivity of summer gardens. Now is the time to put fall and winter seedlings into the ground while the soil is still warm! Come and choose from hundreds of varieties of California Certified Organic heirloom brassicas, lettuces, salad greens, chards, leeks, and herbs as well as old-fashioned annual flowers. Select from an impressive array of ornamental and edible perennials propagated from our own collections.

This is a free event with Garden Tours at 11 AM and 1 PM.

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:05:37 -0800

Start: Aug 23 2008 - 11:00am

End: Aug 23 2008 - 12:00pm

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center on Saturday, August 23, during the Center's Fall Biodiversity Plant Sale. This will be the first, hour-long tour of the day, beginning at 11 AM. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, sunblock or hat, and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:06:32 -0800

Start: Aug 23 2008 - 1:00pm

End: Aug 23 2008 - 2:00pm

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center on Saturday, August 23, during the Center's Fall Biodiversity Plant Sale. This will be the second, hour-long tour of the day, beginning at 1 PM. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, sunblock or hat, and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:07:48 -0800

Start: Aug 24 2008 - 11:00am

End: Aug 24 2008 - 12:00pm

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center on Sunday, August 24, during the Center's Fall Biodiversity Plant Sale. This will be the first hour-long tour of the day, beginning at 11 AM. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, sunblock or hat, and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:09:01 -0800

Start: Aug 24 2008 - 1:00pm

End: Aug 24 2008 - 2:00pm

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center on Sunday, August 24, during the Center's Fall Biodiversity Plant Sale. This will be the second hour-long tour of the day, beginning at 1 PM. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, sunblock or hat, and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Chautauqua Series - A Night At The Opera

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:12:06 -0700

Start: Aug 27 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Aug 27 2008 - 11:00pm

Date: August 27th, 8 pm

Tickets: $15-$30 sliding scale (on sale at the door only)

Please join us for a very special evening of classical singing. Billed as “Una Canzone alla Foresta” (A Song to the Forest), this elegant, educational multi-lingual concert event will feature the timeless operatic literature and classical European art song of the greatest composers of the tradition -- Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Schubert, Brahms and others.

Chautauqua Revue - 3 days - Thursday, Friday & Saturday - 4 shows!

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:42:40 -0700

Start: Sep 11 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Sep 13 2008 - 11:00pm

Revue Dates & Times:
Thursday, Sept. 11th, 8pm
Friday, Sept. 12th, 8pm
Saturday Sept. 13th, 8pm

Children's Matinee
Saturday Sept. 13th, 2pm

Music! Clowns! Storytelling! Magic! Dance! These elements and more are the ingredients that go into creating these wondrous evenings of entertainment and enlightenment. Celebrating its sixth year of production, the Revue is founded on the belief that local entertainment for local audiences can be a memorable and moving event. Performed under the trees on the North Garden Stage, the setting is half the show.

On Saturday there will also be a matinee offering; a one act version of our evening show that is equally delicious for children and their big people. This show has also been getting big crowds, so show up early for a good seat!

Garden Tour (September)

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:12:09 -0800

Start: Sep 13 2008 - 10:00am

End: Sep 13 2008 - 11:30am

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center on Saturday, September 13. This tour begins at 10 AM and will run approximately 1.5 hrs in duration. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, brimmed hat or warm layers (depending on weather), and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Permaculture Design 2-Week Intensive (September)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:46:14 -0700

Start: Sep 20 2008 - 5:00pm

End: Oct 3 2008 - 12:00pm

Offered: September 20th, 5 pm - October 3rd, 12 noon, 2008

Garden Tour (October)

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:13:46 -0800

Start: Oct 4 2008 - 1:00pm

End: Oct 4 2008 - 2:30pm

The public is invited to tour the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center on Saturday, October 4. This tour begins at 1 PM and will run approximately 1.5 hrs in duration. Tour participants will be introduced to the Center's organic gardens, which preserve thousands of varieties of rare and endangered food, medicinal, and ornamental plants. Sturdy shoes, brimmed hat or warm layers (depending on weather), and personal water bottles are recommended. A suggested donation of $10 per person is requested. For information call (707) 874-1557 x201.

Community Organizing for Deep Democracy

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:11:31 -0700

Start: Oct 10 2008 - 4:00pm

End: Oct 12 2008 - 3:30pm

Offered: Friday October 10, 4pm – Sunday October 12, 3:30pm

Instructors: Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap and David Cobb (see bios below)

Cost: $250–$400 sliding scale, depending on your income (includes meals and lodging at OAEC) - see below for detailed sliding scale information

Introduction to Permaculture

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:35:22 -0800

Start: Nov 14 2008 - 5:00pm

End: Nov 16 2008 - 4:00pm

Offered: November 14 - 16, 2008

Time: Begins at 5 pm on the 14th and ends at 4 pm on the 16th

Starting and Sustaining Intentional Communities (November)

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:40:51 -0800

Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:30am

End: Nov 23 2008 - 4:00pm

Offered: November 21 - 23, 2008

Time: Begins at 10:30 am on the 21st and ends at 4 pm on 23rd

Instructors: Dave Henson and Adam Wolpert with guests

Cost: $425/$375 if registered two weeks in advance (includes meals and lodging). For registration information, click here.

Basins of Relations: Starting and Sustaining Watershed Groups

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:22:38 -0800

Start: Dec 5 2008 - 10:00am

End: Dec 8 2008 - 4:00pm

Offered: December 5th - 8th, 2008

Time: Begins at 10 am Friday the 5th and ends at 4 pm on the Monday the 8th

Instructor: Brock Dolman with guests

Occidental Arts & Ecology Center - Events Feed

Chautauqua Series - Frank Olivier

Healing Through Food, Gardening, Herbs, and Ceremony: Remembering Our Way- COURSE FULL

Roof Water Catchment- COURSE FULL

Roof Water Catchment - 2nd Course Added

School Garden Teacher Training (July)

Garden Tour (July)

Medicinal Plant Walk (August)

School Garden Teacher Training (August)

Chautauqua Series - Waterwitch

Landscape Painting

Permaculture Site Tour (August)

Fall Biodiversity Plant Sale

Saturday Aug. 23rd - Sunday Aug. 24th9 AM - 5 PM

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Garden Tour during Fall Plant Sale

Chautauqua Series - A Night At The Opera

Chautauqua Revue - 3 days - Thursday, Friday & Saturday - 4 shows!

Garden Tour (September)

Permaculture Design 2-Week Intensive (September)

Garden Tour (October)

Community Organizing for Deep Democracy

Introduction to Permaculture

Starting and Sustaining Intentional Communities (November)

Basins of Relations: Starting and Sustaining Watershed Groups

Saturday Aug. 23rd - Sunday Aug. 24th
9 AM - 5 PM